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Tarborough, (Edgecombe County, JV. C.J Tuesday, December 6, 1831.
Vol. VIII No 16.
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IMPORTANT.
Very late from Europe. By
the packet ships Sully, from Ha
vre ami the Sylvanus Jenkins,
from Liverpool Paris papers
to the 12th, and Liverpool to the
IJth Oct. have been received at
New-York. Thoy bring intel
ligence of the Rejection of the
Reform Bill by the British
House of Lords Surrender
of the remainder of the Polish
army establishment of a Rus
sian Provisional Government
in Poland rejection of the he
reditary peerage in France tyc.
England. The most impor
tant information is the an
nouncement that the Reform
bill was rejected sans ceremonie
in the British House of Lords,
on the 8th of October, by a ma
jority of forty-one. On the re
sult of the division being an
nounced, it was received in pro
found silence.
A postscript to the Havre
Journal of the 11th, says: A
courier extraordinary has just
arrived from London, from
whom we learn, that just as he
left the city, great efferves
cence manifested itself among
the people; that serious trou
bles were on the point of break
ing out, and that in order to
f piotect himself from an attack,
the Duke of Wellington had
barricaded his house.
Many rumors were afloat in
the city, as to the future acts of
i the ministers. Anew ministry
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' its head was spoken of. A no
ther rumor prevailed that the
King had determined to pro
rogue Parliament, and create
new Peers favorable to the bill.
After the rejection of the bill
in the House of Peers, a mo
tion in the House of Commons
approving the conduct of Min
isters, and pledging the House
to support them, was carried by
a majority of 109 40 more
than the majority for the third
reading of the bill. It is there
fore supposed that Ministers
will remain, and the bill will be
again brought forward with
some little modification, and
ultimately pass.
Poland... Accounts from War
saw are to the 27lh Sept. The
Russians entered Modlin on the
24th. A private letter from
Berlin, dated 2d Oct. states that
the remainder of the Polish ar
my had crossed the Prussian
frontiers on 29th Sept. and laid
down their arms, rield Mar
shal Prince Paskcwitsch War
roiDski, is appointed Governor
. uencral ol the kingdom of ro
land, who on the 26th Sept. is
sued his proclamation. A ma
nifesto dated St. Petersburg
Sept. lGth, and signed by the
emperor, has appeared, which
establishes a provisional gov
ernment in Poland, consisting
of a President and four mem
bers. Poland is no longer a
nation: she is, a vassal to the
Autocrat the blood which she
has poured forth in rivers, in
the sacred cause of liberty and
homo, has availed not every
friend of heroism and patriot
ism every friend of humanity
must mourn over the fate of Po
land, bravo but unfortunate Po
landher name is blotted from
the map of nations.
A private letter from War
saw, dated 29th Sept. savs:
1 his capital presents the ap
pearance of one vast bivouac
advanced posts and patrols are
found at every corner. The
Russians have denounced to
the police several thousands of
persons who have been zealous
in the national cause. Since
the 3th inst. the day on which it
resumed its functions, the po
lice has been constantly em
ployed in making arrests; and
in the two first days of the res
toration, upwards of 1000 per
sons of all ages and classes
were thrown into prison, and
confined with the worst of mal- j
efactors. Since that period,
250 men shut up in one of the
courts of the 'prison, and were
fired upon nearly two hours in
succession, under pretence of a
revolt of the malefactors, tho
not less than four-fifths were
confined on suspicion of politi
cal offences. There are now
upwards of 1500 incarcerated,
and they will esteem them
selves fortunate if they are not
all sent to Siberia. Poland has
sunk into the tomb!
France. In France we find
all as tranquil as at our last
dates. In the Chamber of De
puties, ou the 10th of Oct. u
vote was token upon the ques
tion of abolishing the heredita
ry peerage for abolishing it,
324 against it, 86 majority
against an hereditary peer
age, oL
Upon application to the Bel
gian government, the King has
permitted all the Belgian offi
cers attached to the French ar
my, whether on full pay or oth
erwise, to return into the ser
vice of their own country, when
those who have been three years
in their present rank will be
promoted to the next grade.
Belgium. From Belgium we
learn, that the armistice be
tween that country and Holland,
which expired on the 10th Oct.
was further prolonged to the
25th Oct.
It is positively stated by the
Journal dc Flanders, (a paper
published at Ghent,) that the
Swedish Consul at Antwerp has
received orders from his gov
ernment not to pass any act
which might indicate an ac
knowledgment of King Leo
pold by King CharlesJohn. It
is well known that the Swedish
monarch is greatly under the
influence of the Russian cabinet.
Spain. The Paris National
says: We have learnt from good
authority, that the Spanish go
vernment is not only urging the
levy of the 20,000 men recently
uecreed, but is taking secret
measures for raising double the
number. The provinces which
are exempt by their conscrip
tion, as Guipuzcoa, Alava, and
others, have received orders to
arm and equip a battalion of
iouu men each.
Greece. Letters from Tri
este mention upon the authority
of a communication rormvml
from Syra, that a reconciliation
between the Greeks and their
government is likely to be ef
fected, as Capo d Istrias had at
length decided upon the convo
cation of a National Assembly,
the elections lor which were
occupying the attention of the
i
whole country.
Immense Wealth. The Bri
tish Ministers have in their pos
session a list of 1,500 individu
als, in or near London, whose
private fortunes would pay off
the National Debt. Of course,
the list is only interesting, or of
value, as indicating the mass of
wealth in the country, as one
could not have imagined, at
first sight, that the private for
tunes of any J, 500 individuals
in the empire could be to such
an extent.
The house of Rothschild a-
lone, a branch of which is esta
blished in London, is computed
to be worth more than seventy
millions of pounds sterling
about one-thirteenth of the Na
tional Debt. This house was
established at Frankfort (Ger-
many) about the close of the
last century, by Mayer Anscmrn
Rothschild, who died in 1812,
leaving his business to five
sons, who are all living.
Among the European nobili
ty, probably the Marquis of
Stafford is the wealthiest indi
vidual his income goes be
yond 300,000. sterling.
Two vicics the true and. false.
Principle of Reduction.
Both parties (the Tariff and the
anti-Tariff,) admit that the ex
tinguishment of the public debt
will bring along with it the re
duction of the Custom-house
duties. The only question is,
tho quo viodo. On what arti
cles are the duties to be taken
ofF or reduced! The following
is the projet of the N. Y. Tariff'
Convention, as put forth in their
Address to the people of the U
nitcd States:
"In concluding this address,
we would take occasion to ob
serve, that the pre'sent posture
of the afFairs of the U. States
impress upon us the necessity
of declaring what we believe to
be the sentimeut of the friends
of American industry, in refer
ence to a great question which
must, in a short time, occupy
the attention of Congress. Up
to this period, the revenue of
the government has not exceed
ed its wants. The debt has re
quired a system of duties that
would supply at least ten mil
lions of dollars every year to
wards its extinguishment. That
debt, under the present course
of liquidation, will soon cease
to exist. The nation will then
naturally expect some reduction
of duties. Participating in the
common feeling on this subject,
we cannot close this address
without respectfully submitting
to public consideration the ex
pediency of applying ihat re
duction to such commodities as
are incapable of being brought
within the scope of the protec
tive system; holding it as we do,
to be indispensable to the best
interests of the American peo
ple that that system should be
sustained and preserved, with
out diminution, in its applica
tion to every branch of domes
tic industry that may be benc-
luted by us influence.
1 his proiet is anticipated and
refuted in the following remarks
made by Mr. McDuffie at a late
meeting of "The South-Carolina
State Rights and Free
Trade Association," held at
Charleston Gov. Hamilton in
the Chair.
"Mr. McDuffie proceeded to
praise the magnanimous spirit
of forbearance and conciliation
which had marked the course
of our delegates at the Phila
d o I p 1 1 i a a n ti -Ta r i fF C o n ve n t i o n .
Of the Convention he said that
he entertained no hope that its
efforts would operate a change
in the measures of the manufac
turing majority in Congress. It
might, in connexion with other
causes, serve to induce the ma
nufacturers to propose a modi
fication of the Tariff, but what
would be the nature of this mo
dific ation? It would probably
consist in a reduction of the du
ties on imports consumed but
not manufactured at the North,
but with regard to the imports
consumed by the South, and re
ceived in exchange for Southern
productionSy he felt assured
there would be no reduction of
duties that these would not
only be left fully as much bur
thencd by taxation as they now
arc, but thatxcventually the ef
fort would be made to throw
the whole burthen of taxation
exclusively upon them. He
thought it likely that there
would be a small reduction
made of the duty on sugar
that in fact the North never had
any interest in this duty. It
was oiiginally made to influ
ence the vote of Louisiana, but
that her vote was no longer ne
cessary to the views of the ma
nufacturers. If this reduction
should be made, it would be
used by the Tariff party in this
State, as an argument that the
whole system would be given
up, and thus to paralyze the ef
forts of the State. He conju
red the friends of the Slate not
to suffer themselves to be chea
ted in this manner. He implo
red them as they valued their
liberties, to enquire for them
selves to exercise a severe
scrutiny over the measures of
the manufacturing majority in
Congress to regard with the
most careful jealousy, all over
tures of apparent concession
from that quarter."
Tho modification proposed
by the Tariff Convention, not
only leaves the South still op
pressed by the Protective Sys
tem, while it allows the benefit
to the North but reduces the
duty on luxuries, while is conti
nues it on most of the necessa
ries of life. It relieves the rich
and oppresses the poor. .R.Enq.
Tea and Coffee. The duties
on Tea and Coffee, arc to be
reduced after the 1st of January
next. The duty on Coffee will
then be 1 cent per pound. Im
perial and Gunpowder tea, 25
cents instead of 50, &,c.
Wheat. The Petersburg
Times of Tuesday last, remarks
as follows: The' shortness of
the crop of this article through
out the United States is now
evidently felt. Although the
exports of Flour have been more
limited this season than for
years past, yet the stock on
hand is every where extremely
small. The Journal of Com
merce of New-York, states that
upwards of 200,000 barrels of
flour, and 700,000 bushels of
wheat less have been received
in that market than last year to
the same date, still the prices
arc extremely low. The quan
tity of wheat coming to our mar
ket is still very small, and the
millers by competition have
again brought up red wheat to
95 a 105, and white 81 to 108
cents. The extreme prices are
only paid for very prime machi
ned wheat, particularly from tho
State of North-Carolina.
Occultation. A writer in the
Richmond Enquirer, reminds us
that early in the evening of Fri
day, Dec. 9ih, the beautiful
planet Jupiter will with all his
satellites, appear to the inhabi
tants of the United States to bo
eclipsed by the moon, under
circumstances the most favora
ble to observation. A pheno
menon which, it is hoped, will
not be permitted to pass un
noticed. The Immersion will take
place on the dark, and the
Emersion on the enlightened
side of the moon.
An occultation of this planet
is of rare occurrence; the last
that was observed in this coun
try happened in the autumn of
1320, and another is not to be
expected for many years.
Banks. The committees of
ihe banks of the city of New
York, to the number of seven
teen banks, met on Thursday
lastr and unanimously came to
a resolution, that it is inexpedi
ent to receive in deposit the
notes of the Bank of the United
States, not payable in that city.
The city banks justify the
course they have taken, refu
sing the U. S. Bank notes, or
the notes of distant branches of
the U. S. Bank in deposit at par
upon the ground, that the
Branch Bank of the U. S. itself
in that city, had set the example
of such refusal.
The U. S. Bank at Phila
delphia has adopted the same
course this is equalizing tho
currency, with a vengeance.
Ladies Wanted. A paper
printed in the State of Alaba
ma, speaks of a most deplora
ble and alarming scarcity of
young ladies. Every respecta
ble female, native or stranger,
found there, is as soon- as pos
sible, hurried to the hymcnial
altar. The young men arc as
one hundred to one of the young
ladies. Whether the cottons or
the broadcloths arc frowned
upon or not, the ladies aro
always welcomed with smiles.
They shall have protection for
ever. Daily Adv.