Star.
London, England, 1830-10-29 00:00:00

NEW POLICE-HAMMERSMITH.

Yesterday, there was a public meeting of the inhabitants of the Hamlet
e: tlatnmersmith, for the purpose of taking into consideration the pro•
pricty of presenting petitions to the Legislature, or to take some other
steps as might appear necessary for the removal of the New Police, or
for the reduction of the expense thereof.
Mr. BOWLING moved resolutions, proposing that a deputation should
be appointed to wait upon Sir R. Peel, to induce him to consent to the
withdrawing of the Day Police, &c. He urged that a Day Police,
promenading about Hammersmith, was useless; and that, therefore,
the expense of it ought to be spared; but he admitted that an efficient
night watch was of essential advantage. The hamlet was peculiarly
circumstanced, and it was to represent the peculiar circumstances that
he proposed the Deputation. The expense of the present Police
system upon the hamlet was fourteen-pence in the pound upon
the rate-payers. The assessment was made on the rental of the parish ;
out as there was much property that paid no rates, and as the rate was
levied on about three-fourths of the rents of those who paid rents, it was
provestble that the assessment for the police was, upon the actual rate-
payers, fourteen pence in the pound.—(Hear.)
Mr. Wzin and others strongly resisted any application to Sir IL
Peel, but urged petitions to the King and the Legislature. On a diet-
sion, however, the amendment was negatived by a small majority...-.
There were 52 for the original motion, end 17 for the amendment.

The House of Lords seems to have undergone no altera-
ration since last Session of Parliament. The throne remains
in the same state. Tho accommodation made for gentlemen
who report the debates Las been removed, but there is an
intention, it is said, to afford increased facilities for report-
in... A numerous body of persons congregated in the ave-
nues to the House during the time the Peers and Members
of the Commons were passing to and leaving the House.
PARLIAIto:NTARY tiseNTEes.—Mr. Brougham has
urged the necessity of porre infasures for faeiliting the public business
during the present Session of Parliament, and the question will proba-
bly give rise to much di!cussion in the course of the next week. The
abserice of members from their duties in the house is, perhaps, a sub-
ject equally worthy of attention, and might be advantageously considered
at the saute time. The long Parliament in 1643, when several Noblemen
and Gentlemen, Members of the two Houses, left the Parliament,
and went to the Kirg at Oxford, issued a very rigorous
order against " the deserters of the Ctimmonwealth in times of danger."
lion. Members will do well in erase this document; atul if the Parlia-
mentary absentees in these (to erste Sir Joseph Yorke's phrase) " tre-
mendous times," corAntie reito.-rory, why then, e'en " let them go
end do likewise ;"—" Such men as snail wilfully steyiect their service
its the House, by departing the cities of London and Westminster, or
otherwise, without particular leave first obtained from the House, shall
oe reported and taken in the same cowiitioa as those that ought to
nave their estates sequestered, and shall have their estates sequestered
accordingly, for deserting the service of the Commonwealth in the time
of imminent donger."--Hi raid.
DESTRUCTIVE PI AE—NA RROW ESCAPE.—About three
• o'clock this morning, the policeman on duty alarmed the neighbourhood
of Great Queen-street, by springing his rattle and calling " Fire." In
a few minutes, the warehouse of Mr. Smith, oilman, was found to be
on fire. The doors were forced. but the fire had taken so strong a hold,
that all attempts to stop its immediate progress were vain. The Sun
and Protector Fire-office engines were soon on the spot ; but, before
their arrival, the whole of Mr. Smith's house was in flames, as was the
"''per part of that of Mr. Callam, the truss maker. The firemen, by
treat exertion. stopped the I ames front catching the premises of Mr.
bookseller, and eventually prevented the farther extension of the
fire. About nine o'clock, several of the Sun and Protector firemen ven-
tured into the lower part, and on the roof of Mr. Callam's and Mr.
' Smith's premiers. :it this moment, a part of Mr. Callam's house fell
down, and Piner and Howe narrowly escaped. Hill, Newill, and
Stokes, had ascended a ladder to cut away some burning wood-work,
when the laildkr gave wry with them. Hill had his head cut severely, by
!erne falling brickwork; but the others escaped without any severe in-
jury. At ten o'clock the flames again burst forth, but were soon over.
come. Fortunately the wind blew freshly from the westward, and aided
the exertions of the firemen in keeping off the fire from the premises of
.Mr. Sams, whine vstluable collection of curiosities must otherwise have
fdlen a sacrifice. Se rtiVelly did the flames progress in the lint instance,
that they set fire to •••••••rat in Wild-court. The loss of pro.
;terry is very great, alai partly insured.
CORONER'S 1N441; letet night an inquest was held
at Bridewell, on the body cr Joha Britten, a clerk to Mr. White. attor-
lay, of the Temple, 9• !Ili ^S°a,tt.d on Werthesday, with one foot above
water, at Capers What, iivti;ill in between some and barges. The
ceased was picked up by ,nme wtterrnen, and conveyed to Bridewell
...3eabouse. Several withth.,es were examined, but no light could be
thrown upon the mystcrinns bosintss of his being found iu such a situ-
a tine It appeared that he was rather tipsy on the supposed night of
• death, and was walking to awl fro on B!ackfriars.br ger ti .ere was
trifling sum of money found in his pockets. Mr. White his employer,
stod he wog rather wild of late. The Jury, who had no other alternative,
turned a verdict of " F.;und Drowned." The deceased has left a
a''dvw and nine children, the youngest only a week old ; they reside in
Pay house-yard.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

BELGIC PAPERS.
" PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT Or BELGIUM.

"The Central Committee, at the instance of the Adntinstrator of the
Provinces ; considering that, under present circqmstanees, there is not a
single chisel; in easy circumstances who does not feel the duty of con.
tributing to the first wants of the country ; amsidering, however. that
it is not a sacrifice that is called for, but an advance of funds on advan-
tageous conditions.

" Decrees a voluntary and patriotic loan of 5,000,000 of florins on
the following terms :
" Art. 1. There shall be created 5,000 bonds of 1,000 florins each,
divisible into halves and quarters ; they shall bear interest at 6 per cent.
per annum.
" 2. The interest shall commence un the Ist of October instant.

" 3. Those persons who shall pay the amount of their bonds before
the Ist of November next, shall enjoy this interest; those who shall
not pay till after theist of November, shall enjoy the interest only from
the day on which they shall hare mad•: their payments, which, at all
events, must take place before the Ist of December, 1830.
"4. The bonds, No. 1 to 2,500 inclusive, may be given with the
coupons of interest detached, in payment of the direct taxes of the se-
cond six months of the year 1831 ; in the contrary case, t 11.7 will be
repaid on the Ist of October the same year.
" The same regulation shall be applicable for the year 1835 to the
bonds No. 2,:41 to 8,000.
" The Administrator-General of the Finance is charged with the ar-
rangements relative to the emission of thin loan.
" DE POTTER.
" GENDEBIEN.
"Count FELIX DE MERODE.
"SYLVAN VAN DE WEYER.
" VA NDERLIN DEN, Secretary.

"Brusoteht, Oct. 22."

The Administrator-6encral of the Finances, according to the pre.
ceding decree, invites those persons who desire to take part in the shove
loan to make their subscriptions, and to diem the payment, cith. r at
Brussels, or the office of the cashier of the treasury (the bank), or in
the other towns at the offices of its agents. Provisional receipts will ite
delivered to them to be exchanged in the sequel for the bonds that an
to he issued. Those whose names are first inscribed will be entitled to
the first numbers. The bankers, stockbrokers, and agents, who shall
inscribe in the names of persons employing them, shall r, cave one
quarter per cent. commission.
(Signed) J. H. COOll EN, Administrator-Gen.
DELFOSSE, Secretary-Genets!.

Brussels, Oct. 23."
On the report of the Committee of the Constitution, seeing the de.
eters of the 10th and 12th of Oct. which fix the number of deputies to
be elected to the National Congress by each district ; considering that
the importance and solemnity of the mission of the Congress, require
that the National Representation should be as complete as possible ;
that to prevent the necessity of new elections, and the delays which
they would occasion, it is advisable to provide beforehand for the
vacancies that may result for double nominations, resignations, coti9cs
and other causes, decrees,
Art. 1. In each district the electors on proceeding to the election
of deputies shall name, by the same ballot, or by a separate ballot, a
number of substitutes equal to that of the deputies.
The number of votes shall determine the rank of the substitutes
and the order in which they may eventually be summoned to the
Congress.
2. A copy of the present deer.:e shall be transmitted to the chief of
the Committee of the Interior. to ensure its execution.
Brussels, Oct. 23. (The signatures.)
BULLETIN.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 22.

Lieut.-Colonel Niellon having made a levy en ',acme of the brave
campinois, resolved on the 21st, at ten in the morning, to tithe the
enemy from the positions which he occupied on the left bank of the
Ncthe, towards Lrerre. He attacked him briskly and drove him from
all his positions, and pursued him to a considerable distance on the road
to Antwerp. The enemy, in his retreat, abandoned all his camp equi-
page. His loss in killed and wounded was very great. Not a Dutch.
man is to be seen within two leagues of Liare. The column of Mar-
lines, after having repaired the bridge of Waelhem, followed the ene.
my in his retreat, continually harassing him. Our brave volunteers have
taken a position at Contuh to-day, at four in the afternoon.
" The Brigadicr.General pro kmpore, Commandvr.in-Chief of the
Belgii.n Army, "

The project of the constitution, as definitively drawn up, Is to be de-
livered to the Provisional Government this morning. It seems that a
deputation has come from Mons to ask the Provisional Government for
permission to bring hither, under an escort, Gen. Don Juan Van Helen,
accused of treason. It has been resolved that the accused shall remain
imprisoned at filons, where he shall be tried and judged.—The day be-
fore yesterday several malefactors were arrested in this city.

LIEGZ, OC T. 22.—The troops that left our city yesterday and the day
before are encamped about Maestricht. There is great fermentation in
that town. The Dutch troops are quite demoralized, and at the least li
hostile demonstration on our side, it is almost certain that there would
be a contest between the Foldiers and the citizens. Our troops, on the
contrary, are full of enthusiasm, and the countty people come from al
quarters to join them.
ANTWERP, OCT. 22.—The Stoats Courant announces that the
King, by a decree of the 20th, accepts the resignation of the Duke of
of Vrael, Messrs. de Is Costa, and Van Gobbleschroy. We
have spoken of manauvres carried oa in this city to excite disturbances
and organize pillage. An active investigation is going ou. Our situ-
ation is terrible. It is impossible to hold out. Threatened and tor-
mented within and without, we do not know which way to turn.
Every body asks, " What will become of us ? " This is not an idle
question, as it lately was. It has now a meaning which affects every
body. Commerce is in a state of deplorable stagnation. For some
days past there has been frequent fighting in the environs. We have
but to set a foot out of the city to hear the roaring of cannon and
a continual fire of musketry. It is a real calamity. GOD preserve
us from the evils that threaten us !

Breda is crowded with troops. All the volunteers from Holland are
sent to that loan, where great preparations for defence are making. The
9th regiment art Cuirassier* left Berghem to.day, to go to Breda. The
6th and Bth re iments of Hussars are gone to WestevereL Yesterday
afternoon, at Inc o'clock, the Fury steam-boat, belonging to the Eng-
lish Governmer.t, arrived with despatches. On entering the Scheldt,
it encountered the Dutch brig Flying Fish, which, not recognising the
Fury as an English Government vessel, ordered it to lie to, and on its
refusal, the Dutch brig tired a gun, and the ball tell very near the
Fury. The Dutch Captain afterwards pretended that it was a inistski.
All ships bound for Ghent and Termonde are stopped by the men of
war, and must remain here. It seems certain that the Fury brought
despatches fur the e.m% °cation of a Congress at the Hague, formed
principally of the Plenipotentiaries of England, France, and Prussia.
Stcam.boats ate to ply regularly between Antwerp and London.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 23.--A band of armed men having gone to at.
tack and plunder the chit eau of the fllarquis de Truiguies, the latter,
assisted by the farmers of the neighbourhood and his domestics, attacked
the plunderers so vigorously, that they were obliged to take flight,
leaving several dead behind.

!area, Ocr. 22.—The states of the province of Limburg have just
published a notice, in which, conformably to the proclamation of the
Prince of Orange of the 16th inst. they acquaint the inhabitants of
Limburg that they may freely take part in the electoral operations.
Yesterday various reports were spread of an action between our troops
and part of the garrison of Maestricht. The truth is there has been no
engagement. Our troops have pushed, their reconnoisanees a league
beyond Maestricht. A reinforcement will go to-morrovr to join them.
ANTIVESP, OCT. 23.—Three gun-boats that were anchored at Ru-
pel have returned to-day, and are in sight of the city. A Dutch steam
boat, said to be the Culaqua, has just arrived from Flushing. Is it
come to tow the men.of-wai ? The Dutch garrison of Tertnoride ar-
rived yesterday, and embarked immediately for Flushing. The steam
boat from Rotterdam arrived yesterday evening, with 200 Belgian chat-
MUT& on board. A number of 13elgian officers have resigned, aid arc
preparing to set out for Brussels.

BRUSSELS, Oc•r. 24.-1 he Dutch troops continue to retreat towards
Antwerp. A detachment art 40 Belgian volunteers have approached the
House of Correction of St. Bernard, which was guarded by several
hundred Dutch, succeeded in making these troops capitulate, with
liberty to return to Holland after laying down their arms.