The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-27 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The House was again counted out on Thursday, on the occasion of Lord Dudley Stuart's motion on Cra cow. It appears to us not a little singular that mo tions of this complexion, which have again and again been pressed upon the House, are so often renewed, notwithstanding the obvious indifference of the Mem bers to the subject. If forty Members cannot be in duced to give their attendance, it is clear that there can be no fair prospect of winning the acquiescence of a majority of the whole body. It is true there may be occasions when it may be necessary to bring forward a measure which has not obtained the concur rence of any number of Members, but such a mea sure ought to be of the most important and urgent nature, in order to justify the reiterated production of it, in spite of the evident reluctance of the House to enter upon it. It has never yet happened with large assemblies of a regular nature, whatever may now and then have been the case with mobs, that the sudden outbreak of a man's eloquence has worked a general concurrence of sentiment, and a general co-operation in action, particularly in questions that are not of an " aye and no" kind, but complicated with considerations such as are the questions which usually occupy the attention of the British Parlia ment. But it may be said, if an individual Member cannot of his own free motion bring forward a ques tion, many subjects which are of interest may be ex cluded. We would not restrict the freedom of any Member, but we suggest the propriety of his con ferring with other Members out of the House, and enlisting among his supporters all those who agree with him ; aad when he can command some forty or fifty, then to bring it forward in the House. The concurrence of that number is surely not too much to ask when the nation is to be moved to act ; and nobody has a right to be offended that the House refuses to listen, if he cannot command the active and unfailing support of forty persons. If he can se cure this number he may be sure that his opponents if they can, bring an equal number to the field, a:id a good battle may be fought. We are aware that is has been customary of late on the part of some organs of the Radicals to attribute to the Government as a fault that there have been " no Houses ;" and tins has been further attributed to the general indif- I.Tence of the public, so that every body has been suffered to do as he pleased, and nobody has attended hut the Radicals. if this be so, they are lucky fellows, for they have the whole 'field before them, and may bring in what measures and make what speeches they please, without check or hindrance. But unfortunately this is not the case—the Radicals are pretty nearly as laK as Whigs or Tories, which may be seen by the party-coloured character of the lists of Members who iiave been in attendance when the House has been counted out. We observe that this complaint comes from the Radicals alone. The Tories do not make it, for they are in the habit of mustering as strongly as tney CAn When they have anything to carry, and the - ti`'liigs do the like ; but the Radicals have not learnt . . . first principle of party strength—how to bring the:r forces into the field. They certainly have no r..ason to complain that those objects which they hold as peculiarly their own are not protected and fostered b. those who have no such predilection for them ; but it nosy be said that the objection does not apply to the ;notions of Radicals, but to those of independent ,leinbers, or who for the occasion wear :hat cha rit•ter with respect to specific propositions. But we hold that in such a case it is the duty of the inde pendent Member to make up his own party for the .•ccasion, and what he cannot do by himself and his 0,-,n personal friends, or the friends of his measure, he may do with the aid of those who have busbies on hand foc tlie same night. If the twenty or thirty Members win are thus placed on the same ground cannot ea.:h of them secure the attendance of a sun ! , .batch of friends, and out of the entire group make up the required number of forty, it is fair to pr:!sume that the measures are " black-balled" ones, about which the House feels little interest, and the "Members who espouse them not much more. And it \ ,-ould be a good thing to make dropped measures, or at least that one on which the House is counted out, a recected measure for that session. The Courts of Lav; :lave been compelled to adopt this course, and it lias been productive of somewhat greater alacrity among all parties concerned. There is nothing so as complaint and recrimination. We do not, therefole, desire to fix on any party the imputation of neglect of duty (indeed we believe that it fairly belongs to all) ; but we would counsel that each party should, on all occasions in which it has its own objects to fur ther, look first to its own resources, and aid itself; and this certain consequence will follow—that its own mus ter will bring into the field a counter-muster sufficiently large to make a good fight. But as no soldiers, how ever good, like to be brought into the field without prospect of encountering the enemy, so we would re commend that the forces be not summoned unless the occasion be adequate.—Morning Chronicle. A mare's nest of the most extraordinary character was brought before the House of Commons last night, by the Cumberland curioso, Sir James Graham, who, on the strength of a letter from Glasgow—of which he seemed ashamed to communicate to the House the "lame of the writer—charged the Government with liaiing forwarded the new writ of election to that city by express ; and moved, " that the Messenger from tile Crown-office who delivered the writ at the P'ost-office, bringing with him the receipt of the said writ from the Post-office Master or his Deputy, and also the Deputy of the Post-master-General who received the writ and signed the receipt on Wed nesday last, do attend at the bar of the House." Mr. E. J. Stanley explained that the instructions to the Post-office were to forward the writ with the utmost expedition, and, therefore, that that establishment only was responsible for any irregularity in the mcde of its transmission. Lord John Russell did not object to the. motion, at the same time believing his friend Mr. Stanley to have acted in strict conformity with the Act, though, as Mr. Hume justly observed, agreeing to the motion made it appear a case of strong suspi cion, and accordingly the Member for Middlesex ob jected to the motion being made on an anonymous au thority, and without the usual notice. To which ob servation the reply of Sir James Graham, that " he had not given notice of his motion because lie did not believe the statements he had received from Glasgow," afforded a striking illustration of the Right Hon. Ba ronet's respect for the House, when he could thus in trude upon and occupy its attention with a matter for which he had not any authority in the truth of which he believed. Mr. Wakley placed the question in its true light; by denying that the House had a right to exer cise any jurisdiction in the matter, and observing that " if the Right Hon. Baronet would read the 6th clause, he would acknowledge such to be the case. The 6th clause provided, that if any person neglected or de layed to deliver the writs, they might be proceeded against by indictment in his Majesty's Court of King's Bench. Now, he begged to ask, whether the House meant to summon the parties before it, and compel them to confess that they had been guilty of this offence ? If so, he for one would most decidedly oppose such a proceeding." Nov, from this it ap pears that the Act especially provides against delay, hut . with an oversight lamentably adverse to Tory ma chinations, omits to make any provision against too much celerity, of which it would seem, for want of graver accusation, the ponderous Sir James now makes so lugubrious a complaint. It was ultimately ordered that. the Clerk of the Crown attend at the Bar of the House on Tuesday next, when we may expect another similarly contemptible exhibition of baffled Tory ma lign ity.—Morninff Ad ver ti ser . _ _ His Majesty's Ministers are going to propose the appointment of a Select Committee to consider and report whether, by an improvement in the management of Bishops' lands, a profit may not be realised appli cable to the repair of the fabrics of the Church with out injustice to the interests either of the Church or its lessees I Is not this admirable ? Twice has the proposition been demonstrated by Mr. Spring Rice. Twice has the proposition been affirmed by the House of Commons. If it has not the certainty of truth it has the vote of a majority on its side. Twice has the House of Commons decided that the Bishops may- advantageously be robbed—that the lessees may quits bly be defrauded. And now, after two debates and Iwo divisions, the question is to go to a Select Committee, that the case may be proved by evidence, which, without evidence, the supporters of the Mi ministers have been forced to maintain. Every young algebraist is told by his tutor, in the course of his early studies, that there are many things which he must be content to believe before he can be competent to understand—many ascertained results upon which he must learn to rely before he can comprehend the labo rious processes by which others have before arrived at them. Thus is it with Mr. Spring Rice and his three hundred students. He enunciates the proposition ;he will not yet plague them with the proof of it—he protests that wise men have tested every step of the analysis ; he vows that none but bigots and cor ruptionists dispute a syllable of the argument ; he exacts an entire profession of faith in the doctrines he lays down. All murmur applause. Mr. Roe buck is quite convinced ; Mr. Buxton is delight fully converted. The lecturer is charmed with the rapid progress of his pupils ; and, seeing that they have the formula perfectly by heart, begins to think they are clever enough to go back to the demon stration. We suppose that the object of this ex post facto investigation is the accomplishment of a quiet retreat from an untenable position, The Church-rate scheme has thus far been adopted by the House of Commons. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and others are directed to prepare and bring in a Bill. If Ministers abandon their measure they confess a de feat—if they persevere in it they incur one. They. propose, therefore, the appointment of a Select Com mittee, whose labours will be protracted comfortably till so late a period that further progress towards the abolition of Church-rates will be manifestly impos sible, and whose report will present us so many fig ments and figures, such a quantity of calculations and combinations, so much of Mr. Finlayson and Lieu tenant Drummond, that it will be as hard to see the truth through it all as to see the sun through a No vember fog, or the little Chancellor of the Exchequer through the stout Governor of the Bank.—Morning Post. Although the detestable project of Ministers with respect to the abolition of Church-rates has been de feated, we are still disposed to bestow a few farewell remarks upon it, lest any scheme of a similar kind should spring up in its place. The sum to be raised annually for the repair of Churches was, in the first instance. only 250,000/., and for this apparently tri vial sum they were to have unsettled and alienated from its lawful owners a mass of property upon which an incalculable number of families of almost every rank and grade in society, and totally unconnected with the Church, had obtained legal settlement, as lessees, sub-lessees, tenants, and in fact under every species of legal title which the most venerable institutions of the country sanction. But this was not all. The late proposition of Ministers will be found to aggravate the. evil which it professes to remedy ; for the whole sum to be raised annually being, as we have said above, for the repair and upholding of the Churches, 250,00 W., this sum the:• would have had to raise by loan the first year, and nearly as much the second ; and so on through the whole of the one-and-twenty years, or the continuance of three lives, they would have had to borrow till the Chapter leases had a:1 fallen in : by that time there would have been an ac cumulation of some millions of debt. To this must have been added the salaries of their Commissioners, Deputy-commissioners, with all _their lawyers,. and surveyors, and countless train of agents, for the ma nagement and letting of the Chapter lands as they fell in. The whole could, we apprehend, have amounted to no less than 5,000,0001. ; the interest of which, at 5 per cent., would have just doubled the ori ginal 250,0001., without a possibility of paying off the principal. And how was this sum of half a million an nually to have been paid? Or, even, how was it intended to pay the sum of only 250,0001., the present expense of Church repairs ? By screwing and racking it out of the poor tenants. They were to have been torn from their natural landlords, the deans and chapters ; the lands let at rack-rent, most likely by public roup ; and callous Commissioners sent down by Government, would have seized the last farthing of the then needy tenants. Other landlords, particularly those in needy circumstances, would have imitated this extortionate conduct, and the once happy plains of England would have been overwhelmed with misery. And this is the plan for which T. F. Buxton had the con fidence to stand up in his place in the new House of Commons and say, " he thanked Ministers for it !" Surely the respectable and truly good portion of the Methodists of Weymouth will spurn from them such a man as this. Let them recollect their pious founder, the excellent John Wesley, the steady friend of the established Church ; the truly religious and heavenly-minded Wilberforce ; and think how the memory of each of those great men is insulted by mo dern and malignant pretenders to their principles and place. But to return to our more immediate subject. How are Churches repaired at present ? By a rate undoubtedly ; but let it be recollected that if the Money be raised in the parish, it is spent in the parish also ; if it be derived from the several landlords (as in fact it is), who let their lands and houses subject to such rate, it goes into the pockets of the industrious trades men and mechanics of the place where the Church is repaired—the plumbers and glaziers, and stone-masons. and carpenters, and painters; but, under the proposed horriblelaw, the Government Commissioners would have managed all the repairs of every Church inEngland; they would hare sent down their own surveyors, ay, and they would have had their own workmen too, if they could not have agreed with those on the spot ;and they would have had an interest in beating down all the estimates to the lowest possible sum ; because their own salaries would have come out of the funds lo be saved by this new scheme of oppression and extortion. The result would inevitably have been, as we could show by as strict a computation as such a matter admits, that the Com missioners, with all their hardness—and we see of what hardness Commissioners are capable in the case of another unhappy class of our fellow-subjects now sub mitted to their gripe—namely, the parochial poor— the Commissioners, with all their hardness, would have been able to screw little more from the oppressed tenantry of what were once chapter lands, than their own numerous and exorbitant salaries. The Churches, for the maintenance of which all these awful changes were projected, would have fallen into decay, and with them religious instruction in its fairest form would have declined likewise : the children's bread would have been taken froin them and given to dogs ; yes, the bread of life would have been taken from the children and cast to the dogs—the Commissioners.—Times. A strong feeling has been excited at Boulogne by the resolution of the French Government to deprive the British residents of the assistance of English medical gentlemen. The prohibition is to extend against any English physician whatever going there to practice. If this resolution is per sisted in the effects must be very injurious to Boulogne, which has hitherto been the resort of so many English families, and where they have spent large sums of money, who will very soon quit the place if they are deprived of English medical at tendance. CAPTAIN' MARRYAT.—The most graphic and skilful delineator of the varied adventures of a sailor's life, since the author of " Roderick Random," and " Peregrine Pickle," has a new work just ready for publication. We have, of late, had rather a superabundance of naval novels, generally depicting the seamen of the present age, and we are, therefore, glad to hear that the plot of the forthcoming book is laid above a century back, so that the gallant author will have the ad vantage, among modern naval writers at least, of illustrating a new and attractive period in the annals of the service. Mr. Cooper, the celebrated author of " The Pilot," has at last produced his long expected work on England. This distinguished man resided for some time in London, and as his literary fame had preceded him, he found a ready invi tation to the highest and most exclusive circles. Nothing in deed can be more curious than the impressions produced on the mind of the republican by the manners of the aristocrati cal society amidst which he was admitted. Thus we have the most remarkable sketches and anecdotes of English Courtiers, Nobility, nvm about town, artists, authors, and titled beauties, which given by a democratical pen have all the charm of no velty. CAPT. AL•EXANDER'S NARRATIVE Of a Voyage of Observation aciong the Colonies of Western Africa, and of a campaign in Kaffirland, in 1836, is just published. The first volume treats chiefly of the voyage of the Thalia, and the results of its touching , tt Madeira, Teneriffe, the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Cape Coast, g.ccra, the Bight of Biafra, St. Helena, and Ascension ; whilst the second is dedicated to the Kaffir War of 1835, when Sir B. D'Urban reduced these unruly sa vages, liberated the Fin - o nation, and secured a new and more extended frontier to the Hottentots and Colonists. This ac count of the Kaffirs and their country is, perhaps, the most ample which has yet been laid before the public. Altogether, Captaiu Alexander's -work pill sustain his literary repute.— Literary Gazette. ENCLOSURE OF PRIMROSE-HILL AND HAMPSTEAD-HEATH. In consequence of a public notice, conveninc , a vestry meeting, to take into consideration the effect of the Portland Cemetery Bill (now before Parliament), upon the rights and privileges of the copyholders and inhabitants of Hamp stead, a very numerous meeting of the parishioners assembled at the vestry room on Thurstity morning. The Rev. Dr. WHITE, Incumbent, took the chair, and briefly stated that the objects of the meeting was to consider the nature of the Portland Cemetery Bill. Mr. STANDISH MOTTE should feel great pleasure in stat ing to the vestry the objectionable clauses that would affect their parish. The first objectionable clause was that of empowering the Company to enclose the Chalcot estate. or Primrose-hill, or any land within ten miles of London. The second was power to stop up highways and footpaths on the same. The Learned Counsel then went on to state fully all the clauses in the Bill affecting the public rights of the parishioners of Hampstead, which comments occupied more than hour. At the conclusion the parishioners expressed their thanks for the information afforded to them. Mr. A. GARRATT said, as a lawyer, he saw great mis chief in the clauses of the Bill, as affecting the public and private interests of the inhabitants of Hampstead. The Bill gave power to enclose Primrose-hill or Hampstead-heath, giving power to the Lord of the Manor of Hampstead, and the Provost of Eton College, to sell their interest in those lands, which power they do not now possess, and to stop up the public footpaths, and deprive the public of their accus tomed right over Hampstead-heath. He concluded his observations by moving " That as the Bill interferes with the rights of the parishioners and the public in general, by the power given to the Company of stopping up or divert ing footpaths, and affects the copyholders and inhabitants of this parish, by giving the Company power to purchase and enclose Primrose-hill or Hampstead-heath, that a petition, embodying the above objections be presented to the House of Commons against the Bill." It being seconded, was unanimously carried. Mr. JAMES rose and stated, since giving notice to the parish officer of the Bill they had been discussing, he found that a second Bill was in Parliament, with similar clauses ; and begged to hand them the Necropolis and National Cemetery Company's Bill. It would be found that this Bill should also have their serious attention. Mr. GAURATT said, I see the same objectionable clauses are in this Bill. I move that a committee be appointed to watch the progress of the Necropolis and National Ceme tery Company's Bill, and, if necessary, to petition Parlia• ment, and oppose the same. This having been carried, the gentlemen named on the committee adjourned to preptre the petitions. Thanks having been voted to Mr. Matte and the Chair man, the meeting adjourned. CLAIMANT to the BRITISH THRONE CURIOUS CASE.—At the evening sitting of the Ma gistrates at the Kensington Petty Sessons.on We lnesday a person about forty years of age, of most gentltmAnly ap pearance and address, was charged before Mr. B,.rlovr, the sitting Magistrate, under the following singular circum stances : _ . _ William Sherlock, police constable of the A division,. stated that between four and five o'clock that afternoon, while on dtity in Kensington Gardens, near the Palace, he saw a person, who turned out to be the defendant, seated on one of the seats on the terrace at the eastern front of the Palace, on which the Duchess of Kent usually break fasts. Knowing the defendant had no right to he there, and that he must have gotten over two high fences to have reached the place, witness proceeded towards him and re quested him to withdraw. Defendant civilly refused to do so, saying be bad a right to be there. Witness then asked him his name, when defendant said he was " the real and rightful King of England ;" there was a person living in Windsor Castle who was called King, but he was only Duke of Clarence. The defendant also added that "the Princess Victoria was his wife," and that "he intended to take possession of the Palace before night." Witness again requested defendant to withdraw, and continued doing so for full twenty minutes, during which time a large con course of persons collected on the adjacent walks, some of whom attempting to get over the enclosure, witness at tempted to remove the defendant by force, in doing which defendant's coat was slightly torn. Defendant was then conveyed to the station-house. Mr. BARLow—Did the defendant appear to 1 e sobe'r ? Sherlock—Perfectly so, and not in the slightest degree excited. Mr. BARLOW—WiII you favour us with your name and address, Sir ? Defendant—My proper name is John Guelph, although I pass as Captain John Wood., of the 10th Regiment of Foot. I reside at 118, Oxford-street. Mr. BARLOW—What was your object in acting as you are represented to have done ? Defendant—l intended to be taken into custody, that the matter might be brought to an issue. I am a son of his late Majesty King George the Fourth and Queen Caroline, and was born at Blackheath. The Royal Family are aware of it, and it will soon be proved whether my statement is true or not. Mr. BAnLow—You are evidently labauring under some delusion, and I should not be doing my duty as a magis trate if I did not detain you until some inquiries can be made respecting you. On Thursday he was again brought before Messrs. Codd Barlow, and Pilkington, the sitting magistrates, when Sherlock stated that he had inquired at No. 118, Ox ford -street, that morning, and found from the statement of Miss Blanchard, the landlady, that the defendant, whom she called Captain Wood, had resided there about three months, during which time he had conducted himself in a very gen tlemanly manner. He had been recommended to her by Messrs. Atkinson and Crooke, tailors, of Regent-street. Witness accordingly proceeded there, but Mr. Atkinson re siding in the Regent's Park he was unable to see him. The foreman bad, however, sent to him immediately, and witness expected he would soon be at the office. Mr. BARLOW.—I have looked into the Army List, and find there are two officers of the name of Wood in the re giment, one of whom is paymaster. Defendant—There has been but one of that name in the regiment, since 1834. I was the paymaster of the regiment. Mr. BARLOW.—Then you still say you are brother to the late Princess Charlotte? Defendant—Yes, Sir, I am. Mr. BARLOW—What was your object in so improperly getting within the enclosures, directly under the Princess's windows ? Defendant—To pay my addresses to the Princess Victoria. Mr. BARLOW—Have you ever been there be ? De fendant—Oh, yes ; several times. Mr. BARLOW—Not within the enclosure? Defendant —Oh, no ; never. Mr. BARLOW—WiII you promise not to act s) again ? Defendant—l will promise not to offend the Princess Vic toria again if my going there is unpleasant to her. Mr. CODD then questioned the defendant as to how long he had been in the regiment, and who was the agent ? Defendant, in reply, stated he had belonged to it several years, a portion of which time he had served in the lonian Islands. Mr. CODD—On your word, as an officer and a gentle man, have you never been placed under restraint, or sub jected to medical treatment ? Defendant—On my honour, I can assure you I have not. Mr. BARLow—Have you any brothers or sisters living? Defendant—l have ; but they are on the Continent. I however, apprehend that can have nothing to do with tilia,caitl. The Bench then consulted together for a few minutes, after which— Mr. CODD said—You appear to us to be perfectly sane ; and although your conduct and assertions are most extraor dinary, still we should not be justified in 1 onger detaining you. You are discharged. The defendant then bowed to the bench, and quitted the office, but he had not been gone above a couple of minutes before Mr. Atkinson arrived, when the bench stated to him the circumstance under which Captain Wood had been taken into cnstody. Mr. Atkinson said he had known him some years, having been recommended to him in the highest manner by the other officers of the regiment. He was the last unattached captain, and from all that he had seen of him his mind was not at all affected. The Bench then recommended Mr. Atkinson to inquire further respecting him, which he promised to do. A singular funeral took place last week in a com mune near Boulogne-sur-Mer. The dead was, agreeably to his own directions in his testament, carried to the grave by four of his cup companions. A bottle and a glass were placed on the coffin, and the procession was preceded by two minstrels playing lively airs.—French Paper. On Saturday morning, as Joseph Webster was re turning from Thorpe Hesley, through a wood called Oakin greane-wood, he found a man suspended by a silk handkerchief to a bough of one of the trees. Information was immediately given to Isaac Ashforth, the constable of Scholes, and every possible inquiry made to ascertain who the man was, when it was discovered that his name was James Smedley, a sail maker, residing at Clarborough, near Redford. The deceased hung himself, being at the tittle of unsound mind.—Sheffield Mercury. _ . On Wednesday morning a lady of the name of Wil son, residing in Lisson-grove, went into the city for the pur pose of receiving a quarter's annuity (said to be 2501. per an num). On receiving the money, she placed herself in an omnibus to return home. She got out at the Yorkshire Stingo, but on arriving at home, she discovered that she had left be hind her the bag containing the money. She did not know the name or number of the omnibus, but, on inquiry, she dis covered it, and on the return of the conductor from the city, she was fortunate enough to procure the bag and its contents safe. Delighted at the discovery, she, after a multitude of • thanks, generously presented the conductor with—sixpence ! THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1837. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS. ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 26. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. 18s. sh. 195 1,482 41. Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average 1131. sh. '7O 1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. ch. 51 1,005 5/, Brecknock and Abergavenny 150.. sh. los 8,000 1-16 sh. 91.91. Birmingham, 1-16th share 81/. & 711. 218 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ sh. 100 pd 31 600 . Bridgewater and Taunton -.1004 sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 481. Coventry 1001. sh. 700 4,545 Croydon Average 31/. s.lod. sh. 3 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley lOOl. sh. $5 600 71. Derby WO/. sh. 122 20,000 3,5751 31. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. $0 231 401. Erewash 1 001. sn. 650 1,297 M. Forth and Clyde Average 41101.1 tis. sh. 610 11,900 12/, Grand Junctir - 1 lOO/. sh. 204 2,8491 11. Grand Union 1001. sh. 24 1,500 Grand Surrey lOOl. sh. I 120,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. 70 8,096 Grand Western lON. sh. all pd 600 131.125. 2d. Glamorganshite, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 230 749 10/. Grantham l5Ol. sh. 202 6,236 11. 15s. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 35 100 25,329 11. 2s. Kennet ind Avon, Average 39/. 18*. 10d. sh. 221 2,4971 201. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 540 5451 131. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 200 1,897 41. 10*. Leicester and Northampton... Aver s'3/. 10s. 77 2,400 10/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 200 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200 , 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 560 3,000 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54 247 17/. Neat h 100/. sh. 325 1,786 301. Oxford 100/. sh. 545 2,400 5/. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 104 21,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 16 5,669 61. per cent. ilochdale Average 113/. sh. 119 500 8/, Shropshire 1151. sh. 138 800 111. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 148 3,600/, 41 per cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 111 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243 300 91. Stourhridge 3,647 21. ,•11. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. tsd. sh. 50 533 121. Swansea 1001. sh. 220 3,762 1/. 9s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 351. sh. 261 2,60.11 x:,. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, 1 share 100/. sh. 550 8,149 ..... .... Thames ....ad Medway... Aver. 19/. s*. Sd. *h. 2 1,00010 ,000sh.1 151 Warwick aid Birmingham 1001. sh . 3 " 940 1 Is. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 180 6,000 41.05. Worcest,r and Birmingham...Av.7Bl.Bc. sh. Si ' 5,000 225. \Vilts an, Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 20 800 3/. Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 12`6 Wisbeach lO5l. sh. 43 905 11. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 221 DOCKS. 4,600 Jr 13D c. Commercial 100/. sh. 55 1,065i5h. - ' 408,6671/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 114 1,238,3141. 50s. p. et. London Stock 51 Ditto Bonds 1,3.0,000/. hi. per ct. West India 2,:09 2/. Ills. Bristol 66,024/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll5 1.152,752 4 per cent. St. Katharine ' Stock 90 500,1100 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds iur 10 years 9Bl Shoreham Hot hour 2.500 ..« .... Deptford Pier .01. sh. 31. BRIDGES. 1,60 Ifs. Hammersm.ti 5O/. sh. 221 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. C 3/. 2s. Sd. sh. 2 1,700 1/. Iss. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. oh. 14 5,000 ... ...... Waterloo ... lOOl. sh. 44 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of V/. 6Ol. pd 181 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 7/ 40!. pd 154 110,000/. N. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 5,848 14. Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 164 AS , URANCI. COMPANIES. 2,000 g/ in. Albion 500/. sh. 50/ pd 81 50,000 s r i c i ciriLL Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 1041. pd 12: 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 10 0 /. sh. Si. pd 51 24,000 1/ per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 5/. pd 134 1,200 ph. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire 250/. sh. 551. pd 105 2)1,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 41 12,000 6/. per cent. British Comincrcial 504 sh. 5/. pd 61 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Med. al, &c. Life, ICOI. sh. 12/10s pd 4 4,000 21 les County 100/. sh. 101. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle ,01 r and per 50/ bs. cent./ Economic Liles 1000 !. sh. 2501. pd 375 L 3 2,271 225. percent. European Li , • 1, 01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 21. Ditto, New • . .01. sh. '2l. pet If 1,000,000/. 71. per ct. Globe ..,11,11..0 51. Guardian 104)1. sh. 2711 pd :33 40,000 6s. fd. Hope 501. sh. t•I. pd 54 2,400 5/. 7s. Q. Imperial hire. 5001 NIL 501. lid 121 7,500 9s. Imperial 'Ale 100/. sh. 10!. pd 10 13,458 Ns ner sh. Indemnity M• 11 Me 14 0/. all. 81. pd 104 2,020 31 lOs Ketst Fire 501. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Lite. 79 111, 0 00 16s. Law Life 1004 sh. 101. pd 26 5.000 10s. London, Fir ? .5/ sh. 121. 10s, pit 154 3,900 10s. ,London, Ship 251. sh. 1:2/. 10s. pd 151 00,0 sl 6.1. per cent. Palladium 131.. 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 2l 8s Od ;0%000 Protector Foe .f./. sh. 2/. pd 18s 6d 2.,:500 I/. Provident I.ne lOOl. sh. le/. pd 2n 100,000 5/. per cent. Rock Life .0/. sh. V. pd 64 4111,•22()/ 5/. per cent. Royal Excli.i.ve 5t0.1... 225 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOOl. ob. 5/. pd 51 50,004) 4 per cent. United Kitiv,doin Life 2l. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,0ne Agric and Cumin. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 Australaia 10,000 10 percent. Bank of BB iningham 5. /. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,1(00 le per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 14 30,9)0 5 per cent. Lon.lon and s.Vestminster-100/ sh. 20/. pd 194 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster..... 1004 sh. 204 pd 30 '25; 1 00 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 19 50,000 78 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool} 100/. sh. 15/ pd 211 Discount .. 20,000 7 percent. Manchester 1001. sh. 95/ pd 28; 20,000 ... ...... Provincial 14 ink of 1 reland 100/. sh. 25/. p 4 394 20, CO National Bank of Ireland - s'l. sh 171/. pd 1:14 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOOl. sh. 351. pd 3 0 1 19,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 101. pd 20 (4,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES:. . -. 2,500 115 s 6d Bath 2O/. sh. 16/. pd 24 5,000 British 4Ol. eh. 161. pd 21 sis .„., c t 5/. end pe l3s. rcentsB.i Ditto Provincial -204 sh. 19 pd 23i '"'-' 928 5110 s Birmingham 5,250 2t Os MUM,' 20 sh. 36 1,500 3! lOs Brighton 2Ol. sh. 12 750 3/ lOs Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 181. pd 1 , ; 2,471 5 per cent. Brigaton lieoeral 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 4/. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 6211. pd 85 1,000 101. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 180 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,1100 41. 10s. Equitable 10, 0 00 21 per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 42 81)0 51. per cent. Isle !if Tnatiet 251. sh. 20/. pd 20 2,350 61. per cont. ' ndependeut 3O/. sh. all pd 49 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix.... 501. alt. 391. pd 201 1,000 41. per cent. Ilatclifr 1001. sh. 80/. pd 53 4,0'0 South Metropolitan 5O/. sh. 19/. pd 17 8,200 V. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 461. pd 25 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 81. per cent Wakefield 25/. oh. 22i 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered ... ...... . 5O/. sh. 43 6,000 12s. Ditto New . 51 1. sh. 10/. pd 91 B€l Yarmouth. 201. sh. 18/. pd Si WATER WJItKS. 1,800 9s. Birmingham 251. sh. 25/. pd 241 1,434 M. East London lOOl. sh. 1401 5,500 2/ 11./5 Grand Junction .... Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 50 2,000 2/. . KN.+ lOOl. sh. - 4-') 37.2 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3•:6 1,500 21 10 s Now diver London Bridge Water Annuities LS 11,430 1/ 15s 11. nchester and Salford Loan 4 her cent. South London lOOl. sh . 8 i 1,294 NI. West Middlesex Average 113!. 12s. od. sh. 70 1,360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 0,000 Birmingham and Derby 10!. psi 3.1 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester le/ pd I 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 01 150(0 Bristol and Exeter 1001. sh. 10 pd 21 060 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. 'll. pd Of 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...loo/. sh. 71/. S 3004 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/. pd 40 12,000 0,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 2f pit 1 60,000 Eastern Counties 25/ oh. 2/. pd 0 Grand Junction 100/. sh. 50/. p 1 1(.7 Great North of England 7l. pd 51 25,031 ... ...... Great Western lOO/. sh. 40/. pd 411 2,0110 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 100/. pd 100 1 1 ,000 Hull and selby 5O/. sh. 5!. pd 0 10,004 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14 7,100 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 45 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....50/. sh. all pd 70 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(l.sh. 100!. pa 202 Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 61 10,000 London and Brighton lOO/. sh. 51 pd 11 15,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') -401 sh. I/. pd Of 16,000 Ditto ditto (Rennie)... so /. sh. 31. pal 11 8,0 , 4 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 3!. pd Of 12,000 London and Blackwall 5Ol. sh. SI pd Of 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sh. 201. pd 16f 25,1)00 London and Birmingham _IOW. sh. 854 pd 128 20,( , 00 London and Southampton... Ml. sh. 40/.";pd 18 7,000 London and Croydon 20/. sh. 15!. pd 13 12,1010 ...... ... London Grand Junction 51. sh. SI. pd Of 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 50/.6h. 5/. pd 4. North Midland 100/. sh. 15/. pd 124 Northenl and Eastern lOOl. sh. 3/. pd 4 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50!. sh. 1/. psi 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 7!. pd 21 1,000 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240 0,000 Thanies Haven 5Ol. sh. 21. 10s. pd Of 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/. pd 0.5 (1,000 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 3/. pd 2I MINES. F,OOO Albion Copper 5/. sh. 341. pd 12 4,000 11. ss. Alten 151. sh. 121. 103 pd 111 10,000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all nd 31 Ditto Subscription ''.sl. pa 4 2,000 Bolanos i 150/. sh all nd 80 10,000 11. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh. 201. pd 261 6,0 0 Macaubas & Cocaes United...2s/. sh. 2311. pd 7 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey ...... „la oh. pi. pd 2t 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company. V/. oh. 201. IA 5 10,000 ...-•••• Ditto Scrip 101. sh. Si. pd 6 20,001 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 501 pd 411 6,000 British Copper Cata Branca.. 6l/. pd 6 Candour - 7;l. psi .65 ~ga 10,000 1/. Copiapo 2O l. sh 12 1! jxl 14 8,500 Columbian, iss Si. pm. 2,950 31. English 121 ICs. pd 22 20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 15/. pd 9 6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh 544/. pd 01 1,000 Polberou Consols 104 sh 8/. pd 7 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered l4 Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 1121 30,000 ...... ... United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ....40/. sh. all pd 11 Mtn, Scrip 2l Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 21 West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd 34 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 201 1,500 London University 1001. sh. all pd 2E 700 Russell nsgs. sh. 0 King' College lOOl. pd 32 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 2CI/. pd 36 6,000 Cl. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 121 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 241. pd 361 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan lOO City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl 15,000 U. 6s. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 131. pd .241 10!. per cent.,Hudson's Bay Stock 2000 11. London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchnuc Company 25/. sh. '2ll. pd 11 New Brunswick Land Company 414 pd 13 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary I nterest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. psi 126 2,633 Si. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 701. pd 85 4,000 10,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. APRIL 29, 1837. BANKS. L. 50 0 ,00 ii. 61. p. et. Ban'c of Scotland S 3/ . 6s Rd. sh. all pd 19P/. 2,000,0X1. 5i p. ct. Royal of Scotland., lOOl. sh. all pd 15.91. 50 0 . 0)(4, 94 p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.5h...11 pd 236/. 3,000,00 r/. 6/• p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1761. 5. , •00 , 9 0, , . et. NiFtional lOO/. sh. 101. pd Mt/. 2,000,0001. 5/ p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. 01. 501. pd 661. 4, 000"01. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland >OOl. sh 301. pd 361-/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 95b.0005h (- p. ct. Scottish Union 2O!. sh. I/. pd 21}s - ,50Q 61 p. et. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10!. pd 141 Os. i n rov ti p. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd NI. 5 000 p 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101. pd 1 51. 1,000 hp. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 10!. pd 11115 s w oo ep. et. Edinburgh I .ife 100/. sh. 101. p 4 14110 s 100 , 000 3i p. et. West ni Scotland lO/. pd 7t thi MISCELLANEO Us 4,810 ...... ... Edin. and G!a;Un.(::'aMil 50/. sh. all pd 221 . Ditto A llocar.ed eel. eh. all pd 65/. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb.;Joi tit Stack Water 251. sh. all pd 261. Carron Den Company ')501. sh. all IA 431. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founderv... ...... 50/.sh 3 , /. pd 441 10,000 y per cent. Edinburgh & i.eith Glass ....201. sh. 161. pd S/. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 95/. sh. all pd 56)/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 61/ 750 71 per cent. Leith Coal ;an 201. sh. all pd 451. 1,201 Edinburgh end I)alkeith Itailway...so/.sh. 55/. 3,000 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Company 25/. sh. 91 pd la FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 26. The King has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint John Henry David Fraser, Esq., (now First Attache to his Ma jesty's Embassy at Vienna) to be Secretary to his Majesty's Lega tion at Buenos Ayres. The King his also been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Philip Griffith, Esq., to be Secretary to his Majesty's Legation at the Court of Greece. WAR-OFFICE, May 26, 1837. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Cornet J. Lindsay, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Charlton, who retires, May 26. 3cl Regiment of Light Dragoons—H. H. Bradshaw, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lindsay, appointed to the 2d Dragoon Guards; Veterinary Surgeon G. Edlin, from the 7th Light Dra goons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Lewes, deceased, May 26. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet C. H. Wyndham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daly, who retires ; J. M. Hagart, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wyndham ; G. Johnson, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Edlin, appointed to the 3d Light Dragoons, May 26. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant G. 0. Gavin to be Captain, by purchase, vice Guest, who retires ; Cornet R. A. Yule to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gavin ; M. Gwynne, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice J. C. R. Weguelin, who retires, May 26 ; T. F. Powell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Yule, May 27. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. Hon. C. B. Phipps to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hawkins, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. J. B. Wall to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Phipps ; Hon. J. C. P. Murray to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wall, May 26. 19th Regiment of Foot—Ensign J. D. Simpson, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Freemen, who retires ; R. Sanders, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Simpson, May 26. 20th Foot—Major W. N. Hutchinson, from the 76th Regiment of Foot, to be Major, vice A. Fraser, who retires upon half-pay Unattached, receiving the difference, May 26. 34th Foot—B. Rooper, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Judge, who retires, May 26. 37th Foot—Gentleman Cadet W. Hamilton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, May 26. 46th Foot—Lieut. W. Lacy to be Adjutant, vice Campbell, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, May 26. 76th Foot—Major G. H. Dansey, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Major, paying the difference, vice Hutchinson, appointed to the 20th Regiment of Foot, May 26. BREVET. Major G. H. Dansey, of the 76th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel in the Army, Jan. 10. BANKRUPTS. SAMUEL PEIRSON, oilman, Hammersmith, to surrender June 10, at two, and July 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, official assignee ; Oldershaw, To kenhouse-yard. JAMES SILK, carpet-manufacturer, Kidderminster, June 6 and July 7, at one, at the Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster. Mi chael, Red Lion-square, London; Bird and Saunders, Kidder min4er. CHARLES KURTZ, manufacturing chymist, Salford, June 6 and July 7, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Milne and Co., Temple, London; Kay and Darbishire, Manchester. WILLIAM TAYLOR, dyer, Strand-lane, Prestwich cum Old ham, Lancashire, June 6, at eleven, and July 7, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Town-hall-buildings, Cross-street, Manchester. JAMES RUSHER, commission-agent, Leeds, Yorkshire, May 29, and July 7, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds. Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane, London ; Scott, Leeds. JOHN WALLIS, victualler, Coventry, June 7, and July 7, at twelve, at the Craven Arms Hotel, Coventry. Weeks and Gilbert son, Cook's-court, Serle-street, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Carter and Dewes, Coventry. WILLIAM SMITH, coach, master, Cuckfield, Sussex, June 10, at twelve, and July 7, at two, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Robert son, Cuckfield; Robertson, New Inn, Strand, London. GREGORY JAMES SARMON - TOMKINS, scrivener, Lea mington-priors, Warwickshire, June 14, and July 7, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Alcaster. Bedford, Calthorpc-street, London ; Bedford and Pidcock, Worcester. HENRY JOHN RICE ELWORTHY, bill-broker, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, June 12, and July 7, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth, Surr, Lombard-street, London ; Mar shall, Plymouth. JOHN JOPLIN, linen-draper, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, June 7, and July 7, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester. Wilson, South-square, Gray's Inn, London ; Wilson, Manchester. JAMES WILLIAM GRAY, glass merchant, Exeter, June 10, and July 7, at twelve, at the Star Inn, Exeter. Anderton and Scott, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London ; Head, Exeter. EDWARD SINCLAIR, common brewer, Monkseaton, Nor thumberland, June 19, at eleven, and July 7, at one, at the Bank rupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, Cheapside, London ; Young, Neweastle upon-Tyne. CHARLES THOMAS RIMER, provision merchant, South ampton, May 31, at two, and July 7, at six, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southampton. Randall and Eldridge, Southampton ; Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Temple, London. - . PAUL HARWOOD, ironmonger, York, June 6, and July 7, at eleven, at the Falcon Inn, Micklegate, York. Williamson and Hill, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn, London ; Richardson and Gold, York ; Pearson, York. FREDERICK FORMAN GIBBS, ship-broker, Liverpool, June 8, and July 7, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Wyche and Howard, Leadenhall-street, London ; Howard and Wyche, Drury-lane, Liverpool. WILLIAM CRIPPS, merchant, Newport Pagnell, Bucking hamshire, June 2, at half-past-one, and July 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury ; Ashurst and Gains ford, Cheapside, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. G. B. Robinson, coal factor, Cross -lane, City, June 16, at eleven— W. Panter. broker, St. Dunstan's-hill, City, June 16, at half-pass ten—T. Dicks, corn dealer, Greenwich, June 17, •at eleven— T Fordham, poulterer, Leadenhall-market, June 17, at twelve—S. L and H. Binney, dyers, Berners-street, June 16, at one—H. New ton, silk mercer, Regent-street, June 16, at two. In the Country. W. Unsworth, silk lace manufacture 4 Derbyshire, June 22, at eleven, at the New Inn, Derby—J. Hewlings, currier, Bristol, June 19, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol—H. Brown and Co., merchants, Gloucestershire, June 17, at three, at the Of fice of Messrs. Winterbotham.and Thomas, Tewkesbury, Glouces tershire. CERTIFICATES, JUNE, 16. S. Kay, ♦ictualler, Heaton Norris, Lancashire—S. Norman. pawnbroker, Princes-street, Leicester-square—E. B. Bradley, maltster, Nine Elms, Surrey—T. Prosser, ; draper, Coleshill, War wickshire-4. E. Tozer, wholesale hosier, Milk-street, Cheapside —J. D. Webb, dealer in lamps, Fleet-street—G. S. Holloran, merchant, Belfast—T. Hind and C. Clayton, lace manufactnrers, Nottingham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Ward and J. Carrod—J. S. Armstrong and T. Haire, sur geons, Lewes—T. and W. Harvey, grocers, Derby—J. Williams and E. Jones, drapers, Liverpool—W. and H. Jones, grocers, Me rionethshire—G. Brown and E. V. ♦ustin, surgeons, Rotherhithe —J. Moile and Co., Liverpool—W. H. and H. A. K. Eames, farmers, Farringdon, Southampton—B. Bach and G. Young, plumbers, Preston, Lancashire—J. and C. Adshead, wholesale ho siers, Manchester—W. Dearden and Co., cotton waste spinners, Rochdale—W. Ledgard and Co., drugget manufacturers, Liver sedge, Yorkshire (so far as regards W. Ledgard)—G. B. Lloyd and Co., iron masters, Wednesbury, Staffordshire—E. W. Jackson and Co., wool merchants, Leeds (so far as regards F. Reade)—N. and W. Mandel-, mercers, Lichfield—S. Baker and Co., merchants, Gloucester (so far as regards S. Baker)—J. Hind and Co., ma chine makers, Belfast—J. Geiger and Co., cigar manufacturers, Goodman's-fields (so far as regards M. Warburg)—J. Park and Co., iron founders, Preston—J. Whitworth and J. Butterworth, cotton spinners, Rochdale—L. and W. Ridge, corn chandlers, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico— W. Richardson and S. Scholfield, joiners, Farnworth, Lancashire—B. Barnett and L. Wolff, clothes dealers, Manchester—J. G. Hartley and T. E. Wyche, Indian rubber manufacturers, New Kent-road--H. Dendy and M. Pcl lett, millers, Arundel—J. Donlevy, weighing machine manufactu rer, Hosier-lane, City. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. JOHN EDWARDS and WILLIAM DAVIE, rope manufac turers, Dundee, May 31 and June 15, at twelve, at Scott's Tavern Dundee. It will be recollected that some two or three Central Criminal Court Sessions ago at the Old Bailey, John Minter Hart was convicted of forgery on the son of Dr. Jenner, of Doctors' Commons, and ordered for transportation for life. By the letters recently received by the relatives, vvho are highly respectable, it appears that while the vessel was on its voyage to Sydney, to which place he, with other convicts, was con signed, the deceased suffered severely from change of diet and his long imprisonment, which soon terminated his life. The ordinary meeting of the Zoological Society was held on Tuesday evening ; NV. S. Mackay, Esq., in the Chair. A letter was read from Or. Weissenborn, Secretary to the Zoological Society of S:..icony, accompanying a pre served head and specimen of a German marmot or hamster, which gave some novel and curious facts in the economy ;of that animal. In the winter it burrows two or three feet deeper than in summer; the earth not being rammed in at random, but made in masses about the size of a pea or bean, which allow a free circulation of air, and prevent the animal being suffocated. A paper was read from Mr. Bennett on the lumi nosity of the sea, attributing this phenomenon not alone to medusa, molluscs, and crustacea, but to a variety of fish. He captured a small shark about 1 feet long, which, when taken, was very luminous, and continued so whilst it lived, or about the space of three hours ; this appearance being most vivid when the fish struggled. The luminosity in this and other fish, it was supposed, might probably he the means afforded by na ture by which they are enabled to catch their prey. A letter was read from Dr. Ruppell descriptive of phytotoma tridac tyla, of Abyssinia, a bird only previously described by Bruce. It was proved to belong to the genus pogonus, and in comme moration of this traveller was named Pogonius Brucii. The President stated that he had recently had an interview with Mr. Cumming Bruce, who had married the heiress of that dis tinguished traveller, and who had promised him the original paper on the celebrated insect aim, described by him. It would be recollected that the accounts of Mr. Bruce gave origin to the fabled travels of Baron Munchausen, but all the animals and plants, as well as the almost miraculous tales described by him, had been subsequently proved correct upon the best au thority ; whilst the account of this insect was the only one that remained disputed, not bearing the slightest relation to any thing ever known or described. Mr. Gray remarked that Dr. Ruppell, who had paid particular attention to the description of this insect, bad not been able to recognise in it the most re mote identity with any in that country. Although the credit and fidelity of Bruce as a naturalist were confirmed, the same could not be said of his drawings, many of which would lead into error if any reliance were placed upon them. One Sunday, when that eminent Christian, the ' Rev. Sir fl. Moncrieff, was Minister of Blackford, the pre centor came to church with the back part of his large curled wig turned to the fore part of his head. The Minister gave out the 71st psalm to be sung, beginning at the 7th verse. When the precentor stood up to sing the first line, which runs " To many I a wonder am," the people could not help looking and laughing at him. Sir Henry, observing the point to which the people's eyes were directed, looked over the pulpit, and seeing the mistake, gravely said, " And so, Sir, you are a wonder to many ; turn the right side of your wig foremost." —Glasgow Courier. MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of May 26.) SUGAR.-The West India Raw Sugar Market in the early part of the week, was in a very inactive state. Sales privately of middling grocery Tobagoes have been made at 535. 6d. to 545. • Tortola with colour at 555. ; Antigua and Tortola of good quality and with much colour at 575. ; Jamaica good grey for refining at 545. 6d. At public sale 20 casks 9 cases To bago went at stiffer prices, mid. yellow at 535. to 545. In the Refined Sugar Trade much inactivity still continues to preall - vail. The refiners accepted 31s. a 31s. 6 d. for some sm parcels of double Crushed, being a decline on former prices of 6d. a Is. This afternoon there was rather more demand from the grocers at stiffer prices • 735. paid for Lumps en titled to the double bounty ; the shippers still purchase spat. ingly, but there are not sellers now of doubled Crushed under 31s. 6d. to 325. MAURITICS.-This afternoon there was rather more business doing, several piles of very ord. brown, much like Bastards, were bought in at 38s. 6d. a 435., mid. and good yellow de scriptions went at fully former rates, in some instances they were considered rather dearer, and sold at 535. a 575., I ° W brown with strength went at 475. a 495., very inferior 38 3 . a 405., and good 51s. a 525. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon there was offered at auction 671 bags Bengal subject to the 325., and 962 bags at the 24 3 . duty, the former went at previous rates, and sold at 295. to 325. 6d. for mid. and fine; the latter sold 6d. dearer for the good descriptions, ord. sorts at former rates, very fine white sold at 765. 6d., good 635. 6d. to 645. 6d., mid. 58s. to 605.6 d. FOREIGN.-Bahia very ord. soft brown to good dry greY it 16s. 6d. to 225. 6d. ; Paraiba ord. soft brown to low yeller' 15s. to 21s. 6d. ; Pernambuco soft yellow 17s. to 20s. ' • th e strong white sorts are much wanted. Of the latter 500 nhestS have been disposed privately at 28s. for good mid. e,!ti; x and there is much disposition evinced to purchase. e °- Havannah has been sought after, and 6d. advance has been paid, 275. 6d. to 295. has been obtained privately for 200 chests of good and fine, and 265. for ord. MOLASSES.-Small sales of fair St. Vincent's have been made at 265. to 265. 6d. CO/FRS.-This afternoon the market continued dull for British Plantation, and 66 casks, 36 bags at public sale, th e principal part was unclean and which was refused, there bell no buyers ; a few lots Demerara sold at 745. 6d. for go o ordinary triage, and one lot of clean low middling at 905' COCOA.-Good fair red at 485., mid., 455., ord. dark 400. to 435., gray 425. to 445. ; a few lots were disposed of; gray 40s. 6d. to 425. Gd., and 295. 6d. to 425. 6d., for sea so Sugar damaged. Rum.—The transactions have been 250 puncheons -W ai l at 3s. Bd. for 32 to 33 per cent. over proof, 34 to 37 O„ ve d, 3s. 9d. to 3s. 10d., and 150 puncheons Demerara at 2s. ° to 2s. 4d. for 6 to 9 over, and 12 over 2s. 6d. ; the Govern; ment contract of 80,000 gallons has been taken at what We r , considered good prices, 20,000 gallons from an out-port s' 2s. qd., 35,000 gallons at 2s. 2-id., 20,000 gallons at 2s• 2 0 4 and 5,000 gallons at 2s. 2d. 5-16ths. TALLOW.—The transactions in P. Y. C. have been s g sil/ very limited for consumption, and the prices have declined, ti 7, 435. 6d. a 435. 9d., being 3d. to 6d. per cwt. under 10' week's quotations. PROVISIONS.—BarreI Pork has been in demand throughl t the week, and several sales made of Bacon Pork. The ar t. ': vals of Irish Butter being still short little business has be e " done, and prices are still uncertain. Foreign has sold briskly and the best Friezland has advanced to 925. Bacon is /1131 cheaper, but the demand has been moderate. In Lard f ew transactions have taken place. COTTON. —The private purchases this week have been Surat at 3d. to 31d., and 200 Madras at 3id. to a WHEAT AND FLOUR IN FRANCE COMPARED WITH LONDON. WHEAT. —The highest price of the best wheat in Peri% 24 francs per 1- hectolitre, which is equal to 365. 9cl. P e , English imperial quarter. The highest p r i ce o f the be Essex and Kent wheat in London, is 665. per quarter, slur: ing fine wheat to be 295. 3d. per quarter d earer i n Lon* than in Paris, or upwards of 79 per cent. ; and that the Iss ! money which will in London buy but eight bushels o f wheal' will, in Paris, procure fourteen and nearly a half bushels of 1117 finest quality. FLOUR.—The highest price of flour of the " first mark" i ll Paris, is 48 francs per 159 kilogrammes, which is equal W 30s. 3d. per English sack of 280 p oun d s . Th e hi g h est pric; of the best " town made" fl our i n L on d on , b e i ng /O 10 s. l e i , sack, shows fine flour to be 21s. 9d. p er sac k d earer i n Len than in Paris, or nearly 72 per ce n t. ; an d t h at t h e same °, which in London buys but 280 p oun d s o f fi ne flour, will "- Paris purchase 481 pounds of the very best quality. The campaign has opened under most favourabl e auspices. We have seld om b een present at a more soul` stirring meeting than that whi c h ca ll e d upon M r. Denn i s t°l3 to come forward on this occasion. The bazaar upon Fri l; evening was filled in every p ar t ; an d, f rom w h at we hr's learned, there could not be fewer than 3,000 individuals *Pr e ; sent. Well might Mr. Dennistoun point to the call of 111 an assemblage as a justification for presenting himse,if sts candidate. We have had some experience of public tnectiog: in Glasgow, and can vouch fo r th e f act , t h at a l a sproP tion of those present were sta nc h R e f orm electors. .. , nisoun is the chosen of the Liberals in Glasgow. ...ror -- ; Lion of the Reform party is unit e d i n hi s favour....._ Argus. It is said that Sarah Gale, the woman who played so conspicuous a part in the late Greenacre tragedy, ' las e one period of her life the k e pt- m i stress o f a barrister of °- standing, who is still alive. Our Eastbourne fishermen have been m ore s ucces s ; ful. Yesterday we h a d a b out 2, 000 mac k erel landed, and 9'r n e to-day. This has set all the boats upon the alert ; and we B e , much in hope that, alth oug h l ate , i t may be the comine n p d ment of a prosperous season. Our journeymen carpenters P o f bricklayers, on Monday morning, struck for an advance ith wages. Some arrang emen t s h av i ng s i nce been made w. A them by their employers, th e y h ave resumed their work I'l quiet and peaceable manner.—Brighton Gazette. • CHINESE POMPOSITY.-The following is to literal copy of an invitation from a Chinese of consequefic. e ne d a foreigner, inviting hint to a marriage feast. It is cono in a Canton paper :._« To the grea t head of literature, los rable first born, at hi s t a bl e o f stu d y. On the Bth day ° t he present moon your younger brother is to be married. 9th, having cleansed the cups, on the 10th he will poer wine, on which day he will presume to draw to his . I° o o abode the carriage of hi s f r i en d . Wi th him he will ere for pleasures of conversation, and receive from him instructi o r il. the well regulation of the feast. To this he solicits the ' ,j e ll liant presence o f hi s e ld er b rother ; and the elevation to v i e a , the influence of his glory will assist him to rise w ho cal.' c ceive ?" EIGHT -DAY CLOG i s ' o rs to strike the Hours and Half-hours, Five Guineas each. V:1 0 0 $ in elegant cases , a b out 7i i nches high, suitable either to WO' SA' bracket or mantel-piece, and are Warranted, at T. CO \TORY'S, Worki ng Goldsmith, &c. &c., 47, Cornhill, Lo n u p c., N.B.—A pamphlet - containing drawings and a detailed li st prices of Sil ver Pl a t e, Pl ate d G oods, Watches, Clocks, &C.; ,er, °a tios,' had gratis, or w ill b e f ora ar d e d i n answer to a post-paid app! BIRTHS. . 1 , ~t i th On the 24th i ns t., a t T oot i ng L o d ge, t h e l ady of Morgan 1-'1" Esq., of a daughter. , hV r. On the 24th i ns t., a t C am b erwe ll , M rs. W . Gibbs, o f a allugf.6' On the 22d i ns t., a t Michael's-grove, B romp t on , the lad , ' ' E. Deacon, Esq., of a daughter. ti ye On the 22d inst., at the Vicarage, Kington, Herefordsblt e, lady of the Rv. H. W. Maddo of a dauhter. . jou ,l l o On the 23d e inst., at Streathamck,, the wife g of the Rev. W. --%1 of a daughter. 0 f i' On the 22d i ns t., a t W e ll c l ose, Gloucestersh i re, t h e lady Davis, Esq., of Brunswick-square, of a son. of $ On the 23d inst., Mrs. Rippon, of Bartholomew-clo se, daughter. tree' On the 24th i ns t., th e l a d y o f M r. R . C . S m i th, o f B r idge° Southwark, of a daughter, .1. 13 ' On the 25th inst., at Springfield, Upper Clapton, Mrs . Moens, of 20th i a son. ola di On the nst., at Whichford Rectory, Warwickshire , th of the Rev. A. C ameron. of adAxe:ter. f 5. 9 ' On the 23d in s t., a t G ou ldl an d s, S out h gate, t h e lady o .0' Taylor, Esq., of a son. —.0.1 t i , On Wedn es d a y, t h e 24th inst., at B at hwick je Church, °to flow Frederick Gottreux, of the First Regiment Madras Native In fan to Elizabeth La ura , youngest daughter of George Moyer , 5(1 Bathwick-hill, Bath. 11 he ' l'l On! Tuesday, th e 23d i ns t, at Wisborough Green, by t John Broad woo d, th e Rev. Richard Greene, of Emmanu el Cir,c; Loy Cambridge, to Ellen, secon d d aug h ter of John King, E sc b' wood House, Sussex. 11' 1 ' On the 23d inst., at All Soul's Ch urc h, L ang ham-place , th e u et Charles Verney Shuckburgh, M.A., to Eliza Lucy, the Y° daughter of the late John Luard, Esq., of Maldon, Essex. of pc- On the 23d inst., at Newbury, Charles Hopkinson, E s q" c iaugb' gent-street, and of Wotton, Glolicestershire, to Clara , e ldest ter of J. Bunny, Esq., of Newbury. Tr , E A°. On the 24th inst., a t St. G eorge ' s, H anove r-square, „-, l i e u. Cruse, to Anne, eld es t d aug h ter o f P. N owe ll, Esq., 01 r' ul preft, le i s d e wes' On the 24th inst., a t Sh arn b roo k, B e df or d s hire, char Esq., to A n n e , w id ow o f t h e l ate F. St re tt o n, Esq. , a' daughter of J. Ede, Esq., of Ridgeway Castle, Hampshir!•stotinet" On the 23d inst.. at St. Cuthbert's Wells, Arthur CA u t oire , , t 4 son of T. H. H. Phipp s , E sq ., o f L e i g hton House. N . Fanny Henrietta, daughter of the late J. P. Tudway, E s q . ' of Wells, Somersetshire. urrey, ag ed 63 ' gulr''‘ laterelOi cDIED. 0 relict of fh Captain Liet l th it i h Gn setn. eral Hussars,i‘i Sir a e g Hh e a c..l m °B H . On the 22d inst., at Southampton, James Charles Ba ird ' "Id I S Doroils' Oakes, Bart. On the 23d ' Bethnal-green, - , his • - Wrightson, Esq. aged 7a°' On the 17th inst., at Brussels, H nh N. Butler, Egl'' f ,'' On the 22d inst aged ~ 27, Thomas, third son 'u t of Croydon. kal On the 24th inst., in E a t o Bl' re-square, the n-place, e b ra eiot , son of J. F. Fraser, Esq On the 19th inst., at . Kempstone Lodge, Norfolk, L ieut General the Hon. Nlrm. Fitzn d ~. c 0": On the I Ith tilt ' •"' age . Hodgson,i'Sq" j far , ~ in Jamaica, Abraham f St. Rotulorum, and Member of Assembly for the parish 0 o f in that Island, aged 7° . rr Si Oi tb ' -. On the 23d inst. Sarah of Ca p --. ._ Down the rife ,ft ° Southgate. Of ' Tel spouse On the 9 4th inst., at Harley House, Bow, Janet , 0 e Adams, aged 59. of . 111 e On the 24th inst.. aged 30 Maria, young es t daughter .013 a r ,, te' Mr. H. Helmsley, of Heet-street. Eliza Ibe On the 23,1 inst., at Chesterfield, Derbysl e f - ' the daughter of late J. Elam, Esq.atp ... lace• , , _.17 - 1,10; London • P• t dand ----7 ERDO YOUN h 00 0 . rin e Published by ill , ivA ' 11,1 0 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, .tr a7l of Middlesex.—Saturday, May ±7, 1837.