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London, England, 1831-09-01 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

The House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply.
Mr. S. RICE moved that 30,0001. be granted to his Ma-
jes•y for the expenses of their Majesties' coronation. This
sun, shouid cover the whole expense, and was but about
une.fifth of the ispense of the last
Mr. 11U AI El agreed that the grant was moderate cont.
pared with Ile last. if it could at all increase the affection
of the people f.x their Majesties be should not object to it;
but hc was confident it could have no such effect, and that
it would be better omitted ; at the same time be was bound
to ..ay that the Gioverninent 'ware endeavouring to be as
ecoromical as possible.
Mr. HUNT asked, was the Hon. Gentleman in earnest?
If he was, and would divide the house, he would divide
with hint.
Mr. HUAI E said hc was in earnest ; but did not know
that dividing the house, and delaying the public business,
*OW be any proof of it.
Mr. S. RICE said the coronation was a solemn ratifica-
tion of the great compact between the King and people, and
was coesidered necessary by those who framed the coronation
oath.
Alr. O'CONNELL and Mr. BRISCOE thought govern.
went u ere entitled to credit for the economy with which the
solemnity was to be conducteej.
Mr. iIUAIE thought the solemnity might be perfotmed
in the abbey, in the presence of the people, without any en-
pence, which would be much more grateful to the people at
Lap..
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. S. RICE said, the next vote was one on which a
Committee was now sitting, for the purpose of making re-
ductien. lie moved that 16,3701. 14s. Id. be granted
for officers of the household of the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland.
Air. HUME said, the Committee above stairs could not
tit ttt mine the question whether a Lord Lieutcoant was ne-
cesrary in Ireland. He thought the time was come when
that quest:on should be decided. Ile thought the abuses in
the Goventinent of Ireland conk' not be remedied till that
oflize should be abolished.
Mr. O'CONNELL 194 d, though the people of Ireland
w.re dividedon many sO.II, they were united in desiring
to tctain the office of Lortialentenani•
Mr. LEA DF.It said, in the course of the last ten years
the Excise and Customs of Dublin had fillen off 401,0001
and the removal of the Laid Lieutenant would greatly in-
crease the distress of that city.
Mr. lIU ME said, it w not for economy he propoted.
the abolition of the IN good govt. He

was confident there would never be peace in Ireland till the
office was abolished.
Mr. RUTHVEN thought whatever mischief the Lord
Lieutenant did might be done by another person.—(A
great laugh )
Mr. S. RICE moved that 6,500 L be granted for issues
from the office of Vice-Treasurer of Ireland.

Mr. O'CONNELL asked whether the defalcation of a
former Vice-Treasurer bad been recovered.
Mr. S. RICE said Sir George Hill owed about 20001. to
the public when he was appointed Governor of St. Vincent,
but it was probable the whole would be repaid.
Mr. GORDON and Mr. HUM E strongly condemned the
late Government for sending Sir George Hill as Governor to
the West Indies, while he was a public defaulter.
Mr. DAWSON said when he knew the balance was due
by Sir G. Hill, he used every means in his power to get the
payment, but he never knew that Sir G. Hill was in debt till
he furnished the account himself. (Hear.) He would under.
take to say that the public would not lose the money.
Mr. S. RICE thought it was not enough to say that the
public should sustain no loss ; that should not be the con-
duct of ibe present Government, nor was it of the late Go-
verrenent is other instances.
Mr. O'CON NE LI. said the public defaulter ought not to
be continued in a public office.
Sir G. 111 U it RA Y said be did not know that Sir George
Hill was in debt to *he public when he was appointed to the
Government of St. Vincent. He knew he had long filled
public offices, and he thought in an unimpeachable manner,
or hr (Sir G. Murray) shOuld not have consented to the ap-
pointment.
Mr. WILKES said he was •happy to understand now it
shodld not be as it bad been formerly, that year after year
mandates be issued from that House to officers who did not
account for their ttansactions—such tampering with the Trea-
sury of the country had tended more than any thing else to
deprive the Government of that confidence which it ought to
have possessed.
Mr. 0. DAWSON hoped that all the papers relating to
the appointment of ;sir George Hill would at some early date
be laid before the house. lie did not think the late Tres-
sury were entitled to the severe disapprobation which had
been directed against them. The public had lost few cc-
counts, considering the large sums that were paid out. Sir
George Hill's sec.-not had been certainly left unsettled; but
he had no doubt, now that the balance was struck against
him, that he would be ready to pay it.
Mr. R. GORDON said he did not think the hon. member
(Mr. G. Dawson) could exonerate himself, nor the late go-
vernment, for their late carelessness, when they knew that'
Sir George Hill's accounts were in such confusion, not to call
upon him for a settlement before he was allowed to go to a
foreign ap rola intent.
Mr. H UME said be considered that the term embezale-
ment was ;tot too strong. lie would remind the house of
the light it, which former Parliaments had considered pub-
lic money. When the late Mr. Pitt, on one occasion, to
prev,mt a public calamity, had taken the loan of a sum front
one department and applied it to another, the money was
returned, and ro loss whatever was sustained by the coun-
try ; yet a vote of censure was passed upon him by the
House of Commons.

Mr. D. O'CONNELI. said, that if the 2,0001. which had
been known to be owing for two years, was not paid, and no
one else would undertake the measure, he would bring for-
ward a motion to petition his Majesty for the removal from
his appointm:nt of Sir 0. Hill.
Alderman WA IT II MAN thought that the late Covert.
ment were highly c:nsurable, when they knew that Sir G.
MU was a public defaulter, to give him another appoint-
ment, as if it were to afford hint an opportunity to make up
his defalcation out of the public expenditure.
Mr. 0. DAWSON rose to explain. He denied that at
the time the Government weteaware of any deficiency—they
complained of the accounts being Irregular, but they were
not to conclude, merely from that circumstance, that there
was to be any talance due. He thought that, merely be.
cause th.: balance still stood, no Hon. Member was justified
in saying that Sir G. Hill had appropriated the money to
his own use; if the money we not forthcoming then, they
might designate it embezzlement.
dlr. STRICKLAND said, that the question would be
much better gone into when the hon. member for Kerry
brought forward his motion for the removal of Sir G. Hill.
He said that he could see no difference between the conduct
of Sir G. Hill and common embenlemente He had seen

prosecutions for embezzlement in merchants' clerks, and in
different stations of life, and in such cases it was never taken
into account how the money had been appropriated ; it was'
sufficient to know that the moneyisad been taken.
Mr. HUME contended, that he bad a right to term it
embezzlement—it was the principle that be objected to. If
Sir G. Hill were to be held blameless for this making freel
with the public money, any one else might do the same. He
thought the transaction was a fit subject for trial. The
house should discharge the same justice they had dealt out
to Mr. Pitt and Lord Melville, although la neither case was
there a shilling lost to the country.
Mr. HUNT remarked, that of all which had been said of
impeachment or dismissal, no one had pointed out how the
2,1001. was to be recovered. He did not know bow to pro.
teed ; he did not knob that be could with propriety do it,
but he would move, as an amendment, that the sum of 2,1001.
less be voted to the department over which Sir G. Hill
presided.
Mr. S. RICE said, such a motion would be unjust, for
the clerks and officers of the establishment must surfer by
• had • for the bad

it. He .to say Is. present Government, they t...
nn blame to take on their own shoulders—they had, to the
utmost of their ability, discharged the trust that the public
had reposed in them.
Mr. HUNT would dissent from that assertion, be.
cause, although the 2,1001. had been owing for five years,
the pres..nt Government had taken no effectual means to re-
cover It.

Mr. HUME said, that there were other emoluments
which passed into the hands of Sir G. Hill, over which the
Government had controul.

3lr. W. HARVEY thought the affair demanded investi-
gttion ; it was not sufficient that the money should be refun-
ded—it was an act which required punishment.
Mr. JAM ES said, he thought the best way would be to
stop the money out of Sir G. Hill's pay or his large pension.
Mr. S. RICE assured the house that the most prompt
steps would be taken for the recovery of the money, or any
other proceeding which might be necessary. The moment
the letter which announced the deficiency in the account
had been received from Ireland, they had written off to Sir
G. Hill, demanding payment, but he bad not returned any
answer. After some further remarks the conversation drop-
ped, and the motion before the house was agreed to.
Mr. S. RICE then moved that 1,0001. be voted to his
Majesty to defray the expense of the office of the Teller of
the Exchequer to Ireland for 1831. Agreed to.
Mr. S. RICE then moved that 4,0001. be voted to his
Majesty, to defray the statutes and proclamations in Ireland
for 1831 ; on which arose a conversation, in the course of
which.

Mr. HOME complained that so much money was need-
lessly squandered in this way. (Hear, hear.) 'l'he teed&
don of the country presumed that every man must be.
acquainted with the laws; and still the prices of the Acts
of Parliament were so high, that they were placed beyond
the reach of the poorer sort of people. This was a hardship.
He thought that in this department of expenditure there
might be a saving of nearly two thirds, all of which was
taken from the public to be put into the pocket of the King's
printer. The King's stationer, who alone was authorised
to supply the public with the Acts, was allowed to charge
at the rate of 3d per sheet, whirl it had been satisfactorily
proved before a Committee, that a sheet might be furnished
at the very utmost for ltd. The professional men, who re-
quired to have volumes of the statutes, were, in like manner,
charged Ifts. per volume, while It had been given in eel.
deuce they might be furnished for Ss. per volume. He
hoped that Lo orders would be given for printing that could
be avoided, till the matter had been investigated. In Ame-
ries there was no restriction about printing the statutes, and
the consequence was, that they were published in the
newspapers, and by any one, so that every person was in
possesion of the statutes at • cheap rate. A very great
saving to the country could be effected by attention to this
department of expenditure.
&Ir.& RICE remarked that the hon. member had alluded
to evidence which bad been given before a Committee, the
report of which had not yet been brought up, and conse-
quently was not before the House ; but he could assure the
hon. member that as soon as that evidence was rep.
larly produced, the utmost attention would be paid to
the suggestions of the Committee. He considered it a
matte: of greatimportance that the public should be supplied
with copies of the statutes as cheaply as adble, and.
that every practicable saving should be effected in the public
printing; but he could not agree with Hon. Members that
thelstetutes should be left at large foe general printing.—
They might, and were published in net►spapen, an instance
of which had occurred with the Reform bill, which had
been copied into almost every paper; bat it was obsoletely
necessary to have authenticated copies of the statutes foe the
I purpote of producing in evidence, and such could not be the

case if they were left to be published by any one who chose
to print them.
Mr. HUNT said that he had beard a portion of the evi-
dence before the Committee, and if the Government verified
the pledge to pay attention to the suggestions of that Com-
mittee, he was certain that a very great wring would be ef.
fected to the country.
Mr. HUMS proposed to reduce the grant by 13001. the
amount paid in 1829 for printing proclamations in other
newspapers than the Gazelle.
Mr. 8. RICE said if the proclamations were confined to
the Gazelle It would necessitate a wider circulation of the
Gazelle, and consequently an increase of expenditure under
that head. He deprecated the amendment, the more espe-
cially as an economical arrangement was under the conside.
radon of Government. _ _ _

Mr. O'CONNELL suggested the confining of the redue.
don to I,OOOL keying 3001. for the increased expenditure of
the Gazette
•

Jr. STANLEY said the proclamations should hence-
forth be confined to the Garai., except in the few cases
where they interested particular districts, when it might be
proper, for the purpose of circulation, to insert them in the
papers of those districts. These cases would be only ex-
ceptions, the general rule being, that henceforth the procla-
mations should be inserted in the Gault* alone.

Mr. HU AIR'S object was only to hare the principle ad-
mitted. He shook!, therefore, not press his motion after
what had fallen from the Sectetary for Ireland.
The original motion was agreed to.
50,0001. were then proposed for deftaying criminal prose-
cutions.

Mr. S. RICE, in answer to a question from Mr. Dawson,
said the office of Inspector-General of the prisons would not
be abolished, but it would be considerably reduced in amount
of salary.
Mr. O'CONNELL did not rise to oppose the vote, of
which he approved, but to complain of certain late appoint.
ments to the office of Crown prosecutor. Mr. Collins and
the other individuals lately appointed Crown prosecutors,
were strong partisans. He thought the time was now come
when promotions in Ireland should be Made with reference
only to the ability, and not with reference to politics of in-
dividuals. Ile apprehended the individuals lately appointed
had been preferred to senior banisters only on account of
their party feelings.
Mr. STANLEY entirely agreed that promotions should
be guided only by ability. and had given strict directions
to that Lind. He feared he should be obliged to propose
a further vote under the present head, on account of the late
special commissions in Clare and Galway, which it would be
the less practicable to provide for otherwise, as he had found
on entenng office 27,0001. in arrears, under the head of
Criminal Informations.

Mr. NORTH and Mr. CRAMPTON defended the late
appointments to the Crown Proseeutorship, which had been
made without the slightest reference to the politics of the
individuals promoted.
After a few words from Mr. Lefroy, Mr. Grattan, and
Mr. Leader,
Mr. M. O'CONNELL never knew the police to interfere
in the county of Clare without increasing disturbance.
Mr. HUNT was astonished at the magnitude of the sum,
which he thought ought to be diminished.
Mr. HWIR thought it required explanation why the
grant should be so much increased.
The resolution was agreed to.
The next resolution was 21,7411. 1 bs. 4 non.conforming
ministers in Ireland.

Mr. HUME opposed the grant. Within the last twenty-
four years half a million had been paid by the people of Eng-
land, for the support of the Protestant Church of Ireland,
which was the richest church in the world. (Hear, hear.)_
If they gave public money to Dissenters in Ireland, why not
in England and Scotland ? It was the duty of Government
so to appropriate the revenues of the Church in Ireland as to
prevent such demands on the people of England. ( Hear.)
Why not apply the revenue of the See of Deny in that way ?
There was a fine of 25,0001. now ready to be paid on the
renewal of a lease of land belonging to that See. The Bishop
held out a long time, but at last consented to take 25,0001.
and before the deeds could be completed bedied. That fine
might at once be applied to the purposes of this grant.
Mr. STA NLEY said the revenues of the Established
Church of Ireland could no more be applied to the support
of Dissenters than of Catholics. There was no body or
men more deserving the support of the Legislature than the
Presbysterian Clergy of Ireland.
Mr. O'CONNELL concurred in the grant, and In the'
character given of the Presbyterian clergy. The title of the
Established Church was founded on an Act of Parliament,
and was therefore a good title; but an Act of Parliament
could at any moment apply the whole of the MUM to any
other public purposes. (Hear, bear.)
Mx SHIEL said, the Prime Minister had lately declared
in the House of Lords, that the present church establishment
of Ireland was not fitted to the country. If a Roman Ca-
tholic said he did not concur in that opinion, he must be a
hypocrite. He thought the revenues of the existing clergy
should not be touched ; but it was the conviction and feeling
of seven, millions of people, that they should not be cond.
nued to successors. Two mitres had now fallen to the crown
in Ireland : he hoped they would not be replaced on the head
of the establishment.

Sir R. FERGUSON said he knew that the fine ready to
be paid to the Bishop of Deny was but £14,000.
The resolution was agreed to.
The following resolutions were then agreed to.
4701. lbs. bd. for salaries of lottery oilcan in Ireland.
2,6301. for Inland navigation.
20,855 i. for the police of Dublin.
After a protracted cooversatitm the grant was allowed.
3,7841. to defray the charge of the commiuloners of judi.
dal inquiry for 1831, *as then put and agreed to.
1,0001. for the Record Works not yet completed.—
Agreed to.
40,0001. for employment of the poor of Ireland, and for
relief of distress.—Agreed to.
1,1001. to defray the half-yearly salaries of the Commis-
sioners of Public Works.—Agreed to.
The Resolutions were then reported to the house, the
Chairman then reported progress, and obtained leave to dt
again this day.

OAKS BILL.

The report of the game bill was brought up and re.
craved.

The question that the bill with the amendments be en-
grossed,
Col. SIBTHORPE moved an adjournment, and the gal.
lery was cleared for a division ; none, however, took place,
the original proposition having been agreed to.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposod of, and
the House Adjourned at Half•pant One &Cluck.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, AUG UST 28—The Correspondent of
Nuremberg announces that intelligence was re-
ceived at Berlin on the 18th, of the defeat and
total dispersion of the corps of General Kreutz ;
and it was pesitively stated that that. General had
fallen into the hands of the Poles. The Russian
army, it adds, was in full retreat.
News has arrived from the Russian head quar-
ters at Lowicz, of the 15th August. It was known
that the Polish army bad taken its position behind
Rawka, directing its march towards Warsaw ; the
Russian army had also followed the same move-
ment, and left head-quarters in the course of an
hour after, marching towards Szymenow. Gene-
ral Geismar, who commands the van-guard of Ru-
diger's army, had an affair on the 9th, near Gra-
nitza, and took 19 officers and 500 Polish soldiers.
General Rosen has left Siedlic to march towards
Praga ; the corps of General Kreutz passed the
Vistula on the 17th inst.—Prussian States Ga-
zette of Me 23d.
Letters from Germany inform us to-day, that
the troubles of Hungary take a serious character.
Military forces have left Peeth to repress the re-
volt. That revolt, it is said, has been provoked
by the sanitary precautions taken against the cho-
lera ; but there is reason to believe that these
'troubles have also a political character. Several
Austrian correspondents assure us that whole regi,
ments have quitted Hungary to join the Polish
*flag. Nevertheless we wait for more positive in-
formation before fixing our judgment upon these
events.—Messager.
According to letters from Warsaw, the means of
defenee begins to be exhausted • but the warlike
ardour is still the same amongst the whole mass Of

r_

the people. The chiefs of the state begin to be
convinced that they are no longer in a state to
resist all the forces brought against them, and
are loth to make up their minds to accept
battle. In consequence, they do their ut-
most by negotiation to avoid the terrible catas-
trophe now threatening them ; and as soon as
Marshal Paskewitach arrives near Warsaw with his
army, propositions will be sent to the Russian
head-quarters, which have already indeed been
I sent, but not accepted. Notwithstanding, there
is great hopes at Warsaw, that Prince Czartoryski,
will be able to suspend hostilities, and conclude
an arrangement ; he would, by such an act, acquire
the gratitude of his countrymen, as well as the ap-
proval of the Emperor Nicholas. There was no doubt
at Warsaw of Plenepotentiaries being named on
both sides to treat for peace. One of the conditions
which the Russian Commander-in-Chief has de-1
clared objectionable, was the demand of maintain-
ing the rank and rewards obtained by the Polish
officers since the insurrection.—Augsbourg Ga-
zette, Aug. 25.
lEN 14 A, Au°. 19.—This capital was yester- I
day in great consternation in consequence of the
death of a workman, who was attaked this day
with every appearance of cholera. All fear, how-
ever, disappeared, for it was ascertained that this'
ideath had been accidental. Several families, how-
ever, have left the capital, and the road to Bavaria
is crowded with travellers. The Emperor is still
at Schoenbrunn, and access to that residence is
not interdicted. Prince Metternich and the diplo-
matic corps have the intention of putting tham-
selves under the protection of the sanitary cordon
of Schoenbrunn ; they have not yet left this
Icity. Our Exchange has fallen into com-
plete stagnation, and the public funds are at a
stand. We believe that the true cause of our
commercial crisis is owing to the fear of war :
however, the assurances given by the French
Ministry are in favour of peace, and have, in con-
sequence, tended to calm many an uneasy mind,
—but the evil is so great, that it is not an easy
task to heal it. Poland is still looked to as a
subject of trouble to Europe. The prevalent
opinion here is, that negotiations for peace are
going on, and great hopes are expected from
them.--Gazette de Augsiourg of the 25th.
For several days there has been much talk of a
new intervention on the part of Austria in the Roman
States. The Message,. says, "we can affirm that
the report is altogether devoid of truth.,'
A letter from Munich of the 22d inst. says, that
to tranquillize the public mind, the Bavarian Go-
vernment has established a sanitary cordon along
the Austrian frontiers. Already several battalions
of infantry and cavalry have left Augsburg for their
destinations.

At one o'clock yesterday about 300 persons pro-
ceeded to the Chamber of Deputies, to demand of
M. Lafitte the distribution of the money sub-
scribed for the wounded of July. After some ex-
planation from the Deputy, they quietly dispersed.
There seems every probability that the Dey of
Algiers will be restored to his strong hold. He
has been dining wtth M. Casimir Perier.—The
I Revolution says : " A report was spread yester-
day, that the Dey of Algiers will be restored to his
States : the impossibility of remaining master of
a country, in presence of a turbulent and warlike
population, will be given as the pretext. In order
to colour e determination which will be taken,.
there will be stipulated a tribute of some millions,
which his Highness the Dey will pay probably
I after the fashion of Hayti.
BASLE, Aug. 24.—A deputation has arrived at
the canton of Basle, with a formal mission to pre-
scribe to the rebels of the canton of Basle to lay
down their arms and to resume order and quiet-
ness ; and to solicit, in the moat pressing and posi-
tive manner, the government of Basle to terminate
hostilities, and put an end to the effusion of blood.
Whilst we were receiving from the superior
authorities of Basle the assurances that they would
instantly suspend hostile proceedings, and that
arms would only be resorted to in case of attack,
we have heard with pain that in the country, on
the contrary, not only troubles and disorders con-
tinue in several districts, but that even peace-
able inhabitants have been threatened with the
loss of their lives and property. In this state of
things the representatives make known to the po
pulation of the Canton of Basle, the resolution
taken by the Diet, and consequently summons, in
the most formal manner, all those who have taken
up arms to disturb the established order of things,
instantly to lay them down, to return to order, to
respect the law, and to allow all those employed in
public affairs to return peaceably to their functions.
They declare that that order is to be everywhere
put into execution without resttiction, and, if not
complied with, the Diet will be under the painful
necessity of taking serious measures to enforce the
respect due to the law.
It is rumoured that at Zurich a corps of troops
was ready to march at the first notice against those
who would not obey the order of the Diet.—
P.S. The representatives have just set off to Liestal,
and it is said that the rebels have refused to Rub-
mit.—Cosirrier du Bas-Rhin, August 27.
DUCHY OF LUXEMBURGH.

The Journal of Luzemburgh contains the fol-
lowing article : The Minister of Foreign Affairs in
Belgium, relying on the state quo in the Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg, applied to the military go-
vernment of the fortress, setting forth, that in this
state of things there seemed no reason why public
functionaries and others, who have accepted offices
in Belgium, should be hindered from freely enter-
ing the city, and that, consequently, all prohi-
bitions on this head should be revoked. The
military authorities before giving an answer to the
Minister's note, consulted the German Diet : the re-
sult was a decision which we are able to lay before
our readers. It is as follows :

SPECIAL PILOTOCOL or THE 25TH SITTING or THE

GRIMM DIET, 11TH AUG. 1831.

I. Insurrection in the Grand Duchy of Luxembur
repression of the Insurgents in Luxemburg, and measures
of defence against the Belgians. As the Diet has read no
I communications either from his Majesty, the King of the
Netherlands, or from the Conference at London, the object
ofsrhich was-to justify the pretensions that the Belgians
have addressed to the Governor of the fortress of Luzern.
burg, and that consequently there are no grounds to enter
into myeloid= en the subject, the government of the for-
tress is desired to be attentive, not to suffer itself to be led
into an error, relatively to the conduct which it should ob-
serve with regard to the authorities and subjects of the
yen government, which conduct is marked out to it by the
resolutions of Diet, which is by no means disposed to make

any change in the rules which it has laid down for
guidance of the government of the said fortress.

§ 2. The Legations of Austria and Prussia are requgued
to acquaint the conference at London, with the pretentoti
of the Belgic government, and also of the decision taken
on the subject, and to observe to the conference that, if, u
stated in public journals, proposals have been addressed to the
King of the Netherlands, and to the Belgic Government,
in which the conference has offered its good offices, that the
stets quo may be maintained, Wilke end of the negoci,
dons by the German confederation, in the territory of L.
emburg, which belongs to the confederation. The Dis,
thinks it is the less called upon to declare itself on 013
subject, as it has received no communication on it from the
King of the Netherlands, or from the conference at Lund e,
The German Diet meantime expects, with perfect con.
fidence, that. in the course of the negotiation, the rights of
the confederation, and of the House of Nassau, over
the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, will be taken into
strict consideration, and that no measure will be decided
upon, the result of which would be to lead to change,'
either in the integrity of the territory, or the relations ut
the Grand Duchy, without the previous consent of his
Majesty the King of the Netherlands (Holland), as Grand
Duke, and of the German Confederation."

Major-General Goedecke, who presides over the
government of the Grand 9uchy, has issued a
proclamation. In the preamble he recapitulates the
inconsiderate and absurd revolution which was im-
ported into the Grand Duchy from Belgium, and
seconded by the inhabitants, who were misled
by vain declarations, and in spite of the efforts
of the magistrates, who demonstrated that
Luxembourg was a special sovereignty of the King,
as Grand Duke, and quite distinct from Belgium.
Yet in the end, notwithstanding the furious arti-
cles of the revolutionary journals, the exaggerated
pretensions of the usurping Government, the born_
bash: speeches in the self-styled National
Congress, and the Constitution engendered
by it, the whole fabric of sophistry and ab-
surdity fell in pieces before the power of truth ;
and the rebellion was obliged to avow, that all that
had been done for Belgium, could not concern the
Grand Duchy, and that to unite this, the cession
of it by the legitimate Sovereign was neces-
sary. But the legitimate Sovereign has re-
pelled this usurpation, in stain quo by his vic-
torious arms ; and if France has interfered, it is
by its own declaration, only according to the
tenor of the protocols which it has signed, and in-
tends to maintain.

In consequence, the Major-General, President
of the Commission of General Government in the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, complying with
the orders he has received from his Majesty the
King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Lux-
embourg, decrees as follows:
Art. 1. The Inhabitants of the said grand duchy, enjoy.
ing a nationality independent of that of Belgium, sanctioned
by the solemn treaties of 1815, and recognised by the pro.
tocols of the Conference of London, ought as such, to ab•
stain from taking any pan in the elections which are to take
place on the 29th August, and following days, for the nomi.
nation of the senators and representatives, who are destined
to form a new legislative body of Belgians.

Art. 2. Ti.e inhabitants of the city of Luxembourg, who,
aotwitlutanding the present notice, shall take pan in the
elections in question, shall be excluded from the city, acct
cannot again return to it.
Done at Luxembourg Hotel of the General Government
of the Grand Duchy.—Signed by the Major-General, Presi-
dent of the Commission of Government of the Grand Dishy,
24th August, 1831. DR GOIII3IICILL
Brussels Papers, August 31.

From the Journal du Cenune►ce of Monday. *

P,tars, Aug. 28. As a complete answer to al
that has been said in Parliament of the orders
given to Marshal Gerard immediately to withdraw
his troops from Belgium, we publish statements,
dated from Tirlemont, the twenty-fifth of August,
ten o'clock at night—that is to say, on the same
day Lord Grey and Lord Althorp gave their expla-
nations. These movements will be completed by the
12th September. The number of the troops re-
turning immediately to France may be estimated
at a little more than 20,000 men. The head-
quarters were to set out for Nevilles on the 26th,
and reach that town on the third day. Care is
purposely taken to avoid making the head-quarters
ram through Brussels.
The Heureux Union, Captain Raisin, brings
us news from Hayti of the 11th July. Great agi-
tation prevailed at Port-au-Prince. All business
was suspended. A great number of the inhabi-
tants, already alarmed by fear of a war which they
considered inevitable, were removing their most
valuable effects to the mountains.

A new town is rising at the distance of three
leagues from Port-au-Prince by the name of
Petionville. The Government is to be shortly re-
moved thither.

The Magazines are full of European goods, but
there is no sale for anything. Money is scarce—
confidence is destroyed. The crop is entirely ex-
hausted ; so that, for instance, it was with much
difficulty that the Heureux Union could complete
her cargo, though Captain Raisin paid for coffee
as much as 3i gourds per 50 killogrammes.
FRENCH FUNDS, Aue. 29.
Fire per Cents. 88f 1k 20c 40c 45e 60c 70e 80e 80e Ole
90e 8k 73c.—Loan, 1831, 89f 88f 90c.—Four per Ceats.
721.•
Three per Cents. 68f 75e, 67f 20e 30e 40e :3& bee 36e
50e 110 e 70c 80c bk.
Bonk Sharer, 1,620 f, 1,616 f.
Benue of the City of Paris, 88f 2k.

Baussims, Avo. 29.—The head-quarters of
the French army have been here since yesterday.
The Marshal and four general officers dined with
the King yesterday.
General Belliard being at Antwerp yesterday,
dispatched a courier to Tilburg, the head-quarters
of the Prince of Orange. The same courier ar-
rived this morning very early with an answer for
the General. The courier says, that he saw at
Tilburg the King of Holland and
Orange, and Prince Frederick.
An English Cabinet Messenger
yesterday afternoon from the Hague,
to that town with despatches.
General Belliard, coming from
tired Brussels yesterday at the head
and 38th regiments of the line.
BBUSSELS,AUG. 30.—There is
a park of 70 pieces of Belgian artillery
The place where the first Chamber -'
General used to assemble, is now -
Sittings of the Belgic Senate.
General Belliard and Lord W.
to Brussels yesterday from Ghent,
mediately admitted to an audience
Not having been able to induce General
to evacuate the capital in Dam and '

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LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 1.

ONE o'Csocx. Tuts DAY.—Thermometer, 64. Ba-
.ol,cier, 2947. Wind N.B. Weather, rainy.

F.' This Paper will be regularly forwarded
by Post, on transmitting Orders to the Office,
Tempk Bar, London, or to any of the usual
Nrwsmen.

The assertions made in the House of Com-
mons, that the Reform Bill has become unpo-
pular, is a misrepresentation. The bill is not
unpopular, but the delay of its progress is un-
popular : nor is the delay itself the sole cause
of popular dissatisfaction ; but the obstruction of
ad measures of amelioration, and all redress of
grievances, for which the bill is made the pre-
teat, creates deep and universal dissatisfaction.
Twenty different measures of relief from those
urgent distresses which press on the middle classes,
and on all the industrious and productive classes,
have been postponed, till the bill is passed ; and
hence the bill is made the ecape-goat of those
who pretend that they can think of only one
thing at a time. If the parties who reason thus,
were themselves, like the great mass of the people,
broiling on the gridiron of taxes, without adequate
currency—of stocks in trade rotting on their
shelves, or saleable at enormous loss, for want
of currency—if they had lost their incomes by
tht.., reduction of all property, while they are still
called ou to pay equal amounts of taxes—
they would feel, that the taxes must be brougbt
to the level of the currency, or the currency it-
self be raised to the level of the taxes. If ruin,
from attempting to pay a paper debt in gold, and
paper taxes in gold, hung over their heads, as it
does over the mass of the people—and if this ruin
is allowed to be accelerated by the power conceded
by law to crafty and needy lawyers, and by debtor
and creditor laws, made to punish swindlers, and
not persons ruined by legislative errors, or changes
of currency—these procrastinators of relief would,
like the people, be discontented, on being told that
their case could not be considered till the Reform
Bill was passed ; while the delay of that bill is the
amusement of a desperate faction, and has no pre-
cedent in our legislative history. Look, again, to
all the interests of the country, and their suffering
dependants—the agricultural interests—the colo-
nial interests—the shipping interests—the state of
Ireland—its yeomanry, its tythes, and its want of
poor laws—and look abroad at the Poles, and at the
treaty of Vienna to which this country was party—
and let it be considered, whether all these subjects
ought to be compromised in subserviency to the
manoeuvres of a faction, when we know that, in
defiance of the public, the sax ACTS were passed
within fourteen days! It is untrue, therefore,
that the people are dissatisfied with the Bill, or
its principles, or objects. On the contrary, they
are only dissatisfied that it is allowed by their
majority, to be so cruelly delayed, and that they
are thereby put in the wrong, by the postponement
of so many other considerations of vital importance
to them and their families.

A revolution in Warsaw, with a powerful enemy
at its gates, is a circumstance so appalling to the
friends of Poland, that hopes yield before sinis-
trous reports. Our express from Paris this
morning brings an article from the Gazette
of the free city of NUREYBOURG, not very
remote from the Polish frontiers, which is
of a very cheering character, and we refer our
readers to the article, under the head Paris. We
leave it to speak for itself, and insert it
as transmitted, without a date, though evi-
dently published after the 17th, because we
learn from Berlin Papers, that on that
dad•, the Russians under KREUTZ crossed
the Vistula, to co-operate with PASICRWITSCII, as
a left wing of his combined approaches towards
Warsaw, his rizht wing being at Nadarzin, and his
centre at Motile, where he no doubt awaited the
co-operation of KRaUTZ. If this General, there-
fore, has been defeated by CHRAZANOWSKI, the
circumstance must be regarded u very important.
On the other hand, we have a foreboding extract
irom Augsburg, a city under suspicious influence,
and from a Gazette renowned for its mendacity, in
o Lich the worst fate of Poland is roundly antici-
Dted ; and, moreover, our own Stock Exchange
Las been inundated, during the morning, with
adverse reports of the total defeat of the Poles;
but as there are no arrivals in London later than
those which have reached the office of the STAR,
and as we have Brussels papers down to Tuesday
last, and these are wholly silent on the subject, we
conclude—or at least we hope—that such reports

have been fabricated for mere stock jobbing
purposes.

We are perfectly aware of the intense anxiety
which pervades the nation on this Polish question ;
and as we entirely sympathize with the public, we
shall not fail—if any arrivals in the course of this
afternoon confer certainty on any of the current
rumours—to publish a second edition, however
late it may be in the evening.

There is no doubt that the six week's armistice
between Belgium and Holland, under the dictation
of the five powers, which we announced yesterday,
expresses the present public relations of those
countries. The Flanders mail brings Brussels
papers to the 30th, and at that time, the news of the
armistice does not appear to have ttiutspired —at least
in the offices of the journals. They are filled with
uninteresting details of the counter-marches of the
different French corps ; but they develop. some
new and very important circumstances, relative to
the Duchy of Luxembourg, which are likely to
puzzle the sage diplomatists at London and Paris.

The German Diet, considering Luxembourg as
an integral part of the empire, have put forth a
paper, in modern fashion, iyclepped a Protocol,
and it portends a war of protocols ; for this antique
assembly plainly insinuate that Luxembourg is
under its special guardianship, and that the Con-
ference of London—and even the Court of France—
have taken an unwarrantable liberty, in making
any dispositions about this Duchy, without their
participation and concurrence. In conjunction
with this unexpected manifesto, the President of
the Duchy, DE GOEDECKE, has issued a
most singular proclamation, denouncing the
Belgic revolution, and forbidding the inha-
bitants of the city and country to take any part in
the election of Deputies to the Belgic Congress,
or in any manner to identify themselves with the
Belgic rebels ! We might suppose from its gene-
ral tenour, that General DE GOEDECKE held a
commission in the Russian service ; for be speaks
of popular revolutions, and revolutionists, in
a tone which, of late years, has been exclusively
adopted at Petersburgh. We recommend this do
cument, and the declaration of the Diet, to the im-
mediate attention of the profound Marquis, who,
night after night, drives into a corner the diplomacy
of Lord PALMERSTON and the British Cabinet!

In the House of Lords last night, the Arch-
bishops' Plurality Bill progressed u stage.
Sir R. Inglis, in the House of Commons, pre-
sented a petition signed by 700 Protestants in
Ireland, impugning the character and conduct of
Maynooth College— an institution which Mr.
O'Connell and Lord Killeen defended.

Mr. Hume thought Sir R. Inglis's observations
were unbecoming a Representative of Oxford ; and
Mr. Rice thought the College merited support.—
Mr. Grattan doubted the integrity of the signa-
tures, and Mr. O'Connell said those of a Clergyman
and his Curate had been made twice over !

Mr. Lambert read a letter from the Rev. Mr.
Walsh, confirming his statements On the Newtown-
berry affair, as to the shocking treatment of a preg-
nant female. This led to a very spirited conversa-
tion, in which several Irish members took part ;
and it was generally agreed, that the assassins
ought to be disbanded.
Mr. Hume declared, that if he were an
Irishman, he would call for an investigation, night
after night. Mr. Hunt alluded to the equally
atrocious Manchester massacre, in which 16 bad
been killed and 600 wounded ; but the reference
produced a laugh in the house !

In a committee of supply, Mr. Spring Rice
moved for a grant of 50,0001. to defray the expenses
of the coronation, which he said would comprehend
all the charges. Mr. Hume lamented such a demand,
at such a time, though but a fifth of the cost of
the last Coronation. He wished it had been but
£5,000 ; and thought the ceremonial altogether
unnecessary. Mr. Hunt proposed a division, to
which Mr. Hume and Mr. O'Connell objected, and
the vote was agreed to.
Mr. Rice then moved for £16,379 for the Lord
Lieutenant's household. Mr. Hume and Sir J.
Newport thought the office was useless ; and Sir
John Burke commented on a charge of £2,373 for
the battle-axe guard, which was ridiculed, but
continued, because the parties had purchased their
appointments.

Other Irish grants were then agreed to, after
severe observations by Mr. Hume and others. A
conversation then ensued about a default of Sir
George Hill, to the amount of £2,100; who, ne-
vertheless, had been appointed Governor of St.
Vincent, by the late Ministry, and the balance
still unpaid.

A sum of 21,4731. was voted to the Dissenting
Ministers in Ireland, to which Mr. Hume objected
in the strongest terms, as well as Mr. O'Connell,
Mr. Sheil and others. It appeared that these
grants attached too many of the Dissenters,
and their Ministers, to the Orange faction.
One vote—that of £40,000 for employing and
relieving the Irish poor—redeemed the improvidence
of many others.

At one o'clock the Game bill advanced a stage.

We direct attention to what paned in the Court
of Chancery this morning, relative to a pending
revolution in the Chancery business.

The Earl Marshal has published a detailed pro.
gramme of the ceremonies to be. observed in the
Abbey on the Bth. It corresponds exactly, except
with a few variations of names, with the same ce-

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remonies at the last coronation; and being of a
length this day to exclude temporary matter from
our columns, we have purposely postponed it till
to-morrow.

ROYAL EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.

Consols which left off yesterday at 811 j for the
account, opened at the same price. At present
they are 81k, with little doing.

TWO O'CLOCK.

Consols are very steady, without any business
doing at 81 i—alternately buyers and sellers. We
have no further political news.
In the Foreign Market nothing doing.
Up to the present hour we have no arrivals of
consequence ; no steamers are expected either from
Holland or Ostend to-day, consequently there will
be a dearth of information. The express from Paris
brings the French rents higher.

THREE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock, 1994. Three per Cent. Red. 824 44 4.
Three per Cent. Console, 814 1 '4. Three and a Half per
Cant. 1818, 901. Three and a Half per Cent. Red.
gen 4. Three and a Half per Cent. New, 894 4.
Four per Cent. 1826, 1004. Long Annutiiss, Jan. 1880,
17 1.184. Annuities, Oct. 1869, —; do. Jan. 1860,
India Stock, —; do. Bonds, par. South &It Stock, —.
£lOOO Exchequer Bills, 9 10; £5OO do. 10 1100
and A9OO do. 16 13. Advertised, 9 10. Cowls for Ac.
count. 814.

The reports afloat about the defeat of the Poles
by the Russians, originated in a Rotterdam paper,
which copies an old account of the Humbargh
Reporter, magnified by it into a total defeat for
some stock jobbing purposes.