The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-14 00:00:00

DINNER TO SIR E. KNATCIIBULL. Yesterday evening a dinner was given at the Star •Inn, Maidstone, to Sir E. Knatchbull, " as a mark of approbation of his consistent support of Protestant principles, and hie able and strenuous exertions during the last Session of Parliament, to preserve inviolate the integrity of our Protestant Constitution." To the requisition for this political dinner, the names of several Noblemen and Gentle men were subscribed. Among the former were the signatures of the Earls of Winchilsea and Guildford, Lords Le Despencer,Bexley, and Tenterden, &c.— Expectetions were, up to a late hour, entertained that the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench would have been able to make the discharge of his judicial functions in town consistent with his personal attendance at this dinner, but this expecta tion was disappointed. The other signatures to the requisition were those of the Baronets C. Dering, Maryon Wilson, Courtenay, Honywood, Filmer, Dyke, Oxendun, Bridges, Geary, and Brydges, Mr. Wells, M.P., of speech-making notoriety, Mr. Pluniptree, Mr. Stratford, and other gentlemen who figut - ed away at Peneudea-heath, were likewise en gaged in the promotion of this meeting. The Earl of Winchilsea was particularly active in getting up the dinner, having written circulars through the county, to beat up for recruits on the occasion. At live o'clock the Earl of WINCHILSEA took the Chair; on his right sat Sir E. Knatchbull, and on his left Captain Wingfield Stratford. There was also at the principal table Sir James Brydges, the Rev. Sir J. Filrner, Mr. Wag, M:P., and about half a dozen country gentlemen. Of the persons of rank who signed the requisition there were no others in attendance. About 250 sat down to dinner. When the cloth was removed, the CHAIRMAN gave " The King," three times three; " The Royal Femily," three times three; " The Army and Navy." The Citentmen next said he rose with the most heartfelt satisfaction to propose the health of the lion, Baronet who had this day given them the pleasure of his company—(Cheers)—and with many thanks to hisn for affording them this opportunity of evincing the high sense which they entertained of his great services to the county, and more particu larly in the manly, upright, honest, strenuous, and consistent support which be gave, during the last memorable Session of Parliament to those Protest ant priocipl , s which the county of Kent had so firmly, honourably, and conscientiously maintained, because they had been taught, and justly taught, that these principles were essential to the mainte nanee of those civil and religious liberties which were, in the eyes of their country and the world, the pride and boast of their native land.—(Cheers.) —lt it were necessary now to descant upon the fate of those great principles, lie should regret to find himself a Chairman on this oecasion, and equally so were be called upon to eulogise and develope the neinerous and pregnant services of his honourable and much-esteemed friend; Nor would lie further describe file powerful efforts during the last Session than to say (.arid his Hon. Friend's presence re, strained him from saying more), and to say boldly, that if a thorough knowledge of their late Constitti -114):;—(liear, hear), —a full sense of its value, and the nececeity of its permanency, could entitle any )112,n to the cordial support of Englishmen, there waa no man to who they stood more indebted than to their worthy and high-minded Representative, Sir E. Knatchbull.—(Applause.)-}Boldly and manfully did his distinguished friend stand in the breach, when those who were solemnly intrusted with the mainteataee of the Constitution surrendered it either upon: opposed principles et' political expe diency, or to flu' threats of a desperate faction, who, stiii unappeased by that fatal concession, loudly threatened the overthrow of the liberties of this kingdonte--(Applause.)—He would pot continue to dwell oe the fatal measure of last Session, further than to say, that with a just respect for the public life of his Hon. Friend, and a heartfelt esteem for his private worth, be trusted his great example weeld not be lost on others, whiie the country co uld t oiil reckon en his honest and active cervices i n t he eat iee of consistency and independence, lie, however, felt it r;ght to say, that whatever opinion prevailed upon the great question on which they had differed, they were sound now to give obedience to the law against which they had heretofore contended. Sir E. KNATCHBULL, in Interning thanks for this mark of their approbation, had not words to express his sense of so unmerited a compliment. — In the sittestion in which they were Pow pieced, perhaps it was better to say little; he could not, however, help realm - king, that when last they met in that room their prospects were different. Then the expression of Protestant feeling was so strongly (tabled, that they had all hopes of a different result from what followed : their fond anticipations had been defeated, and it was only left for them to de- plore the result. It was his good fortune, at the late cram, to find a coincidence of opinion among his c onstituents in Kent.—(fieer, hear )—And when the Minister of the day had can:we...end his sen timents, and sought his support for a change in the Consttution, be had refused obedience—he had dice sewed tiem the dictation of the Minister, and re fused to be party to a proceeding which his own judgment, as well as that of his constituents, re jecteeL—(Cheere. He entreated his constituents to weigh the motives which had governed bins in this course of action. 04 he submitted to dicta tion on so important a ueeesure, epon the mere vo lition of the Government, bow would be have been afterwards placed? The Goveromeot Jeri& equally say "we approve and confirm thane principles of free trade (as they were called), and we require you to submit to the .opipions which we entertain, although we know you ware always opposed to them." Again, they might say, We have to re consider the question of the currency t' these were vital questions, If upon principle be yielded to one he :night be called upon to concede the whole; and sin suer; a process of conciliation or submission, the end would be that he would forfeit his own inde. pendence, as well as that of the county which he had to represent---(Cheere.)—Wheneyer might be the course of public life now remaining fa; him, he would never surrender his own independent opinion. Reverting to the all-absorbing subject of the Catho lie question, all he should say was this,—that much as he bad dissented from die policy of Mters on tbet occasion,) e cordially hoped their (the Minh. w en ') v i ew ev nelet eventually prove the more core sect : the cause which he and others had opposed had triumphed—they had 4eplored such a result; nevertheless, it was their duty, pow that the ques tion was carried, to avoid any (entree p, f proceeding which might give their opponents the enteteofuge of saying, that it was they who.had marred ,the 4ekee ficent intentions of the Legislature, and prevenked the consummation of the real intentions of the Go vernment. The MinL,ters and tie* supporters stood responsible for the suave of that weasure : not a word, not an opinion ought. to fall from terse who had differed from them, to defeat the fair progness of the realization of their hopes. If it gave tran s of to long-suffering Ireland, then the boon was beneficent : at all events let them avoid giving a handle to their opponents, by seeming to step be- I nveen them and their delivery, while they at the sire time should not relax in maintaining true Pr otestant principles. They were bound to remain firm at their posts, and discharge the duties which they had conscientiouly undertaken. How this great question was to rest, be knew not; still he felt himself bound to counsel them, that if what had been done was proved lo.be unproductive of goad, they ought to be ready to evince a determinatio n t o main tans inviolable the civil and religious liberties a their country.. The lion. Baronet concluded by proposing -e-" Prosperity to the neunty of Kent."— (Lmid applause.) The next toasts . from the Clear were o The health of the Archbishop of Canterbury," and 0 11 1 3 eneinory of one who ought to be ever dear to ever . ) , vel e Briton—our good and Protestant sovereign, the late King George M." which were thank with loud applause. Sir E. KNATCEIBULL next craved permission to ;rive a toast, which was " The health of their Noble Chairman," upon whom he pronounced a glowing panegyric. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said he had not words to express sufficiently his sense of the compliment bestowed upon him, which he knew was only given becaue he had endeavoured strenuously to maintain their Protestant Constitution. This was the time to stand forward; dangers of no ordinary character were overhanging the country,—the im partial administration of justice, the pride and boast of England, wa , compromised. If men, like him self, were lost iii amazement at the overthrow of their Constitution, how much more must they be at this tampering with what remained of it, awl which was the admiration of surrounding nations, from the glory of the Protestant principles which formed its staple support. He could nut help adverting to the conduct of the Government upon this business. He drew. a wide, and he hoped a just distinction be tween those who had conscientiou , ly advocated those changes in the Protestant Constitution of these realms, and that Government or Administration had ousted the others,and made the profession of Pro testar.tism their stepping-stones to office—(cheers) — and upon that profession obtained the too confiding support of the great body of the Protestants of the empire, which confidence enabled them to pave the way to the betrayal of the rights and liberties of Englishmen, and the overthrow of their Constitution. —( Hear, hear.)—There were consistent men who had always said this measure ought to be carried : they gave their opinions conscientiously and fairly, and having given them they incurred no further re sponsibility. Not so the present Government : they were (as indeed they ought) to take the glory of paci fying long-suffering Ireland. Where were the proofs of the success of that measure ? The bane of Ire land were the principles of the Church of Rome. What had they done to abate the evil ?—where were the benefits ?—where were the results ? Look to the declaration of the great body of magistrates of the county of Tipperary, among whom would be found the names of many of the constant friends of Catholic Emancipation—look to Sligo—look to Roscommon—look to Clare, and look to Cork ? Look, in fact, to the whole south and west of Ire land—to that savage and atrocious conspiracy lately developed by the southern Commission, and then ask for what has the Protestant Constitution been abandoned—what is the value of this boon of con cession ? Do not the very men who said that what was Catholic Emancipation would satisfy them— would give them the ultimatum cf their wishes—do not they at this moment seek and create fresh causes of agitation, and contend, not for the equality of civil rights, but for the share of the Government ? —(Hear.)—The Noble Earl then vindicated his own consistency, and declared his cordial wish that the measure which lie had opposed would, by prov ing beneficial, defeat the anticipations he had formed from it. Nevertheless, the great political eclipse of the last session overshadowed him with awe. There had been no movement of similar magnitude or im portance since the Revolution of 1688, and it was to be deplored that the voice of the people was not heard on the occasion. The Noble Lord then said that his honest and disinterested advocacy of Pro testant principles had been maligned under the idea that he was actuated by selfish family motives re speeting the representation of the county. He was I one of those who always thought that a son of a Peer ought not to represent such a constituency — that it should be done by an independent commoner —one like Sir Edward Knatchbull.—(Applause.) P I .UMTREE next rose to propose as a toast " Protestantism, the. foundation of all civil and re ligious liberty, and national prosperity," which was reeeivpd with great applause. The Hon. Gentleman, then descanted on the merits of his toast, by ad verting to the irruption of the glorious Constitution of 1668 ; the glaring and shameless inconsistency of the Government, in the encouragement which they openly gave to the idolatry and superstition of the Lady of Babylon; the breaking down of the line of demarcation between the religion of Christ and of anti-Christ. lie emitted a great eflusiow of hopes for the amelioration of Ireland, not from the growth of Popery, which was the chief curse of that afflicted and unhappy land, but from the extension of spiritual missions,. which would give_e—not like " the Belief Bill"—real relief by emancipating the poor deluded people from the bondage of priestcraft. It was lamentable he remarked ip conclusion, that a little money was wanting for . this hopeful purpose, and if the faithful gave it, the result would be the dispersion of darkness and the d'ffusion of light through the moral gloom of afflicted Ireland. In the midst of some songs, which were inter spersed among the entertainments of the evening, a young man rose from the extremity of one of the tables, and insisted, after some local interruption, to be heard while he proposed a toast. He said he was 3 good Protestant, and, as such, had fully con curred in the business of the evening. All he wanted was, to propose the health of Lord Heldon. The CtimnAtAN, no doubt wishing to keep Lord Eldon's health at the cross, table, intimated that it was on his list, and would be given in due time. The proposer, however, remaining unappeased by this mark cf courtesy, insisted on having his toast put, assigning 3s a j, - ep.smi that lie got his living by the law, and that be held his principles as identified with those of Lord Heldon, who was nurtured in the cradle of the law and the Constitution. E The toast was then given, with three times three. Mr. WICIMASI MARTO than proposed the health of the University of Oxford, upon which ancient body he pronounced a warm panegyric for their steadfast attachment to this Protestant Constitution. Oita Aepothar left the room at nine o'clock, when the speaking appeared to devolve on persons " of no mark or likelihOod." We are grieved to hear, that on Saturda : last, notice was given by the hosiers, to the cotton frame worl4-4nittera, of a further reduction in wages?—Notting ham Review. The St. Katharine Bock Company have been engaged for some time past in preparing fur the accom modation of steam-boats a wharf which lies to the west ward of the lock entrance, anti possessing a river frontage of 4botlt 180 feet, where passengers will be able to land and embar4 at all periods of the tide without being sub jected to the risk of boat conveyance ; convenient waiting rooms for passengers are c•.on,atracting, and arrangements in progress for the landing and shipping of carriages, horses, cattle, fee., ;.71.ailst wa rehouse-room will also be provided for luggage. Vninterrnpted approaches from the river to the wharf are secured lay Ae of parliament, and those on the land side will afford unexampled nogyenience. The contractor having completed the Wharf w4ll, was proceed ing with the excavation of the bed of the river required lav his contract, when the persons employed by him were :repatedly warned by the resident engineer and clerk of the Work:a that if they persisted in the manner they were pia „, j i n p ; , tine i o n,r:ation of the wharf-wall would; be w eakened, and tlae 011c,15. - cf it endangered ; but notwith standing dive representations a.--d injunetions to ab stain from the eotive is question, the Fide? thought gt, with a view, it appears, to obtain a snpply of a large quantity of excellent gravel, which the contractor 14.4 undertaken to provide for the foundation of the King's College, 4t Somerset-house, to excavatelarge holes to depths of from .13 :to 1 5 feet below the level of the slope described in the plaretaoci :.-,p;:eications, which the parties had partly filled up, and were proceed;;?g to fill up w ith loose rubbish mud, contrary to the terms of the Cotl474rt. The event wane !;rad been anticipated has taken place. On Monday last there we,-;: indications of a settlement in the eeotre of the wharf wall, a C.si;l,7 from the bed of the river into witi.7h the toe-piling of the fotin, dation of wall had been driven, having gone out, the bed having slipped c onsequence of the hoiee in question, tiod yesterday the wall . .;:mk in the centre from twp to three fret, and is cracked in two places, so that the whole of the ri,ver wharf wall must be taken down and rebuilt.— The St. Katliarin2. Pock Company have given the con tractor and his sureties the revisite notices of their holding them liable under the terms of the contract for the ittil,iry paid damage sustained and to be` ustain ed, is u an n d havedod calle will d upon. the to rebuild the wall, hich it be fatten* with . ttn e xpense of from 2,0001 to 3,0001. 'lucks or STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONE O ' CLOCK.. 13 zak 'Rock 3 per CeNt. Red. 9OT 1 Old Annuities... ............. -t --- 3 per Cent. Cons. 91%%, New Ditto. ........ .... ........... 3-4 per Cent — Ex. Bills. Xl,OOO 2d. 77 76 pm. i - :itt , . Veil 9S% 9 Ditto lid. 77 76 pm. 3 per Cent. 1726 — ditto 500 2d. 77 76 pm. I ver Cent. Ann '03%% Ditt0............... ltd. 77 76 pm. !1D,0 , 26 lO5 % Ditts Small ...... wl. 77 '76 pm. Ditto Scrip - Ditto ltd. '77 '76 pm. 23tik 1.. Ann. 19% 12-161nank for Acc0unt.......... India Stock 22l llndia for Account ....... .. -- :lan i;onds 69 67 pm. Cons. for Account .....••••9i%% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bends B ra zilian Bonds C6 j, ..; Peruvian Bonds ... ............ 14% Buenos Ayres Bonds — ; Portuguese Bonds Chillan Bonds — Prussian, Old .................. 'olorril,ian Bonds — Ditto, New ............. . ........ )itto, 1324 )ar jai 75 Spanish. 1621 ..................... 9% reek Bonds - -- 132:3 ..................... .ttc, 1525 — French Rentes, SP. c. —f. Guatimala Exchange ...... —f. Mexican Bonds — --- 3 per cent. .. , ... —f. —c. Ditto, 1825 2l Exchange...... —l. —c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo 'Alex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.).£loo 24114 24 Brazilian Imp. Mtn. Co. I iss. at 51. pm.) .£2O ';8 70 '72 '73 General Mining Association United Mex. Min. Co. ;iss. at 21. pm.) Z 19% 15 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV. 11. Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 334 per cent. 98% National Ditto — Ditto, Neu 93% Patriotic Ditto ................. . -- 4 per Cent WIN ; Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3 , 4 percent.... 9834 Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stoca — Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock 2o" ✓` . Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent — Mining Co. of Ireland lt; Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — COUILSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam C.l , 12 7 Ditto, at sight 12 41 P.otterdam . U 12 7; Antwerp 12 71 Hamburg 31.3 13154 Alums 13 154 Paris, 3 days' sight 9 5 SO DPW U. 26 5 Bordeaux .6 5 Verliu NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4'7% Genoa 9 5 90 Venice 474 Malta 4B Naples . 39!.', Pale' mo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 43 Rio Jane,ro Bahia 6 '4 Buenos Ayzcs Dublin, 21 days' sight 1 1,4 Cork l3'S t. , ra . ;;l;fort on Maine, Ex. M. 1531 l'etersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 0. 2 M. 10 9 l'zit7ste do 10 9 Madrid SO Cad'. Bilboa Barcelona 36 Seville Gibraltar 47% DULLION, PER OZ. X. 5. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New i)oubltions 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 4 11* MAILS. Arrived. Due. , Arrived. Due. 1 America 0 2 Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayree 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 La Guayra 0 I Dubl.r , 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Mexico O France 0 1 Sweden O Guernsey &Jereey.. 0 1 Waterford HIGH w ATXIf. AT LONDON BSC•_DGI TO-MORROW. Morning... 47 minutes after 4 I Evening ... 9 minutes after 5. -Z74.41 ) ? , ?" - -L - ' ,- .4 f .?;: , - 4, . 1 17 t '`i Ile, 4 4.4, ' LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1829, German Papers of the 7th inst. have been re ceived. The future destiny of Greece, accord ing to these Papers,:seems to be the subjec t of the frequent conferences between the French Ambassador and Lord ABERDEEN, and much anxiety is said to be felt for a speedy settlement of that ticklish question. The insidious con duct of the Greek PRESIDENT, with the des perate condition of the humbled PORTE, and he grasping overbearance of Russia, all seem ;o add perplexity to the course of negociation. There can be no doubt that Greece ought to be made perfectly independe►at of Russia as well as the PORTE. A divided allegiance, or tributary homage, will only serve to embarrass all parties, and prove the fruitful source of eternal inter- Terence : STUTTGARD, NOV. 3, By a resolution of his Majesty, dated the 20th Oct., the States of the king loin of Wurtemburg are to be con voked for the 15th January, 1830. SWITZERLAND, NOV. 4. The sum of 50,000 francs has lately been expended in the Jesuits school at Freyburg. Above 200 new pupils are expected there. The Council of the Canton of Yawl, against which all the Journals in the Canton have declared, has issued an invitation to persons who may be willing to undertake the office of editor of a paper, which shall pub lish an accurate and complete view of the results of the deliberations of the Great Council, and an impartial state ment of the opinions delivered, which paper shall be pub lished three times a week, under the title of " Bulletin of the Sittings of the Great Council." Thus it seems the Council thinks of combating its adversaries with their own arms. AUGSBURG, NOV. 6. The .Allgerneine Zeitung contains a letter from London, Oct. 26, ofthe following tenor :—" The frequent conferences of the French Ambassador with Lord Aberdeen, are said to relate chiefly to the affairs of Greece. The stipulations signed at Adrianople, relative to the Treaty of the 6th July, and the protocol of the 22d March, appear to have excited some apprehensions in the Courts of England and France ; and to have convinced them of the necessity of settling, as soon as possible, and in a manner conformable to the interest of their nations, the Greek question, which has been rendered so complex by the length of time and the course of events. It is said that the French Ministry has made a proposal, according to which the Greek fron tier on the Continent should he reduced in extent ; but, on the other hand, that the new State be entirely exempted from the Turkish supremacy. The French Ministry as sumes, as a principle, that it is better to grant to Greece, with a smaller territory, its perfect independence, than by a greater extent of frontier to give it the prospect of greater political importance, which, with the continuance of the supremacy of the Porte, would afford perma nent materials for fresh troubles. A protocol, it is stated, has already been drawn up in conformity with this view of the case, which as soon as it shall have re ceive"' the assent of Russia will be presented to the Porte —a time being fixed within which it must give its an swer. It is probable, however, that the Greeks will not be much edified by this new scheme, and it remains to be seen how the Greek Government will look upon it, and whether it will not endeavour to get Russia on its side, and see ancient Greece revived in the greatest possible ex= tent, and :recording to the sanguine wishes of the Phil bellenes. The Porte, in its present state of distress and penury, has powerful advocates here—endeavours are making to procure a loan for it." A mail has arrived from Halifax by the Spey, sailed on the 21st of October, and from Ber muda the sth of October, by which we have Halifax Papers of the 20th of October, Deme rara Papers to the 26th of September, and Prince Edward'e Islands Papers to the 15th of October. The De►nerara Papers are void of the least mterest. The Prince Edward's Island Papers state there are at prosant forty sail of vessels in Mira michi, for the purpose of loading with timber, the price of which was very high. (From the Halifax Papers.) The .472:- Amelia, and Wellington transports, t brough the 34th regiment , relieves the rifle corps in th is garrison. The transports are to take the rifle corps to St. John's, N. 8., conveying the 81st regiment from thence to Bermuda, and the 74th from that island to England. His Excellency Sir Peregrina Maitland, lady, and family, take their departure to-morrow morning, should the wind permit, in the Hussar, for Bathadoes. An address was presented to his Excellency on his de partUre by the inhabitants and magistrates of Halifax-- to which he returned the following answer could not but iratify me to receive from you and the oilier inhabitants of the town of Halifax, the assurance that you bays so kindly and favourably appre, ciated my conduct, The cordial and affectionate manner in which you hive expressed t 9 me your good wishes, demand .my warmest acknowledgments, and you must permit me to add, the thanks of Lady Sarah Maitland to my own, for the mention you have made of her. I request you to be assured that we both leave you impressed with a most grateful sense of the kind and friendly attention we have experienced in our intercourse with the inhabitants of the town of Halifax." _ _ _ ..,.... Sir Charles and Lady Ogle have returned in good health from the Canadas. Hamburg Papers to the 7th inst. have been received, the contents of which will be found in another column. We cannot resist the satisfaction of quoting from an able article in the Quarterly Review just published, entitled, " The Finance Com mittee," an estimate of the increased consump tion of a variety of articles, which strongly con firms the view we recently took of the im provement that has taken :place of late years in the condition of the bulk of our population. From the documents laid before the Finance Committee, the Reviewer has compiled a table of the consumption of twelve articles of daily en joyment, and household necessity, for every year since the peace. It will be sufficient for our ar gument to compare 1816 with last year, which stand respectively as follows, the unit of the numbers being taken as one million : Candles S Tallow, lbs Bl t Wax, lbs 1816. 1828. 115 Soap, The '7o 104 Starch, lbs 2.8 7.3 Bricks, thousands Sugar, cwt 2.2 3.2 Tea, lbs 2O 2 26.7 Brandy, gallons Rum, gallons 2.88 3.90 Coffee, lbs 7.5 16.5 Tobacco, lbs. Wine, gallons 4.4 7.5 Raw, lbs. Silk I Thrown, lbs .230 .613 We thus see, that in the last year the people of this country have consumed one half more of candles, starch, soap, bricks, sugar, brandy, rum, and wine, and one-third more of tea, than in 1816 ; that the quantity of coffee has doubled, and that of raw and thrown silk respectively been multiplied by six and three. If we take the po pulation of 1816 at a mean rate between that of 1811 and 1821, according to the censuses, it was 132 millions, and reckoning that of 1828 at 15 2-3 millions, the increase is much under a fifth, a rate considerably under that of the aug mentation of the above articles of subsistence. Thus have our national industry and resources' enabled us to bear up against an enormous weight of taxation, against severe fluctuations in trade, and against an alteration of circum stances which has left us no longer masters of the markets of the world, but has introduced us to rivals from all quarters. Of the accumula tion of British capital some idea may be formed from the returns of the produce of the Legacy and Probate Duty, which stand thus : England. Scotland. Ireland. 1817 £1,626,285 48,973......53,775 1828 1,938,994 108,894 69,217 The growth of national wealth, even in Ireland, is thus indicated to a considerable extent, though it may not really equal the increase of the duty, and a gratifying proof is afforded of the continu. ance of our ability to bear our burthens. We do not altogether concur with the Reviewer, that if a crisis were to happen to the National Debt, its fate would depend more on moral than on political or financial causes, for we can well con cieve a state of things in which a reduction of the interest of the freeholders might become both a necessity and a moral duty of the Govern- anent. Such an event is, we trust, far distant, but there is much truth in the observation of HUME (not the Member for Aberdeen) that " the reverence of national debts is the worship of MoLocn," and a nation that offers up its people as a perpetual sacrifice to the fund holders, may be well said " propter vitarn vi vendi perdue causas." Far less do we agree in the eulogies pronounced by the Reviewer upon the late war, and in the " productiveness of the expenditure for the deliverance of Europe in the contest between right and wrong, reli gion and Atheism," &c. &c. ; nor are we very confident " that if the question could be laid before our countrymen anew, they would fight the good fight once again." Yet what is done cannot be undone, and our chief business now is to husband our resources, and invigorate the energies of our people, that the enormous debt with which this war, of whose glories we hear far more than of its evils, has saddled us, may not accelerate the hour of our decline. Mr. RICHARD Fox has just returned with Ids amiable and beautiful bride to Cotton-hall, the seat oi the Countess of FAIN HAaI , near this city. —Lichfield Men A new mail coach has just commenced runn ing between Cork and Waterford, by the route of Yuughal, Tallow, Liamore, and Cappoquin.— TipperaryFreePress. We have some authority for stating, that it was the intention of the Heir Presumptive to have ho noured the citizens of London with his presence at the dinner which took place at Guildhall on the 9th instant ; but from mistake (we suppose) no card of invitation reached his Royal hlighness. We can only account for this apparent mark of neglect, by a supposition that the Invitation Committee (the Loan ilLayott has no concern with this part of the arrangement.) either neglected their duty, or that, commencing their invitation from the last letter in the Peerage, their cards were exhausted before they ha I reached the Royal Family. Perhaps it was the aversion to ask another " illustrious" personage that in duced the committee to limit their invitations.—From a Correspondent of the Times. 'TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE."—An old in habitant of eirencestei• having occasion to visit London about " sixty years since," . was ask:ed by a friend if be in tended to go by the coach or diligence, which at that period slowly wended its way to the metropolis. He re - P lied " Jam in too great a Intrry, and therefore wo u ld . rather walk." He started accordingly, and actually reached the end of his journey some hours before the eoach , "" Cheltoima Chraoick. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. - DEAL, Nov. I3.—Wind E.—Sailed die outward bound. Arrived from London the Flora, ---; Romulus, Fish ; and Henry Wellesley, Alexander, for Jamaica; and Bruce, Sim, for St. Lucia. POR.TSMOUTII, Nov. 13.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Union, Taylor, from Memel. Sailed the out ward-bound. FALMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Spey packet, from Bermuda, sailed sth of May, and from Halifax the 21st. The Opossum packet arrived at Halifax 10th ult., and sailed for Bermuda. BRISTOL, Nov.l3.—Arrived the Ellen, Patterson. ST ANGATE CREEK, NOV. 13.—Arrived the Ro nal!, Martin, from Smyrna; Triton, Pyne, from Denia ; and Swallow, Artes, from Tarragona. COWES, Nov. 13.—Arrived the Hereford, Long cope, from New Orleans. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Albion, 51 4 Ned, from Alicant. The Nicholson, Sheffield, from Pillan to Lon don, was on shore in Sesoe, on the 3d inst., cargo discharging. The Francis, Gibson, from Memel to London, was on shore near Helsenborg, on the 3d inst., but expected to be got off. The Lively, May, from Pill at Cuxhaven, on the 6th inst., leaky and discharging; bound to London. The Thomas King, Williamson, from London to Demerara, was spoken with on the 29th ult. in lat. 41. 40., long. 14. 40., by the Nassau, arrived in the river from Smyrna. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TirEtrE ot CLocz. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12.—Our Cotton market con tinues lively, the sales this day are about 4,000 bags, at steady prices. This day is generally dull for speculations in the Funds as no Estafette from Paris arrives on Satur days, and as yet we do not hear of the arrival of a private Express from Paris, therefore the Consol market is at present inactive; Consols which left off 3-!sterday at 91i 4 for the account, opened at the same price this morning, and for next account at 921, buyers. The Foreign market as yet is in the same state as that of the British, nothing doing. The accounts from Glasgow state that the Calico printing is very brisk there, and it is satisfactory to find that after the comparative slackness of the early part of the year the quantity of finished goods or stock on hand was never known to be smaller, and such is the quantity of orders on hand that it is a push to execute them within the time given. ENGLISH FUNDS. Rank Stock, 213 214 31 per Cent. 981 0 India Stock, 224 225 New 4 per Cent., 10.S1 3 per Cent. Gins, 91i 4 4 per Cent. 1826 105 1 Do., for Account, 911 I India Bonds, 67 69 Ditto Reduced, 90. 91 Exchequer Bills, 76 77 FUNDS. Greek, 25 Mexican, 21 A- Peruvian, I - 142 Portuguese, 49 Prussian, Russian, 106 Spanish, 91 TWO O'CLOCK. FOREIGN Brazilian, 66} .1 Buenos Ayres, 24 25 Milian, 214 221 Colombian, 191 201 Danish, 731 I French, 5 per Cent. 1081 9 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 83i 841 Consols have continued during the morning at 911 i- for the Account, and 921 for the next Ac count, consequently no speculations have been go ing forward up to the present hour. The Foreign Market is in the same state of stagnation ; the only transaction was in the Imperial Brazilian Mining Shares, which have fallen Al. per share, supposed owing to accounts being received from Rio Janeiro of the sth Sept., stating that the Brazilian Sessions closed without reducing the duty of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Company. Exchange on Lon don, 26g. According to accounts of the United Mexican Mining Company, there appears to be a deficiency of the five weeks preceding the 25th August, of about 10,0001. It is reported that a brig of war has sailed from the Havannah for Tampico, with 250,000 dollars; it is also said that an expedition was preparing there of 3,000 men, to reinforce the Spanish troops at Tampico. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 91 k FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES, Consols 91-3- 4 Danish 731 Do. for Ac. Greek, 1825 25 Brazilian Bonds 66i Mexican, 1825 21 a Buenos Ayres 'Peruvian 141 Chihli Do. 221 Russian 106 Columbian, 1824, Spanish 9i MED.—Late on Thursday evening at Devon shire-terrace, MARIA, wife of the Right Hon. MAURICE Frrzoicaat.n, Knight of Kerry, and sister of the late Right Hon. DAVID LATOUCIZE; of Dublin. The Earl and Countess GOWER have arrived at their seat, Lilleshall, in this county, from Trentham Hall. —Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE CORK CONVICTS.—A reprieve for eight days went down, we understand, last night. It is well that the executive should hesitate in this case, and ponder well whether three men should be executed on the same evidence that acquitted two others outright, and half ac. quitted many more.—Dublin Morn. Register, Thursday. A correspondent has called our attention to the great saving of horses' food from the general introduc tion of steam•conveyance on our great thoroughfares. The mails from Edinburgh to London, we suppose eruploy about 150 horses ; and if we asinine that these constitute 1-200th part of the cattle plying on the road, we have 30,000 horses employed en this one line, the grain con sumed by which would probably support 120,000 men.— Scotsman. A lightning-rod maybe rendered fully efficient by making it penetrate deeply into water or damp earth; by burying the horizontal part of it ; by covering it with ashes from an oven instead of charcoal imperfectly car bonised ; and by directing a stream of water towards the subterranean part of the conductor. It may be proper to [lda, that for powder magazines it is prudent to erect the lightning rod on a mast beside thetn. We are authorised to state that a paragraph which appeared in a contemporary Paper, stating that a Commission is about to be issued for revising the Liturgy of the Church of England, is incorrect. If any Commis sion is about to be issued it will be for revising the practice of our Ecclesiastical Courts.—Exeter Flying Post. RECIPROCAL FORGETFULNESS. Captain of this port, who had been from home about a year and a half, wrote to inform his wife that he had ar rived in London, and intended to be at Barton, where he wished her to meet him on a certain d ty, which he named. The lady was punctual to the appointment, and so was the captain. They met at the Waterside Ho:el, but, strange to say, did not know each other. At length Mrs. It--X became restless and impatient, frequently going to a win dow and " peering out" in the direction of the London road. This the captain observed far some time in silence, but at last ventured to ask her if she were waiting for any person. ." I expect my husband, Captain will be here every iwant," answered the ; Blesa . m!" exclaimed he, " why then you arc my wife, but way I be keel-hauled it' I knew your colours." The result of the discovery was, a friendly kis, and mutual congratulations. —gull Rockingham. LAW INTELLIGENCE.7-CTHIS DAY•) COURT OF CHANCERY. LUNATIC, IN THE MATTER. OF THE HON. MR. JARVIS. A The SOLICITOR-GENERAL appeared upon a petitions praying for an order to confirm the Master's report, .r pointing Lord Barrington and Sir Robert Price, 1311114 guardians of the lunatic's children, with the usual COw' quent directions. • Mr. HORNE took a preliminary objection to the hor in g, ; of the petition, on the ground that his client had a 1 4 %7; lion is the matter, which was intended to be heard at time at which the present was to be discussed—a petit° in substance against the prayer. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL submitted that the peti tin° ought not to stand over, iu consequence of its great 1 0- portance, the children having been left without any one t° watch over them in any way. Mr. HORNE said the petition was irregularly b rough! on. This was not the day for the hearing of matters in lunacy. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL observed that notice that the petition would Le heard to-day had been served on th e other side a week age. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered that Mr. Horn e t client, if he had known of any circumstance to p reven the matter being heard to-day, ought to have applied to tbif Court some time ago to have had the hearing delayed. Mr. Horne put the application for delay on personal acc °l ; modation to himself, then that would be for the Les to Counsel's consideration on the other side. 0 1 Mr.HoaNE pat the application on higher ground. H e - 11 01 a right he believed to request that the petition should It be heard to-day. The petition of his client was to WI come on some time ago ; it stood over till the petition 1 3 °, attempted to be forced ou was ready for hearing ; they u'eu`: then put down to be hard on the next petition day.; o , other side having prepared themselves earlier than at time they expected they would be able to have done, °r oil plied to have their petition heard to-day, and give n ot ' that that application had been made. The LOAD CHANCELLOR said, the notice had b' 4ll „ served seven days ago; it was competent for the Court appoint any time to hear such a petition ; the matter igy ilr regularly before the Court, and he should conseguePt now bear it. After the SOLICITOR-GENERAL had opened the pray er, and stated the facts shortly, The Coo RT at one:: confirmed the appointraeAta I ° i t ; serving, that if there had been any irregularity about ~ set vice of the notice, another application would have to made to annul the present order. YX..YAILTE GOULDING, IN TILE MATTER O' o'lllo. Mr. BICKERSTETH appeared on the o ne sid e , and a Y e p ( dental' behind the Bar on the other, to argue a gnus c o great mercantile importance in this matter; whiGbi, the result, his Lordship promised to consider vivito, before he gave his judgment. The partner of * 6r11 : owed a private debt; the creditor knew it to b e separate debt ; be drew for the amount a bill of esol' change upon the firm; and left it at their usual pla cg o , business, at eight o'clock, A.M., for acceptance , 03 ceived it back on the evening of the same da y at fele, accepted by the firm. The question then was, o'bect the firm could be held to be liable for the payment°„,;:os unless it was shown that they were aware at the 211°'-upf that they were accepting it, with the view of 03i%,,, them elves liable, though the debt to their kn owledge'. a separate debt? VICF-CHANCELLOR'S COURT• HOBBAIID GLOYER.—MNJUNCTION• r so Mr. KNIGHT applied upon motion in this case' ve injuncfon to restrain the defendant from endorsing °I. the gociatiog any bills, or otherwise using the n ame ° T he partnership, of which he had lately been a member. itb original bill was filed by two persons, who togetber;ol, the defendant, had been partners in a cotton-m ill, in the tinghamshire. The defendant was originally clerk t ° ,i o g firm, but had since been admitted as a pirty.er, en?r6)liiit two-fifths of the profits. The agreement of partiteth provided, that if the undertaking proved unprofitabl', parties might put an end to it npon notice. c° ll ,, had turned out good fur nothing, notice bad been gwolj, the defendant for a dissolution, the machinery had be etj d of and the whole substance of the partership diar 9 ‘„l ,ol All this the defendant admitted, but insisted t hat ti'rr,"biPt been no dissolution. At the cessation of the partu,, e o ol.; the funds in the hands of the bankers amoun ted t°''tl the the defendant had drawn a cheque for 321., vibledifeJt bankers were compelled to pay in consequence of :,:lob° of an action in ease they did not. The defendali threatened that he would draw hills in the vo i l t e' ctit# name, for the purpose of raising granted. BROWN v. CLAXTON. 00 4 The Court r, as occupied the greater part of the with arguments iu this part heard ch s e , a t the conclwor of which hie Honour promised to give judgment ' day morning.. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. nowroN v. WILLIS. CO ° This was an action by an Attorney, to recover h is of the defendant for conducting his Chanter), suit , t o i before Lord Tenterden at the last sittings in this Owe , a verdict returned fur the plaintiff. The defendanto„l fended in per,on, and contended that the attorneyOs henefitted the cause by his exertions , hut l o e had, in fact, injured it by neglec t . lie attempted fhe through the whole Chancery suit, item by iteM• b or a Learned Judge, however, baying for a long tim e him with great patience, was at last obli g ed to preel jes' reading more than was relevent to the cause. f rl ie d .ef u , dant now moved the full Court for a rule to shale aB- ; e D a new trial, on the ground that the Learned Judge,' ° se s4 trial had rejected documentary eviden ce, whi7.o vhe of great importance to the cause , and that he bati'-h directed the Jury.—The defendant went tlitcalg,,liicljj Chancery suit again, and also read the d he referred. He complained that the attorney b at coo l ', for affidavits which were not made use°,c,afinbaye..ittli}t:col:o,,,gliti: in making his motion, and that the attorney ba",j, plied him with copies of affidavits which were o' t " gs v i i After again hearing him patiently, the Coott i l ' c ° ,o l e h r . judgment, observing that if an attorney had n e g,, e ola c ,ja client so as to betray his interests, that n eglect g ot tainly be a bar to his recovering his costs', b l ot. case it did not appear that there bad been '' e c s ,,j it, t he to the complaint of the affidavits not bring o' peared by the evidence on the trial that 110 tile. ojections contained in the affidavits were vo id ret a t i o souse of the observations impertinent. it ".°„ therefore in the discretion of the Counsel e i : " ° •litipo , brief, to refrain from injuring the cause of enforcing what would appear to him fatde r ,:,„/,se l, - The affidavits were prepared and laid before must of course be paid for.—Role refused. t PREROGATIVE COURT' 1 g ob In the case of the goods of John Brett, " et ; ; e e j to t he broker, of Lancashire, Dr. Lusnutcrroti aVP" t ree " i n to fu ll I° ,,J S i° Court to have its sanction for carr yin g will left by the deceased. The L e ar ned the deceased had died possessed of considerable rioss Doctor so_,lertfj", which he had willed to his wife and children, bil t e d e fC e ro consequence 'of each sheet of the will being gr.op the last, it became nece ssary to have the 804'11 Court to carry the same into effect. The COURT granted the application. 0 NICLIOLD V. DANES. In this case the KING'S ADVOCATE ai)peare4,l,9oer: into the Court an obligation with a view t 0 le t i j ot i :fr will granted to the defendant, on the gr ouod f isC p y, will wai obtained by the said Mary Danes, ob e h l) : td o tamed an undue controul over the decemea , 11(w be 51) thereby depriving the rightful person, Mr. E °. • „/I rer • Newsom. ri 1 10 4 0° Dr. PHILLIMORE, on the p.rt of Mary , J $ pi two letters written by the deceased, provi o g t i l ' e c oof re; entertained by the deceased to Mary Daum ' 11 : 14 "„ te t ' e ie r e that the Court should not allow the allega t ' ° ' ceived after so long a time had elapsed since the l l et o t adm D inistration were ranted. Donsom follow g ed on • the same side, a nd the contents of this allegation should have j 0 10 before. jet' v e Join Sir Jo Nicnot, after a few observatito ,9 l . ti) i bee suspend the proceedings in the cause , in oidtr telootl tion might he considered, and tha t if the thinks proper, to admit it. The Court afterwards adjourned. COURT OF EXCHEQUI';I/* re' V. sriEns AN la th ' X1313%ei0, t... Mr. PARKER applied for a special ig.i ° 0 1 'eve; o i strain the dekmlants proceeding in an gel 0 to l og e d had commenced against the plaintiff, an 7'0‘13,3:1,11 1 ",, them negociating or parting with a bill Q t i ot t 2701. 10s. It appeared from the affidavits, io pst o e, tiff in the'year 1828, commenced basin ?s ? se tt; LI with Kirby, as a fishmonger, for which b:.d . ea c a n sideration three bills of exchange of 2 /7 1 . 0 001 1e o laiti ll the last became due the partnership vi's g . $ OO r was agreed that the bill shomld be si"n