The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-27 00:00:00

.... NIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, °XF "Rpr OCT. 26.—A congregation was this day holden c'r.t.graating degrees, &.c , when the following were conferred— ,UOCTOß or DIVINIT . Y.—Rev. Thomas V. Short, Christ cottreh, Grand Compounder. .8011.)dos•rdwill CIVIL LAW.—Rev. F, Gooch, Fellow, All MASTERSO ee. s. ° ARTS. --Rev. W. Sinclair, St. Mary's Ha..l ; Rev. it W alter, Braz ennose C o ll ege ; R ev. H . R ogers, U n i- Rzs it y College Price, Jesus' College „,(I,eliffo, Brazennose College ; Rev. W. Brock, Queen's ; Rev. W, L. H usse y, Christchurch ; Rev. J. Bar r.e.tt, Ch r i stchurch ; Rev. W. G. \Vasey, Christchurch ; Rev C. L --e°reb'e, oandflor, Worcester College ; Rev. A. Entwisle, Brazen °"eg.o ; Rev. G. H. P a y ne , P em b ro k e C o ll ege ; W. W Christchurch ; R. R. Anstice, Christchurch ; Le Breton, Exeter College. " I tem ttort OF CIVIL. LAW—.J. Lane, Queen's College. i 4.line'dtLoas OF AIZTS.—T. Hallivvell, New Inn Hall ; Sir T Leigh, Bart., Christchurch, Grand Compounder ; R. 4. Barker, Oriel College ; J. C. Riddell, Christchurch ; Polton, Christchurch ; E. Salmon, Exeter College ; Vowles \Vadham College, incorporated from Dublin. Th e Rev. Herbert Hill, Nev College, has been appointed order Bodl e i an Librarian, in the room of the Rev. W. Cure , resigyied. be The Rev. W. P a l mer, F e ll ow o f M ag d a l en C o ll ege , h as '" chosen Publi c E xam i ner , in the room of Mr. Twl'as, whose period has expired. 'R'esPonsions commence this day, and examinations for Dr s on the 2d of November. There will be an election of two Fellows, one Scholar, and one Exhibitioner, to Lincoln College, on Nov. 1. t Th e Right Hon. Mary in Anne Viscountess Sidmouth having be P l eased t o esta bli s h a f oun d at i on i n U n i vers i ty College, ivhonour of th e l ate L or d Stowell, ent i tled t, T he Stowell 1 Law Fellowship," t h e M aster an d F e ll ows h ave g i ven I?tice that it is their intention to hold the first election on alonday, the 20th of November. Oxford Fellowship is open to all members of the University of B achel or wh o have passed the examination for the degree of achel or of Arts. The Fellow is required to proceed in Civil Law, and to take Ina Bachelor's degree in that faculty as soon as he is enabl e d t7t o by the statures of the U n i vers ity. H e i s a l so requ i re d to enter on e of the Inns of Court within twelve calendar months 4 .ter • and be called the After 413 election, to s°tuls election, unless prevented in any of these cases by o caus e , to b e approved of by the Master and Fellows. Ca ndidates Fellowship is tenable f or seven y ears . person are required t o pres en t th e usua l t es ti mon i a l s i n , '"son to the Master, on or before Tuesday, November 14. S PORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAr. ( :RETERION STAKES (MONDAY NEXT). tr: rb t ° to lon l on an d D'E gv ill o aga i nst the field offered so Th - l e 'Y on Mond a y was ta k en eagerly towards the close of the bet ehagntilis afternoon, the fielders fancying, no doubt, that there is a oses'm r f,7 of one of the two not coming to the . scratch ; 10 to 6 was agst cael, and 5 to 1 agst Paganini lo n TIIE DERBY. ba e k 4 . 4 2 Egville, Cobham, Grey Momus, and Volunteer were o etsi e t 4 r about fifty pounds each, and a trifle put upon a couple of Th e ; business, however was too flat to excite much interest. t oe select few" brought under notice in the course of the after 19°We the following to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt t o I agst Colonel Peel' s lon—taken 12 t° 1 agst Mr. J. Day's D'Egville—taken : 5 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird ( 7 to 1 st Mr. Coo m b es ' s C o bh am —t a k en 2 8 to 1 ag stag Mr. Bowes's Grey Momus—taken l onn ° to 1 agst Sir J. Mills's Volunteer—taken lor n t ° 3 0 agst Mr. Richardson's Monc Adam—taken to 15 agst Sir G. lleathcote's Amato—taken 3to on the field agst three. The 434 , yearling colt out of Camarine puichased at Sir M. Wood's cbtilast Saturday, is matched ast Mr. Theebald's yearling col_t 83by Zd o n :ls, out of Waltz, to run the Derby course at Epsom in 19, Ti e h. ft., Bst. 71b. each. at G rs e ,,.arl of Chester`:teld has sold Carew, the winner of the Cup of 13,7u,'_Nood and ti.,e King's Plate at Lewes, to F. Craven, Esq., sale j °c *` . lla mpto , :,-park. He was bought in at the Noble Earl's ast week a!,, Newmarket for 1,250/. " T BETTING AT MANCHESTER. TIIE DERBY. to 1 on the field—offered 11to 1 agst Colonel Peel ' s lon to I a,b Lord Jersey's C b b colt —taken i o st 0° to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's D'Egville , D to I agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird 160" r '' to I agst Mr. B owes ' s Grey Momus—offered to 8 0 agst Mr. Armitage's colt, out of Nonplus's dam—taken 2 t o I agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken 2 ° to 1 agst Sir J. Mills's Volunteer—taken 3 3 to 3 3 to I agst Mr. Johnson's broth er t o J u pit er — o ff ere d , I agst Mr. Buckley's Tom—offered ' OO to 20 agst Lord Jersey's colt and lon—taken -- ELICSIIIRE UNION HUNT CLUB RACES. A 11:_ WEDNESDAY. S takes), of Pl a t e , g i ven by th e Cl u b (i n li eu o f th e Champagne added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, p.p. ; three Y e ars lOst. 41b ; four, Ilst. 21b ; fi ve, Il s t . 101 b; six and aged, 12 st. 21b. A w i nner once in 1836 or 1837, 51hs ; twice, aim. e xtra. Half-bred horses allowed 121bs. One mile and three Alquartrs. 15 Subs. t ,r• Ibbetson's b. m. by Fi garo, out o f C ora, 6 yrs...Thbetson 1 11 1 1 . 1 : en's Mr. Merryman, 5 yrs - Ab. - in thbetson's B r id egroom (h . b . ), aged 3 Ak•- Richercr Beresina, 4 y rs dson's Deceiver (h. b.), aged Match , „, Won e:dsily by three parts of a length. aged ( c a ,,,7 : s ays., 1 Ist. each. T. Y. C.—Mr. Campbell's , Pioneer, a ged, e l - . 1-a in Richardson), beat Mr. Codrington s Columbine, A Goki eterly , Swe e , e 'l ) , or Piece of Plate, given by the Club, added to a th, e s takes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., for maiden five, list. i n s o t , 12 r i t r 3 "g/1-bred ; three years, lOst, ; four, Ilst. 21b; (jot s , I, six and aged, 12st. 41b. Two miles. 9 Subs. Al i .. ii`e",?mPson's Valentine, 4 vrs ;llr . 1 11 's b. h. by Miss Orville, 5 yrs ATI ,Vtompson na. Piccaroon 3 yrs 4 jq r. ~".• T bornpson' s gr. f. by ' Duplicate, 4 yrs 4atthew's Paracute, 5 yrs ... 5 I 1 4„.. Won cleverly. kx tile aP Stakes of 5 sovs. each, for horses, the property of Offi tl`.4,-,trs of the 7tb Dragoon Guards. One mile. Gentlemen ri l d w e r rs. I .114 1 . alit Richardson's Cashier, I Ist. 71b....- - ............ " vii 2 Atr. ~, a (li tington's Clinker, I,st. 41b Tl l , 1 inetripson's Waltz, I Ist 71b ti -a iatt Club . Stakes of 7 , sovs. each, 5 ft., for horses that have o4fibtuitiagif! err started or been in a public training stable before the time , bfrrdr ? , T o s r , se l s lst: l five, Ilst. 10Ib ; six and aged, 12st. allowed 101bs. One mile and three 111.11 darters. 8 Subs. 11 04. tr,lawke's Daisy Cutter, aed ...... ._ `I. Fitzwilliam's Curl, s a yrs Il i Won very easily. Tl io c ,. kir rY Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 .. added, 10st. each. LO ~") ag it-bred horses, Ist. extra. The w inner to be sold for ~31 1 2 :8. . - „ v b s ' s : &e. The last to the second's stake. Half a mile. 1 %. ; 14 "lison's Mr. Merrynian, 6 yrs 11. Thompson 1 k. larbord's Vision 3 yrs 2 Air, ~ illib(),!s's ,Wretche;l, 4 yrs i ,"etson. s ch. m dam by Cerberus -'-enet Smith's Tarta.; Candler 1 9 Won in a canter. T , lIUNTING APPOINTMEN , 411444' Portman's Hounds meet on Monday at h ornbill Obelisk ; At r 4 Y, at lienstriclge Ash. (14 Y, • or Hounds en Monday at Bradford Wood • Wednes , .11;' t I N,, ew Park • Friday, at Ford Gate—half-past 10 ,.. . ' f ellw . '• mith's' Hounds on Monday at Oare 1-111 l; Tuesday, at rc v . ,, ° "l' !louse ; Thursday, at Conholl Park ; Friday, at South T' — ii• day,4Y, lt It • on M onday at the lied Post, C. near Sherborne ; Thurs , 1 , " 4, - n ul ton Slate ; Monday, Nov. 6, at the Ker.diel ; Wednes -I,s,`'ili'-posi.t,,llill, Milborne l l 'rt. da , at Ch • ilinleigh Parsonage-10. to 'he Al' flan o s a h L o o n n n t ' l l a s y n a n t ' tl o te n K ) enr. e l ; ' Friday, at Stock House, ,t‘litt Al' 411r i; ° iL l' a eks of Fox Hounds, will hunt the Chulinleigh country `' , e first fortnight of .Norember. ko • th e 1 hStetit Moi6 has received the Grand Cross t of ~!'tch`",,e g i°ll of Honour for basing brought about t s i s l o e : iiiii i , - ; 4 , Had me Saint-Mare, we hear, lays claim to Al b - s " )( Ri'gh Chancellor.—Charivari. .. Nks e '. LIN S EWING.--We are happy to learn troin l a t ,lio ° , l r: t _l e le . se districts in Ayrshire in which muslin sewing ., i lie to r '!' real branch of female industry, that the sewing i: ) ' 81:, 1 , 1 : 1 g a great deal more . plentiful than it has been dills . tit ". Much complaint is, however, made on all . 1 ._?! ti me ' _:,.. It L 1r Q 'lowness of prices -Sects Times. t il ytili, , V ETERAN."—The memoirs • of the late ~''''qk ~',.'c'ho Harley,Paymaster of the 47th Regiment,. b 4 ,..' l tbe the eve f appearance, under the above title, ~,- ` l ,i ' l " 1 Publisl I and o lited under the superintendence " 1 4 4 l 'idow le Harley, et who is herself the daughter 4 1 1 Sist er of , British rs : e /4: 4 4 ‘ ,„ ho _ .._ officers, some of whom have fallen, and service of their country. .6 1.4 %, 44_,Itta have bled in 1.! ,0,,,,,q,y is the (laughter of e the late Captain Grey, 16th xi le ttl...o -irilards, and sister to the following . officers— siloNin;°(llr;;l_,GForge .Grey,3oth Regiment, killed at the I ritt di ed of fatigue Hugh at Rangoon ; Lieut. , William Grey, of 1441 John "h ; Captain Owen Wynne Grey, 30th ; . 1 1," 11.,. Grey, .57th ; Lieut. Matthew Berry Gray, „t.g4t,Royal Navy, 411 4 1-134 Y formerly Commander of the i: l iss L 4 Nop, "don's novel of " Ethel Churchill" . is at b,lller,straordinary attention. The period of the story bt latter end of the reign of George the First, 1 i. 1, - ,.k n il wilVna i ing of that of George the Second .. ; and con- Ilt t .re h ap ' th e minor and auxiliary details of the narra- V t ary PY sketches of some of the leading 1 "Y , ersonages of th e day. Sir Robert Walpole, political and il lqo w it ' Gay Con r ve Knellcr, Lady o w. Ina" Lavinia, ds Duchess o ../ te .4to , , Fenton, afterwards Mary Wort i tiL'fiee s okthe original representative of folly in the tre;tqiii:tii3O/,117::), are all made to contribute to the progress the splendour of the scene. The last .t tis ' o ou a l r ( e i v"vdifßeol'rrits in the working out of the plot, and till: h4ve Lad exaggerate the merit of either of the . i sketches. w iscn tio,ling , w ,' - ', 'WY Mary more in detail ; her caustic . and .I. l o_ krtuY.....4"---lier hollow, heartless, and degrading 1 31 . 1 , 1 1 . s ei ell t ilit, at eXguisitely embodied. As a pendant . to this htlelly to:PeFlrnen of the stuff whereof a Duchess is 0 4 c o ts thounsulaetured, Lavinia Fenton, with her one virtue Lbi and faults,- is a perfect gem for the cabinet l o d f 0 realtzed the ',hit!". Genius is p i mysterious gift, or how cou _ have 8 . cture of the actress Duchess? MONEY MARKET. The attention of the '1'1,6 been repeatedly directed during the last reiv days to some purchases of stock made by the broker usually employed by the Bank of Erialatitt, and we see it, stated to-day, by a l‘lernilg taper, that a notion is getting abroad that thbn operations have reference to a plan long meditated by the Government for reducing the interest oh the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuiti es vvbeti prices shall have attained such an TA , i'. , 'en as w ilt 14. render the scheme practica Now this, w e may venture to affirm, is altogethce a delusion. The investments al luded to have been made, not for account of thA Bah!: of England, or Government, as intirnatod; le::: for that of the East India Company, and, if t `A`r information upon the sub ject be correct, of which we have no doubt, the whole amount purchased has not exceeded two hundred thoennd pounds. The East India Company have n liked prin ciple to regulate the investment 'ef their moneys. The Bank of England have usually acted as their agents in these matters and it appears they have done so in the peesent instance ; and what, we may ask, can be ttmre proper or more advantageous to the pub lic ? The funds of the Company, arising from the sale 'of tea, silk, indigo, and other articles of merchandise, are, from time to time, paid into the Bank of England, where they might, but for some such arrangement, accumulate to the extent perhaps of two millions, and what would be the inevitable consequences ? The currency would become contracted to that amount, greatly to the injury of the community. And again, in the event of the East India Directors going into the Stock Market themselves, and in vesting the whole in one sum, in Exchequer Bills or other wise, how serious would be the inconvenience to be antici pated from so sudden and so considerable an expansion ? The method which has been adopted by the Bank and the East India Company for the temporary appropriation of these moneys is in every way free from objection, and we trust it will be persevered in. It is right in principle and salutary in practice.—Mortzing Post. The annexed letter claims, and will receive, the parti cular attention of all who are interested in the settlement of the claims of this country upon the trading community of the United States t— " 7, Tokenhouse-yard, Oct. 26, 1837. " As the statement published in the Times of Wednes day morning last was very erroneous, several of our friends have advised us to furnish a correct one, which we do here with, and being unwilling to believe that you would inten tionally injure us, or mislead the public, we trust you will insert this statement in as conspicuous a part of said paper as you did the former one. The whole of our liabilities when we suspended pay ment amounted to 1,1'20,846/., as reported at the meeting of our creditors, and it was about the usual amount at the sonic season of the year. Under 40,0001. was for money in our hands, and the remainder was for advances made on merchandise exported from England, China, India, and elsewhere to the United States, and chiefly from England, China, and India. No part of it was on our own account, nor have we owned any merchandise whatever since we commenced business ; consequently, the bills accepted by us were for account of others, who owed, and still owe, so far as they remain unpaid. " Your correspondent's statement that 2s. Gd. in the pound would never be paid on our liabilities was erroneous, for remittances have already come forward to the extent of near 400,000/., or over Gs. Bd. in the pound on the whole amount, specially appropriated by the remitters to discharge their own liabilities, and we know . preparations were mak ing in America at our last dates, to provide means for the early payment of a large additional amount. We consi der it important to all parties interested, that our liabilities should be reduced as much as possible within a reasonable time, before we pay a dividend, as the amount per cent. will be increased in proportion to the amount so reduced. " At the meeting of our creditors on the 12th of June last we represented that our surplus capital exceeded 425,0001. We have now made up our accounts, which show a surplus considerably larger, and our late advices serve to confirm our belief that we should realize sufficient to pay every one in full, and a very considerable surplus for ourselves. " We have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servants, " T. WIGGIN AND CO." If the conclusions drawn in the latter part of this letter are correct, there is, of course, an end to all cavilling as to creditors of all classes and descriptions, who must alike obtain payment in full. The opinions quoted referred, however, not to the liabilities, but to the simple contract debts, to the debts of parties who hold no security, and who are compelled to wait till all the others arc settled with. These two descriptions of debt, as every One knows, are widely different from each other t and it may easily oc cur, from the unfavourable manner in which the assets are realized in America, that while one class is disposed of by parties who are jointly liable, the other class may be left with a very small and imperfect provision. Those parties, for example, who have become security to the Bank for the advances to the house in question must stand in the class of simple contract creditors, and their posi tion, upon the very showing of the letter above inserted, must remain an uncertain one until the whole of the affairs are wound up. With respect to the sanguine expectations indulged in on that head, it is to be hoped that they are well founded ; but in that case, though the Bank Directors have never obtained credit for the soundest judgment in these matters, how utterly inconceivable it is that they should have suffered this firm to stop payment ! It must have been capable of demonstration all through, that they never could have sustained any loss ; and yet, after ac cepting security here in London to 'a large amount for their preliminary advances, they suddenly held their hands, and would go no farther. Beyond the amount of one-third stated to have been reduced of the liabilities, there is left by that very statement an enormous sum to be provided for, and so far as this depends upon the raising of funds and the solvency of debtors in New York, it cannot, on any view of the question, be held as otherwise than in a very pre carious condition.—Tinics. Our men of business are looking at the project of esta blishing an agent from the United States Bank in London, and other ports of this country, with a jealousy quite equal to that which is said to have been manifested by the mer chants in the United States, and with the more reason, since the adoption of this new kind of agency will at once break through, in a great measure, the barriers which now prevail against over-speculation in foreig❑ schemes and stocks, by affording facilities for their introduction into this country, that would not exist without the fostering aid of the contemplated agency. It would seem, therefore, that the doctrine of expediency on the part of a foreign mone tary establishment, as well as that of the Bank of England Directors, who, it is to be presumed, are a consenting party to the new scheme, is now to be applied to the final ar rangement of our commercial affairs with the United States, under almost the same incongruous principles by which our affairs of State arc now regulated. The experiment will involve many new and intricate questions, and if established, unless it is conducted with a strict inviolability to the prin ciple of aiding the liquidation of the American debt to this country, it is apprehended that it will create a very great deal of mischief ; at the same time it is admitted that the United States Bank have a great interest in the prompt winding up of the commercial affairs of the United States, and that an agency, if strictly confined to the affairs of the United States Banks, by managing their consignments, will facilitate their means of meeting their engagements in this country, although it will deprive some of the large houses of their commissions.—Morning Herald. TILE NEW POOR LAW.—The Rev. T. T. Lewis, Curate of Aymestry, Herefordshire, has printed an abstract of the expenditure of the Poor-rate of that parish, for the year ending 25th of March, 1837, and, compared with the ending 25th of March, 1836, it appears that a reduction has taken place from 531/..55. 0.1-d. to 390/. 7s, Bid., a sav ing of 1401. 17s. 4id. in the first year of the new system. That this saving has ❑ot been effected by abridging the comforts or necessaries of the actual poor, the Reverend Gentleman bears his unquestionable testimony. He re marks, " It is for those who are acquainted with the real condition of the poor to say whether or not any correspond ing improvement has taken place among the poor them selves. So far as my own experience goes, I believe their condition is al, eady improved ; and I feel bound in justice to say, that I have heard much less murmuring amongst them the last year than in any previous one—From a Correspondent of the Silurian. EXTRAORDINARY CASES OF SWINDLING.— MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—This morning the New Bailey was crowded to excess at an early hour by persons anxious to hear the case of extraordinary swindling and fictitious banks, which the public are already partially ac quainted with, from the disclosures which have taken place both in this town and in Birmingham. The prisoners were then placed at the bar, Kinnear appearing first, followed by . Jones, Wood, and Dawes. A number of witnesses were called, who detailed the circumstances connected with this extraordinary case, and Mr. Foster, after hearing all the evidence, with great part of which our readers are already acquainted, remanded the prisoners until Friday, when the case will be again gone into. An Association has been formed in Bucharest for translating the most celebrated French works, ancient and modern, into the language of Wallachia. Those of Rous seau, De Lamartine, and Victor Hugo, have already been published. A young lady, the daughter of a Boyard, is said to be successfully engaged upon the works of Cha teaubriand.—French Paper. Mr. Wellesley Pole used to say that it was impos sible to live like a gentleman in England under forty thou sand pounds a year !—and Mr. Brummell told a lady, who asked him how much she ought to allow her son • for dress, that it might be done for eight hundred pounds, with strict economy.—Quarterly Review, TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY S OCTOBER 27, 1837. The casks of resin and tar which were on fire were in the centre . a Very spacious yard, w h ere t h ere were no h ouses , and tWe wind blew trotti the quay ; so that the stores and pre mises in front were not in much d anger , and ttse tear was bounded by a wide lane, where there were no houses. The High Sheriffs, Messrs. Jones and Quintin, Major White, a party of the horse and foot police, and two or three companies of the "Md.PtiSilietS proiflpfly-oti the spot,: and the exer tions of all were beyond p ra i se . Th e eng i nes played without intermislivit until nearly three o'clock, when the fire was com pletely subdued. it is thought that the accident originated by the leaking,of a turpTitipe still, but nothing certain as to that point can be asceriAineu. pfetiffles rem largelyin sured in the National and Hibernian ; but, after all, tiie kiss of property was not very extensive, as the greater part of the casks containing this very combustible matter were rolled into the Arcot berdr;,' the fire rettelPed them. NATIONAL TRADES' POLITICAL UNION.—The usual weekly meeting took place last night. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, OCT. 25.—The average prices of Wheat and Bye, in the third week of October, were—Wheat, 17f. 12c. ; Rye, 10f. Dc. per hectolitre ; import duty, 37f. 50c., and 21f. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. The 211onilcur Beige contains a Royal Ordinance, which announces that his Majesty, desirous of giving a fresh proof of his regard for the art of music, by rewarding the eminent talents of M. de Beriot, had, by the advice of the Minister of the Interior and Foreign Affairs, made him a Knight of his Civil Order. CONSTANTINOPLE, OcT. 4.—The Archduke John of Austria has been received with great honour—the batteries in the Bosphorus fired a salute on his arrival, and one of the chief dignitaries of the Porte was sent to compliment him on his landing, The Captain Pacha is shortly expected back with his squadron. He will not be very well received, but in all probability deprived of his office, because in the execution of the mission confided to him he has been equally deficient in zeal and courage. The chief charge against him is, that he did not sail direct to Tunis, but took a long circuit to approach Africa, by which he gave the French ships time to get before him, and to obstruct the entrance of the harbour. The Bey of Tunis will do well to be on his guard. He seems inclined to copy Mehemet Ali ; but forgets that he has neither his talents nor his resources, and that he may easily be a victim of his attachment to France, the new expedition against Constantine should not be speedily executed, or shall again fail. Thus it will be all over with him, and what the Porte cannot effect from home, it may in this case accomplish more easily in some other manner. The way in which tile Bey of Tunis caused his Caincecan to be strangled on a groundless suspicion of car rying on a secret correspondence with the Porte, stigma tises him for ever, and a similar fate certainly awaits him if, on the least check that the French meet with he does not think of proceeding for his own safety. Mehemet Ali re mains quite passive, and seems to think only of increasing his military force, and of putting it on a commanding foot ing. He seems to have returned much discomforted from his last excursion, and to intend to re-organise his navy. The Persian Ambassador has at length had an audience of the Sultan. The accounts which he has received from Teheran are said not to be of a very agreeable nature. It seems that there is much agitation in Persia, and that the Schah is not so firmly seated on his throne as has hitherto been believed. The State has now thought fit to suspend the march of his army, and to proceed against Thus to restore order there. Tapir Pacha bad always a zealous friend in Perteck Pacha ; having both his last support,he is now fallen into complete disgrace. BELGIAN 1. UNDS—Butisims, OCT, 25. Actual Debt, Vki per Cent. Itothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl% /Matt of Thirty Millions 922 Loan 01 Cif V, IPi39. 4 per Cent lOO Society of CommeteC, 4i, per Cent 141Y4 Bank of Belgium, Spec Cent 142% —Brussels Papers, Oct. 25. : AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Oar. 17. Five pet Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. ..................... 75% Bank Shares —Allgemeine Zeitung, .Oct 2'2. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. A novelty, in every sense of the word, was last night produced at this Theatre under the title of Natural Ma gic. The following is the plot :—Ferdinand Volage (Fo rester) a young officer, is sent for by his aunt, the Coun tess Helen de Mirancourt (Mrs. Stirling) who designs to bequeath him her fortune, and give him the hand of her niece. At first he is averse to matrimony, but afterwards lie is so much struck with the manners of his old aunt, that he vows he would marry her if she were but younger. He communicates this rational idea to a stupid old antoureux of the Countess named Chamignon (Hollingsworth), and this humourous wight tells the young man, whom he finds to be superstitious, that be has a charm which will restore the aunt to youth. He then brings in the niece (likewise enac ted by Mrs. Stirling) and passes her off as the restored aunt ; Ferdinand is enraptured, and finally undeceived and made happy. The chief object of the piece was to exhibit Mrs. Stirling in the characters of an old and young woman. In the first she overdid her part, and faltered and croaked to a most unpleasant degree ; in the second she was agree ably light and vivacious. Hollingsworth's part was a most original conception. He remained on the stage nearly through the whole piece, saying little, but perpetually hob bling up and down the stage, and taking snuff. The Grand Duke Alexander of Russia is not ex pected to visit England or France during his approaching tour of some of the European Courts, to effect which the Emperor grants to the Heir Apparent leave of absence for a limited period. The Prince Lievcn will, we believe, not accompany his illustrious pupil on his tour. The Duke of Grafton is entertaining a select circle at Euston Hall, Suffolk ; Lord and Lady Albermarle, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel and Mrs. George Anson, Lord John Fitzroy, and Mr. Thornhill, are among the visiters. Great hospitality prevails at Wynnstay, the seat of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, in Denbighshire. The Hon. Baronet and the Marquis of Westminster gave grand din ner parties on alternate days during the Holywell (Flint shire) races. Sir Richard and Lady Bulkeley, Hon. E. M. L. Mostyn, and the Stanley family are among the visiters. The preparations in the squares and fashionable streets at the west end of the town indicate the speedy arrival of some of the nobility and gentry. Countess Sehastiani will commence her soirees at Manchester House soon after the Lord Mayor's fete on the the 9th of November. The Countess's daughter, the Mar chioness de Choiseul, will not come over until the com mencement of the fashionable season. Mr. Knowles has immortalised the popular air of " Jenny Jones," by mentioning it in his admirable comedy of The Love Chase, in the scene where Constance banters Wildrake on his pretended knowledge of music under the title of " The Widow Jones," which the soi disant amateur considers to be an Italian, French, or German air. The Papal Government has done away with its cholera cordons. That on the Neapolitan frontier alone cost from 40,000 to 50,000 scudi a month. Of the sixty galley slaves that had succeeded iu escaping only twelve remained at large. The state rooms in Windsor Castle, which were or dored to be re-furnished in a magnificent style, by command of his late Majesty, will be completely renovated, and the new furniture arranged shortly after the return of the Court to the Castle. TIIE LOVE CIIACE.---A library in Leicester square lent in one day 16 copies of this beautiful composi tion to read. We are glad to sec that Mr. Bunn has engaged that most accomplished vocalist, Mrs. E. S ,, guin, who will make her first appearance on Tuesday next in the celebrated opera of Dun Juan. The sentiments of the ex-President of the United States and his successor, Mr. Martin Van Buren, continue to be echoed and re-echoed by the admirers of the financial policy of those two personages on this side of the water, but, happily, not with the same success. Messrs. Jackson and Van Buren have, it is well known, raised a senseless c lamour against the banking and commercial institutions of the United States ; and, great as was the previous pros perity of the country—the public debt being paid off, and the accumulation of treasure in the Exchequer so large that the only question was, bow it could be employed to the greatest advantage --the consequence has been the overthrow of almost every banking and mercantile esta blishment in the Union. " Perish credit, perish com merce," has been the cry of the Jackson and Van Buren party in the United States ; and when we hear the Bank of England villified, as it is from day to day, for stepping forward at a period like that which we have lately wit nessed--a period of almost unexampled difficulty and alarm—and extending its support to the trading classes, we cannot but be struck at the similarity of feeling—and a most malignant feeling it is—which prevails in the two communities. America has suffered more through the malevolence of the anti-commercial faction in that country than years of prudent legislation will be able to repair, and England has also suffered ; but we are of opinion that the worst has now passed, and that things are beginning at length to assume at least a brighter appearance on both sides of the Atlantic. The exchange has fallen in the American cities to a much more practicable limit, so that orders, of which there has for many months past been a total, or all but a total, cessation, will, we dare say, be forwarded to England for fresh, and, perhaps, considerable, supplies of manufactured goods, to meet the demand of the coming spring. Money, as we have already mentioned, was also to be obtained at New York, and the other leading commercial cities of the United States, at a rate of interest less onerous to the borrower. RELAND. MR. O'CONNELL'S LETTER —The following important f ita letter, of which we ffaVe 'tih atstr yesterday, was read by Me. french, the Secretary at the Meeting of the Ge neral Association last Tuesday : Darrynanc Abbey,, 19th Petlaber, ,1,37, My Dear French—l eAnnot be iii fliibliii itifill the zliiitli in stant. t propose to submit two motions on the 31st to the General Association. I beg of you to give notice of them on Tuesday next in my name. • , ~ 1 , •, My first motion will .bb .ti eilpOliti a A._elebt Committee to ipteStitatt alle. ascertain all receipts and expenditures of the Association, and to state and settle all its accounts. My second motion will be to dissolve the Association itself. This last measure I adopt with some hesitation; b u t I t hi n k 4 4 ; we are arrived at a peritql Whtli We snouiu give this proof of our tatisraZtion at the improved state of the administration of government in Ireland, and of our confidence in the good in tentions of our gracious Sovereign, and in those of her Ma jesty's Ministers, For the present I content myself' with this intimation. I will, please God, give my reasons in full to the meeting. I will listen with respectful deference to the opinions of other members, and abide without a murmur the decision of the majority. In the meantime I beg of' the gentlemen who compose the Association to reflect upon these unquestionable facts. First—That until the present Administration there never was a Government in Ireland honestly and firmly determined to do equal and impartial justice to all parties. Secondly—That until the accession of her present Majesty there never was a Sovereign on the British throne sincerely friendly to the people of Ireland. It is quite true that Ireland has never heretofore confided but she has been betrayed ; yet I am not weary of confiding. That confidence will prove the sincerity as well as the genero sity of our disposition to a conciliation. Even if we be dis appointed in our hopes, we will have the consciousness of hav ing deserved a better fate ; and also will have an additional stimulant to rely thereafter on our own exertions. If, indeed, our present reliance on the Queen and her Ministers shall prove fallacious, it will not afterwards be possible to expect " Justice for Ireland" from anything but our own constitutional and legal, but continuous efforts. I aril for making this one experiment more on the cordiality of those who call themselves our friends. If we shall be de ceived, we can easily fall back on our own resources. Let mo not be supposed to anticipate disappointment. I do no such thing. On the contrary, my hopes are high, and my expectation strong and deliberate. Of this, however, I am quite sure, that our readiness to leave the cause of the Irish people in the hands of a favourable Government cannot but tend to give to any future necessary agitation the character or not being sought for by us, but forced upon us by the futi lity of reliance upon others, however plausible and probable their pretensions to our confidence may be. Believe me to be, your faithful friend, DANIEL O'CONNELL. Arthur French, Esq., &c. GENERAL ASSOCIATION.—A meeting of the Association took place on Friday last at the Corn Exchange-rooms, pur suant to adjournment. The Secretary having read the minutes of the last day's meeting several communications were read. They had been sent to Mr. French from various parts of the country by the pacificator'. Mr. COSTELLO then moved that Mr. O'Connell's letter be inserted on the minutes. Mr. OtaUntoh secouded the mo- tion, which was passed unanimously. Mr. Faoicit rote and spoke to the following effect :—I now give notice, In Mr. O'Connell'S name, for the next day of theotin t g, of a motion to appoint a soled committee to in vest;gate the reteiptt and disbursements of the Association, and to audit and settle all its accounts. I have the plettititt also to give notice of a motion that the Association on the next day ''of meeting be dissolved l and I do that from the firm con viction that our gracious Queen has every inclination to do justice to Ireland.—( Hear.) also believe that her Ministers have every wish to carry the intentions of her Majesty into ef fect, as expressed in the following paragraph from Lord John Russell's letter to Lord Mulgrave :—" The Queen willingly recognises in her Irish subjects a spirit of loyalty and devotion towards her person and government. Her Ma jesty Is desirous to see them in the full enjoyment of that civil and political equality to which, by recent sta tutes, they are full entitled ; and her Majesty is per suaded that when invidious distinctions arc altogether obli treated, her throne will be still more secure and her people more truly united." I also take the liberty, on my own be half to give notice of a motion. It is this : That the books connected with this Association, and also the books of the late Catholic Association, shall, on the dissolution of this body, be placed in the hands of three trustees, to be appointed by the Association. Their contents will yet be a matter of history, and therefore it would not be right to have them placed in the hands of any one individual, to be purloined by him or turned to his own use as if they were his own property. Mr. Costello—You should say as many of the books of the late Catholic Association as you have in your possession. Mr. French—l mean that. We cannot give up what we have not. Mr. O'Meara moved that the meeting should be adjourned until next Tuesday. The motion was seconded and`passed. Mr. T. O'Meara was called to the chair, and the thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. Purcell. Amour • of Justice Rent announced by the Secretary, ninety three pounds nine shillings and fourpence. The meeting then adjourned until Tuesday, the 31st.inst._ LORD CLoricunay.--:Mr. O'Connell has addressed the fol lots ing letter in reply to his Lordship's communication : " Darrynane Abbey, 21st Oct., 1837. " My Lord—l, for one, cheerfully accept your invitation to be in Dublin from the Ist to the Bth of November, ready to confer on the state of affairs interesting to Ireland. I cannot doubt that you will find many others equally ready to meet you. Thus the meeting will certainly take place. Every thi ng else may until then be safely committed to the deep interest which all the friends of Ireland must take in this approaching Session. That Session may then terminate our present struggle; but that struggle can only terminate in our cona- plete success. " You have done well and wisely to introduce the sugges tion of other topics besides those 1 mentioned—because it is thus manifest that that no nobleman or gentleman will come to the meeting pledged to any particular measure. They will come to deliberate and then decide, and not merely to carry into effect any pre-conceived determination. " I hare the honour to be, my Lord, " Your faithful Servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL." SLIGO.—We find by a letter from a Newry Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Post, that Colonel Perceval, not being able to screw his courage to the sticking place, has resolved to strike his colours. After soliciting an investigation into the conduct of Mr. Blake, the excellent Stipendiary Magis trate, he new slinks away from the charge brought against that gentleman. We do not blame the Gallant Colonel for deeming, as he evidently does deem, that discretion is the best part of valour; but we are told that he, with the Orange_ men, continues a course of conduct most odious and repre hensible—absolutely " making Sligo a hell upon earth." If this be true, the personification, politically, of the combined qualities, cowardice, meanness, and malignity, will no longer be apochryphal. LORDS CLONCURRY AND POWERSCOURT.—The last named personage has just addressed Lord Cloncurry, in reply to some observations which that nobleman made in his late letter to O'Connell, relative to the holding of a petty sessions at Bray. The Pilot observes upon the Po werscourt epistle—" His Lordship has written in the tone of a man not pleased. He says there is a petty sessions held at Bray. Lord Cloncurry, it seems, thought there was not, and stated so. There was nothing to put his Lordship into a passion in this : it was evi dently a mere mistake, arising out of misinformation ; and that Lord Cloncurry had a right to notice it under the impression is proved by the fact of a sessions being held there ; because it is a proof it is a necessary thing, and that its omission would have been an error." The Mail is of course in extasies at having even this rery small matter to nibble at. Tho venerable and patriotic Nobleman has received, and does deserve to receive, according to the merciful dispensations of the delighted Mail, a severe casti gation for having committed the horrible crime of writing the following atrocious words :—" Why can a set of party magis trates refuse a petty sessions to a large town (Bray, for in stance), and eFtablish it at privacy in a gate lodge ?" That Lord Cloncurry, up to the time of the Powerscourt publication, had actually not known that there was a petty ession-house in the village of Euniskerry, used as a court house for holding the aforesaid session, is evidently a crime of the sleepest dye, and deserving not merely a grave rebuke but condign punishment! TIPPERARY.—At the Quarter Sessions here two Magistrates were proceeded against for improper conduct. In the first case there was a verdict for the defendant—as there ought to be—in the next for the plaintiff. TRANQUILLITY OF THE COUNTRY.— In addition to the nu merous proofs of the tranquil state of the country, afforded by the charges of the Assistant Barristers, we give the follow ing from an Orange journal, the Ballyshannon Herald : On Monday last the Sessions commenced in Donegal before Jonathan Henn, Esq., assistant-barrister. The Civil Bill business commenced immediately after. There were only 268 entries, and one ejectment. The Crown business was un usually light, and was finished in two or three hours. It is very creditable to observe, that only one case of assault was tried—it related to Dunglow ; the prisoner was acquitted. DELANY IN DURANCE.—The Rev. Gentleman has been found guilty on an indictment charging him with assault on the 2d of September last. Thus the law has at last laid hold of this peripatetic apostle of the new Reformation. DREADFUL FlRE.—Shortly before ten o'clock on Tuesday night, a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. Murphy and Walsh, turpentine and varnish manufacturers, Sir John Ro gerson's Quay. As in every case of ire that has occurred in Dublin for a long time, there was considerable difficulty in obtaining a supply of water. The tide was rather low, and a supply could not be easily had from the Liffey. However, whilst the street was being torn up to get at the fire pipe, the engines, with a large number of firemen and others, set to work and succeeded in getting a supply from the river, and directed the hose round the front of the premises into a lane at the rear, and played' upon the fire so as to prevent it com municating with the houses on the quay. When a supply of water was obtained in the street the engines played most effec tually premis es , an d upon a l ar ge d, it wo u ld b e i mposs ibl e t o tank oifn tar, througharwhin the if front n nn e i o g f n extinguish. From the very combustible nature of the goods it may be supposed that the fire raged with great violence—it was, in fact, terrific; but the situation of the premises prevented it spreading with that rapidity which it otherwise would. COURT OF COMAION COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch Of isusincss It was very, numerously attended, the expected visit of the Queen to the bit, hixving brought together the members from all parts of the toWii, dad di! PO its of occupations to join in making regulations to do the highest honour to the Sovereign. The Court was held in the long room of the Mansion fictile; the Council Chamber in the Guildhall being occupied by carpont6fs and decorators. THE QUEEN. Mr. FLETCHER, the Chairman of the Entertainment Committee, said that the Court of Aldermen having issued orders with ropee.t to the closing of the barriers on that day, and other regulations having been made by that. body calculated to prevent confusion, that great object could not, in the opinion of the Committee, be accomplished if some change were not made as to the ordinary procession of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. The Committee took for their guide, in order to avoid the charge of caprice, the precedent of 1830, when King William was expected. Upon that occasion the ordinary procession was determined to be cur tailed, for the purpose of obviating the embarrassment which would necessararily arise from what might be called the collision of the two processions. —(Hear.) Depuff CORNEY, as Chairman of the Lord Mayor's and Sheriffs' Committee, said that he and the other members of the Committee were disposed to meet any proposition from the Entertainment Committee on the question, with the greatest wish to carry into execution the object of doing honour to the Queen. It seemed to have been supposed by the Police Committee that as there would, in all proba bility, be one or two hundred thousand people more as sembled in.the streets on that day than assembled on the usual occasion, the public might be amused by the Lord Mayor's and Sheriffs' procession, and relieved from the ennui likely to arise from the delay in waiting for the approach of her Majesty, and it was calculated that the ordinary pro cession would terminate at twelve o'clock. Sir C. S. HUNTER said that the Lord Mayor's proces sion should be maintained in all its dignity. His Lordship might proceed. without any gew-gaw show, for probably there would be enough of that afterwards—(a laugh)—and might return in a good round trot to the Mansion-house. It would be advisable too, he thought, that his Lordship should avoid the Thames as much as possible, for if the day proved unfavourable, and his Lordship got into the water, there was no knowing when he would get out of it.—(Great laughter.) Mr. MARRIOTT said this was the legitimate procession of the Chief Magistrate, and as all the preparations had been made, and all assistants had been engaged, a very great disappointment would be felt, if upon such an occa sion the public were not gratified to the fullest extent. He felt that this was due to his fellow-citizens and to the school-boys, who would have no opportunity of witnessing the more magnificent spectacle. The two SHERIFFS expressed their willingness to do what ever appeared to the Court to be the best mode of support ing the dignity of the City.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. R. L. JONES (the Chairman of the London Bridge Committee) considered that the idea of embarking at Black friars Bridge ought to be by all means abondoned ; and suggested the propriety of embarking and disembarking at London Bridge, and sustaining the dignity of the City on the water, in order that they might more effectually sus tain it on land, on receiving her Majesty at Temple-bar. It was then agreed that it should be a recommendation to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, to embark and disembark at London Bridge. THE BOTTLEMEN AT THE ENTERTAINMENT TO THE QUEEN. Deputy CORNEY said it had come to his knowledge that some of the Royal Entertainment Committeee, who were privileged to take into Guildhall on the 9th of November, persons under the name of bottlemen to assist on that oc casion, were about to nominate persons who were not at all fit to perform the duties of the situation, that in fact they used the word as a cover for the introduction of gentlemen into the Hall. He wholly disapproved of such a course, and was agaiest the surreptitious introduction of any indivi dual. He, therefore, should move that it should be an in struction to the Committee not to admit any man as a bot tleman who was of the rank of a gentleman.—(Laughter.) There was, "he admitted, some difficulty in wording the ►notion properly, but the Court would see the spirit in which he made the sugg e stion. Mr. ANDERTON said that he was glad that the Deputy had brought forward this question, for he had heard that men of rank had offered 20/. and 301. a piece to be ap pointed bottlemen. He perfectly well knew that they would some of them be three•bottle-men—(Laughtcr)— and would of course cast away all the restraints of duty. He trusted that none would be allowed to be admitted as bottlemen who were not qualified and intended for the performance of the office.—(Hear.) Mr. OBBARD mentioned the name of a respectable stock broker, and hinting that Deputy Corney had appointed him a bottleman, begged to know how that individual stood with regard to the vocabulary of gentlemen ?—(Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.") Deputy CORNEY said, it was true he did return a gen tleman as his bottleman upon perceiving the feeling in the Committee to act upon that plan ; but lie had also re turned a constable of his Ward as his bottleman too, in the hope that it would be determined that gentlemen should not be admitted as bottlemen, and he had protested against the proposition to admit any in the character except those who were qualified, and would be obliged to perform the duties. Mr. FLETCHER (the Chairman of the Entertainment Committee) saw that the question was one in which it was necessary that the Court should interfere.—(Cheers.) He assured the Court that his position as Chairman was so painful, that he must earnestly beg relief.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. FlooiNs said, the question was improper to the hilarity of the day. It would be most improper to have bottlemen who were unable to draw Champagne corks. — (Laughter.) He then moved that the Town Clerk should read the names of all those who were appointed bottlemen. Under• Sheriff WIRE said that gentlemen had in great numbers solicited to be appointed bottlemen and even waiters, but it was well-known that they would soon as sume other character after their admission. Upon a former occasion gentlemen were admitted waiters with red collars on their coats, but they soon got rid of the red collars, and seized upon the seats of those who had entered the hall le gitimately —(Laughter.) In so large a metropolis the Committee would find many well-qualified persons, upon whose skill and assiduity as bottlemen confidence could be reposed. He knew a great many himself.—(A laugh.) Mr. LAWRENCE said that it would be rather an awkward matter to command a bottleman, who paid '2O or 30 gui neas for admission, to open wine for those who paid no thing.—(Laughter.) • The Court then divided upon the motion that the Town Clerk produce the names of the persons returned as bottle men, when there appeared for the motion, 43 ; against it, 57 ; majority, 14. The following motion was then submitted by Mr. lint , PELL, and agreed to :—" That it be an instruction to the Royal Entertainment Committee, that no person be allowed to be introduced into the hall on the 9th of November, as a bottleman, waiter, or other attendant, whose station in life, habits, and ordinary pursuits, do not afford a guarantee that he will perform the duties of the situation vigilantly, re spectfully, and in a manner becoming a well-conducted servant." THE DRESSES ON THE DAY OF THE ENTERTAINMENT TO THE QUEEN. Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR said that there were many re ports afloat as to the habiliments in which the company were to appear in the Guildhall on the 9th of November. It would he very desirable that the Chairman should in form the Court how far it would be necessary for them to hold conference with their tailors on the subject ; and as there were several of the I:;,3piety of Friends in the Court, he hoped they would not be e):Cluded on account of their adherence to the custom of their sect. Mr. FLETCHER said that the dress regulations tr ot...id be _ _ published in a few days. The Remembrancer had been at the Lord Chamberlain's office, and learned there that no gentleman was to be admitted except in a Court dress, and that no lady was to be admitted dressed in black. The members of the Court would appear in their gowns, and had, he believed, stipulated to wear white cravats. No black or coloured stocks were to be worn. Military and official persons would, of course, appear in their appropriate dresses. PRESS JTATION OF THANES AND PIECE OF PLATE TO CHARLES PEARSON, ESQ. Mr. Charles Pearson was introduced to the Court, and received, after an appropriate address from the Lord Mayor, the thanks of the Court, for the great services he had ren dered while a member ; and he was also presented with a splendid piece of plate by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and several members of the Court. The present was a splendid candelabrum, made by Mr. Gibson, of Bishopsgate-street. Mr. Hume, M.P., is, it appears, one of the trustees under the will of the late Duke of Kent, and also one of the Directors of the Brighton Chain Pier Company, at which, during the late visit of her Majesty to that beauti ful structure, he attended to receive the Royal Visitor. The paragraph in the Watchman, copied into most of the morning papers, stating that Mr. Roebuck was gone to Canada, is without foundation. Under the ancient monarchy, on the occasion of Princely marriages, acts of grace were published and pre sents made. Now-a-days Grand Crosses are distributed. We moderns are less philanthropic than our ancestors ; but we are more economical.—Charivari. The Russian General Sablokoff, Prince Gagarin , Prince Nanpkin, and other foreigners of distinction, will pot leave England until after the delivery of the Royal Speech from the Throne, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We advert again, and for the last time, to the speech recently delivered by Lord Durham, at a meeting cut his own county, for the purpose of forming a Reform Association. We are sure that those who visited his presence on that occasion must have expected a speech. of a very different character from that which he made, and that consequently a deep and very general feeling of disappointment must have been experienced at many of the sentiments he delivered. In our observations yesterday, on the extraordinary exhibition which the Noble Earl made on this occasion, we dwelt at some length on the startling theory he advanced, and which he laboured so arduously to estaNish—the theory, namely, that Reformers ought not t 6 press their peculiar opinions on the country. On the anoma lous character of such a position, coming from one who prides himself, or at least affects to do so, On the fervency of his attachment to Reform principles-- we will not add one syllable to our remarks in yester day's Paper. But the inconsistency of Lord Dur ham is not the only thing to be impeached in the mat ter. His taste may be arraigned with equal justice. Holding such sentiments as those to which he gave utterance on the occasion, why, we ask, did he go to such a meeting at all ? For what purpose was that meeting called ? For the express purpose of forming an Association for the spread of Reform principles - . His acceptance of the invitation to attend that meet ing must have been regarded as an implied approbation of the objects contemplated by the parties calling it. If he did not approve of those objects, he ought to have stayed away ; or, if present, to have said nothing adverse to the views of the embryo Association. The Noble Earl, however, did neither the one nor the other. He appeared at the meeting, and he spoke in direct opposition to the very objects for the promotion of which it was convened. The taste, to use no harsher term, which could have dictated such a course, needs not to be characterised by us. Had a professed Tory acted in this way, his conduct would have been intel ligible ; but that Lord Durham should have pursued such a course may well astonish as well as pain his friends. The Noble Earl seemed on this occasion to try how much damage he could do to the popular cause in the shortest space of time. Not content with denouncing by implication those Reformers who, in the true spirit of honest men and zealous friends to the people, are anxious for the triumph of their principles, he volunteers a defence of the House of Lords. The hereditary legislators certainly stand in great need of friends, considering the position in which they have placed themselves. But if they are not more happy in the defence set up for them than in that of Lord Durham, it ought to be their earnest and daily prayer to be saved from their friends. He denounces the idea of an organic change in the constitution of that House as " a perfect absurdity," and afterwards represented the proposal to have an elective House of Peers as an absurdity and moral impossibility." Not quite so fast, Lord Durham. It is a very easy matter to pronounce anything to be absurd ; it is sometimes a very different matter to prove it so. Is there not a part of that very House at this moment elective ? Are not the Scotch Peers elected every new Parliament? And do not certain Episcopal Dignitaries sit by rotation on the bench of Bishops ? If 16 Peers are elected, why should not the elective principle be extended to 32 ; and if to 32, why not to 64 ; and if to 64, why not to the whole number of Lords temporal and spiritual ? The elective principle must be either good or bad. If bad, why adopt it at all ? If good, why not carry it out to the fullest extent ? Any change, organic or otherwise, in the constitution of the hereditary House must be for the better. It were im possible for any body of men to act more absurdly or mischievously than the Lords have done for the last three years. Were the members of the Upper House to be chosen on the wheel-of-fortune principle—in relics words, in the same as the county militia used to be chosen—we could not get a worse body of legisla tors than the Noble Lords who now grace the Upper House. The great probability would be that ws would get a better ; but we are not left to theorise on the subject. An elective Upper House has been tried in America, and found to operate in the most satisfac tory and beneficial manner. Lord Durham may denounce the elective principle, as regards the House of Peers, as an absurdity and moral impossibility, as lung and as vehemently as lie pleases ; but to this complexion, he may rest assured, matters must come at last, and that, too, if the hereditary legislators per sist in their present course, ere many Sessions have elapsed. The country is silently but steadily ripening for the change ; and when the popular voice loudly and peremptorily demands that it be made, the Lords them selves, obstructive though they have proved to so many other good measures, can no more resist it than they could the ebbing or flowing of the Atlantic Ocean. Lord Durham in this memorable speech—melancholy would be a more fit epithet by which to characterise it—completed the catalogue of his treasons to the popular cause, by the high-wrought eulogiums he heaped on the Autocrat of St. Petersburg. If it was painful to listen to other parts of his speech, his warm panegyrics on the destroyer of the Popish nation, and the greatest tyrant'of modern times, must have abso luteii shocked and sickened all who heard him. Alas! that an Englishman should be found to volunteer a vindication of such a man as the Despot of the North ! Alas above all, that that Englishman should have been one who had been ranked among the greatest of Reformers I But so it is. Lord Durham imposes on himself the self-chosen task of doing that which even the Tories themselves, great as their te merity in such matters proverbially is, have always shrunk front performing. The truth is, that Lord Durham has been completely spoiled by the flattery of the Russian Nero. The declaration of the latter personage, that, though Lord Durham be a Liberal, he would much rather have him as the British Am bassador at his Court than any Tory, has turned t he head of the Noble Earl. We warn the people of England against reposing any more confidence in him. Our advice to them, after the experience they have had of the treachery or apostacy of other, leaders in whom they had trusted, is henceforth to confide only in themselves.—Morning Advertiser. The question between the Reformers and the Tories as to the state of Ireland, does not depend, it is ob vious, either upon the absolute annual amount of crime in that country, or upon the comparison of that amount with the annual quantity of crime in England, but altogether upon the increase or decrease of Irish crime since the accession to office of the present Go vernment. To fix the attention of the public upon every false criterion of improvement has invariably been the game of the Tories, while their journals ex clude from their columns, with the utmost jealousy, all ta ' , les or returns in which the effects of a liberal Ad • • on are submitted to the only true test. As • _ount of crime which Lord ula b rave to the actual a.? Al he assumed the Government , it found in Ireland whet. 3...1 Whatever diminution d it would be rather hard was not of his creation ; to make him answerable for it. has taken place may f airl y be ascribei:.te his Adminis. tration, and it ought in honesty to be pk.:cted to his credit. An evening Tory Journal has Orefully extracted, from the article in the Edinburgh Re , view, entitled—" Ireland, under Loa' Mulgrave," a Table exhibiting a comparison of Irish crime with English for the year 1836. Our Contemporary has been guided in this selection solely the circumstance that, out of several Tables given l'Y the Reviewer this is the only one which does not bear upon the great question at issue. The returns illus trating the decided amelioration that has taken place have been as sedulously kept back by the Standard as was the Table in which, a month since, we exhibited the wealth, rank, and genuine respectability of the men whom it pleased our Contemporary to denounce as " a Ribbonman majority." We must of course supply the deficiency of information occasioned by this unfair dealing. The Reviewer o bserves—" The fol lowing statement of the number of offences of all kinds committed in Ireland (exclusive of those in the dis tricts of Dublin, Cork, and Limerick) during the last five years, shows the astonishing decrease which has taken place, from first to last, under a Liberal Govern ment ; no less than the equally remarkable temporary increase under the Tory Government in 1834-5,