The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-12 00:00:00

...... 34 :3•2 we. 102!4 S7c< 3per tint. 3per Cent, sIO - I)AY A•l' ONE O'CLOCK ~...... 9.!'.1P1i I , e , L,• - s* , ,cl: ‘.lO ';ca s•oci; 3%, I , er Ccu ik• t 51C1 Bs 1.4 Le A rtr.up..le,t.,, vpi•, (Ed . •. t , 5%; ::etc Pit:o . !-: 1 !..(.0,4 9 3 pci et._ cn Annuities. l - Tht Exch. Billy, .€1. 0 4:0 I)icto.,_ ..... . 3.2 rqn :?4 2 - 2 31. I ''",; • Coroloerin Advf:rtzse. , .... ........... ••••—• Bard; Stock for Account._ ...... India Stout, for A molir t. Conso , for A (Tony t J.:n. 5, :0.. ect. Jan. 5, Jan. I•ril 6, 19' o. .1 Omillurn ..... - - 11 , 1( ES OF I OitEIC:4 FUN os Tin DAY AT ON:: tiCI.OOK I eTlivtan B'►.:E.!'. , :n.:M t Br o.zt., Ace , unt .......... B r.lO. :yre" I'.6n.ts ..... t). ;n Ate;unt V., Tian Bonds ...... :)itto ........ C4 - .l.rnhim • URI Ditto AtTiitc.,t ▪ fil , „•, • Diri, - I;itto New 3vteia . ACC,ITit - DAM, 1,1" cent - Prussian I , orids - itus,•an Ditto Accie..r t DI:to IN:etl.ii!c sonieh - Imto ISonds, O. ;I: —: Ditto A cciJi:l - French, 5 per cent.......... -I per ccnt. C. per cent. I.xchange 2sf . ter ceot imto Accemit f, per I)Ato,Tenant . nittu C A^co,nt Co.an.h . Greek . . Vor.:ls, 1=25 biex: an Col.t's, 5 per cunt..— .tccount per cent. Di() Account ..... .......... 10 iI 100 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI,CCK Paid. Per Share Bristol and Exeter Railway Company lO 3 1 4 3 Brighton Railway Company (Stevenson's) 5 2 Brighton (Rennie's) London and Birmingham Railway Company B5 116 15% I ondon and Southampton Railway Company 35 14 Manchester avid Leeds Railway Company )i tilonal PrGvincial Bank of England MAILS. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due.l Arrived. Due 0 America. ...... ... 0 I France ...... ...... 0 ti Lisnon 0 0 Brazil 0 0 nuern.fiJers7y 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 I Hamburg, ...... .. 0 0 M .etco 0 0 Carthagena 0 0 Holland I Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 1 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands (1 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning........ 9 minutes after S. I Evening !IG minutes after S TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER. GENTLEMEN, IN the great struggle which has been decided this day we have been overcome by a combination of circumstances against which it was aimost impossible to succeed. Intimidation to an unparallelled extent, exercised by a section of the aristocracy, and attachment to the name of Sir Francis Burdett, connected as it was with the memory of those principles which he fo merle professed, have caused our defeat. To that great body of the liberal and independent electors who, in voting for me, have supported the cause of civil and religious freedom I feel deeply grateful. I beg them to accept my most sin cere thanks. At the invitation of many amongst you I entered on the contest, and looking to the smallness of the majority against me, and to the peculiar circumstances which have contributed to the result, I feel justified in saying that I shall consider it a duty to come forward on any future occasion as fearlessly as at present, to offer myself for your suffrages. I have the honour to be, Your obedient humble servant, JOHN TEMPLE LEADER. 8, Stratton-street, May 11, 1837. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. Notice is hereby given, that all persons having any CLAIM AGAINST the COMMITTEE who have conducted the ELECTION of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, are requested to send them immedi Ltely to my office, No. 8, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street, when they will be examined, and an early day ap pointed for payment. JOSEPH CROUCHER, Secretary. Ship Hotel, Charing-cross, May 12. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Extract from " Returns of the number of Stamps issued monthly to each of the London Newspapers, from 1 Jan., 1837, to 1 April, 1837. Titles of Newspapers. January. February. March. Courier English Chronicle Evening Chronicle 20,000 20,000 20,000 Evening Mail 20,000 40,000 25,000 Globe and Traveller Shipping Gazette Standard St. James's Chronicle Sun True Sun 42,500 45,000 31,000 The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 5 minutes past Four o' Clock. ....= e'l -41 , , •-• - ,, , --.4a -- - _,, ~-lx- ,! ;:,,,,,7)., -r.,, t4 A-, -, -f , ...;,. --A, i .-I~i . -:. nn+ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1837 In the House of Lords yesterday, several Bills (fur n hich we must refer our readers to our Parliamentary Report) were advanced a stage. The remainder of the sitting was con sumed by Earl RODEN and the Marquis of WEsTmEArn ; the Noble Earl spoke at great length in vindication of the course pursued by Chief Baron JOY in the appointment of Sheriffs, and the Noble Marquis spoke at still greater length on the subject of a petition which he presented from Dr. Mut.not.- LAND, a Roman Catholic clergyman, who renewed his com plaint of the treatment which he had received from his own Church. In the House of Commons after the presentation of peti tions, and some proceedings connected with Railway Bills, the House went into Committee on the Puor Relief (Ireland) Bill. The discussion on the several clauses, engaged the Committee till nearly one o'clock ; considerable progress was made. Lord J. RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regu- Lte the payment of rates and taxes by Parliamentary electors, and to abolish the stamp duty on the admission of freemen. LYNCH ob'ained leave to bring in a Bill '' to promote t e employment of the poor in Ir,•land." The second reading of the Registration and Marriages Act Amendment Bill, was postponed till this day. The Tories are of course in extasies at the result of the Westminster election. The triumph, they will have it, is essentially a Tory one, t and Sir F. BUR DETT the best of all possible Tories. But he him self tells us he is still unchang,cd. Alas, the faction know him better than he knows himself, and arc per sua3cd, and we must confess they have good grounds for their persuasion, that a more inveterate Tory never gave a vote in Parliament. How will the Hon. Baronet now act ? This is a curious question to speculate upon. Will he still male a show of being a Reformu—still give a liberal vote—still support the popular interests in the House of Commons ? No ;he dare not. He is bound hand and foot to the TOries. He has nailed their colours to his mast. He has been brought in by their means ; he is committed to their party ; and dare not a second time play the part of a changeling. And this, forsooth, is a matter to exult in I The return of an old Radical Reformer by a Tory faction, is a circumstance that the individual so returned. ft els to be a legitimate subject for congratu lation. Poor Sir FRANCIS! We pity, even more than we b 3 erne him. Trry . afitit, is the worst censure that shall fall from 'our lips respecting him. If, when • he takes his seat in the House of Commons, he can cast a glance towards that bench he has deserted ; if he can endure to find himsclf voting with PEEL ; cheering PEEL ; swearing by PEEL—that PEZLL whom the most vigorous years of his life were spent in denounc ing ; who was the sworn opponent of Refor►n, and the champion of the boroughmongers ;—if Sir FrtA Istcrs can take his scat beside this Tory, and support this 'fory, bearing in mind what he himself said about such Tories, no later than the last election ;—if he can do this, and do it without compunction, all we shall say of him is, that he is the most strangely constituted Statesman we ever heard of, or ever hope to hear of. But he tells us he has achieved a triumph, and we believe him. He has triumphed over all his old feel ings—prvindices, if lie IN 'ill have it so ; he has trnmplied over all hi 3 old friends, who for thirty years v. ould have sourer believed that the sun Would change its course, than he retrograde ;—the Hon. Baronet has achieved this triumph, and- we wish him joy of it Another such, and who will ever again put faith in the prolssions of a Statesman ? " Birds of a feather," says the old adage, " flock together." This, we suppose, is the secret of Sir GnouGE MURRAY'S anxiety to promote the interests of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. The one Baronet falsi fied tl►e pledges he volunteered to his Perthshire con • stituents. The other falsifies all those which he has volunteered for thirty years past on the hustings of Westminster. What more natural than that two such politicians should make common cause ? Still notwithstanding this junction, Toryism would never have triumphed in Westminster, had it not been for the remissness of many of those electors who should have known better. Intimidation prevailed over hun • tAlreds of them—intimidation of the most aggravated. - character. Hundreds too, unable or unwilling to for -get the past, still hoped against hope, and believed in the declaration of the Tory candidate, that he was unchanged." Let these men read the Hon. Baro speech last night, and confess that they have .been most miserably mistaken in their estimate of him. What does lie there say ? What is the language he there uses ? Why„ that of 'mini ; igmcd, immitigable Toryism, such as prevailed in the old days of CASTLEREAGII. He shows him self an Oraiwynnin to the back-bone. He forgets that there are Catholics in Ireland who have wrongs to redress, and privileges to claim ; he remembers only that there are Protestants in that country. In fact, lie takes up the ascendancy principle at the very point at which the more liberal Tories have shopped it. He out-Shaves SliAw himself in Oraiveisai ; and is proud to attire himself in the cast-ofF wardrobe of the ascen dancy men. And this he calls being " still unchanged!" Well may the Tories claim Sir FRANCIS as their own. He has been graduating some time in their school, and is now every way qualified to officiate as one of their leaders. We hope, however, Sir RonERT lIEEL will not shock his prejudices by any undue dis , play of liberality, but have some consideration for his new-born zeal for " the English Constitution, the Protestant religion, the Established Church, and the rcat and glorious institutions of the land"—words, which stripped of all their gloss, mean neither more nor less than that Sir FRANCIS means henceforth to take his stand on the old " Church and State" prin ciples Of ELDON. We now quit the subject, with the expression of a conviction that the good cause will, after all, sustain no serious injury from the return of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. Trimmers may take fright at it, but all sincere Liberals Nill be urged by it to renewed exertions. It will sting them into activity. Speaking on this subject, a " Mo derate Reformer," in a letter which we publish this day, observes with great justice, " the Westminster election decides nothing more than this—that Sir F. BURDETT in his old age has become Tory, and consequently has received the aid of the Tories ; that the votes of the Tories have been considerably increased by men of the other party, who are not very scrupulous, cr who supported BURDETT for the sake of old recol lections ; and, above all, that as there was no personal attachment on the part of the electors to Mr. LEADER, many of them kept back from indif ference, and a very considerable number, who would have voted for a Whig, or a moderate Radical, voted against him, or kept away, on account of his extreme political opinions. Little more than one half of the registered electors voted—(the entire number being about ten thousand) ;—a great many who would have voted for a Radical had not re gistered ; and owing to the bad arrangements of some of Mr. LEADER'S agents, many who would have sup ported him, were not brought to the poll. Taking all the circumstances together, it is surprising that the ma jority against him was so small. When the next trial comes the Tories and renegades will find that they do not represent the feelings of the electors of West minster." The whole of the French journals of Wednesday have been received. In all the liberal papers, the Act of Amnesty is regarded as the commencement of a new political era in France. The most violent organs of Republicanism congratulate the KING upon it in language which must convince Ministers that conci liation alone is necessary to rally round the standard of the monarchy of July the whole power and intel ligence of the French democracy. As for the Doc tnnnaire journals, they prudently hold their peace, being ashamed to defend the political tergiversa tions, and despotic councils of Messieurs GUIZOT and PERSlL—afraid to tax the KING with the policy of the ex-Ministers—and terrified at the idea of encountering public indignation and con tempt, by falsely attributing the Royal clemency to the fears of Count MOLE, and the silly forebodings of danger to Royalty on the part of weak-minded per sonages about the Court. We trust that neither the KING nor his Ministers will be deterred from pursuing the path of conciliation which they have entered upon by the sneers or the reproaches of the partizans of the Ex-Cabinet. The Gazette de France, in the fullness of its joy, declares the system of the last seven years . to be at an end—says the Act of Am nesty signed by the KING, and M. BARTHE brings France back to the Ordinance of LOUIS PHILLIPE, as Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom—asserts that the Amnesty has destroyed M. GulzoT's system of intimidation and cruelty, and the bastard system of the Tiers-parti for the emanation of clemency from the Chambers, and not from the KING, and maintains that all that remains of poor M. GUIZOT is his last speech, and the laws of September—monuments of the illu sions of the Minister of necessity I The laws of Sep tember cannot long outlive the coercive system. The MINISTER of JUSTICE has addressed the fol lowing circular to the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, and the Prefects of Departments throughout France : " Sir,—The King has just granted an amnesty in favour of all those at present detained in the state prisons, in conse quence of having been found guilty of political crimes and offences. " Well-disposed citizens will thus see with joy that order has been so far restored, and public tranquillity sufficiently secured, to allow the King to extend his clemency to men ho, through mistaken notions, had endeavoured to expose society to danger. " The Government has recognised the amnesty as a proof of confidence and strength. All its agents should be well convinced of the spirit by which this great measure pas dic tated. It is their duty to fully understand that society cannot rejoice at an act of indulgence as to the past, except upon condition that it furnishes fresh guarantees of vigilance and firmness for the future. ..... " The experience arising from the frequent troubles of the last few years has led to laws the execution of which is con fided to your care, and undo: the protection of which the country has a right to expect that the Magistrates would strictly enforce such laws whenever evil passions should re quire their intervention. " The person of the King and the constitution of the state ought to be inviolable. When they are injured, the repression of such offences should not be delayed. When the judg ment of the country shall be required from the jury, you must be aware that, as the faithful organ of the love which France bears to the King and institutions, it (the jury) will show that the royal magnanimity has not presumed too much upon public confidence. " Illegal associations are the hot-beds of disorder where the most culpable projects arc raised. 'lt was at their meeting that the great majority of those whom the King has just par doned felt the first excitement which drove them to criminal acts. You should use the utmost vigilance to prevent their for mation in any part of the country. " That vigilance which prevents crime, and the firmness which stops and represses it, when it first appears, are amongst the principal benefits which the country expects from the Government. Let us make ours beloved, by making it r, speeted. " The ordonnance of amnesty extends to those individuals at present in prison. From the above terms you will of course understand that those who have not surrendered (les contu maces) are not included, nor those who have made their escays after receiving sentence. " This amnesty is granted for political crimes and offences, but not for crimes of another description. Offences of the press, when committed with respect to private individuals, can not be included in the above act of indulgence. It is from the judgment or decree of condemnation that you will learn what were the circumstances under which the punishment was pronounced. When political facts, in conjunction with crimes and offences of another nature led to the condemnation, you will apply to me for advice how to act, at the same time ex pressing your opinion if you think the amnesty applicable to the case in question. " With respect to the surveillance of the high police, it is to be continued as regards those whose sentences contained a similar restriction. It will also be maintained with regard to those , Alto had been condemned to a heavy or degrading punishment. The condemned individual before he can enjoy the benefit of the amnesty, or be set at liberty, must previ ously (according to the 44th act of the penal code) declare the place where he intends fixing his residence, and have applied for his passport. If any difficulties should arise in the execution of any of those measures, you will inform me of it without any delay ; and you will wait for my instructions. " Moreover, I recommend you to keep up a communication, either yourself or by your substitute, with the Prefect of the Department in which the pardoned individuals may reside. ( Signed) " BA RTHE, Minister of Justice." ' To render the Amnesty a substantial boon to tl.e prisoners, the Minister of the Interior, M. MONTALI VET, has ordered money to be given to them on being liberated, for the purchase of such necessaries as they may stand in need of, and to defray the expense of their journey to the places of their birth, if they desire to return to them. The French political refugees in foreign countries are now at liberty to return home ; but such as have neither fled nor submitted themselves to trial are exempted, because to pardon them would be a violation of the principles of justice. They will, however, be now only triedprofortna, and if condemned, the amnesty will without doubt be extended to them. There is no news of any interest from the Spanish frontier in the Paris Papers of Wednesday. We copy from a Morning Contemporary the following ac 7 count, sn:(l to he received to clay by " Srecial Ex press" from PaJis : ‘4 PERrIGNAN, MAY 7.—On the 30th Tarragona adhered to the resolutions of the insurgents of Reus. The province of Tarragona has declared itself independent of Catalonia, and refuses all obedience to the Captain General. On the 2d May a Commissary of the town of Reus reached Barcelona, where a movement Eke that ra Reus is feared. On the 29th the head-quarters of the army of the centre was Andilla. Twenty-seven of its officcts were sent to the citadel of Valencia. " PERPIGNAN, MAY B.—On the 4th the anarchist patty at Barcelona took possession of the Tribunal and the Town house. They wer: atucked there by three columns of the Queen's troops, who cannonaded them during the night of the 4th to the morning of the 5111; and at six o'clock On that morning the insurgents capitulated, and were allowed to re tire. Tranquillity was completely restored on the sth." FitENctt Nps.—PAHls; MAY 10 Five per Cents., 107 f. Sc. - :Sec. :53c. 4cc. Four and a lia'iner Cents. Bill. floc. hrt e per I Sec. liec. Bank Actions, 2,4 li , f. 2,4121 N't Bente etc nmles, 991 : , .5c 45c. 50e. Roman Fivt per Cents. 10 Spanish Actives, 25 35 A. Spanish Ditleres, Sz;, 9. Spanish Passives, C 5 Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101 Portuguese Three nor Cehts, 60 29%14. likytian Loan, 325 f. EXCHANDY. ON LONDON. One (DODO. paper, 2511 35, ; money, 2.7,r. 52c e. three months, paper, 251. 15c.; money, 251. 13'y c rs Anthen:tauc. LAST PRICES rlll2 per Cents.. Plif. 55c. 'three per Cents. 79f sc. Bank Actions, '2,4121'. 50c. Bente de Naples, 99f. 55c. . Roman Five per Cents., 100 N. Brussels Bank, 1,435 f. Belgian Loan, 101. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 4111. Portuguese Three per Cents., 12(.1%. ::panish Actives, 25 1 / y. Spanish Passives 5%. Differes, 7. New Differes, J. Advices from Constantinople of the 19th Tilt, re ceived to day, state that the SULTAN, instead of his proposed visit to Smyrna and Stamboul, intends making a personal survey of Varna, Shumla, Routshook, Si listria, and Viddin ; and rumours were in circulation that a meeting between his Highness and the CZAR was to take place on the banks of the Danube. Upon what foundation such rumours rest—if, indeed, they rest on any—is more than we know. The German and Brussels Papers received to-day supply only a few paragraphs of intelligence, which will be found in the columns of The Sun. r.ELGIAN FUNDS—BRUSSELS, MAY 10 Actual Debt, 2;si per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, b per Cent. lOO% Loan of Thirty Millions 9l 1 4 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 0914 Society of Cossmerce, 4 s4per Cent l3O Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 139 —Brussels Papers, May 11. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, MAY 2. Five per Cents. Metalliqucs Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares —4llgemeine Zeitung, May 7.. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, MAY 9. Bills. Money. Austrian Metant,ues, 5 per cent. Ditto oat to 4 per cent. — Ditt... ditto 3 per cent. bat° Bank Shares I'so 1249 Anglo- Itussian Loan WI% 10414 Paper I nseript ion. 6 per cent _ Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Itussian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 46 Ditto, 3 per cent. 2834 _ Ditch 2N, per Cents. 5 2 ,4 52 Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets a' . 154 1 ,4 151 A nglo-Daidsh Loan, 3 per cents 70% 70% Norwegian Lean of 1534, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents.... .. ......... Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent 19% Is Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 93 923 4 EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MAY 9.-13 9% ; two months, 13 8. CHRISTIANIA, APRIL 29.—Three months, 5 2. BERLIN, MAY 6.—Three m .nths, 6. 25%. ST. PETIMSBURGII, APRIL 27.—Three months, 10 7-IC. STOCKHOLM, MAY 3.—Two months, 12 6. —Hamburg Papers, Map 9. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TIVELVE O'CLO(,K. Our arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, Holland, and Hamburg mails ; ship letters from Jamaica and Demerara ; Calcutta, Dec. 25 ; Madras, Jan. 31 ; Sydney, Oct. 3 ; and Hobart Town, Nov. 26. The Hobart Town Courier of Nov. 25 states that the con sumption of rum, which ten years ago was about 1,000 gallons weekly in Hobart Town, notwithstanding the great increase in population since that time, does not now exceed that quantity. The same paper says—" The weather has now become more mild, and vegetation is going on rapidly. The wheat land in general, which in many parts, owing to the long-continued cold and wet weather, bad begun to look sickly, has recovered, and promises to yield an abundant crop. Hay-making is now general, but it is not so heavy a crop as might be expected. Sheep-shearing is now going on throughoat the colony. Carts and waggons loaded with bales of wool are daily coming into town. The whaling season has now closed, but not with all the success that could be wished. Messrs. Maclachlan and Young's establishment have succeeded in taking in all 96 whales, amounting to 553 tons of oil, and 371 tons of whale• lone. " We regret to observe from the Mauritius papers that in cendiarism is going on to a distressing extent amongst the negroes in that colony. Wheat per bushel, 3s. 9d. to 4s. 6d.; oats, 6s. 6d. to 7s. ; barley, 6s. 6d. to 70s, ; hay per ton, 5/. 103. to 6/. 10s. ; straw, 31. ss. to 3/. 10s. ; potatoes, 2/. to 3/. Sales of %heat continue dull. - " " His Excellency Colonel Snodgrass returned to town on Tuesday from Port Arthur. He was much pleased with the state of the settlement." THE FUNDS. The bustle which prevailed during the whole of yesterday in the city, caused by the election of Sir Francis Burdett, has now subsided, and many of the knowing ones have lost their money who betted against Sir Francis being returned. The accounts this morning from Manchester state that the improvement in the market during the past two weeks has not been materially diminished, and the manufacturers generally entertain confident hopes of an improvement in trade. Consols, which closed buoyant yesterday at 91k to i for the Account, opened at the same price this.morning ; and 91k for Money. Yesterday was the weekly meeting of the Bank Directors ; but the Court broke up without anything having transpired in respect to their deliberations, although it was expected that something would have been made public respecting the Bank of England nogociations with that of the United States. Exchequer Bills, 32 34 prem.; 'lndia Bonds, 32 34 prem. ; Bank Stock, 206 207 ; India Stock, 259+ 260. In the Foreign Market Spanish Acti►e, which closed at 22a ex-Coupons, are not so good this morning, owing to the news from Spain not being so favourable as was anticipated, and may be quoted 221 ex- Coupons ; Passive, 51 6 ; Deferred, i; Portuguese, 47i; Three per Cents., 29+ 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., 531 ; Colombian, 243 ; Mexican, 24k. HALF-PAST ONE. Since the early part of the morning both the British and Foreign Markets have taken a heavy turn with little doing. Extract of a letter from New Orleans, April 10:—" I have just time, as the mail closes in a few minutes, to say that Sa turday was the hardest day ever known in New Orleans. Not a bank bought a bill on the North, and there is so much distrust prevailing that no out-door bu.iness is done in Exchanges. The news of the doings of the United States Bank will pro duce no effect here. Nothing short of the interposition of the Government, and the throwing into market, through dis in or sted chann‘ls, the immense supplies on hand, could restore confidence. The house of Buckner, Stanton, and Co., dealers in cotton and Western produce, some time since got a loan of half a million from the Banks; suppoOng it would carry them through on Saturday, after forcing a great quantity of cotton into market to no effect, they went by the board. What de ductions will you make when you hear that the very best cot tons will not command for cash more than ten cents ; and these very cottons have advanced on them fully fourteen cents ; ordinary descriptions will not bring seven cents; all kinds of produce are falling. The late news about the Mexicans in vading Texas is all a humbug got up in this city." Consols, which were 91i a for the account, may be quoted at present 904- money. The bad state of the weather and great dearth of information tend to affect the markets. Exchequer Bills, 32 34 pm. • India Bonds, 34 32 pm. ; Bank Stock, 2061 ; India Stock, 260 . Spanish Active Bonds have receded to 221 4 ex-Coupons ; Coupons, 47/ ; Portuguese, 47 : Three per Cents, 291 ; Dutch, 53i; Colombian, 241. THREE O' CL CK. Consols for the Account, The editor of the Eglantine says that the girls in Connecticut drink a pint of yeast before going to bed at night, to make them rise early in the morning. Amongst the improvements in the metropolis, we hear that the clock at the General Post-office is about to be illuminated, and the present indistinct faces are to give place to two bold an,l handsome dials, each of which will be six feet in ei ureter, of plate glass, and splendidly illu m i nate d. Yates and Co. ate performing to overflowing houses at the surrey theatre. lit citstone's ,kilful adaptation of Abelard and Reloise seems likely to equal in attraction Jer rold's popular drama of Black-Eyed Susan. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, M AY 10. — The demand for Cotton to-day has been only t o a mo derate extent, without material change in prices. Sugar has been made in New England from the butter-nut ;if the experiment can be carried into general effect it is a grand discovery, as the northern forests are filled with butter- not trees. But at present the sugar, unless it be well cleansed, retains a cathartic quality. Signor Pistrucci's i ni provisazione and concert took place this morning in the great concert room of the King's Theatre, with every advantage that talent and judgment could contribute to render the performances attractive. Count Matuszevic is still in Paris, but he is ex pected to arrive in time for the great Derby day at Epsom, namely, Thursday, the 25th inst. The Count was recalled from the Jmbassy at Naples at his own reivsit. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—You and your Contemporaries have attached too n:uch importance to the result of the Westminster Election. So extravagant indeed were some, that they appeared to par take of all the aberration of mind imputed to Sir Francis Burdett. They considered it a question which was to decide not only the fate of the two candidates, but of the Ministry and the country ; nay, some went so far as to assert that the fate of Europe hung on the decision of the electors of West minster. Now it in fact decides nothing more than this—that Sir F. Burdett in his old age has become Tory, and conse quently has received the aid of the Tories ; that the votes of the Tories have been considerably increased by men of the other party, who are not very scrupulous, or who supported Burdett for the sake of old recollections ; and, above all, that as there was no personal attachment on the part of the electors to Mr. L , adtr, many of them kept back from indifference, and a very considerable number, who would have voted for a Whig, or a moderate Radical, voted against him, or kept away, on aeflunt of his extreme political opinions. Little more than one half of the registered electors voted— (the entire number being about ten thousand);—a great many who would have voted for a Radical had not registered; and owing to the bad arrangements of some of Mr. Leader's agents, many who would have supported him, were not brought to the poll. Taking all the circumstances together, it is surprising that the majority against hint was so small. When the next trial comes the Tories and renegades will find that they do not represent the feelings of the electors of West minster. Yet they are delighted beyond measure with the vict,ry, and exclaim that those in whom the Court places con fidence ought to whisper again into the King's car, that the time is now come to turn out the Ministry. What weighty and numerous reasons these men discover for the downfall of the Melbourne Government 1 May 12. A MODERATE REFORMER. WESTMINSTER ELECTION. THIS DAY. THE DECLARATION. This being the day appointed for declaring the successful candidate, long before the hour appointed by the High Bailiff for the purpose, every avenue leading to Covent-garden and around the hustings was crowded to excess. At half-past one Mr. Leader, accompanied by Mr. Hume, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Aglionby, and other members of his Committee, appeared upon the hustings, and was received with loud and vehement cheering. Mr. LEADER said, that as a great majority of those present appeared to be his friends, they would obli g e him by giving the opposite party a patient hearing. He hoped they would hear not only Sir Francis Burdett, their present Mem ber, but any gentleman of his Committee who might wish to address them. If any thing against the cause of the people was said, then he (Mr. Leader) would be able to answer them.—( Cheers, and cries of " They'll call us ragamuffins and pismires to-morrow.") Shortly afterwards Sir Francis Burdett, accompanied by Captain Burton, the rejected of the Tower Hamlets, Colonel Verner, Mr. Corry, Lord Cole, Mr. M'Lean, Mr. Walter, of the Times, and other Members of his Committee, made his appearance, and the groans, hisses, and uproar were tre mendous. Jokes were bandied about among the mob as freely as cabbages and turnip-tops were dispersed on former occa sions, but all parties appeared disposed to bring the proceed ings to a close as they had commenced, in good temper. The numbers were then exhibited in front of the hustings as follows :—_ Sir F. Burdett.. J. T. Leader.... Majority for Sir F. Burdett ..... —515 And this was the signal for renewed shouting, cheering, groaning, and other marks of popular applause and disappro bation, which were again renewed, when Capt. Burton came forward, flourishing one of Sir F. Burdett's crutches over the heads of the mob. Order having been at length in some de gree restored, The HIGH SHERIFF (F. Smedley, Esq.), then came for ward, and said—Gentlemen, as the High Bailiff of the City and Liberties of Westminster, it is now my duty to give notice and declare, that Sir Francis Burdett, Baronet, is duly elected to serve in Parliament for the City and Liberties of West minster.—( Cheering, and waving of hats from Sir Francis Burdett's supporters, followed by loud groans, hisses, and cries of " Bribery," " Intimidation," from the opposite party.) Sir F. BURDETT then presented himself to the meeting, and the uproar and hooting were renewed, and continued almost without intermission during the time the Hon. Baronet was speaking. He said--Gentleman, it is now my pleasing task to return you my most grateful thanks—in the first place, for the arrangements you have made, for the consideration you have had for me, for the attention which you have paid me in my present state of health, and which has rendered my task upon this great occasion easy, and full of satisfaction to myself. But principally, gentle men, I congratulate you on the noble and independent efforts you have made; and through you I congratulate the people of England at large, upon the triumph of the English Constitu tion over radicalism and tyranny ; and you have, on the present occasion, shown a firm determination tq maintain our ancient institutions against all improvement.—Groans and hooting, with partial cheers.) Gentlemen, the task I now have to perform, is both short and pleasant ; and I shall not detain you now, after the triumph of •ictory, merely to indulge my own feel ings of exultation; but this I will say, that the electors of Westminster have set an example to the people of England, and in every part of the country I have no doubt that it will have the happy effect of making good men who live under its glorious institutions unite in their defence, and at the same time defeat the machinations and conspiracies of the bad. Gentlemen, I will not dwell on these subjects, but this much I will observe, that you are indebted even to your ene mies for the triumph you have achieved. Malignity and malice have been at work to injure me, but to no one are we more indebted than to Mr. Daniel O'Connell.—(Great hissing and hooting.) Gentlemen, the big beggerman from Ireland has mistaken this country—be has intruded himself upon the elec tors of Westminster with his uncalled for advice, and his still more, as it turns out, disregarded threats. He has told you in his strange Irish letter, more Irish than Irish itself in every point of view, that mixture of blarney and bully, the former of which only excites disgust, and tee latter contempt, among the electors of Westminster.—( Renewed groans, hisses, and uproar, which lasted for some time.) Gentlemen, I know not what effect his advice may have upon his Majesty's Minis ters, but this I know, that the electors of Westminster and the people of England are made of sterner stuff.—( Oh, oh, and groaning.) And we, gentlemen, shall be determined to sup port the English Constitution, and to resist the dismember ment of the British empire, notwithstanding Mr. Daniel O'Connell is our determined foe.—( Uproar.) Gentlemen, I will merely say that you view, as I do, the attempt to control your opinions lately made by the great Popish priest• ridden paid patriot of Ireland—( Hisses, hooting, and other discordant noises) —and I will add this, that I wish such persons would declare themselves as he has done, and no danger could then be apprehended, as I think it would be on all occasions r to have such persons my foes than my friends.. Gentlemen, with these observations I shall take my leave—the sun shines upon our principles and our efforts at this moment ; but there is a still brighter sunshine in every honest English heart at the tri umph achieved by you, and the example you have set to the rest of England.—( Cheers and hooting.) Wishing you all good and happiness, and full of the devotion I owe you, elec tors of Westminster, as friends to the cause of England and the Constitution, I now take my leave.—( Renewed cheering, hissing, &c.) The flonourable Baronet, attended by several friends, then withdrew. .... 3567 .... 3052 Mr. LEADER then got upon the rail, and was received w reiterated shouts of applause from at least two. thirds of the meeting. Silence having been restored, he commenced : Brother Electors, and Brother Citizens of Westminster— ( Loud cheers)—l have considered it my duty to come here this day for two reasons—First, To tell you one or two of the causes which has prevented our being victorious.— ( Great cheering, and loud cries of " Never mind, next time;") and in the next place to thank all those honest, inde pendent and conscientious Reformers who recorded their votes for me. Sir Francis Burdett tells you that he has not changed.—( Laughter.) Then, I say, how happens it that the three thousand Reformers, being honest, independent men, who have supported me on this occasion, and who—in former times—were the warm supporters of the Hon. Baronet—how happens it, I say, that they have left him and voted for me.—(Loud cheers, and cries of " Because they were honest," from the crowd.) By whom was he supported ?—( Cries from the crowd, " By the Tories.") Yes, my friends, you are right. He has been supported by the Tories most firmly, but not by them alone. Many per sons who were old - friends of Sir Francis Burdett have preferred personal affection to a regard for public principle. (Groans. ) Then, I say, one of two things is certain, either Sir Francis Burdett has changed, or the Tories who supported him have changed their principles.—( Cheers and laughter.) If Sir Francis has changed, I wish the Tories joy of his acces sion to their strength—l wish them joy of the accession to their ranks of one who in former and better times was one of their most bitter and most determined enemies— ( Loud cheering, and " That was our Sir Francis.") But if those who supported Sir F. Burdett—the Tories, and those personal friends of his who voted for him have changed their principles, then I congratulate the people of England upon the great progress which has been made by liberal priu ciples, which must have found their way into the hands and hearts of the old Tories.—( Loud cheers.) Now, then, let me ask, by what means have they beaten us ?—(" Why, what need you ask ? You know, as well as we, that it was by intimidation 1") Yes, my friends—in the first place, it was by most atrocious intimidation.—( Loud cheers. ) •In the second place, it was the desertion of the neu trality professed by many personal friends of Sir Francis, and also by changing the principles and opinions on the part of many, and for th sake of what? For the sake of making the Reform Bill a mere mockery. There is also another cause of our defeat, to which I must call your attention, as it rests with yourselves. It is the great want, on the part of the Liberal party, of any previous arrangement—( Loud cheering, and cries of " Hear")—and yet, in spite of all these things—in spite of all the most unparalleled intimidation—in spite of the desertion or neutrality by many friends of Sir Francis, who forsook their public principles for the gratification of personal friendship—in spite of the great want of previous arrangement—there are in Westminster 3,050 honest, independent, and conscientious electors, whb have recorded their votes for me, in spite of all these difficulties. --(Cheers.) There was another thing which was against us. By the Act of Parliament booths are ordered to be so arranged as that there shall be a separate one for every 300 electors.— ( Cries of " No, no I") Such was the law—the booths were not so arranged, and they caused as much confusion as in the elec. A TBE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1837. tions under the old system. In St. George's booth alone there were at least 20 or 30 great Tory Lords and Gentlemen standing there, and watching every voter as be came up.—( Groans:) sec one of them present now.—(Cries of " Name, name.") His name is D. Maclean, Esq., the Tory Member for Oxford, and the friend of Don Carlos.—( Loud groans, and hootings.) Those thirty great Tory Lords and Gen tlemen were standing in the booth, and as electors came up to vote for me they were marked out for future punishment no doubt.—(Cries of " Shame, shame.") They were intimi dated and threatened by these Noblemen and Gentlemen, and that was what was called purity of election—a free and independent choice.—( Hear, hear, and loud laughter.) Now I will not pretend to blame the High Bailiff for this want of arrangement with regard to the booths—far from it, for I believe him to be an upright and conscientious gentleman ; but I trust that at any future election he will see that means are taken to have the booths arranged according to the Act, so that there may be no chance of employment for those 20 or 30 noble intimidators. Much as I regret the defeat on this occasion, not for my own sake, I regret it more on your account, and I regret it more still, as it is likely to retard the great cause of freedom. Much as I regret it on all those heads, I tell you that there is no cause of fear for the future.—(Cheers.) All of you will remember the great, peaceable and intelligent assembly which met here on Wednes day last—you will also remember that the popular feeling was entirely on my side—(Cheers)—and I tell you that I fairly believe that the real conscientious opinion of a great majo rity of the electors of Westminster is in my favour.—( Cheers. ) I tell you conscientiously that I believe even with the present constituency, if they had the protection of the ballot, I should have had a majority of a thousand over my opponent, and that if the suffrage was extended and ballot protected the voters, I should have beat my Tory opponent by 10,000.—( Great cheering.) Now then, my friends, having adverted to the cause of our def,af—'saving urged you to hope for the future when we must succeed—( Loud Cheers)—having given you a few words of advice for the better arrange ment of the popular party in future, I have the pleas ing duty to perform of returning my sincere thanks to the g, eat m2eting of Wednesday and this day.—( Cheers.)—l hose o return my sincere thanks to the 3,052 honest, con scientious, and independent electors, who voted for me. I have aso to return my best thanks to my Committees and to the Committee of the Reform Association, and the neigh bouring Metropolitan Districts, who, by their Resolutions, upheld my cause—(Cheers)—and last, but not least, I have to return my most sincere thanks to the members of the Work ing Man's Association without even knowing me —witl out the hope of reward, had, by their able and strenuous eff rendered me great assistance in this contest.—( Cheering.) One word as to the future. I have sacrificed something— (Cries of " You have.") I have sacrificed my personal exer tions and a seat in Parliament for the sake of fighting your battle. I say nothing, however, of that—l take no credit for it—l consider myself amply rewarded by having had the sup port of those 3,052 honest Reformers who have come forward in my behalf. Now, as to the future. I am ready at any time to come forward and support your interests either as a candidate, if you wish it so, or as the supporter of any other Reform candidate you may prefer. —( Cheers.) I despair not for ;he cause of the people—there may be checks by which it may be for some time defeated and thrown back, but the cause of the people must and shall ultimately triumph. I now thank you most heartily for the kind manner in which you have received me, and beg for the present to bid you farewell. The Hon. Gentleman concluded amidst tremendous cheering, which lasted for some time. The cries here became general for Mr. Hume, who then mounted the hustings, amid much noise and confusion. He should not have come forward at the present moment if lie had not considered himself called upon to explain some of the statements he had made on a former day.—(Tremen dous cheering.) He certainly had been most sanguine as to the result of this contest, and though Mr. Leader might meet the result with good humour, he must confess himself most mortified at it. Every good feeling, how ever, urged him to persevere. Why should they despair of success when 3,052 independent electors had declared by their votes that they would, if not at the present moment, at some future period have Mr. Leader for their Represent ative ?—( Cheers.) Let Sir Francis Burdett enjoy his triumph, if he could. He (Mr. Hume) had been an admirer of Sir Francis Burdett ever since he entered into political life, but what was his situation now ? One that he ( Mr. Hume) considered most mortifying. He was deserted by his former friends, and upheld by a Tory faction.—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") The Tories were doubtless entitled to great credit for the great tact with which they employed all their resources ; but what could be thought of Sir Ro bert Peel recording his vote for a man whom he would have hung if he could when he had him in ihe Tower ? ( Great cheering.) Did Sir F. Burdett forget these things ? If he did, the electors of Westminster did not do so.—( Hear.) It was truly humiliating to see a man who had hitherto been the advocate of Reform changing his principles, and from being a man of the people entering into the ranks of the bitterest enemies of Reform.—( Great cheering.) Why had Sir Robert Peel ? why had Sir Henry Harding° ? why had the Grand Master of the Orange Lodges ?—(Loud Cheers)—why had the Carlton Club—that great and bitter enemy of Reform advocated the cause of Sir F. Burdett ? Why, for the cause, if possible, of dividing the Whigs and the Reformers ; but notwithstand ing all, they would not be enabled to effect to them so very desirable an object.—( Hear, hear, hear.) What was the reason for the Tories having taken the steps they had done at the present election. Why they were afraid if they did not do so, they would be unable to support pensions and sinecures.— (Cheering.) They found that the people began to cry out against those things, and were desirous, if possible, to put an end to the loaves and fishes that the Tories were now enjoying. The Tories had brought Sir F. Burdett in by a majority. Out of the 3,567 who had voted for him, there were perhaps 2,000 honest Tories. Did he blame them for voting for a Tory ? CcrLainly not. What he blamed them for was voting for an apostate.—(Tre mendous cheering.) The Tories cling to Sir Francis Bur dett, as a drowning man would at a straw, as their last hope. They expected and hoped that his re-election would retard the progress of Reform. It might for a shots. season do so, but in the end the people would be tri • umphant, and would have that Reform which they requ'red. Who had hung up the Irish Municipal Bill till the 9th of June ?—( Cries of " The Duke of Wellington.") True; but the Duke of Wellington supported Sir Francis Burdett. Why was that measure hung up? Why, for the purpose if possible of preventing Municipal Reform in Ireland. Was not the wish of the electors of Westminster to sea the popular power triumphant in the House of Commons ? ( Loud cheers, and cries of " Yes." Would they get that from Sir Francis Burdett ? No. He was perfectly sa tisfied—he wanted nothing more.---(Cheers.) Ile ha i declared himself on the hustings: that he was for the King and the Constitution.—(Cheers and hisses.) He had declared that he would uphold the Church with all is abuses. In fact Sir F. Burdett was no Church reformer, which was re quired by the liberal constituency of Westminster. For his own part he (Mr. Hume) must declare, if he was a West minster man, he should fearlessly look, into the face of every elector that he met, and ask him if he was the traitor. He was sorry that any of the elector of Westminster should have been influenced in giving their conscientious votes by powerful in timidation. He (Mr. H.) had seen Noble Lords and Mem bers of Parliament leading their victims to the slaughter. Every man who had given his vote from fear, affection, or in timidation to Sir Francis Burdett, was an enemy to the electors of Westminster, and had sacrified their interests. The enjoyment of the elective franchise in a free state, if pro perly exercised, was a distinguished honour ; but if it was not properly exercised, it was a badge of slavery.—( Loud cheers.) These were truths that ought to go home to the heart of every man—whether he was a Whig, Radical, or Tory, if lie had the common feelings of mankind—he would consider what his duty was in a free State—he would consider that he had imports it rights ti protect for himself and his family; that he had rights to protect for the millions who could not themselves do it; and that he who would basely sacrifice for lucre the honest dictates of his heart was unworthy of being a freeman, and only worthy of being a slave.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Many had told him yesterday that they wished they had no vote what ever, for if that had been the case they would have better satisfied others, and have been better pleased them selves.—( Loud cries, " That's true enough.") There were many who did net seem to be aware that, by adding one to the phalanx of the Tories in the House of Commons, they were stopping all eff)rts to repeal the Corn-laws, to amend the Reform Bill, and to work out those other benefits which the people so much stood in reed of.—( Loucrcheers.) L Here the Honourable Gentleman was interrupted by a group of poor fellows, who evidently had been hired for the occasion, crying " Burdett for ever."l Those who came there paid for their vocation, and raising their voices in favour of the fortunate candidate, little considered how severely the result of the election affected them. Like the apothecary in the play, they told him ( Mr. Hume) that " their necessities compelled them". —(Cheers and laughter.) But to be serious, he trusted the result of the election and the pressure that had been made in the city of West minster by the Aristocracy, would teach all Reformers that if they wished for good government they must keep the Aristocracy in their own sphere, fighting for their own cause, and leave the people alone to fight theirs.—( Cheers.) Ho ( Mr. Hume) would prefer doing anything to that of throwing himself, as the Hon. Baronet had done (he was almost going to say) into a den of thieves.—(Cheers and laughter. ) He would beseech the electors to look at those by whom S:r Francis Burdett, once the glory of that city, was attended. Had lie one sincere and long-tried Reformer with him ? Not one. He was supported by the advocates of arbitrary power and the advocates of tyranny. Tell him the company a man kept, and he would tell them what the man was.— ( Laughter.) Who composed the company of Sir Francis Burdett? The old band of Tories—the Aristocracy, who would heap up abuses, and keep them on the beads of the people. --(Cheers ) Sir F. Burdett was supported by the advocate of Don Carlos, the representative of the city of Oxford, an excellent lawyer no doubt, but a man who advocated tyranny, and a man who advocated the cause of one that was stained with blond to the elbows —who had issued orders that no quarter should be given, and who had shot their unfortunate countrymen in cold blood.—( Loud cheers.) That was one of Sir Francis Burdett's supporters. Another of his supporters was the Grand Master of the Orange Lodge in Ireland.— (Cheers.) While the Tories enjoyed the temporary victory he would allow Sir F. Burdett to enjoy the satisfaction he would haie in such company.—( Loud cheering.) But he would say in conclusion, let not this defeat discomfort you. Let every man make his arrangement for the ensuing trial, which could not be long off. They would then be better pre pared, and would with one voice declare their deter mination to support the Cause of reform and freedom, the caw of good government in England, and through . 0 Colonel Tuemesos, M. P., having been loudly called f r next came forward, amidst loud cheering. There had he h e a ll , l causes acting against Coal, more powerful, he b&ieved, t.on they had cllculated upon. There had been the Wi n f of crest influence brought into the field by the conscieusn.ess!d he importance of the occasion. Much, too, might be attrthe,", to the attachment to antiquated fame and old recoheco lions which not at all to the discredit of the bun heart hal had great weight in the election. They had b' e d defeated once, but they had not been defeated twice. Wbuer wr and long-continued cheering.) They s hould renl e T fore that there s another struggle casting its shadows b' , and in all probability before many months another strug; would take place. They should, therefore, rmernber yrudence had dictated from past events, and organise acc° ,, r ble ingly. The lion. and Gallant Colonel concluded speech amidst great applause. the whole of the civilized world.--( Loud ell e°. ? t he In conclusion he would say let us be prepared and 0,.00e alert, that upon the least signal we may rise and cry t 4 it h il oa , voice—" Leader for ever, Leader for ever."--(T he Gentleman retired amidst tremendous cheering.) Dr. BOWRING said the Liberal party had more to o'll° them in their defeat, than their adversaries had in them e posed victory.--( Laughter.) Sir F. Burdett wa s the he wreck of what he formerly was ; they cared not for hity,, lbr al abandoned the cause of the people, who alone hal ma de j 'e tt what he had been. Only two days ago Sir Francis D had stated on these hustings, that the best Reform cons a of Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot. N or, t a ken man man with such opinions a fit and proper one to be i t i be. up by the Tories.—(Laughter.) He (I)r. B.) W 0 to the anxious to know how Sir Francis would make his way to Tory Benches—he must feel sore from the sole of his foot .) dwelt;the in.to.it core of his heart.—( Continued Every thing which he saw must remind him °f ie, apostac)—he wru'd have to look his old friends in the f i e, who would only have to frown and pity him—and to ee f l i ll , ac is him he woul Ibe patted en the back by the Tories — th e Ir i s irs' of Carlos—the Stanleys and the Grahams, apostate the self. They must attribute his falling off to a deaf a le. intellect which used to be at the service of the P`7 3 01 They could spare him now, for he did not new s ore alone, as he did in his youth.—( Hear.) There ca. cn the side of the people hundreds of better e eJ Doctor WADE had often before been called upon t°o Race at festive meetinks—now he supposed be ca,led open to say a requiem over the grave of (" No, no.") He hoped not—he hoped it was only for A A , a-d that it would set. and soon have a glorious resurreetle Sir Francis had achieved his victory by jeckeyship ,l tfr would find himself jockeyed another time. He hoped pol ture the electors would observe the scriptures, an d n°- otir new wine into old bottles—the Tories had put the ir , ote wine into the old bottle of Sir F. Burr'ot+, and letar.) doubtedly it would break with them.—(Cheers and lailfg';the Old feelings and associations had no doubt influeneoopi electors in the present instance, but these would not s i . e „oler future occasion ; and he was quite certain that Mr. lc, of would be again returned.—( Cheers.) Although th e Zed Toryism was now tr:umpl ant,tbey would not desert the Sac fr....edom in the time of adversity. After ,one furthe r ° ,ON vations upon the noble, disinterested, and independeef,d duct of Mr. Leader, the Rev. Gentleman -conclue,le thanking them for the patient attention with which the - tors had heard him. The immense crowd then quietly dispersed. KING'S BENCH-(THIS DA N ' ) 0 (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a cOllllll Jury.) STERLING V. SALOMONS AND ANOTHER. 0 0 This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an a.e' ll iestr i carrying on business at Poplar, nominally against i t iodle Salomons and Lainson, late Sheriffs of London and,_„ t ine sex, but really against the Sheriff's officer, for neg l 7 / 00 ° seize the goods of Joseph M'Cawl under a writ offie r *,'9o The facts were as follows :—The plaintiff, on the j i c,so July, 1836, sued out a writ of fieri facias against N o 0 1 marked for the sum of 16/. 17s. The officer to 11 %0 writ was entrusted found the landlord's bailiff in possesos#o a year's rent due to Sir Robert NVigram. Among th e 0 11/1 , 4 included in the inventory was a sailing-boat moored ee back of M'Cawl's garden in Bow Creek, but "" o . ' broker came to condemn the goods he omitted the h° 11 :1 11 1 °I he had some doubt about the legality of selling a ves s ior , in a navigable river. This statement wasmade in 604 0 , of the Sheriff officer's assistant, who, it was alleged , " glected his duty in not immediately taking poss essi° l3 ,l under the writ of fieri facias, and the teat was next ,010 carried off, and no steps had been taken by the Sherita l 0 to recover it. • neln 0 Mr. PLATT and Mr. E R L E appeared f o r the p.a. , :: sr, Mr. ALEXANDER fur the defendants ; and the fac ts s hir stated having been proved by witness es , an d the ovill ef e j, the boat and its value (between 201. and 30/.) establish ofi Lord DENMAN summed up, and tke Jury found a for the plaintiff—Damages, 16/. 17s. li) EXCHEQUER COURT.—(THIS A- - .nk CARTER . PYNE. The plaintiff, an undertaker, V brought his action for d i. ' covery of 1621. 13s. 6d., for the amount of a bill for eo io it ilSl ing the funeral of a gentleman named Mr. Peter 11 af0 4 , ; The deceased lodged in the house of the plaintiff at u° d ic he kept his coach, and drove four in hand. When he July last, the plaintiff came up to town an d gave the isK notice as Mr. Cochrane's solicitor ; at the same tinl°2 l oo! said as he was an undertaker and the body lay at his Ptl ets °l might be allowed to conduct the funeral. The defers o dd certainly ; there was plenty of money, and there n te : t l enough to pay the bill and every other claim. The brought from Guildford to St. Panc r a s Church, ! n er buried in the vaults it was necessarily placed in a lease" The bill was proved to be fair and reasonable. Mr. HUMFREY, for the defendant, said his client °r o t J; for the bill in the first insta n ce. Hi s d e f ence was t .e; g )( hams le?t a wife, who had administered to his es's, then was the person who was bound to pay the bi b ' whom it ought to have been furnished. His LorwsuiP did not consider that any d e f e nce, °li r his direction the Jury found for th e pl a intiff-- 11 162/. 13s. 6d.—The Court then rose till next Tol,. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS OLD COURT. 4 "e t ASSAULT. —ln this case a boy na me d H a wes, l'j Il age, was the prosecutor, and he had been committe 1 , 0 0 Magistrates to the H ouse o f C orrect i on f or the Put giving evidence against Lewis Phillips, a Jew. h i cor; Mr. Justice P ARK o b serve d t o th e J ury t h a t ,sue - c e u k was very frequently adopted, and when the firstrinstansti came to his knowledge he thought it a very extraordit) ceeding. t a li) Mr. C. PHILLIPS said that suc h a course w a s alit: to Magistrates, when they found th e p ar ti es we r e tint" - sureties for their appearance when the trial came ou' t be 7 ,o Mr. Justice PARK said he w as ver y we ll awa re of o r of it, but it was a course of p rocee d in g w hi c h he by oi o approved of. Igeoe There were two other indi c t men t s o f a s i m ilar nat! l- oi 4 the prisoner, but as there was some discrepancy 10 l ,t of on the first indictment, th e J ur y re t urne d a Guilty, and to the other two the prisoner traversed. NEW COURT. in dict 6¢ J - ohn Donovan, aged 20, an I r i s h l a b ourer , was "' I olt stealing on the night of th e 17th Ap r il 1051bs. of le to a building in Ge o rge-y ar d, Whit ec h ape l,. the P r 0 1 James Morgan. b It appeared from the evid ence o f a policemaa' n - a ias :01 a man taking the l ea d f rom t h e h ouse i n quest i o n, wr ,, 0 1 Pd threw it down, ra n awa y, an d e ff ecte d hi s es cape !moanall in a Court in th e ne i g hb our h oo d. Wh en t h e p01ic,!,0,1 the lead into the custody of the owner, he prohel bt house where he th o n g ht th e p r i soner h a d concea l° and took him into custody. . to 10 1 Every branch of th e D onovan f am il y ca me forwroo an alibi. They stated that the p r i sone r was in be d 3 - gel able time before the r o bb er y t oo k pl ace . b ee ". After a lengthen e d c ross - exam i na ti o n had ' s l' through, the C OMMON -S ERGEANT to ld the Jur)l.oolo,,j very possible the p o li ceman m i g h t h ave been mist the identity of the prisoner, and they consequentlf verdict of—Acquittal. pA LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—( THIS to DEAL, IVIAT Il.—Wind E. N.H., fine." h ,O I li Diana, Dudman, from C e yl on ; Al us , Harrington, Ili merick ; Union, Murray, from Youghal ; B eteef ' 0 11 from Cork ; and Cordelia Sophia, from Stettin.: t he P' PORTSMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wi n d S. W.—A rrieen i Flora, Ford, from M a d ras — sa il e d F e b. 1, a n • OF Helena, March 31. , a, the FALMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wi n d NN. E Aro ° fr titian Maid, —, from St. Michael's. p Foo ls* HASTINGS, M AY 11.—A rr i ve d, the Fortuth4. fa Barbadoes. Hoban fl POOLE, MAY 11.—Arrived, the Mary, from sto PP: 0 0 0 TORBAY, .MAY 11.—Arrived, the Marry AM' , MILFORD, MAY 11.—A rr i ve d, t h e Ann, Cap e ' 4 1 0,1 411 4 , LIVERPOOL, MAY 10.—Wind N., moderate. fro . 01 Diana, Hawkins, from Calcutta ; Unicorn, frne Eleanor, —, from Trieste ; Redcliffe, Vi vie f r e'ra sins ; Iduna, —, from Dantzic ; buco ; and Pocahontes, ., from Philadelphian, 01 j i 0 CDYDE, MAY 10.—Arrived Christian, Mar' sb l v a, f re CORK, MAY 9.—Arrived t h e B e cader, Da S' bon ; Betsy, fr om ,Memel. Da n ci os, SHIELDS, MA Y 10.—A rr i ve d N e wton, na n gi.,. r o 'in SUNDERLAND, MAY 10.— Arrived thesesto, Co e. A YARMOUTH, MAY Io.—Arrived Aid, th , v ary the en P. The Eleanor, from Carnarvon, is sunk at _AO • oft — Aberdover. The Herald, from Newcastle to Dantzic, wag Sisterland 20th ult. 1; 11 ) ES, P r POWERFUL MUSICAL Bv.`'„ row' 'fogrs° cases, II! inches long, by 5 inches wide, each plarno sr e o hi the mechanism finished - in a very superior mar re r % tio n, of? Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same tl es .„ c o b r ', S V e e Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. COX SA 00 F r Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker , 47, "' 60 0 0, 1 ,N. B. The small musical boxes, 3 i n clieslonk e n of-w" in tin cases, price 19s. each, or in omposition 9" each. ----I:if): /14s London: Printed and Published by 11111 111) 0 .0011 1# 112 4 Straw", at The Sum Office, No. 112 ' of blittdieael,.—Friday, May 12, 1 11 32 , • .t_: ~