The Sun. — London, England, 1837-12-20 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER MEETING, 1838. The Great St. Leger for 1838 and 1839, the Champagne, the Gascoigne, the Two-yr.-old, the Filly, and the Scarbo rough Stakes, close on the Ist of January next ; but all those stakes, plates, &c., to which the Corporation gifts aro usually added, and which have hitherto closed on the same day, will rot close until the last day in March. We have every reason to expect that the entries will be numerous, and that the Cor poration will enable the Clerk of the Course to fill up the blanks now unavoidably left with their accustomed liberality. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1838. TUESDAY. The Oallands Stakes of 60 sovs. each, h. ft., and only 10 if declared on or before the 30th of December. D. I. The 10 sovs. forfeits to go to the owner of the second horse. Caravan, 4 yrs, Bst. 121 b; Hybiscus, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b; Dardanelles 4 yrs, Set; Cowboy, 4 yrs, Bst ; Quicksilver, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b ; Ma hometan, 4 yrs, ist. 91b ; Turban, 6 yrs, 7st. 71b ; Mic-Mac, 4 yrs, 7st. Mb ; Corbaß, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b. STEEPLE C.HASES. The St. Alban's comes off on Thursday next, and promises to be a sporting affair. The following is a list of the entries made at St. Alban's up to post time on Friday night : Mr. Villebois's br. g. Lottery to be ridden by Mr. J. Mason. Mr. Jenkins's blk. in. Midnight Mr. Barker. Mr. J. Elmore's b. g. The Fox Mr. Bally. Mr. J. Elmore's Bother'em Mr. H. Elmore. Mr. Lambden na. b. g. Performer __. • Mr. Lambden na. ch iu. Laura... Mr. Walker's b.ll. Grasshopper Mr. Rice. Mr. Martin. Mr. Jackson's Client Unknown. iii. Thompson's Shylock ....Unknown. Post enirance up to eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, by paying 5 sons. extra, which will be added to the stake. The start will take place about ore o'clock, Coleman's-3ard being the rendezvous. We are glad to find that the riders, after be ing shown the country from point to point, will have to take their own line without restriction from flags. We under stand that the spectators %ill be enabled to see nearly the whole of the race. The Liverpool is fixed for the 20th of February. GREAT MATCH AGAINST TIME. The attendance to witness ti,e contest to gallop twenty miles in an hour, at Sudbury Common, on Saturday, was not 5.) great as might have been anticipated, but was composed of high sporting men from different parts of the country. Mr. Whitfield, the proprietor of the ware, had taken up his quar ters on Thursday night at the Red Lioa, at lismpton, and thither these who were desirous of laying out their money re pt.! ed. Betting in the first instance had been 2 and 3to 1 on time, but as the proprietor of the animal took the odds to sonic extent, and as Mr. Boswell, the backer of time, did not lay out to any grezt extent, they gradually diminished. At twelve, on Saturday, the umpin.s, Messrs. Hayward and Pardy, stopped the watches, and a few minutes afterwards a gentleman, weighing about nine-and-a-half stone, named Beaumont, mounted. The start took place at the mile-stone in the lane, and the extent of distance out was five miles to St d.nes, whore the mare was turned. She performed the first tea miles in thirty minutes and twenty-seven seconds, and at this part appeared to be distressed, and started off at only a mi idling speed. Three to one on the mare was going begging at this time on the accomplishment ; but when the fifty-tight minutes had gone, and she was not within sight or hearing, the money was being laid out thickly and at even. At fifty nine minutes and fifty-oix seconds the animal passed the stone, wirring by nine srcmds. fl r speed at corning in was most extraordinary. She h d been put upon her mettle by her owner having clanged horses and riding by her side. She is a b sy, no:Irly three parts bred, and stands 15 hands 1 inch high. The specific amount of the stakes is not known. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Iler Majeity'sHolinds meet :m Friday at her H ath-11. The Oakley Hounds meet on Thurs:ay at Crichley ; Saturday, at Tl:urlei7ll-11. Mr. 1). Radcliffe's Houads on Fridav at BPndish—half-past 10. Al.-. Dalyell's Hounds on Thursday at Blakemare; Saturday, at Chipping—half-past 10. T th: Duke of 11 , aufort's hounds on Friday at Hullavington; Sa turday, at Badmington Lawn. Lord Moreton's Hounds on Thur;day at Ayelscot ; Saturday, at Compton—half-past 10. 'I he Holderness Hounds on Thursday at Holme-on-the-Hdl ; Saturday, at Lund Village—half-past 10. The Duke of Cleveland's Hounds on Friday at Newsarn-11. '1 he Hurworth Hounds on Saturday at Colonel Ccokson's Pet tel.'s Plantation-10. The Bedale Hounds on Friday at Langton Village; Saturday, at Tantield—half-past 10. The Cleveland !founds on Thursday at Laelienby Whin—lif-p. 10, Sinnington Hounds on Friday at Ness—.lo, AtheisiCne Hou;:ds on Thursday at Birch Copp:A ; Satur d..y. at Harrow Inn—quarter to 11. '1 he Caulbridgesh ire Hound& on FrHay at Sandy Warren—hf-p. IC. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arri; ali, Dec. 14. _The Martina, Westerberg, fr.= Batavia, in the Downs, for Gottenburg ; Sylph, Nap, from Batavia, cti" Portland. fur Rotterdam. Departures from China.—The Thames, late flornblow, July I, for Madras; her Majesty's ship Raleigh, Quin, for a cruise. Passenger. per Horatio, from Manilla to China—Capt. C.r:stoplier Biden, late of the Victory. The Nledora, Tweedic, ficrn New South Wale: for London, was totally lost at Rio Real, about 40 leagues north-east of Bahia—crew and passengers saved. Arrivals, Dec. 16.--The Inio,;eno, Riley, from Bengal at Liverpool, sailed Aug. 7, St. H:Aena, Oct. 21; Ganga, from Bengal, off Liverpool, sailed Aug. 4 ; Rlicon en Per,dract, firm Bitaiia off Portsmouth, fur Amsterdam; Dart, from Madeira in the Downs. A:rhals at St. Helena.—Tha Maria, Hammond, Oct. 17, from Batavia, and sailed Oct. 18. for New York; Ihr Ma je,ty's brig Leveret, Bosanquet, Oct. 18, from the Cape, and sailed Oct. 18, for Ascension. Arrivals at Madeira.--The Epg!e, Patterson, Nov. 1, from the Downs, and sailed Nov. 3, for the Mauritius; the Hero, Oppenheirn, Nov. 8, from the Downs, to repair damage sus tained in a gale off Cape Ortigal, loss of bulwarks, &c., and sailed Nov. 12, for St. Helena. Departures from Madeira.—The Upton Castb, Williams, Oct. 31, fa. the Cape and New South Wales. Ar.ivalx at Singapore.—The Emily Jano, Randle, July 1, from Bombay, and sailed July 4, for China; her Nfajesty's brig Z :bra, M'Crea, July 2, from Pula Singy ; the Earl of Balcarras, Vaux, July 3, from Bombay, and sailed July 4, for Cnina ; the Charlotte, July 5, from Bombay, and galled July 6, for China ; the Janet, flolmt , s, July 6, from Calcutta, and sailed Ju!), 12, for Penang ; the Waterwitch, Reynell, July 7, from Calcutta, and sailed July 7, for China; the Soujce Family, Rowland, July 7, from Bombay, and sailed July 11, for China; the Ann, Pybas, July 7, from China, and sailed July 11, for Calcutta ; the Harnoody, July 9, from Bombay ; 11.-.! David Clark, Hutchinson, July 12, from China. Departures from Singapore.—The Formidable, Stagg, July 2, and.ilinda, Lowthean, July 10, fur China; her Majesty's Ehip Zebra, July 11, for Madras. Slips Spoken With.—The Robarts, Elder from London to Madras and Bengal, Nov. 23, off St. Anthony's, Cape de Verd's. Risseners, per Gunga, from Calcutta.—R. C. Brandur, Esq. ; -Hrs. Derusset, Mr. Derusset. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS. ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 19. Number Dividend 'Price of per CANALS. per ;hares. Annum. Paid. Sharp 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/.lBs. sh. 135 1,482 41. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 1131. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 5 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150:. sh. 100 11,000 1-16 sh. 91.65. Birmingham, 1-16th share .811. & 711. 220 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...1251 sh. 100 pd 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001. sh. all pd 64 400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater... ......... ...100/. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry. 1001. sh. 700 4.545 Croydon 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley ..... ....- lOO/. sh. 83 600 71. Derby 1001. sh. 133 20,000 2 , 575 f 21. Ellesmere and Chester...... Average 133!. ale. 77 231 401. Erewash 1001. an. '7OO 1 , 2 97 28/. Forth and Clyde Average .4001.165. eh. 610 11,900 12./. Grand Junction. Itsol. sh. 225 2,8494 11. Grand Union 1001. sh. 25 1.500 Grand Surrey 20,0001. V. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan . ' 100/. 70 3,096 Grand Western 1001. sh. all pd 600 131. 12s. 88. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 230 749 lOs. Grantham l5O/. sh. 202 6,238 2/. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 68. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100th. all pd. 10 25,329 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average 391. 18s.108. sh. 24 2,9971 241. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 590; 5451 13/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 225 1,897 4/. lOs. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 53/. 108. 91 2,400 10/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 201 150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001. eh. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 565 3.000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001 sh. all pd. 52 247 17!. Neath 100/. sh. 325 1,786 30/. Oxford 1001. sh. 530 2,400 5/. Peak Forest Avetage about 781. sh. 104 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. €cl. sh. 16 5,669 61. per cent. 11 ochdale Average 8;1. sh. 111 500 6/. Shropshire . ._ _ 800 9/710s. Som . erset Coal 150/. sh. 151} 3,600!. 41 percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 111 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester 140 /. sh. 710 500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280 300 9!. stourbridge 3,647 2!. Is. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. id. sh. 50 533 12/. Swansea 100/. sh. 23 1 3,762 1/. Iss. Severn and Wye and Pailway...Ar 35/. sh. 261 2,600ph. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, } share 100/. sh. 560 8,149 Thames ;Ind Medway...Aver. 191.55. 3d. sh. 2 1 ,0 1,000005h.1 151. Warwick aad Birmingham 1001. sh 265 . j 9.50 lit. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 185 6,000 41.05. Wercestor and Binningham...Av.7Bl.Bs. sh. )f33 5,000 255. Wilts an.. Berka .. Average 671. 10s. £3d. sh. 22 500 31. Wyrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 'so Wi.,l , each lO5l. sh. 45 905 le. %Vey and Arun llOl. sh. 283 DOCKS. e,6ooir 1 100/. sh. 51 1,065i5h j 3p. c Commercial 494,6671/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 107 3.238,3108. sCs.p.ct. London . Stock 5111 Ditto Ilond. 9l 1,391 . !,000/. 4il. p. ct. West India 2,`-'O9 2/. 19s. Brist ,- ,1 E 8,2241. Si. per cent. Ditto Noes, various amounts ll3 1,3.,2,75.211 per c, , nt. St. Katharnic `;took 99 500,0 t 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 i ler cent. Ditto Bonds icr 10 years 991 - Shorcham Harbour ' 2.500 ........ Deptford I'ici B IIIi)GFS. 1,600 I's. Hammersrn Al. 5Ol. sh. 221 7,Ti. I Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, 0171 per cent. .... ...... 50/. sh. 141 5,000 Waterloo 5,000 !Rs. Bd. Ditto, Old A nhuities of 51/. COl. pd 19 5,000 I6s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 131 80,000/. 5/. per cent. Pitt() BOlitti ll6 5,848 17s Vauxhall Av r'age 71'/. 10s. 3d. sh. 161 ASSURANUF COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 500/. sh. 50/ pd 8.) so,00l) [ s . F r e „ r i cent.}Alliance, lliitisii& Foreign 1001. sh. 10i/. pd 13 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 0j 24,000 j 1 per sh. Atlas SJI. sh. 51. pd 13 i i 1,200 ash. 5/. Flirnitogha:n 1 ire 2501. sh. 55/. pd 10 20,000 41 percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. pd 42 12,000 a per cent. rrit.,l) Connuercial 5Ol. sl, 5/, pd fil 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi . al, &c. Life, Kash. 12110 s pd 4 4,000 2/ 12s County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 ss. _ Eagle 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 5: (5 per cent.? is._ - , i • 1 . 10001. sh. 2501 . pd 375 land 3.)/ B+. r. '"" mn "" " ' 4, ' 2,71 22:. per cent EuropeAn Li.: 0 01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 mss. Ditto, New t'.ol. +h. 21. pd If I ,000,q)9/. 71. per ct. Globe ' , tuck 155 20,000 Si. Guardian lOOl. ,h. ..27;l pd 33 10,000 fis. , ei. hope 2,1n0 5/. 7s. Pd. linperiio lira 5OOl ,11. 501. pd 125 7.500 9s. Imperial 1,'..• . 13,459 4/. per cent Indemnity M..iiiie 114)1. sh. 8/. 1,41 19 2,0•20 31 10s Kent Fire 501. S. all pd fi2 3/. Ditto Life ___ ..... 10, - 00 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. ixl 251 s.tion 10s. I.oud•,n, Fir., 9 5/ sh. 121. 10s. p• 1 151 :3,i)'9 10s. London, Ship 9 51 sh. I'd. 10s. pd 15; 3P,(1.0 . 7 1. pt,r cent. Palladium Lilo 502. sh. 2/. pd 218- old 50,r+.)1 41. per cent. Prot , ctii: rile .01. sh. 121. pd :7 , nst 2,500 1/. Provi.lent hie 100,001 ss. 11.,.. - :k Life °W. sh. I!. pti ci `.),•_0111 5/. per c:;•nt. :royal Excli..l.Fo Stook... 2.18 6,0 1 '0 spr cent. University 1.0:' 'ool. sh. Si. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. t )nited King tom Life "1• pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,1)00 6 per cent. A grit. and of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,0110 A ustr•da-ia 4Ol. sh. .10/. pd 59it 10,O'•A 10 per cent. flank of Bii mingham 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 1:3 IP,IOO 10 per cent. P.irmingharn Rank .... 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd Ici 3 0 ,001 5 pesr cent. Lorilon zn,l I ,Vestminster-1 0 0/ sh. 201. pd Qoi 2,000 4 per cent. f „in C.' - • lOOl. sh. 201. lid :,ii 25,1;00 I iv-Tp0.,1 . ... ...... . ~. !.. 1101 sh. 101. lid 13 50,0'•0 71 per cunt i\Lan,hoslei ..i:id Liverpool' 11:0/. eh. 151 pd 20 ni,one , 20 ,00 0 7 per cent. :11archei;:: , '•• 1601. sh. 131 pd 9.7 20,000 Provin,i , tl if ink of 1 reland 100/. sh. '252. pi 40 20, 3.0 National !lank of Ireland 5 'l. sh 1711. pd 15 10,001) 5 per cent. ..s::nion..l Pr,vincial Eng. We!. sh. 35/. pd 32 11,000 GloncestuishiKe 50!. sh. 101. pd 1:0 6.000 10 per cent. Hanipshire GAS LIGHT ANL) COKE COMPANIES, 2,5011 II Ls 61 Bath 5,000 Biltish 4Ol. sh. 101. pd 21 nm r crent.7 l - . . s ''''' /and Bs. 5,13 Ditto Proviinn,il 2O!. sh. 19 d 2:2i 92S 5/ 103 Birmingham 4,250 21 Os bristol 1,500 1' 10a Brighton . • 2o'. sh. It 750 31 les Ditto, New 'NV. sh 181. pd l' 2,471 4i per cent. Migoton ifleneral 9 01. sh. all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental Cansnlidatcd lOO/. 6211. p 0 83 1,000 101. City of London IOU/. sh. all pd 184 Leo* 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. les. Equitalle 5Ol. pd noi 10,1:00 21 per cent. Imperial SOO 51. per cent. Ide 'if Thanot "51. sh *2ol. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. n , le;-emictit `iii/. sh. all p 2 4Si 9,000 31. per cent. Plin'els. , tll. sh. 391. pd 21i 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 1001. sh. 801. pd 56 4,M0 ...... ... South Metropolitan s'l. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 5/. per cent. United fieneral .. 50/. sh. 481. pd 24 2-10 5/. per cant. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 101. per cent tslaketiold 12,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New .......... ........... 511. sh 101. pd 81 ECO Yarmouth 20/. sh. IS/. pd 9 WATER WORKS. _ 1,800 9s. B;rrringham 25/. sh. 251 pd '2li 1,434 61. East London lOO/. sh. 145 5,500 21 103 Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 51 2,000 21. Kent 100/. sh. 4:1 372 10/. Liverpool l!ootle 9201. sh. 3.:6 1,500 2/ 103 New diver London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 11 15s Mr.nchestei and Salford lOO/. sh. 53 1,000 4 per cent. S.,uth Lon ion 100/. sh. 87 8,294 4/. West Ifiddlesex.....Aver.tge 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 153 1.360 I/ 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. :35 IRON RAILWAYS. 0,000 Birmingham and Derby .. ... 201. pd 13 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester l2ll. pd 2 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Of 15,40 Bristol and Exeter 100!. sh. 10 pd 21 MO 7,500 ..... ... Cheitenham and G. Western...lool. sh. 711 11 3,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/. pd 30 12,000 B,too Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 21 pd of 60,000 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 31. pJ 11 (,rand Junction 1001. sh. 951. pl 151 Great North of England 7l. pd 51 25,041 Great Western lOO/ sh. 55/. pd 07 2,000 llartlepool 1001. sh. 100/ pd 100 8,000 Hull and Selby 50/. sh. 101. pd 6 10,008 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby .... lOO sh. 4f 1,500 115 s. Leicester and Swannington ....50/. sh. all pd '7O 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lol/.3h. 1001. pd 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 01 30,000 12,000 London and Blackwall 1.01. sh 31. pd 0; 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "01. sls. 20!. pd 141 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 90/. pd 159 Ditto Quarter Shares 51. pd 24 20,000 London anti Southampton ....tOl. sh. 501. pd 301 Ditto ditto New......- 5l. pd 161 7,000 London and Croydon Trunk 2CI. sh. 201. pd 191 7,000 ... ..... . Ditto Scrip 141. sh. 2/. pd 8 12,000 London Grand Junction... 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 01 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 70/.Bh. 51. pd 41 North Midland 100!. sh. 251. pa 251 ...... .., Northe-n and Eastern lOOl. sh. "1. pd 21 2,000 ... ...... Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 30/. pd 28,000 ...... South Eastern and Dover .71. pd 33 1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/.sh. 240 9,000 ... ...... Thames Haven 50/. sh 2/. 10s. pd 0 0 1 1,400 0,000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 31. pd MINES. The inhabitants of Perry-place, Oxford -street, and the surrou:nding neighbourhood wet e, on Saturday night, shortly after six o'clock, thrown into the utmost consternation in con sequence of an extensive fire breaking out in the workshops of Mr. Perry, a carpenter and builder. In a few minutes after the alarm had been given three engines and several men from the Golden-square, Wells-street, and Crown-street stations reached the spot, when the firemen found the contents of the workshop in flames, but being fortunately well supplied with water, they, in a short time, succeeded in arresting the pro gress of the flames, not, however, until great damage had been occasioned to the building and stock. No account can be obtained Stow the fire originated, as the men had sonic time previous left the premises, as they imagined, in perfect security. It appears that the cold climate of Paris is decidedly nnfavourable to the more sensitive species of quadrumanous animals. Poor Jack, the ourang-outan,g, died last year after a short residence in the Jardin des Plantes ; and now Jacque line Chimpanzee is attacked with a spitting of blood, and ap preheusions for her life are entertained by the attendants. On Saturday morning, about eight o'clock, some alarm was felt at the Queen's [lead Tavern, Billingsgate Mar ket, in consequence of a young woman of the name of Lydia 'Williams, not making her appearance as usual. About that time one of the servants went up to her room, when they were horror-struck at finding her suspended by a handkerchief from the bed-post. She was immediately cut down, but life was entirely extinct, and, from the statement of the doctor who attended, it was evident she had been dead some hours. She had been about twelve months in the family. Information was sent to a person whom she represented to be her brother, but who, on being applied to, was found to be her husband, and from whom she had been separated three years. She had been in very good spirits the day preceding her self-destruction. IRON STEAM-BOAT.-An iron steam-boat, the L'ly:oyptienne, was some months past built at this port for the Pachw of Egypt. It was contended at the time that it would be nnpossible to navigate the vessel by compass, as the mate rial of which she was built would derange the magnet. The L'Egyptien.ne, however, arrived safely and directly at Alex andria. The following extract from her log-book is interest ing:-" Durins the voyage from Liverpool I did not find that the comp ass ea i s cd from the deck was affected by the iron about the vessel. The course was given to the steersman by the one on the binnaL4e, allowing the difference, and in two : uhsequent voyages to C'andia and back I had not the least I LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, difficulty in navigating the seseesel. On each voyage to Candia NOV'. 29. 1837 we had a stro ng gale from the N. W., against whirls we made BANKS. tland ...S3/ Sa Eld sh a n headway at five knots per hots:v.-Donald Clarkson." It gra (..i . p p .. CI . . 11 1 a u n a '' t cl o t r Scotland cu ... 1. 00/1 &hi all P :t i lf_ V/ 'would appear that if the compass be eompletely surrounded by 500:0001. ii l p. et. British Linen Company ...... 1001. sh. all pd 237 1 : . 3,000,000/. 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. Pd nu iron, and thus equally attracted in eve. -t• direction, its polarity 100/.sh. 101. pd 16 /. , 5.000,000, :, o. es. N,tioral is no more affected than if no portion. • ef that metal were in t,000,0001. 61. p.a. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd 70/. its vicinity. The result of the voyage of I_ , 'Egyptienne has 4,000,00/. 4 13. et. Western of Scotland 'lool. sh 301. pd 391. INSURANCE COMPANIES. _ 27s set at rest the question of the possibility ot• .attempting sea 9561.005 h. 80. ct. Scottish Union 20 4 sh. 1/. pd voyages in iron vessels. - ,500 61 p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 131 10q. Last week the lower end of the town of . V • inff . was 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. t. North British all pd 8/ is 50,000 6 p. e 2001. sh. 10/. pd 15L partially laid ur..ler water by the choking up of the .. n ,•uth of I,oco sp. et, Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 101. pd 1615' Vie river with sand and shingle. through the violence 01' the 5,000 6p. et. ._..d v ibburgli Lif , 100,000 si p. et. West of Scotland lOl. pd 5/ Gs sea during the late 4,810 Edin. a nd (ass . U n . C ana 1...501 . s h. a ll p d gales of hind and stormy weath er , an d ti.'c MISCELLANEOUS. egress of the river being thus stopped, the water rapidly accu*-- Ditto Allocated ..9e/. sh, a ll pa mulated below the bridge, where it soon formed an extensive ‘ 5,400 5 per ccnt. Edinb..:,,,int Stock Water.... 25/. sh. all pd and beautiful sheet of water. The water flooded the town and ' Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd the park and gardens of the Earl of Fife to a considerable ex- 2,0 00 x i per c c e ee n t rg i t i t ii ii r ro h n i, , rn i ct i ca 50/. sh :18/ , pd tent, and continued for several days ; but the wind having at ` 1 . . 50 . , ; s e p;?,r cent. P.stinbur:h Coil Lis ' ass 2 ` i t. ' s h li. l a 6 ll pl last pitted, the force of the sea was directed to anotl er point, ~,,,, 1 0. . - ,e_r cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 7 50 7b t p- , cent . I. : eitl: C0,.1 ( :as •)0/.sh. all pd itaeflteseiyer then began to force its way through the usual 1 i,.. 20; . ....... Edinburgh and l)alkeith Railway...sU sh eltillitel,-:-Bektburgh Couraut. ( a • - . --,-- 4',. a . 3 , 000 5 /,‘ 'v eat. Equitable .1...0an Company 251. o h. ill pd 1.,. . . I kt ,'''.!--•-:!--; .. * ......--*;%. . .„, ..., - I t t ~,Z' 44 8,000 Albion Copper 5l. sh. 311. pd 12 4,000 1/. ss. Allen 15!. sh. 121. l 0 pd 111 10,000 ...- Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd 3 Ditto Subscription .251. pn 4 2,000 1 1. BoLnos 150/. sh all pd 721 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm 351. sh. 201. pd 201 6,0; 0 Macantias Sr Cocaes United 25/. sh. 231/. pd 6 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 91. pd 31 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 20/. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. Al. pd 6 20,000 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 50/ pd 37 6,000 British Copper Si. sh. 41/. pd If Cata Branca 614 pd 71 Candonga 7l/. pd • 6 10,000 11 Copiapo 2O/. sh 121/ pd 61 8,500 ... Colombian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,850 3!. English l2l ICs. pd 20,000 General Mining A ssoclation...2o/ oh. 15L pd 10 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 5511. pd 2 3,000 Polberou Consols 101. sh. 8/. pd Z 1 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l4l AU° Loan Notes l5O/. pd 1121 20,000 ...... ... United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....401. sh. all pd 21 Dittt. Scrip 2l Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 31 West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 London University 1001. sh. all pd 231 700 ' Russell . 2sgs. sh. 9 King' College 100/. pd 28 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 Iss. Australian Agricultural...loo/. sh. 2CII. pd 341 6,000 4!. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 14 10,000 61. per cent. Canada C ompany 1001. oh.. 261. pd 291 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan p9i City Bonds, 4 pe r cent lOl 15,000 11 . G s . General Steam Navigation -.151 In . 13/. pd 22 10/. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 IL London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchouc Company "51 sh. 21/. pd 11 New Brunswick Land C ompany ......42/. pd 11 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary I nterestSoc...loo/. sh. 1001. pd 1271 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 701. pd 86 4,000 1001. sh. 171. pd 1(1 10,000 3;, Van Die..ner.'s Land ~s-. v:rl IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OP LORDS.—lize. 19. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Ten Minutes past Five o'Clock. Lord DUNCANNON moved that there be laid on the table of the House a copy of the Report of the Commissioners on the experimental improvements of certain Crown lands which bad been furnished to the Board of Woods and Forests. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Benjamin Barton, in Glasgow, who complained of the mischiefs that had arisen to him in consequence of the present state of the law be tween debtor and creditor, although he (Lord B) considered that equal or more injurious effects from this law had resulted to many others. The petitioner stated that a person who had been a pot-boy or an errand-boy in a tavern in London had formed an illicit connection with his master's wife—that he had sworn a fictitious debt against his master, upon which he was thrown into prison, and that then that individual had eloped with his wife—that be went and set up an hotel inGlasgow, where he obtained considerable credit, and where the petitioner became a creditor of his to the amount of 2,0001. upon bills which he had discounted for him ; that than that person absconded from Glasgow, and cams to town, where he kept a livery-stable. The petitioner subsequently came to Lon don, and arrested that person for 601. on a security of his which he held. That to prevent the petitioner from obtaining payment of this money, the man swore a ficti tious debt against the petitioner to the amount of 45/., and being a stranger, he was taken to a spunging-house, where he was kept till he obtained bail, and he was then dis charged. A second time the man arrested the petitioner, and it was only by obtaining bail again that he was libe rated. The Petitioner then left this country, finding there was no possibility of obtaining payment of his debt, and had the man indicted for perjury. The Grand Jury had found a true bill against him, and the petitioner was left to be at the expense and trouble of the criminal prosecution, without the prospect of obtaining one single farthing of his debt. VOTE BY BALLOT. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation, in Common Council assembled at Hereford, with the seal of the Corporation attached to it, complaining of the present state of the law in reference to the election of Members to serve in Parliament, and more par ticularly complaining settle intimidation and bribery which was practised at the last election, and praying for the Vote by Ballot. COLONIAL SLAVERY. Lord BROUGHAM seeing his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Colonial Department in his place, he hoped that Noble Lord would not consider hiss too pertinacious in calling his attention again to the non-produc tion of those returns which were ordered by the House nearly a month ago, as it certainly was a subject of g reat impor tance. He (Lord Brougham) took it for granted that everything was done regularly by the very able and diligent persons who conducted the Colonial Department, and he certainly retained his original opinion that there could be no difficulty whatever in making those returns. _ _ Lord GLEN ELG said that in consequence of understanding his Noble Friend intended to mention this subject to the House again to-night, he had addressed a letter to the department from which those returns must come, inquiring what progress had been made is them, and when they would be ready. In answer to which he had received a letter stating that the list of the accounts of uncontested claims in all the Colonies were nearly finished, and that a large proportion of the first class would he ready to be presented on TbursdAy next, and the remainder as soon after as possible, which were ♦ery numerous. With respect to the contested claims, they were still unpre pared, bat every exertion would be used in making them out. Lord BROUGHAM was extremely happy to find that at all events some of the returas were nearly ready, and would be laid on the table the day after to to-morrow. This only showed how useful it might be to touch up certain departments a little occasionally, because when the subject was mentioned a fortnight ago, the intima tion was that the returns could not bo prepared be fore the expiration of six or seven weeks from that period. The returns, which were of tie chiefest interest to the country, ought to have been presented in a fortnight after the applica tion for them. Lcrd GL ENE LG said that the draft of the first portion of the returns would be presented on Thuriday, and the rerntintkr as soon as possible afterwards. He had seen one of the Com missioners to-day, who agiured him that every exertion had been made to gLt the returr:s ready. MUNICIPAL DECLARATIONS BILL. The Earl of SH AFT ESB UR Y brought up the Report of their Lordships' Committee of the whole House on the Bill for the relief of Quakers, Nloravians, and Separatists from taking the declarations pi eacribLd by the Municipal Reform Act in the present form. Lord BRO UG HAM then moved the several amendments ohich he had last night proposed in the Committee, the principal of which was, that in the preamble the words " and others" should be inserted after the word " Separatists," whereby the relief to be given by the Bill to the three classes of Dissenters therein named should be extended to all clases of her Majesty's subjects. CIVIL LIST BILL. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER and other 'Members of the House of Commons brought to the Bar the Civil List Bill. On the maion of Lord MELBOURNE the Bill was read a first time. His LORDSHIP then gave notice that he should move the second reading to-morrow. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. BERNAL and others, Members of the House of Com mons, brought to the bar a Bill passed by that House, to enable her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests to purchase certain lands and tenements which were required for the building of the new Houses of Parliament. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, the Bill was read a first time, and his Lordship gave notice that he would move the second reading to-morrow. NATURALIZATION BILLS. Mr. BERNAL also brought to tho bar twollills of Naturaliza'i tion which had been passed by the House of Commons, but we did not distinctly hear the names of the parties. SLAVE COMPENSATION. Mr. BERNAL and others from the Commons brought up the Slave Compensation Bill. Lord BROUG II ANI would be glad if her Majesty's Go vernment would give them some information as to what the Slave Compensation Act meant. Viscount DUNCANNON explained that tart of the com pensation to the slave-owners was paid in stock, and the re mainder in money ; and the object of the Bill was to facilitate tho payment in money by converting the stock into money. Lord BROUGHAM complained of the hurried manner in which legislation was generally carried on at the close of the Session, by which Noble Lords were prevented from ascer taining the nature of the various Bills submitted to them. He did not, however, mean on the present occasion to offer any objection to the Bill before the House. 'the Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be printed and to be read a second time to-morrow. Lord BROUGHAM then moved for certain returns con nected with the Court of Chancery, which he had moved for the last day of last Session, and which he wished to extend to the Ist of December.—Agreed to. The House then adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF GOMMONS.—Dge. 19. (Continued from our First Edition of Yesterday.) On our return to the gallery we found Sir R. PEEL on his legs. The object of the present grant was to enable the Crown to grant pensions annually to the amount of 1,2001. Supposing there was no demand upon the Crown for more than 8001. in the course of the year, let there be no inducement held out to grant more than that sum. Let the money be only granted in eases of inevitable neces sity, and by that means if they granted only 800/. in one year they would be enabled to grant 1,6001., the following year. Let the House provide that the sum shall not exceed 1,200/. per annum, and if the House would accede to that proposition, perhaps the Right Hon. Gentleman op posite would introduce a few words to that effect ; the framer of the Bill was of course better able to do so than any other person. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER concurred in the suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet, because it was evident that if any portion of the grant stood over from one year to another, it would the better enable the Crown to meet any cases that would present themselves in the following year. On these grounds he thought the suggestion deserving of sup port. Sir ROBERT INGLIS pro posed the introdu c ti on o f t h e words " at the rate of 1,2004 per annum" in the clause, which would meet the suggestion of the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. HUME hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chan cellor of the Exchequer would not give way to the proposition. The words of the motion were " not exceeding 1,2001. per annum." If in any one year there were no meritorious indi viduals upon whom the Crown m i g ht con f er pens i ons, the country ought certainly to have the benefit of the saving. It was unfair if there was a saving in one year that it should be squandered the next ; and, under these circumstances, he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would adhere to the pro position which had been agreed upon in Committee.—( Hear.) Mr. WAKL EY was surprised to hear his Hon. Friend, the Member for Kilkoniy, express a hope that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not yield to the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet. There was no yielding in the case, for the Right Hon. Gentleman appeared delighted with it. The most perfect harmony existed between the two sides of the House upon that question.—( Hear.) It seemed to him that they were very awkwardly situated on that side of the House. —(Laughter from the Opposition bench es .) I t appeared to him that his ( Mr. Wakley's) friends ought to remove from that side of the House, and the Right Hon. Baronet and his huge party go over and take their places.—(Laughter.) The real opposition in that House appeared to be reduced to 19 or 20, or 22 Members.—( Hear, hear.) No proposition eame from the other side of the House that the Right Hon. Gentleman did not at once accede to, but if he wished to maintain the Bill in its present share, he hoped he would not consent to tha alteration in its principle now proposed. The argu ment of the Right Hun. Baronet was that if for ten years there was no expenditure, they would take care that not one shilling should be saved to the public. Was it not preposter ous that a sum of 1,200/ a-year should be added to the al ready enormous income of the Crown ? A sum of 385,000/. was secured by the present Bill ; and now they wanted to add 1,2001. per annum for the purpose of bribing the literary and scientific characters of the country. It was nonsensical and absurd to speak of the Crown as the party which conferred these Pensions, and the Right lion. Baronet would ere long enjoy the situation and the patronage which the other party were now providing for him. The Right Hon. Baronet ex pected that he would very shortly have the distribution of that patronage, and he (Mr. W.) believed that if the Right Hon. Baronet was in office, he would not have proposed so extravagant a Bill to that House. The House would then see the danger of these gentlemen being in office, and retaining so considerable a share of the patronage of the country. Her Majesty's Mini sters were now doing that which the people would not sanc tion, if done by the Tories. If such a Bill had been in troduced by the Right Hon. Baronet and his party, meetings would take place all over England, and they would hear no thing but the doings of the Tories. Now mischief after mis chief is committed, and the poor Radicals are left in a mino rity of 22 or 23. He trusted the Speaker would exercise his authority, and have a few benches drawn across the floor of the House, for the Radicals were placed in a very awkward position, sitting, as they were obliged to do, behind those in whom they had no faith. Mr. G. F. YOUNG considered the proviso onght to be ex punged on economical grounds, for if the money which was not granted in a year was lost to the Minister, there could be no doubt, as he could have no difficulty in obtaining persons willing enough to receive it, the whole 1,200/. would be granted in every year. Lor - d JOHN RUSSELL could not see that they would be imposing any additional burden upon the public, for if the proviso were allowed to remain in the Bill, it no doubt must act as an inducement to the Minister to grant the whole sum an nually. With respect to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Finsbury, he could not allow so great a com pliment to pass without acknowledgment.—(A laugh. ) Accordng to that Hon. Member, whatever were the proposi tions of the Government, still they possessed the confidence of a portion of the public he could not allow so very high a compliment to pass without infringing upon that modesty which every Government ought to possess.—( Laughter. ) Mr. LEADER said it appeared to him that they were fighting with a shadow. Supposing the proviso were struck out, was any one sanguine enough to hope that one single shilling of the 1,2001. would be saved to the country ? The Noble Lord had mistaken what had fallen from his Hon. Friend (Mr. Wakley); that Hon. Member had only stated that the Government had the confidence of a portion of the public ; by that he only meant that they had the confidence of the Irish portion of the people—( Hear) — and certainly they deserved that in some measure, for they had contrived to govern that country in a better spirit than any other part of her Majesty's dominions. If the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) and the gentlemen opposite had been in the Government, he did not believe that they would have pro posed such a Civil List, nor would they have hurried the Bill through the House with such indecent haste. The people actually knew nothing of the provisions of the Bill ; nor could they, until the Bill became law. In such a case the Noble Lord and those about him would have been found declaiming most eloquently against the enormity of the grant, and then, instead of going into the lobby, 19 or 20 strong, the Radicals, with the assistance of the Noble Lord might have mustered to the number of 120 or 130. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE did not see that it mattered much whether the proviso was retained its the Bill or nut, so far as the public were concerned. If it were struck cut the working of it WAS in this way ;—the Government would spend 600/. in one year, in order to favour an individual during the next; that favoured individual might apply for a pension of 4001. a year, but the Government hav ing only 20C1., said, wait till next year, we will have more at our disposal, and you will be satisfied. Upon the former division he had gone out with the Government, because he thought that they were determined to stand by their Bill ; but as they had so easily fallen into the trap laid for them by the Right Hon. Baronet, he would oppose the Government in so far as be was able.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford had said that the conduct of the Go verraneet upon the Pension List had not given satisfaction to the Radicals, and had alienated the affections of his (the Tory) side of the House. He (Mr. D.) thought that the Noble Lord was now trying to regain that affection ; but If he should unfortunately succeed in his object, it would be at the expense of the loss of all confidence. Mr. BROTIIERTON had voted in the majority in the last division—be trusted that the Ministry would stand by their Bill as it passed through the Committee, otherwise he must oppose them upon the present occasion. Mr. II AWE S considered the proviso es a mere limit to the fair grant which was contained in the Bill. However, he for merly had opposed the grant, and considering that the Pen sion List eas under the revision of a Committee, he was of the same opinion still that the matter ought to lay over until the Committee had reported. Mr. HUM E had referred to the words which had been agreed to in Committee. They were, " a sum not ex ceeding- 1,2001. in one year."—( Cheers.) So that it was a breach of confidence now to say that the Ministers might have the power of granting to the amount of 1,600/ or 1,800/. a Year. Why was not the proposition brought for ward in tile Committee? It was due to that Committee that its decision should be abided by; and he would take the sense of the House upon the present proposition. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The House divided and the numbers were : For Sir Robert Peel's motion ll4 Against it 26 Majority BB On our re-admission to the gallery we found, Sir ROBERT PE EL addressing the House. He said that he would not press an amendment which he was re commen ling (and of the nature of which we could collect no knowledge), but he was desirous of recording his objection to the clause then before the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not trespass ou the Houso further than to say that he would give the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet his most decided Opposition. _ After a few words from Sir Robert Peel, the amendment was negatived, and the clause agreed to in its original form. SECRET SERVICES, Mr. CHALMERS then rose to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice. The Honourable Gentleman, who was very imperfectly heard, said that his object was that, instead of making the allowance of 10,0001. a-) ear for secret service a permanent charge on the Consolidated Fund, it should be voted annually in the Committee of Supp!y. The Hon. Member concluded by moving that clause 15, re ferring to the secret service fund, be omitted. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion, stating that when the present Government came into office the amount granted for such service was 45,0001., and that it had been reduced by them to 41,000, to 39.000. to 37,000, and in the last year to 36,0001.:--thus making a total saving to the country on this head of 10,0001. Mr. HUME asked why 10,000/. a year for secret services was placed upon the Consolidated Fund, and not put under the controul of the House, as the 35,0001. was? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was thought expedient to have a permanent amount fixed for this purpose ; as well as the fluctuating amount which was annually granted for the same object, and which he would en deavour to render still lower than it had already been, The House then divided, and there appeared—. For the motiol lOO Against it 25 Majority On re-entering the gallery we found Mr. G. F. Young on his legs. The Hon. Member moved, on the grounds that the report of the Pension List Committee had not yet been laid before the House, that the Bill do not pass till the Ist of February. Mr. HUME said that after what had passed, postponing the Bill would only lead to unnecessary delay. Mr. G. F. YOUNG withdrew the Bill on going into Committee, as he said his only object was to place his opinion on record. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would wish to know, before the Bill was withdrawn, whether any motion of a similar kind was to come before the House. Mr. YOUNG said that he was not in communication with any other Hon. Members, and could not therefore answer the Noble Lord's question. Mr. HUME said, that as the amendments on the Bill had been completed, the only question now was, whether the Bill do pass. As ho had given opposition to several of the items, he would not now persevere in his opposition to the Bill itself.—( Hear, hear.) At the same time, he felt it due to the House to explain to them how the Civil List was fixed for years to come. If they had submitted to his amendment, they would have kept the Civil List within 1,2001. of what it was before. The Civil List, however, as it stood for the year 1838, exceeded former years by 62,0001. The Civil List of William the Fourth amounted to 510,0001. The support of the other Members of the Royal Family amounted to 206,0001., making on the whole 716,000/. The aggregate amount of tke Civil List for 1838 was 778,0001., including the allowance to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the Queen Dowager, being a difference of 62,000/. between that and the preceding year. He must say that for a Reforming Parliament to sanction such a departure from the principles of economy was to him a matter of deep regret. He would say that the man who created profusion, and in creased the expenses of royalty, was not the friend of Monarchy. If they looked back at the page of history they would find it was the extravagance of the Monarch in France that led to the de struction ofthat Monarchy. Unfortunately they wero now taking that course, and rendering the Monarchy unpopular in the country, and he could tell them comparisons would be made between the expenditure of royalty in that country and in others. He held in his hand a return of the whole expenses of the American Government.—( Laughter from the Opposi tion ; " Hear, hear," from the Ministerial side.) He knew the comparison was not a pleasing one, and it was considered un gracious to refer to the simple forms of Republican Govern ment ; but the House would recollect that there were indivi duals in that country who looked at the exp e n ses o f roya l ty in England as compared with the expenses o f ot h er Monar chical Governments and with Republican Governments, and it was highly injurious to the !cry existence of Monarchy to see the extravagance and profusion displayed at the present time. Look at the salaries of the President of the United States and the Secretary's *down to the lowest Consuls, and they would find that 33,6001. was the whole expenses of the American Government. The President had only 5,000/. per annum, and let the House compare that with th e sum o f 77 8,000 1 . which they were now voting, and if th e y t oo k i nto account the expenses of keeping up the royal parks and other mat ters, they would find the cost to the country little short of 800,0001. or 900,000/.—( Hear, hear.) The 33,0001. to which he had alluded embraced the expense of Government, including the three Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He did not want to saddle the present Government with the whole of the 35.000/. granted for secret service, because a large p or tion of that were pensions granted by the preceding G o vernment. With regard t 9 the expenditure of this country, he felt bound to say that they were proceeding upon a system of extravagance un paralleled. Look to the Master of the Horse ; the income of that department had been raised from 12,0001. to 27,0001. He would give the House an instance of the extravagance in that office. There was a sum of no less than 6,000/. allowed for liveries in the department of the Master of the Horse -3,0001. in the Lord Chamberlain's department. What was allowed in the Lord Steward's office he could not tell, as that return had not been furnished. Was it fit, he would ask, when the country was in such a state as to render it necessary to call for relief from taxation--was it fit that 120 servants belong ing to the Master of the Horse should be allowed upon an average 50/. a year each for liveries? When he saw men going through the streets with clothes standing almost erect with gold, he could not but complain—( Hear, hear)—when he recollected that it was paid for by the country.—(Laughter.) Such things as these had arisen through the folly and mismanagement of George the Fourth. —(Laughter.) He would venture to assert that the country had been ruined by the extravagance of the livery of that Monarch. —( Laughter.) Those liveries ought to be put down. —(Laughter.) The extravagance of them was unparalleled except in France previous to the Revolution.--( Laughter.) In his opinion Ministers, if they had done their duty, would have told their youthful Sovereign that her ancestors had set a bad example with respect to the liveries of their servants. It might be said that the people were taken by such gaudy shows, but he denied that they were so. The example of the Court had, in his opinion, led to the ex cessive extravagance of the aristocracy. ( Laughter. ) They were about to give 6,200/. to the Royal Family more than had been given in the most extravagant times. This he considered highly impolitic, and a course not at all friendly to the Queen. Ministers were acting a ♦ery unfortunate part in beginning a new reign saith extravagance instead of advis ing the Queen to carry on the Government with economy, so that she might obtain the love and affection of her subjects. He found a sum of money was granted to the Lord Chamber lain, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse. It would maintain 14,600 families, or five and twenty thousand persons for the whole year at the rate of eight shillings a head per week.—( Hear, hear.) And why was there to be such an enormous expense incurred, merely for the purpose of keeping up an additional number of Lords and Ladies of the Bedchamber, beef -eaters, and yeomen of the guard with cocked hats and fine gold liveries ?—( Laughter.) This nsight be a laughing matter to those who had an abundance of everything, but when the pinching hour of poverty came and food was wanted, and when comparisons were made why every article of food was taxed, it was no laughing matter with those who made such inquiries.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") It was against this he had endeavoured to persuade the House. He knew a great majority of the House differed from him, and he was sorry for it. He would not create any more vexatious delay in regard to this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) If the system of extravagance which had been commenced at the beginning of a new reign was followed up, the day might somt arrive when discontent arising from the enormous amount of taxation entailed by this extravagance, her Majesty's Mi nisters would incur a heavy responsibility.—( Hear. ) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said with regard to the Royal Parks and Gardens, the people of England had a great interest in their being properly preserved. Who enjoyed Hyde Park," or St., James's, or Kensington Gardens, but the inhabitants of the Great Metropolis ? The Hon. Member (Mr. Hume) had talked of the expensive liveries of the Court attendants. But let him, following up his own analogy, go to the levees, and behold the gaudy array in which the officers of the United States appeared before the Sovereign of this country.—( Hear, hear. ) The Hon. Member said, look at the expences of the Monarchy, and then compare them with the small expences of a Republican form of Government.—( Hear, hear.) He certainly felt it his duty to protest against such a principle, which would be subversive of the Constitution of the country. If he were forming a new Government he would not look out for a cheap one, but would at once and always keep in view what would be for the benefit of the governed. He owed his allegiance to the throne of his country ; his hopes, his feelings, his gratitude, were all bound up in his loyalty, and he would resist every such principle as was laid down by the Honourable Member, as he considered they would be subversive of the Constitution of the country. Mr. HUME explained. Mr. `VAKLEY was much disposed to blame the Minis t2rs for cztra►agance,, but he considered that the greater blame rested upon the Members of that House who voted the immense sums granted by this Bill—granted by those who c...11ed themselves the representatives .f the people. Considering the temptation thrown in the way of the Minister, it was to be wondered that the sums asked for had not been greater. The country would bear in mind, that when his lion. Friend (Mr. Hume) proposed to reduce the grant, by only 50,0001., out of 200 Members there were only nine teen found to support so reasonable a proposition. The Bill was then read a third time. Mr. G. F. YO UNG withdrew a notice which he had given, as he found one of a similar nature was to be brought on by the Hon. Baronet, the Member for Leeds. The Bill was then passed. NEWRY ELECTION. The SPEAKER acquainted the House, that the petitioners in the case of the election for the Borough of Newry, had not perfected their recognizance!. The order for taking the petition into consideration was ac cordingly discharged. COUNTY OF KERRY ELECTION. The SPEAKER acquainted the House that the petitioners in the case of the Kerry County Election had not perfected their recognizance!. The order for taking the petition into consideration was then discharged. COUNTY OF LIMERICK ELECTION. The SPEAKER acquainted the House that the petitioners in the case of the Limerick County Election had not perfected their recognizances. Mr. FRES HFIE LD, before the order was discharged, had a petition to present from the agent of the petitioners, who stated that on the 25th of November last he had obtained an affidavit of the sufficiency of the intended securities, and on the 2d of December that affidavit was lodged at the Hanaper Office. The petition was presented on the 4th Dec., and therefore the time for completing the recognizances would have terminated on the 18th inst. The affidavit of the sufficiency of the recognizances was forwarded to London, and the securities were proposed on the sth Dec. ; but having yester day appeared before the examiners the agent was afraid that the affidavit having been sworn before the petition was pre sented to that House ; it was irregular, and could not be re ceived. He hoped the House would give relief in the present case by extending the time for completing the recognizances. Hs found on the Journals of the House, that on the 10th of January, 1807, a similar case with respect to the borough of Penryn, and he could assure them that it was no poc ket case, as it had occurred thirty years ago, when he (Mr. Freshfield) had had no connection with that borough. It might be the more proper course to move, as in the case of Peuryn, that the Journal should be read, and that he should move for relief ; but it would be more satisfactory to him if the House did not at the present moment decide the question. It was competent for the House to discharge the order for taking the petition into consideration, unless a case had been made out ; but it would be more satisfactory to him that the petition should be printed and taken into consideration to-morrow. Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not rise for the purpose of objecting to the course proposed to be adopted by the Hon. Member opposite, but as the House had been sitting now for some time, he thought it should adjourn for a certain time ; what he should propose was, that they should adjourn now, and meet again at eight o'clock.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. C. BULLER thought, before the House adjourned, the subject brought forward by the Hon. Member opposite should be put off till to-morrow definitively. Colonel PE RCE VA L complained of the course proposed to be adopted, as the result of it would be that the parties on the opposite side would be in their places, while those who usually sat on that side of the House were not. Mr: C. WOOD protested against the unfair imputations that had been thrown out against his side of the House, of having thrown unfair delays in the way of these petitions, when the fact was the request for delay came from lion. Members opposite. Colonel PE RC E VAL was not aware that any proposition of the sort had come from his side of the House. Here was a case, however, that had been under the consideration of the House the night before, and he thought that the Law-officers of the Crown were bound to some forward, and re-state their opinion with respect to it. The petitions were then ordered to be laid upon the table. ELECTION PETITIONS. The SPEAKER announced to the House that the recog nizances in the petitions for the following places had not been completed :--.County of Wicklow, Borough of Downpatrick, County of Kerry, Borough of Tralee, Borough of Youghal, City of Dublin, Borough of Woodstock, Borough of Beverley, Borough of Frome, Borough of Preston. On putting the question that the order for their being taken into consideration be discharged, Mr. PARKER said that as the person in whose favour the last named petition had been discharged, he begged to address d few words in explanation to the House.—(Order, order.) The Hon. Member said, that all he wished to state to the House was, that he had affidavits to prove the persons who presexted this petition against the return were paupers. There were two law officers of the Crown in the House, and if the Attorney-General did not prosecute the parties, he hoped that the Honourable Member for Liskeard (Mr. C. Buller) whom he regarded as the Solicitor- General—( Laughter)—would take the matter up and make some provision in his Bill for these cases. The recognizances for the Petitions ageingt the return for the Boroughs of Preston and Ipswich not having been entered into, the Order of the Day for taking them into considerati on was discharged. THE DUDLEY CASE. The SPEAKER then said that the first case which would come before the House was that of the Dudley petition, in which one of the recognizances had not been entered. Mr. PRYME said the petitioner, the House having granted him a general enlargement of the time for entering the recognizances, had naturally concluded that this indulgence extended to all the recognizances : he had therefore neglected to enter this recognizance yesterday, which was the last day for that purpose. He (Mr. Pryme) hoped the House would accede to the motion which he now made, that the p e ti t i oner be allowed till to morrow to complete his recognizance. Sir FL HARDINGE opposed the motion. He thought the House ought not again to grant its indulgence in this case, but at o..ce to crush, or put an end to, the laxity and inatten tion, which indulgence appeared to produce. The S OLICITOR -GENERAL said, that the Hon. anything f:;entle wasnaii had likea dused the r i g ht word first—" crush ;" for if " crushing," it was the course which he re- commended. He (the Solicitor-General) thoug ulge. 11 , IC , :e ought to be granted in this case. The SPEAKER said a few words, which were quite in audible in the gallery. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought it was extremely natural that the parties concerned in the Dudley petition should fall into the mistake, inasmuch as they had heard it in the House that the same indulgence was to be granted to them as was granted in the Pontefract case. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER —Would it not be better that all those cases should he allowed to stand over till after the adjournment which had been agreed on should take place? Of course, as these were matters of That vilege they would, after the adjournment, come o n first. course would be best as no one would be taken by surprise: He believed that it would be better not to move the formal adjournment of the House, as there might be some difficulty attending it. He believed that the - Speaker leaving the chair would adjourn the House as a matter of course, upon the understanding that it met again at Eight o'Clock. Sir H. HARDINGE, seeing the Noble Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in his place, wished to ask hue whether he had seen in the papers an order signe d by the Spanish Minister of War, in which he bad stated that the officers and soldiers of the old Legion should be compelled to embark for England ; and whether he had seen an order .by General O'Connell, in which he stated that the of ficers of the Legion having been compelled to lay down their arms, had done so. That order also stated that they were in a state or great deprivation and danger. He wished to know whether any steps, and what, had been taken in order to en able those unfortunate men to come hack to their native country. but Lord PALMERSTON said he had been inf ormed, not officially, that in consequence of some differencle of opinion between Gen. O'Connell and Gen. O'Don nel the Spanish General commanding San Sebastian, the Infantry Legion had g iven u p their arms, and were n o lonerler considered as soldiers in the Spanish service. If that were scl, no time would be lost in bringing them over to this country. Mr. MACLEAN gave notice that he should , a fter the recess call the attention of the House to the conduct pursued by the Russian Government in regard to the Treaty of London ; and also as to the con d u ct pursued by th e I , l . ° n i sian Government with re g a r d t o our t ra de ou the co ast ' Circassia and the Black Sea. The House then adjourned till Eight o'Clock. The SPEAKER resumed the Chair at a few minutes P ast eight o'clock. Mr. HUME brought up the report of the Select Coneoit; tee on Controverted Elections, and added that there werl t he d or three resolutions at the en d o f th e R e p or t w hich be 1/15 t hat to have read by the Clerk, who read them in so low a tone as they were almost inaudible. They re c o mmen d e d, as we t n e s. we could catch the substance, the reducti n or certain Frt- The Hon. Gentleman then gave notice that he would , 00 t he day, the 2d of February, move that the H o use do agree I n le resolutions, so as to have them come into operation pre/jells to the appointment of the Election Committees. POMFRET ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. AGLIONBY, the adjourned debate on the petition in this case was resumed. 11Ir. James Florence, of No. 9,iCharing-cross, solicitor, !ilea called, and, in answer to Mr. Aglionby, s t a t e d that he a cie s as agent in the Pomfret electi on , a t th e d es i re o f Mr. 1 V. 105, who did not like to undertake it, h e h av i ng b ee n a candi dat : at the election. Mr. Moss did n o t d ec li ne ac ting from motive of his being disqualified, but th roug h motives of d,?l,,ir. cacy. Witness, and no o th e r p erson , acte d as a gent. 1 ". Moss accompanied him when entering security for the Fo s( cut ion, but did not act as agent. To Sir T. FREMANTLE—Witness had no instratiohns from any person but Mr. Moss to act as agent. Tb"g h if had no interview with Mr. Gompertz, he considered liinf se g appointed by that gentleman, through th e agenc y of Mr. NO% To Mr. IL STEUART—Mr. M oss gave th e names of tn sureties. for To Mr. COLTRTENAY—Witness looks to Mr. Moss payment. Mr. AGLIONBY wished to know (as we caught the que s ; fen)) whether it was not because witness considered Moss better security than Gompertz that he looked to the forrner? Sir T. FREMANTLE obj e ct e d t o th e ques ti o n. if t he „ Hon. Member wanted to get at th e f ac t th a t M r . Gon3Per— was in the Bench for several thousand pound s h e w as wel" ele to it. Mr. GODSON contended that the whole p roc eeding w as ,, a departure from the real issue, which was , whether or not the double ad6.ions to the name of Mr. Pr oc t or were o r were n o t made for fraudulent purpos es . T o t h at po i nt t h e H ous e had a right to confine its inquiries. Mr. VILLIERS, on the contrary, argued that the whole case was considered to li e o p en w h en the quest i on was A • journed last night. Mr. AGLIONBY admitted that the inquiry was limited to the question of fraud wi!li respect to the additions, but cam i tended that he had a right t o ta k e every means o f arr iving evidence. Mr. Florence, being recalled, said, in answer to some cl ues : tions, that it was a common practice in London for one soliel: tcr to be employed by another in such cases. He furthel ..r . stated that he considered hi mse lf as th e agent o f t h e prineilis After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY and Sir T. Fs MANTLE, Mr. Benbow was called to the bar, and deposed that be h ad been engaged nine months by M r . M oss , w h o h a d called at his house in Mecklenburgh-square, and who asked him if he wished to go into Parliament. He said certainly n o t.—(Hea r ' hear.) He asked him al so , a t a su b sequen t per i o d, if he woul d like to be engaged in the proceedings connected with the Pon tefract election, and he agreed to go down, and investigate the business on the spot. On th e 30th N ovem b er h e aga i n cam e to him, and said that he should go down and take the petitie l ; in his pocket, to get two inhabitants as'sureties. The names Gompertz and Proctor were procured. He had b een 36 yea r " „ a solicitor, and once resided in Stone-buildings, Lincoln's le ll ' He did not know Proctor, and was not an agent for the C a°. terbury petition. He had given hi s o pi n i on on the Canterbury case, having been confidentially consulted. The witr;ess was then ordered to withdraw and John Phillips Bevan was called in, and deposed that be h ad been applied to by Mr. Benbow to become surety in an elec tion petition, and that he should feel obliged by his obtain' d for him also a second surety, a n d h e sa id h e would, and g l% a his own name and that of M r . P roc t or . H a d d escr ib e d ~kr .r Proctor as of South Bank, Regent's P ar k, gent l eman . . s " lr. Proctor lived in that neighbourhood a s a gent l eman , possess ing a villa, surrounded by grounds, which were his own P r° ; perty. He did not fist ask the consent of Mr. Proctor , from his long knowledge o f hi m , was j ust ifi e d i n putt ing P r i . . Pr name down. He had put his n a m e d own a l so i n t h e Cant bury case, but believed th a t h e h a d th en wr i tten to him 14 30, the subject. The witness withdrew. ch A long and desultory conversa ti on ensue d, d ur i ng cri,hi„o Mr. Bevan was called i n t w i ce or t h r i ce , an d or d ere d as e". 4 to retire; and th e sh or t-h an d wr i ter h a d to rea d hi s no tes - the evidence three times to the House. a Mr. Bevan was a ga i n reca ll e d, an d i n hi s re - exa milta tio said it was his personal respect for Mr. Benbow that intle,e e , him to become surety at his re q ues t, an d th at h e ex pected °- remuneration whatever for doing so. On the motion of Mr. MACLEAN, The witness Proctor was then called in. He stated tha t was a bootmaker, residing at South Bank, Regent's Park, a b n er carried on business in Exeter-str ee t, S tran d. H e ftir l ar - E , stated that he had resided in the f ormer place for nine Y ear and was in business in the latt er f or a period of 18 or 19 ; ; a d he bad two freeholds, one of which was in the country:. e d that he bad become surety on the strength of a letter real' from Mr. Bevan. 11 In reply to a series of questions put by Mr. MA CL E The witness said that the Hon. Member for Cheshire,, to E. J. Stanley, Secretary of the Treasury) had sent for hi b° his house; that he had had a conversation with him el l icor subject of the sureties to this petition, and that the Hones for her had taken a c o py o f M r . B evan ' s l etter to him. D e f o r ther added that he was bootmaker to the Hon. Membe r Cheshire, whi c h cause d cons id era bl e merr i ment on the - terial side of the House. • as Mr. LEADER d eprecate d suc h a course o f pro ceeds g o r Oen that pursued in the examinin of the winess. Its t e- idietr was to throw discredit on the House and t bring it into r bus diute. Mr. STANLEY said that the Hon. Member for Oif ol4 seemed to think he had found a mare's nest.—( A laugh_;)o, to Mr. MACLEAN thought m ore j us ti ce wo uld be li n g it the case if Hon. Members att en d e d t o it, i n place of m a le a subject of merriment. Mr. A conversation then ensued, in which Mr. J er vis, the Stanley, Mr. Godson, Mr. Ormsby Gore, Mr. Ha rve ;',lioa - Chancellor of the Exchequer, Si r T. Fremantle, Mr. A by, Sir R. Inglis, and Mr. M. J. O'Connell took part' The House then divided, when there appeared -86 For the motion 56 Against it Majority DUCHESS OF KENT'S ANNUITY. On our re-admission to the gallery we found o f the' Colonel SIBTHORP i nqu i r ing w hy th e Chancell or e hess Exchequer had not b roug ht f orwar d th e gran t to the ti of Kent before so late an hour ? •J tbst The CHANCELLOR o f th e EXCHEQUER sair re'' he had no controul. He was as anxious as a nybody t o P coed with the Bill, but there were other Orders before it- 00 , Sir G. SINCLAIR said that he hoped the Righ t Gentlem an did not mean to b r i ng on the Bill at tw o or Wl.' o'clock in the morning. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sa id ' iler tainly not. Wm. Merryweat hweather DUDLEY Turner E L w E as C e T al l le O d N to . A ie answer let to questions from Mr. Pr and Sir T. Freman t said that he had applied tothe S to ente r Speaker's Secretary ,_.e. into recomnizances, and was informed that 'oe was too 18 ; the lnr, se- , Be was a ' Barrister by profession, and had drawn up his bad petition. He had no agent, but he understo od the time g b e been enlarged to the 26th of December; b ut this mornin heard, for the first time, that he was too late. The witness having withdrawn, the 20th Mr. PRYME m,ved that the time be enlarged to of December. General, After a short discussion, in which the Solicitor- a the Mr. P. Thomson, and the Attorney-General, supporrete, _cid, motion, and Sir T. Fremantle, Mr. Maclean, Mr. F sell Sir 11. llardinge, and Sir G. Sinclair, opposd it. The House then divided when the numbers were---__ ............. For the motion ................... ••• 5 . ! Against it .............................................. .. 2 2 f36 M.ijority ............................ SLIGO ELECTION. On the re-admission o f strangers,case of th e Mr. MAULE was on his leg s, ar g uing the _ e g iven Sligo Petition. Though different interpretations tv o e_r id b e o f in the legal instruments to the word 4 , d a y," it e : . f .vs w ere no use now to enter upon that point, as the fourte (~.7 ecogni ' d that the r clearly passed, and the Speaker had decide THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1837