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TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mr. Hass°les Letter is an Advertisement, and shall appear► on
being paid for as such.

A Cabinet Council, which was numerously attended,
assembled this afternoon at the Foreign Office, in Down-
ing-street, and continued in deliberation for a consider-
able period.

The Private Correspondent of the Times, whose at-
tack on the friends of freedom in France called forth
our remarks yesterday, hinted pretty plainly at the project
of M. DE POLIO x Ac to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies.
An article in the Gazette de France of Tuesday labours

hard to prove the necessity of this measure, which it prin-
cipally justifies, on the plea that, " a large body of well
intended persons were seduced into the ranks of
the revolutionary faction, and a Chamber formed
hich was not calculated to express the feelings, or

to provide for the wants of the country. This Chamber,
the offspring of violent antipathies against the VILELLE
Administration—was always ready to oppose and calum-

niata the authorities of the State, and presented a ma-

jority on all occasions, to answer hostilo passions."
Tliere can be no stronger proof of the difficul-
ties which beset the new Administration than their wish

to try the effect of a new election. A more desperate
alternative could not possibly be embraced—and certainly
none, the issue of which can be so little questioned.
With the result of the last elections before them, the in-

tuition ascribed to the Ministers appears toms inconceiva-

bly wild : so much so, indeed, that we can hardly per-
suade ourselves of its being other than a manceuvre got up

to intimidate those moderately liberal deputies, who might
be apprehensive—in such an event—of being supplanted
by still more ardent friends of constitutional freedom.
For it is well-known, that during the memorable elec-
tions of 1827, as many as three—and even four—
liberal candidates were frequently put in nomination
for the same city or department, to the entire
exclusion of the ultra-royalist party. With such
a fact, so recent in its occurrence coupled
with the rapidly increasing distrust of the whole
French people in the reigning family it would
be an act of insanity on the part of M. DE Po-
LIGNAC and his friends, to subject the irritated
feelings of the electors to such a test. We
therefore regard the article in the Gazette as
a mere ruse to entrap the unwary, and gain over a few
wavering members of the left side. But whether this
be a correct view, or not, it is our firm conviction—

should the experiment be hazarded—that it would conduce
to events of the highest importance. Those who rea-
son on the general state of France, and the progress of
public principle there, are but too apt to lose sight of
many causes connected with the distribution of property,
the increased dissemination of knowledge, and inveterate
predilections of the Coy nT,which render it utterly impos-
sible to govern that country on the principles so conti-
nually reverted to since the Restoration : a for-
tiori, to govern it with a set of men notoriously
opposed to freedom even in its most limited accepta-
tion. Nothing, in fact, but a cruel fatality, as well
as a total misconception of the real:interests of his fa-
mily and crown, could have prevailed with CHARLES X.
to select the present men. Even the late Ministry, by
far the least arbitrary which has been chosen since 1815,
was by no means popular or approved of by the ma-
jority of the nation : but to have selected for their succes-
sors, names among the most odious in all France, was an
act for which it is impossible to account by any process
of ordinary reasoning. To judge of the tenden-
cies of these men, it is only necessary to
explain that they have selected the Gazette
de France—a Paper established by, and devoted
to the Jesuits, and most furious of the Ultra-
royalists—as the organ of their political opinions and
projects. Surely, a more barefaced outrage on the pa-
tience and good sense of a nation was never witnessed!
Here we: come to a most important question. Is it true
that the Noble Duke and his colleagues have had any
influence in the formation of the PoLiosAc Adminis-
tration ? and if so, what effect is such an interference
in the internal concerns of France likely to produce
—both as• regards ourselves, and as regards the French?

These are questions entitled to the pave canonic

of those public men, who are—we trust—soon destined

to form a Government more in unison with the interests,
feelings, and wishes of England. Our own opinions are
made up on the subject. We shall content ourselves,
therefore, with one simple interrogatory.
If it be the interest of this country that tranquillity
' should prevail among our neighbours—and there are
few who will deny this—can any policy be more absurd
or insane, than that which would encourage and support,
by a system of despicable intrigue, the nomination of
ministers, whose marked unpopularity, and odious con-
duct, not only justify a spirit of resistance among the
people, but stimulate both countries to a reciprocal dis-
trust and animosity ?

-
We have Pet era burgh Journals this day to the 28th
of last month, with news from the Russian Army now
occupying the Turkish Empire. The contents of these
papers are very important, inasmuch as they prove how
entire and undivided is the sway of the Northern Power
in the principalities. " Our troops continue"—says the
Russian—" to enjoy the most perfect tranquillity in the
same position in Rumelia ;" and the Pacha of ScuTam,
and others, having attempted to approach the lines
which the Russians had chalked out for them-
selves, they were ordered to desist : " all the move-
ments of the Turkish troops must be immediately sus-
pended, otherwise he—the Commander-in-Chief—would
be obliged to take measures to oppose them." Where-
upon the poor Pacha of Scutari and the rest of them
stopped—according to DIEBITSCH'S desire—pleading as
an excuse for their stirring, the difficulties of procuring
provisions, when they remained for a long time at the
same spot. Thus, while DIEBITSCH and his troops are
rioting on the wealth of the Principalities, the legitimate
owners of the country may starve. The subjoined are
our official accounts : _ _ _

ST. PETERSBURGH, Ocr. 26.
Ntirli MOM Tin AMT.
The latest accounts from the army of operation, dated 24th Sept.
(6th Oct.) are to the following effect :
" Our troops continue to enjoy the most perfect tranquillity, in
the same positions in Rumelia, with the exception of some changes
of little importance,which have appeared necessary to be better able
to observe the Albanian troops ; which, before the coaclosioa oldie
peace. had advanced from Widdin to Sophia. Their commander,
Mustapha Pacha, of Scutari, who during the whole war had not
taken the smallest part in the hostilities against us, and who after
his arrival at Sophia had not made the slightest movement since
the month of August, thought proper, about the middle of Sep-
tember, to bring his troops nearer to the points occupied by
us, in order to have greater facilities for their subsistence ; and
in consequence he caused his vanguard, under the command of
Emir Pacba, to march to Philippopoll ; while Ketrue Mehemet
Pacha, who was encamped at Huskiol, between Philippopoli and
Adrianople, seamed disposed to pass through the town of Demo-
tic°, occupied by our troops, in order to proceed to the village of
°usual Kupri, which had been assigned him for his winter quu-
ters, but which was within our line (riven). Perceiving by these
movements that the Turkish Commanders were ignorant of their
obligations to our troops, since the conclusion of the peace ; and desir-
ing to prevent any misunderstanding which might interrupt the har-
mony that prevailed between us, the General in Chief acquainted the
Pacha of Scutari, as well as the other Pachas, that not only they
could not penetrate with their troops into the circle of our posi-
tions; but that, by the treaty, they were bound to remain in those
which they occupied, on the receipt of the news of the conclusion
of peace : consequently, that all the movements of the Turkish
troops must be immediately suspended, otherwise he—the cam-
pander-in-chief—would be obliged to take measures to oppose it,
As an additional precaution, Lieut.-General Rudiger advanced, at
the same time, with his corps from Adrianople to the village of
blustapba Pacba (Djesalr) and occupied the right bank of
the Maritza : while the brigade of }ILIUM, under the
command of Major-General Scheremetjeff, was seat from
Irepolis to Demotic°. On the 26th of September, the Com-
mander-in-Chief sent to the Turkish Generals a summons to sus-
pend all their movements ; and on the 28th he received an answer
stating, that according to his desire, the Pacha of Scutari has
stopped the march of his troops—alleging as an excuse the dim.
culty of procuring provisions, where they remained for a long time
at the same spot. The next day, the 29th, the Turkish Plenipo-
tentiaries announced that they had received from Constantinople
the ratification of the peace. On the Ist Oet. General Rudiger.
with his corps, returned to Adrianople; and on the 2d a great part
of the troops that had been sent to Demodco also returned—leaving
only a small garrison in that place.
" As soon as information was received of the movements of the
Pacha, orders were sent at the beginning of August to Gen.Klueleff,
to leave the number of troops indispensable for the defence of Wal-
lachia, and the fortress of Sillier's ; to pass the Danube with the
remainder of his corps ; to advance against blustaphaPacha, to dis-
perse his forces, and hinder them undertaking anything. Being
informed of the march of the Albanians from Widdin to Sophia,
Gen. Kisseleff raised his van-guard of four battalions of infantry,
eight squadrons of cavalry, 500 Cossacks, and 30 pieces of cannon,
under General Geismar, to proceed from Rachova to Vratza. On
the 14th September, the van-guard occupied Vratsa ; and the
other troops, appointed by Gen. Kisseleff to act on the right bank
of the Danube, passed that river on the 16th ; and on the 19th left
itschova to march to Vratsa. Having performed this march with
great rapidity, Gen. Kissekff 's corps advanced beyond the last.
named town; and had already reached the foot of the Balkan, and
had occupied the defiles near the village of Novosteil, where they
received, in that position, the news of the conclusion of peace.—
The main body then returned to Vratsa—leaving the vanguard
near the village of Reberkowa, and its advanced posts near No-
vestal."

In the hurry of other matters, we omitted to
notice, at the time of its appearance, a no-
velty in the Court Circular : we mean, the inter-
view of the " Baron d'Assica, AGENT FROM THE
GOVERNMENT OF DON MIGUEL with the SECRE-
TARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS." Of course,
the person, to whom we have so frequently alluded as
the Visconde D'ASSECA, must be the man meant: but for
what reason his name is thus distorted, we are at a loss
to conjecture, unless—indeed—there be a desire to
smuggle him into the Foreign Office. Prepared
as we are for every degradation, we shall not be at
all surprised if the next Gazette should announce
that " His EXCELLENCY" the Viscount D'AISECA pro-
ceeded to Windsor, and being introduced with all the usual
formalities, presented his credentials as Ambassador
from his Majesty Don MIGUEL I. Yet —no !
we cannot ,a moment persuade ourselves that,
after the reception given by our gracious
Sovereign to the legitimate Queen Donna MARIA,
he could ever be induced to recognise the Usurper of her
throne—even if the latter could be purged from the long
catalogue of crimes which stand against him, and cry
out for condign retribution.
We have more than once had occasion to notice the

personal attention of the KING towards the interesting
young stranger, and now recur to it with pleasure, since
nothing could so well illustrate the natural goodness of
heart, and generous sympathies of his MAJESTY.
We really and conscientiously believe that the
recognition of Don MIGUEL by a KING of ENG-
LAND, would be one of the most ruinous and
fatal incidents which could befal the civilized
world. Such a step is alone wanting, to throw
down all the barriers which have hitherto pre-
served thrones, and consecrated the great principles of
legitimacy. Surely there are friends and councillors
about the person of the King, to point out the various
instances in which no sacrifice of blood or treasure
has been thought too great by this country, for the
assertion and maintenance of that sacred principle ?
We know what Europe would say if such a calamity were
to befal us—but, notwithstanding present appearances,
we deem the thing impossible !

Although we anticipated more decisive accounts by the
Mexican Packet, still there is nothing to be either sur-
prised or alarmed at in the news from Tampico. It is
true, the Spanish armament could not have chosen a
better moment, so far as regards the finances of the re-
public, or the dissentions which prevailed among a few
of the political leaders. But, as we have already
stated, these obstacles to a prompt and vigorous
defence could hardly fail to disappear, when
sufficient time had been afforded for the friends of their
country to rally, and organize a proper force. If there
has been some delay in collecting troops at the point of
attack, it should be recollected that Tampico is several
hundred miles from the capital, and that the communi-
cations are extremely mountainous and difficult. On
the other hand, it is evident, even from the contradictory
accounts we have received, that BARRADAS has not
advanced a mile beyond the position he first took up.
This inactivity is not less calculated to dispirit his own
troops, than to inspire confidence among the Mexicans.
With respect to a second enemy with which the
Spaniards have to contend—we mean the climate—it
is truly formidable, more especially at Tampico.
When the Mexican residents in London heard where the
landing had been effected, they were unanimous in de-
claring, that so far as the climate was concerned, the
Spanish General could not have selected a more insalu-
brious or pestilent spot. Nor would the rainy season
and hurricane months be likely to improve it. We shall
wait with confidence for the result. In the mean time,
it may be as well again to remind Ministers of what we
said some days ago, relative to the policy which had
allowed Spain to pursue her projects against
the South American States ; but more especially
against Mexico. We then said that this State
is a natural ally of England, and that our apathy
would probably force the Mexicans to solicit the aid of
the United States. We have now but little doubt that
what we then put forth as a conjecture, has actually
taken place. Two frigates have proceeded to Vera Cruz,
where some other American ships of war had been al-
ready collected. At a moment when it is so • self-
evidently the interest of this country to counteract the
designs of Spain,both as they regard Mexico and Portugal,
it is lamentable to reflect that so much indifference should
prevail on the subject. It is when such high interests
are at stake, that M. ZEA BERMUDEZ is going about
telling his friends that the relations of Spain with England
were never upon so cordial and amicable a footing as at
the present moment !

We noticed a letter in the Morning Chronicle of yes-
terday—signed CIIARLES PEARSON—on the sale of
City Law Appointments. It would seem, from the
statement of Mr. PEARSON, that on the elevation of Mr.
BOLLAND to an Exchequer Barony, one of the offices of
Common Pleader—which had been long held by the new
Judge—has been transferred by him, for money, "to a
young man just called to the Bar." We believe the name
of this young Gentleman is GURNEY, and that he is a
son of Mr. GURNEY, the eminent King's Counsel:
whoever he is, his youth and inexperience disqualify him
for all efficacious purposes, and it is bad taste in Mr.
BOLLAND—even admitting that he have the right—to
thrust forward an incompetent successor.
If we infer correctly from the representations of Mr.
PEARSON, the facts of the case appear to be as follow:
That the Court of Aldermen, in whom originally vested
the patronage of these appointments—influenced either
by extreme folly, or corrupt considerations—sold to Mr.
BOLLAND not only the situation itself of Common
Pleader, but even the right of presenting to it in per-
petuity, whenever he might find it advantageous, or in-
dispensable for him to retire. Now this is a profligacy
on the part of the Corporation, which we cannot find
terms adequately to characterise. Mr. CHARLES PEAR-
SON'S exertions in the recent affair of the City Secondary
—another office connected with municipal jurisprudence,
the nomination to which was also scandalously bartered
—must be fresh in the recollections of our readers : and
he appeals on the present occasion to the public spirit of
the Common Council, to put a stop to such disgraceful
traffic. We fear, nevertheless, that the Augean Stable
of the Corporation will not readily be. purged of its cor-
ruptions : and in truth, while it can justify the practice
of place-selling by the example of so much more exalted
an Assembly, we think it unreasonable to expect that
purity will commence with Aldermen.

The following has been received at the North and
South American Coffee-house :—Liverpool, 11th Novem-
ber—Our Cotton Market this week has been very ani-
mated ; the sales of Monday were 6,000 bales ; yester-
day, (always a dull day) 3,500 bales ; and to-day, 4,000
bales—making a total of 13,500 bales. An advance of
ith on the lower description of American cotton has
taken place.
Accounts from Madrid, of the 29th Oct. state that the
King and the Infantes were still at the Escurial, enjoy-
ing good health, anxiously waiting the arrival of the
Princess of Naples, and it is certain that a general
armistice will be proclaimed on her marriage.

CITY. TwitLvs o'CLou.

Consols which loft off yesterday at 911 foe Money, and 911 1 for
the Account, did not open so good this morning, and the opening
price may be quoted at 9111; after which were done for Money
at 911, at present they are 911 1, and for Meaty, 911; next time,
921. No Business of importance has taken place as yet.
The private letters by the Dutch &earner this morning, brings
all the Dutch Fends higher, and the Exchange near the same as
the previous Accounts.
In the Foreign Market little doing except in Mexican Bonds,
which are lower, owing to the unfavourable accounts received yes-
terday from that quarter.

CITY, HALF-PAST ONE.

Speculations in the Funds are at present at a stand; and. Consols
have continued the whole of the morning at 91g 4 for the Account,
and 914 4 for Money.
In the Foreign Market little business is doing • Brazil Stock has
rather Improved ; in other Securities not a feature worth noticing

HAMBURG, Nov. S.

Boman HALLS, roux o'ctocc.—Wheat, on comparing our quo-
tations of to-day with those of last week, a small improvement
will be seen to have taken place in the better qualities, the arrivals
of which were inconsiderable, and readily bought for exportation.
In inferior qualities Utile or nothing doing.
Of Barley, there is still a considerable stock in the market, the
owners of which are holding out for the old prices, but without
being able to obtain them. Some small parcels of winter barley
that came in during the week were chiefly bought by our own con-
sumers.
Oats, of first-rate quality, are in demand, but not easily to be had.
Malt is heavy.
Rapeseed maintains its price, but with little doing.
During the last eight days of October, 59 cargoes of earn passed
through the Sound. Of these, 19 um bound for British, 21 for
Dutch, two for French, 14 for Swedish, Danish, and Notwegian
ports, and three, destination unknown.

STULL

Wheat—Dantsic
Pomeranian
Anhalt White
Ditto Red . .. 118 126
Danish
Petersburgh and Riga .. 105 110
Rye—Dantzie
Rye—Upland . .... . ... 66 70
13arky—Dlagdeburg ..... 55 58
Anhalt
Oats—Mecklenburgh
Malt—Pomeranian
Pease--Upland Yellow. .. ".. .. 70 85
Rapeseed—Hoistein 155 160
Funds rather lower to-day, but at the quotation below there was
money. The New Austrian 4 per cent. Metalliques have been
done at 92i.

End of Nov.

English Danish Loan, 5 per cent 72
English Russian Loan .• •
Hamburg Ditto 9s
pewit Bonds
Austrian Bank Shares 1243
Ditto Metalliques.. • .
anglroogis Reporter, Nov.&

I:LCUANOU ON LONDON.
Astrrnanma, Nov. 10.-19 22 5-10 to 1220. Two months,
12 17 5-10 to 12 15.
Remount, Nov. 6 —l3 113 ; Two Months, 13 10k.
Vustiat, Nov. Wt.—Three months, 9 59.
Stocznotx, Ocr. 30.-75 D. 12.
Boma, Oct. 3.—Two Months, 617.
Delant, Nov. 3.—Three Months, 6 211 i.
Prezassaaou Ocr. 23.-101.
The Dutch Pipers to the 12th contain no news.

From Buenos Ayres (RECEIVED YESTERDAY.)
PROCLAMATION.
SOLDIERS—Peace and harmony are happily restored
amongst us. Without them the country would be a
victim—sacrificed to unmeaning ends. Let us banish
for ever from our memory all that has passed ; and
henceforward let us be united with the most fervent de-
sires to secure the happiness of our country. Veteran
Soldiers, covered with laurels, ought to be the support
of order, and the model of discipline. If your duty has
led you to combat, it now calls you to defend the Laws.
Spare me the pains of punishing a single valiant Soldier,
and the wishes of your General and friends will be
satisfied.

JOSE VIAMENT.

The Hamburgh steamer still remains due ; but the ar-
rival of the Dutch steamer has anticipated the information

by the above steamer.
We have received a file of Buenos Ayres of the 12th
Sept. but they are not of a later date than those received
yesterday.
On the departure of the Russian fleet from the Darda-
nelles, the Russian Admiral hoisted his flag ; on each was
that of the French and English fleets, firing twenty-one
guns ; the English and French fleets followed with the
same compliment. There still remains in the Darda-
nelles, six English ships of war.
Accounts from Lisbon, via France, state, that the two
sisters of Don Miguel are dangerously ill, and Dina Isa-
belle Marie has been attacked by a paralytic stroke on

one of her sides.
TURKEY.—By no means the least important of the
changes which the humiliation and conquest of Turkey
is likely to produce, is the probable secession from its
authority of some of her vassal principalities,
foremost in which ranks the Pachalic of Egypt.
The germs of independence which have been care-
fully cultivated by the acute and subtle mind,
which has directed the government of these vast
districts for some time past, appears to be breaking out
in all their vigour at the moment most favourable for
their growth and prosperity. The subjugation of Tur-
key has annihilated the authority of Mahmoud ; it has
rendered powerless the mighty spell which bound his
vassals to acknowledge his sovereignty.-it has removed
the obscurity which gave to Turkey a weight and im-
portance even in the eyes of Europe, to which recent
events have proved it in reality possessed no claim, and
afforded to those under her sway an opportunity of dis-
enthralling themselves from a yoke which it is now per-
ceptible to all she has not the means of maintaining.
With Greece wrested from her—with the immediate
prospect of an independent throne being established at
Cairo.—the Treaty of Adrianople, is spirit, though
.not
in letter, ceding the provinces of Wallachia and Mol-
davia, and the free passage of the Dardanelles giving
the key to the Capital, the political power of Turkey
is extinct. The influence of such an event upon the
future policy of the great European Courts remains to
be proved, but it must be seen and acted upon at no
distant day. Russia has advanced too far to retro-
grade, and Great Britain, notwithstanding the Chris-
tian forbearance which seems recently to have exer- •
cised so extraordinary a sway over her councils, must
he prepared to assert, or to resign, the high station she
has long so proudly occupied in the scale of nations.
We fear we shall too frequently have occasion to revert
to this subject ; for as yet, we are in the first scene
of the drum which the hostile passage of the Bal-
kan bßussia has brought before us.- Cheltenham
Journal.

THE EVENING STAR.
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THE NEW POLICE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
SlR—One little week has sufficed to show the impo-
Ley, to say nothing of the illegality, of delegating any
discretionary power whatever to a police constable On
Wednesday, a person charged with felony was given into
the custody of one of these " Police Officers," (as the
reporters complacently style the privates of the new
corps) and his " officership," like a discreet constable as
he was, acting upon the discretion vested in him, took
the prisoner's word that " he was only in custody for an
assault," and suffered him to go into a hack room, accom-
panied solely by his father, from which room the prisoner
very prudently escaped. In this case the ends of justice
are, for the present at least, and it may eventually prove
for ever, defeated ; and in my mind the blame rests as
much upon the Commissioners who constitute their Con-
stables judges of the fact in any minor offence, as upon
the Constable, who may plead his "discretionary power"
in not exercising such due vigilance as would have ren-
dered the escape of the offender impossible. And then
we are told, that because the prisoner " said he was only
in custody for an assault," he was Srst permitted to go to
his father's house to leave a bundle, and was then allowed
to go into a back-room—absolutely out of the constable's
custody--and then to decamp through a back window.
" Only in custody for an assault !" Why, for all the
Policeman knew, it might have been an assault of such
a nature as to have endangered the life of some ono of
" his Majesty's lieges ;"—or an assault of a description
little less heinous :—but it WAS an assault, and, even by
the prisoner's admission, such an assault as justified his
being taken into custody and brought before a magis-
trate, who alone was authorized to admit the offender to
bail But it may be, that in a little time we shall have
these discretionary " OFFICERS" exercising all the
functions of the Magistracy, and admitting to bail, or
releasing out of custody without bail—or dismissing
charges even without the formality of a hear-
ing ! and all " by order of the Commissioners,"
and without the intervention or sanction of an
Act of Parliament !—Mr. PEEL never could have
contemplated the assumption of such an unwarrantable
prerogative by the heads of the Police Department, and
still less its delegation into the hands of its insubordinate
subordinates. It is an infringement upon the authority
of the Magistrates, and certainly derogatory to their
official dignity and to their personal qualifications, to see
the powers which the people regarded, even in their
hands, with a jealous eye, confided to such a set of men
as the Constables of the New Police. Defective as
the old system confessedly was, it had at least the re-
commendation of a national and constitutional establish
ment ; and it respected the liberty of the subject
too much to place that liberty at the discretion of any
policeman: but the present gendarmerie force, whilst its
anti-national character renders it obnoxious, must be-
come odious if vested with a power which the law has
not created,— and which the law never can recognize.
The case which has elicited these observations, exposes
but ONE of the many evils which must inevitably spring
from the same source ; and it will be well for us, if the
" discretionary power," by which constables are al-
lowed to discharge persons once taken into custody,
even for drunkenness, do not lead to more mischievous
consequences. The temptations thrown in the way of
the Police by thus enabling them to confine a man in a
state of intoxication, and release him again at their will
and pleasure, cannot be contemplated without entertain-
ing the most serious apprehensions for the purity of their
morale, and the maintenance of their integrity. Under
the old regulation, if a drunken man, having money in
his possession, was so fortunate as to fall into the hands
of the watch, and be given regularly in charge, he had at
least some chance of finding his property secure in the
morning ; and if he had to undergo the mortifying ex-
posure of a public office, it was little more than he deserved
for his imprudence, and was a cheap premium of in-
surance upon his cash :--but now, if taken in hold under
similar circumstances, he may be sent adrift before
he has recovered consciousness sufficient to recollect
where be has been, or what may have become of his
money. In another point of view, this uncontrolled
authority over a man's person and libert% , holds out in-
ducements to bribery, which men receiving but a guinea
a week, and probably having families to maintain, cannot
resist ; nay cannot, at all times, refrain from forcing upon
themselves, by pouncing upon unsuspecting and impru-
dent tradesmen, who, having given way to casual intem-
perance, would rather obtain their liberty by a silver key,
and purchase the silence of the police, than be kept from
their homes and their families all night, and exposed to
the censure and ridicule of their neighbours in the morning.
But setting aside all these considerations, I again de-
mand by what clause or provision of the NEW POLICE
Act, the COMMISSIONERS were empowered to grant
any dispensation from the enactments of the law, to the
constabulary force under their direction ?
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
Nov. 12,1529. ONE OF THE PEOPLE.

A treaty has been concluded by the Prince Hesse
Darmstadt with Russia and two other States of Germany.
He opened the 4th Sessions on the 3d, and congratulated
his subjects on the good spirit which existed amongst
them, and the happy result of the commerce and agricul-
ture of the Duchy.

REPRESENTATION OF MEATH.—LOrd KILLEEN starts
for this great county, and we have reason to believe will
be returned without opposition.— Morning Register.
The following extract from the Lisbon correspondent
of the Morning Herald, gives a very explicit denial to
the statement put forth by the Miguelite Journals rela-
tive to the recognition of the usurper by the Pope.—
lasso)/ , OCT. 31.—" Miguel went to a grand beijamao,
" kiss hands" in the Palace of the Ajuda, to which about
one-third of the number of former times came—some
through fear, others from party spirit. The Spanish
Ambassador attended of course ; and in order to keep
him in countenance, " the former Nuncio" went is
his capacity of a private and foreign Archbishop. The
address of this Prelate to Miguel was solely personal ;
for, instead of stating that he came on behalf of his
Holiness, he merely said, " I come to offer my con
gratulations to your Majesty, and to inquire after
your Majesty's health, &c." The attendance of the
" Nuncio,' who has as yet presented no credentials, is
the result of an intrigue on the part of the Apostolics,
who, fearful of some convulsions, wish to persuade the
Portuguese people that Miguel has been recognised as
" King" by the head of their Church.—The news of the
srpnoaking departure of the Portuguese Emigrants from
and from Belgium, for the island of Terceira, has
efated alarm ; and the Diana frigate, and two other fri-
, gates, have received orders to prepare for immediate
departure, as, it is supposed, to intercept them.—The
Exchange has risen a little in consequence of the rate
having. come out from London, being 454 ; but it is ex-
retL to fall considerably next week.---Exchange on
- stied 44k • Government Paper Money, 2 discount.