The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-19 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA TRADE. We announced some days ago that apprehen sions were entertained that our Government were seriously thinking of throwing open the West India trade to the United States. There is now no doubt, extraordinary as it may appear, that such is the fact. The negociations upon this subject have been going on sub rosa for some . months. Letters from New York, dated the 15th of October, have been received, begging for introductions to West India houses, " as the re- Ltrietions," say the writers, " on our trade to the West India islands are likely soon to be re- moved." Thus we see that this all-important question, to some of the first interests of the state, is kept a profound secret in England, till it creeps out, as it were, by accident ; while in America, the thing has been known for at least three months. The business is to be canvassed and decided upon ; but they who are most in terested in it are not permitted to know any thing about it. Our North American colonists felt assured, after Mr. Canning's letter and Mr. Hus kisson's speech on the Tariff, last Session, that they should, at any rate, be allowed to enjoy the West India trade for a considerable lime, and they consequently commenced extensive esta blishments, built warehouses, equipped ships, and in every way exerted themselves to take advantage of the privilege. All their exertions, however, it would seem, are to be sa crificed to the conciliating system, the object of which appears to be neither more nor less than the promotion of foreign interests at the ex pense of our own. It may be too, that the mea sure now to be repealed is not a favourite with the present Ministry, because it proceeded from Mr. Canning ; but we can scarcely believe that they can be actuated by any such paltry motives. Certain it is, however, that those measures in which they themselves acquiesced, such as the Free Trade system, and the suppression of the one-pound notes, though proved to be highly pernicious, must not be touched, and for no other reason, as we have good authority for thinking, but because Ministers are determtned to preserve their consistency. One would ima gine, that after the sacrifice of consistency which some of them have made with regard to the Roman Catholic question, they ought to be very delicate on that point. A Correspondent ob serves, " it is probable that Mr. Rush, though not a member of the present Government of the United States, who was over here before Jack- Son was in power, must have been feeling his way, and that, true to the Yankee sys tem, he did not lose sight of his national inte rest, because a change was about to take place in his Government." But, be this as it may, it is quite evident the Americans have bee n a t work with some effect ; and it is high time that those British merchants more immediately inte rested in this truly national question should bestir theMselves. We believe that a de putatiqn has waited upon Mr. Fitzgerald upon the subject, but how they were received, or what took place upon the occasion, we have no means of ascertaining. Report however says that the audience with the great man was by no means satisfactory, and that no positive information as to the intentions of Government could be ob tained. The trade carried on between Canada and the West India Colonies has already become very extensive, and is greatly on the increase. The 'following is a list of imports of West India prOduce at Quebec only, from the opening of the navigation, the end of April, to the 23d of Sep tember this year, and exports of provisions and staves within the same period last year. This list, it ought to be observed, refers only to the port of Quebec, and, therefore, forms only a portion of the exports and imports of our North American colonies. It is true that the whole of the imports may not have come direct from the West Indies, nor may the whole of the staves and provisions have been exported there ; as, however, there are no means of separating them, Re give the list as it is. Impart of West India Produce to Quebec, and Exports of Provisions and Staves from Quebec, from the com mencement of the Season—say the end of April 1829 to Sept. 22, 1829: import:l from opening of the ' yavi g ation 1829 to Sept. 23. Hutu, puncheons Sugar, hhds 1,27 tiaree , - 535 tals. ,„ ................ 1,24 ›:(Ames, ditk' ........... 491 Exports from opening of the Navigation to Sept. 24, 1828. Flour, brls 31,092 Wheat, bushels 98,090 Pork, brl4 B,lso Beef, br!s. Staves and Heading —4,151,033 Bawds and ...... 91'5,231 It shou:3 be recollected that the trade be tween the West Indies and our North Arne , rican colonies is a barter trade, and, as such, ex. ceedingly valuable. The North American co lonists take provisions, boards, and staves, and bring back rum, sugar, and molasses. The United States trade is of a different nature alto gether. They take boards; staves , p rovisions, and " notions," which they cell for cash, and then go to the Danish and other islands ; and pur chase their cargoes at cheaper rates than they buy of our colonists, and sail with them to European ports, thus draining our islands of specie, getting all the freights of the produce of other settle ments, and interfering with us in the ultimate market. The United States do not now want sugar for home consumption, because they grow it in more than sufficient quilt - ides on the Mis eippi. Cargoes, indeed, have actually appeared at 5-I,=burg of American growth, shipped at New Orlea4 - 3s. These are facts—and Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald wishes to be considered a ill Eal Of facts—these are facts which the Board of Trade should not Jose sight of. If the West India Colonies are to be drainita of specie, of course they will have no cant to buy English manufactured goods with. The woe. no doubt, for throwing open the trade, is the opening a market, by the amelioration of the American tariff, for British manufactures. But are not the Americans similarly situated with re gard to the major part of those articles as they are with regard to West India sugars ? Can they not, or rather do they not, produce' the greater part of the manufactured goods them selves ? The Government will find that they are greatly mistaken if they imagine that an ex tetwye trade will ever again be carried on be tween America and this country. It is nonsense to suppose that Congress will modify the tariff to such au extent as to materially benefit this country. In justice to their own manufacturers they cannot do it. We have no doubt, however, that some modification of the tariii is contem plated the next Sasaion of Congress ; bat, we itepeat, it is ridiculous to imagine that any thing of the kind will be done for 04,:r benefit. They have made an attempt at universal manufacture, which they have found to be impracticabie. The consequence will be, that the protection will be taken from those few articles which they cannot protect with advantage, but the importation of those which they can, will still be prevented by prohibitory duties. Of this we may be assured, that whatever they do, they will do for their own benefit, not for ours.. The Yankees know nothing of reciprocity etcept that kind which i's all on their own side.-- orning Herald. 1.1 , Ly. LONDON , THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1829. The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived in town, at eleven o'clock this morning, from the seat of the Marquis of SALISIKRY, at Hatfield, Herts The French Papers of Tuesday have been received this morning by express, from which the following are extracts :--- (From the Messager des Chambres of Taeeday..—Second Edition.) FRONTIERS OF WALLACHIA, OCT. 23. On the 21st a fire broke out at Bucharest in a house IFeri for a military magazine, which destroyed military store;; Ap the amount of 100,000 rubles in bank notes. Happily thee vc; no wind, se that the fire did not extend to any other building, 4_ !platter of the town of Tyrgo wetly has been destroyed by 'fire. v_alarasch is surrounded by a military cordon, on account 0? the piar,:_;e which pre vails q. , ,,ere. Next win'Aer the two principalities will be inundated with Russian troop:. Six battalions of infantry, ten squadrons of cavalry, with train of artillery belonging to the corps of General Kisseloff, and a ;rep„iment of Cossacks of the .corps cf General Geismar, will pass th.f. Danube at SiliStria in the course of this month. Three divisiono will afterwards cross it pt BERLIN, NOV. 5. The etnticoal eyehange of curer showg that political negotiations are continued a ith some activity. There is no doubt that the treaty of Adrianople will be followed by numerous important results, especially the determination of the future fate of Greece. Every thing that transpires relative to these negotiations convinces us that they are of a friendly and pacific character, and that no trace of acri mony appears in the language of the Courts as some Jour. nals would make us believe. (From the Gazette de France of Tuesday.) TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH. BOURDNAUX, NOV. 16. The Prefect of the Gironde to Count de la Boor donnaye—" M. Bose has been elected Deputy by the College of the Gironde. Out of 580 votes M. Bose ob tained 270, and the Mayor of Bourdeaux 257." On this occasion twenty-five Royalists neglected to have their names inscribed on the list of electors, and thirty who bad inscribed their names did not go to the College. We hope that this lesson will not be lost on any new election. Thus of seven elections which have taken place since the appointment of the present Ministry, four are in favour of Royalist opinions, and three of the Liberal side. No new election can take place in consequence of a resignation, before they are communicated to the Minister of the Interior. PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 17.—Five per Cents. 108 f. 65c. 60c. 55c. ; Four per Cents. 104 f. ; Three per Cents. 84f. 83f. 95c. 84c. 83f. 90c. ; Rentes de Naplts, 92f. 90c. 80c. 75c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, '79 78i; Rente Perp. d'Espagne, 55iiiii 55iii1 55; Haytian Loam, 350 f. 355 f. Exchange on London—One month, 25f. 70e. ; three months, 25f. 55c. (From the Austrian Observer of Nov. 8.) VIENNA, Nov. 7.—Metalliques, 1031; Bank Shares, Brussels, Prussian, and German Papers have been received, but their contents are not particu larly interesting. The Austrian Observer pub- lishes the Protocol of the Conferences at Lon don, of the 16th November, 1828; together with the annexed documents, all of which ap peared in the Allgemeine Zeitung of June last, and other papers. 'rule Duke of BRUNSWICK 'IS, we presume, going to take to the stage ; for we learn from the Dusseldorf Journal, that his Highness has lately issued a mandate prohibitin, the writing of any criticism on the theatre of that city, either for the hoine or foreign Journals. Perhaps the Duke is to play Othello. The Emperor of RUSSIA has been pleased to allow the Academy of Sciences to import books, instruments, and other things, relative to the promotion of learning, duty free. This is politic as well as liberal. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General on the 12th, the question of the admissibility of M. BRUGMANS as member of the Chamber, was discussed and decided against the report of a Committee, the majority of which had judged him eligible ; 45 members voted against the re port, and 41 for it : the election of M. BURG MANS was therefore declared void. By our advices from Madrid to the 6th inst., we learn that Don MIGUEL had created M. d'AcosTA, the Spanish Ambassador at Lisbon, a Grandee of Portugal, in consequence of his services in procuring the acknowledgement of Don MIGUEL as King. Don PEDRO LABRADOR had been named Ambassador from Spain to the Court of Naples. Shocks of earthgnake continued to be felt on the Spanish coasts of the Mediterranean. It appears by the following, from our Paris Correspondent, that there is no doubt of M. LA BOURDONNAYE retiring from the Ministry. His loss will, we apprehend, be a source of strength to M. POLIGN AC ; but we do not see how the latter can hope to carry on the Govern ment with a bare six of a majority : " PARIS, NOV. 17. " The retirement from the Ministry of M. de la Bourdonnaye, although not yet officially announced, seems now to be placed beyond all question. The Gazette of last night, which is in general so for ward to contradict any similar rumour, in place of declaring his demission to be an error of the jour nals, or a lie of the day, says what seems to amount to a tacit, if not a positive, admission of its truth : " If the Minister of the Interior leave the Ca " binet, the act will be the result of his own will "' only, and not any concession of Royalty to re " volution. " Whatever may take place, the system will cer " tainly not be changed; the Ministry will not " depart from the Monarchical line, the only one " 4 which can be followed by the King, and by the " two other legislative powers.' " The Quotidienne of this morning is equally cau tious. After quoting an article from the Constitu tionnel, containing the statement of M. de la Bour donnaye's retirement, and ending with an expres sion of the writer's hope that the man of categories as he is called, was at length about to ' to do hint-, " 4 self justice,' the Quotidienne contents himself with saying : " We affirm nothing as to this intelligence, for " we have not, like the liberal journals, the privi " ' lege of listening at the door of the Council "' chamber ; but at all events we would remark to " the Constitutionnel that it is very bad taste, in " announcing a man's retirement to conclude with 4 ' abusing him.' " Even the Drapeau Blanc, the most violent supporter of the ultra Royalist party, at the end of a long tirade in his paper of this morning against his Constitutional antagonists, observes : " Let the factious resign their revolutionary doc " trines, and M. de la Bourdonnaye will resign his " ' functions.' " The immediate causes of M. de la Bourdon nave's retirement are variously reported ; but that which has obtained the most general belief is, that the vital question, whether the Ministry could corn marod an effectual majority in the Chamber of De puties, having been agitated in the Cabinet, the Minister of the Interior had given it as his opinion, that with the present Chamber it was impossible, but that he would undertake to answer for the issue of an appeal to the constituent body by a general election. His voice was therefore for an immediate dissolution, while all his colleagues were of opinion that the Chambers should not be dissolved till after the opening of the Session, when it could be ascer tained whether so strong a measure was necessary to the existence of the Ministry. Some say that the Prince de Poligna,z s confident of a majority in the present Chamber, and that be has calculated his strength with so much nicety, as to be able to reckon on a balance of six voices in his favour. " Another account is, that a proposal had been made in the Cabine: to revive the office of President of the Council, in the person of the Prince de Po.l lignac, and that M. de la Bourdonnaye had opposed himself to the measure, saying in his peculiar man ner, that he would have no other chief Lut the King, that with reference to each other the Mini sters should all be on a footing of perfect equality, and that it was obvious his own views were per fectly disinterested, as at the period of the accession of the present Cabinet to power, he might himself have had the title of President of the Council, but that he had not chosen to accept it. It is added, that M. de la Bourdonnaye has refused the Peerage which has been offered him on his retirement, say ing that he would continue to occupy his old place at the extreme right of the Chamber of Deputies. " As to the succession to the vacancy which has thus arisen, there is of course a variety of rumours afloat. The accession of M. de Martignac to the Ministry is spoken of in some circles with consider able confidence, but as that would infer a change of measures as well as men, I can see nothing to war rant the supposition, in the deference which has been paid to public opinion, by parting with M. de la Bourdonnaye. It is stated, with more appear ance of foundation, that the vacancy will be sup plied by some internal change in the Cabinet itself, such as. that M. de Montbel, the Minister of Public Instruction, will assume the portfolio of the Home Department, and be replaced in his present office by M. de Vitrolles; or that M. d'Haussez, the Mini ster of Marine, will be appointed to the vacant office, and be replaced by M. Beugnot, who occu pied the Department of the Navy at the period of Napoleon's triumphal march to Paris, from his first place of exile in the island of Elba. M. Beugnot is acknowledged to be a man of talent, and it is said by some that he will himself be appointed to the Ministry of the Interior. " The Electoral College of Bordeaux has, it ap pears, by a telegraphic communication, returned M. J. J. Bose, the Constitutional candidate, as the De puty for the department of the Gironde, in the room of M. Havez, who has been elevated to the Peerage. The Mayor of Bordeaux, the Ministerial candidate, had 257 votes, while M. Bose had 270. " It appears by private letters from St. Peters burgh, of the 31st of October, that Count Die bitsch has been authorised by the Emperor of Rus sia to deliver the passports required by Halil Nadia in proceeding on his extraordinary mission to the Russian Government. This simple announcement has, it appears, given rise at St. Petersburgh to a great variety of conjectures as to the probable suc cess of the Turkish Ambassador in the object of his mission ; but since it is scarcely possible to con ceive a satisfactory reason for refusing the passports demanded, the fact of their having been granted seems to afford but a slender basis for the conjectural superstructure which have been raised upon it. " Lord Stuart de Rothesay had a private audi ence of the King of France on Sunday, to deliver the answer of his Sovereign to the letter by which the Prince de Polignac was recalled from the em bassy to London. " It was stated a few days ago, in a Calais News paper, the Propagaleur du pas de Calais, that the contraband goods introduced into France, with the effects of the Prince de Polignac, had been sent back to England. This statement was repeated on Sunday last, by the Conslilulionnil, who argued that the re-exportation of the prohibited articles was illegal, as their sale to the profit of the Treasury was formally prescribed by law. In answer to this statement, a letter from the Marquis de Vaulchier, the Director-General of the Customs, appeared in the Constitutionnel of yesterday, asserting that the original averment was totally unfounded, and add ing, that the prohibited articles, concealed by " 4 faithless agents among the effects of the Prince "' de Polignac, had all been seized with a view to " judicial confiscation; and that they would be " exposed to sale after the lapse of the period no "' quired by law. " With reference to the accident which befel Mr. Ellis,theEnglish Vice-Consul at Tangiers,a few days ago, by falling into the sea at the moment of his embarking on board a French frigate at Cadiz, it is stated in the Quolidienne of this morning, that, in place of causing his death, as had been apprehended, the accident, on the contrary, had operated a perfect cure of all the complaints, physical as well as moral, with which the Vice-Consul had been previously affected." A report has been in circulation within these last few days that Ministers intend to rescind the law which restrains Country Bankers from issuing one pound notes. We have not been able to trace the report to any authentic source, and we are inclined to look upon it as one of the many stories which are periodicallfraunched previously to the meeting of Parliament. Had the measure been one upon which great differ ence of opinion had existed, there might have been grounds for a change of policy, but when Parliament, after the most mature deliberation, thought it due to the best interests of the country to agree, almost unanimously, to annihilate the Small Currency, it is not very likely that it should turn suddenly round upon its own de cisions. At the same time we are not insen sible to the fact that the measure has been pro ductive of a great deal of embarrassment amongst dealers in the country who feel themselves sud denly deprived of that accommodation upon which they were wont to rely. We deny, however, that the distress now prevailing is solely to be attributed to the Small Note Bill ; and we regret to see many of our provincial cotem poraries throwing dust in the eyes of their readers, and telling them that a Bank Restriction Bill, and the repeal of the Bill of 1825, are the true remedies for this distress. Is it possible that persons so well informed can recommend such remedies ? Even Mr. HORACE HERBERT himself, who tells us, that in the Act of the 7th of GEO. IV., cap. 6—Le gislation has run mad, and that having once fixed upon a standard, Parliament has no right to interfere in the obligations between one indi vidual and another--even this warm and, we be lieve, conscientious apologist of the one-pound note system Imould be ashamed to lend himself to such delusion. A very few weeks, however, will con vince the publi c th a t his Majesty's Govern ment have no serious intention again to disturb the Currency, or if they do that the change I I m ust arise from a thorough conviction of its in ! FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPER (Prom Cie Gazette de France , REVIEW OF THE MORNING JOURNALS. PARIS, Nov. 16. We have collected all the articles published to-day relatively to the Council of Ministers which was held yesterday evening. It is fdse that animated debates took place; that M. de Chabrol :o be replaced by an Under-Secre tary of State ; that the question ascribed to the King was put to a Minister, as the Journal des Debats pretends. How shall we believe that the details of a council, which is stated not to have finished till eleven o'clock at night, could be published the next morning at six o'clock. The differences which are to be observed in the accounts given by the four Journals, prove that they are ill informed, or lather that they are not informed at all. Never has a Council suffered less to transpire of the secret of its deliberation. (Here follow quotations front the Constitutiennel, Courier Francais, Journal des Debats, and Journal du COl7l. merce. After which, the Gazette adds)— • IT the Minister of the Interior should go out of the Ministry, this act will be the result of his own will alone, and not of a concession made by Royalty to revolution. Whatever happens, the system rviil certainly not be changed. The Ministry will not depart from the Monarchical line, which is the only one that Royalty and the two other Legislative Powers can follow. ANcoNA, OCT. 30.—The letters which are re ceived from Albania, and the city of Janina, give a very melancholy picture of the situation of that place, and of the surrounding country. The troops, who have not received any pay for a long time, plunder and harass the inhabitants. The Pachas cannot make themselves obeyed, and complete anarchy pre vails; 8,000 Albanians still support the Pacha of Janina, who is in open rebellion against the Sultan. FICEN - CH FUNDS.--:PARIS, Nov. 16.—Five per Cents., 10Sf. 60c. 70c. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 84f. 841. sc. ; Rank Stock, 1,9101- ; Naples Stock, 93f. 15c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 72/; Spanish Renter Perpetuelles 551•; llaytian Loan, 3501. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 70c. ; three months, 25f. 55c.—fours Authentique. ?RICKS OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT OWE O'CLOCK. n tak Stock 2144 14 South Sea Stock 3 per Cent. lieu 91%34 ai Old Annuities... — 3 i er Cent. Cons...—. 924 2 li New Ditto 9248 3L.i per Cent. 99% Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 2cl. 72 73 pm. Ditto Red. 99',1 ( %% Ditto led. '72'73 pm. 3 per Cent. 1726 — Ditto 500 2d. '72 73 pm. 4 per Cent. Ann '0,1%%14 Ditto lid. 72 '73 pas. Ditto, 15426 Ditto Scrip — Ditto ll4. 71 73 pm. Bank 1. Ann. India Stock — I India for Account Ditto Bonds tt) f 8 pm. (Cons. for Account 9 2 1,A 2 'PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds 501; m Chilian Bonds ... —''Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New . Ditto, 1824 Danish 74 4 Spanish, Is2l ' ' 9 !4 '4 Greek Bonds liP23. Ditto, 1825 `26!s French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Guatimala —;— Exchange —f. —c. Mexican Bonds — 3 per cent, —f. —c. Ditto, 13'25 22 4 Exchange ...... —t. —c. TRICIS OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE o'cLOcr. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (las. at 51. pm.) £2O I iDitto National lO General Mining Association United Mex. Min. Co (iss. at 21. pm.) £39% Protector Insurance Comp ... 2 Canada Company 10N, 11 10 £1 9 2 1% CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. MADRAS, JNIV 8, 1829. Six per Cent. Bengal Remittalsle Loan. At the Rate of Subscription, viz. 350 Madras Rups. per 335 Sicca Rups 31 Premium. At the Rate prevailing among Merchants and Bro kers in buying and selling Public Securities, viz. 1061 Madras Ruts. per leo Sicca Rups 29 Premium. Five per Cent. Bengal Unremittablc Loan At the Rate of Public Subscription, viz. 350 Madras Rups. per 335 Sieve Runs 1 Premium. At the Rate l revalling among Merchants and Bro kers in buying and Selling Public Securities, viz. 1061 Madras Rups. per 100 Sicca Rups. Bengal New Five per Cent. Loan, dated August 18, 1825. At the Rate of Subscription, via. 1061 Madras Rups. per 100 Sic ea Rups. BOMBAY, JULY 29.—EXCnANGE. On London at six Mom hs' sight, at 1 9. Calcutta at 30 day5...104 Bombay Rs. per 100 Sicca Madras at 30 days...lPo Ditto per 100 Madras Remittable Loan 116 Ditto per 100 Sicca Old 5 per Cent lOB 2' Ditto ditto New 5 per Cent, lOB 2 Ditto ditto A rriyed. I Arrived. O America 0 0 amburg O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 La Guayra 1 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 Flanders 0 0 Mexico 1 France 0 0 Sweden ....... ......... 0 2 Guernsey &Jersey 0 1 Waterford HIGH WAT/P. AT LONDON BRIDGIL TO-MORROW. Morning... •2 minutes after 9 1 Evening ...30 minutes after 9. THE COLOSSEUM—REGENT'S PARK. The Proprietors of this Magnificent Exhibition invite the attest tion of the Public to the NEW ARRANGEMENT FOR ADMISSION. To view the Panorama, with the original Ball, removed from St. Paul's Cathedral—the Prospect from the sum mit of the Building—and the Saloon for the Reception of Works of Art 3 0 To view the Conversatories, Fountain, and Swiss Cottage 2 0 To view the Panorama only N. B.—The ASCENDING ROOM. being now completed, is used daily in raising Visitors to the Gallery. Open from Ten till Dusk. s. d. ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA, Nov. 16, 1629. THE Hight Honourable the LORDS COMMISSIONERS for the AFFAIRS of CHELSEA HOSPITAL do hereby give notice, that they are ready to receive Tenders and to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for VIC TUALLING the In-Pensioners of the said Hospital during the year 1830, for the following articles of Provi sions, &c. viz.—BEEF and MUTTON, BREAD, CHEESE, BUTTER, SALT, and OATMEAL, at per head per diem, for the whole ration, according to the established allowances of the House, as specified in a printed form of Tender, for Candles at per dozen pounds, and for Potatoes at per cwt. Printed forms of Tenders for the several articles re quired, and further particulars, may be obtained upon application at the Office of the Secretary, or to the Stewards of the Hospital, any day between the hours of Ten 4nd Three o'clock ; which printed Tendt rs must be filled up and delivered, sealed, at the Boari-Room of the said Hospital, by the Party or Parties tendering, or by an Agent appointed on his or their behalf, on Tuesday the lit day of December next, at Twelve o'clock, at which hour their Lordships will be prepared to receive and take the same into consideration. It is ilathee to be observed that the Contractors will he required to find Oecurity for the due performance of their several Coat r a,cts; and that no Tenders will be re ceived after the hour abowe-tnentioned. rbt Due. 0 dispensible necessity. We may return to this subject. At present one thing is clear, that the enormous pressure of taxation must be re-consi dered, especially with respect to those classes of society—by far the most numerous—who are least able to bear up against its grievous and impoverishing tendency. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. 18.—Wind W.S.W.—The Spanish packet, Wrightson, for Cadiz, was run on board of by the Zephyr, of Belfast, off the South Foreland, former lost bowsprit, fore and sheet sail yards, anchor and cable ; she proceeded to Ramsgate Harbour. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Canderick, King, from St. Lucia; and Star, Wood, from Riga. FALMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Lilliway, Quick, and Elbe, Maryan, from Jamaica. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Harmony, Turner, from Jamaica. PENZANCE, Nov. 17.—Off Port, the Isabella, Wildgoose, from Demerara. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 17.—Off Port, the Ellen Jen-, kinson, —, from Smyrna. WATERFORD, Nov. 16.--Arrived the Ocean, Hearn, from Quebec. CoRK, Nov. 16.—Arrived the John Campbell, —, and Sylvia, —, from Quebec; and Iris, Pagan, from Newfoundland. GUERNSEY, Nov. 16.--Arrived the Duke of Gloucester, de la Rue, from Rio Janeiro, sailed the 23d of September. The Nancy, Way, from Kiel to London, is on shore near Waine Flat, but expected to be got off after discharging. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, Twymr. o' CLOCK. The following has been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, dated Liverpool, Nov. 17 : " Our Cotton Market Las been this day very The sales amount to 3,800 bags, 1,000 of which have been t.ken on speculation, at full prices. A considerable quantity of Brazil has changed hands." Singapore Papers have also been received at the above Coeree-house to the 28th of June. _ _ _ (From the Singapore Price Current of June 27.) In consequence of the deficiency in the circulating me limn, and the peculiar mode in which business is con ducted in this settlement, scarcely any sales are ever made in cash ; therefore, it being impossible to give the cash prices of every article, all sales are effected at two months, for payment in produce. EUROPEAN PIECE GOODS.-Large sales have been made, particularly of long cloths, at our quotations, of the goods recently imported by the Thomas Parsons. OPIUM.-Great fluctuations have been experienced during the week, and in consequence of the principal junks having sailed, prices have declined. The last sale of Molwa at Bombay took place on the 30th May. The fol lowing is the result:—Highest, 1,815 rupees; lowest, 1,780 ; average, 1,794 93. THE FUNDS. Our arrivals this morning are few and not of much im portance. Consols, which left off yesterday at 92k t for the pre sent account, and 92j, sellers, for January, opened rather lower, being 92! I for account, and 92! for the next ac count ; at present little business is going forward. The Foreign market is also inactive, Brazil stock is rather lower. The accounts from Paris state that a misunderstanding prevails amongst the French Ministry, owing to a discus sion on the choice of the President of the Council ; Polig nac was to be appointed ; but M. Bourdonnaye said he had accepted the portefeuille on condition to fulfill the above situation, and being disappointed it is said he has resigned. Accounts via Madrid state that on the 19th ult. an earthquake was felt at Grenada. They state from Glasgow that there appears an indica tion of diminished distress among the working population, and that the rents have been better paid than usually, with the exception of the bulk of the unfortunate weavers; this promptitude of payment is ascribed to the public works being all brisk. We have an arrival from Rio Janeiro of the 23d Sept. via Jersey ; the contents of the private letters have not as yet transpired. MINGLISI Bank Stock, 1131 14 India Stock, 224 6 per Cent. Cuns. 92 Do., for Account, 92t Ditto Reduced, 911 I FOREIG FUND& Si per Cent. Sfti New 4 per Cut., 103 i 4 per Gast. 1526 1041 1 India Bonds, 6668 Exchequer Bills, 72.73 FUNDS. Greek, 254 64 Mexican, 22 i Peruvian, 15k Portuguese, SO Prussian, Russian, 107i 8 Spanish, 9i Brazilian, 66 1 Bionos Ayres, 25 26 Chilian, 24 24 Colombian, 20i 1 Danish, '74 i i French, a per Cent• 1084 9 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 113 i 84 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols have continued the whole morning with a fluc tuation of about per cent.: they have been done at 92i for the present account, and are now 92 to and for January account 92-1 The only business doing in the Foreign market is in Brazil and Portuguese Stocks, which are not co good as yesterday. The private letters from Rio Janeiro, of the 23d of Sept., state that the Slave Trade was to be abolished there in February next: nothing further was known in regard to the" new Bank; their Stock was at 64, and the Exchange on London 26k. No political news, and all was tranquil in the above capital. THREE 0' CL 0 CIL Consols for Account, 92i j. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—A new melo drame, under the title of the Brigand, in two acts, was last night produced at this Theatre. The plot is some what intricate, but full of incident, and abounding suffi ciently in the improbable to set the wits of an audience on the stretch. As far as acting went, it was admirably played in all its parts; nor have we witnessed, for some time, a more impressive piece of acting than WALLAc K'S Massaroni. Mr. W. FARREN'S Prince Bianchi, too, was excellent. The scenery, on the whole, was splendid ; and the piece announced for repetition to the entire satis faction of the audience, which was select and numerous. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.— This noble Gallery was yesterday opened for a private view, and was frequented by great numbers of con ' noisseurs and artists. The great objects of attraction were the copies made from the paintings of the old Masters, some of which were of first-rate excellence, especially the portrait of the gentleman by VANDYKE, copied by Mos- Tort, and the St. John of Aluanto, by E. T, GRZZIi." IRISH EXCISE AND CUSTOMS.—Notice has been issued that the Irish Excise Board is to be abolished on the sth January. The Irish Board of Customs is also to be abolished.—Dublin 31 - wning Registcr. ELECTION OF THE MARQUIS OF LANS DOWNE TO BE LORD RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY.-The election of the Lean RECTOR for our University took place this afternoon at 10 o'clock. The candidates were —the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Lord President HOPE, and Lord MONCRIEF. The state of the votes in the four na tions being announced, was as follows :—Glottiana, Mar quis of LANSDOWNE ; Londoniana, ditto ; Transfor than, 'Lord President HOPE ; and Rothsiana, Mar quis of LANSDOWNE. After the election was de clared, the Professor of Divinity, amid the greatest uproar, which frequently compelled him to sit down, declared that though extremely unwilling to express any sentiment disagreeable to the general feeling, yet as a mem ber of Comitia, in the present state of the country, he felt himself bound to enter his solemn protest against the indi vidual chosen; Ist, because he Lad no residence in Scot land, and was thus disqualified from duly performing the arduous duties of his office ; 2. His second objection, of a legal nature, was that, according to the articles of Union between England and Scotland, every individual holding office required to be of the Presbyterian religion. More force would be due to this latter objection, were it but that three Professors of the Episcopal communion have been tacitly allowed to take their seats on the bench from which he spoke, and that the person who has so long filled the office of Chancellor belongs to the same persua sion.— Glasgow Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY•) COURT OF CHANCERY. JUDGIMENT.—HALE V. HALE. The LORD CHANCELLOE gave judgment in this cO 6 The question arose upon an allegation that certain registe rs and tomb stones had been mutilated and greatly destroyed I y the defendant and several clergymen in whose p 001 4: sion, from time ti time, they had been. The plaintiff 110 been represented as a very poar man, and the defendant, j ° l one of great respec , a' ility, so that as far as rega rd !" both, the point was of great importance. His Lordsbly had, under those circumstances, read all the affidall" through with the utmost attention, and had come t° a . satisfactory conclusion in his own mind. The pl aint° and his witnesses had undoubtedly wilfully endeavourea to mislead the Court, and bad sworn that which at the time they must have known to have been untrue, as far 0 regarded the alleged mutilations of the registers There was, on the other hand, not the slightest ground for the most remote imputation on the character of the defendan t ' and therefore the Court was bound to dismiss the motunl with costs. .‘„ BEVERIDGE V. HEY. In this case, it will be recollected, that the defendan t and plaintiff are both surgeons. They are relatives, and the latter entered into an agreement that he would not begin to practice after the expiration of his apprenticesh i p within a shorter distance than five miles of Newgste street. Subsequently a negotiation was proposed for th e purpose of annulling that agreement en certain terms; .• before the completion of this agreement, the do' fendant entered into practice in Cheapside. i° 3 injunction issued to restrain the defendant from CO tinning to carry on his profession there. He had gone ce notwithstanding to practice in the same place, and a fe l !. days ago an application was made for an order to colic?? ' him to the Fleet Prison for violating the terms of such itv.'" junction. His Lordship, in disposing of it this morniogr considered that he had been guilty of a breach of the it junction, and that an order of committal ought to bale been issued, but regarding the relative situations of the parties; h- eeclined making the order at the moment. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL pressed for the order, le which he considered himself entitled, but The LORD CHANCELLOR still felt disposed not to, make ' it to-day. The SOLICITOR-.GENSRAL thought this leniency on the part of the Court would not prevent an act of liberality kid his client; because, though he got the order, be vr not act upon it if the defendant refrained from practising. His LORDSHIP would not yield. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then said, that hie client ' would not again trouble the Court for a month from tb time ; and that then, should Mr. Hey be still in practice where he now was, he should press for the order. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, the order should 4 0 undoubtedly be granted, should it be required. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. JUDGMENT.-lIANBY V. HARRISON. The Court gave judgment this morning in this 0 04 which was argued yesterday upon demurrer. The Val i° in the cause were originally partners ; upon the slissoloti ° !, of the partnership an agreement was entered into, 111 which it was agreed to refer all matters in dispute to (AP taro arbitrators ; they drew up their award, and the p 15 ',.., 11 ‘ tiff filed his bill for the purpose of setting it aside, or,. the ground of fraud, and concert on the part of the OP' trators, and also that the award was not made in tittle. ,1 His Honour discovered, that upon looking at the plearPr o he thought himself bound to allow the demurrer; by 1. 0 - 1, agreement for a reference, it was provided that the sit e should be made on or before the 25th day of Deog g° 2 7 neat, or at any other period the arbitrator might ap1 03 1; tl e allegation on the bill was that the award was made, hei r . ,7 date the sth of October, 1824 ; that being so, the Cci„,`", thought it must take the award to have been made on day it bore date. There were no averment* in the ple r ",„; ings that the award was void in consequence of not be made in time. It did not appear to his Honour *Attl l ji. was any rule in equity which said that because an Ittl ig . was not made in time it was necessarily void. The ° hi t ground for sustaining the present proceeding was, though the award was not void in consequence of not be., made in time, yet that the plaintiff had a right, look", at all the circumstances under which it was m a de, to k s % it cancelled. It did not appear to his Honour that t i t was any ground in the present case to justify the Cour t in ' taking such a step; the Court would therefore alloy/ 10 demurrer; but, if Mr. Girdlestone, who appeared W i to plaintiffs, wished to make any application with refere e t to the amendments of the bill, the Court would be tit ( happy to hear him. His Honour wished to know wl i tio in point of fact the agreement had ever been made of Court? n d '- rtl : Air. (for the defend an t.) o b serve d it -e o had. MORGAN V. SYLV/STra.—CONTEzirT. Mr. &toll yesterday applied in this case for the t" . . - 6 charge of the defendant from the custody of the %V of the Fleet, where he had been incarcerated for conical?' on the ground that the plaintiff had taken steps in O r ' cause whereby the contempt was waved. His Honol l did not think himself justified in making the order with out notice, that notice had been given, and the Learo ; Gentleman this morning moved that the prisoner rnie be brought up for the purpose of obtaining his diseher; and be permitted to call at the Master's office, to make $ • affidavit in his road to the Court. Leave given. The Court took motions to-day. ROLLS COURT. o fc DUTY OF SOLICITORS, NEGLECT OF THE OFFICIO,- TILE COURT.—MILES V. LANGLEY. O I When this ease was called on, the Master of the - R asked whether the solicitor was in attendance, as no PsP e had been delivered ? Mr. BArtaxs stated that he saw him a short tip* le but did not observe him at the present moment. The MASTER of the Rou.s—l shall strike out tkil rest; it is the duty of solicitors to attend to the orders of . e rt Court; neither in the last or present cause have ant P sr it been delivered; I will not permit this case tog° ° li o ' Ot must be understood I will not allow any case t ° unless the ancient rule of the Court is attended to. the Mr. TINNEY appeared for the defendant, and S' ltc"j costs of the day. a tte ir The Marren of the ROLLS—There is a total "",cient a tion on the part of solicitors to one of the me° l , l - l e t tb rules of the Court. Let this case stand over, Ow o r th e solicitor en the other side pay personally the co ° - day. Sir C. WETRERELL requested permission for th e 10 tor to explain when he came into Court. est The Manta of the Rou.s—l will not permi t tber' to go on ; I must bold solicitors rigidly to the ru le ; , th e is no attention at all paid to it ; the solicitors 11164 rni costs M personally. eod sP" Mr. BARBEE observed the solicitor was in ott the whole of the day before yesterday. to d ° The MASTER of the RoLLs—That has 220 0 % ° fficer with it; it is his duty to deliver the papers to t h° & I v °' the Court. The case must stand over till the ne% ' t he dr cause, the solicitor paying personally the co" to fendants. .eotkl 3 the court - ,0 Sir CHARLES Wentasittz trusted permit the solicitor to explain, as he could testify le punctuality and attention. 13 0 ' The MASTER of the Rou.s—l will not pernut because that would encourage negligence. te " The solicitor afterwards came into Court , an d etasunolil was detained by a client for a few moments, or be '- have been here punctually at eleven o'clock. aer." ( The Kum], of the Rous.—Why did you no t the papers? 1 10 to The Solicitor—l delivered the papers mysell elder gentleman, who now sits under your Honour. t it The Officer of the Court said the papers were n° down to Westminster among the petitions. fficil° The Masrza of the ROLLS considered th i s aB O • explanation, and allowed the cause to proceed. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THE KING V. JOHN AND TIION•S DLINCO3IISI' Mr. GURNEY prayed the judgment of the Court s these defendants. He stated that a prosecution 10,41 proceeded in against them by the Society fur the Sl oi , O a sion of Vise, for selling obscene works at their % Little Queen-street, Holborn. When a prosee nti; 0 1 been threatened, the defendants promised to detfr" selling the works in question, which, for the sak e , -„ sic morality, be should not name the titles of. l?",,,i)eri pt ceedings being stayed, however, the def•nilant con d o t} eV offend by still selling them ; and it then becam e the Th the Society to prosecute the charge against t heir. 6 ,,mli! i e l suffered judgment to go by default. The Sori et Y v that their show of penitence was insincere , nr i t jt the sentence of the law upon them, that they t"'' they could not offend against the morals of somqe 0 impunity. defe ° ,lo ( Mr. ADOLTDC3 addressed the Court for to', t he far in mitigation of punishment. He stated uh S ,/1C ,10, defendant had kert a shop for time sale of ne tirs: r l~~ l pu t several years, he at length got into the sale of t l' e and these in question crept in among others. `s, O te pt mean to defend the practice of telling such wor,ms" submitted to the Court that their were ditierei"