The Sun. — London, England, 1837-11-15 00:00:00

V :!_ ?:!:.*4 1t that the great object in the election of 113Merintelk$0 Parliament ought to be to secure the un bought and unbiasssed suffrages of electors, and the supporters of the Ballot have obtained the concession of what alone amdunts to the chief justification of the introduction of that mode of voting. The only re maining question, in fact, then is, whether such mecha nical contrivances can be employed as will ensure se crcsy and certainty. Let the result depend merely upon this point, and the Ballot might be resorted to to-mor row. But those who abandon the defence of bribery at elections, and who admit that it is a high crime to offer a sum of money to a voter, still insist that property ought to be allowed what they call its " legitimate influence." But what in most cases is the " legitimate influence of property" but another name for a bribe ? It is the same whether a man receives it in meal or in malt, in money or in menace. If a landlord have the power and the will to eject his tenant for not supporting a particular candidate, and if it be worth a certain sum to that tenant not to be deprived of his house or his farm, it is just the same as if he were paid that sum for his vote ; it is morally, and in firo conscientice it ought to be considered a bribe, although it do not bear that unpalateable name, and is not punishable by any of the various laws against corruption. It will be said, however, that this is not what is meant by " the legitimate influence of property ;" but the fact is that property, as property, ought to have no influence, legitimate or otherwise. If a rich man stand well with his neighbours, and secure their good will by kindly and friendly offices, this is the influence—not of his property—but of his personal character and conduct ; and when those neighbours are voters, and without judging for themselves, take his word as to the fitness of a particular candidate, they rely on his better means of knowledge, and on their own conviction that he would not attempt to impose upon them a person who is unworthy to be their Representative. The Ballot, indeed, will diminish the illegitimate influence of property—that influence which is only another name for force, power, or compulsion ; but it will most materially increase the influence of personal character supported by wealth and station. In the words of Mr. Grote, - in his speech of 1833, " it banishes from the voter's mind both the hope of favour and the fear of injury, while that affectionate and willing homage which wealth combined with superior merit so infallibly awakens, is left in full empire over his heart and be comes the determining principle of his vote." This is the legitimate influence of property ; and what a motive it furnishes to those who are possessed of it to cherish and encourage the more generous feelings of our nature, and to extend as far as possible the sphere of active and useful benevolence. One of the earliest existing sta tutes on the subject of the election of Members to serve in Parliament, 3d Edw. I. c. 5., in the words of Lord Holt, " forbids, upon grievous forfeiture, that any great man, or other, by power of arms, or by malice, or menace, shall disturb any to make free election ;" and to turn out a tenant, to dismiss a man from employment, or to deprive a tradesman of custom because he has voted in opposition to the wishes, or, perhaps, the orders of " any great man," is clearly in contravention of the Act, which was passed for the protection of the elector in the exercise of what Lord Coke termed " his English right," and which both he and Lord Flak, as well as subsequent judges have held to be a right at common law, prior to, amid hide pendent of, any statute. The object of the Ballot, then, is to obtain for voters the free•and unshackled exercise of this common-law right ; and those who oppose it are bound to show, either that voters have no such right, or that the effect of the Ballot will he to defeat the purpose of the Act of A.D. 1275. But some people affect a horror of what they call, by way of o-dium, " secret votin!t," and they resist the Ballot because they pretend it is not open, avowed, manly, and straightforward—in a word, that it is un-English. Now, passing 1w the obvious answer to all this— munch-, that what is most pure and most free is most English, it is quite clear that these ohjectors op pose the Ballot because they fear it will be effectual for its, end, and because it will prevent, at least in a !ercat degree, what we have called the illegitimate in fluence of property. Taking it for granted that an elector, who may be more or less in the power of sons wealthy neipliheur, keeps his own council, aS that wealthy nei;itheur cannot ascertain on which side the elector has given his suffrage he can take no step either of malice or retribution against him : the rich man may have his suspicions, and, according to their strength or weakness, he may take measures against the elector, hut that is the utmost he can do in the way of revenge or retaliation. To refuse the flint only iii other terms to sav that there shall he one law for the rich and another for the poor. The rich, who are least open to influence of any kind, do not hesitate every time they elect a Member into a Club to resort to the Ballot ; there it is least of all necessary ; hut the moment it is asked as a protection to the man who, from hi:, poverty, is exposed to influences of every sort, and is not able to resist them, then an out cry is reised against secret voting, and it is not to be tolerated in an English community. Who, let us ask, arc the chief opponents of the introduction of the Bel lot ! Landlords, Magistrates, and Clergymen. They wish to know how every fifty-pound tenant•at-will, how every ten-posited Huseholdcr or holiest shopkeeper votes, that they may either controul their choice Leferee hand, or punish their independence after wards. Who are the friends of the Ballot ? The poor farmer, who dares not vote according to his conscience, and who is kept in a state of subserviency to the owner of the soil, in order that he may not have the means of exercising a free unbiassed judgment ; the small housekeeper who pays ten pounds a year for his dwelling, and may be turned out of it, with his wife and family, the moment he displeases his landlord ; but the greatest and the sincerest friends of the Ballot are shopkeepers in country towns, who are threatened by their wealthy Tory neighbours with loss of custom if they venture to think of voting con trary to order. Even the relics and dregs of the old corporations, the remaining freemen of boroughs, would be favourable to the Ballot if they did not ap prehend that it would put an end to the corruption by which, especially in nearly balanced constituencies, since the passing of the Reform Act, they have been the chief gainers. Those who contend that the adop tion of the Ballot would introduce immorality, by which they understand want of faith towards such as had solicited a voter for his suffrage, are guilty of mere hypocrisy. They see no immorality in re quiring an elector to give a pledge one way when his conscience dictates to him that he ought to give it the other ; they see no guilt in the violation of the duty which a man owes to himself and to his country ; and yet they can vastly exaggerate the offence of a mere breach of promise to persons who had no right what ever to insist upon a pledge. The effect of the Ballot ultimately, and before very long, will be to prevent the interference of the rich with the poor in the choice of a member ; and in due time it will put an end to the present system of canvassing, which, justly va lued, is derogatory to the candidate and insulting to the constituent. The time will probably never return when, as formerly, in the reign of Richard 11., a knight, to avoid being elected for a shire, galloped off at full .speed and took sanctuary, as it were, in the Chiltern Hundreds ; but the time may arrive, after our representative system has been purified and per fected, when public men of known probity and abi lities, instead of petitioning constituences, cap in hand, to send them to the House of Commons, will be solicited to undertake the onerous, though ho nourable duties. If it be urged that the elective franchise is itself a trust, and that the party enjoying it being responsible, the mode in which he exercises it ought to be known, the short and complete answer is, that those who use this argument found it upon a gross mistake, as every lawyer will admit. The fran chise is not a trust, but a right; it is not undertaken, but conferred : and to confound trusts and rights is to confound things essentiallc different. Chief Justice. Coke and Chief Justice Holt, two of the greatest authorities that ever sat upon the bench of justice, treated it as " a right ;" and the first, in as many words, stated that any man who was dis turbed in the exercise of this right had a clear ground, of riaction. "It is a great privilege, added - , -'Lord Coke, " to choose such persons as THE PUBLIC JOURNALS S 'A! , ,, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1837. are to bind a man's life and property by the laws they make." The Ballot, however , is a wide sub ject, and embraces many other topics than such as we have here been able to touch upon ; but as it must necssarily be early brought under discussion in Parliament, we were anxious to take this opportunity,im mediately before the meeting of the two Houses, of advertin , to a few of the more prominent points. We do not believe that Members yet see how deeply they are themselves pecuniarily interested in the adoption of the Ballot. Let it be once fairly established and all the tedious and expensive machinery of the Grenville Act, which at this moment is threatened to be carried into such vigorous operation, will be utterly useless. Bribery, if practised at all, must be confined to very narrow bounds. Corruption of a minor kind will be unknown, and intimidation entirely at an end. Votes could not be disputed when it could not be ascertained which way they were given ; and when once they re gistration system is rendered consistent and uniform, there will be no employment for Election Committees, which are only rendered necessary by the present de fective state of the law relating to the election and re turn of Members to serve in Parliament.—Morning Chronicle. A more good-natured multitude than that which assembled to witness the grand public spectacle on Thursday last, we do not remember to have seen. To call it a mob would be mere defamation. It was an immense intermixture of respectable persons belonging to the middle and operative classes, who, under cir cumstances of joyous excitement., had congregated together from all parts of the metropolis ; and among whom there prevailed throughout the utmost possible decorum, which, when an unfortunate wight or a stray cur happened to get shuffled out of their position on the pathwa), was rather enlivened than interrupted by jocularity and shouts of laughter. That a cre ditable feeling of loyalty was the principal cause which drew the greater part of them from their homes and occupations must have been manifest to every observer ; but that the common principle of curio sity was largely mixed up with that feeling, no per son could doubt who witnessed the exertions of the crowd to peer into the passing vehicles which contained the chief personages in her Majesty's train. The people wanted to see and know everybody whom they thought worth seeing and knowing. Not a coach was permitted to move past them without the most ob servant scrutiny ; and the extreme slowness of the procession, as well as the numerous stoppages, gave them every facility for gratifying their inquisitiveness. Nor were some of the principal parties following the Royal equipage at all unwilling to minister to the curiosity of the populace. The Duke of Wellington, indeed, who always avoids an ostentatious display of himself, was no otherwise discoverable than by the well-known livery of his servants. But with per sons of lesser note, who could scarcely afford to disregard so favourable a chance for being regaled with a little popular incense, the case was very different. By the Whig Ministers especially, no op portunity was missed to exhibit themselves to public admiration. For example, a certain feature of Lord Morpeth's, which we suppose could not be conveni ently accommodated in an ordinary carriage, was pro truded out of the left window with most conspicuous and complacent drollery. The portion of his Lordship which we have respectfully alluded to was emphatically recogniz..:d along the whole line. So was Sir John Hobhouse, though certainly without an invidious par tiality for one part of the Hon. Baronet more than for any other. Lord Glenelg, according to his custom of an afternoon, was seen to be nodding in the inside of his carriage with more than ordinary diligence. The Cupid of the, Cabinet, albeit somewhat on the fade, shot his arrows on every side, with an evident de sign upon the hearts of the susceptible concourse. T o short, with the exception of Lord John Russell, who thought it more prudent to Inde himself, the whole of the Whig Nfinisters did everything in their po'wer to realize what a 'copular Government had a right to expect—a triumphant reception from the as sembled multitudes, with the manage Lent of whose public interests they happen at present to be intrusted. Now, no man can deny that in ordinary circurn stances such a reception, on such an occasion, would have been generously and enthusiastically given. The people were not in the vein either to weigh over nicely the claims of individual Ministers, or to tender their oratulations with a nig . eerl throat, and still less in a censorious temper. Apart from the mere possession of high office, which of itself is always recognised as a valid title to popular respect, the circumstantials of the late procession were such as must naturally have predisposed the spectators not to cease their cheerings the umm2nt her Majesty had passed, hut to prolong and extend them to the principal Officers of State, under whose advice the gratifying pageant had been fixed for the earliest possible day, ere the IVhigs retire from office. But we appeal to the entire metropolitan Press to say whether there ever were an occasion of a similar kind on which the advisers of a British Monarch, forming part of a great public procession, were treated with such marked and con;umelious c tempt. From the passing of the Royal Family till the approach of the Duke of Wellington's carriage, the in tervening portion of the procession, occupied by her Ma jesty's Whig Ministers, could he compared to nothing but a funereal solemnity. We protest that in tl state rent we speak with the most sacred regard to truth; and eve find, on inquiry, that the fact was remarked and commented on at the time, throughout the greater pro portion of the whole line on both sides of the streets. It was a sad lugubrious business, the doleful emphasis of which was only aggravated by its striking contrast with the tumultuous shouts that alternately died into silence when? Whig carriage came up, and burst in o exultation on the approach of the illustrious Conser vative chief. What ingenious explanations may be put upon this circumstance by those who were galled at its occurrence, we are little concerned to know. To our thinking it affords no trival indication of the manner in which immense masses of the people are affected towards the general odour of O'Connell Whig gery. Among our most intelligent countrymen, of whose sentiments the crowd of Thursday presented a tolerably fair specimen, it is evidently regarded as a rank political nuisance ; and if on that auspicious day a preponderant sense of decorum deterred the pub lic from evincing their disgust at it in any other way than by significantly withholding those audible plau dits which the Whigs have ventured to hope for, their forbearance manifestly arose from a delicate and well-timed solicitude, lest any expressions of popu lar indignation should by possibility be misconstrued as applying in the slightest degree to the lovely being whom the multitude had assembled to welcome. That the reception given to the Whigs affords an unequivocal intimation that they are not generally be lieved to be in possession of the Royal confidence, must be apparent to every one. The loyalty of Eng lishmen, especially on great exciting occasions, is al most a passion. Never was there a Sovereign more universally popular than our promising and engaging young Queen. Nay, we are fully convinced that if the people believed her Majesty to entertain any se rious predilection whatever, they would so far defer to the Royal wishes and even caprices, as to seek every opportunity to show their acquiescence in her Majesty's choice. Here, then, was an opportunity made to their hands. Like the late general election through out England, it presented a fair and favourable occa sion for evincing their approbation of the Whig Mi nisters, who are said to be the objects of the Queen's especial preference. But no such approbation was shown. Not a single cheer was bestowed on them. On the contrary, all the cordial gratulations of the public not immediately addressed to her Majesty and the Royal family, were profusely lavished on their great political opponent. What can we infer from this but that the people entertain a strong and general conviction that the Whigs are in reality no favourites of the Queen, and that for this reason, among others, they ought speedily to be removed.—Times. Never again let it be said that Englishmen sympa thise not in the wrongs and miseries of Ireland. The enthusiastic reception given to Mr. O'Connell at Stockport, of which an account will be found else where, must prove to the conviction of the most scep tical, that the people of England are most sensitively susceptible to ail appeals in behalf of their oppressed neighbours. And it is but natural that they should be so. The grievances of the two countries are the same in character, though different in degree—their enemies are the same, and the mode by which redress must be obtained and these enemies overcome is the same ; how, then, with feelings and interests so identified, is it possible for the two counties not to reciprocate with ardour sentiments excited by the same causes, and feelings directed to the same results ?' The more thoroughly the two countries become acquainted with each other, the more closely and cordially must the bond of sympathy be drawn between them. It is the same battle which is fought in both countries. Every step gained or lost in the progress of popular rights in one country promotes or retards the principle of liberty in the other. So long, therefore, as each country understands its own interests, so long will it regard every encroachment on the liberty of the other as an infringement upon its own. In this way may be readily explained the acclamation which burst from the assembly at almost every sentence which Mr. O'Connell uttered. He advocated the Ballot, an extension of the suffrage, and Church Reform—mea sures as essential to the welfare of England as of Ireland, and therefore their advocacy was responded to with a fervour which would not stop to examine paltry local distinctions. The people of Stockport felt that freedom was never intended to be limited to a particular clime —that its blessings were like the air of heaven, given for the enjoyment of all ; and that as to exclude men from a free circulation of the air they breathe would gene rate a noxious atmosphere, pernicious to those in its vicinity, so to hold men in bondage must cause me phitic exhalations which would blight every blossom and bud of freedom in the neighbourhood of the en slaved. Therefore it is that England is interested in raising Ireland to her own level of political enfran chisement ; for the aspirations of liberty cannot be suppressed in Ireland without the sp i r i t of En g lish freedom being crushed in the same effort—and there fore it is that the reception given by the inhabitants of Stockport to Mr. O'Connell as the representative of the Irish people, was evidenced a correct appreciation of the mutual necessities of both countries and of the best interests of the British empire.—Morn. Advertiser. NEW SHERIFFS. (From the Gazette of last Night.) The names of those who were nominated for Sheriffs, by the Lords of the Council at the Exchequer, on the Morrow of St. Martin, in the first year of the reign of Victoria 1., and the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. BEDFORDSIIIRE.—John Hervey, of Ickwcll, Esq. ; Levi Ames, of East Hyde, Esq. ; and Henry Littledale, of Car dington, Esq. BERKSHlRE..—Winchcombe Henry Howard Hartley, of Bucklebury-house, Esq. ; Robert George Throckmorton, of Buckland House, Esq. ; and Francis Chomeley, of White Knights, Esq. 131:CKS.—Benjamin Way, of Denham, Esq. ; Thomas-Ray mond Barker, of Hambledon, Esq. ; and Rice Richard Clay ton, of Hedgerley Park, Esq. CAMBRIDGE AND HUNTINGDON.—WiIIiam Layton, of Wode house, Ely, Esq. ; Daniel Fryer, of Chatteris, Esq. ; and Thomas Lewin, of March, Esq. CUMBERLAND. —John Dixon, of Knells, Esq. ; Thomas Hartley, of Gillfoot, Esq. ; and Sir George Musgrave, of Eden Hall, Bart. CHESUIRE.—George Ccrnwall Leigh, of High Leigh, Esq.; Thomas Hibbert, of Birtles, Esq. ; and Charles Lawton, of Lawton, Esq. CORNWALI..—Joseph Thomas Austin, of Place, Esq. ; the Hon. George Matthew Fortescue, of Boconnoc ; and John Paynter, of Boshenna, Esq. DERBYSIIIEF.—Edward Anthony Holden, of Aston-on. Trent, Esq. ; Brougham Benjamin Stcade Pegge Burnell, of Beauchief Abbey, Esq. ; and Edward Dexge Sitwell, of Stainsby, Esq. DEVONSIIIRE.—George Stanley Cary, of Follaton, Esq. ; John Crocker Bolted, of Fleet, Esq. ; and Sir . John Lemon Rogers, of I3latchford, Bart. DORSENHIRE.—Richard Brinsley Sheridan, of Frampton, Esq. ; the Hon. Wm. Francis Spencer Ponsonby, of Great Canford; and Joseph Weld, of Lulworth Castle, Esq. DURHAM.—Sir Robert Johnson Eden, of \Vindelston, Bart. ; Sir William Chaytor, of Wotton Castle, Bert. ; and Sir Hedworth Williamson, of \Vhitburn, Bart. Colton, of Wallwood-on•Layton, Esq. ; Christopher Thomas Tower, of Weald Hall, Esq ; and John Robert Spencer Phillips, of Reffhams Lodge, Esq. GLOUCESTERSNIZE.—PurneII Bransby Purnell, of Stan combo Park, Esq. ; Edward Samson, of flenbury, Esq. ; and Maynard Colchester, of Westbury-on-Severn, Esq. lIEREFOI:9SIIIaE.—James Phillips, of Bringwyn, Esq. ; John Holden Matthews, of Hereford, Esq. ; and Robert Bid dulph Philiii,s, of Longworth, Esq. HERTFORDSIIIRE.—CItud George Thornton, of Testis!, Esq. ; Fiederick Peter Dsline Radcliffe, of Hitclien, Esq. ; and John Church, of Hatfield, Esq. KENT.--George Warde Norman, of Bromley, Esq. ; Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, of Leybourne Grange, Bart. ; and Thomas Turner Alkio, of Manton Court, Esq. LEICESTERE,—Thoma3 Frewin Turner, of Cold Over ton, Esq. ; Sir Edmond Cradock Hartopp, of Gumley, Bart. ; end Edward Dawson, of Whatton house, Esq. Liscoessraes.—Sir Culling Eardiey Smith, of Nettleton, Bart. ; George Fieschi fieneae - e, of Stanton Hall, Esq. ; and Thomas George Corbet, of Ersham, Esq. MONMOUTIISHIRE.—CouIhurst B itemen, of Pertholey, Esq. ; Dighy Mackworth, of Glen-usk, Esq. ; and John Jenkins, of Caerleon, Esq. NoßeaLK.—Sir James Flower, of Eccles, Bart. ; Sir Thos. Hare, of Stow Bardolph, Bart. ; and Andrew Fountains, of Narford, Esq. NORTIIAMPTONSHIRK.—SoIin Reddall, of Dallington, F,sq. ; Drayton, of Floore, Esq. ; and Thomas Alderson Cooke, of Peterborough, Esq. Nor:Tilt:siestsas. —lsaac Cookson, of Meldon Park, Esq. ; John Davidson, of Ridley Hall, Esq. ; and William Lawson, of Isongliirst, Esq. NOTTINGIIAMSIIIRE.—James Lee, of West Retford, Esq. ; Robert Kelham . Kelhain, of Bletsliy, Esq ; and Thomas Webb Edge, of Strclly, Esq. OXFORDIAN:IE. — SamueI Fortinen Cox, of Sandford, Esq. ; William Paere Williarras Freeman, of Henley, Esq. ; and John Slater Harrison, of Shelswell, Esq. RUTLAND. —Matthew Laxton, of Greetham, Esq. ; Henry llentheote, of North Lufflngharn, Esq. ; and John Monkton, of Seaton, Esq. SIIROPSHIRE. — WiIIiam Wolrych Whitmore, of Dudmar ston, Esq. ; Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet, of Acton, Bart. ; and Thomas Eyton, of Eytena, Esq. SOMEILSETSHIRE.—Robert Phippen, of Badgworth Court, Esq. ; Sir Wm. Coles Medlycott, of Milbourn Port, Bart. ; and John Jarrett, of Camerton, Esq. STAFFORDSHIRE.—WiIIiam Moore, of Wychdon Lodge, Esq. ; John Stephenson Salt, of Weeping Cross, Esq. ; and the Hon. Edward Richard Littleton, of Teddesley. . COUNTY OF SOUTDAMPTON.—Andrew Robt. Drummond, of Cadlands, Southampton, Esq. ; George Henry Ward, of Northwood Park, Esq. ; and John Mills, of Bistern Ring wood, Esq. SUFFOLK.—Thomas Hallifax, of Chadacre, Esq. ; Arthur John Brook, of florningsheath, Esq. ; and George St. Yin . cent Wilson, of Redgraves, Esq. SURREY.—Thomas Challenor Biss Challenor, of Portnell I Park, Esq. ; Samuel Paynter, of Richmond, Esq. ; and W. I Leveson Gower, of Titsey-place, Oxted, Esq. SUSSEX.—.George Henry Malcomb Wagner, of ,Herstmon , ceux, Esq. ; John Davis Gilbert, of Eastbourne, Esq.; and Sir Richard Hunter, of Patching, Knight. WARIVICKSnIRE.—Sir George Phillips, of Weston, Bart. ; ' Sir Francis Lawley, of Middleton Hall, Bart. ; and Samuel Jones Lloyd, of Wolvey, Esq. Wiursulaa.—Francis Thomas Egerton, of Roche -court, Esq. ; Thomas Asheton Smith, of Tidivorth House, Esq. ; and John Edward Andrew Starky, of Spy Park, Esq. WoacarrEasutaz.—Robert Berkeley, of Spetchley, Esq. ; William Cougreve Russell, of King's Heath, Esq. ; and Thomas Charles Hornyold, of Blackmore Park, Esq. YORICSHIRE.—Sir Robert Frankland Russel, of Thirkleby, Bart. ; Charles Tempest, of Broughton, Esq. ; and Robert Milnes, of Bawtrey, Esq. The names of the Gentlemen nominated by the Judges of the respective Circuits in Wales, qualified to serve the office of Sheriff for the several counties in the principality of Wales, for the year 1838 :--- ANGLESEY .—Thomas Asheton Smith, of Trefarthen, Esq. ; William Barton Penton, of Garreglwyd, Esq. ; Thomas Parry Jones Parry, of Meinir, Esq. CA RNARvoNsiuRE.--Sir John Thomas Stanley, Bart., of Cef. nartho ; Sir Richard Bulkeley Williams Bulkeley, Bart., of Plasynant ; Sir Love Parry Jones Parry, Knt., of Madryn. D EN BIGHSHIRE. —Samuel Sandbach, of Hafodunas Aber plc, Esq. ; TowTnsheonmdasMmoy ain i uwnareini Williams, g,ofMa of pnbdvf. I rchw e iel- e Hall, Wrexham, lh i iEn a ' g . sqE L :c h . H dward Morgan, of Golden Gro ve , Holy well, Esq. ; Joseph Lee, the elder, of Redbrooke, Whitchurch, Esq. ; Wm Shipley Conway, of Dodryddan, St. Asapb, Esq. MERIONETIISIIIRE.—Ethvard Scott, of Botalog, Esq. ; John Manners Kerr, of Plasissa, Esq. ; John Bird, of Plas-yn- Dinas, Esq. MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—Martin Williams, of Brongwyn, Esq. ; John Offley Crewe Read, of Penybank, Esq. ; Sir John Con roy, Bart., of Llenbrynmair. BRECONSNIRE. ..-James Duncan Thompson, of Sunny-Bank, of c Esq. n ; w E er v , a E n s T q. lmmas, of Llvvymadock, Esq. ;Joseph C ARDIGANSHIEi. —Francis Thomas Gibb, of Hendrefelen, Esq. ; John William Lewis, of Llanerchayron, Esq. ; William Tilsley Jones, of Gwynfryn, Esq. CARMARTHENSIIIRE.—Robert Peel, of Talliarrics, Esq. ; Howel Gwyn, of Blaensawdde, Esq. ; John Edwards Saun tkrs, of Glaurhwdw, Esq. GLA NIORGAN SHIRE. —John Nicholas Lucas, of Stouthall, Esq. ; Nash Vaughan Edwards Vaughan, of Lanelay, Esq. ; Robert Oliver Jones, of Tonmore Castle, Esq. PEMBROKESHIRE. —John Colby, of Tvnone, Esq. ; Ri c h ar d Llewellyn, of Tregwinth, Esq. ; Gilbert Williams Warren Davies, of Mullock, Esq. RADNORSHIRE. —Sir John Dutton Colt, Bart., of Llanyne; Thomas Evans, of Treburvab, Esq. ; Evan Williams Davies, of Cellws, Esq. DECALOGUE OF AN lILP. Thou shalt have no other Sovereign but our Lady the Queen, nor bow down to the Hanoverian Dagon. Thou shalt not make any unjust statutes, not any laws to injure the persons, properties, or liberties of her Majes- ty's subjects. Thou shalt not seek to conciliate Tories to thy own be trayal, nor shalt thou succumb to Lyndhurst, the High Priest of the Philistines ; for thy constituents are jealous guardians, and will visit their sins upon the heads of those who offend, at the next election,—but will love and re vere those who uphold the just rights of the throne and people. Thou shalt keep thy fingers free from Tory bribes. Thou shalt net be an apostate—it is the first deadly sin. Thou shalt not vote away the public money heedlessly, nor for vain purposes. Thou shalt, in all thy votes, consider that thou art but the steward of the people. Thou shalt honour the people in thy services, that thy days may be long in the post to which they have elevated thee. Thou shalt not cabal with Peel, Sibthorp, Goulburn, or Herries, let them beseech thee ever so lachrymosely ; nor give thy vote against thy knowledge and conviction, in pity to their distresses. _ Thou shalt maintain the principles of salutary Reform in the British empire ; thou shalt support the spirit of the laws and constitution ; and thou shalt maintain civil and religious liberty for all, of every belief whatsoever.—Staf furdshirc Examiner. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nor. 14. GATCLIFFE V. BOURNE AND OTHERS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an Irish linen merchant in the City, against the defendants, who were the members of a company called the Dublin and London Steam Marine Company, to recover the value of a large quantity of Irish linen which was deposited at Fenning's wharf on the 28th of August, 1836, and destroyed by the fire which occurred there on the following night. The case occupied the Court the whole day ; Mr. Ser geant Stephens remains to be heard in reply. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS--TUESDAY. The calendar contains the names of 21 prisoners charged with felony and larceny. There are in addition several adjourned cases of misdemeanor, and assaults of consider able public interest. John Darby Shelley, a middle-aged person of gentle manly appearance, formerly in the Colonial Service, who was brought up from Westminster Bridewell, was indicted milder the new Act, the Ist Queen Victoria, for cutting and maiming Edward Utting, a turnkey, with a razor. A second count charged the defendant with assault, and ob structing a constable in the due performance of his duty. A third count charged a common assault. Tue defendant was called upon in form to plead. Defendant, in a quick earnest manner, said—Before I put in my answer I wish to plead for time. I have much to say. CHAIRMAN—Why do you require time ? Defendant— I have no friends present. CHAIRMAN—That is not sufficient ground for the post ponement of your trial, you having had full notice that it would take place this day. Defendant (with increased excitement)—lf I must plead I plead not guilty, but I want Mr. Tulk, Mr. M‘William, and other Justices here. I want several persons here—l want Lieut. Frederick Tracey, the governor of the prison, here.—[The defendant here entered into a violent tirade against the governor.]—" I have;' he said, in an excited tone," written to the Hon. Mr. Grant, the brother of Lord Glcnclg, but I have not yet received an answer ; and—" Mr. I"vi'VVILLTAra here took his seat on the Bench, and being informed of whA had passed, asked the defendant if he had any professional assistance. Defendant—l have not. Mr. M.WILLIA at—Then select any gentleman at the bar, and I will see him paid. Defendant—l refuse it with scorn and indignation. The COURT then adjourned the case for a space to allow of several witnesses the defendant required being sent for. The defendant was subsequently again arraigned. . . . Mr. PRENDERGAST, for the prosecution, observed to the Jury that they had already seen, from the manner of the prisoner at the bar, that he was a gentleman of superior education and of forcible langusge. In the course of a life of much enterprise in various parts of the globe, he had been in Australia, and had there received a grant, or per haps it would appear "no grant," of land. Considering himself aggrieved, he arrived in this country, and preferred some complaint to the Government Colonial Board, and having threatened Lord Glenelg in a violent manner, his Lordship, considering his life in danger, went before a Ma gistrate, who held the defendant to bail and personal recos nizances ; and, failing into the required sureties, he was committed to Tothill-fields prison, where he was most kindly treated. E.lward Utting, at the time of the assault upon him, was turnkey in Tethill-fields prison. His orders were, that if anything extraordinary occurred lie was to report to the Governor. The prisoner occupied No. 2by himself, in a part of the gaol in which Crown witnesses were kept who could not find sureties. On Monday, the 31st July last, he was at the iron gate of a yard in which ho was allowed to walk. Between the bars lie could converse and put his ar►n through. About one o'clock in the day the prisoner was on the left side of the yard, using violent and indecent language, which occasioned some confusion amongst the visitors. Witness reported his conduct to the Governor, who remonstrated with him in the most mild manner, tel ling the prisoner that his conduct alarmed the other pri soaers, and that if he continued his violent language, lie must confine him to his cell. The prisoner dared the Go vernor so to do, and said he defied the whole establishment, and that he would not go to his cell. The Governor then gave orders that the prisoner should be placed in his cell. Witness in pursuance of the order which he was bound to obey, put his hand on the prisoner's shoulder, as much as to mean " go." The prisoner resisted, and laid down. Wit ness stooped down on one knee to raise him up, with the assistance of the chief turnkey, when witness saw the prisoner's arm raised up, and, at the same instant, the turnkey cried out "He has got a razor." Witness then felt a cut or wound across his left knee. Had not seen the razor before that. The wound was an inch in depth, and witness suffered severely from it, even to that day. The wound was inflicted with the "heel" of the razor, for the prisoner had not time to open it. The prisoner was allowed a razor amongst many other indulgences by the visiting Justices. The prisoner was allowed his own vic tuals by his own waiter. Witness was often threatened by the prisoner, who once said he would run bins through. Tho prisoner then at great length spoke of his sufferings —his standing in society—his high connections—his losses, which amounted to 5,000/. ; that what had been offered him, would be but a poor recompence. His charges against General Darling, Governor of Australia, Lord Ripos, Lord Stanley, and Lord Glenelg, it would be a waste of space t• enter into, as it would be to state the numerous com plaints of the visiting justices and officers of the prison, or the more pointed attacks on Lieutenant Tracey, the Go vernor. '[he prisoner was often checked by the Chairman, who remarked that although the Court was unwilling to in terrupt him, yet it must call him to the recollection of the charge against him. The prisoner then urged, in vindication of the assault he had committed, that on the day in question, after being in sulted by the witness Utting, the Governor (Mr. Tracey) came up to him, and demanded him to moderate his tongue. He refused. Tracey then ordered him to be taken to his cell. The two witnesses then laid hands on him, and, hav ing the razor closed in his hand, which he merely used to nib pens, he struck Utting on the knee without the least intention of cutting him. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recom mendation to mercy on account of the excited state of mind in which the prisoner was during his long term of im prisonment. At the same time not at all reflecting on the Governor or turnkeys of the prison. The CHAIRMAN sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, observing he would be well taken care of.—Adjourned at six o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL. Matthew Chinnery7billetinCOnstable of the populous district of Lambeth, was summoned for de m anding money of licensed victuallers, and, on their refusal, of threatening to increase the billets of soldiers on them. Complaints had of late been made at this office that the billeting con stable of Lambeth had made demands of money on several licensed victuallers, and on their refusal to comply had threatened to exercise the power which he possessed of bil leting more soldiers upon them than upon those who con tributed to his list of subscriptions. After hearing evidence, the MAGISTRATES said that the Act of the sth of William IV. enacts, that if any constable e mployed in billetting officers or soldiers in any part of the United Kingdom shall receive, demand, or agree for any money or reward whatsoever in the performance of his duty, he shall forfeit any sum not exceeding W. nor less than 40s. The mitigated penalty' was then inflicted on the de fendant. Q UEEN-SQ UARE. Thomas 111‘Leare, a fellow who had been convicted, was yesterday placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a barrow and a quantity of linen, the priverty of a poor laun dress named Coke. He was remanded until Friday. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Nov. 9, 1837. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of Baronets of. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. John Cowan, Lord Mayor of the City of London, and unto Matthew Wood, of Hatherley-house, Gloucestershire, Esq., one of the Al dermen of the City of London, and to the heirs male of their bo dies lawfully begotten. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Nov. 13. The Queen (on the 9th inst., at the Guildhall of the City of London), was pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon George Carroll and Moses Montetiore, Esqrs., Sheriffs of the City of London and County of Middlesex. • WHITEHALL, Nov. 10. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Murray to the Church and Parish of Dunbog, in the Presbytery of Cupar and Shire of Fife, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Adam Cairns to the Church and Parish of Cupar. WHITEHALL, Nov. P. The Lord Chancellor has appointe'd James Purcell, of Fredsharn, in the County of Chester, Conveyancer, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of the County of York, and Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull. B. M. Jalland, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 6. Commissions by the Lord, Lieutenant of the County of Dorset. Dorset‘hire Regiment of Militia—G. C. Loftus, Esq., to be Captain, vice W. J. Cook, deceased; S. Cox, Esq., to be Captain, vice T. Coffin, deceased, Oct. al. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN BRIGGS, bookseller, Appleby, Westmoreland. THOMAS DODSON, coppersmith, Haydon-square, Minories. GEORGE BOUGHEY, tea-dealer, Jeffrey's-square, St. Mary Axe. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. THOMAS victualler, London-road, Southwark, iBANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BONELLA, cabinet-maker, Booth-street, Spital fields, Nov. 24, at half-past one, and Dec. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Williams, Alfred-place, Bedford-square. PHILIP JAY, linen. draper, Watford, Hertfordshire, Nov. 24, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 26, at eleven, at the C,,urt of Bank ruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Warne, Leadenhall-street. WILLIAM GOODWIN HUTCHINSON, currier, Lisle street, Leicester-square, Nov. 22, at eleven , and Dec. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Sambrook-court, Basing hall-street, official assignee; Lawrence and Blenkarne, Bucklers bury, Cheapside. ROBERT MOWER, woollen-draper, Shoreditch, Nov. 23, at eleven, and Dec. 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur quand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Sole, Aldermanbury. JAMES BIGGS, coach-master, Egham, Surrey, Nov. 23, at two, and Dec. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur quand, Copthall-court, Throgmorton-street, official assignee ; Bridger, Finsbury-circus. AUGUSTUS GABRIEL ROUSSAC, merchant, Austinfriars, Nov. 24, at twelve, and Dec. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Meggison, Prin gle, and Manisty, King's-road, Bedford-row. THOMAS THEOBALD, boinbasin manufacturer, Norwich ; Nov. 27, at eleven, and Dec. 26, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Norwich. Mills, Hatton-garden, London ; Colman and Cozens. Norwich. WILLIAM BEVAN, maltster, Brecon, Nov. 28 and Dec. 26, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel, Brecon. Bicknell, Roberts, and Finch, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Vaughan and Bevan, Brecon. JOHN MILLS, butcher, Liverpool, Nov. 25, and Dec. 26, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Adlington, • Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Pennington, Li verpool. WILLIAM RIDDLE, draper, Lane End, Staffordshire, Nov. 24 and Dec. 26, at twelve, at the Roe Buck Inn, Newcastle-under- Lyme. Gibson, Manchester ; Chisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lin coln's-inn-fields, London. JOHN KING, ochre manufacturer, Chewstoke, Somersetshire, Nov. 29, at one, and Dec. 26, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Peters, Bristol ; Jones, Crosby-square, London. JOHN EMILIUS DUAI ON T and FERDINAND VON ELL. RODT, merchants, Liverpool, Nov. 28 and Dec. 26, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Chester, Staple-inn, London ; Davenport, Liverpool. SAMUEL DAVIS, brace manufacturer, Birmingham, Nov. 28 and Dec. 26, at eleven, at the Clarendon_ Hotel, Birmingham. Rickards and Walker,Lincoln's-inn-fields, London; Capper, Bir- mingham. JAMES SPARROW, seedsman, Shutt End, Staffordshire Dec. 6, at one, and 26, at eleven, at the New Hotel, Wolverhamp ton. Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Capper Birmingham. HENRY WILLIAM ROLLASON, glass manufacturer, Bir. mingham, Dec. 1 and 26, at three, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Bir. mingham. Scultkorpe, South-square, Gray's Inn, London; Weston, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. G. Wagnor, linen draper, Southampton-street, Strand, Dec. 7, at half-past eleven—T. Ellson, wine merchant, Henley-uyon- Thames, Dec. 7, at one—T. Dobson, Scotch agent, Barge lard, Bucklersbury, Dec. 7, at half-past eleven—C. Bevan, glass dealer Great Portland-street, Marylebone, Dec. 7, at eleven—B. Daven• port, merchant, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, Dec. 5, at twelve. In the Country. G. H. Bowen, oilman, Bristol, Dec. 1, at one, at the Commer cial Rooms, Bristol—J. Newey, larassfounder, Birmingham, Dec. 1, at eleven, at Dee's Royal hotel, Birmingham—E. Hill, mercer, Burslem, Staffordshire, Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Bell and Bear Inn, Stone, Staffordshire—J, Silk, carpet manufacturer, Kidderminster, Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster—T. Rowlandson, victualler, Liverpool, Dec. 4, at twelve, at the Cla rendon Rooms, Liverpool—M. Hutton, merchant, Durham, Dec. 7, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission Room, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—H. Goldsmid, wine merchant, Linton, Kent. Dec. 8, at twelve, at the George Inn, Cranbrook—T. Jackson, hemp mer chant, Liverpool, Dec. 5 at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Li verpool—F. Garfit, ironfounder, Swinton, Yorkshire, Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Sheffield—J. Shilton, carpenter, Wal sall, Staffordshire, Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Swan Inn Wolver hampton—T. Eames, dyer, Pendleton, Lancashire, Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—T. L. Cromp ton, paper maker, Worthington-mills, Standish, Lancashire, Dec. 16, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—T. Eames, dyer, Pendleton, Manchester, Dec, 9, at ten, at the Com missioners' Rooms, Manchester. . CERTIFICATES, Dr:c. 5. J. M. Schaap and J. Dankaerts, merchants, George-street, Mi nories--J. T. Jackson, licensed victualler ' Leadenhall-street—J. B. Kirk, furniture broker, Gloucester—J. Zanetti, carver, Manches ter—A. Davis, chymist, Arundel, Sussex—S. Porter, attorney-at law, Chester—J. Green, wholesale jeweller, Birmingham—H. J. Goter, fishmonger, New Bond-street—F. Garfit, cast-iron-founder Swinton, Yorkshire—R. Kenyon, cotton spinner, Claughton Lancashire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. and E. Wild, pearl scale cutters, Sheffield—J. S. and W. I. Burman, tea dealers, Bridge-road, Lambeth—W. P. Lauder and G. Lowdcll, jun., general medical practitioners, Sloane-street-- I. Wild and Co., coach proprietors, Oldham, Lancashire—H. Pell and W. Knight, tailors, Scamblesby, Lincolnshire—J. Mitchell and Co., dyers, Aspley, Yorkshire (as far as regards T. Mitehell)_T. Jones and S. Smith, attorneys, Ledbury, Herefordshire— G. S. Mann and W. T. Clark, soda water manufacturers, Gravesend, Kent—G. Lyon and F. Sherlock, winters, Liverpool—G. Hui ham and J. Welch, corn factors, Swansea, Glamorganshire—J. Smyth, sen., and Co., machine makers, Peasenhall, Suffolk—J. Pilling, sen., and Co., corn millers, Great Horton, Yorkshire (as far as regards J. Pilling, son. )—J. Rhodes and Co., cotton spin ners, Rochdale, Lancashire (as far as regards T. Rhodes—W. Prest and J. Wood, cotton spinners, Blackburn, Lancashire—J. M. Robeson and 11. A. Green, printers, Glasshouse-yard—R. Lee and J. Tall, tar merchants, Sulcoates, Kingston-upon-Hull—J. H. Reddell and W. Charleton, colour manufacturers, Berners-street, Commercial-road East—VT. Watson and Co., commission mer chants, Liverpool (as far as regards It. H. Hamilton.) STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. Yesterday morning, soon after H o'clock, a most disas trous accident occurred in Blackwall-reach, by the running down of a collier's boat, containing five persons, by the Mercury, a Gravesend steamer, on her way to London. One man was almost cut to pieces by the padd'e of the steam-vessel, and another was drowned. The captain of the collier was severely injured, and a fourth man had his skull fractured. It appears that the Mercury, commanded by Captain Turner, who was collecting the fares from the passengers when the accident happened, left Gravesend with passengers at half-past nine o'clock, and had proceeded as far as the lower part of Blackwall-reach, nearly off the West India Dock buoy, when she met with a " (a Yorkshire vessel with one mast) with a boat containing Captain Robson, of the collier brig Bells, of Heaton Sluice, and four men, towing astern of the " billy boy." The steamer, which was going at full speed, was within a very short distance of the ship's-boat before any person on board saw her, and the " hilly-boy" at the time was standing over on the starboard-tack. The people in the boat immediately called out to the steamer to stop, and Captain Robson exclaimed " Stop ! Stop her ! Are you going to run us down ?" The boat and the steamer were within a few yards' distance of each other, and some persons on board the Mercury called out to hold fast by the boat's painter, and others to let her go. A youth in th boat let go the painter, which separated her from the billy-boy, and brought her under the bows of the Mercury, which had never slackened her speed, and she went right over the boat. One man never rose again, and was drowned. The captain and a man who received a severe wound in his head rose, after the steamer had gone over them, about 200 yards from the Mercury, and were taken into a boat which put off to their assistance in a most exhausted state. The steamer brought up as soon as possible, and some persons on the river ha vin g called out that a man was in the larboard paddle wheel, search was immediately made for him, and one of Captain Robson's men, a youth who was recently out of his time, was found in the wheel quite dead ; his clothes were torn off, the limbs were frightfully mangled, and the head was all but severed from the body. The corpse of the unfortunate man was immediately lowered into a boat and ta ken ashore. There is no doubt that the man was taken up b y the wheel i n its revolutions, and carried round with it. Only one man in the boat escaped uninjured , who, when the collision to o k place, seized hold of the iron rail at the stem of the Mer cury, and got over the bows on to the deck. At the mo ment the Mercury struck the boat Captain Robson got up, far the purpose of laying hold of the iron rail, and suc ceeded in doing so, but the shock was so great that he was forced away, and went under the steam er . H e was carr i e d to the Dreadnoughl hospital ship, with his man, where their wounds were dressed. The Captain was enabled to pro ceed to- his own home in R a t c liff d ur i ng t h e a f ternoon . The man remains on board the hospital ship, and we heard in the evening that ho was going on favourably. The cir cumstances of this deplorable accident have caused a good deal of excitement on the river. The names of the de ceased are Young and Robson. They are both - young men. LIGLN iOT t 1 R KE (From the London New Price Current of Tuesday, Nov. 14. f &GAIL-Prices of West India Muscovade s continue on on the advance, and there has been a good dispo s i t i o n evinced . the part of both grocers and refiners to purchase all descrip tions, but the demand Las been much checked b y the scant)! supply at Market. This afternoon the increased deficiency in the stock caused buyers to be very anxious to purchase, and there was a very good business doing in both refining andAar. cery descriptions, considering the still scanty ket, all that was offering, amounting to 800 hhel • a f 6d , a found eager buyers at an advance on Friday's prices 0 w ith Is, per cwt. 120 hhds. Barbadoes, at auction, went ; at fine so much animation, Is. above the prices of last sale ; 665• 6 d . 68s. 6d. to 705., good 675. to 685., middling 655. to per cwt. The home trade have been ready buyers. PaY 5 .. suPsPIY n t cl tree. s 80s. for Lumps passing the standard, and 78s. 6i. to 795• 11- 1 e'l those rather under. For exportation few parcels have ci:at!g. hands, the limited quantity ready for immediate delivery hand ing much checked business. There are several orders• small sales of double Crushed were made towards the close of last week at 375., but since then there has been nothing done, the demand having been checked by the advanced prices of 38s. 6d. to 395. being required: Treacle has sold briskly at former rates. Pieces and Bastards have been in active f de: wand, and prices have advanced ; there is nothing of the ote o r h mer of low quality now to be purchased under 575. Du Crushed Sugar is held firmly at 345. per cwt. , 335. 6d. ha t . r been offered. This afternoon goods were in brisk drIL -4 n d the scale ; 795. paid for Lumps rather under, a / td 80s. for • those passing the standard ; buyers of double Crushed at 3 75, . bnt there are not sellers under 395., and nothing has been don,_ EAST INDIA.-=Bengal for home consumption hat: been .l 10 demand, and a further advance of is. has been establlshed so u the private transactions, which have been very extensive those subject to the 245. duty, and the supply is very Awl This afternoon Manilla and Bengal were much sought after' and at public sale 1,552 bags of the former sold with irrid o i t o l c i at ls. to Is. 6d. advance above previous rates ; low to g i t h brown went at 19s. to 215., 161 bags of the latter went vs.__ spirit at high prices ; middling to strong gray, much rest bling Mauritius at 645. 6d. to 675. 6d. per cwt. FOREIGN.-All descriptions arc much wanted, and for go' Tbs' vannah and Brazil fully previous rates would be paid• private purchases have been only 100 chests former at 283. for good mid. and 100 chests of the latter at the prices established at the last public sale ; a vessel wit 3,000 boxes, principally white Havannah, has been lost. MOLASSES. -A further advance of 6d. to Is. has beea ob tained for West India ; there are ready buyers, but she f demand is still checked by the scanty sypply small sales fine St. Vincent's made at 365., and good at 355. to 3bs. 6 ' per cwt. net Yellow of the COFFEE.-This afternoon there was an improved &m a , for the East India descriptions admissible for hom e e°° ; sumption at the 6d. duty, and a very good business was do n privately for the scale at fully previous prices, besides 316 bar Ceylon and 150 bales *sore subject to the 6d. duty st pub i r t sale, which went with much spirit, the former at fulls a r prices; fine pale coloury at 943. to 965., the latter ld Itt . 2s. 6d. advance, ord. yellow 965. 6d. to 995., pale 10214,ta. 1035., fine mid. 102 s. 6d. to 105 s. 6d. British Plantatte" is hed for fully former rates, but there is very little del private ; 42 casks unclean mid. Jamaica at public sal e s° at 925. 6d. to 995. ; Berbice:fine fine ord. 80s. The deliveries of Coffee from the warehouses for home cerissu' ll P ti ? for the week ending Nov. 11, are 154,5561 b. of I,ast and 183,0511 b. of West India. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDI.-The demand for - il° 11 1, e 118 : been very moderate. Brandy is held firmly atpreviou and there has been a good business doing for home.co u$ stn tion, chiefly in the ordinary descriptions. The transactioas,Bllo.. Geneva have been limited, but former prices have been ,4 tained. The quotation of British Corn Spirits remain as° - 93. Bd. per gallon. lNnloo.-Accounts have been received from Calcutt a the 12th of July, estimating the crop at 85,000 to 9 505 . 0 maunds. This afternoon at public sale 50 chests Bengal/ in brought forward, and all sold at fully last sales' rates, a s 9 , a few instances prices are 2d. per lb. higher for som e lot 0 good mid shippers to fine consumers went at 65. 3d. 6s. 11d. per lb. TALLOW. -Prices on the spot have further improved 3d. 6d. per cwt. ; for consumption there has been a brisk (lona° for P. Y. Candle at 41s. 6d. a 41s. 9d., and 425. for very? fine quality. For forward delivery the transactions have bee n ' very limited, but holders are firm, and require 41s. 6d. for the three first months of next year. The deliveries this s eas° exceed those of last by 3,981 casks, and being still Withn arrivals, the stock is much reduced, and is now within 2,°'" of that of last year. CINNAMON.-Result of the public sale which conclUdel -1 this afternoon :-Ist sort Ceylon sold from 3d. to 6° higher ; 2d ditto about the same as last sale ; 3d ditto 6d• t cs t 9d. higher ; broken ditto 6d. to 9d. higher. 239 bales 1 5 sort Ceylon, sound, 82 bales sold at 6s. 4d. to 7s. sd. per wZ: 46 bales ditto mouldy and damaged 6s. to 6s. 10d. ; 6 14 bar" 2d sort, sound, 166 bales sold ss. sd. to 6s. 6d., 101 bees mouldy and damaged ss. to ss. 3d. ; 317 bales 3d sort, soun,. 191 bales sold 3s. Bd. to 55., 98 bales ditto mouldy and da-- maged 3s. sd. to 4s. sd. 45 chests 'pieces 21 sort sold at' 3s. 7d. to 4s. 9d., 5 ditto mouldy and damaged 65. 2d. t° 3s. 9d. ; 88 chests broken, Ist, 2d, and 3d sort, 2 s. 6i• t° . 3s: Bd., 21 ditto mouldy and damaged 2s. 2d. to 2 s . 10 9 474 bales Malabar, 107 bales sold at 3s. 6d. to 6s- id., !„•, chests broken, none sold. Statement of Governmentnamon Sale at Colombo, 3d July, 1837 :-5 bales Ist ger. crop 1836, 3s. fild. mid. quality ; 30 ditto, 21 ditto, 1 e 3.1: 2s. Ofd. ord. to good mid. ; 205 ditto, ditto, 1831, 23. pt., very fair to fine, flavour and colour fair ; 25 ditto, ditto, 18_ 3 °' 2s. sd. to 23. Bd. low mid. to mid., good culuur ; 60 ditto 3° 6 ' 1831, 9.11. to low mid. to very good; 25 ditto, cliei p ' 1836, Is. 3d. to Is. 6d. coarse to mid. To ALL READING CLASSES..—The Athena 10 of last Saturday, November 11, contains, for the informs' tion of all reading classes, full particulars of the advantee of BULL'S NEW SYSTEM of supplying Families and 13 0 °,.'; Societies, regularly, with all Works, Magazines, Sce.„.,. j° „ . perusal, throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1 , 4 1 ; same particulars, with a list annexed of all the valuable new publications, can also be had, or sent by post as isisi n i g, letter, on application to Mr. Bull, Librarian, 19, 11 -91 ' e-- street, four doors from Cavendish-square. -_-- LADIES' BEST GOLD CHAIN ° The weight is given by comparison with the weight of SOvcreig r , o s : being more easily referred to than if stated in ounces and ciTed The quality of the gold is warranted equal to any that is scor" into articles of this description. Price of the Cable Pattern s. d. Same weight as 3 sovs. 4 4 0 Ditto as 4 sovs. 5 5 0 Ditto as 5 sovs. 6 6 0 Price of the above Patterns, wi , or Matted Ring Pattern. s• a Same weight as 6 sovs. 7 8 Ditto as 7 sovs. 8 0 Ditto as 8 sovs. 9 9 ,h bright star ornaments Cut on link. cvcry £ s. d. Same weight as 3 sovs. 5 5 0 Ditto as 4 sovs. 6 6 0 Ditto as 5 sovs. 7 7 0 , d. Same weight as 6 sous. 8 • 0 Ditto as 7 sous. 9 9 0 Ditto as 8 sovs3o 10 THE NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHES. 7 0 The price in gold cases, NVith vertical movements .........£7 Ditto, with well-finished horizontal movements, in double bottomed engine-turned case, jewelled, silver dial, 0 warranted T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Silversmith and Jeweller, 47, Cornbill, London; co N.B. The Horizontal Constr uc ti on i s particularly recomin n for its superior accuracy. IRTHS. On the 11th inst., in Carlt B on House-terrace, Lady Henry Choi' mondeley, of a daughter. oriel On the 10th inst., Mrs. J. M. Gilbert, of Nighting ale -1 Clap O ham, of a son. A• n•olv On the 12th inst., at Tott en h am - green , th a l a dy of S. • - man, Es., of a daughte still-born. On the q 12th inst., in r, Great George-street, Wcstmirntert 1111.. Duncan, of a son, still-born. r 10;0 10 On the 13th inst., Stratford-p'ace, the lady of John IN.1" Esq., of a son. MARRIED. • - On the 14th inst., at Sunbury Church, the Sidney Curzon, son of the Right Hon. Lora Teynham, to Frances, tee, youngest daughter of Richardson Purses, Esq., of Sunbury to Middlese. On the x 7th inst., at Wellfield, Fifeshire, George Clerk A rbu t t r il e . not, Esq., son of the late Sir W. Arbuthnot, Bart., to Agne ,, daughter of the late John Rait, Esq., of Anniston, Forfarbiiire.w. On the 9th inst., at Christ Church, Marylebone, James R.1 of Esq . , Leay, Esq., to Amelia, only daughter of G. T. Soggy, the Alauritius, and Claremont, New South Wales. . gook On the 11th inst., at Barwell, Leicestershire, Thoma s 3 Pearson, Captain, 16th La nc e rs , eldest son of J. Pearsons,,i'".;t2, Tettenhall Wood, Staffordshire and Advocate-General, 1-410,. to Frances Elizabeth Ashby, eldest daughter of the Hey. CL tam, of Barwell. e n- On the 12th of S e pt em b er , a t M oun t-pleasant, parish of Claterrof don, Samaica, Edw ar d Th ompson , E sq ., to Eliza H. , (laug h S Poole, Esq., of Ludlow Estate, all of that lED. On the 11th i ns t., a t P e t wo D rth House, Georg ham, Earl of Egremont and Baron of Cocermouth, nearly 86 ) ' of age. - Isaac H tl i i n e di l e O y t , h E i s n g st. , , of at th ß at al p d l o a c c k e. , Herts, agel 82, Mary, relict 01 Ea O ri n of th o e n B s t i h ow in . st. : at Woodbridge House, near G e ti: 1,1'13 : 1:11):e : the Lady Harriet Elizabeth Onslow, eldest daughter of the la Lately, t• at Liverpool, Milliken Hunter, ESq' , , o f out • Broad -street, London. relic t cf On the sth inst., at Cockwood House, Dawlish, Louisa, the Rev. Dr. Drury, aged 85. ad, • E d° 0n the Bth inst., in Holland-place, Camberwell ,o win Frederick Thomas Squires, - aged r3`-• former/ of Esq., age •-• ii Esq- , On the 11th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Will Purn e ' Bellevue, Clifton, Bristol. bouOrnn-tlhodeglel,thTuinrnstfia,mJo.ghnre,eenl,daesgtesdo2n9o.f Mr. J. Rumbell, of Cl O l l Mrs. W eb- On the 12th inst., in the Ashford-road, Maidstone' star, aged 74. re, A i ' s ' On the 12th inst., in Guildford-street, Russell-squa of Stone sannah Rodon Rennalls. On the Bth inst., George Watkins, Esq., formerly , buildings, Lincoln's Inn, aged 64. On the 14th inst.a t a Jesse, Y , ap ham-common, Roussac, Esq., of Calcutta, aged 25 On the 12th inst., in Haberda.sliers'-place, Ea se 11°1 Emeterio Jose de Lanclesa, of Bilboa aged 35. , ~,., of flf °°- On the 12th inst., Mary, wife of john Bromley,l's4 1 ,.,,- 0 - ley, Kent, and Commercial-road, aged 67. ~t , of f'''' On the 13th inst., Christian, wife of Mr. •Sc" l '' _... mond-street. .. _--- -- 1. No. ..—...... -......-........--.........-•••-•"""*---: b o f ' 0 , 02 t1 London: Printed and Published by 1111.111D0 , in the 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Straw', lady ()LI:. a. of Middlesex.—Wednesday, Novemer 15, 1837'