The Sun. — London, England, 1829-12-14 00:00:00

BANK OF F,NGLAN We find it a frequent subject of remark among pet-sous wlro are in the habit of ieterely watching !!te Item of NlTiti,s in the money-market, that there is an evident tendency in the management of the dt4c of England, and has been so for some time Priest, to extend the action of that great establish is-lent, in a degree calculated materially to increase its power, and fraught, perhaps, at some distant Tier , ' 1 with danger to the country itelf. As this is a subject of the very highest importance, we shall endeavour to analyze the facts and arguments by which this opinion is supported, premising only that they are to be taken throughout as the sentiments of a class possessing some weight in the city, of which we aim merely at being the faithful reporter. It is maintained, then, that the disposition of the sank of England to go out of its proper limits, is to be trared in its commencement to a period soon after ,he panic of 1825, which brought odium on the whole system of private banking, but partiett larlp that of the country beakers, the public feeling respecting whom was even supported by distinct declarations on the part of the Ministers of the day. Of this opprobrium the Bank directors, who at that time possessed influence over" its manage ment, ar e charged with having artfully taken advantage, although they contrived in appeetPatce to adopt every measure suggest ed to them by their masters with reluctanee, and as if desirous only to lend their aid in prevent ing the recurrence of similar periods of disaster.-- Hence originated the branch banks in the country. which are now spreading silently, as it were, and almost by imperceptible degrees, nearly over the whole of the kingdom. The directors, however, took care to divert public attention from the pro gress making, and never lost an opportunity of pro te-tieg, at their quarterly meetings of proprietors, that they had instituted these branches at the ex press desire of the Government, with a positive loss to themselves. A circumstance, however, shortly afterwards occurred, to hich spread much suspicion respecting the real views of the directors; we allude to the famous " circular," in which opi nions were solicited from intelligent bankers and merchants throughout the kingdom, on the expedi-, ency of gradually substituting ,bank-notes for the local paper circulated in the various district-, by making the country bankers, in fact, agents for the distribution of the former; and an attempt was made at the same time to prove that they would be in most instances gainers by the change, and would also be secured from such convulsions as had re cently occurred. This document was attributed at the time to the gentleman who is now the De puty Governor of the Bank, whose influence is now paramount in its affairs, and was very consi derable long before he came into office. His opinions were, probably,—indeed there can be no doubt that such is the case,—adopted on the most perfect conviction. Those who impugn the management of the Bank do not deny this; but they maintain at the same time that they form the basis of the present management ; that they are mixed up with ambitious views; and that they have a tendency to increase the power of the Eavk beyond the bound.; of safety to the country. he7pcogreas, they contend, is certain, though slow, art: is to be regarded on that account as the more dangerous. '1 he lending at three per cent. on Ex- Olt-quer-Mk in June last ; the extension of the same atsvommodation to India Bonds and bills of ex change, lately adopted, though only for a limited period ; the gradual formation of additional branch barks; and, finally, the measures now supposed to be under discussion with regard to the country cir culation, are all pointed to as proofs that the po licy of the Bank is steadily directed to a great in crease of its importance. The Directors are charged also with doing this with the view of make ire; the establishment so sitally necessary to the country, at the time that its present charter is about to expire, that it will be entirely out of the power of the Ministers of the day to refuse them a continuance of their monopoly on whatever terms may be dictated. This is one of the apprehended evils of the pre sent course taking by the Bank of England; but the far greater danger, to which the fears of those pet-ions whose opinions we are quoting point, is the possibility of such an enormous issue of Bank paper, compared with the security which the Bank, as a corporation, * bas to offer for its payment, that a mo nied convulsion may occur at some future time, to which all that have preceded it are in the comparison harmless. This is the substance of observations lately to lu met with in the city ; and it must be confessed, with every allowance for h strong prejudice against the Bank itself which prevails in every other part of the monied interest, that the subject is well xvorthy of having the general attention called to it. —Tinics. THEATRICAL ACCOMMODATION.—A sys tem is now gain;ng ground which s*rongly reminds us the imaginary correspondence between the prompters of the Antipodean theatres. It argues a poverty of talent on the one hand, and a wish to accommodate on the other. The manager of one theatre writes to a rival king of Brentford, " My dear E., can you possibly oblige me with the use of Miss --, on Thursday night?" Now E. finding that he can dispense with said lady for pint of the evening, and that lie can save part of the salary, acts on the prudent principle of keeping no more cats than will catch mice, and replies—" My dear C , I require Miss L. myself in the early part of the evening; but as she will only be required in one act, she will not be too much exhausted to suit your purpose in the latter part of the evening. She is therefore at your service, if you and she can agree as to terms. By the bye, I want a snow storm for Monday, and amour machine is out of order, pray send ute your's." In illustration of this, we may mention th it RATNER. lately played a week at the Pavilion. T. P. Cooka is now doing double duty, between the Surrey and Covent-garden. Wit,Liams ditto, at the Surrey and Tot tenham-street; while the fascinating syren WayLerr lends a helping band for RAYNER'S benefit at the Surrey. Doubtless the per , fsignera find their profit in this. Died, on Tfiu rsd a y morning, suddenly, at Cranbury-house, having been found dead in his bed, Wai. CHAMBERLAYNE, Esq., Member for the town of Southampton. His large pussession., including the Netley Abbey property, which fell to him on the demise of the late Lady (Dame) HOLLAND, will devolve to his only sister, and eventually to a nephew. To a mind stored with the richest vein of classic lore, was added a moat correct and elegant taste for the arts. He was a speaker of the first-rate talent, though he never took part in the debates in the House of Commons. Those who heard him on the hustings at the Southampton contested elec tion, will remember the effect of his oratory. At this election he contested the point with the present Sir GEORGE RosE, and carried his return by a majority of one only.. He had for some years previously sat in Parliament for Christchurch, through the indulgence of the late Right Hon. GEORGE ROSE, with whom, however, he had some political difference, which impelled him to oppose his son for Southampton. In consequence of the demise of Mr. CHAMBERLATNE, JOHN STORY PENLEAZE, Esq., and J. BAB.Low HOY, Esq., of Midenburv, have offered them selves to the electors as candidates for the representation of this town in Parliament. As the Rev. Dr. JoSEPII MUNOZ DE STO 31AyoK was passing along the City-road, on Saturday. he was suddenly seized with a paralytic fit. He fell on his face, and received a severe bruise on his left eye; he was, fortunately, not deprived of his senses, but be has en tirely lost the use of his legs. Some persons passing at the time assisted him to a neighbouring house, from whence he was conveyed to his own residence, 24, Whit more-road, Buxton. The Rev. Gentleman, we under stand, has had, within the last six weeks, two fits of apo plexy, of the kind called apoplexia mentalis. In the opinion of the medical men who have attenie , : him, his disease is entirely to be attributed to the change ic. his man ner of living, and the distressed situation to he has been reduced—from a rich Spanish Abad, or Rector, to an emigrant, depending for existence upon the bounty of the English Government, from whom he receives fifteen shillings a week. Dr. Murroz is known, we understand, to several of the dignitaries of our Church, by whom he is highly respected for his piety, the liberality of his sen timents, and, Ma extensive erudition. During the Spanish war of in*, otitionee,this whole income, .said to have been equal to 10,0001. yeaertta this country, was frequently ; for mouths together, expeidul in hospitality to the British SNP, • ' ~f • , INCICES OF STOCIES THIS II trtk 'itnck 3 per Cent. Red. 9 3 3.4 VI% 3 p , r t cnt Cons, shut 3 1 ,4 per Cent Ditt ‘ He!. 99143 b 1 per Cent. Ann Ditto, In 6 — Ditto Scrip — 13 mk 1,. Ann. Ditto 30 years India Stock shut Ditto Brands 7O pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 67 614 7 ,Pertiviaii Bonds 1 6 1,! Buenos Ayres Bonds —'Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds 26% Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 23 2% 3 4 Russian '— Danish 131.4 Spanish, 1821 10 iilli Greek Bonds — --- 1823 — Ditto, 1825 2B IA 7 French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. G uatimala — Exchange ...... —f. —l-. I'doxican Bonds — 3 per cent. —l. —c. Ditto, 1825 25 Exchange —f. —e. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 39 40 Brazilian Imp. Mm. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 71% 75 Ditto National lO 17 16N Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £33 7% Real del Monte Mining Co. £loo - Ditto Scrip. United Max. Min. Co. (iss. at 2.1 . pm.) £39 18% 18 Alliance Marine Insurance Comp 5 5% United General Gas Co PRICES OF IRISH s7O( Rank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gor. Stock, 3,4 per cent 99% Ditto, New t per Cent lOll Gov. Deb. 3 per cent 9SN, Royal Canal StocK Grand Canal Stock - Cit♦ Deb. 4 per cent Ftallast Office Deb. 4 p.'c FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC. 8.-13. 1314.—Tw0 months, 13. 11•},x. BERLIN, Mc:. s.—Three months, 6 29%. BREMEN, DEc..l.—Two months, 622. ST. I'ntERSBURMI, Nov. 27.—Three months, 10 7-16. AMSTERDAM, DEC. 11.-12. 20.—Two months-12. 15. DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock 'hut OldAnnuitirs....... — New Ditto shut Ex.13i115,.£1,00 0 2d. '7l '75 pm. Ditto ltd. it '75 pm. ..... 500 2d. 73 '75 pm. I:d. 73 75 pm. Ditto omall 2d. 73 '75 pm. Ditto lid. 73 '75 pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for January 3KS, DUBLIN, DEC. H. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto — 'Hibernian Bank — 'Provincial Ditto — Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co, of Ireland Commercial Buildings — O RAM. fiVI LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1829. Despatches were received at the Foreign Office this morning frown Lord BLOOMFIELD, our Ambassador at Stockholm, and also from Paris and Brussels. The Paris Papers of Saturday hare been re ceived by Express. The Turks have at length evacuated Ghiurgevo : (From the Monitevr of Saturday.) NON-OFFICIAL PART. (CRIVATE CORRESPONDENCF. ) SEMLIN, NOT. 23. As we have already mentioned, the grand Russian head-quarters are fixed at Aidos. Count Diehitsch has received an express from St. Petersburgh with despatches, wide]) arc supposed to relate to the Em peror Nicholas. The General keeps up a very active correspondence at Constantinople, for Russian Couriers and Tartars are constantly seen on the road betweeu Aidos and the Turkish capital. It is affirmed that the Pacha of Scutari has ar rived at Adrianople, and that no kind of re-action has taken place. It is added that he has had a long conference with the Colonel whom Count Diebitsch has left to protect the Russian hospital, in which there arc about 9,000 men. PARIS, DEC. 11. His Majesty the King arrived at the Tuilleries about one o'clock today. Prince Polignac arrived to-day from his estate at Mi'lemon% I !is Excellency the MiniAter of War returned to day to Paris. (Flout the 211essoger des Chambres of Saturday.) (SEMND EDITION.) BUCHAREST, NOV. 11._ Ghiurgevo is at length evacuated by the Turks, and de!irered up to the Russians. The detachment which is to form the garrison of the fortress entered the town in admirable order, and was received with enthusiasm by all the inhabitants. On the 27► h inst. the Turkish garrison, which is provisionally mooned in the suburbs, will be sent to Rudsehuk, with its ammunition and provisions. General Kis seleff is still expected. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOY. 11. In the neighbourhood of Phillippopoli extreme distress prevails. The inhabitants of several villages have come to blows with the Albanians, who com mit the greatest excesses. The defeat of the Turks in the last engagements with General Paskewitsch, in Asia, has made a great impression on the Sultan, whose temper for some time past causes great un easiness. Within these few days we have had the singular sight of several merchantmen under the Greek flag, which passed through the Canal to enter the Black Sea. Most of these vessels were laden with oil and nine. PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE, Drc. 12.—Five per Cents. 1091. 15e. 1091. 1081. 85e. ; Four-and .a-Half per Cents. 105 f. 40c. ; Three per Cents. 84f. 65c. 60c. 65c. 60c. 50c. 30c. ; fink stock, 1,9171. 50c. 1,9151. ; Rentes de Naples, 921. 91f. 90e. 921. 911. 60c. ; Rente Perp. d'Eepagne, 604114. Exchange on London—One month, 251. 60c. ; three months, 251. 45c. _ . VIENNA, DEC 5. —Metalliqufs 1024 ; Bank Shares ,237#; Four per Cent. Aletalliques 914. Our City Correspondent says, that very af flicting accounts have been received from Alex andria of the great damage done .by the sudden overflowing of the Nile. It is stated that not less than thirty thousand persons have perished. Such was the effect produced on the mind of the VICEROY that he did not leave his room for three days - after. bring of the melancholy catas trophe. The following are extracts f-om Hamburg and Dutch Papers : HAMBURG, DEC. 8. BORSEN HALLE, FOUR O'CLOCK.—Bills on Lon don and Amsterdam are eagerly demanded. End of December. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent Anglo-Russian Loan Hamburg-Russian Loan 99N Polish Bonds llus4 Austrian Bank Shares 1'241 Austiian Metalliques 102% New Austrian 4 per Cents. STOCKHOLM, NOV. 27. The palace of the late Princess Sophia Alber tina, is henceforth to be called the Palace of Duke Charles, (the eldest son of the Crown Prince.) The State Gazette gives an account, from Chris tiania," which says that on the 4th November, be ing the anniversary of the Union of the two king dom, and also on the Bth, the Queen's birth day, salutes were fired by the fortress of Agger shuns, and grand entertainments were given by the Governor of the kingdom. The election of repre sentatives to the Storthing continue. DEC. I.—On the 27th ult. in the afternoon, the Land Marshal and the Speakers of the Estates had an audience of his Majesty, in order to declare their opinion respecting the time when it would be pos sible to close the Session of the Diet. ODESSA, NOV. 18. Among the ships that have arrived here, is the English frigate the Blonde, with 300 Russian soldiers and 50 officers from Constantinople and Sebastopol. STERNBURG, DEC. 2. The number of members present at the Diet has been decreasing for some days, though most of the subjects brought `before it are not yet discussed. Tha new law relative to mortgages in cities was passed with a few alterations in the sitting of the 28th November, and thus a oubject concluded which has occupied tl►e Dict for several years. s People general are of opinion that this law will have the most beneficial effects on credit and the security of real property, and great praise is bestowed on the completeness and systematic arrangement of the law. The law on the settlement and maintenance of the poor has caused animated debates, as the interests of the several provinces are so various. Only three extraordinary contributions will be levied next year, and yet as the amount annually increases, and the collateral tax greatly exceeded the estimate last year, an extraordinary redemption of 50,000 rix dollars of the debt will be effected. On the whole 200,000 dols. of the debt . will be paid off. SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATES-GENE RAL, DEC. S. THE HAGUE, DEC• 10. A royal message was read, accompanying a cor rected project of law relative to the distribution of the capital sum of the land-tax for the year 1830, the first project having been rejected by the Cham bers. The Central Section brought up its report on the annual and decennial Budgets, commencing with the year 1830. The report is to be printed, and the debate on it was fixed for Monday, the 14th instant. The day before yesterday the ofl•'icers of the Burgher guard gave a grand entertainment to his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, as Colonel-General of the Burgher Guard of the whole kingdom. His Royal I iighness was accompanied by his two eldest sons, and was received with all military honours by a numerous body of the guard. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick was also present, as well as a great number of officers and persons of distinction. The following are extracts from Oporto Papers of the 28th Nov. : COIMBRA, NOV. 24. His Majesty the King of England has sent a present of books to his Most Faithful Majesty Don Miguel L, for the Library of this Univers►ty. The Librarian received notice of this consignment, and the Consul at Lisbon has never sent word that the books have arrived. OPORTO, NOV. 26. Yesterday morning there arrived in this city 20 criminals, brought from the prisons at Lisbon, from which they sailed on board a Portuguese yacht, which wa■ forced by stress of weather to put into Villa de Viana, whence the prisoners were conveyed by land, and lodged in the prison of the Relacao, under the orders of the President of the Alcada. OI'ORTO, NOV. 28. The Correio of to-day gives the names of the prisoners brought from Lisbon and landed at Viana ; among them are Antonio Jose Claudino Pimentel, Brigadier of the Royal Armies, Knight of the Order of the Tower and Sword, &c., aged 53; Luez Claudino de Oliviera Peinandel, living on his pro perty, aged 54 ; the Rev. Antonio de Parva Mon teiro, Abbot of St. .John the Baptist, in the town of Jabugal, aged 60 ; and three other Ecclesiastics, one of whom is 67 years of age. We received this morning the following from our Paris Correspondent : - " PARIS, DEC. N. "Every new arrival from the French possessions in the \Vest Indies confirms the account of which I gave you some notice in a recent letter, of the dis turbances and disagreements between the white and coloured population, which have latterly assumed rather a serious character. Attempts have indeed been made to contradict these statements, but if credit is to he given to the letters from Point a Pitre, which have lately arrived at Havre, and which are generally written by reluctant witnesses, it appears that the former statements were far from being over-. charged, and that something like an insurrectionary spirit has shown itself both at Guadeloupe and Mar tinique, so that the actual disturbances which had broken out at Marie Galante and St. Anne, must be regarded as an indication only of the general state of feeling throughout the French - West Indian possessions. The habitual distrust and jea lousy which is on all occasions manifested towards Englishmen, has with perverse ingenuity found the means of ascribing these insurrectionary movements to the rival influence of some of the inhabitants of the English colonies, one of whose emissaries is said to have been arrested at Point a Pitre, and to have escaped punishment by the affectation of insa nity. It is strange, however, that while the white inhabitants are constantly labouring under the real or affected dread of massacre and insurrection, the only symptom of disturbance which has yet trans pired is not among the negroes or the slaves, but exclusively among the mulattoes and freemen of colour, many of whom are known to be in the pos session of considerable property, which would seem to offer a proportional security against their engaging in such insane procedings. At Guadaloupe, also, it is remarked, that the men of colour, who have repeatedly behaved as good citizens during periods of alarm, and have always beer► treated with much more respect than at Mar tinique, are also much less prone to insurrection than the coloured population of the other islands.— It is the result, in fact, of all the information I have been able to collect on the subject, that the perpe tual state of fermentation which has for some time existed, is to be ascribed to the degradation and dependance in which the coloured population are held, or attempted to be held, by the Colonial Aris. tocracy. The two classes are not equal before the law, in regard either to evidence, or the quantum of punishment ; men of colour arc not capable of inhe ritance, and what, perhaps, is a still more galling mark of degradation than either consideration, is, that the title of Minaieur is denied to them, although so liberally bestowed in the Mother country on every clown with a decent coat on his hack. It is not wonderful that the mulattoes should be annoyed at the air of superiority assumed over them by Europeans, many of whom may be far in ferior to themselves :n moral, if not also in personal qualities, while some of those by whom they are thus maltreated, may have left the mother country after having offended the lawe, or even after having been subjected to penal inflictions. Under such citt cumstanees it would be surprising if men conscious of no crime, and with all the confidence inspired by a well-lined purse, should occasionally display, as they are said to do on the public walks of Guadeloupe and Martinique, some ridiculous airs of presumption ; and if they were even to elbow and in sult some inoffensive individuals who had not been so prosperous in the world, but who bore the marks of the oppressor in the whiteness of their skin, it -night fairly be ascribed to a moral re-action, arising from the sense of previous indignities, if not of po sitive acts of injustice. This view of the matter is in some measure confirmed by the fact, that although the men of colour are more free to act at Guadeloupe than elsewhere, there .is there much less of an insurrectionary disposition than in other places, evidently because they are there better sa tisfied with their lot, and less anxiousto change it. " A little hunch-back, of the name of Pierre Ga briel Pol, seems to have been regarded by the one party as the leading incendiary, and is now treated by the other as a victim of the vindic tive feelings or the vengeance of the whites. — This Mr. Pol had sailed for Point a Pitre about eight months ago, and his finances not being in the best condition, he was assisted by a man of colour, with whom he had sailed as a fellow passenger. It was Mr. Pol's intention to have connected himself with some public academy at Point a Pitre, or, if possible, himself to have formed one; and, after several unsuccessful attempts, the men of colour patronised him, and sent their chil dren to the school he had opened. In his ignorance of the manners of the Colonists, Mr. Pol sa►v no thing but absurdity in the prejudice which separated the whites from the men of colour, and thought himself able to brave it. In this, however, he found himself mistaken, so that he naturally identified himself with the views and feel ing; of hie pato% and became the pro pagator of their ideas. This alliance.'was sa ex; - ', traordinary as to excite the alarm of the police, who gave hini notice that in consequence of his public , intimacy with the coloured classes, he would be placed under surveillance. Having disregarded this hint Mr. Pol, it appears, had been sent home to France, where he will probably soon arrive, and be , regarded as a martyr in the cause of humanity, al though it seems that those, in whose cause he has suffered, have shown themselves not ungrateful for his services, by providing "him with an ample supply of every necessary, and making a subscription for him of upwards of 12,000 francs. " On the occasion of the difference between the Commandant of Marie Galante, and the judicial functionaries, the proprietors of the island appeared to have been in a state of the greatest alarm, excited it is said by the proceedings of the Judge and the Procureur du Roi, who are accused of having tra velled over the country, visiting the work shops, asking the people if they were well treated, and offering to the slaves to defend them if ill-used by their masters. To this conduct is ascribed a belief on the part of the mulattoes that orders had arrived from France for the recognition of their rights, and, as might have been anticipated, all the symptoms were manifested of a violent fermentation. The Commandant opposed the proceedings of the Procu reur and the Judge, which resulted, as mentioned in my former letter, in his being sent to answer for his conduct at the principal seat of Government, at Bas seterre. To inform himself as to the true state of the fact, the Governor sent an officer of his staff to Marie Galante, who, on his return to Basseterre, made a re port unfavourable to the proceedings of the Comman dant. Rumours having arisen of further disturbances, a new commission of enquiry, consisting of several indi viduals, was despatched to Marie Galante, who looked on the matter in a more serious light than the first reporter. In consequence of these contradic tory reports, a third commission had been sent by the Governor, and with it the Judge and the Pro cureur du Roi. The inhabitants, however, had re solved not to receive or obey these functionaries in future, and on their appearance had shut up their shops and warehouses. On this being reported to the Governor, and that the President of the Town Council, several officers of militia, and other functionaries, had refused to act, he issued a proclamation, calling on the inhabitants to reopen their shops and warehouses, and on the functionaries to resume their official duties, under the penalty of the merchants' licences being withdrawn, and the others being sent to Basseterre for trial. This pro clamation bears date the 26th of September. While these proceedings were taking place at Marie Ga lante, the men of colour in other quarters, supported by the declarations of the men of principle,' as the friends of emancipation are called by the colo nists, were said to have been seen to assemble in ex traordinary numbers at St. Anne, under various pretences. Anonymous information of these meet ings had been sent to Point a Pitre, and at length, on the 18th of September, at seven o'clock in the evening, a man of colour made his appearance at a meeting of the whites, who had that day been reviewed, and were dining with the Commandant, telling them that at the rising of the moon they were all to be ma-sacred in their own houses. They immediately put themselves in a posture of defence, sentinels were stationed at various places, and six of the ringleaders earned by the mulatto were seized, the others having escaped. Their project is said to have been for two or three of them to have been placed near each house in the town of St. Anne, and provided with poignards, bayonets, and other weapons, were to have called on the in habitants, who, on leaving their houses, were to have been stabbed. Detachments were then to have been posted at all the outlets of the town, and the tocsin to be sounded to bring the people from the country, who, on their arrival, were also to have been massacred. They were then to have made known at Point a Pitre what had passed at St, Anne, and were to have availed themselves of the general consternation to set the town on fire. This of course is the statement of those whose inte rest it is to make it appear that-a serious conspiracy has really existed; in confirmation of which it is asserted that depots of arms and ammunition had been found in various places. Yet strange to say it never seems to enter their minds that, true or false, such statements afford an unanswerable argument in the bands of those men of principle' who insist that such an unnatural state of things as negro sla very, and a distinction in civil rights, in consequence of a difference in the colour of the skin, should never be suffered to exist." The projected establishment of a new Col lege at Bristol is an event that must be hailed by the well-wishers of education as one of consi derable importance, being the first instance of an attempt in the country to follow the example given in the metropolis by the founders of the University of London. The great population of Bristol itself, and the abundance of capital it possesses, must ensure the raising of a suffi cient subscription to commence the undertaking, independently of the support that may be ex- petted from the west of England in general, to which the locality of Bristol so strongly recom mends that city as a convenient resort fur the youth of those districts, who are desirous of the benefits of an University education. That two Universities, numbering together about 5,000 students, are any thing like adequate to a population of thirteen millions, will hardly be con tended. But, that population being industrious, rich, and intelligent, the want of academical in stitutions is so much the greater. The higher classes, who can afford the heavy expenses of Oxford and Cambridge, and also the great loss of time that is there sustained by studying (after a fashion) the classics, to the exclusion of the more useful branches of knowledge, do not feel any want of this kind ; but persons in a middle rank of life, as commercial and professional men, complain generally of the obstacles that exist to sending their sons to either of the ancient Semi naries " - of sound learning and religion," as the Homily expresses it, and of the danger arising from the profligate habits:contracted by associ ations with youths of rank and fortune, who regard the ceremoity of spending two or three years at College merely as a sort of practise, which, like belonging to a club, has by custom become necessary fur a gentleman. The students of the London University are a different kind of persons, and have very different views ; so must the members of the Bristol College, and of any other e stablishment, whose principle and design are to afford the means of acqUiring the various branches of knowledge in the best manner they pe canr prejudices learned, of with equal disregard of the intolerance, and of the frivolities of fashion. If we turn our eyes to surrounding nations, of which we have so often proclaimed ourselves to be " the envy and admiration,"- we Shall see In kiany,'a 2ea „our the superior education of the' people well worthy of our imitation. The six Universities of the Netherlands are increasing so fast in their numbers, that in 1824 they contained 2,275, and in 1826, 2,752 students. Germany contains at least thirty Universities, and as an example of their flourishing condition, the num bers at the seven in the Prussian dominions rose from 3,382 in 1820 to 5,954 in 1827. In Russia, of whose barbarism people arc in the habit of talking so much, and so ignorantly, within the present century four new Universities have been established, viz.—that of Dorpat in 1802, Kharkof in 1804, Kazan in 1814, and St. Petersburgh in 1819. These four, with the older ones of Moscow and Wilna, contained 1,077 scholars in 1808, and in 1824, 2,667. Between the same years, the number of the schools in general under the controul of the Russian Government had risen from 1,132 to 1,411 ; and that of the pupils in the same, from 46,695 to 69,629. These arc facts which• dis play an ardour in the great work of education, well worthy of imitation in this country, where the means are so much greater when the will once excited. The Bishop of the diocese had, it is said, refused his sanction to the College, because in struction in the Theology of the Church of England is not intended to be made obligatory . 'I he Bishop's hostility will, however, no more retard the scheme, than the omission he com plains of; will affect its utility. It would be ex tremely unworthy and impolitic to exclude Dis senters from the institution by any such regula tion ; and there is no doubt arrangements could be made to give orthodox religious instruction to those pupils who wish for it, by subsidiary lec tures to be delivered under the approbation of the Council, as is now done at the London University. We would recommend to the Bris tol Association to avoid as much as possible the giving offence to the Clergy, or any other influ ential persons ; but let them found their College on fair and liberal principles, and select Profes sors of ascertained learning and character, and their success will soon enable them to laugh to scorn the calumny of their being actuated by ill will to the Church, or a desire to pull down the Established Religion, and to defy the denuncia tions of the Hierarchy against institutions con ceived in the most Christian benevolence, and designed to promote the same end as Christi'', nity itself—the happiness of the present and fu ture generations of mankind. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. The following account, dated Dec. 12, has been received from Liverpool :—The import of Cotton, this week, is 8,873 bags, and the sales are 5,260 bags, at lute prices for Sea Island, but at a decline of fully id. per lb. in other descriptions. The Boweds at auction declined id. per lb. The sales of Plantation Sugar this NI eek are 700 Wills., at steady prices. In Foreign and East India nothing has been done. Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 24th Sept., Sydney to the sth July, and Mauritius to the 23d Aug., have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, but they are not important. The folio wing, from the Cape Paper of the 24th September, is an extract of a letter from Somerset : —" There are many reports here of Caffres stealing the cattle ; but they appear to be nothing but re ports, and the frontiers are in a state of profound quiet. The CafTres, instead of invading the Colony, appear likely to be invaded themselves. His Excel lency the Governor arrived at Worcester on the sth inst. The Commissioner and Magistrates xvent to meet him. His Excellency visited the public offices, prison, &c." (From the Sydney Papers to the sth July.) Money seems to be gradually increasing, several of our lately arrived emigrants having brought out their capital in cash; and they have also wrote to their friends at home, who are to follow them, to bring with them specie instead of goods ; this is sound advice. yv ...... The Abeille, of New Orleans, s tys a Frzuch paper, states that General Garza has been arrested, and conducted to :Mexico under a strong escort, for his bad conduct at Tampico. Letters from Port-au-Prince of the 31 October state that business was at a great stand there, and they were much surprised in not having as yet re ceived the treaty of commerce with France, which caused great anxiety. THE FUNDS. The Funds appear rather languid this morning. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 94i for the account, opened at 9411 4, and receded to 91i for the account, since which a small reaction has taken place, and at present they may be quoted at 91i, sellers. The business doing is not to any great extent as yet. Accounts from Madrid state that Ferdinand has applied to the Clergy and different Convents for money to defray the expenses of his marriage, but has been refused, they stating that their coffers ►vere empty. The I:oreign Market a• little or no business doing, present is uninteresting, ENGLISI Bank Stock, 216 17i FUNDS. 3 per Cent. 99i New 4 per Cent., shut 4 per Cent. 1826 !Obi India Bonds. 68 70 Exchequer Bilk, 74 75 FUNDS. Greek, 264 274 Mexican, 244 254 Peruvian, 16 17 India Stock, 3 per Cent Gene. shut Do., for Account, 94-1 Ditto Reduced, 93i Portuguese, Prussian, Russian, 108 i 9 Spanish, 1014 TWO O'CLOCK. FORICIG Brazilian, 66t 67 Buenos Ayres, 26 25 Chilian, 26 27 Colombian, 22i 23 Danish, 74 Frensb, 6 per Cent 109 10 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 85 6 Since the early part of the morning, when Consols were done at 94 for the Account, they have continued during the whole of the morning at 941, alternately buyers and sellers, with speculations of minor consequence. The Foreign Market is also void of the least interest. Greek is rather lower; but the Share Market is very lively, with a good deal doing at advanced prices. Letters have been received from Rio Jan e i ro o f the 3d October, also fro m Buen os Ayres of the news27th of September consequence. t h y The do x ha not bring ng any political e was the same as per last accounts. A severe gale was experienced at Gibraltar,which did much damage to the shipping. They write from Cronstadt, 13th November, tha the severe frost last night has covered the gulf wit' ice in every direction. C,nsela for Account. Hi. THREE O'CLOCK. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DPP COURT OF CHANCERY. COATES V. CLARENCE RAILWAY costrAnv• The LORD CHANCELLOR had read the affidavits Gab f fully through, and was decidedly of opinion , Irons tt1 i 0. very contradictory nature, that he could not dispose 61,. question satisfactorily to his own mind, without t he is or position of a Jury. The question regarded the rig° the Company to encroach on certain foot-paths. t y The SOLICITOR-GENERAL wished to know whetheldee Court thought the Conspany could not take the paths s l3 s ir the Act of Parliament, which gave the right to tsked, &c . for the purpose of making their 0 0 ' rendering due compensation to the owners? The Loan CHANCELLOR. ohretfed, that that depesfiit upon the construction of the Act Of Parliament ; 11 _ the parties wished to raise an argumerg. 3* that, it "' have to be made on some future day. The case is to be further discussed on an ear .. . 5 410 P IN RE CHIPPING SODTIVRY CHARITY SCHOOIf. r The LORD CHANCELLOR had converxed , w ft i t h. the ,5,i' . , Chancellor upon the subject of costs in . tfii4 ease' was clearly of opinion there was no ground for gxig oo , costs upon certain individuals, partly composing ri te g, poration. The Corporation had undoubtedly densor°-p but they were not personally to be fixed with the coxes' tip • did not appear they could come oat of the Corpora .01 fund, therefore the subject was directed to stand e'er. after the Master had made his report on the reference tee had been sent to him, as then, in all probab ilit y' , would be a fund out of which the costs could b e p aid, t bad been ordered to be paid to the Rev. Mr. Smith,.,' schoolmaster. VICE-CHANCELLO'R'S COURT. itoattE AND OTHERS V. GOODWYN AND OTHERS. This suit it will be recollected seas institnted for t" specific performance of an agre ement, a'lllOged fif the Os i ri tiff to have been entered into between Viiithi . fendant, who were originally partners as biesfet. original bill was of an enormous length, contail'hing wards of 1,300 Chancery folios. Upon application 01 Court, eight months' time was allowed to put in the fendant's answer. That answer was nc'w incAintainiag 3,951 Chat cly folios, and this morning Mr. PEPYS, on the part of the plaintiff, applied foe fir e t h e 4t l months' time beyond the two months allowed by of the New Orders, to take exceptions to that answer for not being sufficient; the Learned' Counsel also apPi",far the delivery over to his clients of several dee ds, honk" , deposited in the Six Clerks' Office. lie made the spr; cation on affidavits, which stated that his clients had g l a ,, been able to obtain an office copy of the answer till expiration of 15 days. Mr. WRIGIIT was on the same side. Mr. KNIGHT opposel the application. His 1.4e5r 51 ;- Friend's clients having themselves set thi s tremendous t chine in motion came to complain now of its cossentenci The dissolution of this partnership took place in 18 14 ' the parties were acting partners, plaintiffs and defendslll" The books containing all the accounts of the pencil; from 1824 to the present time, had been in the posse't of the clients of Mr. Pepys, and it was not till the r - , 1828 that they thought proper to file their bill or el • plain of those accounts. He trusted the Court would th l ?; as in every case there must be some delay in obtaieil office copies of answers, and as the rules of the C 9 ', a . „, had not thought it necessary to draw any distinctioo v'ere tween a long and a short record, that in this case ill was no ground whatever for the present application. lated Mr. STEWART, who appeared on the slime side, ! l os that there were no less than 139 allegations of fraud l e. Mr. Goodwyn, which been most satisfactorily AnSwe was The VICE-CHANCELLOR wished to know if sise" .e cia is any affidavit showing the progress that ha d been 'l'3 the preparation of the exceptions. • Mr, KNIGHT observed, that there was not' u ss ions The VICE-CHANCELLOR, after some further do: pe rs thought that as to the delivery up of the deed' an Pa bu* in the Six Clerks' - office there could be no objections 00 with respect to granting the extended tigle P. O for , exceptions to the answer, until the Court had some Inrt motion as to tl:e progress made in those exceptione+nd could do nothing more than give the parties to the sel o seal before Hilary Term to put in those exception,' f t liberty to either party to apply sp eciall y to the Cunt'i the first seal, if they thought proper. Costs to be in the cause. --" COURT OF KING'S BENCH. BULL V. JOHNSON. The Hon. Mr. Laws (with whom was Mr. The!lirn • stated, that this was an action to recover compel , . i stioa po u damages for an assault committed by the defeodol, 6,d0 er. On the b e , p up.a l kl a rae i ii.t ; : i i ff af ko0) The ti l en m tnio, t et • m s tmha a , nt,p,faunvl Mayoicd tl e a hni n eat , iitye a tr t :e l at the house of the defendant, who wished ldre to . g t e , t s o bcd se a the q th e su e t and TV3B unable to rise; he was taken home, an d 36 1 , - „ hip was sent fur, and, on examination, the muscles of '_ bed were found to be much strained ; he was kept to 1 1 " . . A ,, for a month, went on crutches fur two months aftersre;ii and was now obliged to walk with a stick. The tot'gl e brl:eved that he could never recover perfectly fruni,,r, injury. Evidence being given of these facts, and of the plo, having been completely incapacitated frem follosviof tradeO t The ATTORNEY-GFNERAL contended for the defe..-- that the plaintiff was intoxicated at the time he osi n ! g el the defendant's house, and that the defendant was in order to preserve the peace in his house, as the tiff first committed what in law was an assault, na ° oo that he c line in with his fist clenched, shook it °Y landlord, aril threatened to black both his eyes. ty landlord had him turned out for riotous conduct 00 night before. The Learned Jonas: left the case to the Jury, oho that the defendant had pleaded a full d ec l a ration ; 0 - 0 question fur their consideration Was, whether or 00S Tir force woi used than was necessary for the purpose °' moving the plaintiff. wi d The Jury, after deliberating for a few minutes , verdict for the defendant. Neaw r i l i or dit,ox i ien co , COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. MASSEY V. GOYDER. (W l' This was an action brought to recover the sun' 0- o ak a T n h ,l e t p h l e a i i n , e t f i e fflp n r t o s p a r r i e cto t r r o u f ste l s ia e ou o s f e i t n he th , e , mrte Chapel," in the same road. The late " New Jets poi' being in a too( ring state, it was deemed prudeot toastioo it down and erect a new edifice, in digging the P i % pat! for which the plaintiff's house was undermined, 4--„,40 of it gave way, and lie was, in consequence of 10 , 4 0 0 0 negligence, put to an expence of 2801., which me. soulh gt:t to re, over. hei r% e trial is likely to occupy the whole day, thee e ttA a great number of witnesses in attendance t o I S°l- mannerin which the work was performed. ome A gang of body snatchers, consisting o' „ two or three men, who rtpresented themselvet";- the glass-trade, and put up at the Travellers' Rest' Ob`desil on Tuesday last, hare been apprehended for stealing bodies.—?Monmouthshire Merlin. e vtlf Se BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—int h e olt of Wednesday and Thursday last, the wife of W. P vi l 0 °( dyer, of Coventry, was delivered of four child ren ; tore whom were still-born. The other two are n ow 61 Cambrian. 0 0 e " Colonel REEVE, of Leadenham, or, quence of the great depression in the value of &sew tp '," the deficiency of the barley crops, has liberally re 15 per cent. at his audit.—Stamford Mercury. COO. A MODEST THIEL—Last week w as irt. tl mitted to Devizes Gaol, for trial at the ensuing (11,05: session, ISAAC Lucas, jun., of Trowbridge, en a t ) sol of having stolen various books from the parish chtircerie other places of worship in that town. The Pri' 4 %o, sold some of the books to a broker in Trawbrielge; first wiitten his name in them, with the add i i , tiv Ls. " Steal not this book for fear of shame. Dt' An apothecary in Paris has rccentlY ts' fined 1,000 francs for having incautiously sold pol'°"oftel' girl, who in a fit of jealousy swallowed it, and s °°l' wards expred in presence of her lover. • t he g SOMNAMBULISM.—A few night s a4or d s son of Mr. Ilaxes, of Kensington Gravel - P its/ dl 7 bed while asleep, and unlocking the chamber door. 1 I fr 01 „ up stairs, and placing a ladder (which he retoof i L,,,,, another part of the house) against the trap-door, e'T.slP to the roof. The noise he made awoke hi s fathelod instantly got tip and also went to the top of the,';o47o thinking thieves bad been paying him a visit--A astonishment and terror, he discovered his 8 00 4 1 0 t..._ his night-gown and cap, fast asleep on the P te :;;4 with one leg hanging over into the road , and leaning against a stack of chininies. Mr.,11A3"1,070 a firm hold of him, drew him from his perilolle:l,lc. Ile then awoke in the greatest fright, and Wu o pri walk. He - was got down and put to bedi -an" covering:,