The Sun. — London, England, 1837-11-08 00:00:00

that scheme of murder, and ever ready to take part in those demon-like acts. I tell you that men bound together by unlawful oaths are guilty in intent of the crime which I have named.—( Hear, hear.) Remember, I tel you the progress of trade is obstructed by this, and I %kill be the frit, if no one else does so—l will move for a Parliamen tary inquiry on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) I leave there the consideration of those societies whose members are Unsworn, and I turn to those who are sworn, and I tell them that the existence of their conspiracy has arrived at its last day—its last day has come—their haunts arc discovered—their machinations are known— and it now becomes those who are the champions of the welfare of the country to exert, themselves steadfastly and with de t3rminatiorr to crush at once this iniquitous system, and to protect the poor from the propensity to be misled, and be made dupes by it ; and I say to those poor, is Ireland so degraded, so destitute of intellect, that they ' 'should be. compelled to place themselves in the position I have alluded to ? I tell you that if you continue so, you place yourselves tied and bound band and foot by informers, whose purpose it.. is to betray you ; who, when they have made you their wretched dupes, will cause you to be ar rested as the man did at Armagh, who was traced out as the seducer and the betrayer both by the Catholic board. Yes, that was the miscreant who, when he took twelve of the deputies who were elected to his place of worship to partake of the Communion with him, had arranged every thing for their arrest.—( Loud cries of " Hear, bear.") Yes, he went to the lodge, as it was called, and he affected religion, and when he had brought those unfortunate men into his snares, he had them arrested.—( Hear, hear ) And will you go into similar lodges with any of these men ? If you once do so you are in their power, and what will they do? They will be put on the table, as witnesses against you ; they will there swear that you are guilty of plotting murder or treason. I never have deceived you, and I say they must end. Look who have been their origi nators--one of them, an Orangemen, brought the system from Manchester to Kingstown ; and remember that, when you are determined to put it down, you can readily and easily do so, for it has neither talent nor worth-- (Hear, hear)—nor wealth nor respectability—(ilear)— to keep it alive. The whole system is known, anti I give nolice to all who are connected with it that it is so : if they are not insane, they will quit it ; if they do not, there have never hen so many victims to illegal societies sent to New South Wales as there will be this year ; and if any such outrages result from them as those which occurred in the lamentable case of the s2wyers, many will be the men who will suffer on the scaffold for ,`..heir guilt.—(Hear.) By the bye, I may hero mention an instanee which occurred about fourteen years ago. The house of Master Ellis was robbed, and a man named Higgins was taken, tried, con victed, and executed for the burglary. Now, I am able to show—l have the proof in my possession—that Hig gins was a member of one of those secret lodges, and that its managers employed him to commit the burglary. Yes, I can mention the very name of the man—it is M'Donnell —not Eneas.—(Laughter.) But the miscreant who em ployed and then betrayed Higgins was named O'Donnell— it was he who employed him with the intention of having him hanged.—(Hear, hear.) Years, Sir, have elapsed since then ; but the same spirit exists in the ruffians of to day ; and in denouncing it, I beg of you all to listen to me, particularly the working classes.—(Hear.) What motives can I have in exhorting you, but your own good—but the good of the people themselves ?—(Loud cheers.) I have not a personal interest in any trade, or manufacture of any kind. Ido not want to get cheap work done for me. I wish from my heart that the wages of the operative were le g itimately ten times the amount they are, and if any plan be followed up and succeed, they will be ten times what they are.—(Hear, hear.) I can have no motives, Sir, but the good of man and to prevent the violation of the laws of God. I have no-motive but that which should actuate the clergy of every Christian persuasion—to make men better before man and acceptable to God.—(Loud applause.) Having-this motive alone for advising, let the people cast off the miscreants who delude but to betray them—•-let them hold on the men to whom I allude—l refer to those societies in which oaths are taken.—(Cries of Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Catholic . clergy have succeeded in Ulster in abolishing oaths from any societies which exist there, and there are now no oaths . taken by them in' that part of Ireland ; but oaths are administered by those who have spread the system through the other parts of the country. I conclude, Sir, by moving the following reso lutions : " That we now again, in the strongest terms of which . language is capable, denounce all secret and illegal societies and combinations of every description, particularly the in fatuated end cruel system of illegal combination which has manifested itself among the labouring classes in this metro polls and its vicinities, and which has been attended with the most appalling of all crimes, the violent shedding of human blood ! " We implore of the individuals engaged in these foul conspiracies to instantly renounce all connexion therewith— to consider that no system of secret conspiracy, that no system of personal violence or injury to property can ever advance the interests of the labourer, but, on the very con trary, ruin their prospects, and bring desolation on them selves and their unfortunate country. In their wicked con federacy, they must be in constant dread of betrayal by each other, for men joined in unlawful undertakings can never be faithful. And they may rest assured that the vengeance of their outraged God, and the severe but just punishment of the laws, will not fail to overtake their abo minable crimes." Mr. JAMES MARTIN seconded the resolution, which was then put. and unanimously agreed to. Mr. O'CONNELL shortly afterwards rose, and said, that in alluding to other subjects, he would detain the meeting but a very few minutes. He had begun by stating that they were a practical body—they were tradesmen, and he himself was an operative.—(" Hear, hear," and cheers.) It was therefore their duty to work well all the details ne cessary to secure the liberty of the people of Ii eland.— (Cheers.) Sir R o b er t P ee l bad said that the battle of the elections must be fought at the registries—anti they could not be fought without attending to this. The National Association had before taken care of these matters, but it was now dissoNed, and the business of attending to the registries in etery town in Ireland was now the care of the Trades' Union.—( Hear, hear.) It would next he their duty to prepare petitiane to Parliament first for the extension of the suffrage. The Conservatives said that it was by dexterity and trickery that the Reformers gained ; but an end would be put to this by extending the suffrage, not to select classes of men, but to the people generally. (Cheers.) It was his opinion that there should not be in counties demanded more than a .5/. qualifie..tion for the franchise.--(Laud cheering.) He was sorry that some of the English Radicals were not hearty in support of the Ballot. Now, he was opposed to intimidation of all kinds, whether it was used by the Press or by 'lie landlords ; and it was crud on the part of the English Radicals, lie repeated, not to support the Ballot, and they would then have men voting according to their consciences, and for the candidates they considered most worthy of their support.— (Hear, hear.) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman here produced a balloting-box on the plan suggested by Mr. Clone It eppears to Le completely adapted to its purpose, and tau-t as cell conceal from the presiding &leers the names of the parties voted for, as to enable even those who cannot read to exercise the franchise ; whilst there is a complete protection from the voter inserting more than one ballotting paper or curd. The card is placed in a sheath argil the niar e in is perforated, being covered, save where the perforatiun can he made, opposite to the name of the party the voter supports. This is proposed to be done in a chamber where no person but the voter is, az:d the box being carried to th e Sh er iff, l ie , b y touc hi ng a spr i ng, sends the card into the body of the box. This system, Mr. O'Connell continued to say, would put an end to bri bery anti intimidation. It had been stated that he had said if th 3 ballot were obtained, a voter attempted to be inti midated by his employer, might shout for the party the employer favoured in the street ; hut, in the voting-ronm he might vote for the persons he thought de serving of his suffrage. Lord Sandon, in allusion to this had remarked upon it, and had said, that he (Mr. O'Con neli) encouraged the people to tell lies. To be sure, Lord Sandon made a great show of affectation of religion. He had gone round to canvass eith a Bible and a Crown on the dickey-seat of his carriage—a gilt Bible and Crown— the Bible was of wood and the Crown was of tin, or of leath er :—thi s was like the piety of Lard Sandon—a Bible of wood and a Crown of pewter !—(Hear.) His Lordship had, however, said that his (Mr. O'Connell's) object in procuring the Ballot was to make the people tell lies —(Hear.) Now, was it a greater lie for einan who wished to vote for him, and who voted, being obliged to do so ;or another, or to vote for the person the voter thought it right to vote for, although he promised, under the influ ence of intimidation, to give his fnuichise for another ? W:, y, the former was a practical he, a lie against his "onscience—it was a double lie.—( Hear, hear.) But the. Ballot would also put an end to bribery, for those who would take bribes would not be trusted ; for would the scoundrel who would take a bribe hesitate to tell a lie as to the party for whom he voted, and there could not be a check on him. He hoped, then, that the Trades' Union would take up th e question of the Ballot --(Cheers.) Let. them call for petitions from all parts of Ireland for the ex tension of the suffrage also, hut stating that the benefit of mn extension of the suffrage would only be realised by in cluding in the measure which bestowed it the Vote by &d- Dot. He hoped also that the forms of petitions would be iN teititight4tt Xl/4 the forms of addresses to the Queen, calling , ge yeseleereto -- certitinue in power the present wise and benbeneficent ,....,,lthinisnitlinai-.,-Eind urging Parliament also to sustain it as `' 1 1;. : - 11. wise..liad:CMistitutional Government. Let them prep are i r - ZI . yeah:44-46a fag the total abolition of the Tithe system, j .1 e e addlor a perfeet C,Orporate Reform.—(Cheers.) This was I , r , "-4 1 1 13 ;For which he desired their existence as a body. i,......., —(Cheers.) He had seen in a journal which was conducted with considerable talent, that there appeared to be nething of life, or of hope, or expectation, or energy exhibited by him. Now, he had never been more wronged in his file than in this insinuation, for he expected every thing from the present Ministry.—(Cheers.) He would not taunt them if they could not go further than he could desire at the first blow. He would take any boon from them which be considered might be useful, and let them then go on in their efforts to Le of service to the country.—( Herr, hear.) These sere the principles on which he would act, and the Trades' Union would assist him in carrying out the practical details which would so materially aid him. He would conclude by moving the following resolution : " That we further consider the elective franchise should exist in each individual, to be exercised according to his judgment and his will, free from intimidation or control of any kind ; that it cannot be denied few electors at present exercise the franchise in this wav, some being compelled to vote against their conscience from fear of being forced from their homes, and turned destitut,! on the world by heartle.zs Tory landlords ; others, as in the case of shopkeers, trades men, etc., being influenced by their deference to Conserva tive customers, others by popular intimidation, others again by bribery and corruption, so that it is not to be expected that the fair and unbiassed voice of the constituents can be obtained, without a protection against these various and glaring abuses—a protection which in our opinion would be completely acquired by the Ballot, and cannot otherwise be obtained. That we do, therefore, petition Parliament for Vote by Ballot." The resolution was seconded and carried unanimously ; and the meeting separated shortly after five o'clock. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The late excellent James Mill, a man, the influence of whose example aided greatly the effect of his ad mirable writings in diffusing sound principles of go vernment, feelingly lamented in one of his works the recklessness with which one of the most powerful of all incentives to upright and virtuous conduct in public men, the sympathy of the people, was sported with by those who claim to be their instructors. When approbation or disapprobation is dealt out, without judgment or discrimination, public men come at last to be indifferent to what is said of them, in all but its effects on their immediate interests ; and the transition from this indifference to what is said of them is but too apt to lead to indifference to the means of meriting public approbation. The ardour of some individuals in the cause of mankind cannot be cooled by any amount of ingratitude, as, for instance, the late Thomas Jefferson ; but the sensibility usually con nected with such ardour exposes them to a kind of moral torture. Jefferson loses all patience when speaking of the American press, which, from the reck lessness with which it hazards unfounded statements, and assails without cause public men, would soon, he said, cease to possess any authority. The Jeffersons, however, are among politicians the exception, and not the rule. We fear that the springs of generous action have too often been dried up by the constant spectacle exhibited in this country (though not in the same degree as in America) of disregard to the claims of public men. When a public man notoriously aban dons the cause of the people, and even enrols himself among their enemies, like Sir Francis Burdett and Sir James Graham, they merit all the contempt which can be bestowed on them. We leave such men without compunction to their fate. Let them " go down To the vile dust from which they sprung, Unwept, unhonoured, and unsung." But a statesman of unsullied integrity, and proved de votion to the cause of the people during the whole of his career, ought not to be wantonly accused of aban doning them, because he may not adopt every article of the political creed of a public writer, or the party in fluenced by such writer. We may not subscribe to every opinion of Earl Fitzwilliatn, for instance ; but, because we may think him wrong with regard to Church-rates, we would not on that account shut our eyes to the unquestioned integrity of that Nobleman, and the high courage with which he asserts what he deemS conducive to the general welfare, and pronounce him as an alien to the peo ple's cause. We think Lord Ebrington wrong in his opinion respecting the Ballot, and by no means approve of his mode of meeting the wishes of the meeting at Barnstaple ; but we have not the slightest doubt of the good intentions of his Lord ship towards the people, and regret the tone which some public writers have adopted towards him. But, of all the cases of injustice, the treatment of Lord Durham by a part of the Press, affecting a regard for the people, is the most to be reprobated. His Lord ship has abandoned no opinion he ever advocated ; he is the same high-minded politician he was when courageous exertions in behalf of the people won fur him the confidence of the nation ; and yet, because his Lordship does no: adopt every opinion of certain writers, because he does not go far enough for them, he is openly upbraided with desertion of the cause of the people. Mr. Leader, at the Bodmin meeting, very properly animadverted on this injustice : " You have probably," be observed, " read a speech lately delivered iu the north by his Lordship, and many of the numerous comments upon it. Now, amongst the com ments there are many which I think rather too severe upon Lord Durham from his friends, and there are many con clusions drawn by his enemies which I think they have no right to draw from his speech. However, I rejoice in Lord Durham's speech, though in some points it does not go far enough for me, and though I fancy he would call me one of the violent Radicals.' Lord Durham declares that he is now, as formerly, an advocate of household Suffrage, trien nial Parliaments, and the Ballot.. I rejoice at this public declaration from such a man at such a time ; not that I agree with Lord Durham in all points, nor because it comes from that rare creature, a Liberal Peer ; but because, com ing as it does from a man employed in a high and respons- We situation by the present Government, it seems to con firm my hopes that the Ministers mean to act more boldly than in the last Parliament." This is the language of fairness, and why, we ask, should those who call themselves advocates of the peo ple's cause, seek to drive from them men of the stamp of Lord Durham ? Men of that stamp are not surely so common among -us that we can •afford to drive them from the banners of the people. It was but the other day that an able writer in the London and Westminster Review regretted that of all the pub lic men sent into Parliament by the Reformers, there was not one possessed of the qualities required in a leader of a patty, and that this helplessness of the Radicals in the House of Commons was the cause of their labours being so unproductive. And yet, in the teeth of this admission, Lord Durham, the bold, up right, and able advocate of the people, must be chased like an apostate from the ranks of the people, because, though himself convinced of the benefit of an extension of the suffiage, and the necessity for an efficient protec tion of v9ters, he will not force his opinions on the public till he sees they are prepared for them, and because he does not see his way clearly in any of the projected re forms of the House of Lords. With respect to the supposed connection between Lord Durham and her Majesty's Government, to which importance was at tactic(' by Mr. Leader, we believe the statement in the following paragraph of the Durham Chronicle of Friday last,- to express the real nature of the relations between them : " It is quite true," says that paper, " as stated by the John Bull, that the Earl of Durham has received no II:- your from her present Majesty ;' the Order of the Bath having been conferred on his Lordship by King William (as we mentioned at the time), spontaneously, and without the slightest suggestion from his Ministers, in token of his Majesty's approbation of the Noble Earl's services at the Court of Russia. But this fact only renders Lord Dur ham's testimony in favour of the Queen's Government the more valuable, as it clearly proves that it was tendered in de•pendently of all personal obligation to her Majesty or LT M . nisters." _ _ We have only further to add, that entertaining as we do the most thorough conviction that it is not in his Lordship's nature to slacken in his efforts in behalf of the people, or regard with indifference the progress of the Liberal cause, we trust that he may long enjoy the health and stren2th which may enable him to act on his principles.—Morning . Chronicle. Certain speeches at two public dinners, each assu ming the name and colours of " reform," but exhibi ting a curious contrast in the several meanings applied by them to the reform principle, and in the methods whereby they propose 44 to carry it out, have been reported and discussed, though under much embarrass , ment, by the Newspapers in Downing-street pay. The meetings referred to ar e , I s t— t h at . at B arnstap l e l ast Monday se nnight, where 1,200 (no small proportion of them in buckram, doubtless) of Lord Ebrington's partisans and supporters in North Devon got up an en tertainment for that noble Lord, the understood condi don of which was, that his Lordship shook' treat his enteric liters in return to the twenty-times-told novelty of his political opinions. We have read the speech of Lord Ebrington as reported to have been spoken by the noble Viscount on that day. There are two things which make his Lordship's speech worth notice— namely, the position of the speaker with regard to her lajesty's Ministers, and the sentiments of the speech itself, expressed by an individual occupsing such a po sition. Whether in the secrets of the Cabinet or not, Lord Ebrine,ton is, beyond all question, so. far in the private confidence of the high or aristocratic Whig section of the Cabinet, and so identified with it—that is to say, of those members who are dispcs d to the most moderate and least radical course in politics— that nothing can be more certain than his resolution to state no opinion as to the expediency or itnpolicy of any given mea , ures, which was liable to be disclaimed by his Whig friends and confidants either by acrd or deed. Lord Ebrington has been at all times the out door mouthpiece of the more temperate portion of the old Whig family alliance. His is still, when you conic to examine its substance, a bridled, stately, curvetting sort of Whiggery, a Whiggery in which there is the !east imaginable adulteration of thoroughgoing demo cracy. One may be sure that what Lord 14Thrington says the bulk of the Whig coterie, whether in office or out of it, are ready to sanction and to act upon. He has been their prop in critical junctures. When they speak, he invariably echoes them. When they are silent, he risks no expression which they are not prepared to adopt. Such being the relation of Lord Ebrington towards those official Whigs who represent the vis inertice of the Cabinet, and form, we believe, a majority of it, let us hear what he propounds upon two points much controverted between men of the Monarchy and men of the Movement—points on which a great deal is stated by the Radicals to turn. Lord Ebrington, it appears, will have nothing to do with the Ballot, or with a more extended Suffrage. Of the Ballot, he affirms that it would be no real protec tion, or that the only protection, and that but partial, arising from it, would be in favour of the elector, " who voted in one way, after having promised to vote in another ;" and, much to his credit, Lord Ebring ton adds, that he will countenance no such intrinsic perjury. " I confess," says he " that I cannot bring my mind to the conclusion that it would be of ad vantage to the really honest and independent elector to give him such a means of escape from the inconve niences which may be consequent upon the fearless expression of his opinion." We infer, therefore, that one important division of the Whig Cabinet have quietly declared war against the Ballot. Then, upon another point—viz., the extension of the Suffrage—his Lordship declares, that having announced his readi ness while the Reform Bill was before Parliament to accept that Bill as a final " measure, and to stop there in whatever related to the franchise, he would not now be driven at the voice of any man or party to go one jot beyond the limits to which he then had pledged hi mse lf." This, again, is creditable to the Noble Viscount ; but what an index does it furnish of the predicament into which his cronies, the placemen Whigs, have got themselves with the main body of their own supporters, or rather protectors, in Parliament—to wit, the Radical or Movement faction throughout the country—the B a ll o t- mongers and sticklers for universal or household suffrage ! For, secondly, we read of a meeting, a " Reform" meet ing also, held at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, in our own neighbourhood, and, coupled with the com memoration of the twelve individuals who, being tried for high treason in 1794, had been described by Mr. Windham as " acquitted felons." This meeting, what ever its real purposes might be, served as an occasion for those very ardent patriots, Messrs. Charles Buller, Daniel Whittle Harvey, and Joseph Parkes, to make profession of their several intentions as to the quantum of reform which each would require at the hands of a " Reform" Ministry. Mr. Buller's speech was re markable for not a great deal more than a good stout exaggeration of the amount of Radical sentiment throughout Great Britain, upon which the Learned Gentleman naturally enough engrafted the necessity of acceding to the Ballot especially, and besides that of establishing a more extended suffrage. But it is odd enough that, after painting, in the stongest colours he was master of, the vile and fearful condition of the coun try without this quack nostrum of the Ballot, and the so lemn and binding obligation on Ministers to introduce and carry it, the Lc treed Gentleman came to the milk-and water conclusion, that, nevertheless, and notwithstand ing their breach of such a paramount duty, their conti nuance in office might still be desirable ! albeit the confessed it would be " utterly impossible." Now, there is a queetion to be asked of Mr. C. Buller on this subject—viz., will you, Mr. Buller, with your de cided conviction of the vast worth and vital necessity of this same Ballot—will you, in case of Lord Mel bourne's Government refusing to recommend or to as sent to it—will you, Mr. Buller, deem it consistent with manly sincerity or with common honesty stilt to give such delinquent Ministers your vote and your ge neral support in Parliament ? And when the Learned Gentleman states that he does not know what " preju (Lees, or what secret understandings, have hitherto prevented Ministers front cooperating with him" and his friends on this very serious point, let him be ware lest he give rise to the question, " what secret understanding" prevents Mr. C. Buller front loudly re probating and from manfully opposing Ministers of whose motives for resisting a policy in his judgment vital to the national welfare he sees no defence or justi fication ? Mr. Whittle Harvey made a pithy speech, wherein he narrated time fact, that three of the parties prosecuted for high treason in 1794 were his most in timate friends, and announced the resolution to move withing the first week of the ensuing session for leave to bring in a bill embracing the three grand reforms of the Reform Bill—namely, Household Suffrase, Ttiennial Parliaments, and the Ballot. We wish this learned gentleman also, as well as the Ministers, joy of their mutual support. But the cream of the whole exhiffition was the speech of the Brumma gem patriot, Mr. Joseph Parkes, who made a furious onslaught on poor Lord Ebrington and his finality, declared that the Ballot would not suffice for the pro tection of electors (those of course who meant to play the rogue), but that various other nameless conecs s,ons to the sovereign democracy would be required. We should like to ask of Ministers upon which party they now reckon for a continuance in their present of fices ? Is it on such Radicals as Messrs. Parkes and Buller ? Or, eschewing Radicalism, and embracing Conservatism, have they the face to come before the people of England, and acknowledge that the professed ()rounds on which they forced Sir Robert Peel to re sign were fabricated, false, hypocritical, base, and ig neminous ?—Times. Th e proceedings at the forty-third anniversary of the acquittal of Messrs. Horne Tooke, Hardy, Tltel wall, and others, when tried for high treason—a brief report of which appeared in our paper of yesterday— possess a peculiar interest at this moment. The speakers, one and all, though there were slight shades of diversity in the opinions which were in two or three instances expressed, were Reformers of undoubted sincerity, and of an wicompromisin, kind. Our only regret is, that we cannot advert in detail to many points which introduced and forcibly d we l t on ; b ut we anlo p t p il forbear y referring,' in a speci a l manner , to were c happily one of the many admirable things in Mr. G a ll oway ' s excellent speech. The point to which we allude was that in which he contrasted the conduct of the pre sent Ministry with that of Tory Administrations in respect to Government prosecutions. '' I will not," says Mr. Galloway, " turn my back on the Ministers because they have not done all that the London Corresponding Society wished to see realized. They have begun the work, and I expect that education will do more. The Reformers of 1794 did something against the Tories, but not so much as the Tories were doing against the Liberals, and yet how diErent was the treatment ? The Reformers were hastiled, persecuted, and transported ; but, now that the power had somewhat changed hands, as well as characters, the Tories were not prosecuted. The present Govern ment and the people could carry on their warfare with out promoting prosecutions for differences of opinion," —(Loud cheers.) Loud cheers —yes, and very pro. perly too. Well might the assemblage cheer the senti ments thus so happily expressed by Mr. Galloway ; for many of them had lived in those days of Tory despotism, when n 3 man was safe in (riving utterance, either at a public meeting or through the medium of the press, to liberal principles. If to an ardent attachment to the cause of true liherty, any one united a boldness which prompted him to the free expression of opinions ad verse to tire Tory Government or the day, he might think himself fortunate if he was not a State prisoner before to-morrow's sun had set. We have sad that there were individual 3 present who had witnessed such a state of things with their own eyes. We ought to have added, aye, and experienced it too. We need go no farther than Mr. Galloway himself for a proof of this. That gentleman suffered long and severely, because of his free and fearless expression of opinions adverse to the despotic rule of the Tory faction of same thirty or forty years ago. Of all men, there fore, he could advert with the greatest propriety to the altered state of matters in this respect at the p esent day. No man is now prosecuted by Ger vernment for his opinions, be they whit:, they may The most imbouetleil licence in discussion is allowed t ) the opponents of Lord Melbourne's Administration. The Tory journals and Tory orators have no oilier check in their attacks on that Administration, titan is interposed by the conventional forms of society and the tastes of their readers. To the advantaee which the faction take of this unrestrained liberty of I piss and this unbounded freedom of speech, the v;ruleece and falsehoods nith which the journals and orators of the faction daily abound bear the most ample testi mony. Still we rejoice that this freedom in the ex pression of men's opinions exists ; and notwithstand ing the abuse of it of which the Tories are guilty, it ever will, we trust, continue to exist. The fact that Lord Melbourne sanctions no Government prosecu tions, either of the press or of individuals, is of itself demonstrative proof of the liberality as well as wisdom of his Government ; and it stands forth in bold and striking contrast to all the Tory administrations in whose hands the destinies of this country have at dif ferent times been placed.—Morning Advertiser. Some time-serving, self-seeking, clergymen, who are to be found even in attendance on the altars of the Protestant reformed faith, have just now discovered, for the first time, that the service appointed by statute law and royal ordinance to be read on the anniversary of the deliverance of the nation from the horrors of that diabolical conspiracy hatched by the Jesuits of 1604, is an improper service, and ought to be ex punged from the liturgy of our Church. If it were so, that does not excuse those clergymen who have violated the Act of Parliament and the royal ordi nance, by neglecting to read it—an omission, of which we hope the proper ecclesiastical authorities, if there be any still to protect the discipline of the Church, will take proper notice.. The Church must, indeed, be in a state of anarchy, or something nearly approach ing it, if any of its ministers can of their own mere motion, and with perfect impunity, dispense with the use of any portion of the solemn service which is ap pointed for any particular day in the year. If a cler gyman can of his own will dispense with any portion of the liturgy, he can dispense with the whole of it, and tell his congregation he does so, because he does not think it a fit and proper service for a Christian Church. But such a clergyman ought to have thought of that &lore he subscribed the articles, one of which, as the Standard reminds the " conscientious" violators of the solemn engagement into which they entered upon admission to the holy office, runs as follows : " That the Book of Common Prayer, and of ordering of bishops, priests, and deacons, containeth in it nothing con trary to the Word of God, and that it may lawfully so be used ; and that I myself will use the form in the said book prescribed in public prayer and administration of the Sa craments, and none other." Now, we conceive that he who enters into a solemn engagement voluntarily, and keeps it as long as he thinks it beneficial to himself to do so, and then breaks it for " conscience sake," just at the precise time when the violation of that engagement seems more likely to ensure his promotion in the Church than its strict observance, has a conscience of a very elastic descrip tion—a conscience which, like Indian-rubber, can pull out or in just to suit the measure which he takes of his own interests. How happened it that none of our clergymen discovered the impropriety of thanking , Almighty Providence for the wonderful mercy exhi bited to this nation, in the discovery of that all-but accomplished infernal plot to destroy King, Lords, and Commons, at a blow, until the present period, whom a British Ministry have, for the first time since the reign of James IL, entered into a monstrous coali tion with an avowed and implacable enemy of Pro testant institutions, and in consequence thereof have declared an intention of inflicting " a heavy blow and great discouragement upon Protestantism ?" O'Connell wishes the remembrance of the gunpowder plot and all other atrocities of the Jesuits, of whom he is the warm panegyrist, effaced from Protestant Prayer Books and the Protestant mind—and O'Connell is the master of those who have the patronage of the Church.— Morning Herald. So:nc Ministerialists have taken it into their heads —or think fit to say so—that the Tories are full of despondency, and that the Whigs are in a particularly flourishing condition. We have looked about for the ()rounds of this opinion, and we can find none save that ;rounds Majesty the Queen is to dine in the city on Thurs day, and that her Majesty's subjects seem very anxious to sec her Majesty, and to testify their loyalty on that occasion. What are the links of the chain of relation between this cause - and the effect of despondency ascribed to the Tories we must beg some of the exqui site metaphysicians of the Whig party to explain for us at their leisure. We cannot find them out. If it be true, however, that the hopes of the Whigs are so bright, and those of their political adversaries so dark and low, what a pity that these facts were not commu cated to that very zealous, but at present heavy hearted Ministelialist Sir W. Molesworth, previously to his speech of last week in Cornwall I Surely the " unfeigned sorrow" with which he contemplates Ministerial prospects ought to have been alleviated. He is oppressed with the horrible conviction that the return of the Tories to power cannot be far distant, but his co-Ministerialists in town say that the Tories are overwhelmed with despondency I How strange that a party should despond under such circumstances How very strange that a party with a considerable ac cession of Parliamentary strength, obtained under cir cumstances as favourable to their adversaries as they could possibly be, should nevertheless despond ! We find the Whig-Radicals complaining that the Reform Act, which was to have been the grand engine for obtaining their complete supremacy, turns out to be not worth a straw—we find Ministerialists in all quar ters making lamentation that the influence of Tory property, and the superior organisation of Tory means, have beaten them in the most surprising and mortify ing manner in the late election—and yet it is pro clanned by a Ministerial journal in London, that de spondency has taken possession of the Tories ! We beg leave to say, that we think there must be some mistake in this matter. Many persons will no doubt find it difficult to believe that a liberal journal could make a mistake ; and as to intentional misrepresenta tion, that is of course altogether out of the question. Still we do venture to suggest, that the discovery of the "despondency" of the Tories is a very decided and undeniable mistake.—Morning Post. The Countess of Bridgewater co nmenced her dinner parties yesterday, at A shbridge Castle. " THE OBSERVER" OF SUNDAY, N0v.12, PRICE FivErENcE.—The Conductor and the Editors of The Observer will, agreeably to their usual plan on important occasiorP, give the most correct particulars of the Ceremo nies of the Queen's Visit on Lord Mayor's-day, which will be illustrated by Engravings of the Interior of Guildhall, an d a Panoramic Skatch of the Procession. Inc' price of The Observer is Fivcpence, tuld on this occasion The Observer will be kept o❑ sale during the following week, at the Office, 170, Strand ; where franks may be had gratis, to send it to all parts of the United Kingdom. At a vestry meeting of the rate-payers of Halifax, held yesterday morning, a church-rate•was apparently car ried, by a very small majority ; and when a poll was de manded, the Chairman refused to grant one! We say a pparently carried, for it was not really so. Had the Dis senters and Reformers attended the meeting in full strength, the proposition for an adjournment wou ld h ave b een carr i e d by an immense majority. An inquest was held on the bnd ) of Henry East, late a groom to Mr. Sornes, the shipowner, whO died in c onsequence of lock-jaw, brought on by being violently kicked by a horse, and the jury returned a verdict of acci dental death, FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 1, 1837. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint the lion. George Sulyarde Stafford Jerningham, now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Turin, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Lisbon. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to nominate and ap point Stephen Fleury Suliran, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Lisbon, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Turin. • WHITEHALL, Nov. 6 The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William Ritchie to the Church of the united parishes of St. Martins and Cambia Michael, in the presbytery and county of Perth, vacant by the death of the Rev. Peter Currey. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE; Nov. 6. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieut. W. M. 11. 131%-n to Le First Lieutenant, vice Pigot, resigned. Oct. 30. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. BENJAMIN WALLIS and . ROBERT WALLIS, ship.builders, Blackvi BANKRUPTS. JAMES RUSSELL, loilging,-house-keeper, Tunbridge-place, New-road, to surrender Nov. 13 and Dec. •19, at eleven, at the Court cf Bankruptcy. Goldsmid, Ironmonger-lane, official as signee; Sutton, Bartlett's-buildings Holborn. HENRY GLOYNE, giorer, Wakefield, Dec. 5 and 19, at ele ven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Sell°les and Walker, Dewsbury ; Battye. Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London. SARAH STUART, milliner, Pail Mall, Nov. 14, at. twelve, and Dec. 19, at. eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Ahlt.rnalnhu: v, otldri; , l qss;g:i e Burt, Laneaster-place, ,Strand. ructiAl; .s.ct IF r iitTzKirr 1 . , draper, Sh,tE , ld, Nov. 28. and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Smith, Sheffield. THOMAS TOWNSH END, builder, Birmingham, Nov. 21, and Dec. 19, at one, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmaigham. Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Spurrier, Chaplin, and Spurrier, Birmingham. JERRY REYNOLDS, innkeeper, Thornsec, within Saddle worth, Nov. 25, and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Whitehead, Barlow, and - Radcliffe, Oldham THOMAS TWASE, grocer, Wellington, Somersetshire,.Nov. 23, and Dee. 19, at eleven, at Sweet's Hotel, Taunton. Rhodes, Beevor, and Lane, Chancery-lane, London ; Drake, Exeter. THOMAS DUTTON, victualler, Stoekport, Cheshire, Nov. 21, at ten, and Dec. 19, at. three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Norris and Allen, Bartlett's-buildings, London ; Prescot, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingball-street. R. George, stage coach maker, Parker-street, Drury-lane, Nov. 30, at half-past twelve. . . J. Upson, baker, I'art-street, Southwark, Nov. 23, at one. T. Morgan, perfumer, St. James's-street, Nov. 30, at twelve. In the Country, H. Curme, Bridport, Dec. 8, at four, at the Bull Inn, Bridport. H. Hamer, wine merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. R. Fairclough, tanner, Farington, Lancashire, Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Preston. D. Smith, corn miller, Addle-cum-Eccup, Yorkshire, Dee. 11, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. J. Trevor and J. Richards, bankers, Whitchurch, Shropshire, Dec. 7, at eleven, at the White Lion inn, Whitchurch. . J. Lewis, draper, Conwill Elvet, Carmarthenshire, Nov. 30. at ten, at the Boar's Head Inn, Carmarthen. W. Carver, grocer, Hosford, Nov. 10, at one, at the Court House, Leeds. C. Abercrombie, merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 23, at two, at the Clarenden Rooms, Liverpool. E. Maclean, general dealer, Cheltenham, Nov. 29, at three, at Yearsley's Hotel, Cheltenham. T. Benson, chainmaker, York, Dec. 11, at eleven, at Etridge's Royal Hotel, York. R. C. Heigham, beer brewer, Lakenham, Norwich, Nov. 29, at ten, at the Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich. . and J. C. Jackson, earthenware manufacturers, Burslem, Staffordshire, •Nov. 29, at eleven, at the George Inn, Burslem. C. T. Rimer, provision merchant, Southampton, Dec. 11, at two, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southampton. J. Harman, jeweller, Clifton, Bristol, Dec. 6, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES.—Nov. 28. C. R. Bury, drysalter, Hulme, Lancashire—H. M. Ri m m e l, L. J. B. Vandeau, and P. J. G. A. Bessan, perfumers, Regent street—J. King, grocer, Cambridge—R. Inman, grocer, Brigh ton—M. A. Hughes, ironmonger, Birmingham-1 Bonnor, iron monger, Cheltenham—T. W. Vernon, iron-dealer, Bilston, Staf fordshire—W. Rostill, tortoiseshell-case-maker, Birmingham—G. Noyes, ironmonger, Chippenham, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. F. Camroux and J. Mapleton, ship-agents, Cl emen t' s -l ane , London—W. Wheeler , and M. Wheeler, bakers, Birmingham-- C. Vining, G. Gerard, C. J. Vining, and W. Vining merchants, Gloucester—E., Kendall, W. H. West, and W. H. Bevan, iron masters, Llangaitoch, Brecon—H. Chadwick and J. Newton, boot makers, Oldham, Lancashire—C. Movie and J. Ruscoe, woollen drapers, Salnp—T. Cole and W. 0. 'Cole, wooletaplers, Bristol— R. Nind and _W..11. Cotterill, attorneys, Throgmorton-street-- W. Cooper and C. A.',Orth, saddlers, Conduit street, Hanover-square —H. Cozens and W. Pierce, stationers, Southampton—J. and W. Beatson, manufacturing chemists, Masborough, Yorkshire. T 11142. ,-TN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 18;7. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. DONALD 'MACDONALD, meal merchant, Drimintorran, near Strontian, Argyllshire, Nov. 20 and Dec. 16, at two, at the Caledonian Hotel, Fort- William. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the New London Price Current of last Evening.) &MAR.-There has been much disposition evinced on the part of the buyers to purchase West India Muscovades, but the demand has been checked by the increasing wants of the importers ; still there has been a very steady business doing in both refining and grocery descriptions, but more particularly in the latter, and the purchases since last Tuesday have been 1,900 hhds. and trs. at 6d. advance on former rates ; dry brown is not to be purchased now under 583. a 593. 6d., low and mid. yellow 603. 6d a 633. 6d., good 645. a 655., and fine 66i. a 695., even at which rates several of the importers are unwilling sellers ; and when it is considered that the stock is 13,751 hhds. and trs. less than on the 7th November, 1836, and nearly to the same extent when compared to the year be fore, and that the importation to the same period differs from last year by 8,100 casks, but from the year 1835 to a much larger amount, and that the consumption this year has exceeded that of last by 14,900 casks (to this is added the considerable deficiency which is known to exist in the stocks at t-he out ports), it cannot be matter of surprise that our market is still in a buoyant state. The Market to-day was very scantily supplied, and the as sortment indifferent ; there was an increased disposition evinced on the part of the buyers to purchase, particularly the grocers, although higher prices than those obtained on Friday were de manded by the importers, and the demand was very good for both brown and yellow descriptions, and an advance on the rates of this day week of ls. has been established ; the private purchases amount to 1,000 hhds. and trs., in addition to which a public sale of 122 hhds. Barbadoes, a very good parcel, went off with much animation, particularly the fine descriptions, at prices Is. above those of the previous sale, fine sold at 68s. 6d. to 695., good 665. to 675. 6d., mid. 645. 6d. to 655. 6d. The stock of West India Sugar is now 26,134 hhds. and trs., being 13,754 less than last year. The stock of Mauri tius is now 49,853 bags, which is 15,375 more than last year (including the East India Dock.) The delivery of West India last week was 2,526 Ishcls. and trs., which is 462 snore than last year. The delivery of Mauritius was 4,211 bags, being 2,621 more than the corresponding week of last year, ( including the East India Dock.) Refined goods are still on the advance, and are likely to con tinue so while, the raw material improves in value ; the Market has again been extremely lively ; goods are exceedingly scarce, particularly those passing the standard ; the grocers have purchased with much eagerness of both ordinary and good descriptions at is. advance, paying 78s. for Lumps passing, and 775. to 775. 6d. for those rather under the standard ; from the shippers the inquiries have been consi• derable, but the scanty supply of goods ready for immediate delivery has much checked the demand ; double crushed has been sold at 6d. advance; sales made at 365. 6d. to 375. Treacle has been taken freely at Is. to 2s. advance on former prices. Bastards and Pieces have been in active demand at improved prices ; the lowest quotation of the form er i s 54 5 . For Dutch Crused Sugar 335. 6d. must be paid. MAURITIUS.-There has been a very active demand pri vately principally from the grocers and chiefly for the good yellow description, at fully the prices established on Tuesday last ; and 8,500 bags at auction, chiefly a superior bright 'grocery parcel, went with much animation at full market rates, or Is. to Is. 6d. above the price established at the last public sale; good grey sold at 645., ord. brown 524., mid. to fine at 575. 6d. to 603. 6d., mid. to good mid. yellow 61s. 6d. to 635. ; good to fine 645. 6d to 65s 61, very fine 675. to 635., superior white 695. 6d., which prices are above those of West India. 24 000 bags more have been i m p or t e d thi s year t h an fait, and the stock now exceeds that of 1836 by 15,375 bags. This afternoon the grocers were again eager buyers, and 1,646 bags at public sale sold with much spirit at Is. 6d. advance on the prices of the previous sale, good yellow went at 635. to 655., mid. 61s. 6d. to 625., ord. 60s. 6d. to 615., good brown 583. to 60s. per cwt. EAST INDIA. -Of Bengal there has been no public sale, the demand privately from the grocers has been very bi isk for those subject to the 245. duty, and an advance on previous' prices of is has been established. Fur shipping there is still nothing doing. The arrivals this year have been 25,000 bags greater than last, the stock is 6,700 bags less than in 1836. The supply of Manilla being very short, and stiffer prices re quired has much checked the demand, and the private pur chases have been very limited, only 517 bags have been offered at auction, which sold at 19s. 6d. for fine brown. Siam is scarce, and advanced rates being demanded; there has been nothing doing privately ; 180 casks at public sale went at 12s. 6d. to 15s. for very inferior soft dabs. FOREIGN.-Yellow Havannah and brown Brazil have been much sought after at previous prices, but business has been checked by the light stock, of the former the private transac tions are 200 boxes at 275. to 28s. for good and fine, and a floating cargo of 670 boxes at 28s. deliverable at Antwerp, besides 43 boxes damaged at auction, which went at 253. to 263. for good, in the latter no purcha,ws are reported. For white Havannah or Brazil there are still very few orders here, and nothing has been done privately, but the stock being small, holders continue to require fully the prices demanded of late; at auction 376 boxes of the former all damaged went at 325. to 365., ordinary to good.. The stock of all kinds is now much less than it was last year, of Brazil there is a falling off in the importation this season as compared with that of last, of full half, but of Havannah 3,000 boxes more have been re. ceived. _ This afternoon At Auotion 9S °bests 550 brls. Brazil were bronobt forward, and all were disposal of at full market prices. Paraiba in chests, fine white at 34s , good 33s , low soft 275., fine fine yellow 255. ; Pernambuco in chests, fine ohite 345., mid. and good mid. 28s. to 325. 6d„ low soft 265. 6d., fine yellow soft 235. to 945, ard, 193. to 205., good and fine brown With Strength 16s. to 175., ord. 14s. in brls., mid. and good J. to 235. 6d., white 30 3 61. to 3 3 s 61., soft ' 2T ----'- s. 6d. to 32s 275. to 283., mid. and good strong yellow 21s. 6 low and good brown 18s. to 20s. 61. India, which have Mot.AssEs -All the late arrivals of West In co, , hav e been brought to market, amounting to 500 punch t: fine been taken readily at 6d. advance on previodusst. rates K;teit At Demerara selling at 34s 61 to 355., and goo. uch sought 345., fine descriptions in particular have been M 61 , very ord. d sev eral Br' after ; the market will shortly be better supplie d The total rivals from Berbice and Demerara being housts, fo deliveries of West India Molasses • from the ware lt. bone use, for the week ending Nov. 4,-were 2,580 cive o a SALTPE raE.-The holders of Rough having subrn d good d to a expecte reduction on previous rates of 61. to Is., has led to 6 mand ; Calcutta, refraCtion 51 to 31 at 253 6.1. 1 . 235. 61 to 255. English refined at 295. 61. 30s. in barrels. At auction this afternoon Calcutta sold, fraction 91 at 245. to 25s per cwt. freely 0 f all COFFEE.-The grocers have purchased veryh rd. of t e° descriptions of British Plantation, more particularly , ..;„„ sight nas'" d d descriptions, the stocks in second hands being a _ compelled them to come forward with more spirit, tt , nn s. :i d for n h ds? an vance on. previous prices of full 3s. has beets estat 1 ,t; n 11 ord., and Is. 6d: to 2s. for good euslities, eh;ch 1" tut " ment the public sales, consisting of 210 casks 15 lel • with much as idity ; Jamaica good mid. at 11'1 s. to 111 s 5 . o ' l low mid. and mid. 993. to 1045., good to fine fine oid.,:i:!•s.t°; 98s. ; Berbice low mid. 965. to 983., fine ord. 805. t for auction to-morrow 113 casks 11 brls. are advertised the stock is now nearly on a par with that of last year; the 4 1 1 _ vats have been 300 brIS. and bags less, and the delivstrs for consumption are much the as in 106 t° have period. The East India dose, lens with certificate 8 participated in the briskness with 13. itish Plantation,e i v__ the demand from the grocers and speculators has been very extensive, and the private purchases „ c , our last amount to 10.000 bags at an advance on P: wa vious prices of ss. to 63., 753, to 78s. paid for !ad ord. pale descriptions ; the importation this year has exec' opo that of last by 16 560 bags ; for home consumption °the for Csi',lcsen bags more have been taken, but there is a falling Off so p delivery for export of 6,200 bags, and the stock is ",;„, 6; bags greater than it was at the corresponding period of co Mocha has been in brisk demand privately for lustne, c sumption at improved prices, sales of mid. yellow maul e ., 78s. 61. ; the import and stock are one half less thanbato. ware last year at this period, but the deliveries are s,4owhichic less ; the inquiry has been confined to Sumatra, of for there is none at Market ; C e yl on an d S emara ng are hel d fully previous rates ; the stock is very light, and the i m p orts tion falls far short of that of last year. The demand for illeor dinary qualities of foreign has again been very moderate , :. there is no disposition evinced o n th e p ar t of holders t o ..- mit to lower prices; the coloury descriptions of St. Dl i b b ; and Brazil have been much enquired after, but the suPPY re . ing very modcrate, transacti o n s to any extent have bee n vented, and only a few small parcels of the former have bes; disposed of at 41s. to 41s, 6d. for good ord. ; the inVrd tf ia, and stock are rather less than they were at this Pe" er -1836 ; the deliveries have fallen off 15,000 bags. This aftoos noon there was an active demand privately for all descrippUt, of British Plantation for home consumption, public sales of last week of Is. have been obtained for both ° rtk at and mid. qualities ; 8 casks unclean Jamaica at auction Wes t 70s. to 735. for good ord., and 90s. for fine fine ord. The bore_ trade continue eager buyers of Ceylon admissible a t the r d duty; large purchases have also been made on speculation, sue en even rather higher prices than those quoted above hav e b!„„. obtained, good ord. selling at 78s. 6d., and there is nntu l l and profits of ord. quality to be purchased now under 725. ; at anc ti j i . 150 bags fully supported the advance paid privately, go od , s ° nary pale went at 755. 61, rather inferior at 735. 6d., a nd class saa.damaged at 71s. 6d. per cwt. The total deliveries of Co-w ffee from the warehouses for bo,f; consumption for the - week ending -Nov. 4th, are 169,22 4 " 1 ' of East India, and 168,988 lbs. of West Indi a , a Cocoa-Prices of British Plantation have further imprn sc for 3s. to 45., at which there has been "a vet goo d demand home consumption, and 250 ban Trinidad y at public sale were taken readily at 455. to 50s : 6d . f or f a i r and good soy g barrels will be offetscd at auction to-morrow. The Mar being scantily suppli e d with Foreign, busin es s is . still preven te- s : The total deliveries of Cocoa for home consumption 1.0.4.7 the warehouses f or th e wee k en di ng N ov. 4t h , were 19,710 c"st ll() TALLOW.-The mar k et h as b een exceed i ng l y brisk, 1 1, ye prices have imp rove d I s . to Is. 3 d . f or Peters b urg h Candle ; for home consumption the demand has been brisk to supply b o th town and country orders at 41s. n t° 41s. 61. for first quality. Russ, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-Jamaica sales am 1 150 puns., 30 per cent, over proof at 4s. to 4s. 2d., 31 to ye . over 4s. 3d. to 4s. 5d., and in Leewards the transaction s ba been only 200 p uns ., 5 t o 7 per cent. over proo f at 2s. 6d. t 0 , 2s. 7d., Bto 10 ov er 2 s . Bd. t o 2 s . '9d ., 30 to 34 ove r 39. d nd. to 3s. 10d., and 'lOO p uns . B a hi a 19 un d er proof at Brandy continues i n goo d request at fully former rates.. Ie Geneva there has been little doing. TEA.-The publi c sa l es o f f ree tra d e have conc l u d e d. II: transactions privat e ly h ave b een very extens i ve at profits °- sales prices of 2d. per lb. on all descriptions. ifs at COCHINEAL-Prices continue on th e d ec line, 24 Oa-. „ ' auction went at 6s. to 6s. 4d. f or l ow to m iddli ng s ilvers, bei n g ld. to 2d. per lb. below the rates of' the last sale. COTTON. -A very good business has been done princitudili to supply export o r d ers a t an a d vance on t h e pr i ces previous'i r established at id. t o Id. p er lb., an d t h e pr i vate sa l es s ince et' sat have been 3,000 bales. QUICKSILVER.—South American at 3s. 6d. per lb. DYES AND DRYSALTERIES. —ADDattO continues scar ce. A r ; gols, Cream of Tartar, Madder and Madder Roots have be g in very limit e d request at f ormer rates . Y ellow Berr i es are a u t . of sale. Turmeric has been in improved demand. Saffl, is in very m o d era t e request at f ormer rates . G a ll s se ll het l ' l ,J . Shurnae and Valonia i n goo d reques t at p rev i o us Pri c '' Brimstone is held for former rates. a d SPICES.--East and West India Ginger dull of sale ; 3 400 bags Barbadoes at auction were taken in at 449. to Pe for ordinary ; 1,000 b ags or di nary an d m iddli ng M a l a bar P a r , sold at 18s. 6d. to 19s. In Nutmegs, Mace, and Cloves vtt little doing. Bourbon at Is. 14-d., and Cayenne at Is. per lb. 01L5.......C0d and Pale Seal at 491. to 501., and S o uther o 6d a! 38/. to 41/. a s t o qua lity. Li nsee d i s h e ld fi rm l y a t 296* Rape has not supported p r e v i ous ra t es , pa l e at 40 5 . 6d., a brown at 395. 6d. INDIGO—There are still very few orders in the market East India, but pri c e s con ti nue very firm, and the few che t s which have chan ge d h an d s h ave been at fully sales prices for he general runs, and 2d. to 3d. per lb. profit for picked iota' g .; FRUIT.—New Imperial French Pl ums , i n -boxes at I t o cartoons 6/. to 71. 75., 4--do. 6/. 10s. t o 71 . 155., +-do. 7 1z e d Si. ss. Black Smyrna Raisins, in boxes 355. to 363, „ ditto in barrels 395. to 405., El eme i n b oxes an d half-bo a ,;:: fine 465., barrel s 42 5 . t o 44 5 . C ep h a l on i a C urran ts at 6 " to 635., damaged 58s. a nce• DI EWOODS.—For L o wood a good demand at ss. a dv Fustic unaltered. Camwood has been taken more free l y. The transactions in S aun d ers , B arwoo d, Ni caragu a, and Li ma Woods have been very limited. : Q tlO TIIE BENCH AN D THE B AR . U n d e r th is the author of " Random Recollections of the Lords 11 : 0 Commons," has just produced a work which present% with portraits of all ou r p r i nc i pa l j u di c i a l an d legal El , ii r-c ters. Among them are Lords Erskine, Brougham. borough, Eldon, Tenterden, Lyndhurst, Denman, Ab lri : e - t r : Justices Gaz e l ee , Li tt l e d a l e, Coleridge, Tindal. nns ancfr- d•• Barons Graha m an d P ar k e ; Si r E . Sug d en , Sir 1,. Sli sir. well, Sir J. Campbell, Sir F. Pollock, Sir W. Follett , c., C. Weth era ll ; S ergeants T a lf ourd, W i l d e, S pa nkie, &c. The work is characterised by the same shrew d lb° intimat e s pi r i t o f observation which distinguished nt., author's form er p ro d uct i ons, an d cannot f a il to b e as " e f f r fi ... ab,e to th e p u bli c genera ll y, as to the mem b ers of the r lession in particular. _ _ PLATED DINNER SERVICE, c onsisting oi r , t o Meat Dish Cove rs , f our C orner H as h Di s h es with four c°,/e.coul fit, and a sma ll E pergne, a ll w i t h, s i lver e d ges , are otTereuv elf, a s plete, for Twenty-five Guineas, or may be had sep o4l follows :—. 14 0 1 The four Meat Di s h C overs £l4 The four Corner Dishes, w ith covers (when required 8 0 the covers can be used as extra. dishes)..— 4 19 Thesmall Epergne ............. . .th, T. COX SAVORY, Working Goldsmith, Silversau 47, Cornll, London. N.B. bi The Epergne 7 nay be had with four arms for Three fleas extra. BIRTHS. r a ; son. On the 6th inst., M rs . J. E. Fox, of Finsbury-circus. 0. (3 4 • Ca w On the 4th inst., th e l a d y o f H. W. Woodbridge, Esq. , berwell-reen, of son. On the sth inst. a ,in Golden-square, the wife or John 31aPl e°1 ' Esq O ., of a son. e a son. n the 3d inst., at Kensington, Mrs. John Stikeman. 0. , of On the lith inst. the lad . of the Rev. J. W. Worthington Guildford-stre e t, o f twins. 3 vol., At Wimbledon, on th e s t h i nst., th e lady of James Bright , - of a son. ----- • ........----- . -- MA RRIE n . bn ()rd On the sth inst., at St. James's, ClerkenivelL J° ht' Lees, of Claremont -terrace, Pentonville, to Sophia, the Y ° . daughter of Mr. D. Allen, of Warwick-lane, NelAgate-stree%evii, _On the 7th inst., at St. Geortre's, Hanover•square, Aai).les to Anna Louisa, the only ( laughter of the late Sir‘-' William Ftint. ----- 6th inst., at DIED.of the late, On the l at . ratm , , Woolwich, Ann, eldest daughter M'Cov, he Tt -1 A • 11. Bew la , ; a At Pei .: • - - -,•, , tiNa iti try. a .th, on the '2Bth ult., at a very advanced age, r ot'" Nicl • 'Olson, Esq., surgeon, for u yvards of fift • years.an a ble P tioner in that town. b On the 13th of July, at Cosseir, on the Bed Sea, D ar l d 55. orn, of the Inner Temple, London, barrister -at-law, acrd James On the 4th inst , in Hanover-street, lianoversquirare's a Ala- Powell Cranmer, Esq., of Quendon Hall, Essex, manY Y e gistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant of that c ounty. be t (- I ) i n C t i l l ' t ( t ' Cutting, , inst., al„, , e fortnetlY v' 171f left's- huild,w ,- s, - Ilulborn. currey, . 7 i t n i, iC,liiircetniinst.-viuitatriti•,,ZEen,qto.n, vine, Mrs: c r i3 l a il r a t: On the 4th inst., at Surrey-terrace, New Peckham, • f woo dfort , zabeth, relict of the late John B. W. Heather, Esq ., ° • of Paper . Essex. W On the :ith inst., aged 74, G eor ge Bramwell,Escl'' it, , 4 ,1011: 1 , K buildings, Temple, and Balham, Surrey . At Worthing, aged 80, Mrs. Kingd om, relict of WIT1;111-0,130 On the 4th inst., at Lee-grove, Esq., of Somerset-house. George, eldest son of Thos. Lawrence, Esq. t he oral Office. lla Dunbari-fantiP On the fith inst., at Blackheath, Janet Isabe Native -0 daughter of Captain M. Nicholson, of the 13 I3lackhea,tiolf, taigit:lGeneral fat' B en gal ~ a of 14° ' youri—, moo London: Printed and PUblishetf — biM UDO ra" n _, , in t he 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, St of AlidineseX. —Wednesday, November 8, 1837.