The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-09 00:00:00

PIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Of all the senseless charges that have been advanced againt the present Administration, that of being ac tuated by a Popish spirit is the most preposterous. The truth is, that the present is the first British Mi nistry that ever pursued an Irish policy thoroughly at variance with the interests of Popery. This is the first British Ministry that ever set the Protestant faith before the eyes of the Catholics of Ireland in an en gaging aspect,—that ever vindicated its sacred cha racter from the foul reproach of being incompatible with the liberties of the people. We need only glance at the enormous preponderance at this hour of the Catholics over the Protestants of Ireland to be satis fied of the gross absurdity of expecting the Reforma tion to make any progress in that country under a Tory sway. The reformed faith has no enemies more inveterate than the Tories, whether we look to the principles they maintain, or revert to the effects which their Administrations have produced. Call not those Protestants who protest in reality only against the free dom and happiness of the people. Call not those Pro testants who hold popular enlightenment and national improvement irreconcilable with the Protestant religion. Call not those Protestants who maintain that to secure the Protestant interest the mass of the community must remain poor, ignorant, miserable, and degraded. Call not those Protestants under whose blig,hting influence Protestantism has well-nigh disappeared. In sad truth, Protestantism has no foes so bitter as the men who monopolize that glorious appellation. Never' was assumption so audacious. 'The party that would fain be thought excellently, nay exclusively Protestant, is the self-same party whose odious principles and de testable conduct have rooted that religion almost to its last fibre out of Ireland. Fain would they now com plete its extirpation. Their principles are unchanged ; illev avow it. Were they to-morrow to resume office they would tread precisely in their former footsteps ; tiiey proclaim it. Not content with the frightful havoc which they have made already in the fold, they ale , - ;rasping at power to finish the wo r k of devastation. The question is, shall the Tories be suffered utterly to de- Protestantize Ireland ? This is the question for Protestant England to ask herself. Let every ti ril:ins Englishinan ask himself whether there he ilny imaginable way of retrieving the Protestant can-e in Ireland than by excluding from power the fac tion that has so depressed it. and be retracting the dis a,ittous step that have occasioned that depression? What is it that has checked the growth of Protest amis.n, which is truth, while the votaries of Popery. which is error, have inultipi;ed so exceedingly ? Is error mightier than truth ? Is the pure relilion of the Apostles and Evangelists less captivating than tire ad d ions and inventions of Popes and Councils ? No ; but we have pursued a polies' in Ireland which has rn eft the pure religion repulsive, by associating it with corrupt interests, oppressive laws and institutions, pro d. ~ ,te desins, and atrotions actions. while we have lied the impure inventions will] false graces and at tr-:tions, conneetin , them with the glory of resistance the pride of suffcrin; for opinion. W.,: have made !;:r look like truth, and truth loop like error ; we have porstied a course of . Legislation and Government than which the Vatican itself could not have devi!;ed a more t iFectual plan for exalting Popery above Protestantism. Most readily do we allow that the mainteuance and edvanoement of Protestantism should he one of the fils objects of our p&ieF iii Irel:titd and we have few son , er reasons for su pporting the present A dini nis: ra tie:: then because in our conscience we believe its con tinuancc in office essential to the Protestant welfare. Tlas true Protestant policy is the policy that makes Pr:testantism popular ; that vindicates it from the reproach of being at varince with liberty arid education ; that withdraws it i'rren the odious position or xi ) imped;trimt to tire national interests ; that in stead of resting its defence upon bayonets and Coer cion Acts, depends Upon the intrinsic excellence of its principles, and is sufficiently impregnated with its spi rit to revolt from the idea of even advancing a righ teous; cause by unjust and immoral means. Were it ever so certain that the principles and ineaures of the Tories were those best calculated to further the Pro testant cause, we should not be justified in supporting them. Assured as we arc of the truth of our religion, we are not more sure of it than we are of the vice and rottenness of Toryism ; and evil is not to be done or countenauced that good may come of it. Burke has an observation exactly to the point. " The Protes tant religioa," he says, " speak it with reve rence), the truth of our common Christianity, is not so clear as this proposition—that all men, at least the ma jority of men in any society, ought to enjoy the common advantages of it." But Toryism is to the interests of Protestantism what the wolf is to the sheep-fold. The tyranny of the Tories has made it odious. With the name of that religion upon their lips they have commit• tsd greater atrocities in Ireland than are to be found in the history of any other country in the world. But why do we speak of the past ? In the same sacred name, at this moment, what enormities do we not daily see perpetrated by this hypocritical faction ! How creditable to Protestantism are their practices ! In every rank and capacity, how vast is the honour they reflect upon their religion and their church ! As land lords, oppressing the consciences of their tenants—as magistrates, fomenting discord instead of distributing justice—as parsons, inflaming the worst passions of cur nature, instead of quenching them with holy doc trine and the exhibition of divine example. See them at their drunken revels, triumphing in the remembrance of scenes revolting to humanity, and holding up to imita tion the bloodiest deeds on record, even in their own disgraceful annals. Sec them openly confederating to rob the people of their franchises, or by systematic in timidation render the free exercise of the suffrage ruin ous or impossible. See them opposing, thwarting, and eounteracting, by every means, and with industry and zeal such as the world has never before seen exhibited in a cause so profli ga t e , a G overnment w hi c h h as committed no crime but its benign endeavour to im prove the condition of the people, and make the country better than they found it. See them not only railing at this Government in terms the most indecent, venting their rage against it in savage execrations too foul to pollute the pa es of a decent journal, but ac tively and criminally engaged in daily and nightly exertions to discr e dit an d o ver th row it. y Witness their proceedings in Sligo, where the lower classes of the panty, misled by their wicked leaders, have lately com mitted crimes of so dark a die, and at length precipi tated themselves into the grasp of justice. Such is the Protestantism of this party ; such the evidences of their reverence for the Church ; such the practices by which they have hitherto proved their zeal for the Reformation, and by which, on a larger scale, they would continue to evince it, were they restored to power.—Morning Chronicle. It delights us to pay well-merited homage to the ability of our brethren of the Ministerial press as often as circumstances admit of our performing that gene rous and grateful duty. Nor does the acknowledged • frequency of such demands upon our heroism damp in any wise the pl eas u r e, or abat e the pride, with which we exercise it. No Liberal enemy, for example, could refrain from noticing the admirable display of genuine and reckless devotedness to a cause in all respects worthy of such services which was made on Saturday mornin g last by that ancient practitioner (that patri arch indeed) of whatever belongs to the jobbery, the dirty-w or k ery , an d fish-faegery, of Whig-Rump Re form. This champion ofllowning-street, being much irate at the threatened winding up of a certain dozen or two of petitions against retnrus of fabricated members o f Parliament from Ireland, proclaimed energeti eai:,v that the main support of such Conservatives as had stood at the last election was in the ter ror whicii had taken possession of tradesmen, anti forced them under menaces of loss of custom to vote, in the teeth of their own wishe s and afrec forts, fur the T or y candidates. The p ropos i t i on was clear and broad enongin There was no m i sta ki ng n it. Neither was there any geeetying an affirmation so exceedingly pos: . t.:ve, provided out that the reader had snfficient faith in the veracity of hun who made it. There the case rested. The tradosmen in the metro- pohs and elsewhere were detertad from voting as !I;ed, by thveats that thcv would lose their ims t,n7rs." Now, who is the cfitorner, the real, valu- tO•le, profitable customer, of any class of tradesmen . hy, that one grand c uus uincr , ca ll e d t h e "public „ public" W c;her words, the bulk of the community. It is not a sulky, solitary individual, here and there, that enables a shopkeeper in any sensible degree to main tain his family by the profit accruing on the sale of any description of articles to that single party. The class which affords the greatest number of buyers is the class which naturally exercises the most effective influence over the free will of vendors. It would seem to follow, therefore, from such premises, that a large body of Irish purchasers were violent Tories, or assuredly their influence would not be employed in depriving Ministerial partisans of the tradesmen's votes. But not so ; the champion of the Rump could not afford to leave the question as he himself had stated it. He turns to once more, and propounds new matter, thus—The middle " classes of Ireland, to a man, are with the Government. The Liberal aristocracy, pos sessing a vast preponderance of the wealth of Ireland, is with the Government. The substantial house holders are with it. The representatives of the peo ple, in a majority of three to one, are with it. It is, emphatically, the Government of the people, and wo to the faction that would dare to usurp its place." If then, as we are now informed, the middle classes, the preponderance of the wealth of Ireland—the sub stantial householders of Ireland—and the people of Ireland, be one and all with the Government—how in the name of wonder, or by whom, have the trades men been frightened into voting against the Govern ment ?' If all the world be with O'Connell—all the customers, or the bulk of them, must, on the face of it, be in favour of the O'Connell candidates ; and the talk about tradesmen voting through intimidation against their own wishes,. after it has been proved so satisfactorily that there were none to intimidate them, amounts to a figure of speech extremely well known in the Liberal dialect, and familiarly termed " fudge." We speak our own firm and conscientious belief, that disclosures will be laid before the public of a nature the most frightful to every reflecting man in England, and the most disgustin2- to every civilized and honest mind, with regard to the means by which many returns of Irish Ministerial members were brought about at the last election. We believe that a course of intimidation against voters was carried on systematically and eminently by the Romish priest. hood—the most corrupt, the most merciless, the most blasphemons and flagitious, that ever was practised at any time, or in any country—by which human laws were trampled on, the divine law violated, men's poli tical opinions, principles, and rights all sacrificed by and for the Ministers of an arbitrary despotism, whose prime agent was a brutal superstitution, who threat ened persecution to the living and perdition to the dying, wheresoever they mat with a shadow of repug nance towards their fien2e- and immoral mandates. It is cur entire convictioa that, should the sums now tn-oposed to be contributed throughout Great Britain for obtainin , justice en behalf of the oppressed and misrepresented Protestant people and loyal Roman Ca tholics in Ireland—should those sums not fall far short of what may he requisite for that patriotic purpose, the came of treason and fin:d revolution there will suffer an irrevocable downfall. The loyal community of the empire nay assure themselves that adequate funds are the one Ming requilecl—that efficient measures, under the ablest and most resonte counsels. are in steady progress, and will be actively and skilfully "carried out," for the punishment of guilt, where guilt been substantially perpetrated, and for the restoration of those citizens who were really the people's choice to seats in Parliament, from which a fraudulent and scan dalous iurpation of their rights and ours does at thi , i moment (but only for this moment) exclude them.— Times. With much gratification we direct attention to the very interesting and important speeches' which were made at a Dinner given in Doncaster, to celebrate the 'clectien of Lord Morpeth and Sir George Strickland for the West Riding of Yorkshire. In stating that the proceedings at the festival were worthy of the glo rious triumph which it was intended to record, we at once sopereede the necessity of further compliment. In rank, wealth, respectability; intelligence, and nu►n bere, the assembly was fully commensurate with what might he expected on such an occasion in one of the greatest electoral communities in the British empire, and cheering must it be to the friends of Reform at a time when calumny is exhausted iu their vilification, when the state of public feeling and of public necessi ties is so vilely misrepresented—cheering it must be to every friend of good and just government to wit ness such an important manifestation. A most im pressive and withering commentary on the foul libels daily disseminated by the factious press against Minis ters and their supporters, will be found ►n the excel lent address of the venerable and patriotic Earl Fitz william. Avoiding, with becoming dignity, direct allusion to the slanders he repelled; the Noble Earl most triumphantly vindicated the policy of the pre sent Government. The contrast between the present Administration and its Tory predecessors in office could not perhaps be better or more vividly pourtrayed than when, in allusion to Lord Morpeth being called by the favour, or rather by the approbation of the Crown, to one of the most important offices of the State, the noble speaker observed that whereas in other times to hold office was considered incompatible with the representation of any liberal constituency, at present the confidence of the greatest constituency of England was reposed in an individual filling at the same time a most responsible department in the Go vernment. The Noble Earl's testimony on the Poor Law Amendment Act, as well from his Lordship's universally-attested benevolence and philanthropy as from his extensive experience of the working of the old and the amended system of Poor-laws, merits the utmost attention and deference. This amended admi nistration of the Poor-laws his Lordship described " as the most beneficial legislative enactment that ever proceeded from the British Parliament." This high—and we may add merited—eulogy was bestowed, not in consequence of the diminution of the rates—a paltry consideration in compariso❑ to mitigating the sufferings of the distressed, and the least of the advan tages which have accrued from the amended law ; but in consequence of that law having made the idle industrious, and enabled those formerly pensioned on the parish to maintain thernielves by their own honest and indepen dent exertions. Such evidence, from such unim peachable authority, should outweigh volumes of fac tious declamation, founded on isolated, exaggerated, or fictitious cases of hardship. The speech of Mr. Baines will also be read with deep interest. The Tories will find but little subject of congratulation in in his observations on the present and past state of the representation of Yorkshire. In the last Parliament, said Mr. Baines, Yorkshire returned ten Reformers and eight Tories, in the present Parliament no less than .finuteen of its representatives are Reformers, and but, four Tories. This, too, we suppose is " a Papist majority," returned by the agency of " Priests and Ribbonmen." When such evidence of the progress of the " conspiracy" against all abuses in Church and State is thus brought home to our doors ; when not Ireland nor Scotland only, but England, where the Tories make a false parade of their power, can muster in one county such an overwhelming majority in favour of just and liberal institutions, it is indeed time for the Tories to put their house—we mean, of course, the House of Lords —in order, otherwise, it may be roughly handled by the rude mechanics whom the nation may put to work upon its renovation or re construction.—Morning Advertiser. The registration is, as far as we can learn, every where proceeding greatly to the advantage of the Con servative cause. Of this we have both positive and negative evidence—the one, in the fact that the Con servative ohjection3 succeed in the proportion of ten to on:on^ over those of the Radicals—the other, in the Almost total silence of t.:ie Whig-Radical provincial journals upon the subject. Never was the old adage, that " silence gives assent," more strictly realized than upon this; occasion. We know too well the zeal and assiduity employed upon the occasion, not to be well convinced that had the result been different, we should have heard of it readily enough. Indeed, we know of instances where reporters w ere employed, who, having il , thing favourable to repo rt, their labours were ren dered useless. But this is no more than we long since foreboded and expected. Enough of the spirit of the country was elicited during the late election to show which way the tide was turn i ng ; an d i t would b e in deed a satire upon the character of Englishmen to suppose that they can do otherwise than repudiate and resent with disdain the farther attempt of a THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1837. mercenary Isiah deraassestgue to rude; tlle ;lestieles of this mighty empire. History records nothing half so - degrading as the present situation of the Whiff Ministry in this resp ec t ; an d we s h ou ld, indeed,° despair of the country, were it otherwise inclined than to resent with scorn the indignity thus put upon it. Happily our anticipations are more than realized ; and the Ministers who arc content to owe their political existence to the nod of the very man who has loaded them with every epithet of scorn and ignominy, now find the sober judgment of the country everywhere recording its verdict against them. Yet these Mi nisters, thus backed and supported, and aided by the delusion which they have hitherto been enabled to practise upon the mind of their youthful and inex perienced Sovereign, intend, it seems, to meet Par liament, and thus to brave the recorded condemnation of the great bulk, at least, of the English constitu ency—of that tribunal to which it was heretofore a favourite doctrine of the Whigs, that every Minister should bow. If it were possible to imagine that this mode of braving public o pi n i on cou ld lsst, and that the country was doomed to witness another Session pass with Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell as the Parliamentary leaders, it is not difficult to foresee that it must result in the repetition of another of those do-nothing periods, by which the interests of the country have already suffered so greatly. Such a long and open defiance of public opinion will he a novel spectacle on the part of the government of a country avowedly and essentially popular, and in which hitherto every attempt to resist the will of the people, ascer tained through their representatives in Parliament, has been looked upon as little short of treason to the state. If it be contended that Ministers will have a nominal majority, considering of what that majority is likely to be composed, it in no way shakes the argu ment, or alters the real position of Lord Melbourne and his colleagues. That majority, if found to exist, all the world knows will be composed of votes pur chased of Mr. O'Connell by the transfer of the go vernment patronage in Ireland to him, many of the persons thus sold liaying obtained their seats by means which will soon be brought to the test and scrutiny of Committees, who, if they do their duty, cannot fail to oust these intruders. All these circumstances render it the more consolatory to know that the cause of the Qseeen and the Constitution is everywhere triumphinz in the Registration Courts, end that, when the people are appealed to again, they will respond in numbers even more marked and conspicuous than those which have latdr la2en exhibited.—Morning Herald. Lord Plunket, as we learn from our Dublin Corres pondent, has just been making another conspicuous display of his parental affection ; arid parental affec tion is a quality with the due exercise of which it would be monstrously unnatural to find fault. But Lard Plunket occasionally requires to be reminded that the country has a right to expect from a person filling the high, and important, and well-paid office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the exhibition of other excel besides th:it iostinct which irnpels, in common, A, our Correspondent intimztes, a Phmket and a Kangaroo to find convenient and secure s!)alter for their young. It is but fair, en passant, to re mark, that there arc tw o or t h ree po i nts i n w hi c h the comparison does scanty justice to the respect able animal last mentioned. She provides for the comfort and security of her offsprin g by with drawing the n f rom pu bli c view—the L , rd Chan cellor of Ireland obeys iris instinct in the oppo site manner by forcing his progeny upon the attention of mankind. The unsophisticated quadruped, again, never seems unwilling to bear the burthen of her own sounz, or for a moment so much as to think of shift ing it off upon others. In this respect it must he admitted that our learned specimen of parental fondness shows an opposite instinct. Another, and a still more important, distinction yet remains. The Australian example of parental care offers to her voting no asylum unsuited to their faculties and dispositions, natural or acquired. Here is a contrast humiliating to the Irish model of the same virtue, and disgusting to all disinteres:cd, as well as to all interested, observers— the Noble and Learned Lord makes the asylum of the Hon. Mr. Plunket the important and ju dicial office of Master of the Court of Chancery. Leaving similies and contrasts, however, out of the question, is it not, we ask, monstrous to a degree which almost surpasses credibility that the flagitious job described by our Correspondent should have been perpetrated even by Lord Plunket ? What is Mr. Plunket that the interests of suitors in the Court of Chancery should be placed in his hands—interests so important that 3,0001. a year has not been thought too high a stipend to sustain the dignity of those by whom they are to be guarded, and to allure to this elevated employment the requisite degree of learning and ability ? He is the son of Lord Plunket. This is the most favourable reply that can be given to the question. It is a reply which does not necessarily include the idea of unfitness for the office ; for, how ever certain it may be that the Hon. Mr. Plunket would never have been a Master in the Irish or any other Court of Chancery but for the circumstance that he happens to be the son of the Lord Chancellor, he is not the less likely to be qualified for the office that he is thus descended. When, however, the country pays 3,0001. a-year to the holders of an important judicial . office, the object, no doubt, is to obtain the services of persons who not only possess, but who previously to their ap pointment shall have afforded conclusive and satisfac tory evidence that they possess, merits and claims of a nature altogether different from those of being the off spring of the Lord Chancellor . for the time being. There are many distinguished advocates at the Irish Bar, any one of whom would have considered the office of a Master in Chancery worth his acceptance, and who have by their forensic career manifested to all the world that they possess the learning and talent which the office requires. Why is Mr. Plunket selected from a host of candidates so numerous and so worthy? Has he passed through the ordeal or the Bar in a manner to silence all objections as to the adequacy of his talents and attainments ? Has he been one of the dis tinguished advocates engaged successfully for a series of years in assisting- the Judges of the Courts of law or equity in Ireland to unravel the intricacies which perplexed, and dispel the mists which obseured, the cases brought before them ? Have juries listened to the persuasion of Iris eloquence, and anxious litigants sought advice from his legal wisdom, and succour from his dexterity, judgment, and learning ? To say merely that Mr. Plunket is the son of the Lord Chancellor, is surely not enough in such , a case ; and yet what more, what better, what else that is even so good, is it possible to say ? Mr. Plunket's descent is, at the worst, an indifferent circumstance. If it proves nothing in favour of the appointment, it has at least the negative merit of proving nothing against it. Should any attempt be made to seek other excuses for the appointment than that of parental partiality the case, although it is not one which admits of being spoiled, will become even more desperate, if that be possible, than it is. We earnestly advise the friends of Lord Plunket, therefore, whenever the appointment is mentioned in their hearing, to content themselves by saying that the Noble and Learned Lord, having a place of 3,000/. a year to give away, could not resist the temptation of giving it to his son. As to qualifi cation for the office, that is a branch of the subject which the judicious friends of his Lordship, if he have any such, will anxiously avoid. What, indeed, can be said in addition to the fact that the new Master in - - •SI Chancery is nearly related in blood to th e hi g h func tionary upon whom the duty of appointing a well qualified person to the office devolved ? Can it he pretended that Mr. Plunket's qualifications for a Master in Chancery are to be inferred from his recent possession of the office of Chairman of a Board of country Magistrates ? The answer to this is so obvi ous and overwhelming, that the pretence, we imagine, will scarcely be advanced. if proof were required that Mr. Plunket is not of the class of men who, in justice to the suitors and to the country ought to be made Masters in Chancery, better proof conic! not be ad duced than the mere fact that Lord Piunket, if not an accurate judge of the talents and learnin(4 of his sons, is at least nut prone to err on the side of se verity, permitted and induced this gentleman to rclin quish the chances of the Bar—chances in his case in. calculably improved by the position of his father—to occupy the comparatively humble, obscure, and un profitable position of Chairman of the Meath Ses sions, with a salary of seven or eight hundred a year. , What •,vo , 21(1 be fizougl; T.7t: e - ;ThAt .Lard Chan cellor who, after educating his son for the bar, with drew him from the Courts in order to place him in the chair of a stipendiary police magistrate in a provincial town, and who, after giving this public testimony of his own mean opinion of his son's talents and learn ing, and of his indifference to his improvement, took the first opportunity of making him a Master in Chan cery ? Th e M as t ers in Chancery have been called not inaptly the eyes and ears of the Lord Chancellor. It must, we fear, be concluded that, rather than forego the opportunity of securing 3,0001. a year to one of his family, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland has deliberately elected to inflict judicial blindness and deafness for many years to come upon himself and his successors.—Morning Post. STATE OF TRADE. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, OCT. 2.—Though many pieces have been sold to-day the buyers are not so eager to purchase as they were two or three weeks back. Wool seems to be at present stationary in price ; but a very ge neral belief prevails that it will be lower, which makes the manufacturers unwilling to purchase, except for their im mediate use. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, Ocr. 7. The week's import is 9,645 bales. The stock previously was 270,589. The sales this week are 13,090, of which 750 are on speculation, and 570 for export, leaving a stock of cotton now in the port of 238,197, which is 15,347 bales more than at the same pe riod last year, the stock of American being 5,536 bales less than at this period last year. The cotton market has again throughout the week been very inanimate, with rather a droopini , tendency. The disposition to effect sales in the ordinary and middle qualities of American has been store apparent than of late, and in all qualities below 6 1 ,0. a decline o f V i d. per lb. has been submitted to. The better kinds are comparatively less abundant, but are not readily s.dcable at our last week's quotations. In Brazil only a small busi ness has been done, the common qualities are heavy of sale, but the finer deseriptions being scarce command steady prices. Egyptians continue to be freely offered, and are very unsaleable at rather lower rates. Swats have been but little inquired for, but are unchanged in prices. The particulars of speculation this week are 750 Ame ric-n, and of export 250 American, 200 Surats, and 120 Madras. tl. d. d. d. 160 Sea Islands l4l to 24 Demerara! .... oto 0 Stained ditto 0— 0 Peruvians ..... 0— 0 3,300 Uplands sh —74 r Laguay ras — 2,040 Mobile, &e.... 5i —74 j Surats 4,930 New Orleans... 5 Bengals 320 Egyptians — 9:14 40 Carthagenas 0 690 Pernams, &c B4 —lO i Manilla 0 460 Ilahias 420 Maranhams 9 I Fiarbadoes Sawginned 0— 0 Smyrna o— 0 There has been very little doing to clay, the sales not exceeding above 1,000 to 2,000 bags, chiefly common American. Taken on speculation this year Same in 1836 Forwarded to the country unsold this year Same in 1M36 Increase of import this year compared with the MIMI date last year Increase of stock Decrease of quantity taken for consumption Decrease of quantity taken for export ...... . ..... 28,526 ....... 15,030 . 15,00() 18,873 Comparative View of the Imports and Exports of Cotton into and from the whole Kingdom, from the Ist of January to the 30th ult., and of the Imports and Exports for the sand• period last year : Into tho Kingdom this year. American . South American West Indies, Demerara, &c. East Indies Egypt, &c. Bags. 754,962 97,573 4,441 123,046 35,945 Total of all descriptions Same period last year. Bags. American South American West Indies, Demerara, Itc. ... East Indies Egypt, Esc. Increase of Imports as compared with same period last year Exports in 1837. American, 46,075; Brazil, 3,406; East India, 58,222; West India, —; Other kinds, —. 28,832 Total in 1837 Same period last year Stock. Oct. 6, 1837 Same time, 1836 ... ............ `'68,400 953,403 WALES.—For a long time past the farmers and landowners residing near the Long Mountain, on the bor ders of this county and Montgomeryshire, have been re peatedly robbed of sheep and other property, and have also had their horses and cattle mutilated and destroyet. One or two respectable farmers, near Cherbury, have lost twenty sheep. Within the last few weeks a clue was obtained, which has ended in the committal of five men to Worcester gaol for trial, on various charges of horse and sheep steal ing. —Shrewsbury chronicle. ETIIEL CHURCHILL; OR, THR TWO BRIDES.— The character of Lady Marchmont, in this new novel-of Miss Landon's, would alone make the fortune of any book. It is that of a gay, beautiful leader of fashionable life, full of wit, and with a recklessness of manner which fails to bide, even from herself, the pangs of a too sensitive heart. 'l'iiis character stands in admirable contrast with the stiff, pom pous, and self-conceited nothingness of her lord and master. Lady Marchmont, in the course of the story, becomes the intimate acquaintance of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Pope, Gay, and the other wits of the period, who are brought very vividly before us. It will not be long we predict before " Ethel Churchill " is found in every lady's boudoir. A voluntary commutation of Tithe has been com pleted with the proprietors of land in the parish of Coltis hall, with their worthy Rector in the raost amicable manner, which has recently received the confirmation of the Com missioners and other interests, conformable with the Tithe Commutation Act.—Norfolk Chronicle. LIFE OF SIR EDWARD COKE.— Perhaps among all the distinguished worthies who graced the eventful period of our history in which Coke flourished, there is not one, not even Bacon himself—Coke's great rival—whose life better deserves record than that of the truly illustrious commentator on Littleton ; and yet, to this day, little or nothing is known, in a consecutive form, of his history. W e are, therefore, glad to observe that the desideratum has just been supplied, and by a gentleman who, being of Coke's own profession, is likely to appreciate the unequalled value of his literary labours. But his bio grapher has not overlooked that noble portion of Sir Ed ward Coke's career which was devoted to the political events and struggles of his day, and in connection with which he deserves, if possible, still more credit and honour at the hands of all true-born Englishmen than attaches to his unrivalled legal labours. The man who, in a reign like that of the last and worst of the Stuarts, dared to stand forward on every eligible occasion as the fearless advocate of the people's just rights against the persevering and perti naccous encroachments of that kingly prerogative which was supported by all the eloquence and learning of Bacon him self—possesses eminent claims on the respect and admira tion of an age so well able to appreciate his merits as that in which we happily live. EXPEDITION OF LA PEROUSE.—The Journal de la Marine et des Colonies states that an American Captain, named Morel), has written to inform the Societe de Geo graphie that, in the course -of his voyages in the South Seas, he has found two of the children of the surgeon at tached to the above expedition ; and the Minister of Marine has desired to be furnished with every particular collected concerning them, together with the precise latitude and longitude of the island in which they were found. A mushroom was last week picked in an orchard near Monmouth, which measured two feet four inches in circumference ; it was Seven inches high, and eight inches round the stalk.—Cambrian., On Monday night, about seven o'clock, a tremen dous explosion of gas occurred on. the premises, at Verre field, occupied by Messrs. R. A. Kidston and Co, 2 s a pottery and glass-work. We have not obtained any minute particulars of the casualty ; but we understand the damage is very extensive, and that one man has been so much in-. jured in consequence that his life is despaired of.—Scuts Times. (From the Leeds Intelligences of Saturday.) TRADE OF LEEDS.—The woollen cloth trade in this town and neighbourhood still continues brisk, and complaints are beginning to be heard of the lowness of stocks and want of assortment, particularly in the middle and heavier qua lities of goods, which are wanted for the winter season. The principal demand seems to be for domestic use, very little business being now doing for for foreign markets. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET.—We do not quote any variation in the prices of either long or short wools this week, but there is less inquiry, and not so much doing as for some weeks past. BRADFORD MARKET.--Owing, it is generally supposed, to the tendency of President Van Buren's message to the American Congress, the demand for goods to-day of all de scriptions has been very dull. In the yarn market very little business was done, the manufacturers appearing to be unusually cautious in their purchases. The wool market, of course, participated in the general flatness, and few sales were effected. On some sorts of wool there was a trifling reduction of price ; but, generally speaking, the staplers held firmly. HUDDERSFIELD.—There was a very fair market here on Tuesday last, goods suitable for the winter season being principally in demand. HECKMONDWIXE.—The blanket market continues to be pretty regularly attended by the merchants and manufac turers, the demand for goods, and the prices for them, re maining steady, LAW INT g::LLIGENC.E INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oer. 7. Charles .Mason, late of Wine Office -court, bookseller and publisher, applied upon his petition to be discharged. He was opposed by Mr. Cooke, for Messrs. Jones and Co., Finsbury-square, and by Messrs. Venables and Co. ; he was supported by Mr. Woodroffe. He had been publisher of numerous cheap standard works, and his debts amounted to six thousand pounds. After examining Mr. Southgate, the auctioneer, Mr. Leighton, the printer, and several other witnesses, with a view to trace the disposal of the property, the case was adjourned for the insolvent to file a complete debtor and creditor account, with seven days' notice. Charles Ward Roberts, a master mariner, was opposed on the part of Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart., and some trades men at Portsmouth, as likewise for Mr. Kemp, a bill broker. The insolvent was before the Court twelve months ago, when his schedule had been dismissed. He had been in custody nineteen months. The insolvent, in March, 1835, agreed to purchase of Sir Bellingham Graham the yacht Harriet for 900/. Of that 'sum one hundred pounds were paid down (which sum was ad vanced by one Jack Grig), and the remainder in May following. The insolvent set about ordering stores for a trip of pleasure up the Mediterranean, and for an excursion of twelve months. He was to charge each pas senger 1501. He advertised for passengers, and received three payments. He ordered wine, spirits, and other ar ticles for the intended voyage, but stripped the vessel of part of the fittings, which he sold. He was arrested be fore the voyage took place, and the tradesmen of Ports mouth secured themselves by taking from the vessel a por tion of the goods they had supplied. The other opposing creditor was the holder of a bill of exchange accepted by the insolvent, which bill ho got into his possession and then destroyed it. The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER adjudged the insol vent from the date of filing his petition to eighteen calendar months' imprisonment, at the suit of Sir Bellingham Gra ham and four tradesmen at Portsmouth. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. POLICE COMMITTEE, GUILDHALL. Joseph Rogers, a young man, who was formerly a cab driver, but now keeps the lodging-house No. 5, West-street, Smithfield, was on Saturday brought before the Commit tee, charged with having harboured and concealed Wicker the convict, after that person escaped from the gaol of New gate a few days ago. Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, stated that Wicker having escaped from Newgate, immediate measures were adopted to apprehend the convict, who had been transported' for life for horse-stealing. On the 2d instant a turnkey of Chelmsford gaol brought Wicker to Newgate in custody at an early hour. Marson, the turnkey of Chelmsford Gaol, on Tues day night, having seen a stranger at the entrance to Chelms ford, and ascertained that the man, who proved to be the prisoner, was inquiring for a person at whose house Wicker's mother lodged, gave directions to a constable on the subject. The constable entered into conversation with the' prisoner, and witness joined them. He asked what business brought him to the house for which inquiry was made, and told him the extent of the suspicions enter tained about him. The prisoner denied that his embassy was about Wicker, but afterwards admitted that he went to see Wicker's mother. Witness then said that prisoner wns harbouring a convicted felon, and the prisoner observed, " What a pretty muddle I have got myself into ; I thought to do the young man a service." The prisoner then men tioned where be resided, and said that he came down from London that morning to ask Wicker's mother to bring him some money and clothes, and meet him near the Horse and Groom, opposite Sutton-street. Witness said it was very improbable that Wicker would appoint such a place, as it was so near the prison from which he had escaped. The prisoner then stated that he would tell all about the busi ness. Wicker came to his house the morning after he escaped, and remained there since, and was there at the moment they were speaking. Witness then locked up the prisoner, and at once set off for London, where, upon arriv ing, he went, accompanied by the police, to the prisoner's house, No. 5, West -street, Smithfield. With some diffi culty he got into the house, and he searched all the pre mises for some time without success. At last he found Wicker in a small cupboard, behind the head of the bed, standing, with his trowsers turned inside out, and evidently panic struck. In reply to a question from one of the Aldermen, the turnkey said that the prisoner distinctly stated that he went to Chelmsford to Wicker's mother for money and clothes, to help the man to make his final escape. Sir PETER LAURIE (to the prisoner)—What are you ? Prisoner—l have been a cabman, but I now keep the lodg ing -house, No. 5, West-street. Fourteen or fifteen lodge in the house, occasionally coming and going. I knew Wicker in some transaction as to the sale of a horse, and I went down to Chelmsford to his mother for him, but I knew nothing of his intention to escape. Mr. Wooller requested that bail might be taken for the appearance of the prisoner, whom it was his intention to advise to plead guilty. Sir PETER LAURIE—I never yet knew a man who was admitted to bail to be convicted. The fact is always looked upon by the Jury as a proof of innocence. The moment a hailed man appeared at The bar, up starts a Counsel and says—" Oh, look at that honest man, how he comes to take his trial !" The prisoner was then remanded till next Saturday. Four of the turnkeys of Newgate were suspended for neglect of duty, in consequence of Wicker having escaped. BOW. STREET. A man of ruffianly appearance, named Charles Crawley, was charged on suspicion of having robbed a young man, named Alexander M'Conachie Ross, of his clothes, at a disreputable house in Salutation -court, Strand. The prosecutor, who described himself as a classical tutor in a school near town, appeared before the magistrate sans everything except his shirt and a very old pair of trousers and slippers. He stated that he came to town to visit some friends, and that, having taken a " wee drap" more than he was accustomed to, he was easily prevailed upon to take lodgings at the house of a "lady." The liquor had such an effect upon him that he did not wake until the next morn ing, when he found that all his clothes, and about 2/. in money, had been stolen. He had scarcely time to think of his loss when the prisoner made his appearance, and, affecting surprise to see him, "in his bedroom," directed him immediately to "be off." In vain the prosecutor ex plained the circumstance attending his introduction to tho house, and the fact of his being without clothes, for the only answer he could get was, " It's all very well, Mr. Scotchman, but you don't lodge here ;" and he was forth with kicked down stairs. He afterwards met with a hu mane person, who lent him a ragged pair of trowsers and two old slippers. The prisoner was then taken into cus tody. He denied all knowledge of the clothes, and was remanded, in order that search might be made for the other parties. - Edward Groberty, the young man charged with robbing his employer, Mr. Storken, of Little Queen -street, of 1261. 65., which had been given him to take up a bill, but with which he absconded to France, was again brought up, and the evidence being complete he was committed. HATTON GARDEN. A gentleman named Boriner was brought before the Magistrates, char g ed with threat en i ng t h e lif e o f M rs. Sparrow, the wife of a gentleman residing in the City road. The complainant, a remarkably handsome woman, stated that the defendant waylaid her on Wednesday last, and threatened to do her personal injury, and she much feared he would some time or other carry his threat into effect. Mr. BENNETT asked if there was any cause for all this. Complainant (very much excited)—Here are his letters (pulling out a packet), wherein he wishes me to act im properly. Defendant--ob, heavens ! What shall Ido ? Mr. BENNETT—Do you know anything of him P—Com plainant—He used to visit my husband's house two or three years ago, but all acquaintance between him and Mr. Spar row ceased through some bill transactions. Defendant—a, your Worship, it is false ; he owes me money. I have not seen this lady these three months. The Magistrates said the lady must be protected, and held the defendant to bail. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. James Newlands was charged with felony. Some short time ago, a man was apprehended in the very act of carry in; away a considerable quantity of plate from the residence of Sir Charles Maxwell, Mayfair, and it came out in evi dence that another man had been concerned in the felony, whose description exactly tallied with that of the prisoner. Horsford, one of. the Mendicity Society's constables, who is well acquainted with the prisoner's person, met him on Monday last, in Drury-lane, with a bundle. On searchium the bundle, a shirt and some other articles %vere f oun d , ° which appeared as if recently stolen. An inquiry was made, and Horsford succeeded in discoveriug, that the prisoner had committed a robbery in the house of Mr. Appleyai-d, solicitor, No. 9, Montague-place, not more than half an hour before he was taken into custody. liorsford, in reply to the Magistrate, said that he never let a thief pass him when he knew the man was " wanted." lie bad known the prisoner for some time as a reputed thief, and one of the most expert of that class termed " area sneaks." The prisoner having a smart address, and. being generally . well clothed, carried on operations by calling at the houses of those gentry who were about to give dinner parties, under the pretence that he bad been sent for orders from some respectable tradesman with whom the house dealt. The white apron, and the irm snspiciou, and ena!ii,Nl him to tok . c charge o f a p i ece of plate, or any other portable valuab _ le . which cam e i n hi s way. A s t h ere was, h owe ver, not sta b cient evidence to connect the prisoner with the rob ber y at Sir C. Max we ll' s , t h e charge was confined to the felony at Appleyard's, on which the prisoner was Committed for trial. MARY LEBONE. Frederick Pyne was charged with brutal treatment to 3 horse. The prisoner was the driver of one of Mr. Bardell's, cabs, and on bringing home the horse, after eighteen hours work, it was ascertained that the poor animal had been so severely whipped, and was so exhausted, that it was 11? t expected to live. The prisoner, who was intoxicated , sai d he had no money. but on his being given into 010 3 4' 10s. 6d. was found upon pim p The Magistrate regretted'thnt there was no law to reach the prisoner. It was then agreed that Mr. Bardell should have the money taken from the prisoner, as a small recompense for his loss. The prisoner was then discharged. WORSHIP-STREET. Harriet Gard ener an d Ell en J ones were charged with shoplifting. The prisoners, accompanied by another female, the shop of M r . J ones , li nen d raper, Ci ty-roa d, un der the pretence of purch as i ng some art i c l es, w h en one o f them Wa s observed t o s t ea l a s h aw l. The prison ers were reman d e d t h at the officers might e a ' deavour to app re h en d t h e woman who escaped. entered UNION HALL. John Westing, a boy 14 years of age, the son of a sur, geon in L am b et h, was c h arge d w i th stealing a b o l s t e r and two pillow cases, the property of his father. The prisoner, who seemed perfectly careless, vras Corn witted for trial. Thomas Clarke, alias Robinson, described as an 1110 6 " mate son of George IV., was brought up for reexamina tion on the charge of stealing writing-desks, dressing Cas' 3s ' and other articles, the property of Mr. T. Baring, t h e pro prietor of a bazaar at Egham. The prisoner was remanded. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals, Oct. 7.—The Lotus Gore, from Madras, in t he Downs, sailed M arc h 25, Cape ' July 3, and St. Helena '1,131,1 29; Eliza, Doubthwaite, from Ceylon, off Dartmouth, e a " May 6, Ma ur iti us J une 7 , Cape July 22, and St. Helena Au c i 'gust 7 ; Hebe, M a l co l m, f rom Si ngapore, off Dover , sailed April 27 ; Count ess o f D ur h am, Todd, from Batav i a, off Fal mouth, sailed June 9, St. Helena Aug. 9 ; Mary and hi l t Todd, from Batavia, at Cowes, sailed May 17, Mauritius Jul' 1, St. Helena Aug. 3; Thalia, Graham, from Bengal, off verpool, sail e d Ap r il 29 , S t. H elena Aug. 5 ; Pusey I'l4' Newby, from the South Seas, in the Downs. Arrival at Batavia.—The Jane, Wilkinson, May 28, fr og London and the Mauritius. Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Amelia Thompson, Tomlin son, Aug. 6, from China and the Mauritius, and sailed Aug' 8, for London; Pestonjee Bomanjee, Thompson, from 13° T: bay, and sailed A ug . 20, f or L ondon; Vanguard, Au°. 20, from Bombay, and sailed Aug. 21, for Liverpool. Departure front St. Helena.—Th e M a i t l an d , Marshal l ' Aug. 5, for Cork. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Gilmore, Lindsay, from London to Bombay, per Lotus ; London, Chi m bl e , f rom L ondon to Bengal, Aug.' lat. 8. 48.- N., long. 24 47. W., per Eli za; Pestonjee D°. manjee, Thompson, from Bombay to London, Sept. 8, lat. 14. N., long. 26. W. ; Artemise, Sparkes, from London t ° Launceston. lat. 23, S., long. 31. W., per Annabelle, ar rived from Buenos Ayres; Lynper, Hillberry, from Lond on to it. Helena, A ug . 11, t at. 25. S ., long. 23. W., per Jane Prowse; Erneretta, Gilmore, from London to New Soutu Wales, Aug. 19, lat. 53. S., long. 30. W. WHEAT AND FLOUR_IN FRANCE COMPARED WITH LONDON. -- WHEAT. —The highest price of the best wheat in Paris, is 27 francs, per hectolitre, whi c h i s equa l to 41s. 3d. per English imperial quarter. The highest price of the' bes t Essex and Kent wheat in London, is 68s. per quarter, shr; ing fine w h eat to b e 26 5. 9 d . per quarter dearer in Loa"°. than in Paris, or upwar d s o f 65 per cent. ; and that the s aga money which will i n L on d on b uy but eight bushels of wh eat, will, in Paris, purchase 13- bushels of the finest quality. FLoun.-- . The highest price of flour of the first mark" is Paris, is 53 f rancs per 159 kilogrammes, which is eqnsi, .",0 325. 9d. per English sack of 280 pounds. The highest priC' of the best " town made" flour in London, being ros• sack, shows fine flour to be 225. 3d. per sack dearer in Lond ° than in Paris, or nearly 68 per cent. ; and that the same a?„ °2 ;?: which in Lond on b uys b ut 280 pounds of fine flour, You Paris purchase 470 pounds of the very best quality. APPLES—Such is the abundance of the apple Crop in the neighbourhood of Retford, that fine pulled ones'v j ere sold in the m ar k e t t h ere on S aturday week, at one Sii the pannier, containing nearly six pecks.—Nottinahani view. We have late accounts from Venezuela. All WaS tranquil there ; but, on account of the late disturbance'' , there still existed a great scarcity of maise and pulse, which in that country constitutes the principal article of food for the lower classes. Good crops were anticipated. The government had been occupied in the discussion of the abolition of convents, of which there were three orders is! the Caraccas—the Franciscan friars, the Dominicans, ar the Mercenaries. The latter order had been suppressed. A good deal is said about some private letters front the Gineral at the Hermitage —and he wrote to the Globe' man at Washington. I haint had time yet to read '4 lll, but if they are what I hear tell'd on, I don't believe the Gineral ever wrote 'em—and if he did, it don't a mount t°, nothing. What a m an wr i tes a f ore he is P res id e nt an d what he writes after he has quit that office amounts Prit t a r much to the same thing. The Gineral wrote a very g° letter once to Mr. Munro, but it did not come to a"f good. One man's lett er , t h en , i s ji st as goo d as any r ot be maa's letter. Take Gineral Harrison now for i n stance let him write a letter--I don't thi n k it wou ld ma ke the i longer or shorte r ; b u t ma k e hi m President, an d t hen 2 , d. his letters—so long as he is President—would be eens ider i c t by many as very imp or t an t, an d some would th i n k t h e IT h r is , was jist beginning, and some t h at i t was jist ending. .13r shows, then, there mu s t b e somet hi ng i n the office --it be the 25,000 dollars a-year, and a big house free of and the right of nominating folks to office, or somethf p ; else, I don't know what, but there is something that alai; his notions better or sou n d er t h an before. Well al when he quits office I don't see why he should talc* al l t mother wit he found there along with him ; he s hould le a n % it where he found it for the benefit of the next. I ain't o g o of those kind of folks that think the world is corning w end by the no ti ons o f any man who ain't President, whe ther :eO, written b e f ore or arter ; my letter then is jilt as good as"' n o and I don't know but it is a leetle better, for I }mint got party n o ti ons to sarve, and no mistakes to kiver U P' , Major Downing's " Second Gun." L ADIES' GOLD WATCH— boa A variety of excellent and carefully finished Ladies' Second - s te, Gold Watches, many of them in accordance with the lates e t e t ; ro o with Gold Dials, Jewelled, Ere., are offered for selection Six to Eight Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY • maker, Gold and Sil versm i t h , 47, C ornhill, London. FriWatch' N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in BIRTHS. 11 , t 410 1 " . On the sth inst., th e l a d y o f T . T . Fawcett, Esq t 01 , ' lodge, Surrey, of a son. B el- On the 6th inst., M rs . Willi am G r i ff i th, of Be l grave -street y grave-square, i of a son. On the a l st nst., in Dublin, the lady o f Th os . Perry Kno' Elq" of a son and heir. __—....... On the 4th inst., at St M . Jo hn,EnDa . p e d, William Close, second son of Major Close ,Ham pstead, A., to Caroline LIP zabeth, eldest daughter of B. Cole, Esq. of Frog - n al. eldest On the sth inst., at St. Dunstan's i ' he West, James, h .. son of Mr. Aldous, of Berwick-street Soho, -n-t to - Alice, eldest daug ter of Mr. R. Gray, of Fleet -street. -street. CO - On the sth inst., at Walcot Church, Bath, the Rev. John Cun.. ningham Robertson, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of George u . t , ningham, Esq., of Trelavrney, J •aidof L downe-cresco, Jamaica, ans in that city. der On the 31st ult., at St. Mary's Church, Newington, AlOO the Rev. Rohr: Macpherson, Esq., to Sarah Constantia daughter of John Law s°_!!.: Shoot er o r f Esq., of fewness House, Kennington-la ' ne, Lambeth, and Hill, Kent, and grand daughter of the late Sir John Pin h° ll l o 'w- Ningwood House, Isle of Wight, and of Mr. John Lawson of ness Hall, Cumberland. On the sth inst. of Tamworth, to Emma,'of P. Story, r sq. , Beckenham. third daughter , at Beckenham, Kent the Rev. R. C. , Say s g:i Edio On the 4th inst, at the Epi l Church of St. Paul, Esq. , ' burgh, the Rev. George Edwa s r a d n Bruxier, B. A., of Harlow , _ f Essex, to Sophia, only daughter of the late Nicol Baird, Ed On and St. Petersburgh. On the 3d inst., at Edinburgh, Edward Moore, e ldest of Dr. Monro, of Harley-street, Cavendish-square, to Emma , daughter of John Hay, Esq., St. Colme•strect, Eilinhurgh.mato On the sth inst., at Camberwell Church, Mr. William , re l a te Franks, of Cllpham-common, to Jane, third daughter o f tt Mr. Steane, of Oxford. Charle s On the 3d inst ,at Navan Church, John Tindall, Esq., of i ,,ht fort, county Meath, to Isabella, only daughter of the late ri i , Hon. George Knox. James of On the 7th inst., at St. George's Hanover-square, . n Alter - Stanbrough, Esq., of Isleworth, to Hannah, youngest dau the late W. Dawson, Esq., of Turnham-green, Esq., eldest son lED. On the Sth inst., Ambrose . flarbord Steward, Esq. , °- f StOle Park, near At Cowes, in the Isle of W ig ht, on the 4th inst., Miss Finch , °f Sep-I - tour-cottage. Staines, Middlesex. On the sth inst. at Springfield, Upper Claptan, Selina Jul . 3 al ' wife of Mr. T. DoClgson, of Notting-hill. On the 19th ult., at Rarnsgate, Mr. John Blake, aged o f On the 3d inst., at Hampstead, Mr. Robert Fenn, bookseller, Charing cross, aged 61. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , o 112, Strand, at. The Sun Office No. 112, Strand, in the col ' of Middlesex.—Monday, °eel:or 9, 1.337.