... Letters from Brussels, dated Oct. 3, state that Antwerp has been declared in a sta'e of siege. From their tone gene- rally it would appear that there is an apprehension of the renewal of hostilities between the Belgians and Dutch, when the term of the present armistice has expired. A private letter from Paris, dated 7th instant, contains the following passage :— Our friend has just returned ...

... Monday, October 10.—Our market was well supplied with all descriptions of grain this morning from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, as well as other parts, and the trade in general continues in a dull and languid state. Our millers were by no means anxious purchasers of wheat, and only the finest qualities could be dis- posed of, and for such the currency of last Monday was main- tained, whilst ...

... When the Lord Chancellor left the Council on Saturday evening the crowd assembled outside received him with loud cheers, and, taking- the horses from his carriage, drew him themselves to his house in Berkeley-square. It was rumoured that his Lordship proceeded to Windsor imme- diately after the decision of the House of Lords on Saturday morning. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The crowd assembled in ...

... EXTRACTS RROM A LETTER FROM DERBY, DATED OCT. 10. Derby, half-past six o'clock, p.m., Oct. 9.—The town still continues in a dreadful state of excitement. An immense body of people have proceeded to Little Chester, and have entirely destroyed the front of Mr. John Harrison's house returning back, almost every house was attacked, and scarcely a window remained whole but the anti-reformers shared ...

... jMotfdcn/, October 10.—The supply of beef this day is large, prime qualities of which met a readier sale at last week's prices. Mutton is in much demand, and is 2d higher than last week. Lamb about the same as our last quotation. Veal is not so good as last week by 2d per stone. Pork, brisk sale. (Per stone of 81b. sinking offal.) Inferior beef, from 2 0 to 3 4 Prime beef, from 3 8 to 4 4 ...

... It has been officially announced in the Belgian legisla- ture, that the Armistice is to further extend from the 10th to the 15th instant. The Parisian Journals are filled with disserations and anticipations, founded on the rejectment of the Reform Bill, and the destruction of the hereditary quality of the French Peerage-a sentence which was pronounced by the Cham- ber of Deputies on Monday, by ...

... Th& subjoined communications with reference to the de- cision of the House of Lords on the Reform bill, from Lords John Russell and Althorp, were received by Mr. T. Attwood, at Birmingham, on Sunday FROM LORD JOI-IN RUSSELL.— I beg to acknowledge with heartfelt gratitude the undeserved honour done me by 150,000 of my countrymen. Our prospects are now obscured for a moment* and I trust only ...

... An inquest was held on Saturday, at Herne Bay, and re- sumed on Monday, on the body of William Cullen. It appeared in evidence that the deceased, being upon the beach about nine o'clock on Friday night, near a boat sus- pected to contain smuggled goods, was ordered to stop just as he was on the point of quitting it, by one of the coast guard named Murray. Instead of obeying his command, Cnllen ...

... CORN EXCHANGF., MARK LANE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12.- The market to-day is in an exceedingly dull state for what little business there is doing, Monday's prices are supported. We have but few arrivals. ...

... THURSDAY, OCT. 6.—Lord Ingestrie presented a petition,' from forty beneficed clergymen in the diocese of Ferns and Ossory, complaining of their inability to collect the tithes due to them, and praying the house to afford relief by enforcing the tithes com- position act, or such other relief as the house should seem just. Colonel Conolly bore testimony to the fact of most extensive combinations ...

... Borough, October 10.—The market is well supplied with new hops, and the demand is steady. Currency: East Kent, in pockets, 1831, £7. 10s to 1830, £ 5. 10s to f8. 8s; 1829, £5. Os to 15. 10s; Mid-Kent, 1831, t6. Os to £ 7. 10s 1830, £,5. Os to Y-6. Os; 1829, X4. Os to £ 5. Os Sussex, 1831, £ 5. 0s to £ 6. 6s 1.830, £ 4. 10s to £ 4.15s 1829, £ 4. 0s to £ 4. 10s Essex, 1831, £ 5. 10s to £ 6. 10s ...

... TUESDAY, OCT. 11.—Mr. Hunt presented a petition from an individual complaining of the police, which led to an eulogy, by several members, of that body. Mr. A. Trevor asked whether the government had received intelligence of dangerous riots at Derby, and whether means had been taken for repressing them; to both which questions Lord Althorp answered in the affirmative, without ma.king any com- ...