The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-14 00:00:00

IRELAND.

It s now confidently stated, that the Duke of Richmond and
Sir John Cam Hobhouse have been appointed to replace Lord
Anglesey and Mr. Stanley.: A rumour to that effect prevailed
some time since • but the statement is now made upon good
authority.—Dudin Moining Register.

Ex-Sheriff Scott has been expelled from the Grand Orange
Lodge, for identifyinghimself, on the question of the Repeat of
the Cnion, with the agitators. So much for ➢ir. O'Connell
and the pions and immortal memory.

• The corporation of Cork have voted a most complimentary
address to Major-General Sir G. Bingham, in approbation of
his conduct as a soldier, a citizen, and a gentieman. Sir Geo.
is about to return to England; the excuse is ill health.
Mr. Shiel attended a meeting of the National Political Union
in Dublin on Thursday se'nuight, and pledged himself to the
"Repeal."
I\ll3lll3Elh—A man of the name of Deegan, from Ballyda-
yin, adjoining the Heath Chapel, with some more of his neigh-
bours, went on Thursday, the 29th ult., to Maryborough to
witness the result of the commission. When Deegan and his
neighbours had witnessed some convictions, they consulted
with each other, and came to the determination of paying the
amount of tithe against them, to avoid the expenses. Un-
fortunately for poor Deegan, he separated from his neigh-
bours; and on his way home, (not far from Maryborough,)
was waylaid and murdered.

Two factions fought a pitched battle near Carricbeg, county
of Waterford, on Tuesday last; two men were killed, and several
ounded.

The Irish Government has offered a reward of 1001. for infor-
mation leading to the apprehension and conviction of any con-
cerned in the attack on Baron Smith's house.

The illao Constitution says,—" The gentlemen of the Kil-
kenny Hunt were attacked last week at the fox cover by the
country people, and obliged to fly.
CANVASS FOR MR. 0 CONNEVL IN THE METROPOLIS,—MF,
Fitzsimon announced on Saturday last, that he would instantly
eminence a canvass in the city for Daniel O'Connelli—an, in-
timation which was received with loud cheering. Mr. O'Connell
had set off for Limerick at 2 o'clock, about four hours previous.
The learned gentlethen is now. placed.in rather an embarrassing
situation, or what would be so to any other man. His constitu-
ents in Kerry say they will not part with him, and his brother,
Mr. John O'Connell, of Grena, who is now in Dublin, declares
he cannot stand in place of the Liberator, his health will not
permit liiin.
CESSATION OF TITHE PROCEEDINGS.—Government has an-
nounced that all legal proceedings, arrests, and so forth, now in
progress against tithe uefaulters, shall be suspended during the
elections. This is prudent, for the police will have full occupa-
tion in preserving the peace during :he naturalirritation of con-
tested elections; but it cannot be expected to have any retro-
spective effect with regard to •the deep feelings of indignation
which the mass of the peasantry every where entertain towards
the tithe system, and those by whom it has been so pertinaci-
ously enforced. • .
PLEDGES AND THE FLEDGED.—MT. George Dawson of Derry,
in reply to a communication from the Independent Club of that
city,. says —" My experience, both in public life and in the
House of Commons, has taught me this lesson above all others—
'that the worst man of business and the worst member of Parlia-
ment is the 'person who is bound down, fettered, and shackled
by promises or pledges. He is no longer a member of the de-
liberative body; but he is the slave of a party,--he can derive no
assistance from the wisdom, the eloquence, or experience of the
niost eminent and enlightened men; but he is shut up and con-
fined in the dai k recesses of his own mind; he .ceases to be,
what every member of Parliament ought to glary in being—a
free agent, and he becomes an useless and despicable tool."
A'IRUE SUPPORTER OP THE BILL.—Mr. Patrick Costello,
attorney-at-law, is a candidate for the representation of Kil-
kenny. A wicked and merry wag in the. Waterford Mail makes
the following jest upon the gentleman's canvas.
Mr. Patrick- Costello, one ot the attorneys, is really and bona fide
a candidate for the marble city, and we shall see his bills of costs, one
of these fine days, circulating among the solvent electors to the fol-
lowing tune :
" To calling upon you at 37our house in Patrick-street, to solicit
your vote and interest, when a brat of a boy told me you were not
At home, though I saw you peeping out of the•window 6s, Bd..
'• To writing' you a letter on the same business . - . as. 4d.
" To canvassing you and consulting on my hopes of success,
When I met you near time market-house, where you told
me you would as soon vote for Old Nick or Tom Duffy . 13s, 4d.
"To sending my clerk to you with a message • • • • . ss. Od.
`• To calling upon you afterwards, and taking you down to
the busting's to vote for me, which you did
To franking a double letter for your wife, the day after the •
chairing • • . ..... . . • • , • • • • 3s. 4d.
This will be all in the way of trade, am* of course, the
Union, which has set, the honooiable gentleman up, will stand-
by him and see him paid for his trouble. • •

LONDON LATEST NEWS.
• (From our Correspondent.)
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Half-past Seven o'clock.
The general tenor of the intelligence from the seat of
war has been, this day, very unfavourable to the success
of the French army. We have seen some private letters
which represent the.privations suffered by the troops as
extreme, the weather having been bad, and the trenches;
half filled with water. They add, that there, by no meansj,
existed any great sympathy between King Leopold arw,
his allies, whose forced assistance, it was evident, ha"
much alienated his new subjects from him. Fort Laurent
had proved. an obstacle of great moment, and had caused
the trench great loss. The Dutch were occupied in
erecting new batteries, and everything gave promise of 3
most obstinate defenc.
We have had a leeward island mail in this morning',
with dates from the various islands to the early part 0'
November. It appears, that at a public meeting of the
inhabitants of Trinidad, the conduct cf their agent, Mt.
Marryat, in his place in the House of Commons, in Au-
gust last, where he defended the order in council, had
been the subject of great animadversion, and the meeting
expressed the utmost indignation, that a measure so
fraught with ruin should have been partizaned by their
agent.. The result of the meeting was their acceptance
of the resignation tendered by Mr. Marryat, of the agencYr.
We find, in these papers, a very severe-proclamation 01
Governor Farquhar, of St. Lucia, against the foreie
.aliens residing in iat colony, in consequence of then
" having presumed "' to attach their signatures to certain
petitions and memorials against the enforcement of the
• Qrder in Council... This affair had excited a considerable
sensation in the Other islands, as it was supposed it wool('
give the finishing blow to the colony, already in a state
of great distress.' The Houses of the Legislature of
Kitt's had opened in session, as had, aiso, those of Do-
minica. The sanitory state of the different islands CO'
tinned very satisfactory. ,
We find, by the-aecounts from Havana, that some al-
terations in the sanitory regulations there had taken place'
and that perishable commodities were now permitted to
be landed after their arrival ten days.
We have accounts from La Guayra to the sth October'
Affairs in that province remained very unsettled, and se-
veral officers had been put under arrest. Trade was in
state of the greatest depression.
Accounts-have been received from Tunis to the 17t1'
ult. The' dey had decided upon executing his treaty win',.
the French, relative to the sale of the produce of his re-
gency, and had resolved neither to interfere himself, or'
have any intermediate agent between the purchaser an",
the agricultural grower. He had made public, that the
market was perfectly free fur the sale of oils, and that pro-
prietors were at liberty to dispose of them. in any wail
they liked. The option was offered, to all those indebte
to the government in oil,. of paying in money. The olive
crop was very abundant in all parts of the regency.
We have late accounts from Manilla, which state the
export prohibition of rice. was still in force there. Id A public meeting of the subscribers to Lloyds was h
-e,,t•
this morning, at which it was proposed to vote a sun' -(i•
£5O from the funds of the house in aid of the widows and
children of the sufferers by the calamity in the Shetlo
isles. To this an amendment was moved by Mr. G,rav'
that one hundred guineas be given in lieu of the .t`',o
which was carried-by acclamation. A sum of £5O wa-,
. also voted in. aid 'of the arctic expedition,- to learn the fat`
of the gallant Captain RoSs.
• We have seen accounts from Hull, which state, that
the election there had commenced, and that Mr. Hill, the
whig- candidate, on hi.s way to nomination, had been bru-
tally assaulted by the rabble, and so injured, that he 'vi,
a
confined to his bed. A shew of hands•had decided the
election to have fallen on Messrs. Acland and Hutt, thel\
1";;
radical candidates. A poll had been demanded by ",.
~
Carruthers, the conservative candidate, and, at one o'cl.o.eo.
yesterday, we understand lie was at the head of the poll•
v
In the eonsol market, the business has not been on a "EY„e
tensive scale; 4 has been the quotation for the account,
-
almost all day. 'the last price was 83
In the Northern Bonds, there has been some degree of h:
viness. Belgium Bonds have been i 3 4. Dutch, dog.Dart'
67 I. Russian, 9i 1 98. Spanish Bonds are lo 17, an
Portuguese, 50 1 51. We ate without any intelligence Tres
Portugal to day, nor have we had any mats from ahroad,
cept that from the Leeward Islands, already noticed.

The following is the letter of General Chasse, with Marshal
Gerard's answer thereto, of which mention is made in the ac-
count of the proceedings of the French army, on the eighth day
of the siege, given in our second page :

THIRD LETTER OF GENERAL CHASSE.
" CITADEL OF ANTWERP, DEC. s,—Monsieur the Marshal,---The
calamities which your aggression calls down on the City of Antwerp
during the negociations yet going forward to bring about the insir
tenarre of peace, appear to 'tequire to be realised in their fullest ex'
tent, in consequence of what I am, as yet, willing to believe to be
the results of the imprudence of your troops, and not dictated 11
your will. Notwithstanding my answer B, of the 30th of November'
1832, to the second letter which yon did me the honour to addrel
to me, there has been a fire frequently opened against the citadel
from Fort Montebello, and even from the, rampart of the enceinte ei
the city at the gate of Beguines. Those are breaches to the bases
as°
the arrangement which your Excellency proposed to me, as well
to those which I declared in my reply.
" I believe it, therefore, proper to state this to your ExcelleneY,
order to do all that lies in my power to prevent a disastrous coofii°
the results of which must for ever devolve on the authors of an aggetso
sion, which, undertaken at a moment \den efforts were making
bring the negociations of peace to their conclpsion, and when then
were but some trifling matters to be decided, compromises interei:itse
so important, and which, although undertaken with such consider' o
means against the point which I occupy, does not seem to hesitate t
.1
place under fire a city, of which its importance as well as huulard
demand the preservation,
" I have, therefore, to require from your Excellency, to F"i„" ,ce"le
give an explanation on the subject of those breaches which I
ee
the honour to specify. The fort of Montebello is so far a depeode°;,
on the place, that I cannot abstain from returning all the fire lier,.ts
after directed against me from that fort, as well as from the rao3P 7
of the enceinte, The inhabitants of Antwerp already know lnie (hi%
well, and the conduct I have observed since I have occupied
,position,, which, conduct has been thoroughly appreciated by t"-,
Excellencies the French and English Commissioners of Conferenc-g
not to be aware to whom to •attribute'the calamity which 1:0°6

them, if those provocations oblige me thereunto.
" Receive, M. the Marshal, the assurances of my high corlsz'dery
lion. " The General of Infantry, Baron CHAS°.

ANSWER OP MARSHAL GERARD TO TILE THIRD LETTER. OF OE"