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London, England, 1832-08-16 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

At a Quarter to Two o'clock the SPEAKER entered the
House, at which time about 80 Illembers were present.
Mr. MILLER brought up the Report of the Select Com-
tnittee on East India Affairs, which was ordered to be
printed.

- Mr. OTWAY CAVE took the oaths and his seat, as
Member for Tipperary.
Mr. H. HUGHES gave notice, that neat Session he
would move for leave to bring in a Bill to encourage the
building and endowment of Churches and Chapels by pri-
vate individuals.

The Hort. MEstasit moved for a return of the number
of pounds of tobacco produced in Ireland and taken into
account by the Officers of Excise in Ireland, for the year
ending the Ist of January, 1832.
Mr. EVANS gave notice, that next session he would
move to bring in a Bill to extend the right of representa-
tion to all male persons of 21 years of age, and also to
bring in a Bill to levy a tax on all funded, landed, and
other property, in order to pay the interest of the national
debt.

Mr. WILKS presented a petition from certain Baptist
Missionaries in London, complaining of the treatment of the
Baptist Missionaries in Jamaica, and the demolition of
their chapels, and it prayed for the abolition of
Negro Slavery ; also a petition from the Hull and
Sculcoates Political Union, complaining that many
persons who occupied what were called compounded
tenements, viz., those houses the taxes upon which had
been compounded for by the landlords, would he deprived
of the right of voting under the 33d clause in the Reform
Bill.

Sir E. SUGDEN said he bad always argued that
the clause referred to would work badly, but he received no
more attention from the Hon. Members than from many
other Members on the opposite side of the House, and in
consequence the people were now coming forward with
their complaints.

Mr. WILICS presented a similar petition from the sailors
of Hull ; also a petition from New Sarum, complaining
of capital punishment; one from the library of the people
at Boston, for a repeal of all taxes on knowledge ; and from
certain merchants, &c. of Kull, against the Irish Tithe Bill.
Sir CHARLES WE THERELL asked if this last pe •
tition prayed that the Tithe Bill should not be enforced,
because that Bill had now become the law of the land ?

Mr. WILKS said it prayed that the military might
not be employed to enfnrce payment of tithe..
Sir C. WETHERELL moved that that petition be not
received.

Lord ALTHORP said the wording of the petition was
certainly strong, for it prayed the House not to grant
supplies for carrying on a civil war in Ireland. However,
there was nothing in it disrespectful to the House.
Sir E. SUGDEN said the petition charged the Ministers
with carrying on a desolating war in Ireland, and the
Noble Lord knew best whether he had done so or n0t....
he (Sir E. Sugden) believed not.

Strangers were then ordered to withdraw for a divi-
sion, but none took place, Mr. Willis consenting to with-
draw the petition.

Mr. HUME rose to present a whole bundle of petitions,
but had only time to mention those from Birmingham,
Walsall, and Bethnal-green, when he was interrupted by
Sir A. CLIFFORD, the Usher of the Black Rod, who
advanced to the table, and, addressing the Speaker, said,
" The King desires the immediate attendance of this
House in the House of Peers."

The SPEAKER and all the Members then proceeded to
;he House of Lords.

The SPEAKER having returned to the House, read
the King's Speech, and immediately dissolved the House.
Before separating, Lord ALTHORP and many Members
cordially shook the SPEAKER'S hands.

The Parliamentary Session terminates this
day, and with it the existence of the borough-
mongers, and the last fond hopes of the Ultras.
Henceforth both are as completely extinct as the
Mammoth,—mere matters of history, worthy to
be held in remembrance only as they serve " to
point a moral, or"—we were going to add—
" adorn a tale," but this would be too great a
sacrifice of truth to politeness. What a memo-
rable Session has the one now just on the eve of
dissolution been ! What alternate feelings ofhope,
confidence, distrust, despair, enthusiasm, has it
given rise to among the people. It commenced
its sittings amid storm and tempest ; it continued
them when the whirlwind was at its highest, and
the waves chafed against the ark of the Constitu-
tion, threatening with every rush to engulph it
it closes them when the hurricane has spent its
fury, and the bow of hope again spans the poli-
tical firmament. We owe a deep debt of grati-
tude to the present House of Commons. It was
firm amid dangers and difficulties that might
well have appalled the stoutest heart; staunch to
the principles of Reform when there were not a
few temptations to be otherwise. But if there
be one thing beyond another for which the
present—or as we should rather say the late—
Session has been memorable, it is the incredible
quantity of bad speeches it has been the means
of sending forth to the country. Think only of
the hundred philippics of CROKER—of the
thousand and one abortions of WETHERELL—
of the myriad mummeries of DAWSON—of
the financial fooleries of HERiiiEs—of the so-
lemn plausibilities of Sir ROBERT—the ser-
mons of PERCEVAL, breathed over by the
bland spirit of dullness, and impregnated, every
sentence, with the unadulterated quintescence
of the poppy ;—think only of these things,
reader, and then, bless GOD with us, that this
glorious day writes " Finis,"
on them all !
Quitting the past (and without a sigh), it is our
duty now to bend our whole attention to the
future. Here is metal more attractive, but
which we must first take care to hammer into
shape before we can render it fit for use. It
rests with us whether our next House of Com-
mons shall belong, as it has done, to the aristo-
cracy, or, as it should do, to the people. The
game is now in our own hands. We have the
privilege either of walking boldly up to the
temple of the Constitution, and taking our seats,
and doing our duty therein ; or of standing out-
side, stock-still like posts, and gaping about us

with (4 a foolish face of wonderment." All, we
repeat, now depends on the people, and that " all"
applies for the present exclusivelyto the elections.
It is here that we must put forth our undivided
moral strength. This is the cross hung out in
the sky to point the way to salvation. If we
choose representatives of the right stamp, prompt
in business, firm in character, zealous in pa-
triotism ; who can endure fatigue, who will not
shrink from danger, but will dare to act as their
conscience dictates, even though the basilisk
eyes of power may glare full on them from the
Treasury Bench,—if the people return such
men as these to Parliament, and make besides
due sacrifices to ensure their return, (for no
great good was ever yet obtained without
some slight surrender of ease and comfort,)
they will find that they have not been toiling in
the vineyard till the twelfth hour for nothing, but
that the labour of the reaping will be repaid by
the abundance of the harvest. The Ultras, we
can assure the people, are already in the field.
They at least, ever active, ever enterprising in
the service of Mammon, are turning every mo-
ment to account. Let the Reformers, then, but
work as diligently in the good, as the Ultras in
the bad, cause, and all will yet be well.

The Forgery Bill was read a third time in the
Lords last night, and passed, after which the
Duke of WELLINGTON entered into a copious
and lachrymose detail of the state of the national
finances. On this captivating topic his Grace
was all distrust and apprehension, and looked
the very spirit of hypochondriasm. He
deplored Lord ALTHORP'S financial mis-
calculations, doubted the wisdom of the late
reductions, which, however, by some process of
logic peculiar to himself, the victor of a hundred
fights felt convinced would turn out to be no
reductions at all ; and waxed dolorous on the
Portuguese question, and indeed on the subject
of our whole foreign policy. Earl GREY re-
plied in a cheering, satisfactory spirit, and re-
duced the giant of the Duke's distempered
fancy to the meagre dimensions of a dwarf.
The LORD CHANCELLOR afterwards brought
forward his Bill for amending the adminis-
tration of justice, &c. in the Court of
Chancery ; merely, however, his Lordship ob-
served, in order that it might be printed, and
considered by the country during the recess.
The Bill is a very excellent Bill, is
productive of many changes, and will ef-
fect many beneficial savings. In the Commons,
a desultory conversation took place on the sub-
ject of the disqualification of voters from the non-
payment of rates, in the course of which Lord
ALTHORP observed that it was desirable that
the registration should be completed before a
general election took place. In the course of
the evening, in answer to some inquiries re-
specting SOMERVILLE, Sir J. HOBHOUSE re-
plied, that he might be considered as virtually
discharged, for he believed that the discharge
would very shortly take place.

By the French Papers of Sunday, we learn
that the King and Queen of the BELGIANS had
left Compiegne for Brussels, and that the Court
of LOUIS PHILIPPE was on the eve of its
return to St. Cloud. The majority of the
Journals still harp on the prospect of a war
between Belgium and Holland, which at Paris
was deemed almost inevitable. France, it was
supposed, would side with Belgium should such
a catastrophe take place. Intelligence from
Lausanne, of the sth, mentions that a general
armament in Switzerland had been unanimously
resolved on by the Diet.
FRENCH, FUNDS.—PARIS, AUG. 14.—Five per Cents., 99E 98E
95c. 99f. 98f. 95c 99f. ; Loan of 1832, 100 f. 50c. 45c. ; Four and a
Half per Cents., 90E 50c. ; Four per Cents., 83E ; Three per
Cents., 69f. 20c. Isc. ; National Loan, 99f. 15c ; Bank Actions,
1,660 f. 1,657 f. 50c. ; Rente de Naples, Slf. 15c. 20c. ; Roman
Five per Cents, 80; Rente d'Espagne, 12 3 12 12 fy
Royal Spanish Loan, 78; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 57 57%
4 •ni 57% ; Belgic Loan, 78 77% Exchange on London—
One month, paper, 25E 75c. ; money, 25f. 70c.; Three months,
paper, 25E 65c. ; money, 25f. 60c.—Cours Authentique.

German Papers mention that on the 21st a
protocol was signed at Constantinople, by which
the PORTE gives its formal assent to the extension
of the Greek frontier, as required by the Lon-
don Conference, viz., from the Gulf of Arta

to that of Volo, and again recognizes the inde
pendence of the Greek State :

- BRUSSELS, AUGUST la—The Government received yes.
terday the official news that Colonel Maximilian de Lataing
was received on the sth August, in a solemn audience, by the
Emperor of Austria : he had the honour to deliver to his
Majesty the autograph letter, in which the King of the Bel-
gians communicates to him his accession to the throne, and
expresses a desire to maintain relations of peace and amity
with Austria. The Emperor received Count Lataing in the
most gracious manner; he expressed to him the esteem which
he felt for King Leopold and the Belgian nation, and the satis-
faction that he had in forming political relations with the new
state. Count Lataing having declared that Baron de Loe
would be accredited to the Court of Vienna as permanent en.
voy, the Emperor declared he would be happy to receive him
in that character.—Moniteur Beige.
The Emancipation contains the following letter :

" We learn from an authentic source, that H. Van de
Weyer was to quit Compiegne today (10th August) for Lon-
don, furnished with full powers from the King of the Bel-
gians to treat with the Conference on the affairs of Holland
and Belgium. Previously to his departure there were several
diplomatic conferences between the two Kings, M. Van de
Weyer, and a secret agent to Lord Palmerston. There is one
point on which King Leopold has declared that he cannot
yield ; it is relative to the navigation of the Scheldt."

BRUSSELS, Aucusz la—A pretty considerable number
of troops will be assembled at Brussels on the day when the
King and the Queen make their solemn entry. The day does
not seem to be positively fixed, but it is supposed it will be the
18th or 19th.

Their Majesties will arrive at Laeken a day later than was
expected; instead of breakfasting at Lille they will stop there
for the night. They will arrive early at Tournay, in order to
take some repose before going to the fete offered to them by the
city; and on the 16th they will turn aside from the great road
to proceed to Laeken, by way of Molenbeck, without passing
through Brussels.

We are assured that M. Serruys is appointed First Secretary
of Legation at Berlin, and that General Merckx is to be sent
to notify to the King of Prussia the accession of King Leopold.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 14.—M. Van de Weyer is not gone either
to London or Paris, as the French Journals have announced ; he
returns to Brussels with the King.
The Earl of Liverpool steam-boat arrived at Ostend on
Saturday. It brought twenty.nine chests of plate for his Ma-
jesty the King of the Belgians.
M. Willoux, a Belgian Cabinet Messenger, set out yesterday
with despatches for London.

In the last four days there has been at Brussels 48 new cases
of cholera, and 33 deaths.—Brussels Papers, Aug. 15.
CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 23.—0 n the 21st a protocol
was signed here, by which the Porte gives its formal assent to
the extension of the Greek frontier, as required by the London
Conference, viz, from the Gulf of Arta to that of Volo, and
again recognizes the independence of the Greek State. On
the same day a second protocol was drawn up, by which the
Porte is assured of an indemnity in money from Greece for the
cession of the additional tract of territory. The three con-
tracting Powers guarantee this indemnity. It amounts to
40,000,000 of piastres, if it shall be thought necessary at Lon-
don, for the security of Greece, to give to the frontier the above..
mentioned extension; but the Porte is to receive only 10,000,000,
if it should be preferred to have the frontier line begin below
Zeitoung and end at Arta. At all events the matter is now
settled. The Porte would have assented long ago to the exten.
sion of the Greek frontier, and the conclusion of the arrange.
runt has been delayed only by the discussions on the amount
of the indemnity. The accounts from Syria are again very un-
favourable here--too great despondency prevails. The Sultan's
army is said to be quite demoralized, and weakened by frequent
desertions. Fears are entertained for the tranquillity of the
capital should this bad news become generally known. It is
said the Porte will seek the mediation of England to make peace
with Mehemet Ali. This is, however, only a report, 'which
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