The Sun. — London, England, 1829-10-09 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF COL CHESTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Observing in your Paper of this day a re port of the above Meeting, which is, in almost every particular, untrue, and evidently written by a per son who was not present, I beg you will have the kindness to insert this note, pointing out the errors and mis-statements which appear in that report. There is scarcely a sentiment attributed to the Chairman which he expressed, with the exception of the allusion • to the conduct of Members just before an Election, and th , At to the Dissolution of Parliament; every thing else which your Reporter represents him as saying is utterly false. Ile did not make use of the nonsensical language about the liberality of Mr. Harvey, nor of the ridiculous adu latory epithets respecting that gentleman, with which your report abound. He spoke indeed of Mr. Harvey, as his talents, his fearless and uncompro mising discharge of his legislative duties, and his unwearied attention to the wishes and wants of his constituents, descry e. The latter part of the speech alleged to have been delivered by myself is likewise untrue. I never uttered such sentiments, nor used such lan guage, as your reporter has put into my mouth. I kn o n , of no opposition Club. I have indeed heard of four or five discontented individuals having se- Ceded from the Club to which I belong, (or personal, and not political motives; but who still profess to be actuated by the same principles, and to be equally attached to Mr. Harvey as myself. They are not, then, in opposition, but in union with us. 48 'Your Paper disseminated the bane, I trust to your candour in administering the antidote ; and h ave the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble Servant, 30, St.Swithin's.lane, DAVID WIRE, StitOet. 1829. • Hun. See. to the Club. BM .MINGIIAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. (140 M ours COILILIESPONDENT.) BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY EVENING. The miscellaneous concert at the Theatre last night was Much better attended than the operatic performatives of Tuesday evening, probably. because it was more intelligible to the people of Birmingham. It opened with one of BalruovEses S'mphonies (in C.), which was ably led by CRAMER.. Miss FANNY Arrox then gave a scene from I l actnt : the recitative she managed to spoil, but in the attached aria she was in fine voice, and had as brilliant execution as she ever displayed ; she was warmly applauded. This was succeeded by one of Moonr's Irish Melodies, " Rich and rare were the gems she wore," harmonized by blr.GaxaToestx. as a glee for six voices. This was encored. Min PATON and Mrs. KNYVETT were most happy in this glee, and were very ably assisted by Messrs. KisrvxxT, Vann ttaN, PHILLIPS, and BELLAMY. A recitative and aria by Mr. Vat:att.& x, from Hoastatr, were indifferent enough. In PURCELL'S " Mad Bess," Mrs. KNYVETT won golden opinions; there were fears that sh e w ou ld nut be able to master th e var i ous ca d ences an d trans i t i ons th i s difficult song employs, but she triumphantly 'hewed that the extent of her powers were not unequal to the task. Messrs. WercitsEL and Lixnratr fatigued the audience with a concertant e violin and violoncello. lied its dura tion been one-third of what it was, there is no doubt that pleasure would have been excited; as it was, it was in "erably ti resome , an d exc i ted much weariness in the listenere. H owever, Mr. Puu ttrs's " Oft in the stilly l i . the. Was a reco m p ence f or a l onger mus i ca l purgatory; - was encored. Madame MALIBAAN Gancia succeeded; 1: 7 v ery appe arance is delig htful, alu ays dressed in smil e s, "'Le Bfltox's Laura " She seems to flatta ,Mankind, with her black eyes, for looking at her." kicco it panto, 0 \ritellia," ale was much applauded, but the recitativ e won the praise. 'What laudative t. rms are equal to describe the effect her aria " Non piit di , f1 " 1 ' (accomp an i e d o bli gato rorno de basset°, by Mr. to exc it e d. A quirtetto front Roustm followed, , n which she, Miss F. AYTON, Mr. Fulmars, and Signor COST A took part. The latter was a good clear tenor, but is by no means equal to what report had anticipated. With this the first act closed. Ni r anxn's overture to " Oberon" opened the second part. Miss PATON accom- Partied herAelf With the harp in " Oh r.o ! we never men ti°.ll her." Never at any former festival was a song more al'Plnded i it continued for some minutes, and was again j,,1 4 a gain renewed. She sung it again, and (what rarely P l * al) the iteration surpassed the first performance. It certainl y y w as the most successful piece yet produced either 4- t he Church or the Theatre. r. paworoat attempt e d th e song " See from the silent vi 111 , * e)" but fail e d. M. de BEtitsT gave a fantasia on th e otin with his accustomed taste and fine execution. Sig. tlre llpr CosTa displayed hi s vo i ce i n a song of PACINI ' S. In ottish glee (harmonized by Mr. KsvvErr) Mr. and :KISTVETT, Mr. VAUGHAN ? and Mr. BELLAMY, r e alga applauded. Madame M. GA ucia gave a Spani.h a go. Arrange Gancto, as a vocal finale, and was en °°rTed, • The t hole concluded with an iestrumental finale. tt.ialaNnEL's Oratorio of " The Messiah" was performed ni g ht 'hallow (who unaccountably loses his voice at ea l tif t and recovels it in the morning) gave " Comfort ye, Ih t . , 4rt Ye my people," in a most superior manner. Messrs. of .* -1 , 11 ; Vouctiow, and Thrums made a great deal weir respective airs and recitatives. It had been an- Z a t aeed th at Miss PAT 13 ON would ling " .jt)iee greatly," k a ll an arr angement t hi s morn i ng t h at air was given to I Of i t "a Cloacia, in whose possession it lost noth in g efi ea. Miss PATON sungthat my Re eernee liveth," which had at first been allotted to Madame %Roza : it was the best performance for the day. tt'ArroN seems to have recovered from her indispo• a . I "' and gave " He shell feed his flock" in a better man _ c4 . v a ny thing sh e h as y et attempted here. Mrs. are had not much given to her, but to that she has 1 1 °12 e 4 triple justice. Mr. Bs/Atlases " Thou shalt break ~s ,„ea, with a rod o f i ron " was not as good as his " Every . " l eY sh a ll L e exa l ted. " ti t T h is ev en i ng anot h er operatic selection will be given at Theatre. Mademoiselle IILASIS is to appear as kiorillo, a seena from " 11 Turco in Itrdia ;" DE Beuicis is to red , a t °t in Geronio. Miss PoToN's " Soldier tired" will -40 be given. Baotfaat is to give " Oh, 'tis a glorious 45:ght tolsee !" (from "Oberon.') In scena from ROSSINI'S 11PtaliM Mademoiselle Ikasts is to appear as Desdemont. O lell° anx will perform on the flute, and Madame M. 411 c 1 A will again appear as Romeo. he tragedy of George Barnwell has been Ow ec tpr ~vox again i n F rance . w i t h a me l anc h oly reality. The f V e " 1 this CV' e i 6 use ANDRE LAPAUV RE , a res ident atmed44. His uncle, MARCEL LEPAUVRE, who pos. fr oi , a prop erty of about 15.000 francs, havingarrived t Azinal on the following day set out with him I;l74';' : . t ° windmill in the neighbourh oo d, w ith th e pro they i i „ l 4 Whiel i he had some business to transact. When preten ce re ached the wo o d o f E couen , A NDRE ma d e some dBer t,„--e„to retur n h ome , l eav i ng hi s i nten d e d v i ct i m to st"Hi tray alone. It was nearly dusk, and the mur to; a-"uo retracing Ws steps, sprang forward upon the old ti uld bi "rdy• in a lonely part of the path, and strangled Testutfore he could give utterance to a cry. Since his tt t 6 confessed his guilt to a Magistrate, and ow ed heir that the knowletiae of his uncle's having made him is a •„ ' was the motive of his crime. The assassin, who kitteriteYntan about 50 years of age, has been court " t 0 the prison of Pontei.e. his trial will come on e A assizes a t V ersa ill es . a is "0 gentlemen were travelling together in t tetil t " 'war Oxford, the conversation turned upon the i leat, l ' eu ring village of Curnnor, and the melancholy k 't : i , 4 xtr RonsaaT, as recorded in the excellent novel the o t };" l "trit. As one gentleman had not read . the work, kWouid described the scene to him, as far as his memory i\ t , a eer le, in the beautiful and pathetic language of Sir hetefrot B corr, which seemed to take an extraordinary f et' farmer who sat opposite, though he expressrd Otta t . r ee , lili g* in a different manner to that which his fellow 4-age" had a right to expect, fur lie exclaimed with 4 ite t fa -e t 1 ` The WatTua SCOTT you speak of is a - Pave lived at Cuinnor for thirty years, and never ''`C/ the la drs name , or a word about the 'flitter before." 4e/terdurra Chronicle. Ilit°ll"iderable fears having been entertained for city On of the Rotterdam strain-packet, which left that th e . °4 B und l in mornin last, we are happy convey . ing *csit4eiaa'acthnece.,tata.eat slu g put into Dover yesterday, having I . 4 , L l tte il . °ll t ten minutes to four o'clock yesterday 14 asa poor m an was repa i r i ng t h e roo f of I:47 ie i NO. 23, in Hatfield-street , Black - friars-road, % a otict , a ten d his as en b ro k e , an d prec i p i tate d hi m to t h e rt. e to the f a ll one of the spikes of the area rails 41 e b I tt • ck y ae was immediatly removed on a r in 4 dread fully mutilat e d state, e without any signs UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 9.—The Rev. W. M. Heald, NI.A. of Trinity college, is appointed Chan!ain of that society, in place of the late Rev. John Steven- son, M.A. The Rev. E. A. Smedley, M.A. of Trinity col lege, is also appointed Chaplain of that society, in place of the Rev. N. W. Gibson, M.A. The select preacher to whom the ensuing Sunday afternoon turns at St. Mary's church for the present month are assigned, is the Rev. Professor Musgrave, Fellow of Trinity college. The Rev. C. Green, M.A. Fellow and Tutor of Jesus Ccliege, has been instituted to the rectory of Burg Castle, in Suffolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Manning; patron, the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. Henry Cleveland, ;ILA. of St. John's College, has been instituted to the rectory of BArk ston, Lincolnshire; patron, the Rev. William Pot chett, Prebendary of North Grantham in the cathe dral chinch of Salisbury. The Lord Bishop of Lincoln intends holding his next ordination at Cambridge, on Sunday the 20th of December.—Candidates are required to send their papers to his Lordship at Christ's Lodge, Cambridge, before the 10th of November. THE PENAL LAWS-CATHOLIC RNIA. RIAGES. There are many who imagine that the late Re lief Bill repealed all the old Penal Laws. They are, we regret to say it, mistaken. There are none of them repealed by it save those alone which ex cluded Catholics front Parliament and other offices in the State. All the Penal Laws, with this ex ception, which were in existence on the statute book before the passing of the late Bel ef Bill are still in force. Among those there is one of pecu liar hardship, affecting the lower orders of the Ca tholics; and it becomes more so, from the erroneous belief of these poor people that its operation has ceased. It is one which subjects them to have ad vantage taken of their ignorance daily. We allude to the marriages of Roman Catholics in England, and our attention to this point has been called by some cases which came lately before the Magistrates in that country. In one of these cases, the wife, after having been deserted by her husband, was de nied a maintenance, as the law did not recognise her marriage ; in the other a tontine society denied the wife of a member the usual sum paid such upon child-birth, on the same principle. Iu Ireland the marriage of Catholics, according to their own form, is held good in law—in England it is not. The kingdoms are united; and vet, strange to say, this wide and grievous difference exists; and the mere intervention of St. George's Channel illegalizes, otherwise a legal right, arid bastardizes, otherwise legitimate children ! This is a grievauce, which, if possible, should not continue another day. We trust sincerely to see it removed i n th e next Session of Parhament.—Lituerick Evening Post. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM OCTOBER MEETING. This meeting, which was revived Lot year with such distinguished success, will lose none of its popularity from its continuation. The sport yesterday was excellent, as well in quantity as quality, the weath er favourable, al- though cold in the extreme, and the company respectable; to say the least, it has fully realized all that had been promised. The Marquis of Graham, Lord Mountchat les, Colonel Samden, Captain Locke, Mr. Maherly, and most of the leading families of the county were present The meeting terminates this day with four or five races, the entries for which are calculated to ensure some good run ning.—The following is a return of the Stakes decided yesterday:— The Metropolitan Stakes of 10 toys. each, and 25 soya. added front the race fund. Derby Course. Mr. Bulkeley's Burlesque, 5 yrs ... 1 Mr. Maherly's Howard, 3 yrs 2 Captain Stewart's Vicar, 4 yrs 3 The following also startLd, but were not placed by the Judge Mr. Dundas'a Harast Robin, S yrs Lord Mountcharles's Coronet, lc yrs Mr. Rateliff's Lawrence, 6 vrs Mr. Coleman's Bunter, 3 yra Betting 6 to 4 agat Coronet, and 3 to 1 sgst Lawrence. Lawrence took the lead at a pace which a light built cart horse could have exceeded without much difficulty. The wondet is, that they could gallop over such heavy ground. Lawrence maintained his /e.:d till they cane to the turn, where an increased pace brought the horses together. At the commencement of the straight run in they were all abreast, and it would have puzzled any one to say which looked most like a winner. About half a distance from home Burlesque and Howard came out; the latter, how ever, had no chance, and was beat very easy by three lengths. Coronet, Honest Robin, and Lawrence, were booked to be the - three first horses, instead of which they were the three last. There is no doubt that Coronet could have had a better place, had not his jockey judiciously reserved him for his other race, on finding that he had no chance for this. The winner was rode by Dockeray, Howard by Chapple, V►car by Wakefield, Lawrence by Cowley, Honest Robin by Mann, Coronet by J. Day, and Hunter by a lad. The Epsom Stakes of 10 sovs, each, and 20 sovs. added from the fund. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Charlton's Harold, 3 yrs Mr. Scaith's Yelva, 3 vrs Only two placed-7 to 4 agst Harold, 4to I agst Yelva, and 3 to 1 agst any other. Yelva made all the running, Harold lying dose behind, the others being also well up. They kept this order till about 40 or 50 yards from home, when John Day, who had waited with great patience, brought Harold out in excellent style, went ahead, and won very .cleverly by a length. The winner was claimed by Mr. Dilly. Yelva was rode by Dockery, Salus by a lad, Dully Spicer by T. Robinson, Mr. Dundas's by Cowley, Mr. Taylor's by C. Day, Niger by a lad, Watchman by Mann, and Verderer by Macdonald. The Epsom Grand Stand Cup Stakes of 10 sees. each, and 25 added by the Shareholders. Two miles. Lord Mountcharles's Coronet; 4 yrs 1 Mr. Radcliffe's Lawrence, 6 yrs Mr. Gardner's Emmeline, 4 yrs Captain Locke's Gameboy, 4 yrs . _ 6 to 5 against Emmelina, and 4 to 1 Eget Coronet. Lawrence made the running till near the finish, when Coronet came out, and won easy by two lengths; rode by J. Day, Lawrence by Cowley, Emmelina by Chapple, and Gameboy by Macdonald. The Burgundy Stakes of five soya. each, and 25 added fro:n the Fund. Heats, two miles. Mr. Gardner's Conjuror, 5 yrs 0 1 1 Mr. Coleman's Bunter, 3 yrs Mr. Boult's Benefit, 3 yrs 0 0 3 Mr. Mardis Profile, 6 yrs 0 0 4 Mr. Peirse's Crane, 3 yrs 1 3 5 Colonel Standen's Conrad, 5 yrs First heat.—Even on Conrad. Bunter (who is one of the gamest mares that erer ran) made all the running to the road, the others lying well up, the three-year olds being best placed. They went a miserable pace as far as the roads where Conrad and Crane went up ; a sharp race home was won cleverly by the latter. Second heat.-5 to 4 aJainat Crane, who led till close home, and would have won if the lad had kept quiet on her instead of spurring some distance from home, when he bad good lead. When near home the superiority of joeheysbip became apparent in the clever style with which Chappel went by the two young mares, and beat them cleverly. In the third heat Conjuror made play and won easy, entirely through the bad riding of the lads put on Bunter and Crane. Profile was rude by C. Day, Benefit by S. Mann, St. Lawrence by Oliver, Conrad by Doekeray, and Gameboy by Mac donald. The Earl of .ABERDEEN entertained the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Duke of WELuNcrox, Earl BATHURST, and most of the Cabinet Minietera, to dinner in the evening at Argyle House. THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.—Apprehen sions are entertlined that Mr. Alderman CROWTHER will retire from serving the office of Chief Magistrate fur the ensuing year. A few days since the worthy Alderman sent to the City Law Officers a request that be might be allowed to resign on account of his health, atd it is not yet known what course trial be adopted by Mr. Alderman CROWTHER. HERRINGS. - - -Owing to the unsucee3sful fish ing in the north, the price of herrings is rapidly on the advAnce. The barrel now costs 2t35., nearly a third above the current rate of former years..—Aycot,„„,,,,,, COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. , The . Clandestine Marrive %Iv performed at this Theatre last night, fur the purpose of intro.luciug a Mr. JONES, of tl:e Edinburgh Theatre upon the London stage. Mr. JONES, we understand, has acquired considet able fame on the Northern boards, and his performance last night prov es that his merits were justly app: eci,ted. He appeared as Lord Ogleby, and though the character has been so lon e considered as the exclusive property of Mr. W. FARREN, yet tl:e gentlemanly demeanour, and mi ginal genius of Mr. JONES, impressed the audience so favourably, that every successive scene only served to increase the applause with which Mr. JoNEs was cheered throughout the play. A Morning contempo rary very justly observes that a more successful first appearance and performance it had not often had the pleasure of witnessing, and we agree with it. In age, height, and form, Mr. JONES seems to be the very man whom the writer of the comedy saw in his mind's eye, as the representative of the accom plished and sentimental, yet vain and frivolous dandy nobleman. The very slenderness of his shape, the stoop in his shoulders, and the mincing gait—all affected, of course—seemed quite natural and easy, and were exactly what suited our notion of this character. Mr. JONES was received with moderate applause on coming out in the second act, but it became rapturous before the toilet scene was con eluded. To a delicate voice, and dignified, mea sured expression, he adds a clearness of enunciation that makes every word and syllable he utters audi ble and intelligible in every part of the house. This, even in itself, is no small merit in a performer. The whole of the - fourth act—the interview with Fanny, the mistaking of her attachment to Love well for a tender regard for himself, the vanity of the old Ileau,and his self-satisfaction in supposing he had made such a conquest, and the noble deter mination to share his title and his fortune with her— were all admirably acted. There was no effort to be great, no searching after clap-traps, no attempt to caricature—but every thing was done, every move ment, every action was conducted, and every sen tence expressed, most easily and most naturally; in such a way, that no man need blush for the doating Lord. The most difficult scene is the last, in which his Lordship discovers how much he deceived him self; even in this Mr. JoNEs did not let his dignity sink, but sustained the character to the end such as he pictured it from the beginning—forgiving, disin terested, and sincere, always atoning for his vanity by the elegance of his manners, never allowing the hang of the superannuated man of fashion to sully the honour or the virtue of the high-born man of sentiment. Miss ELLEN TREE played the part of Fanny Sterling with good taste and correct feeling. The other characters of the drama were well sup ported, most particularly Mrs. Heidelberg, by Mrs. DAVENPORT. After the Comedy, M. DROUET, who has been long known as a first-rate flute player, per performed on that sweet instrument the " Hunts man's Chorus" from Der Freigehutz, with variations arranged by himself. He received, as he deserved, much applause for the neatness of his execution. The musical romance of The Devil's Elixir followed. NEW REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE PORT OF LONDON. The new by-laws, rules, orders, and regulations re lating to the Port of Llndon, which received the ap probation of the Court of Common Council and the Eider Brethers of the Trinity House, have, within the last few days, been allowed and approved of by the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, in the ab sence of the Lord Chancellor, and are now in full operation. The day and night duty of the Harbour masters has been strictly defined. Formerly the Harbour-masters were in the habit of resisting the authority of the Port Committee, having been ap pointed by the Lord Mayor to their situations, and no specific arrangements having been made to con trout them ; but, by the new regulations, an effec tual authority has been established. Such of the Harbour-masters as shall from time to time, be ap pointed the principal or superintending Harbour master shall have the sole and entire controul of the executive part of the Harbour service, to enforce the due observance of the by-laws and other regulations which rosy, from time to time be established, and shall execute all other matters which shall be ordered by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Court or any Committee appointed by them. The Harbour-masters are required to obey the orders which the superintending Harbour-master may think it necessary to issue for the effectual performance of the Harbour-service ; and the latter is authorised to I issue orders independently of the meeting of the other Harbour-masters. He iF, kowever, to be responsible for issuing orders which shall not be in accordance with the spirit and intent of the Act of Parliament, and the by-laws and regulations esta blished under its authority. The day duty of the Harbour-masters, of whom there are four instead of five, as formerly constituted, is as foLows :—One of the three, under the super intending Harbour-master, is to continue upon duty during the whole of the flood tide, and the first two hours after high water, and is, during that time, to have the superintendence and direction of the navi gating, placing, mooring, unmooring, and removing all ships and vessels, steam-boats, lighters, and craft in the Thames between London-bridge and Duke's shore. The second Harbour-master is to act with similar power from Duke's-shore to Rockwall. The third Harbour -master is, on the day on which the two first are on duty to be off duty, and to take his regular turn. The night duty is this—One of the three Har bour-masters is, on the first night, to continue en duty for the last two hours of the flood,and first hour of the ebb tides, and is, during that time, to go to the lower station, to stop ships, vessels, and steam boats, if necessary, or to direct them where to go; and, when no more ships, vessels, or steam-boats are likely to pass Blackwell, be is to go up with the last of the tide, and see how the ships, &c. have taken their berths. The other two Harbour-masters are to take their turns. Strict impartiality in the mooring, unmooring, &c. of ships, is required of the Harbour-masters. They are not to receive any gratuity, fee, or reward, under any pretence, from any person, for any thing done or omitted to be done by them, in the discharge of their duties. Buoys are to be placed, marking the passage to be kept clear in the river, and any vessel injuring those buoys will be subject to a pe nalty of ten pounds. For the purpose of preset ring a free and unobstructed passage through the lower and upper Pools of such a sufficient width, that ships, vessels, and steam-boats, of large dimensions and draught of water, may navigate up and down, without impediment and risk, the width of the passage is to be not less than 300 feet. Every barge, lighter, or other craft is to pass along the river singly and separately, under the penalty of forty shillings. The other arrangements comprehend a great va riety of directions as to the mooring, unmooring, and removing of vessels, and the whole are said to be extremely well calculated to improve the state of the river. • The ihip-owners all approve of the new plan, which is calculated to do great service to the navigation, and to give security to property. A Russian's prayers are generally very short, and consist frequently only of the two words •° Gospodi Pornolui," (Lord have mercy upon us!) which are sung with•beautiful tlicct in most of their chapels. ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT.—We arc assured, front a very high quarter, that Patliament will assemble in November. A main object is said to be to appoint a responsible officer to read those documents of which it is necessary that his MAJESTY should have cog nizance, hut which his infirmities render hint at present unable to peruse. The currency question, too, presses for legislative consideration; and it is stated that Ministers intend to submit it to men of all parties fur dispassionate inquiry. De the object what it may, the public may rest assured that at present a very early assembling of Parlia ment is 'volved upon,—Dablin Aforn;ng /register. TO SAMUEL DREW,. ESQ., GOVERNOR OF TILE BANK OF ENGLAND. was present at the General Court held last month for the purpse of declaring a dividend on the capital stork of the Bank of England, and could not but feu' for the very ar. - kward situaCott in which y o u were pl:med; lie:wise, Sir, many of the , tntiments uttered by !ou on that occasion must have been condemned by your own heart, and by the respectable body of Directors who surrounded von. The demand of the worthy Proprietor, Mr. Young, was reasonable, and it ought to have been acceded to. lie, as a partner in the concern, de sired to know the extent of the liabilities of his partnership, and he was referred by you to the pub lished atroun - of the Bank-notes in circulation. This, Sir, was a subtetfiige which you ought not to have resorted to, because it did not furnish an an swer to the question asked; and when you were further pressed for the amount of the balances held by the Company as bankers, you excused yourself by saying that it would be an improper breach of confidence to expose the names of parties who had placed their cash in your hands, and would ine vitably be attended with serious inconvenience to the depositors. Here, Sir, you had again recourse to evasion. The names were not demanded; no exposures were desired beyond the amount of tho‘e balances; and that amcunt, I humbly contend, ought to have been, and might have been, given, without betraying any improper secrets as fir as re gards the public who have balances in the Bank. Your next evasion was, that you had no objection to expose the balances, but the Proprietors had at a former Court negatived a motion to the same ef fect. Now, Sir, the decision of a former Court had nothing to do with the Court which was then being held; and if you really had no objection to give the amount desired, it would have been no more than fair towards the worthy Proprietor to have stated as much, and you would easily have obtained permis sion to have made the disclosure. And further, when it was objected by another Proprietor to con firm the dividend recommended by the Court of Di rectors, because that recommendation was not ac companied by the requisite information as to profit, or as to the fund whence that dividend was to be taken, you justified your act by a truly aatideluvian mode of reasoniog,—namely, that the proposal was put," not only in the exact manner, but also in the exact words, that had been used for upwards of 125 years." Now I nun truly at aloes to know what value to set upon such rat assertion. One or two things have been altered fur the better since 125 years, and the situation of the Bank has undergone a most material change, which calls for a material change in the conduct of the Propric tors; and I can easily foresee that, ere long, you will be compelled to undergo a material change in the sentiments ex pressed by you at the last Court. I will, with your leave, Sir, enter a little into the views of 3 , 1 r. Young, and also go a little further, in order to show what questions you may probably ex pect at a future Court. The amount of Bank-notes in circulation is, I believe, about The Bank-notes paid into the Bark by private individuals, and not drawn out again, may perhaps be taken at from 5,000,000/. to 7,000,0001. (these may be cailed bel,l as bankers to tli;! public, which a:e liable to be drawn for on demand), sty.i- ... 5.000,000 together..... -C21,000,000 Now, it is quite dear, diet although the Bank- Notes in circulation do not amount to more than 19,000,00 W., yet the liabilities of the Rink are in fact 21,000,0001., and that the published circulation is short by 25 per cent. of the actual demand to which the Bank is liable. lam aware that against this sum there is an immediate set-off of the bills discounted and not become due : if the amount of those bills may be taken at 2,000,0001., then the cash-liabilities of the Bank would be reduced to 22,000,0001.; and if, us a merchant, I was stating my own case, I should next most anxiously examine my coffers, and see whether their contents were equal to.the demand against tne; and this probably was the intention of Mr. Young. There is no question us to the solvency of the Bank, or as to the flattering appearance of its balance-sheet; but the question is, whether the debts due to the Bank are as demand able and as arbitrary as the claims against it formed by Bank -notes. If Mr. Young had gone thus far, it does Pot follow that he would have stated either that the :Bank should at all times have bullion in their coffers to the exact amount of their Bank-notes and other liabilities, or that such a circumstance as a simultaneous coming-in for payment of all their notes could take place, but both he and the Propri etors at large would have the means ofjudgieg whe ther the situation of the Barak were safe or not, and of aiding the Directors by their advice and assistance if necessary. This, however, is for the present denied them. Now, Sir, asking your pardon for calling in question the wisdom of following the same course in our present situation, which was adopted in the very different situation of the Bank 125 years ago, I will take the liberty of showing one very material feature which renders our present situation far more peril ous than it was at the commencement of the last century, namely, the establishment of the branch banks, by which the circulation of Bank paper is be come so much more general than it was previously to the new and very quevionaWe system of country establishments. A repetition of the dreadful scenes which we too well remember in 1825 will not, we trust, take place; but partial distrust and panic, in ouch a commercial country as this, always have been, and still will be, matters of periodical recurrence. It is therefore reasonable for every partner in your con cern to ascertain as nearly as possible what the situ ation of the Bank would be in case such a public calamity were to happen. In the former case of panic, the holder of a country bank-note was only anxious to obtain a Bark of England note in ex change, with which he felt himself secure, and the 13ank of England had no demand made upon it for its coin ; but what would be the effect of panic now? All the Bank-notes circulated in the country would soon appear at the Bank in London to be exchanged for the current coin. The holders of notes in Lan don would be equally anxious to secure themselves, and the private bankers, anticipating a similar nppli cation from their customers on account of their ba lances due, would also provide themselves with large sums of coin ; and no doubt, in over-caution, with a greater supply than would be required. These Bank balances also, the amount of which is so stu diously withheld from the ProprietOrs, would speedily be withdrawn ; and, allow me to ask, Sir, what would be the situation of the Bank then ? A private banker, who is really solvent, is always pre pared to pay, within reasonable time, the whole of his customers' .balances, which constitute all his liabilities. I have said " within reasonable time," but I may safely wave that reserve, and say, that he is at all times ready with Ida resources to meet sucha claim, which, from the experience of 182.5, he knows may assail trim. Now, Sir, is the Bank in the same situation ? This is a question of some interest to a Proprietor; and it is not likely that he will be satis fied with an assurance that you are acting as our fore fathers did 125 years ago, and that therefore all questions are unneceeaary, end be:ray a meddling spirit. Had our forefathers 22 mil:ions or 25 mil lions of notes in circulation, and coffers in the same state as ours are now, to meet such a demand ? Had they opened a widely-extended trading concern (supposed to be err unprofitable one ), suc h as th e branch banks, through the principal counties in England,? Had dray issued millions of Bank notes cn stock and mortgages, and rendered them. selves liable to pay on demand such amount in bul lion, having only received in lieu a piece of parch ment, and an entry to their el edit in the Batik books? The answer to all these questions is, " No, they were not so unwise!" And vet, Sir, you deetn it improper to inform the Proprietors whether these, your own acts, have benefited or injured the Com pany. The questions of the Proprietors will, how ever, prove irresistible, and I trust you will be pre pared to meet them at your next half-yearly Court in March, 18SO. I will not pretend to guess at die amount of bullion or cash in your coffers; it has b:.en stated at ramous sums, from seven to twelve ; but whatever the srme of that amount taay it c;:na• tbe non!: i aptoved by any exertion tr , c 134):k i s ,anabie of making. It is true :hat buliion may at al. rims: la- pnteltawd, but it aais t ba paid for iu Bank -notes, awl these notes so put in circulation ili,in the and, redeem thebullion, leaving the Bank in the same situation ovi it was previously to the purchase. It is the net profit of the Bank that can alone redeem any of the present notes in circulation ; and after the payment of divi dends,salaries, and another ex pencer,it is to he feared t hat in the present state of the commercial world there will be but little remaining to the credit of the profit and loss account of the Bank at the end of the year. It is true th a t a ll re p a y ments o f l oans ma d e to Go— vernment, which are discharged in Bank-notes, will in effect cancel to many notes ; but if the Bank continue to renew these loans, cr to increase them as they hare done of late, their connection with Government injures more than benefits the solidity of the Company. And although the profit may ulti mately be enhanced by these gigantic engagements with Government, yet the Bank is placed for a con siderable period in a perilous situation, and the pro per proportion, whatever it may be, between the Bank -notes :in circulation and the bullion in their coffers, is destroyed. With these views it is my opinion that you must expect question upon ques tion. Evasion may still serve a little longer, but plain common sense will ultimately prevail ; and I think the Court of Directors will better consult their dignity, and more easily secure the approba tion of the Proprietors, by anticipating their wishes, than by exciting divisions in the Courts of Proprie tors, which will sooner or later compel the Direc tors to yield to their opponents. If the situation of the Bank be a prosperous one, let the Proprietors know it, and their stock will attain its full value. If it be assailed by difficulties, the duty of the Di rectors should in ompt them to call for the aid of the Proprietors ere it be too late. It is quite true that the Proprietors, owing to the refusal of the Gover nor to answer simple and natural questions put at their General Courts, arc suffering most severely. The public construe this silence most unfavourably, and Bank Stock, when compared with Three pe Cent. Reduced Annuities, is now at a discount o front 22 to 25 per cent. viz. : Sale of dividend or annuity of 8/. in Three per Cent. Retinecd at 90, worth £24.0 Sale of annuity of Si. in Bank Stock (or 100/ stock), worth.. 216 Showing Bank Stock to be at a discount of £24 on 1001. Bank Stock Trusting, Sir, that these remarks from a brother. merchant will be deemed worthy consideration, l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD PROPRIETOR. nrogmorton• atreet, Oct. 7. --- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, OCT. B.—The Britomart, 10, Com mander E. J. Johnson, sailed on Friday morning, with new-raised men, for the Core of Cork. The Vigilant ketch, Lieutenant Loney, returned on Monday from Lisbon, having landed a mail from that place at Falmouth, on Sunday night. She tailed for Portsmouth yesterday with marines belong ing to that division, paid off from the Druid. The Druid frigate was paid off into ordinary on Monday. In Hsrnoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, °testes, 1 3 . y1a. des, Leveret, Royalist, Calypso, and Meteor steamer. In Barn Pool—Undati'fled. In the Sound—Bramble. The merchant-brig Perseverance arrived here on Tuesday, from Sierra Leone, baring left that place on the 31st ult. We learn by her that his Ma jesty's ship Eden had left Fernando Po, on a cruise, to recover the health of the remainder of the crew. Colonel Nichols accompanied Captain Owen, both of these Officers having been indisposed. The Eden, we regret to state, had lost SO men. The Primrose was healthy, and had not lost a man : the Captain of her was reported to be ill of consumption. Two days after the sailing of the Perseverance, Mr. Chas. Itennels, a passenger, died. Second Lieutenant F. S. Hamilton, of this diri sio.i of Royal Marines, is promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, and appointed to Portsmouth, rice Carrington, deceased; and Mr. Brown is appointed second Lieutenant of this division, rice Alexander, promoted. Lieutenant J. B. Cragg (188) is appointed to :he Semiramis, at Celli. His rvlajesty's ship Paw , lora arrived at Madras from Trincomalee 18th April, and sailed for Pawing. 2.51 h. The Alacrity and Infernal were at Smyrna lSilt August. The Sylph, Cunning, and Sealark, Brown, of and from this port, arrived at Malaga, 4th Sept. The Experiment, Yabsiey, arrived at Vigo from Porto Rico, Sept. 7. The Hefty, Westcott, of and from this port, arrived at Alicant, 6th Sept., and sailed for Denia. The Matilda and Su,utt, Fox, of tliia port, arrived at Smyrna from Conitantinople pre vioui to the sth of August. The Sophia, Cuth bertson, arrived at Alicant from this port Sept. 7. The Welcutne, llamlyn, of this port, arrived at Smyrna from Alexandria, Aug. 9. The Amelia, Fry, has arrived at Alexandretta from London. The Reward, Goss, of this port, from London to Leg horn, put into Ramsgate on the 3d inst. The Lady Emma, Power, of this port, arrived at Malaga, from 'Waterford, Sept. JO. The Relief, Fawckner, of this port, arrived, at Bristol from Archangel, 3d inst. The Tantivy, llodze, of this port, arrived at Malta from Newport, Aug. 31, and sailed for Zante sth September. STORIES OF WATERLOO.—A series of military tees, under this attractive title, is announced fur immediate appearance. They are said to be written by an • Officer, who distinguished himself in the Peninsula during the late war, and to he founded on the many stirring ad ventures which he himself experienced. From the bustle, activity, and continual change of scene incident to a mili tary life, we hare no doubt the present work will prove theply interesting. KEAN, before he went to London, was en gaged and discharged as a bad actor from the Bristol com pany ! From therice he %s cut to Exeter, which city pos sesses a far more. discriminating audience, and he conse quently became a favourite. When the season closed at that place, he walked to Bath, a distance of 140 or 150 miles, and offered himself to the Bath manager for thirty sUllings per week—but was rejected! This happened a very short time only before he was cns;z:ged is London..— Brighton Gazette. On Wednesday an injunction, obtained on the application of Messrs. MATHEWS, YATES, and Cum • BEItLAND, to tie MASTER of the Rour.s, against the per formlnce of a piece called The Flying _Dutchman, or the Phantom Ship, was served on Mr. Ewsros. The piece, which lind been advertised for that night at the Surrey Theatre, was of course withdrawn until the ques tion at issue between the parties be decided. Fora trifling wager younoman undertook some days ago to eat twelve muffins, terelv e eggs, three rounds of buttered toast, and six pats of butter, and drink one gallon and three Nits of colt e._ lle : , etually accom plished his taA, and gained his bet, in an Dour and arre quarters. There is a physician residing at Clifton, who wears a wedding ring of his mnther's, en which is en graved—" Married when 13—died, aged 47 11%.1fi the mother of 36 children." A farmer on the estate of Abercairny was one day informed by his son that he had frequently seen a partridge alight on the top of a hay-stack, but never saw her come off aga , n, and that he thought she had a mat there. The farmer, who had never heard of partridges breading any where but on the ground, did not at first be lieve the boy. Ho was induced, however, to examine the stack, where, to his astonishment, he saw on the very top of it n part r id ge s i tt i ng on 17 eg ; ,:.s. fie did not again visit th e stNek fi.,r some days, and then found only a few shells, the bird s , upon b e i n g batched, having all left the stack, although the e aves drop of it was nearly eight feet from the ground.-- Glavoir Chronicle. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIO JOURNAL 2. We publish a long letter on the stateo!eeret system of the Bank of England. The proceed ings at the last meeting of Bank Proprietors, already commented on by this journal, are re traced by our correspondent, and arguments ad pudorem addressed to the Governor, with the innocent hope of making that worthy get;- amen ashamed (a Governor ashamed !) hi: uncandid answers to the propositions of Ho nourable Proprietors, who were anxious to leaan . on official authority, " what had been done . with their own." It is obvious enough that more nonsense never has been talked than that for which Governors of the Bank of England have within these few years pleaded the irmne a morial usage of their predecessors as a. sanction and cover for their own absurdities. When they . tell the Proprietors that the same mysterious silence has been observed for 125 years, (luting till which time the Bank has been a flourishing corporation, do they mean that it is because of such hermetical sealing up of the lips of those servants to whom the Bank Proprietors Lave annually entrusted their affairs, the interests of the Bank itself have so conspicuously Vourished ? If not, they mean nothing. But we can say a little more ; for it is on record, that if the trans actions of the Bank with the Government had been fairly and honestly at all times disclosed to the Proprietors, the most imminent risk that ever was incurred by a trading company would have been escaped by this, and the most humiliating and contemptible device for avert ing danger that ever was resorted to would not have been necessary to save the Bank of England from destruction. The corre spondence between the Bank Dirictors and Mr. Pitt in 1796 and 1797 has long since been laid before the country,—that is, so far as the Di rectors found it unavoidable to publish their own disgrace. Now, even from that lame and garbled correspondence, is it not manifest what a miserable set of time-serving, Pitt-ridden, sub servient creatures, the Bank Directors were in 1797 ?—how they went on from month to month, half-bullied, half-puzzled, by that over bearing and dexterous Nlinister;—how he one day shook his whip over them, and the next put his finger in their eye, refusing, on the pretence of public necessity, to pay off the debts which lie had contracted with them, and, instead of complying with their supplications for the dis charge of sums which he had already borrowed, actually extorting more and more, until at last, when they had no money to l en d , an d were pressed by the holders of Bank-notes to pay those in specie, the whole bubble burst at once ; and, by a farcical perversion of language, an order in council was served upon the Bank, restraining the Directors frOm doing that which they had neither any notion nor • any means of perpetrat ing, —viz., paying off their notes in ready money? If, then, the Bank Proprietors had, in the early part c ot a . cl l u 7 a 9 i fi, nte ad d n wi town t l hth t o o se lN e la ni r i ch, 17 htrras 97, snl en . t bee n si : which the successive extortions of Mr. Pitt were likely to plunge their concern, does any mart be lieve that they would have been intimidated into a progressive compromise of then- own property by Mr. Pitt's big words, or soften., eel by his mendicant applications ? Can it bn imagined, that when the body of Proprietors, or a portion of them, might any day in any given week have called a Court, and demanded from their servants, the Directors, an explicit account of their pecuniary transactions with the Mini ster ;—is it, we say, possible, that such transae s tions could ever have been whirled onward to that tremendous crisis which ended in the Bank Restriction Act ? Here, then, is a clear proof of a positive calamity, the most fatal that ever overwhelmed a banking-house, being the natu7al result of that very system which your Govern .s and Directors are perpetually identifying with the great prosperity of the corporation. But the truth is, that the evil is not in the Directors, who of course will take as many unjust preroga tives, and exercise as many mischievous privis leges, as others are foolish enough to confide to them. The fault is with the Bank Proprietors themselves. Why do they not attend the Court in such numbers, and armed with such deterani nation, as to overpower the hole-and-corner faca tion of the Directors ? One or two class. headed and independent men may go on until doomsday asking questions to which evasive re plies are given, and moving resolutions which are never passed ; but unless the majority of the Bank Proprietors have wisdom, and energy, and regard for their own interest, sufficient to make them support a plan of reform by their personal support of those who come forward in defence of the common welfare, no one need blame the Governor or his allies for treating the friends of publicity and fair-dealing with contem The complaint of the City Functionaries, that the Nev Police drove all the thieies and dis orderly people into the city, is exceedingly amus , ing. We shall have the Court of Ahkrni next inquiring how it happens that rivers nc,t run up mountains. Thieves, we apprehond, are actuated by the principles which actuate all other men—they love ease and enjoyment, and only , work in their vocation becaw:e they cannot have enjoyment without effort. They betake them selves as na:urally to the place where they can live best, as a heavy body d escen d s . If they were more comfortable out of the city than in it, the worshipful functionaries may be assured that all the police in the world would not drive them into the city. The inclination of the thieves themselves forms an essential clement in the matter. They know when they are civilly used as well as Aldermen and Deputies. We shall hear next of there being a conspiracy to drive Scotchmen into the Direction of the East India Company, or one of the Lord Johns to the Governorship of a Colony. If the City people raise their own police to a state superior to that elsewhere, we will answer for it that the nets . police will fail in driving thieves into the city. Let them improve their police then ; if they beat Mr. Peel, the public will be a gainer, bccathe it will force a correspondent improvement on the west end. This would be a manly attempt. Let them drive the thieves back again if they can, 'Tire more the thieves are driven backwards and forwards, the worse the trade of thieving wir t ( Jo , 1 Mr. Peel has respected the City privileges—h o has left the citizens in the undisturbed enjoyment of their municipal advantages. If the improve. meats west of Temple-bar rrpose additional mands sacrifices. A ex ertions on the City functionaries, we trust they o ith in t t l e )e rte i( r l : a wi t t i l latlibert:,nk° ir. Peel will resign themselyes manfully to their fate, con soling,evviriryb, co t it l ih 7 e l ir ls g e oi l l v ou e ,ri s r, yc vt lte • them in their operations.--Morning Chronicle. The conditions imposed- b 7 Count Diebitsch upon the Sultan ire certainly more severe than Ise have been lecho anticipate. The- published accounts are sul4tantially accurate, but they omit certain incidental ttipulationa which mark • a