Star.
London, England, 1830-04-08 00:00:00

MALT REGULATIONS.

Mr. DAWSON moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
7th and Bth of Geo. IV. chap. 62, respecting the malt duties. It
was not likely, he said, that any opposition would be made to the
measure, as the most important of the clauses were agreed to both
by the raaltsters and the Commissioners of Excise. The great ob.
ject of the new measure was to protect the honest dealer, and place
the trade on a fair footing. The moat material alterations were to
do away with the malt book—that, namely, in which the quantity
of barley, malt, &c. was entered, and how long they remained on
the premises ; to shorten the period from sprinkling from twelve to
eight days (as was understood;) and to abolish the certificate
system.
The motion was then agreed to..

FOUR PER CERT. ANNRITT BILL.

On the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moving the
third reading of this bill,
111 r. BRIGHT asked whether it was the intention of Government
to introduce a bill this Session for the consolidation of the assessed
taxes..
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it was
not intended to introduce such a bill this Session. He should have
a better opportunity for doing so next Session, when he should have
more time for so important a subject.
Mr. HUME objected to the delay.
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Mr. HERRIES said that what with the variety of bills which
were before the house, and the labours attending the consolidation
of the stamp duties, there.could not be time this session to do jus-
tice to such a measure as the consolidation of the laws respecting the
assessed taxes.
Mr. BRIGHT wished the subject to be referred to a committee.
Mr. HUME said it was a libel on the 600 members of that house
to say that there could• not be found one amongst them competent to
bring forward the measure. One bill for consolidating the stamp
ditties was not a sufficient excuse for delay.
Mr. HERRIES said that after Easter the hon. member would
ti id there were more bills than one before the house.

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Mr. lIU3IE remarked that in the number of appeals made from
assessments, there had been so many reversions, that the subject ad-
mitted of no procrastination.
Mr. ROBINSON said that out of 120 cases of appeal only 34
had been confirmed.
Mr. 11U31E asked if there were any intention to consolidate the
Post-office laws, which, he said, were full of inconveniences and
abuses.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the
wishes of the honourable member had been already anticipated, ani
that these laws were at that moment in a course of that

Mr. HUSIE hoped the bill would be brought up this sossion.
The third reading of the bill to reduce the Four per Cent. An.
!nettles to Three and a half per Cents. was then put and carried.

The house then, on the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, resolved itself into a committee to consider the
repeal of the present, and the enactment of other laws for the regu-
lation of the stamp duties.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that it was
not his intention to enter upon the investigation of this subject at
present. He should merely present a schedule of the new duties to
the house, and reserve discussion for a future occasion. He should
state, that he had no disposition to increase the duties it this part of
the kingdom.
Mr. S. RICE and Mr. HUME made a few observations on the
application of the proposed laws to Scotland and Ireland.
Mr. BRIGHT hoped the bill would be introduced speedily, as
the inconvenience attending the application of the present system la
the legal documents was most serious and perplexing. _ .„
Mr. ROBINSON recommended that the preeein system regardhig
receipts for small sums should be paiticularly attended to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that..by his
new measure, he should consolidate 152 separate sets with 12. By
this means every person would be at once enabled to lay his hand on
the laws which applied to his own case. He should bring in a bill
immediately after Easter.
The house then resumed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then introduced
his Bill for the regulation of the tobacco duties. He remarked that,
hitherto, the persons who were allowed to grow and sell tobacco in
Ireland made a clear profit to the amount of the duties imposed
upon the foreign importer. This was inequitable, and he proposal
w render them subject to such a duty as would make the condition
of both parties equal.
After a few words from Mr. Htrsea, Mr. POWLZTT TIIOXIIOII,
and Mr. S. RICE, the resolutions were agreed to.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at a Quarter to light o'Clock.

•.is Pew •
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LIST OF THE MINORITY , .
Of 16, who rated 'galas' die ddrd raiding of bora Ellenberougles
Dlvoiee Bill.
Attwooll, H. InSibi Sir R. White, S. '
Batley, C. H. Lambert, J. J. Wood, Ald.
Besunkat, T. Osborne,- Lord F. —...
C,ekborpe, Hon. F. PlsiDinion, Dr. Tellers.
Franidand, It. Stara* J. - Blandford, Marquis
Grant, R. VIM, IV. H. Hume, J,
. .
Grant, lit. Hon. C. Wlllthman, Ald. . .

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, APRIL 8.

Despatches have been received this day from Lord
STUART DE ROTHSAY, our Ambassador at Paris, and
from the Right Honourable Sir CHARLES BACOT, our
Ambassador at the Hague.

At two o'clock this afternoon a Cabinet Council was
held at the Foreign Office, in Downing Street. The
Council was very numerously attended, and continued
in deliberation for a considerable time. Mr. PEEL arri-
ved in town this morning, having left the sick-bed of bis
father to attend the Council. Lord Viscount MaLvILLE
was absent from indisposition.

We have hitherto strenuously advocated the cause of
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, from a conviction that, as
the evils under which the country now suffers, were
mainly, if not entirely, attributable to the abuses which
have long rendered the boasted " Representation of the
People" a mere illusion, so must the resuscitation of our
national interests be effected by the purification of that
system. But we should only deceive ourselves, could we
cherish a hope of witnessing the attainment of that great,
object, whilst we see its most zealous champions divided,
not only in the views which they labour to promote, but
in the means by which they would promote those views.
We have already expressed, in the most unqualified terms,
our cordial concurrence in the sentiments so ably embodied
in the DECLARATION of the BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL
UNION, and our firm persuasion that the principles pro-
mulgated in that Declaration, are more calculated to en-
sure the success of the cause than any that have ever
before emanated from such an Association. These prin-
ciples were founded upon the just and legitimate basis of
Constitutional right ; sanctioned by precedent, and jus-
tified by the experience of ages.
That DECLARATION, which appears in another part
of our paper, will be read with deep interest, and with
that attention, to which the importance of the subject
would alone entitle such a document—but which its own
intrinsic merits, the moderation of its purposes, and
the temperate but manly tone of its assertions, im-
peratively claim. All visionary and speculative doc-
trines are rejected ; and Universal suffrage, Annual Par-
liaments, and the Vote by Ballot, are utterly disclaimed,
as being at once unfounded in constitutional right, and
calculated to weaken the cause of Reform, by creating
dissentions in the upper and middle classes of society.
But whilst these principles are thus consistently main-
tained by the BIRMINGHAM POLPPICAL UNION, all
hope of the effectual co-operation of the Reformers, as a
body, is for the present destroyed, by the avowal of the
very different motives and views, which, on a primary and
most essential point, actuate the METROPOLITAN Asso-
CIATION, whose members declare that "the mode of
taking the poll at elections SHOULD EL by ballot." Untll
unanimity prevails in the' councils, the cause of reform
may be discussed and advocated, but it never can succeed.
We shall resume the subject to-morrow.

Although we are not called upon to vindicate our poli-
tical conduct, or the course which we feel bound to pursue
in the conscientious discharge of our duty to the public,
from the imputations of anonymous censors; yet, as the
writer of a letter bearing the somewhat indefinite signa-
ture of A.B. and the no lees equivocal address of Gros-
venor-street, evidently labours under an erroneous im-
pression with respect to the notice of a former letter, in-
serted in TUE STAR of February 25th;—we concede to
his error that reply to which neither the tenor nor the
tone of his present remonstrance entitles him at our hands.
Before we address ourselves seriatim to the points on
which he has thought pteper to bestow his counsel upon
us, we must say, that we were no parties to the " un-
gracious" reception of his lust communication : but in
doing so, we are also bons* to state, that, under similar
circumstances, we ihould have treated that letter precisely
as it was then treated—and as we think it deserved to be

treated. As the letter to which we now more immedi-
ately allude, purports to be an " admonitory" epistle, we
. cannot but regret, for its writer's sake, that it was not
more temperate in spirit, and more courteous in manner.
A little reflection will, we trust, convince our anonymous
but angry Monitor, that he who affects to give whole-
some advice to others, should regulate his own conduct
by the observance of that good breeding which alone can
extenuate the freedom with which his admonitions have
been obtruded, or entitle his opinions to respect.—We
now pass at once to the topics upon which our corres-
pondent has felt warranted in remonstrating with us ; and,
in the first place, we must say that we know of no more ef-
fectual means of rendering a service to the people, than by
exposing the insincerity of those upon whose advocacy of
their rights, arid whose defence of their interests, they have
so long but so vainly calculated.We know no way of render-
ing our own efforts in the public cause more available than
by "correcting the errors and exposing the knavery"—as
our correspondent has it—of our contemporaries. That our
endeavours to work out such a reform of the abuses by
which the Metropolitan Press has too long been degraded,
have not been hitherto without effect, we verily believe ;
and that belief is founded upon testimony much more va-
luable to us, and much more satisfactory, than the vague
and intemperate assertions of a whole alphabet of anony-
mous hypercritics. The article to which A. B. refers—
the leading article of the STAa of yesterday—did not
only " narrate the Editor's views" of a most important
" occurrence"—the official promulgation of the State of
the Revenue,—but it likewise bore with it a perfect confir-
mation of those views, by the self-styled " leading Journal
of all Europe." As for the proceedings connected with
Lord ELLENBOROUG n's Divorce Bill, it really surprises
us to find our " sage and venerable mentor" thus urging
us to bring so unseemly a subject more immediately
under the notice of our readers, than we are compelled to
do by the professional usage which exacts the insertion
of our Parliamentary reports. The proceedings to which
that Bill has given rise, are in our opinion so disgrace-
ful to the moral character of the country—so disreputable
to the party who has voluntarily become the object of
universal reflection, and, we may add, of universal oppro-
brium,—that, however qualified the nauseous details may
be to gratify the vicious and insatiable appetite of some
portion of the community—such perhaps as Miss STEELE
might term " the best, but not the most respectable,
part of.society"—for scandal ; yet we do think the jour-
nalisis of the empire would infinitely better consult the
dignity of their stations, and the reputation and morals
of the people, by excluding from their columns such
disgusting evidences of the vice and infamy with which
the higher orders are tainted ;—and devoting their
talents and their energies to the consideration of the ca-
lamitous condition to which every class of the people is
reduced, and to the means of alleviating the general and
unprecedented distress.—Our allusion to the Courier ema-
nated from no disposition to make an idle " parade" of
" having found out a mare's nest ;" nor was it so mere "a
squib" as A. B. may imagine. Whenever the Courier,
who has alone the right to demand an explanation of the
matter to which we "so darkly alluded," thinks proper to
call upon us, "out it shall come;" and then A. B. and
"the public" may alike Be satisfied whether, "non constat,
there is any thing at all." "The long Report .of the
Radical Reform Meeting" might perhaps have been " more
preferable" to A. B. but our columns are devoted to the
service of the public, and not to the exclusive gratification
of individual interest, feeling, or taste.
And now, having candidly, and we trust dispassionately,
replied to the objections that have been so captiously and
so peremptorily urged against us by our correspondent;
we cannot conclude without assuring him that whilst we
are sensible of the deference that is due to public opinion,
and anxious to propitiate the favourable consideration of
all men of integrity and worth ; whilst we are at all times
proud and gratified in " noticing" the communications of
every Subscriber to the STAR, in " that respectful
manner," which they are individually and collectively
" entitled to expect ;" we also know what is due to the
station we hold in society ; and we, too, must be allowed
to vindicate our claim to the respectful treatment and
courtesy which that station entitles us to expect.

The Corn Averages, as they will appear in the Ga-
zette to-morrow, are as follows :—Aggregate of the six
weeks, by which the duty is regulated: Wheat, 61s. sd.
Barley, 295. sd. Oats, 21s. 10d. Rye, 355. Id. Beans,
31s. 6d. Peas, 355. 6d. The duty on Foreign Corn is
255. Bd. per qr. on Wheat, 18s. 4d. on Barley, 15s. 3d.
on Oats, 16s. 9d. on Rye, 225. 9d. on Beans, and
16s. 9d. on Peas.

The chief attention of the speculators this morning is
occupied by the payment of the dividends to the public,
which has commenced this morning. The Consol Market
generally wears a very firm appearance, at 93 Sellers for
the Account. Reports are current that at the meeting of
the Bank Directors to-day the rate of discount will be
lowered to. 3 percent. This, in fact, although it will not
probably be done, .is almost necessary to secure to the
Bank any of the discount business, as the bankers will
readily discount unexceptionable hills at 21 to 2i per
cent. The abundance of money continues, and the rate
at which it is obtainable for short periods is about 2 per,
cent. with many eager advancers.

A Meeting of the National Society took place yesterday
morning at St. Martin's Vestry Room. There were present the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of
Gloucester, the Bishop of Chester; Joshua Watson, Req. James
Trimmer, Esq. Rev. Dr. Walmsley, Rev. Dr. D'Oyley, Rev. J. C.
Wigram, See. Grants of money for the erection of schools were
voted to five different places, amounting in the whole to 3854 and
the schools of eight places were also received into union.

Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India. House
for the election of a Director in the room of James Paulson, Esq.
who has disqualified. At six o'clock the glasses were closed, and
delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the election to have fallen
on H. Shank, Esq. The numbers were, for H. Shank, Esq. 1,056 ;
and for R. Ethoe,Haq. 406.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India Hoses, when J. Forbes, Esq. took the usual oath and his seat
as a Director, in the room of John Hebb, Esq. who had disqualified.
The following Commanders took leave of the Court previous to de.
IV:for their reepeedve destinations, —via. Capt. T. W. Barrow,
e the Fourth ; Capt. R. C. Yowler, Lord Lowther; Capt. B.
Broughton, Earl of Saltness ; Capt. D. J. Ward, Sir David Sow
Capt. P. Baylis, Canning ; and Capt. J. Lawrence, Midi, China
irest.

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CITY, TwzLvv. o'CLocx.

The Stock Exchange is rather thinly attended this morning. cia
big to the holyday of the Hebrews, who will not make their appc:a
once till after one o'clock; and in consequence of which fetv
ladons are going forward.

Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, 92;
R the Account.
The atock-jobbing report of yesterday, that the Bank is goin.,7 .„
'count at 3 per cent. dues not gain credit.

In the Foreign Market (creek Bonds arc a little better.

It is reported, in commercial letters from Odessa, of the 4t-
March, that the Turkish Commissioners were on their return from
St. Petersburgh, without having accomplished the object of their
mission; and that his Imperial Majesty refuses to remit any raft
of the money agreed to be paid by the Sublime Porte, for the ex-
pense of the war. He also refuses to alter the Tariff of duties.
Accounts from Liverpool state, that a vessel has arrived there
from Arieo, in 110 days, with 30,0001. in dollars.
Accounts from Bergen, of the 2d ult. bring informaticn of
most dreadful conflagration which broke out there on the evening o!
the 26th February. The number of dwelling.houses consumed wcr
115, and upwards of 100 warehouses.

We have information from Gibraltar to the 19th March, stating.
that on the 13th a most dreadful tempest took place there: several
ships were driven on shove. The tempest has done great damage
the inhabitants of Catalan Bay.
Letters from Leghorn, dated Marsh 23, state that the Tripolitars
and Tunisians have joined the irregular troops of Algiers ; and &at.
the Arabs of the interior have received orders to take up arms on
the first signal.
Information from Lisbon states, that the affair of the American
vessel, captured at Terceira, has been decided ; and the Minister of
Marine has ordered it to be restored.

Lentos from Madrid, of the 26th March, state, that the circutr.
stance of three ladies being arrested in the above capital, accused of
selling places, has caused great excitemeht.
The Journal of Commerce of St. Petersbutgh has published a
statement of the state of the Russian manufactures in that country
according to which, in the year 1828 there were 5,244 of different
descriptions, which employed 225,414 workmen,

HALF.PAST ONE.

Although but very few of the Hebrew speculators made their :p.
pearanee in the Consul market, Consols have risen since the early
part of the morning, when they were at 92 I 93 for the account ,
since which they have been done at 93j and 94 for next account.
This improvement will greatly assist Ministers in the assents to the
reduction of the 4 per cents.
The private letters this morning from Paris bring the French
Three per Cents. 84.10.
The payment of the dividends causes money to be plentiful in the
City.

In the Foreign Market, Greek and Brazil Stocks have improved;
the former about 2 per cent., and the latter about 4 per cent.
The Jamaica and Mexican Packets still remain due. They are
anxiously looked for by the merchants.

The DUKE of WELLINGTON eneertained a numerous
party_ of the Nobility and Gentry to dinner, on 3londay, at Apeley
House.

The Rev. Dr. Barrow, Prebendary of Southw•ell, and
not the Rev. Joe. Sikes, LL.D. has bet.n appointed Archdeacon of
Nottingham, in the room of the late Archdattlon Eyre.
Monday week, the remains of the late venerable Arch-
deacon Eyre were interred in the family vault at Hendon, near East
Retford. The funeral was strictly private.

A man, who stated that he had just arrived from
Gibraltar, called upon a poor widow, residing at 10, Southampton-
street, Somer's-tnwn, yesterday afternoon, and having ascertained the :
she was acquainted with petsons residing at Gibraltar, and pre-
tending to bare known her late husband. wished to take apartments
in her louse. He said he had left his trunks at Blackwall, for the
procuring of which he required 61. and as a stcurity for the same,
untl he returned, he offered to leave with her three China crape
shawls, and one straw-coloured worsted ditto. He received the
money, and it was soon afterwards found the articles were not
worth 6s.

WHY A ROPE DANCER CARRIES A POLE.—The
feats of rope dancers are experiments on the management of the
centre of gravity. The evolutions of the performer arc touto
to be facilitated by holding in his hand a heavy pole. His se-
curity in this case depends, not on the centre of gravity of his
body, but on that of his body and the pole taken together. This point
is near the centre of the pole t so that, in fact, he may be said to
bold in his hands the point on the position of which the facility of
his feats depends. iirithout the aid of the pole the centre of gra-
vity would be within the trunk of the body, and its position could
not be adapted to circumstances with the same ease and rapidity.—
, (Cabinet Cyclopedia.)
On Friday evening a most splendid Ball was given at
the Auesthly Rooms, Bedford, which, for beauty and fashion, cur-
every thing of the kind that has taken place In the neigh.
passed
for some time. The company was most select, consisting
of upwards of 300 of the first families of distinction in the county
and its neighbourhood. The bail.room was elegantly lighted and
decorated. At eleven o'clock dancing commenced to VirEIPPEST'i.
band, and did not terminate until nearly five, when the company
separated, highly gratified with their entertainment.

The medical virtue of asparagus have long been sup-
to be much greater than the .faculty have admitted them to
sup-
posed in corroboration of which a French; physician has lately ascer-
tained that this vegetable polstsses ex•raordinary powers in quieting
excessive action of the built and arteries.

S/NOULAR OCCURRLNCE.—By the last vessel from
New South Wales, a letter was brought, addressed to the Town
Clerk of Sheffield, from a person named Cooper, who, it appears,
had sentence of transportation pawed upon him about twenty-five
years ago, when he had scarcely arrived at manhood. After under-
going many accidents, one of which was his escape from the hulks,
and another his subsequent escape, with five others, front Chester
Gaol, he was a third time apprehended, and finally consigned to
Sydney. Here is natural talents soon brought him into notice, and
a reformation in his conduct gained him a degree of respectability.
About eight years ago, he received a free pardon front the govern-
ment authorities at the settlement, and began to acquire property of
his own. The letter alluded to states that his possessions produce
him 600/. per annum, and that he is anxious to discover, if alive, an
infant daughter, whom be left in this town when he was sent abroad,
and endow her with a portion of his wealth. In this oommunim-
doo, the names of several gentlemen now living are given as dews
to the inquiry. Mr. Crossland, the vestry clerk, has happily sue-
ended in tricing the infant, who has been feund a totaled woman,
settled in London, with but small means.

An Inquest was held on Saturday evening, at the Turf
Tap, Hyde.park.corner, on the body of Humphry Johnstone, aged
27, who was thrown from a cart on the preceding Tuesday evening,
in consequence of the said cart coming in concussion with the coach
of Mr. C. Drummond, Stratford.place, though the coachman had
pulled up, called out, and endeavoured to avoid the mischief. He
died of the, injuries received. Verdict—" Accidental Death."

The first clock known in this country was put up in an
old tower of Westminster Hall, in the year 1288 ; and in 1292
there was one in the Cathedral of Canterbury. These were,
probably, of foreign workmanshir ; and it may be doubted
if there was at that time any person who followed the
besi-
ness of making clocks. There was, however, one wry in-
pinions artist, Richard of Wallingford, Abbot of St. Albans,
who constructed a clock which represented the motions of the
sun, moon, and stars, and the ebbing and flowing of the sea. T iat
this wonderful piece of mechanism might be of permanent utility to
biz abbey, he composed a book of directions for the man; gan..nt of
it ; and Leland, who appears to have seen it, says that, in his opinions
all Europe could not produce such another. There b a fine speci-
men of clock-making in Wells Cathedral. It is a clock construc.ed
by Peter Lightfoot, one of the Monks of Ohstonbury, 'abuse
the year 1325, of complicated design and ingenious exeeution.
It was originally put up in that celebrated monastery, and
was Ilpleced in the south transept,:and by boons of a cow-
moldable°, tolled the hansom the great bell of the canal tower,
*Milt the quarters were struck by automats on two mull belle in
the transept. The dial plate shows the hours, and also the changes
of the moon, the 86U: and other astronomical motions'; so i s saw-
mit there Is an horbontal framework, which exhibit', by the aid
of machinery, eight knights on horseback, armed for a transimmt.
and pursuing each' other with a rapid rotatory motion. At the
Reformation this clock was removed from Glastonbury Abbey
to its present situation In Wells Cathedral. The clock in
Exeter Cathedral was erected by Bishop Courtenay, in due ye
1480. It is on the Ptolemaic systan of astronomy, and of • a
sonatructien, for the age in which it was put up. The earth is le-
presented by a globe in the centre; the sun by a deur-dear taad
the moon by a ball painted half black and NU whit*, addall
on its axis, and shows the dial:rent phases of that luminary.

THE• GRAND DUKE OF BADEN.

CAIILSRUHE, MARCH 30.

IliA Royal Highness the Gland Duke Louis died this morning at
o'clock, from the effects of • fit of nervous apoplexy, which
ittackcd him a few days ago. His brothel and successor, the
';rand Duke Leopold, immediately assumed the reinrof govern.
• .cnt, and published the following proclamation :
We, Leopold, by the grace of GOD, Grand
:Duke of Baden,
Duke of Zuhringen, &c. make known,
" It has pleased the ALMIGHTT to call to himself, this morn-
ing, at two o'clock, his Royal Highness Prince Louis, Grand
Duke of Baden, out beloved brother, and to plunge us •nd
the whole. Ducal Family and the whole Duchy into profound
sfiliction.

This unevpec'ed event has placed the Government of the Grand
Duchy in our hands, and by virtue of the laws of the country, we
!lave assume 1 the reins of Government, and announce it to all our
subjects, inviting them to be as devoted and faithful to us, as obe-
dient to the actual and future laws, as they have been to our illus-
trious brother, and the laws which he issued.
At the same time we give the assurance of our former resole.
rat scrupulously to maintain the constitution of the country, to
promote its prosperity to the utmost of our power, and to preserve
to every one his rights, dignities, and employments; and, at the
sante time, expressly confirm all our servants in the posts which are
confided to them.

" Given, with our signature and seal, with the seal of the State,
and in our capital and residence.
(Signed)
" Baron E. BERSTELL,
" By order of his Royal Highness,
" Carlsruhe, 31arch 30."

~ LEOPOLD.

" EICHRODT.

PARIS, Aran. 5.

The new Grand Duke of Baden was born in 1790, of the second
marriage of Charles Louis Frederic, the father of the late Grand
Duke. He married, in 1819, the Princess Sophia of Sweden, daughter
of the ex-King Gustavus IV.

PARIS, Aram 4.
A letter from Frankfort, of the 20th of March, speaks of a note
sent from Berlin to Vienna, in which the Prussian Cabinet declares,
in the most energetic manner, that it is determined to take severe
measures in case the decree of the Diet against the Duke of Bruns-
wick should be carried into execution. It is added, that this note
has made a lively impression on the Austrian Ministers, and that
they immediately dispatched an extraordinary courier to London.
SIR F. BURDETT AND RADICAL REFORM.

Yesterday a Meeting of the " Council" of the Radical Reform
Association was held at the Globe Tavern, Shoe-lane, the Rev. C.
Glum?: in the Chair. _

Mr. CARPENTER observed that at a former Meeting the name of
Sir F. Burdett had been entered on their books, on the motion of
Mr. Diu Santos. He would not question the integrity of Sir
Francis, although it must be admitted that great changes had taken
place, and in the absence of Mr. Diu Santos he moved that Sir F.
Burdett be admitted a Member of the Political Council.

Mr. HENRY Burr said he recollected the time when Sir Francis
was a radical reformer, and also when he ceased to be one, but now
he had become so again. The Council ought to admit none but
good men and true, and he would have resisted, had he known of it,
any attempt to invite Sir Franck into their Councils.
Mr. 111 Away said any, person who had read the speech of Sir
Framis on the corn question, must admit that he was not a fit per-
son tr. have a seat in the Council of a Radical Reform Society.
A person ptesent said Sir Francis had since become a new man.
A ballot was taken, and there appeared
For the motion. a
Against it .
Majority ....
Sir Francis Burdett was therefore declared duly elected.
The Secretary read the following letter :-
21, Charles-street, April 6.
Si& —ln reply to the letter with which you have favoured me, 1
beg to say, that if the electors of Westminster choose to call a public
Meeting for the purpose to which you allude, or for any other pub.
lic object, and require my presence, I shall, of course, feel myself
bound to obey their commands.—l am, &c. J. C. Horwouss.
To Mr. Reilly, Secretary.
Mr. Ilu Er said he was unfortunately absent when the resolution
was passed, which authorised the secretary to write to the Members
for Westminster. Mr. Hobhouae gave them a severe slap in the
face in his letter, and very justly so, but the silence of Sir F. Bur.
dett was still worse.

Mr. Dias SANTOS entered the room, and on being informed of
the discussion that had taken place, said he had received a letter
from Sir F. Burdett. According to one of their rules, every Mem-
ber In his private capacity was to use his best exertions in further-
ance of the objects of the Union, provided he acted upon his own
responsibility. He, so acting, and to the best of his judgment,
wrote to Sir Francis Burdett, and received the following letter from
the Hon. Baronet.
The following was then read : _

St. James's-place, March 30.
Sir,-1 have not a moment to look over the regulations--but
have no hesitation in joining a Society for a Reform in Parliament.
Yours, &c. F. BURDETT.
E. Dias Santos, Esq.
This explanation of Mr. Dias Santos was received with every mark
of approbation, and after the settlement of some matter of account,
&c. the Meeting adjourned.

The Countess of ARRAN entertained a select party of
tashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Dover-strait.
Sir J. ASTLEY, Bart. has offered 20 acres of land,
free of rent, in the parish of Hindovestone, to be divided and culti.
rated among such of the industrious poor as the parish officers shall
recommend.

Sir G. WARRENDER, Bart. had a Grand Musical
Party yesterday evening at his house in Albemarle-street, which was
very fashionably. attended.
We learn that Sir R. PEEL is somewhat better.
The Countess of Harcourt transport has left Deptford
for the ki.diterranean ; she carries out Col. ARMSTRONG to Corfu,
and illr. NV CLFORD u Malta on his way to Egypt and the interior
of Africa.
Lord Goiniticu intends, on the 27th inst. to bring
forward a mo.ion regarding the Funded and Unfunded Debt.
Lord IEYNII A )1 has fixed his motion regarding the
aim nistration of the poor Uwe for 4th May.
SirJ. S. Si aN Elf, Bart. has presented a petition to the
Committee of Privileges of the BMW of Lords, praying to be heard
by Council against Colonel BRUMLEY'S claim to the Barony (by
*enure) of Berkeley.
Mr. HERRI ES entertained the Cabinet Ministers to
dinner yesterday evening, at his residence in Great George-street.
Yesterday, a deputation from the inhabitants of
Bishopsgate waited on the Rev. R. HARVEY, Rector of Hornsey,
to present him with a very handsome set of waiters of 2004. value,
with an inscription, setting forth the high sense they entertain of
his indefatigable exertions in his Pastoral office, and of the truly
Christian spirit which characterised the perfoi mane of all his mi.
nisterial duties while Curate of their parish.
It is reported that his Majesty's ship Caledonia, 120
Bans, which has been recently docked and widened at Plymouth, is
preparing for commission, and intended as the future flag-ship of the
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth.
Saturday last his Excellency the LORD LIEUTENANT
and her Grace the Duchess of NoirrituiusicaLaxo entertained
the following distinguished party at dinner : Marquess of Done-
gal, Lord and Lady Hesse, Hon. Mr. Parsons, Lord Decks, Lord
Crofton, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Plunket, Hon. Mr. G. Cavendish,
Sergeant and Mrs. Goold, Sir T. Esmonde, Sir R. Nagle, Sir C.
hill, General Cope, General Pilkington, Admiral Oliver, Col.
(al files. M`Kinnon, Col. and Mrs. Oaby, Col. and Mrs. Sankey,
Col, Owen, Col. Patrickson, Col. Hart, Major Powell, Major
~Fletth, Capt. Mathew, Sir G. Rich, Capt. Paget, Capt. Clive,
apL Wellealey, &c.
ENGLISH W00L..--A GOOD EXAMPLE.-011 Wed-
nesday last several most respectable farmers, who were dining at the
Castle and Falcon, came to the determination not to wear any cloth
but that made of English Wool. Some excellent patterns being
shown to them by Mr. Pettifar, tailor, of Kirkgate, six coats were
•Ilmitfliately ordered. If all the farmers would come to the same
detenninatioe, they would not have so much reason to complain.
The suggestion was made by Mr. Wright of Collingbam, and Mr.
Robinson, of Brandon.—Newark Times.
Oa a recent appeal before the Commissioners of the
Assessed Taxes at Wakefield it was determined, and has since been
confirmed by the Board in London, that all persons hiring a gig for
ane or more days, and at various periods during the_year, of a per. duly licensed to let out such gig for hire, and not returning
tot he assessor the time when, and of whom hired, on the Subseque"
Sill of April, arc liable to be charged with the duty for the same, as if it was their own property. The same rule equally extends to the
biting of bones.

A LAMENT.

Fraser's Town and Country Magazine.
Ata—Tcach, oh! teach me to forget "

WHEN the dawn of youth was round me,
And the future shining fair,
One fond dream of pure love bound me,—
Now 'tis past, and I despair !
Though I bring no mounfil token,
And with tearless grief deplore,
Well I know my heart is broken—
Still it loves, but hopes no more !
Like the tree, in storm unfolding
Buds that slept when skies were clear,
Was my love, its voice withholding
Till my day of life grew drear ;
Fervent vows were all unspoken,
Hush'd within my deep heart's Dore;
Now I know that heart is broken—
Still it loves, but hopes no more
In the hour of lonely feeling,
When I shun the cold and rain,
Then, ah ! then, a bright revealing
Seems to smile away my pain !
Fancy's 4ift--delusive giver !
What is all her spells restore !
Sunlight on a frosen river—
Still it shines, but warms no more ! V.
HIS MAJESTY'S COURT.

His MAJESTY held a Court at two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, at his Palace at Windsor, which was attended by the
Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the First Lord
of the Treasury, the fiord of the Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State
for the Foreign and Colonial Departments, the Lord Steward of the
Household, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Duke of Gor-
don, Viscount Clive, the Recorder of London, Ac. His MAJESTY
held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Buller attended as clerk. Vis.
count Clive was introduced, and sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of
Montgomeryshire, in the room of Earl Powis, resigned. The Re-
corder of London was introduced into the presence of the King in
Council, and made his report of the convicts capitally convicted
at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, during the February Session.
The Earl of Aberdeen officiated for Mr. Peel, as Secretary of State
for the Home Department, during the reading of the Report. The
Duke of Gordon bad an audience of HL MAJESTY, to which he
was introduced by the Duke of Wellington. His MAJESTY gave
audiences to the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, and
Earl Bathurst. The Marquis of Conyngham officiated as Lord in
Waiting, and Sir A. Barnard was the Groom in Waiting. The
Court broke up about half past four o'clock. A dejesni was pre.
pared for the Ministers and others, at the Palace, on their arrival
from town to attend the Council.