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PRICES OF .I.OIi.EHIN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Sonda Beleian Bonds ............ MU° Account Ditto Acconi t — Portwznesc Bonds Viit•••• 7 Brazilian Bonds ... , — ! Ditto Accniu.t ..... ...... ..... Ditto Account - 95 , 4 Ditto New Bonds .. 49 Buenos Ayres Bonds — j Ditto Account 18 %3i i ti 'litto Account .. Chillian llondb ....—........ 1). j.? , A cm unt .... ..... - ..... ... 110' ; Cohrmtran Hot d 3 — Ditto Account Ditto Accout.i.. ........ Columbian Bonds, Ditto Account 'Danish Bonds ... Ditto Account ........» Greek Bonds.. ......... ...... Ditto Bondi, IA S .... Ditto Account ....... Mexican hoods, i Efer ccm Ditto Iccount . Ditto, ti per cent. Ditto Account Neapollt nal • Ditto Mctaiiic ......... ..„ Spaniah not,ls - Ditto Account - Ditto Bonds, IRIS —I Ditto A CC , 3 sn t 25 474 4 1 , French, 5 p-7.r cent-- —t. per cent........... —c. per cent. —f. —r Exchange —f —e. - Dutch, 2S, per cent. Ditto Account - Ditto, 5 per cent. 11:334 - Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOrK Per Sha Dublin and Kilkenny R a il way C ompany ........ Paid. .i 21i e Great Western Railway Company London and Birmingham Railway Company...— 75 126 London and Green xich itailway Company 2O 20 Manchester South Union Railway Company North Midland Railway Company ..... .... ......... South Brighton, L ewes, an d N ewhaven Railway .2 21,4 Australian Company 26% :1 , London and Westminster Bank 2O 21 20N PRICEs OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEBRUARY 3. 3 per Cent. Consols ..... 59 1 ,4 . Grand Canal Deb,. 6 per cent, 89 I.)itto Reduced —l Ditto, 4 per cent 597i 3% per Cent. Stock 96% Hibernian Bank Ditto New, in)... ........ .... 97% t City of Dublin Steam C 0...— — 3% per Cent. Debentures..„.. 9O V., ' National Insurance Co — Bank Stock l5lB City Debentures, 4 per cent... Royal Canal Stock. 3 4 ,,4 Ballast Mice Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock — per cent — M AILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due \Arrived. Due 0 2 France........... 0 2 Lisbon 0 t) ..... 0 I Ouern.&Jersey 0 1 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 1 Hamburg ..... 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena...... 0 1 Holland 0 0 05tend........... 0 1 Dub1in.......„. 0 0 Jamaica ...... 0 0 Sweden .. 0 2 Flanders ..... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 I Waterford....... 0 - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. M0rn1ng.........42 minutes after 3. I Evening...... 54 minutes after 3. This day was published, in Bvo., p r i ce 15 s . i n c l ot h, EDUCATION REFORM ; or the Necessity of a NATIONAL SYSTEM of EDUCATION. Vol. 1. By THOMAS WYSE, Esq., M.P. " Less than th oroug h w ill not do it."—lord Strafford. London Longman, Rees, and Co. This day was published, in 2 Vols., post Bvo., price 245., with nu merous Wood-cuts, from original designs, THE GOSSIP'S WEEK. " Delicious volumes--full of poetry—like a lovely atmosphere, entering into and colouring what it cherishes An intense enjoy ment of natural beauty warms its pages...... One of their great charms is a number of admirable woodcuts."—Court Journal. " The charm of these stories lies in the vivid painting of the lan guage, which realizes the images with the freshness and glow of a fine picture They are also illustrated by some exquisite little designs."—Spectator. By the same Author, SLIGHT REMINISCENCES of the RHINE, &c. 2 Vols. post Byo., 21s. London : Longman and Co., Paternoster-row ; and J. Rodvrell, New Bond-street. MR. VALPY has just published, In 7 vols. octavo, price 31. 13s. 6d. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from George 11. to William IV.-1760 to 1836. By the Rev. 'F. S. HUGHES, B.D. -- Prebendary of Peterborough. This work is intended to range (both in size and type) with the various octavo editions of Hume and Smollett ; to which it forms a Continuation to the present time. " This Continuation has been impartially done—even well done. kis the best History of Englagd extant."—Metropolitan Magazine. " Mr. Hughes's undertaking was one of no mean difficulty ; he has, however, executed his task in a way honourable to h's under standing► and his industry, and the result is an impartial and critical history of one of the most important epochs of ancient or modern times."—Monthly Magazine. Printed and published by Valpy, and sold by all Booksellers. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. SIR, We the undersigned Electors of the Borough of 11Jarylebone, having seen the Public Announcement of your intention to retire from the Representation of the Monmouthshire Boroughs, and the honourable testimonials paid to your character and integrity by your constituents, and having viewed your conduct and votes during the last three Parliaments, your unflinching support of all liberal mea sures, and your uncompromising adherence to the cause of pro gressive Reform, do hereby request you will permit us to nomi nate you as a fit and proper person to represent this Borough in Parliament. (Here follow the signatures.) To Benjamin Hall, Esq., M.P. Mr. HALL'S ANSWER. GENTLEMEN, I feel highly honoured by the requisition you have presented to me, for my consent to be put in nomination as a Candidate for the Borough of Marylebone at the next dissolution of Parliament. It is particularly gratifying to me to receive such a testimony of appro bation from so large a portion of the most important constituency in the kingdom, and the consciousness that I owe this proof of con dence to my public conduct renders it doubly satisfactory. On the great subjects of shortening the duration of Pa r li a me n t s —the exten s i on o f th e suffrage—th repeal of the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Act—the ballot, and other leading measures of real reform, my opinions are already recorded ; and as not merely these questions, but others of nearly equal importance will soon be brought under the consideration of the House of Commons, it would be needless for me to enter into any detail of my political creed, or to make professions, excepting so far as to assure you that I shall continue to be actuated by the same principles which have hitherto decided my conduct, believing that, by the removal of all existing abuses in our institutions, and by the repeal or alter ation of those statutes, which in their operation are found to act harshly or injuriously, the civil and religious liberties of my fellow subjects can best be maintained. I understand that you take this step in anticipation of a vacancy occurring in the representation of your borough at the next disso lution of Parliament --whether this expectation be realized or not, I venture to impress upon you the necessity of preserving that per fect unanimity which should characterise the proceedings of the Liberal party. Our political opponents are ever active and well organised ; and the only possible'hope they have of success in the present instance is built upon the chance of a schism taking place amongst you. As regards myself, that hope shall not be realised. I have r 6 de. ire, to create disuhien in your ranks, or to advance the objects of your political adversaries. But should the electors ge berally desire that I should represent them, and will honour me with their suffrages, I will use my best endeavours to secure their political rights, and by residing in your district, and thus becoming more immediately ecnnectcd with you, endeavour to promote your local interests. Permit me again to assure yen that I am most sensible of the honour you have already conferred upon me, and that I am, Gentlemen, Your much obliged and most obedient humble servani, St. James's-place, Pcb. 4, 18:37. B. HALL. re publication of Tun Surg NEWSPAPER commenced this da, at 10 min ures past Th ree o ' clock. l .ir..'.' 4 '; ''Q- -7 4 --/-. tl : . "7 N -.-. - ." , ; : ivi !"7 - * .°4 l- ,, , , ~,,, ,K ., e• • ‘ 4:- -, - - 1 - fi e. 4 " l '. 0 54 r.:,, , , • "`'-1 e ls ., , t...." 1 "- -1- ''' 4'..4 7.0,7 .'"\" :1 ;. - ,- 1 -!:::' ," /) t -:-. ..- , ,,V.,.... , . t ri '' . ---r..41,2 . ... - i- 7 . - 1,-- , ' ~,,,, ""'i - ,,- 'C"A--'. -.‘‘- ' -";-?... 7 -4 1 ---41; Qirtt.';----S. „ e „ ..y ; LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1837. The public organs of the Tories are trying the powers of their lungs, in proclaiming the unprecedented triumph of their cause which has been achieved in the borough of Evesham. Those of them that belong to the masculine gender crow, others —poor old Granny for instance—cackle, as if the fate of empites had de pended upon the result of this election. Now the truth is, -that if there be any cause for triumph, it is alto titer on the other side. Evesham, every body knows, has long been one of the most corrupt little snuggeries in the kingdom, and it is no small proof of the honest and liberal spirit which has sprung up in that borough, since the Reform Bill let in some fresh flood into the old puddle, that the Tory candidate, with all the arts whic:l his party know so well how to use ithout any " compunctions visitings," could muster no greater majority than 25 votes : This is no doubt a symptom of reaction as conclusive as that of the increase in the Scotch life-renterb which we had the pleasure of il lustrating on Saturday. Of the candidate whom the old potwallopers of Evesham have bowled into the House of Commons, we know nothing, and shall therefore say nothing —except that we have not the least doubt he will be a fit associate for Mr. OTHELLO I3oRTHWICK. PI ro m a return published by the Treasury, it appears that the number of Churchlivings in the gift of the Crown (including those in the gift of the LORD CHANCELLOR, and the Chancellor of the Duchy o f LANCASTER), amounts to 934 ; and the annual value to 281,2251. ; that those in the gift of the Arch bishops, Bishops, Deans, &c., amount to the enormous number of 3,810, and the annual value to 1,128,7861.; and those in the disposal of universities, colleges, MVIS, amount to 939, and the annual value to :348,157/. This number, together with the Lvings at the disposal of private individuals, makes an aggregate of 10,473 with an annual revenue amounting to 3,184,0211. This is independant of the incomes of the two archbishops and the 24 bishops, who have from 15,0001. to 4,5001. a-year each, and also vast revenues possessed by Deans, and Chapters, Precen tors, Prebends, Canons—great and small, and all those other dignitaries, who are of as Much use to the public as the owls and bats that nestle in the fretted roofs, or disport themselves in the long aisles and quires of old cathedrals. Considering this vast income, and more particularly that part of it paid, not for service done, but out of mockery, as it were, of the Reforma tion. Can it be denied that there is more than enough to provide liberally for every efficient clergyman from the , highest to the lowest, and yet leave twice the sum required to remove the odious tax of Church-rates ? Much has been said of the wisdom of our ancestors, and little of their ignorance ; but if a balance were struck between them, where would be the cause for boasting ? Accident—the caprice of a tyrant—and circumstances in which wisdom had little share, pro duced the greatest event in the history of this country —the Reformation. Time and the wisdom of the present generation have done something to complete it, and remove those defects and abuses which the ig norance of the subjects of Henry VIII. entailed on their posterity, but much yet remains to be done. No Englishman reads the history of that period without feelings of utter humiliation for the apathy, ignorance, and slavish disposition of the people, and of the most poignant regret, that no advantage was taken of an event so pregnant with beneficial consequences. The title of the religion of the country was changed, but every abuse of the old system remained. Church lands, which should have been set apart for the relief • of the poor, were given to favourites ; the liturgy was partially altered, and new canons were framed, but the great abuses in the secular affairs of the Church—the deaneries, prebendaries, canonric3, and all the sine cures—remained. These the wisdom of our ancestors handed clown to us unimpaired; were the work to be begun anew, and had the wisdom of the present age to deal with such abuses, we can easily imagine what havock would be made among the drones in the Church ; but the sanction of time, and the vast number of persons interested, forbid the hope of a speedy and effectual change. The people however will not despair. If their energy and unanimity have within six years effected miraculous reforms in the State, the same qualities will not be exerted in vain in reforming the Church.' The Dissenters have very properly com menced with the Church-rates —they will be backed by all the liberal and disinterested portion of the com munity ; and however averse the Lords may be to sanction a satisfactory measure, the leaders of the Tory party will not rashly provoke the unconquerable hosti lity of such a powerful body, by refusing them imme diate redress. The subject brought forward by Mr. HORSMAN on Friday in the Commons is the most important that has come under the consideration of the House since the agitation of the Reform Bill. It has hitherto at tracted little notice in this part of the island, because the system—like all systems of a disgraceful and illegal nature—was carried on in silence, and indeed has hardly been noticed in Scotland, except in some of the speeches made by Reform Members at public dinners during the last autumn ; but the evil has now increased to such an extent, and the effect of example is so dan gerous, that unless a remedy be provided, the Reform Bill, in all but the large towns, will become a dead letter. The party privy to the scheme have formed a conspiracy—for it deserves no better name—to create fictitious votes to an extent which in the end must rob the bonaple elector of the right conferred on him by the act of 1832. They have commenced their opera tions in the south' of Scotland through the means of joint-tenancy, whereby the tenant of a Tory land lord is compelled to include all his sons in the lease, by the creation also of merely nominal and paper votes, which they have conferred on game-keepers, farm servants, butlers, clerks of attorneys, and even on day labourers ; and to such an extent that the number of non-resident electors and the holders of these fraudu lent votes have been doubled, nay, trebled, in five or six counties. The system is in progress in every di rection, it will extend into England and Ireland, and unless a speedy remedy be provided by the Legislature, the franchise of all the counties in the United King dom will be as completely in the hands of the Aris tocracy as it was in Scotland previous to the Reform Bill. On the passing of that Bill the Tory landlords in that county breathed the utmost vengeance against the authors of it, and scrupled not to declare their in tention of recovering by every means that power of which they assert they had been robbed. They have set about it in earnest, and the means they have employed, show that they will be deterred by no scruples from effecting their purpose. And who arc the men that commit such a flagrant infraction of the Reform Bill ? The very men who profess to be fol lowers of Sir ROBERT PEEL, who professes without ceasing to adhere scrupulously to the principles of that. great measure. This first specimen shows what their professions are worth, and the people of this country may rest assured that, unless they guard with vigi lance the great prize which their united exertions ob tained in 1832, and keep such men out of power, the next specimen will leave them but little to boast of. The system has been so admirably described, and the consequences so forcibly pointed out by Mr. HORS MAN, that we cannot give our readers better advice than to study his excellent speech. So systematic had the plan been in character—so well organised it its arrangement—so decisive in point of execution, that at this moment several of the counties in Scotland had been reduced to the narrowest limits, and had been thrown as completely into the hands of the old monopo lists, as if no Reform Bill had ever passed. It will be seen by an advertisement in another part of The Sun, that a numerously signed requisition has been presented by the electors of Marylebone to Mr. B. HALL, inviting that Gentleman to stand for the Borough at the next general election. Mr. HALL has accepted the invitation, on condition that it be confirmed by the voice of the electors generally. In the address which he has published on this occa sion, and which is characterized by great manliness of sentiment, and by that disinterestedness of principle which sinks the individual in the cause which he seeks to promote, Mr. HALL declares his determina tion not to be ,the means of creating disunion among the Liberals of Maryleßone. He very justly observes, that the only hope of - the Tories lies in the disunion of the Reformers. This is not a stir ! mise—a vain conjecture—it is their own confession, and even their public boast. What then is the course which common sense points out to the Reformers ? Not surely to play the game, and realize the hopes, of their opponents, by squabbles and divisions among themselves, but to be united—to be united at al hazards. This advice can never be too often repeated, and Mr. HALL shews his practical wisdom as well as his patriotism, in endeavouring to impress it upon that great constituency, whose representative we hope soon to be able to hail him. Of Mr. HALL'S principles as a Reformer, it is quite unnecessary for us to say anything. He has made great struggles, and no small sacrifices, to ad vance the interests of the cause to which he is so much attached. In his arduous attempt to overthrow the deep-rooted influence of the old faction in the lonmouth district of boroughs, he was at last suc cessful ; and his Parliamentary career has been such, as must meet the approbation of every true friend of Reform. Mr. HALL has recorded his opinions in favour of shortening the duration of Parliaments, the extension of the suffrage, the Ballot, and the repeal of the rate-paying clause of the Reform Bill. Need we say any more ? We have just seen a pamphlet, entitled " Ireland and Lord Mur.Gn A v E ," w hi c h recap it u l a tes in a candid and dispassionate manner the benefits that have been conferred on that country during his Lordship's Viceroyalty. "To tranquillise the people," says the writer, " with all the causes of di - s - turbanee in activity : to hush the demand for a domestic Parliament, with the spirit of Lord LYNDHURST'S anathema directing the whole Irish policy of one estate of the realm—these were the objects to be effected. The Rockite was to be subdued, with the abuses of the tithe system flourishing ; the Orangemen controlled, in the posses sion of his strong holds ; the Repealer silenced, in the full force of his argument. These were difficult undertakings, but they have been executed. Society, which was on the brink of disorganization when Lord MULGRA VE went to Ireland, has been restored to the blessings of order ; the law, which was despised in the North, hated in the South, and every where bearded, has been established in its authority ; the Union, which had no advocates, has now no opponents." The writer then goes on to exhibit the results of the new system upon which Irish affairs have been conducted for the . last eighteen months ; and proves, by extracts from charges lately delivered by the different Judges of Assize, that the spirit of Lord MULGR A VE'S policy has been in every way beneficial. " Beneath the scowl of the Peerage," says he, " under the displeasure of the ermine, with out much succour from the pulpit, the extensive social improvement of Ireland has been effected." And yet there are at this moment Conservatives hardy enough to deny that any praise is due to Lord MULGRAVE, or that any substantial benefits have been conferred by him on Ireland ! Those who are really desirous of knowing how many blessings his Lordship has been the fortunate means of bestowing on that coun try, and also under what dispiriting circumstances these blessings were bestowed, should make a point of reading this pamphlet, which is by far the most lucid and convincing that we have yet met with on the subject. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday loudly complain of the absence of all mention of Fran ce in his Britannic MAJESTY'S Speech at the opening of the present Session of Parliament. The omission has deeply wounded the national vanity of men of every party, and is generally regarded as a proof of the re laxation of the alliance between the two countries. There is nothing in such an omission to justify so far fetched and unfounded an inference. The alliance of Great Britain with the French nation has suffered no relaxation. The liberties of the French people are as dear to us as arc the privileges which we ourselves enjoy ; and they cannot deny but that our sympathy was extended to them on' a late occasion, when, bad we not been sincere in friendship, we might have in dulged in comments which, if prompted by national jealousy, would have pained them exceedingly. Of course we carefully eschew all reference to the sen timents of the British Cabinet when we state, that the French KING and the French nation are antagonist ideas in the minds of the majority of the British people. When we speak of Lours PHILIPPE in language—prompted by the des potism of Government measures, which we know to emanate from him, we:inean_not to include the French people in our censures: -, They are the ag grieved, not the aggressors, in such instances. Now, although we presume not to say that the British Ca binet views the policy of the French KING in the same light that we do—that it makes a distinction be twen the acts of the SOVEREIGN and the will of his subjects, although, according to the etiquette ob served on such occasions, a compliment paid to a reigning Prince is allowed to extend to the whole of his people—we will thank the Parisian Press to State what could a King of England say under such circum stances? Was he to lament that Marshal CLAUSEL had suffered a defeat in Africa.? Most assuredly he could not, without compromising the honour and dig nity of the British Throne. The French Press must be well aware of the fact, that the war in Africa is continued in open violation of a pledge given by LOUIS PHILIPPE for the evacuation of Al- Biers ; and, moreover, that the dominion of France in Africa, though generously permitted by Eng land, may seriously affect our future interests, and is not quite in accordance with the faith of treaties. Upon what topic, then, could the King of ENGLAND congratulate his brother of the FRENCH Not upon a joint fulfilment of the articles of the Qua druple Treaty ; • for the British Cabinet has tacitly censured the conduct of the French Government with respect to this very treaty. Not upon the restoration of social order in France, for while Ministers were in the very act of composing the Speech, their ears were stunned with accounts of the revolts at Strasburg and Vendome, and of the regicidal attempt of the villain MEUNIER. There was, therefore, no room whatever for an honourable mention of France in the Royal Speech at the opening of the last Session of Parlia ment. This to us is a matter of deep regret. We could wish it were otherwise, for the sake of the French people themselves. We appreciate their love of glory, of liberty, and of country ; we sympathi ze with the m in their struggles for freedom, and, therefore, it is that we sec no real cause . for apprehending a relaxation of an alliance which Was never meant to display itself in compliments to Kings, at the expense of truth and decency. We dwell the longer upon this point, because we see clearly that France begins to evince symptoms of jealousy at the increase of our influence in Spain, and that more than one journal has expressed pleasure at the insult recently offered us by Russia. Our influ ence in Spain has not been obtained by any underhand proceeding. Such as it is, we have paid handsomely for it ; but we must do ourselves the justice to state not grudgingly, nor in a way calculated to wound the feelings of the Spanish nation. F rance at a l ess cost might have obtained an influence in the Peninsula greater than we can boast of, but instead of doing so, she chose—or rather Lours PHILIPPE chose—to be tray the Constitutional cause at the moment of its greatest weakness ; and now we hear of nothing but jealous murmurings respecting the overwhelming in fluence of Great Britain in the Peninsula. Is such conduct worthy of a great and powerful nation like France ? Are such base insinuations worthy of her Press and her people ? With respect to the capture o f the Vixen by Russia, we will only observe, that all comments upon that affair, by neutral journalists, arc exceedingly premature. It will be time enough to sneer at us when our Government has sig n ifi e d i ts willingness to put up with any indignity offered to the British flag. Thirty years have not elapsed since we took the field against one-half of Europe, an d sub sidized the other—a fact which will not be disputed by the French j ou r na lists ; and we have pride in as serting that the courage, the physical strength, an d t h e resources of Old England arc not in a worse condition now than they we re then. We dread not a war with Russia ; on the contrary, we are delight e d at t h e prospect of a contest which will restore Poland to her ancient place in the map of Europe. Single-banded, England will not shrink from a struggle which must ' terminate in the ascendancy of liberal principles throughout Europe. It may suit the crooked policy of Louts tOMill neiltralf or possibly NESSELRODE may seek to refer the question in dis pute to his Most Christian MAJESTY'S arbitration ; but we hope it will be found not to accord with English notions of national dignity, to stoop to the acceptance of pecuniary compensation for an insult offered to the British flag. The cause in which England is called upon to draw the sword is thrice sacred—sacred to British honour, sacred to the exis tence of the Ottoman Empire, and sacred to the de liverance of oppressed, denationalized Poland. The following are extracts from the Paris journals : Nuts, FEB 3.--We arc assured that a courier from Con stantinople arrived the day before yesterday, who came by way of Vienna. The accounts which he has brought are said to be of great importance, and such as to require the return of Admiral Roussin to Turkey. New and serious difficulties arc stated to have arisen between the Sultan and Mehemet Ali, the latter being accused by the Porte of exciting the subjects of the Sultan to rebellion—of not paying the arrear of tribute, amounting to five millions—and lastly, of opposing to the claims of the Ottoman treasury false accounts, which the Sultan considers as a covert refusal to perform his engagements. It is added that the Porte has addressed to the great Powers a Memorandum, in which all the grounds of complaint against the Viceroy of Egypt are stated, with the proof of the facts alleged ; and that in this Memorandum the Porte calls for an effective intervention to compel that great vassal to return to his duty. In case these complaints are not promptly attended to, the Porte is said to threaten to do itself justice, at the same time refusing to take on itself any responsibility from the consequences of this resolution. The journals of the Lower Rhine of the Ist February con tain nothing that can justify the reports spread yesterday. The absolute silence of those papers rather seems to prove that the tranquillity of Strasburg has not been interrupted. One of them says, indeed, that the officers who absented themselves from the trial had surrendered themselves prisoners; but merely states the fact without any observation.—Messager, Feb. 4. PARTS, FEB. 3.—lt is considered as nearly certain that the Governments of France and England have resolved to take on themselves the expense of maintaining two Foreign Legions in Spain. FEB. 4.—The Moniteur has no official part. It is said that General Espartero is seriously ill. Don Carlos was on the 23d at Durango, having returned from Tornosa. No confirmation has been received of tho death of the King of Sardinia, which was announced by a journal yesterday.— Journal du Commerce, Feb. 4. FRENCH 1. UNDS -PARIS, FEB. 3. Five per Cents., 109 f. sc. 10c. 15c. Four per Cent., 101 f. Three per Cents., 79f. 30c 35c. 40c. Bank Actions, 2,435 f. Itente de Naples, 9Sf. 5Ce. Roman Five per Cents. 162}i. Spanish Actives, 25% ;i:%. Spanish Passives, 7 . Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 31% 31. BicHANuE oN LONDON. One month, paper, 25c. 30c ; money, 25f. 27%c. Three months, paper, 25f. 12%c. ; money, 25f. 10c. -Coors A ulhcniipue. FRENCH FUNDS.-Pasts, FEB. 4. Five per Cents., 109 f. 20c. 30c. 25c. Four per Cents., 10If. Three per Cents. 79f. 55c. 50c. Rank Actions, 2,425 f. Rent° de Naples, 981 55c. Roman Five per Cents., 102%. Spanish Actives, 26 25%. Spanish Differes, 11%. Spanish Passives, 7% 7. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 103. Portuguese Three per Cents. 31%. haytian Loan, 375 f. BXCIIANCE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ' • money, 25f. 27!.„e. Three months, paper, 25f. 1234 e. ; money, 25f. 10e. -('ours Authcnti2ne. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 109 f. 40c. Three per Cents. 79f. 60c. Bank Actions, 2,1251: Bente de Naples, 9Sf. 70c. Rnman live per Cents., 102%. Belgian Loan, 103. Portuguese Three per Cents., 31%. Ilaytian Loan, 375 f. Spanish Actives, 25h. Spanish Passives, 7. New nacres, 1154. Madrid papers to the 30th ult. have been received, from whence advices will be found in another part of The Sun. We direct attention to their interesting details. Brussels and German papers have been received. The advices from various parts of Turkey represent the prevalence of the plague as very alarming. In Constantinople it continues to make the most dreadful ravages. The news from Belgium is wholly unim portant. The German journals are generally sup porting the part of England against Russia. BELGIAN 1 UNDS—BRUSSELS, FEB. 4. Actual Debt, 23,; per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lO O l.l Loan of Thirty Millions 9-12./ • -As Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent. lOl Society of Commerce, 45 per Cent 129 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l3l —Brussels Papers, Feb. 5. DUTCH FUNDS—AusTmAx, JAN. 31. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Money. Bills. 5314 54 Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. An Syndic,4 ,:, percent. 94% 95 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 7B 7814 Commercial Company, 4 1 / 2 per cent 18! 182 Ditto (1832 and. 18.33) 5 per cent ...... 9 0 ,4 91% Exchange on London, One mouth l2 0 Two months AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-VIENNA, JAN. 27. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1302 —Allgemeine Zeilung, Feb. 1. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, JAN. 31. Bills. Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. — I)itto ditto 3percent. Ditto Bank Shares 1337 1235 Anglo-Russian Loan 1054t 105 Paper Inscription, t; per cent — Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds. 5 per cent 4B Ditto, 3 per cent 304 30 Dutch 214 per Cants. Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 159.N, 15914 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 7214 72 Norwegian Lean of IS3I, 4 per cents. Spanish in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortos email, 5 per Cent 23 Greek 4 per cents. 1g33, guaranteed by France 93 92)4 --Ilamburg Posers, Jan. 31. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morn ing with an application for a new trial in the case of Vivian v. Humphries ; in which the question was as to the right of certain parties to mines in Cornwall. Mr. Serjeant Wilde, Mr. Serjeant Bompas, and Mr. Earle,.of the Common Law bar, wen) in attendance on the case. Mr. Serjeant Wit.na opened the Motion for a new Trial, and had-not concluded his address when,our reporter left. PRICES or' STOCKS 1:111S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock-- ... . ............ i Inlia Start — 3pc: Colt. Red. - ...... ..... ....90%% Ditto Rorels ' 2l 3 pm. 3 per Cent. C,•iiyi '97i 74 N South Sea Snt'k 314 per Cent_ Darr) Red -..- ( I' ,, i , New Dit'o — N.rer 3K per Cc! t.. '+i?yNi%'7 . -i 3 per Crl;t. Acm,lttes, 1751_ New sper Cent.. ............. , Exch. Bills, .C.1,.114 , ......... DI 28 P:n• Bank LongAnruitiestoexpire ,Ditto 54.1 , 0 2ti 28 pm. Jan 5, 1,41'0 l4 15-1(i 15 . Ditto Small (let, In. Ifti:li — Ditty COILITTICICIAL. - - pm. Jan 5, OFO Jan. 5, 88 — Rank Stock to Account._ April ~, lß` 4 l' ...... .............. ;India Stock for Account — Jan. 5, 157(......, — 'Consolt for Acconnt '`.'%N ormlium ........ . 1 p.n. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This being the first seal tiller Hilary Term, the Vier. CHANCELT.OR took motions to-day. Several totally uninter esting motions were disposed of, and His Honour, having no other business to dispose of, rose shortly before twelve o'clock. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, I s. d. to s d. s a to s d. Reef, inferior 2 4' 2 6 Mutton, inferior ...... ... 2 6 210 - middling - middling 3 '2 2 8 - prime large 1 2 3 6 prime 4 2 4 6 -- prime mail 3 8 3 li, Pork, large 1 4 4 2 Veal DENHALL MARKETS, py the Carcass. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the course of this day the mischief anticipated for several days will terminate, with respect to the commercial commu nity. The bills which became due on Saturday last—many of them not honoured on that day—will be again presented this day for payment ; but we cannot ascertain until late in the afternoon the real extent of this commercial strait. It is stated that the application of one of the Assurance Companies (the Atlas) for a portion of the Government dead weight has been accepted by the Bank, the price given for it being 171. ss. for every 1/. of the annuity. The amount taken is said to be 500,0001. Rumours of other arrangements by the Bank arc also afloat for the curtailment of their cir culation. We understand that on Thursday last, at the meeting of the Bank. Directors, in the discussion on raising the interest on discounts from sto per cent., it was lost only by two votes. Consols opened this morning at the price they closed at on Saturday-898 for the Account, and 891 for Money. Little doing as yet in either of the markets. Exchequer Bills, 26 28 ; India Bonds, 21 23 ; Bank Stock, 207 208 ; India Stock, 2574 2584. Spanish Active, 24j 7 ,- 25H ; Passive, 6y 78 ; Deferred, 11,1 i; Portuguese, 484 49 ; Three per Cents., 314 ; Colombian, 254 ; Dutch, 544. Accounts from Lisbon state that the Queen and Prince went to the theatre after the opening of the Cortes, and were not well received. We have received the Gibraltar Chronicle to the 26th of January. Accounts from Seville state that 300 horse under the leaders Pero, Jara, and La Diosa have re-entered La Mancha. Malignant fever had broken out among the Carlist prisoners in Cadiz, owing to their being left in a state of na kedness. They have been removed to St. Carlos, and means taken to clothe them. Our arrivals this morning are two French mails ; two Ostend ; one Dutch ; one Hamburgh ; two Lisbon, by the Linnet 25th January, and Camden 29th January ; a Malta mail by the Tartarus, sailed on the 15th January from Malta, Alexandria 3d December, and Gibraltar 26th ult. We have this day received Bombay Papers to the 23d of October, from which we extract the following :—" The intel ligence from China must be agreeable to our opium friends, the more so that it was not, from the late depressed state of the market, expected. By accounts received, the Susannah, a vessel which had left this port about the month of May last, with a cargo of cotton and opium for the China market, had become a total wreck. The Adelaide, which had also left this port for China with a similar cargo, had, it was feared, been lost. A new and important feature was about to take place in the opium trade. The admission of that drug into the China market is allowed, on the payment of a certain duty. The edict to that effect was from the Emperor." We extract the following from the Malta Papers : « To Colonel Frederick Hankey, Chief Secretary of the Go vernment of Malta. " Tripoli, Dec. 31. " Sir—l have the honour to inform you that the plague has appeared here. For two months past a serious sickness has prevailed, which I thought was plague, although the Turkish doctors entertained a different opinion. About that time a Turkish vessel of war arrived from Constantinople. On en tering this port he omitted to mention that two of his servants had died of the plague on the passage. Some days after the vessel was admitted to pratique, and another servant died in the house of Osman Shelley, since which I have noticed that sickness has gradually increased. The plague will now travel most probably to Tunis and Algiers, if not to Europe. Great alarm exists. ( Signed) . _ _ ~ WARRINGTON." HALF-PAST ONE O'CL 0C a . The following is from the French papers by express this morning :—" Adviccs received from Irun of the 2Gth ult. state that a warm affair took place between Arlaban and Villareal, in which the Carlist battalions, 1 and 5 of Navarre, and the 2d of Guipuscoa, have been destroyed by the troops of General Alaix." _ _ project of the journey of M. Mendizabal to London, of sthich we spoke on Saturday last, appears to be confirmed; and it is stated that M. Calatrava is about to make a proposi tion to the Cortes to obtain their approbation, and explain to them in a pi vate sitting the hopes the Government may entertain of Mendizabal's mission to London, in procuring money and equipments from the English Government. Late letters have been received from Calcutta favourable to commercial affairs. The indigo crop was expected to exceed 115,000 maunds. Persons who arc well informed state that General Rodil is expected to be reinstated again in the command of the army of the north of Spain, in the place of General Esp artero, owing to the illness of the latter, and as not" being much liked by the English. All operations arc to be suspended until the arrival of Rodil at the army. It is looked upon as almost certain that the French and English Governments have come to a resolution to pay the ex pense of the two Foreign Legions in Spain. To the present time we do not hear of any failure.of great magnitude in the City, although there are plenty of little ones. We have no doubt that the mischief is over, which will not have any material effect on the commercial community; all is perfectly quiet in the City. Consols 891- for the Amount ;7, Money, 891 . Evacquer Bills, 26 28 ; India Bonds, 21 23 ; Bank Stock', 2071. Spanish Active, 2 , q ; Passiv e , 7 ; D e f erred, 11 ;. Portu guese, 49 ; Three per Cents. 31 : 1- ; Colombian, 251 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 54 1 1 ,- I. Shares, as per Saturday, very heavy ; Spanish just done at 241. Accounts from Santander state there is a great want of pro. visions, in consequence of which the operation s of the Queen's troops will, be retarded some time longer than was expected. Mr. Justice Gaselee has resigned, but nothing is yet settled as to his successor. Various reports are in circula tion on the subject, but we can state confidently that beyond this nothing is known with certainty, as no arrangements have yet been made. In announcing last week the retirement of Lord Stormont, we the Norfolk Chronicle, (Tory paper) expressed our belief, that ere a few days would elapse, we should be enabled to give the name of a candidate to supply his place, of whose principles and whose conduct our fellow Conservatives would equally approve. This we have now the pleasure to do, and the individual whom the party has sought is no other than the Marquis of Douro ! the son and heir of England's greatest chieftain, the Duke of Wellington I Communications, the most unreserved, having been made to his Lordship, he promptly replied, that if a requisition of sufficient weight to afford a just expectation of success was presented to him, he would accede thereto. This information arrived in Norwich on Tuesday morning. As we are always anxious to promote the success of native talent, it gives us great pleasure to announce thh the Quartett Concerts of Messrs. Blagrove, Cattle, Dando, and Lucas, at the Hanover-square Rooms, commence for the season on Thursday evening, Feb. 16., and if the recollection of the splendid performances of the last season be not for gotten, the coons will be crowded with all the distinguished amateurs and loveis of classical music, ROBINSON V. STONE. This was a motion for a reference to the Master to inquire whether it would be for the benefit of the infant plaintiffs that this suit should be prosecuted. The suit was instituted by the plaintiff Robinson against the defendant, a Trustee, for an account. At the conclusion of the arguments The MASTER OF THE ROLLS said he should direct the de fendant to put in his answer, containing the account, which had been verified by affidavit, and that he would then give judgment. We shall defer givity , the facts of th e case unt il a f ter hi s Lordship has pronounced his decision on the motion. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) _ DF.AI., FEB. b. Wind S. E., moderate...,..; Arrived the Posthumous, —, from Demeiara ; Childe Harold, .ita4.!r sCin, from Oalltityl and Royal William, Ireland, from Ma dras. sailed the Mon!sey, -----.-., for St. Michael's ; Magnet, Hughes,.for Hobart 'l.' own I sea liird, —, for Carthagena ; Rebel, Sprigs; for Corfu; and Mary Ann, , Plymouth. PORTSNIOUTIi, FEB. 3. —Wind S. S. E. —Arrivtd the Gene ral Evans, Dare, from Santander ; John Leslie, —, fr o m Cardiff; Eliza Ann, Roberts, from Cardigan ; and Ashe, —, from Sierra Leone—sailed the 28th Dedember. Sailed the Abercrombie Robinson, Scott, for Madras and Verigsd. STANOATE CREEK, FEB. —Arrived the Tyro, Carter, from Zante ; and Cruiser, Chandler, from Constantinople. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY ) CORN EXCHANGE. In the past week there were small arrivals of both Grain and Flour, and the trade retained the dullness of Monday last. This morning, the fresh arrivals of all descriptions of corn are again small. Wheat continues to come chiefly in tender con dition, and the trade has been very dull to-day, and last week's rates arc hardly maintained. Barley still meets a heavy sale, at the terms last quoted. Beans arc unvaried. Pease of both kinds experience a dull demand at former prices. In the Oat trade there have been limited transactions to-day, and having a middling stock, the prices recently made have been fully obtained. The top price of Flour is unaltered, and ship parcels find so slack a trade that lower rates have been sub mitted to. The Seed Market is heavy for every article. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) s4s. 62s ..--- White (01d)... CO, 6-a. -- Red (18:36) 44s. 50s. -- Fine 52s 55s 5uperfi0e.........565. 60s. -Wh to (1836) 465. s'2s. --- Fine 'its. As. -- Superfine 603. 623. -Foreign free Rye 14s. S'ss. Barley ' t.'.6 , . 2S, - Grinding 28s. :31s. - Malting 34% :375. Malt 46s. 55, Beans, Small ,new) • 385.425. (old) Tick (new) 34s 3Gs. (oldl - Harrow (new) 33s (old) 425.46s Rrank Oats, Feed tBs. 32.5. New 24,275. - Poland O 5 323 New '24s. 30 - Potatoe . 30.32;. New . - Scotch 3O .33 t - Fine New 60i. 65s --- Irish 235. Pease, Grcy, New 31s. - Maple New . ' , Ss. 395, - White 38s. 40. Flour Town (per sack) 52, 55i. econcts Vis 50s. - North Country 42i 45'. - Boilers 411 s. 495. Bran lO, 11 +. KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord DENMAN and Special Juries.) ETTY V. JACKSOII. The Attorney-General (with whom were Sir Wm. Follett, Mr. Kelly, and Mr. Stammers) stated the case. It was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for injury sustained in consequence of a false representation made by the defendent of the value of a public house. The plaintiff, who had formerly kept the Bell Tavern, in Fleet-street, being anxious to purchase a public house, applied to the defendant, who was the proprietor of the King's Arms, in the Kent Road, and who had advertised it for sale. In answer to a question as to what were the receipts of the house, the defendant stated to the plaintiff and other persons that it was doing £3OO per month. On the faith of that representation, when the house was put up to auction, the plaintiff purchased it for £3,330. Several months after he had taken possession, the plaintiff dis covered that the receipts did not average more than £204 per month. He (the Attorney-General) held in his hand an ac count of the quality of wines, spirits, &c., sold for the two years previous to the plaintiff taking possession, and allowing a profit of 30 per cent. upon that quantity, the receipts would not average more than £lB3 to £lB4 per month. The de fendant Jacksdn must therefore have had a full knowledge that he was making a false representation of the value of the receipts, and if lie proved these facts he was entitled to such compensation as the Jury would think his client fully entitled to. Witnesses were then called, and the case, which is likely to last a considerable time, was proceeding when our reporter left. A few days since Mr. John Sweatman, clerk to an attorney at Starrninster, Dorset, put an end to his existence by shooting himself through the head whilst labouring under a se vere access of the prevailing epidemic. SMITHFIELD MARKET This day's supply was very good, and the sale was dull at little alteration from the prices last quoted PRICES PEI. STONE OF B. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. el. s .1. to s sl Interior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Interior Sheep '2 10 3 0 Semis( quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Second quality ditto 'l 6 310 Prime large Oxen - 6 310 Coarso-woolled ditto .... 4 6 410 Prime Scots, &c. ...... .... 4 2 4 4 Southdown Wethers ... 5 '2 5 6 Large coarse Calres 4 2 4 S Large Hogs 1 6 4 0 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 2 , Small Porkers S•ickling Calves each ...17 I 35 01 Quarter old Pig kcach) 12 u 20 0 SUYTLY, AS TER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Sheep. 25,500 I Calves. 1 Pigs 196 382 Beasts. 2,750 ---- - About 500 of the Beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 400 up the other northern roads • al out 400 (inct•iding Irish) from the western and midland districts POO from Nu, folk, Su tlblk, Essex, and Can.- bridgeshire ; about 180:fromiK-nt aid Sussex ; and most of the remaiudcr f ora the marshes. tlcc. iii the neighbourhood of London. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LC Wheat. B, English Irish Foreign 1,848 g,! NDON DURING LAST WEEK trier. Oati. I lel!,ti r. 141 gm '2,3J9 qrs. y 2,44 tacks 33 3,751 -- ):I`2 4,446 - LITERATURIo.:. ~I" rl GAMES AND SPORTS. Hurst, London, 1837. There is much delightful reading for boys and girls in this elegant little volume, which gives a. description, accompanied by appropriate engravings, of all than: pastimes, both out-door and in -door, with which our English youth of both sexes are most familiar., In the catalogue of female games, we find one entitled " How to kiss the person you love best without anyone else knowing it ?"—the title of which haS inspired us with such a lively and natural interest, ,that we feel we cannot do otherwise than give -our Author's;e,xplana tion of the game :—" I 7 or a lady, this penance,. consists in receiving a salute from more than : one- gentleman in the room"—a thing not to be thought of, without a thrill of pleasure on the part of the fortunate. male who is destined to receive the labial salute of the " fair penitent." Mr. Walker is the author—perhaps we ought to say compiler—of this duodecimo, and has executed his task in a good-humoured graceful spirit. The engravings are far better than the general run of book illustrations ; and the work is splendidly bound in bright crimson, as if it was blushing from a modest consciousness of its own deserts. THE CARAG Macrone, London, 1837. The author of this poem has modelled his style, es pecially in the descriptive passages, rather too closely on that of Byron's " Giaour." Now he should re member old Johnson's maxim, that " no man was ever yet great by imitation," and endeavour to give his own impressions of things. There is both talent and skill,of versification in " The Caraguin ;" and more than this, a youthful buoyancy of spirit pervades it, that mere tact and practice can never give. We therefore augur favourably of the author's' success, when he shall hare cast aside his trammels, and learned to think for himself. A TRADITION OF JERSEY. 2 Vols. Whittaker, London, 1837. The illustrative and explanatory notes bear pretty nearly the same proportion to this tale that Falstaff's sack bore to his bread, in that memorable tavern score which was discovered in the fat Knight's pockets by Prince Hal. The talc occupies scarcely more than a third of the first volume, while the notes occupy the rest of the work ; and, to our thinking, are the most interesting, certainly the most edifying, portion of it. The work is neatly got up, and embellished with several cleverish engravings. CABINET CYCLOPCED M. Longman, London, 1837. The Number before us, the eighty-seventh of Lard. ner's Cabinet Cyclopxdia, forms the fourth of Southey's Naval History of England, and consists of Memoirs of the Earl of Essex, the well-known favourite of Queen Elizabeth ; and of the still more famous Sir 'Walter Raleigh, the greatest practical benefactor perhaps that Ireland ever had ; for to him she is indebted for the introduction of the potatoe, which in his days, says the biographer, " was valued only as an exotic plant possessed of some fancied qualities.' These Memoirs are written with all that graceful ease and perspietiity of style, for which Dr. Southey's pros( works have ever been remarkable. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. Our limited space and time alike compel 'Us to be brief with our literary notices to-day. We must con. tent ourselves therefore with saying of the present Number of this periodical, that it is an excellent one ; in every respect but its political diatribes, which art , • , , replete with virulent sophistries. METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. Saunders and Ottley. London, 1837. The Metropolitan is, this month, a good Number and its happiest' article is, as usual, from the pen 01 Captain Marryatt. The digest of new books is drawn up with much care, and is strictly impartial in its tone. This brief notice must suffice for a Magazine which, with a singular disregard to punctuality, is always the last to reach us. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. Pittman. The Sporting World—the jolliest world among us—will find abundance of rare intelligence, and a couple of characteristic engravings in the February Number of this old-established periodical. There arc anecdotes, too--and right merry ones—of huntsmen, who in days of yore did wonders, such as posterity is likely never again to witness, unless a check be put to railways and Macadamized roads. THE LONDON MAGAZINE. C. Fox. This is rather a Journal of Educational Institutions, giving condensed reports of lectures, &c., than a Ma" gazine in which the reader may look for original arti cles. It is addressed to the humbler classes of so ciety, and is calculated to effect considerable good. THE MONTHLY REP 0 SITORY. C. Fox. The current Number is more varied, and upon the whole, much more interesting than usual. The opening article on dramatic literature is particularly well written. The subscribers are favoured with a portrait of the late editor, Mr. W. J. Fox; but as we have never seen the original, we cannot bear testimony to the correctness of the likeness. TALES IN PROSE. Darton, Londol'i, 1837. This volume of tales is from the pen of Mary Howitt, one of- the most agreeable ivriters for young people of the day, and is intended as a companion to her tales in verse, which we noticed a fevi weeks since in The Sun. The volume is penned in a style of charming simplicity, well calculated to arrest the at tention of juvenile readers. THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER. The article entitled " The Case of the body of Protes tant Dissenting Ministers of the Presbyterian Denomi nation," which was commenced in the last Number, is concluded in the present. It is ably written, and cap not fail to convince all who may peruse it, that the body whose defence it undertakes have, in withdraw ing from the other two bodies, with whom they were united for the furtherance of certain common objects, exercised that independent power which belongs to each of the three denominations, a power which it seems i 5 disputed by the Independents and Baptists. These latter maintain the somewhat singular—we should say, on this point, heterodox—doctrine, that, although the three bodies had power to unite and form one general body, when once united they could never again be separated but by the consent of all the three, The object of the paper in " The Reformer" is to shod the futility of this proposition ; and in doing this the writer traces the history of the body of Presbyterian ministers in and about London, as well:as the proceeding of the general body to the earliest period of which there is any record of their transactions, interspersing th e narrative, which displays much curious research, with such arguments as the facts suggest to his mind' These arguments appear to us perfectly unanswerable. There arc some other valuable Papers in this Nilo' ber, and a great deal of information, foreign and domes tic, relating to the Unitarian sect. RAMBLES IN EGYPT AND CANDIA. 13Y CAPTJIN C. EOCIIFORT SCOTT. IN 2 VOLS. London, Henry CoMorn, 1837. Those, who like ourselves, prize works of thl s , description for the insight they afford of the forms 01 Government, judicial proceedin gs , l aws , cus t o ms, 1 1 dustry, power, and intelligen ce o f t h o inhabitantB THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1837. .__ ., s