The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS " Raw beef-steaks and cayenne pepper" have done their work, but still not effectually. The Morning Post, since it published its determination, has only got the steam half up, and its fury is yet kept within bounds. The Times, which at present participates in the polities, probably participates also in the pabulum of our fashionable Contemporary, and we can imagine a very edifying tete-a-tete between the two worthies over their new and invigorating diet. They have both , we suppose, hitherto come under the class of milksops ; but though they have " changed their copy" in this sespect, they are still, as we have stated, far from be ing "up to the mark :" though violent in their rage, they are not yet absolutely ungovernable. We have the satisfaction of informing our readers, that, in spite of all the exterminating threats from the Times and Post, we are still in existence, and hope, through their mercy, to be allowed. to live a short time longer. We are not yet annihilated, which is saying much, con sidering our own natural fears, and the horrid impre cations of our enemies. The fact seems to be, that the food of the two editors is not sufficiently indi gestible : " raw beef-steaks and cayenne pepper" are not adequate to the end ; and in the hope, per haps, of propitiating favourable consideration when shrinking and sinking under the upraised arm of one or other of our adversaries—for ne Hercules quidem contra duos—we humbly beg to make the suggest i on of a still farther change of viands. When Mossop the contemporary and would-be rival of Garrick wanted to fit himself peculiarly for Tamerlane, Bar barossa, or any other " bloody-minded tyrant," his plan was to dine, not upon raw beef, which is compa ratively light of digestion, but upon raw pork, which in a short time wrought him up to the proper pitch of fury and relentlessness. 'qrs. Radcliffe's testimony to the same effect might also be adduced ; and there is an old Italian poet who wrote a long chapter on the virtues of pork, but he omitted this among its excel lencies, as it has been only a comparatively modern discovery. It is like lending a stick to be used on one's own back ; but as "raw beef-steaks and cayenne pepper" have failed, to-a certain extent, after an ex periment of four days' duration, we may hint that it would be worth while for the Times and Post to try whether raw poll: chops smothered in the strongest mustard, and washed down with liberal potations of boiling brandy, or, if that will not do, of vitriol or aqua fortis, might not answer their purpose. Why the diet hitherto adopted did not suc ceed with the Times we can very well understand. The pride of Printing-house-square must have the diges tion of an ostrich, to which horse-shoes and hob-nails are sugar-plums and comfits, or it never could have so often swallowed its own principles and eaten its own words and lived through the operation. Since the end of 1534 the Times has been in the almost daily habit of putting its gastric juices to this severe test, and now it has become nearly a matter of indifference to it whetter it eats its own words or those of other people. To be sure, its own words are sometimes the hard est of the two, but it has always been fond of hard words, and they do not seem to have pre sented any additional obstacle to digestion. Per haps from time to time we may contrive to give our Contemporary a few which will not go down quite comfortably ; and already we have observed some odd contortions of visage which indicate that it did not relish what we offered on Monday. Possibly the appetite of this Pistol 9f Puddle dock was as queasy as that of i ts prototype when the leek was so earnestly recommended to his mastication. We have a few similar edi bles in store, and as occasion presents it self, we may offer them to the notice of . our Contemporary. The spirit in which they will be re ceived is quite another matter. The Times of yester day proves that it is as raw as the pork to which we have ventured to direct its attention. It may have a stout stomach, hut it has a rely sore skin, and touch it ever so gently it winces like a galled jade. " The unhappy writer (it says smartingly, rather than smartly) who cudgels his unproductive brains, and thumbs his do;fs-eared common-place book for scraps from farces or from comic song hooks—the staple of his smart ness—still reproduces the twenty tunes repented wit ticisms' of his former hebdomadal lucubrations, and serves them up with fresh garnish for the readers of the Grunticle." Is this all the T imes can reply ? Are personalities and nicknames, as usual, the whole furniture of its armoury ? To call the Chronicle the Grunticle, and to fancy it sees into the arcana of our office and proclaims its mighty mare's nests, era the utmost resources of the Times. Upon these alone it relies, and to these. it is heartily welcome. It may call ;is the Grunticle as often as it likes ; it cannot call us apostate—it cannot call us renegade—it cannot call us traitor. It used to affect exclusiveness, and may do so still, but in a different way; the titles we have given it are exclusively its own.—Morning Chronicle. _ e, , ;n; in mind that the Earl of Minto, as First Lord of the Admiralty, enjoys a large salary and a splendid residence at the country's expense ; that his brother, the Hon. George Elliot, was recently a Second Lord of ditto ; that though public disgust at the insatiable appetite of this blood-sucking family has literally shamed brother Gorge out of the Admiralty, he has taken care to fasten himself upon quite as rich a vein in the form of a lucrative naval appointment ; that Earl Minto's brother-in-law, Sir Charles Adam is a Third Lord and Leech of the Admiralty ; that Sir Rufane Doukin, another of his Lordship's brothers-in-law, is Surveyor and Sucket-Gencral of the Ordnance ; that their cousin, the Rev. Gilbert Elliot, whom they have surpliced and qualified for the Church-jugular, is doing the needful in the way of pamphleteering and electioneering., preparatory to fixing his fsngs on the first va c ant bishopric worth having ; that the Hon. John Elliot, his Lordship's younger bro:her, Lord Melgund, his Lordship's eldest son, and a whole nest of callow Elliots are waiting with gaping maw to be gorged with whatever prey the great Border Reiter may be able to get for them ; keeping these things in mind, our readers will learn without sur prise that the efforts of this brnditti to retain their swag arc proportioned to its priceless value. Of course the sta bility of Lord Melbourne's Ministry is indispensable to the continuance of the Elliot booty. On their loss of a single division in the House of Commons, Lord Minto could not but foresee that both himself and his consan guinaries must immediately be shook off from the coun try's cuticle, not half glutted, and without the slight est chance of ever being able to slake themselves again. As far as regards public plunder, therefore, the all of the Minto officials was obviously at stake during the recent elections. We find, accordingly, that in order to keep their places, these Elliots, from highest to lowest, from peer to priest, have been exerting them selves with a desperate energy to obtain seats in Par liament for the purpose of keeping the Whigs in power. By dint of Admiralty discipline, Lord Mel gund has been thrust upon the constituency of Hythe, one of the Cinque Ports. By the superhuman übi quity of Earl Minto aiding and abetting the most scan dalous !coercion of :the Roxburghshire electors, the Hon. John Elliot has so far succeeded in usurping that county that a Committee of the House of Com mons will be required to displace him. Sir Rufane Donkin's attempt upon Berwick has not been equally successful ; but, if ever there were an instance in which the general power of Government, and espe cially the Ordnance department, were oppressively wielded to extort votes for an unpopular Whig, we have reason to know, from the confessions of a Radical Berwick journal, that the employment of the screw and rack on behalf of Sir Rufane Donkin has been wholly without a parallel. Berwick is a garrison town, with a permanent barrack establish ment . Th e place has also a considerable Custom-house corps, a cutter or two in the preventive service, various local contracts for Government supplies, and, withal, it is the residence :of many military, naval, medical, and artillery veterans, who have retired thither on account of its select society and cheapness of living. The Nl'Efentlemen in all these departments were treated at the ast election like so many galley-slaves. We shall give a few instances. The barrack-master, a venerable officer, 'eh° during his whole life has voted for Con servative candidates, was so sternly interdicted from the Exercise of his political predilections, that he was sha;mefully compelled to vote for the Sucker-General, gin spite of sixty yews previous consistency, and on pain of losing his residence, which happens to belong to her Majesty's Ordnance. That the worthy barrack master may be forced to contradict this, will by no means disprove its truth. On the contrary, it will only show the revolting profligacy wherewith the tyranny of the Whigs is exercised. To the same purpose has been the treat ment inflicted on a military gentleman and a medical officer, both of whom had been prominently active in canvassing for the Conservative candidates. Sir Ru fane's significant threats were so unequivocally uttered, that these gentlemen were not only paralyzed into in activity, but literally pillaged of their votes by an act of highway plunder. On these cases we subjoin the following evidence given by a local Radical print, in answer to the reclamations of the Berwick and Kelso Warder:— " The conduct for which they were reminded of Go vernment control was not the giving of their votes, but the influence they were so active in exercising over others. Nothing has wounded the popularity of Ministers so much as their protection of sinecures, and nothing is better cal culated to make them feel their error than such occurrences as the Warder now reminds us of. The senior of the gen tlemen alluded to has been very conspicuously active against the Government candidate throughout the whole of the canvass, so much so, as to merit universal remark ; and we do believe on Sir Rufane Donkin finding in the course of his canvass, that at all times, and in all quarters of the town, he had to encounter one under the pay and leniency of the Government, that it did occur to him to be a singular anomaly. And on this activity and zeal being displayed to the prejudice and under the immediate cog nizance of Sir Rufane, he did remenzber the old soldier of the error of his rendering himself so hostile to the Go vernment of his country, possessing as it did the power to remove the place of his duties." This, be it observed, is the defence set up for Minis terial intimidation by a Whig-Radical Paper. Two othergentlemen, Lieutenants b 'Baillie and Riddell, were seduced by promotion to vote against their known prin ciples. The men in the preventive service also hav ing been pledged to the Conservative candidates, were at first ordered to sea during the election ; but as on second thoughts their presence was found indispensable to Sir Rufane's object, the artifice of putting their cutter under repairs was resorted to, and their votes inexorably seized. These poor dependants, therefore, were compelled to vote against their orders, and against their principles. Nevertheless, the Minto Whig-official was ignominiously defeated. All his menaces were in vain. Not a man of good education or creditable character voted for him. Not even the support of the vicar and the anti-burgher Minister, two swollen bladders of lard and laziness, could attach the slightest respectability to the rotten cause. Where fore the noble chief of this ravenous family is a vote shorter than he had reckoned on. The jaw of the faction has lost a sturdy grinder. Whether their re maining tusks will serve them for any length of time, remains to be seen. But until Parliament shall shake them off, the country, we suspect, must be content to bleed.—Times. Between the termination of a general election and the assembling of a new House of Commons, it is but natural that a variety of speculations should be Oliva with regard to the character and disposition of the newly chosen representative body. Acting upon the general tendency of frail humanity to tender its alle giance to the party most likely to be in the ascendant, each of the opposing powers endeavours to exhibit its s trength in the most formidable array. On one side, the Tories boast of their gains in th e re cent elections ; on the other, the Liberals point to the state of public opinion, which Tory machinations have excluded from legitimate expression in the Legislature ; and on these grounds the antagonistic parties severally claim a para mount influence on the governing policy of the country. Under such circumstances the intentions of Ministers necessarily form a subject of the most grave and im portant speculation. Some—the wish fathering the thought—suppose that Ministers will pursue what is understood by a " Conservative" policy ; others, amongst whom we are happy to number ourselves, hope and believe that the Cabinet will faithfully adhere to the principles of its inauguration. The verification of either supposition rests in the womb of futurity ; but we may observe, that of the wishes and determination of the great intelligent body of the British public no doubt can be entertained. If Mi nisters, of which we have not the slightest suspicion, were so besotted and base as to adopt a Tory policy, or coalesce with the enemies of the people, it would certainly cause much disturbance and embarassment, but the consequence would be more fatal to Ministers themselves than to the cause which in such case they would have deserted. There might, and would no doubt be a change of Ministry. It is more than pro bable a Tory Administration would succeed ; but how long would it last ? Not for a month. And after that little month, before their silken hose would have been soiled in attendingat Court—why, the exasperated indignation of public opinion would scout them from office, nor cease operation until they were reinstated by men pledged to principles even more liberal than those which constituted the basis of the present Government. We mean not to boast being sufficiently dosed in this respect by our Contemporaries on both sides of the question, but we ask any impartial observer to look calmly to the state of public opinion in these realms, and say if it be possible that any Government can maintain a permanent existence, otherwise than by a judicious and well-timed concession to popular neces sities. It is perfectly absurd to hope or to fear that Ministers will pursue a Conservative policy. On all sides arise a host of evidences, to show them the ien policy of such an attempt ; and even if their inclina tions were less in accordance with the wishes of the people than they arc, good policy would dictate to them the necessity of abiding by that connection which has sustained them in opposition to hostility of the most elevated, but fortunately not of the most power ful character. Whether the next Session wilt prove productive or unproductive, time only can determine ; but whatever may be the collisions, conflicts, or con cessions of parties, it will the fault of the people themselves if the principles of Reform be not ulti mately triumphant.—Morning Advertiser. The present Government, being wholly unable to accomplish those Legislative changes which it has al ways held forth as matters of li;gh national concern ment, has now found out that by far the best thing to do is to wait quietly, and allow circumstances to work these changes of themselves. This might be thought to be a wise discovery, were it not that it so jumps with the self-interest of those who have made it as to lead to something more than suspicion that it is mot exactly a view to the public good alone which has caused its avowal at the present juncture. When the Members of the present Government were in op position they appealed to the country to place them in the Government, because they, and they alone, ,verc die posed, and likely to effect, such liberal improvements as would satisfy English Dissenters, and make Ire land what is called, in the habitual rhodomontade of Mr. 0 Connell, " great, glorious, and free." Since they have regained the Government they have not suc ceeded in doing the things which they declared to be absolutely necessary for the satisfaction of both Eng land and Ireland ; and now they tell us that by far the best way is to wait, and let these things accom plish themselves. When they were in opposition, and when Sir Robert Peel, as Prime - Minister, offered many practical improvements of great va l ue to t h e people of the whole empire , they s a id " N o ." They said "We will not listen to your pro jected improvements ; for, one thing th ere i s , which takes precedence in importance of all others, and that we must have established. If you will not consent to it you must go out of office, and again admit us to the Government, who make this our great and leading principle." And what was this leading principle, the declaration of which, and the adoption of, which was to take precedence of everything in the policy of Great Britain, whether foreign or do mestic ? It was merely an abstract principle regarding the property of the Established Church in Ireland. It was assumed that the question of first importance in the whole range of British policy was a satisfactory adjustment of the tithe question in Ireland, and it was asserted that no adjustment could be satisfactory unless it contained what is generally known as the " appre priation clause"—a clause which is neither more nor less than a declaration of an abstract principle that the property of the Church is li a bl e to b e a li enate d there from, and applied to the secular education of the people, whatever their religious or non-religious per suasion may be. A majority of the House of Com mons assented to this, and upon these terms the pre- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1837. sent Ministers regained possession of the Govern ment. No one who recollects the history of the pe riod--we mean the period from the first assembling of the Parliament in 1835 to the Easter recess—no one who will look back upon the proceedings of the House of Commons during that time can possibly doubt that the present Government came into office upon the ground of satisfying the Irish by a Tithe Act con taining the appropriation clause, and upon no other around whatever. As oppositionists, they said a great deal of what it was necessary to do for English Dissenters as well as Irish ; but the specific ground of their re-attainment of office was the settlement of the Irish Tithe question, with the appropriation clause. As a Government they totally failed to accomplish that which they were made a Government in order to accomplish. Still, however, they had this excuse, that they had done all they could to accomplish it. They bad, indeed, failed, but they had made the effort. It was not their fault that the property of the Irish church was not confiscated by Act of Parliament to the managers of Popish education, but their mis fortune in not possessing the Parliamentary support necessary to do this. In our opinion such an excuse was but little creditable to the dignity of a British Ad ministration, which avowed its determination to retain office, while it -confessed its inability to carry the measure for the sake of which it had obtained office. Still, however, it was an excuse, with which many persons very liberal, and very lenient, and very fond of having their friends in a patronage-dispensing posi tion at Downing-street, professed themselves satisfied. But now even this excuse has been abandoned. Even the sfArt to carry through Parliament the mea sures to which Government stands pledged are to be abandoned. Not only are Ministers unable to carry those measures, but they are afraid even to bring them forward. Instead, therefore, of saying, as they did in 1835, that no Ministry should be allowed to stay in office which would not make the " appropriation" principle a leading point in its legislative projects, it is now, in 1837, alleged that events had better be left to work out the appropriation principle of themselves. It is better for the Government not to bring it forward in Parliament I A Alinisterial print thought it needful the other day to inform the public that " men in this country have been accustomed to a certain extent to be treated as rational beings." It would appear, how ever, that Ministers, in their rage for novelty, have de termined to endeavour to accustom men in this country to something else. Can it be said that they are treated as rational beings, to whom it is told in 1835 that a Government must be appointed to carry a par ticular principle, and to whom it is told by the same parties, in 1837, that, though that principle has not been carried, it is better for Government to give it the "go by," and let the thing accomplish itsef ? Can any rational being bear to be insulted by nonsense such as this? No, the Government which acts thus must depend upcn other than rational beings ; it must depend, and it does depend, upon a benighted Irish rabble, which does the bidding of a political priest hood.—Morning Herald. There is, we believe, for we do not profess to he au fait at the technicalities of " the mill," but we arc told that there is a sniff called fustian. It is said to be coarse and ugly ; and, from the coarseness and ugli ness of the thing, some figurative people have occa sionally applied the name to a style of writing possess ing both these qualities. Without meaning any disre spect we will venture to say that, since such an application was first made, a more notable piece of fustian has seldom been seen than the sample exhi bited in the Ministerial manufactory of yesterday morning. But this is merely par parenthese. Trashy as is this outside covering of fustian there is something still more trashy underneath it. Not that one can help laughing, however ; and, as the malignity is con siderably neutralized by the absurdity, perhaps there is no great harm in being merry. The scribe of the Morning Chronicle professes to treat of Ireland ; and it is fair to presume that he has one qualification for doing so, for the affair is exceedingly Irish from begin ning to end. It sets out with declaring Ireland to be the " theatre of war, the field of a great Battle for the freedom of the world ;" and then proceeds to say, with amusing naivete, " Peace has its victories as well as war ;' nor amongst the bloodless trophies which have been, or are yet to be, raised by rrein upon the Mount of Olives can there be one more glorious or more fraught with bless ings to the human race than thin." Now for Irishism number two. The Chronicle opines that " since the era of the Irish Vo:unteers the cause of that peo ple" (query, the Irish or the Volunteers ?) " has never been espoused by so numerous and respectable a body of the gentry and land proprietors as came for ward to give their determined and united support, at the late elections, to the principles of the Queen's Government." Why, none hut att Irishman would have thought of using the words " present Govern ment" and '' principle" as things that had any connec tion with each other. It was reserved for the Morning Chronicle to discover the " principle" displayed in retaining office at the expense of measures that Lord John Russell declared vital—which meant, being translated, that, if persevered in, they would he the death of the Ministry of which he forms a friction. Then, as a commentary on the oft-repeated assertion, that the Government has had secured to it by the late elections a good and safe majorky, we find our Irish friend hinting a fear that '' the packing of Election Committees with unscrupulous Tories," may promote the success of the petitions against returns obtained by intimidation and violence. But the perfection of West- Britainism—to use a compound that Sping Rice and Jeremy Bentham might have concocted between them —is yet to come. Under the Sub-Viceroyalty of my Lord Mulgrave, we are told Ireland has made considerable progress " towards a perfect state of order and civilization." And again—" The spirit of popular political agitation has been mitigated. It is unaccotnpanied by those extravagant ebullitions of passion," of which the former existence seems thus to be admitted. Now, if we could for a mo ment put broken heads, burnt houses, and murdered Protestants out of the question, there is matter here at which a grave man might laugh through a long sum mer's day. " Perfect order and civilisation, unaccom panied by extravagant ebullitions of passion," and all this during the late elections in Ireland. The Irish man who " Meets his friend, and for love knocks him down," is a mere innocent compared with what the Chronicle calls " the generous and tractable people" who have burned, killed, and destroyed, at the instigation or command of their priests, since the writs were issued for the return of fit and proper persons to represent them in Parliament. We might easily find hundreds of instances of these " wild sports of the west," if we had not an invincible aversion from the Newgate Calendar style of reading. But, after all, there is no great need for such researches ; for a very good proof of Irish civilization is to be found in the fact, that an Irishman—lrishman he must be--can look at the atrocities of the last few weeks, and discover in them an occasion for boasting of the progress of his coun trymen " towards perfect order."—Morning Post. A quantity of old coins has been found in a cave lately discovered about two miles east of Settle. One of them bears the inscription of Theodosius Camar, being the only one legible. The cave is about 18 or 20 yards by 10 or 12. There are a vast quantity of stalactites, lately de pending from the roof, but now, alas ! no more, having been abstracted by the curious. Quantities of human bones were strewed on the ground intermixed with what appeared broken urns.—Kendal Mercury. WANT OP EVIDENCE.-There is a pleasant anec dote told of the late Rev. Judge Peters, who was no less known for the integrity of his legal decisions than for his witticisms. The crew of a vessel brought into his Court a complaint, alleging the unwholesomeness of the provisions laid in for the voyage, and claimed damages for this mis usage. One of the evidences in support of the charge was an apparently mouldy sea-biscuit. The "opening" Counsel produced this during his exordium, and it was handed inci dentally to the Judge. The cause proceeded in due form, and when the defendant's Counsel was proceeding with the citation of proofs to sustain his client's cause, the . mouldy biscuit was not to be found ; great reliance was placed on this ; it had, however, unaccountably disappeared. At length one of the Jurymen reminded the Counsel he had handed it to the Judge, who, it appears, little by little, as the cause proceeded, had inadvertently eaten it up ; the hearty laugh was irrepressible, and it were needless perhaps to add, the complainants were foiled in the prosecution ; evidently a spite action against their captain and owners.—Poulson. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Sm. 4, 1,37. Error in the Gazette of Tuesday, August 29, among the appoint ments of Bedchamber Women to the Queen, for Lady Gardner, read Lady Gardiner. WHITEHALL, SECT. 4. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Nassau William Senior, Esq., Samuel Jones Lloyd, Esq., William Edward Hickson, Esq., and John Leslie, Esq., her Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the condition of the unemployed Hand Loom Weavers in the United Kingdom. CROWN-OFFICE, San . . 5. MEMBERS RETURNED TO stay' IN THE 'NEW PARLIAMENT. ASHTON- NDE It-LYNE. —Charles Hindley, of Queen-square, in the city of Westminster, Esq. ATIILONE.—John O'Connell, Esq. BLACKBURN.—WiIIiam Turner, of Mill-hill, in the county of Lancaster, Esq. ; William Feilden, of Feniseowles, in the said county, Esq. BOLTON.—Peter Ainsworth, Esq. ; and William Bolling - , Esq. BURY.—Richard Walker, Esq. CLITHEROE.—John Fort, of Read-hall, in the county of Lan caster, Esq. KING'S COliNTT.—Nicholas Fitzsimon, of Broughale- castle, Esq. ; the lion. John Craven Westenra, of Sharavoge-house, in the said county. LANCASHIRE (NonTHunx DivisfoN).—John Wilson Patten, of Bank-hall, in the said county, Esq. ; and the Right Hon. Ed ward Geoffrey Stanley, commonly called Lord Stanley. Souximart DivistoN.—The Right Hon. Francis Egerton, com monly called Lord Francis Egerton ; and the Hon. Richard Bootle Wilbraham, of Blythe-hall, in the county of Lancaster. LANCASTER.—Thomas Greens, Esq. ; and George Marton, Esq. LIVIRPOOL.—DudIey Ryder, commonly called Viscount Sandon ; and Cresswell Cresswell, Esq. MANCHESTER.— The Right Hon. Charles Ponlett Thomson; and Mark Philips, Esq. 'MEATH (CO )—Morgan O'Connell, of Darrynane-abbey, in the county of Kerry, Esq. ; Henry Grattan, of Stephen's-green, in the city of Dublin, Esq. Naw Ross.—John Hyacinth Talbot, D.L., of Talbot-hall, in the County of Wexford, Esq. OLnness.—John Fielden, Esq., and William Augustus Johnson, TON—PeterPRE Hesketh Fleetwood, of Rossall-hall, in the county of Lancaster, Esq. ; and Robert Townley Parker, of Cuerden hall, within Cuerden, in the said county, Esq. ROCHDALE.—John Fenton, of Crimble, in the said county, Esq. SALFORD.—Joseph Brotherton, Smao (Co. )—Edward Joshua Cooper, of Markrea Castle, in the county of Sligo, Esq. ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Per ceval, of Temple House, in the said county. SLIGO.—John Patrick Somers, Esq. WARstrxcToN.—John Ireland Blackburne, Esq. Wusxmr.vril (Co.)—Montagu Lowther Chapman, of Killna Castle, Esq. ; and Sir Richard Nagle, of Jamestown, Bart. WEXFORD (Co. )—John Maher, of Ballinkeel, in the County of Wexford, Esq. ; and James Power, of Edermine, in the said County, Esq. Waxroxtn.—Charles Arthur Walker, Esq. WlGAN.—Charles Standish, of Lower Grosvenor-street, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; and Richard Potter, of Bronhton House, Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. North Avon Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry—G. J. B. J. Willis, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice G. Pococke, resigned, Aug. 15. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Staffordshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—C. B. Boothby, Gent., to be Cornet, vice the Hon. H. Bagot, resigned, Aug. 28. WHITEHALL, Ana. 31. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Galliers, of Pool end, in the county of Hereford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JAMES WHARTON, joiner, Hulme, Manchester. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. _ GEOTtGE BRYANT, maltster, Winterbourno, Gluuoester shire, to Sept. 16, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. BANKRUPTS. JOHN REGAN, licensed victualler, Maiden-lane, Covent garden, t• surreader Sept. 15, at one, a❑d Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Sanford, Adelphi-terrace, Strand. JAMES HOLTON, Jun., grocer, Frome Selwood, Sept. 18, and Oct. 17, at eleven, at the George Ina, Frome Selwood. Per kins and Frampton, Gray's lan-square, London ; Miller, Frorne Selwood._ _ _ _ WILLIAM SELFE, silversmith, Frome Selwood, Somerset, Sept. 21, and Oct. 17, at eleven, at the George Inn, Frome Sel wood. Perkins and Frampton, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Miller, FrorneSelwood : . . . T HOM A S MAR SH ALL, grocer, Ilkeston, Derby, Sept. 18, and Oct. 18, at ten, at the New Inn, Derby. Capes, Raymond buildings, Gray's-inn, London ; Flewker, Hardwick, Derby. JOSEPH CAZNEAU, merchant, Liverpool, Sept. 20, and Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Taylor, Shares, and Field, Redford-row, London ; Lowndes and Robin son, Liverpool. CHARLES JOSHUA HOLT ; tallow-chandler, Manchester, Sept. 16, and Oct. 17, at tweve, at the Cmmissioners'-rooms, St. James's-square, Manchester. Townsend, Bridge street, Man chester ; Hall, Bishop, and Mourilyan, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London. MATTHEW CROZIER, commission merchant, Liverpool, Sept. 15 and Oct. 17, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Blackstock, Mince, Vincent, and Sherw3osl, Paper-buildings, Temple, London ; Littledale and BardswelL Liverpool. GILES HALL and JAMES HENRY BRYANT, stationers, ' Bath, Sept. 19 and Oct. 17, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath. Dcx and Bicknell, Lincoln's Inn•fields, London ; Drake, Bath. DIVIDENDS. At tlto Court of Bankrnptoy, Basinghall-street. W. Dickenson, ware'houseman, Milk-street, City, Sept. 26, at one—J. Harrison, commission agent, Manchester, Sept. '25, at half plat eleven—J. W. Addison, provision agent, Southampton, Sept. 26, at twelve. In the C.aitry. G. Irvine, timber merchant, New Shoreham, Nov. 14, at two, at the Town-hall, Brighton—J. Stevenson, saddler, Bishop Wear mouth, Durham, Sept. 29, at eleven, at Kay's Hotel, Bishop Wear mouth—G. Lockwood and W. Wilson, merchants:Liverpool, Sept. 30, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. Davenport, colour manufacturer, Derby, Oct. 2, at two, at the Office of Mr. St. George Smith, Derby—C. Scott, scrivener, Constantine, Corn wall, Oct. 5, at eleven, at Pearce's Hotel, Penzance—J. Sharp, grocer, North Shields Sept. 21, at twelve, at. the Bankrupt Com mission-room, Newcastle-npon-Tyne—T. Crane, grocer, Lough borough, Sept. 30, at four, at the King's head Inn, Loughborough —G. Miller, victualler, Bath, Stpt. 26, at two, at. the Office of Mr. R. H. Heflings, Bath—J. Haworth, plumber, Rawtenstall, Lancaehire,Oct. 3, at ten, at theComrnissioners'-rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, SETT. 26. G. K. Peason, silk throvrster ' Macclesfield—G. Bowling, stuff dyer, Se'.mol-close, Leeds—T. A. Bacon, flour seller, Markfield, Leicestershire—C. Kurtz, manufacturing chemist, Salford—F. F. Gibbs, shipb:•tiker, Liverpool—G. \Vagner, linendraper, South ampton-street, Strand—J. Elliot, currier, Derby. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Whitter and W. H. Dennett, attorneys, Worthing, Sussex— J. Candle: and E. Gibson, spirit-mcrchan's, Scarborough, York shire—E. Smith and W. Bcevers, stonemasons, Borough-road, Southwark—F. J. and E. P. Massey, watch-manufacturers, King .street—J. Thackray and J. Paul, brewers, Leeds—L. Steinberg and S. Stone, furriers, Maiden-lane, Cheapside—J. H. Spry and J. Crawls) - , printers, Bath—J. Coles and T. St. John Hudson, surgeons, Viells, Somersetshire—J. Pickles and J. Brad shaw, commission-agents, Manchester—E. Stroud and P. Tall, shipwrights, Milton, Kent—H. Magner and A. R. Imanuel, cigar importers, Liverpool—R. Masters and W. Williams, watchmakers, Cheltenham—C. Macintosh and Co., water-proof fabric manufac turers, Manchester, (so far as regards It. W. Barton)—J. Beardall and J. Smith, lace-makers, New Lenton, Nottinghamshire—W. Gomersell and W. Rowland, calenderers, Manchester—W. Daws and Co., stationers, North Brixton—W. H. Honsfield and C. L. Jones, linendrapers, Preston—J. Branseombe and P. S. Miehelraore, mercers, Newton Abbott, Devonshire—J. Wilson and Co., colour manufacturers, Derby, (so far as regards W. and H. Nsvrton)— B. Lawrence and Co., merchants, Patras—G. Dickson and M. Strang, brokers, Liverpool—O. Goolden and R. Armstrong, grocers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—C. Rorie and R. W i l l i ams , fustian shearers, Salford—P. Clemitson and Co. ' teadealers, Camomile street--T. Cheers and S. Littler, jun., linendrapers, Chester— J. Jones and J. Garside, ironfounders, Salford—J. Levett and Co., seed-crushers., Kingston-upon-Hull, (so far as regards N. Levett)— H. Banks and J. Sutcliff, spindle, Ay, and roller makers, Preston— J. F. James and F. Machon, ekemists, Sheffield. 2.600 THE FA I R.—On Monday night last, at a late hour, a daring gang of ruffians, who had been indulging them selves at one of the " ball " rooms, in St. John's-street, Smithfield, sallied forth, and commenced attacking every person whom they passed, and knocking off their hats, and stealing them. Many persons resented the insult, and seve ral severe conflicts took place, and the utmost confusion and noise were the consequence, until a party of police of the G division arrived on the spot, and apprehended some of the parties. Watches, hats, shawls, and bonnets, were car ried off, but the prisoners in custody could not be identified as the thieves, although known as notorious characters. Most of these places arc nightly receptacles for the worst of characters, who are indiscriminately admitted, and the unwary, on leaving the " assembly," after being " hocusscd," are maltreated and robbed. On Sunday last the people called Ranters held their camp meeting in a field in Whitly Hamlet, just with out this borough. This spectacle, so common in America, has, we believe, never before been exhibited •in Reading. The parties arrived at their stations in waggons about 9 o'clock in the morning, and immediately commenced their religious services. The preachers were about six in num ber,everything, as regards the Ranters, was conducted with t decorum. Numbers of idle youths, from th i the and p ie g purlieus rhe rt u a e es f t the town, were troublesome during the day, and did some mischief, while the police looked on care lessly. We hear that on Sunday the 10th instant, another meeting is to beheld at Shinfield ; we hope some person will lend them the use of a field for the day, that the dange rous, if not illegal custom of preaching in the public roads, ma y be done away with. About 2,000 persons were pre sent at the services ; we have heard that 20,000 persons visited the field during the day.—Reading Mercury. BEST AGE FOR MUTTON.—The sheep is in its best condition, as food, when 5 years old—an age which it is almost never allowed to attain unless when intended for the private use of the owner, and not for market. It is then sapid, full-flavoured, and firm, without being tough ; and the fat has become hard. At three years old, as commonly procured from the butcher, it is well tasted, but it is by no means comparable to that of five years. If younger than three years it is defi c i en t i n fl av our, and its . flesh is pale. Meat which is half mu tt o n and half lamb is very unpalatable food. M. Ude says, " Always cho ose' mutton of a dark colour, and marble-like."—Donovan s Domestic Economy—Human Food ; being Vol. 94 of Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 5. Number Dividend Pr lce of per CANALS. per 3 1 / 2 ares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1,766 7 pct cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 971. 13s. sh. 1115 1.482 4(. Ashby.de-le-Zouch . Average 1131. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke 1001.5h. bi 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 . sh. 10e 8,000 1-16 sh. 91. 65. Birmingham, 1-16th share eV. & 711. 213 4,000 Ditto acid Liverpool Junct...l2s/ sh. 100 pd 26 600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....lOU sh all pd 64 400 41. Cheliner and Blackwater . lOO/. sh. 102 500 48/. Coventry 'OW. sh. 700 4,515 , royilon Average 311.25. 10d. sh. 3 2,nsoz 41. Os. Dudley lOlll. sh. 63 6'•10 71. Doi by 100/. sh. P 3 20,000 3,575 f 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. slit. 795 231 401. Eyewash 1001. in. 700 1,297 25/. Forth and Clyde Average 44101.10.. tit. 61 0 11,900 121. Grand June" - l O l/. sh. 200 2,c491 1/. Grand Union 1001. sh. 241 1.500 Grand Surrey 10,6001. I/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan - 100/. 70 5,18)6 Grand Western 600 13/. 12s. Sd. Glain. , rganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4(1. 230 '749 1 114. Grantham 150/.5h. 201 5,233 la. Os Huddersfield Average 57/. tis. Cxl. sh. 37 101) Kensington 100 511. all pd. 10 2i,323 11. ss. Kennet ind Avon, Average 39/.185.10d. sh. 24 2,8971 241. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 51 , 0 5451 131. Leicester l4O/. sh. :25 1,897 41. 105. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 331. 10s. 85 2,400 10/. Monm o u thshire 100/.sh. 200 1.50 10/, Melton Mowb ra y 100/. sh. 200 500 15/. Mersey anti Irwell 1001. sh. 5 7 0 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh all pd. 54 217 17/. Neath lOO/. sh. 325 1,786 31)1. Oxford 1001. sh. 528 2,100 51. Peak Forest Avei..ge about 78/. sh. 104 1,418 12s. Regent's (er London) Aver. 331. 165. rAt. sh. I.t 5,669 6/. per cent nochdale Average 85/. sh. 1• 2 500 8/, Shropshire /'251. sh. 138 800 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 148 3.' 10 01. 41401 cent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. Ilf 700 . Stafford and Worcester l4O/. all. 710 500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 24.3 300 9/. stourbridge 3,647 21. 1 . 11. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s loo/.sh. 220. od. Eh. 50 533 121 , Swansea 3,762 11. 155. Severn and Wye and nailway ...Av 2 6i 2,6015 n. 321. 105. Trent and Plessey, i share lOO/. sh. 560 6,149 ... ...... Thames .nd Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. 3d. sh. 2 1,0605h.l , u. Warwick aid Birmingham 100 /. sh 253 t,ouoph.s ' WO Ili, Warwick and Z•7apton lOO/. sh. 180 6,000 41.05. Worceat .1 - and Birmingham-. Av. 7U. 9s. sh. Kit 5,000 255. Wilts ari l Berk. .. Average 1)71. 10s. &1. sh. 22 300 31, Wyrley ant Essington 1251. sh 75 126 .. . Wis b eac h lO5l. sh. 45 905 1/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. th - i DOCKS. 2 ' 600k i 3 p c Commerc i a l 100/. sh. 1,06.5:5h. -' C. 191,0837!l. 6 per et. Fast India Stock 3,'238,31011. 51s. p. et. London Stock Ditto Bonds 1,3e0,000/.411. p. et. West India 2..0.1 'ii. 19s. Bristol &1,3241. Si. per cent. Ditto Niees, various amounts 1.352,75 . 2 11 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 4t per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,0011 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds or 10 years Shoreham 11, t bour ........ Deptford Piet 2Ol. sh. 31. BRIDGES. 1,6 0 0 1 - o. Hammersui al 5O/. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. !Id. oh. 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New , of 7 ; per cent. 5O /. sh . 5,000 W a t er l o o 5,009 19s. ed. Ditto, Old Annuities of V. 6Ol. pd 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71.... eO,OOO/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds - 11 5,1118 14.6 Vauxhall Avarage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 1 AS•LRANCI•• COMPANIES. 2,008 31 Ins Albion 5001. sh. 50/ pd -- II 5 er cent. 50,190 I I n , i ,.. 1 Alliance,British& Foreign 1001. sh. 101/. pd 10 50,000 ft per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. A. W. pd 5; 24,000 11 per sb. Atlas 50!. sh. 51. pi 13, 1,200 ish. Si. Birmingha:n 1 ire 2501. sh. 55/. pd 11'5 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/.0. 501. pd 41 12,000 81. per cent. British Commercial 504 sb. Si. pd 61 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, 51edt _al,Szc. Life, 160/. sh. 12110 s pd 4 4,000 2/ Its County 100/. sh. 101. pd 42 20,005 So. Eagle 5Ol. sh. Si. pi 11 on . f 5 per cent.} Economic Lite ...... ......... 1000/. sh. 2501. pd 375 "`" /and 30/ W. 2,271 225. per cent. European Li, • 0 0/. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2Ol. oh. 21. pd 11 1,000,0041. 71. per et. Globe Stack 144 fO,OOO Si. Guardian lOOl. sh. 2711 pd 33 10,000 fis. ed. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 5: 2,400 5/. 7s. 61. Imperial hire 500/ sh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 Os. Imperial life.. 100/. sh. 10/. pd 101 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity Mime 1( 0/. oh. 8/. pi 16i 2,028 31 lls Kest Fire 501. sh. all pd 82 71. Ditto Life. 79 10,e00 les. Law Life ....... .. lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 26 5,000 Ifs. London, Fir, 25/. sh. 12/. 103. pd 151 3,900 IN. Londco, Ship 0 51. sh. 1/. 10s. pd 151 30,010 Z/. per cent. Palladium Lao 501. sh. 2/. pd 21 81 , i 50,001 Protector Fit a 2Ol. sh. 21. pd ::54 Od 2,500 1/. Provident. Lie .... lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 0 01. sh. 1/. psi 61 1189,220 i Si. per cent. Royal Exch.ole Stork... 225 6,008 5 per cent. University I.lle lOO/. sh. 51. pd 5* 50,000 4 per cent. United King torn Life 2l. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS 25,1)01 S per sent. Agric and Cymm. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 14 5,000 Ansi rala.ia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 58 10,008 10 percent. Bank of Bt: iningham 5ll. sh. 101. pd 13 10,000 II per cent. Birmingham Bank . 5O/. sh. 51. pd 14 3 0 ,000 5 per cent. Lonlon and S V es tminster...loCl/ oh. 20/. pd 0 510 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster... . lOOl. sh. 201. pd 25,1100 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. psi 171 :50,000 71 per eent. Manchester and Liverpool] 1001. sh. 15! pd 28 Discount 2',000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. oh. 25/ NI 27 21,000 Provincial Bank of lreland 1001. eh. 251. pd 40 2'1, , CI National Bank of Ireland s' 1. sh. 1741. pd 121 10,009 5 per cent. National Prwincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 351. pi 83 10,000 Gloucestersnire 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 20 6,000 leper cent. Hamp.rhire 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 5 O.IS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 11 511 6d Bath 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 21 51 iercen 5,000 t at • i l t. d 8 .. ~.1 Ditto Provincial 20 /. sh. 19 pit 2`-'4 0211 5/ lOs Birmingham 5O/. oh. 9t 1,258 2/ Os Bristol 1,508 3' lOs Brighton eOl. sh. 11 750 31 108 Ditto, New 9 01. sh. IS/. pd 16 2,471 4/ per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 4/. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 6214 pd 65 1,000 101. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 18 3 1, 0 08 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 41. 108. Equitable rO, O OO 21 per cent. Imperial 'O/. sh. 471 800 51. per cent. Isle ‘,l* "fhatict '2sl. sh. 20/. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. I ndependent lOl. sh. all pd 49 9,01.0 3/. per cent. Phoenix .... 50/. sh. 39!. pd 22 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff 100/. sh. 801. pd 35 4,000 South aletropolitan 5 Ol. sh. IP/. pd 17 8,200 51. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 46/. pd 25 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 IV. per cent Wakefield 25/ sh 421 12,000 3/. Westmi/nter Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5l l. sh. 10/. pd 9 . BGII Yarmouth. 201. sh. 181. pd # WATER WORKS. 1,800 Is. Birmingham 251. sh. 25/. pd 241 1,1:14 01. East London lOO/ sh. 140 5,500 21 lOs Or nu) Junction ....Average 411 13s. 44. s h. 4-h. 52 2,000 2/. Kent lOO/. s 3 372 101. Liverpool ilootle 2. 1 0/ sh 3:1 1,500 21 105 New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6,486 11 15s 51anchestei and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. Sauth Lonlon lOO/. sh. 83 8,294 31/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. lid. oh. SOl 1,360 I/ 141 R O York Buil N din RA g Co. LILWAYSessee . Prop ..... -100/. oh. 35 I 6,000 Birmingham and Derby 9,5e0 Birmingham and Gloucester I O/ pd 1, 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Juntn 01 15,' 08 ... 860 Calcutta and Saugur 5Ol. sh. 21. pd 01 7,5e0 Cheltenham and G. Western !001. sh. 7/1 5 . 3,009 Clarence lOO/. sh. 1001. p 3 40 12,01`0 Commercial Black wall 5 , •1. sh. 21 pd 0:1 6,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 11)01. sh. 21 pd e 1 8 1,01 09,) E . :stern Counties '2sl oh. 21 pi 01 (.rand Junction 100/. oh. 25/. pd 165 Great North of England 7l. pd 51 25,e9. Great Western lllOl sh. 451. pd 5.1 2,9 , 0 Ilartlepool le q. sh. 1001 p 4 100 5,0041 Hull and • , elby 5Ol. sh. Si. pd 0/ 10004 Leeds and Manchester 1001. oh. 5/. pd 14 2,100 3/ per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 all 41 1,500 1/ ss. Leicester and Swann i ngton ....501. sh. all pd 75 5,103 16 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lC(/.sh. 1001. pd 202 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares •'5l. pd 61 10 008 London and Ilrightod lO6l, sh. 5/ pd (11 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs" ...20! oh. 11. pd 04 16,000 Ditto ditto (Renaile)...so/. oh. 31. pd Ot 8,0 8 Ditto ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 31. pd 01 12,000 ...... ... London and Blackwall 5Ol. sh. 31 pd 21,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich . .... .. 20/. oh. '2Ol. pd In 25,000 London and Birmingham ...100 1 . sh. 901.'pd 141 2 0,0 .i0 London and Southampton ....501. sh. 45/, pd 24 7,000 12,04 ...... 10,0111 Manchester and Birmingham 5 0 /.sh. 51. pd 41 North Midland 1001. sh. 151 pd 14 Northern and Eastern lOl/. sh. 61. pi 01 2,0041 Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 8/. pd 28,000 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 7l. psi 31 1,000 IV. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 240 9,0041 ......... Thanes Haven 5Ol. sh. 2/. 10s. pd 01 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. '2l. pd 01 6,0041 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 31. pd 61 MINES. 8,001 Albion Copper 5l. oh. 31/. pd 12 4,000 1/. ss. A !ten 111. sh. 121. 108 pd PI 10,008 ........ Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 100/. sh. all pd 34 Ditto Subscription .951. pa 4 2,000 1 0 1. Bolanos . 150/. sh all pd 66 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm. 351. sh. 101 pd 25 6,01'0 .... ..... Macaubas se Cocae,s United...2s/. sh. 231,1. pd 0 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. W. pd 2 1 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd 5 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 101 . sh. SI. pd 6 20,000 British Iron 501. sh. 50/ pd 361 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 411. pd 1 Cate Branca 511. pd 61 Candonga 7t/. pd 6 10,000 11 Copiapo 2O/. sh 1211 pd 10; 8,500 ... 1 ? Columbian, les. 5/. pm. 2,850 Si. English 20,000 General Mining Association...2ol oh. 151. pd 9 8,155 Mexican Company 150/. sh. 5511. pd (11 3,006 Polberou Consols 10/. sh. 8/. pd 2 11,500 ...... ... Real del Monte, Unregistered lOl Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 112; 30,008 ... ...... United Mexican, iss. 9pm ....40/. sh. all pd li Dart. Scrip ll Ditto New Scrip 5l pd 2 West Cork 50/. sh. 501. psi 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ...... ...75gs. sh. 201 1,500 London University 100/. sh. all pd 231 700 Russell 25gs. sh 9 King' College 1001. pd 28 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,001 15s. Australian Agricultural 1001. sh. 2(1/. pd 34 6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company ... 23/. pd 121 10,000 111. per cent. Canada Company 10411. sh. 241. pd 33i 200,001 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9B tot City Bonds, 4 per cent ..,,•,,,,,,•... 15,000 IL Os. General Steam Navigation ...151 O. 131. pd 2'll 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,001 11. London Corn. Sale Roams Av. 751. sh. 19 6,000 Caoutchouo Company .25/. sh. 241. pd 11 New Brunswick Land Company . . .... 43L pd II 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. sh. 1700(1/. pd 1 25 25 ,633 Id. per cent. Ditto New 100/. 1. pd 9 4,000 10,000 Ga. Van Die.ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 17/. pd 14 LIST OF SCOTTISH UG 24 COMPANIES' PRICES. A. , 1d37. BANKS. Ict. Ban '; of Scotland 634 6s id. sh. all pd WV. I's°°'n". 64* p. ct. . Royal of Scotland 100 /. oh. all pd LW. 2,000,0 X- / • '-5. p. . h Linen Company 100/.lh. :.11 pd 432/. 500.0X' 1, $ p. ct. Bran, 3,000,006. 6/. p. ct. Commerci al 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1711. s„ 'ix, on*, , * ct. N.z. tional •....100/.sh. 101. pd 1531. . '^^^l 61 p. Glasgow Union 2501 oh. 50/. psi 66./. 2,000,kr17 i'p. S t i Western of Scotland 2001. sh 301. pd 4,o° "'`' - c * INSURANCE COMPANIES. - 2711. 25(,.0005h. 61 p. et. Scottish Union 2Ol. sh. 1/, pd Os ,506 6,4 p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 131 15s. l i x,ooe 9p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 13!. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 1i t 1,006 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 161 Ps 5 , 000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 101. psi 14110 s .100,006 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pd 710 s MISCELLANEOUS 4,310 .... ..... Edin. anti G!as Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 22/. Ditto Allocated -AFL oh. all pd 651. 5,400 b per cent. Etlinb...lofli W t Stock ater....251. sh. all pd • 041. Carron Iron company 2501. sh. all pd 45/. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery... 5O/. sh 3 , 4/. pd 4411. 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd ii l . 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 501 4,430 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 15/. sh. all pd 611 750 '73 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd Ca. 1,206 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...sokish. b5l„ moo 5 per ceat. Equitable Loan Corapaay..,2sl. oh. 91, pd 10t. TIIE BALLOT. We copy the following sensible observations on the lot from our respected Contemporary the Leicesigrs4 re Mercury : The Ballot is not a question of moral right or wrong r is a question of expediency ; and the simple consid.eratiout of every patriotic individual should be—" Is it expedient; for the welfare of the empire at the present time ?" Anal: if, after unprejudiced examination, it be found, as it is pre surned it will be, not only expedient, but necessary, the , most strenuous support ought to be given to it. The chief objection against the Ballot is, that it destroys the responsibility of the electors, for the proper exercise of the important right they possess, to the public—especially • to the non-electors, whom they represent. The existence of a sense of such responsibility is certainly salutary ; but, under the present system, the information possessed as to the manner in which votes are given, is notoriously made ;Ise of for purposes of coercion and corruption ; so that, in the numerous instances in which these are successful, this publicity of voting is grossly perverted, and the influence of public opinion, to which alone there can be any legitimate responsibility, completely neutralized. It is considered , therefore, that any advantage resulting from open voting far more than outweighed by the evils attendant upon it, and consequently, on the principle of sacrificing the less, when it becomes necessary, for the attainment of the greater, this ground of opposition to the Ballot ought to be aban doned. Moreover, as it is perfectly constitutional to vote for either of two parties, and as the unrepresented to whom. the votes are alleged to be responsible are always divide& between the two, all responsibility to them collectively falls to the ground, and the sole responsibility is that which re— lates to the con ;cience of the individual, and which obtains: equally in the exercise of the most private and personal'. functions. ; Rai- Ti:e great cause why so many of the electors do not vota; freely is, their dependent situation. It is evident that, in the present complicated state of society, immense numbers , of the electors are dependent for a considerable portion oft their subsistence on the support of individuals who will not; scruple to withdraw it when a vote is given in opposition to• their %s isbes. Sacrifices must be made, it is true ; and great sacrifices are made by thousands of voters at every general election. But it cannot be expected that large numbers of electors will continue (for the sake of some general, and as it sometimes seems to them, remote advantage to their country) to pursue this course, when they feel that the means of subsistence for themselves and their families are fast diminishing, in consequence of their political conduct. Those who will imagine themselves placed in the same si tuation, will appreciate the force of this argument. If there be, in addition, as is sometimes the case, a degree ( f dissatisfaction with the statesmen whom they have been accustomed to support, the inducement to make sacrifices being lessened, they will be very likely to overlook the claims of their country altogether, and consult their privet* interest only. The Liberal cause will thus sustain injury as has been experienced in some places. The deficiency o f. political information amongst many of this class of personF, and their consequent slowness to perceive the importance ( f their individual votes, will doubtless increase this unwilling ness to make sacrifices for what, nevertheless, they consider to be the right cause. But, if this information were im parted, they would still be in the same dependent condi tion ; and, therefore, unless some protection ware afforded them for the practical use of the knowledge they might have acquired, they would be, with few exceptions , little benefited, as it regards their position as electors. INSOLVENT DEBTORS. AUTUMN CIRCUIT, 1837. IiMME CIRCUIT. (H. R. RErNoLDs, Esq., Chief Commissioner.) Kent—At klaidstone, Friday, Nor. 10. Kent—At Dover, Monday, Nov. 13. At the City of Canterbury, Tuesday, Nov. 14. Sussex—At Horsham, Saturday, Dec. 2. Hertfordshire—At Hertford, Wednesday, Dec. 13. SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.. (J. G. limotts, Esq., Commissioner.) Berkshire—At Reading, Friday, Oct. 20. Oxfordshire—At Oxford, Monday, Oct. 23'. Worcestershire—At Worcester, Wednesday, Oct. 25. Gloucestershire—At Gloucester and City, relday, Oct. 27. Monmouthshire—At Monmouth, Monday, Oct. 30.: Brecknockshire—At Brecon, Wednesday, Nov. 1. Glamorgatishire—At Cardiff, Friday, Nov. 3. Glamorg,anshire— At Swansea, Monday, Nov. 6. Carmarthenehire—At Carmarthen and Borough, TuesdaY Nov. 7. Pembrokeshire—At Paierfordwest and Town, Thnrsdaj Nov. 0. Cardig.tushire—At Cardigan, Saturday, Nor. IL. Radnorshire—At Presteigne, Monday, Nov. 13. Herefordshire—At Hereford, Tuesday, Nov. 14. At the City of Bristol, Thuralay, Nor. 16. Somersetshire—At Bath, Saturday, Nov. 18. Somersctshire—At Wells, Monday. Nor. 20. Devonshire—At Exeter and City, Wednesday, Nov. V. Devonshire—At Plymouth, Saturday, Nov. 25. Cornwall—At Launceston, Monday, Nov. 27. Dorsetshire—At Dorchester, Thursday, Nov. 30. Wiltshire—At Salisbury, Friday, Dec. 1. At the Town of Southampton, Saturday, Dec. 2. Hampshire—At Winchester, Monday, Dec. 4. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. (T. R. BowxN, Esq., Commissioner.) Essex-At Chelmsford, Friday, Oct. 27. Essex-At Colchester, Saturday, Oct. 28. Suffolk-At Ipswich, Monday, Oct. 30. Norfolk-At Yarmouth, Wednesday, Nov. 1. Norfolk-At Norwich and City, Thursday, Nov. 2. Suffolk-At Bury St. Edmund's, Monday, Nov. 6. Cambridgeshire-At Cambridge, Tuesday, Nov. 7. Huntingdonshire-At Huntingdon, Wednesday, Nov. 8. Norfolk-At Lynn, Friday, Nov. 10. Northamptonshire-At Peterborough, Saturday, Nov. 1 1 . Lincolnshire-At Lincoln and City, Monday, Nov. 13. Nottinghamshire-At Nottingham and Town, Wednesday' Nov. 15. Derby,hire-At Derby, Friday, Nov. 17. Leicestershire- At Leicester, Monday, Nov. 20. At the City of Lichfield--Wednesday, Nov. 22. Staffordshire-At Stafford, Thursday, Nov. 23. Shropshire-At Shrewsbury, Monday, Nov. 27. Warwickshire-At Birmingham, Wednesday, Nov. 24 Shropshire-At Oldbury, Thursday, Nov. 30. At the City of Coventry-Friday, Dec. 1. Warwickshire-At Warwick, Saturday, Dec. 2. Northamptonshire-Ot Northampton, Tuesday, Dec. 5- Bedfordshire-At Bedford, Thursday, Dec. 7. Buckinghamshire-At Aylesbury, Friday, Dec. 8. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. (W. J. LAw, Esq., Commissioner.) Rutlandshire-At Oakham. Monday, Oct. 23. Yorkshire-At Sheffield, Wednesday, Oct. 25. Yorkshire-At Wakefield, Thursday, Oct. 26. At the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull-Friday, Nov. 3 . At the City of York-Saturday, Nov. 4. Yorkshire-At York Castle, Monday, Nov. 6. Ycrkshire-At Richmond, Wednesday, Nov. 8. Durham-At Durham, Thursday, Nov. 9. At the Town of Newc,istle-upon-Tyne, Friday, Nov. 1 0 . Northunihr.rland-At Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Saturday. L'" vember 11. Cumberland-At Carlisle, Monday, Nov. 13 Westmorland-At Appleby, Tuesday, Nov. 14. Westmorland-At Kendal, Wednesday, Nov. 15. Lancashire-At Lancaster, Thursday, Nov. 16. Lancashire-At Preston, Tuesday, Nov. 28. Lancashire-At Liverpool, Wednesday, Nov. 29. Cheshire-At Chester, Saturday, Dec. 2. At the City of Chester-Monday, Dec. 4. Flintshire-At Mold, Tuesday, Dec. 5. • Denbighshire-At Ruthin , Wednesday, 8 D CC. 6 Anglesey-At Beaumaris , Frida y , Dec. . C Ni a e r r n io ar n r et m h s s h h i i r r e e -__A At t DCaorignaeriviy7T, oSeastduaryda/D, eDc.ecl.29.. Montgomeryshire-At Welch Pool, Thursday, Dec. 14. London, informs the T. COX SAVORY , ;ha G t he id o s ff n e i r t s hdcc rEß 4 WA C T °Cl-11 ; o m n o s t t h the e c c e o l r e a b t r e a toendPATEN a Ta L h LEVER e niade f for sn CONSTRUCTION. GvrE (t At a s whic. mEeAnCt,kile,,Nweiltlhwaililnthfoeulrahteosltesi,rneparpopreedm, h en an te d to 0 . ) In c . a t r h k e t el k o e t a s e e h c e o sl o.d e z_ cs il ar P d: en a melled dial, and maintaining powe r to continue going white 7 ing up. dAistna d -lu in ex ti6rg Cues, 10a. 61 oxtra.-Seeein WNatc.hße's-plufrchinasei BIRTHS. On the 2d inst., at Carshalton, Mrs. Geo. Estridge, o f a ni/. On the 31st ult. at Hartham Park, Wilts, the lady of "' Joy, E., of a dauglter. On t sq he 31st ult., at Arncliffe, near Skipten, the lady of the W. Boyd, of a still-born child. On the sth inst., at Hammersmith, the lady of A. Walford , Ei'44 of a daughter. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, NS/llien1:1, eldest son of J. Mott, E s q.,'of The Close, Lichfield , to 1.011114 youngest daughter of R. Kynaston, Esq. LoOthnerthcen2fdtoni,nstto.,3,laatriOamld, second daughter Frederick Charles E v vbitel of Old Charlton, Kent, and Godmanchgeshtte7, olfluCnati'intagid6onshireilnes, On the sth inA., at St. Mary's, Bryanstone-square, Jain" osis• Esq., of Montagu-street, Porttuan-square, and of Alconbitry:__ late tingdonshire, to Mary Ann Letitia, eldest daughter of tim Colonel Roberts. DIED. EWE f On the 4th inst., in Lawrence - l ane, William ,Healing, solicitor, aged 76. i fti e On the 2d inst., Richard Byron, Esq., Rear-Adoirs• O f tte Nl , B v a h t te, and a Companion of the Most Hon. 31ilitary Order o On the Ist. h. nolds, Esq. • {Ob er aitnego•f, at Kirby Lploancsed.ale, Susannah, relict of i. 1 1 ' 1 ' On the ad inst., at Sudbury, Suffolk, Anna, relict of Cbr is Finch, Esq., aged 85. c oy of On the 12th inst., at Chelsea, Mrs. Mary Cotterell, form Dover-street, Piccadilly, aged 88. el Li d " On the 2d inst., at Uckfield, Anna, daughter of Mr. Saro 1 - better, aged 19. of 14° London : Printed and PubliAled by MITRDO d in 001 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Stran, IP of Aliddleseg.—Mednesslay, September 13, 107. i i ; 1