The Sun. — London, England, 1837-01-18 00:00:00

-.. x ,tt 4 .t. v 4 rts; , 4r /~~ ..~ 1 M s~ ~ ~ \~\ i ~.~. s 10-0-` , K 1 - pm. RICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT o'NE O'CLOCK. ock. tit. Red, . 9 9 1,i T:t !Ditto kon4s .nt. Cons SW, •.'ll4 'South Sea Stock — Cent.—....,....... ....... 99 , .; , Old Annuities ... ..... ........ - :0!......... .........95..R •,f, t)'4 . New Ditto — .1114 per Cet t...... ..... 95 1 ,,', 8 4. '3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 18per Cent-- .. . .... ...... F. , sch. Bills, ..i.l, , if' 'I 19 21 pw. rank LongAnnuitiei4 ........ 'Ditto ....... : . ......:O. 91 19 22 pin. Jan 5. litiu 1:•.4 5-IS • Ditto Small "1 19 32 pin. Oct 19, WO —, Ditto Commercial lB pm. Jan 5, 'Alt) 14;7, ; Ditto Advertise,' —pm Jan. 5, .58 April N, Po , - !India Stock for Account 257!1 Jan. 5, 1:57e... - • Consols for Acc0nnt...3.1%7-i li :MIA Ommum PRICES OF } ()REIGN FUNDS TIES DAY .AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds . P.s'lgian Bonds .. 111 Ditto Account ....... ........... Ditto Accoui , t... Brazilian Bonds . ....... ........ S6!:li Ditto Accoinit ...... ...... Ditto Account Buenos A zrea Bonds Ditto Account .. ......... ...... — 1 Ditto, a per cent Chillian Bemis... ... ......... .... Pri:,,ian Bends Ditto Account ... ..... .. ..... .. Russian Ponds, 1i1.2.2 Columbian Bonds . Ditto Account......, Ditto Account Columbian ilonds, :€024.... Ditto Account ":IY 2 li , Ditto Account ..... I},nish Bonds ...... ...... ........ Ditto Bonds, IRI4 Ditto Account Greek Bonds.. ..... — French, 5 per cent..... Ditto Bonds, 1q25 —, 4 per cent..... Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent.... —' Exchange.. Ditto Account .......... ...... Dutch, ‘.).isi per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent ...... —.. 25!.; ' Ditto Account .... Ditto Account .. ......... .... Ditto, 5 :.i.er cont. N2aoohtan .. • Ditto Account 49 1 .. ii 50 49!5; 504, :s2M 2 28% 1 4 7 .267. 7N 7 -17 --c. :i4 3 4 4i . . . :11%5 ; :7‘ 102% 314 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK i tlsh Copper Company. and Kilkenny Railway Company Great % esteln Railway Company Brighton CRenine'il Smith Eastern and Dover Railway Company South Brighton, Lewes, and Newhaven Railway York and North Midland Railway Company Mexican and South American Ditto New es** •••• 24 3 4 Per Shar e 44 1%%44 2 'l , _ 47% COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY Amsterdam C.F. 12 (i !Leghorn.. Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 (P:, Nfilan Antwerp... Harnisurg. ....... M.B. 13 13 ! tiaple,...., Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 (11 Lisbon Ditto ........... .......... 2 Us. 2: 90 Oporto Al Marseille3 Frankfort OR dame, Ex.M 153 Bahia 26 Petersbuigh, ruble 'I Us. 10 0 Buenos Avres Berlin Vienna, effective II O M.In 17 Cork I 1.2 Trieste ditto lO 19 Madrid 3514 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Cadiz 37 Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Bilboa '36 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 R , reelona Seville '6 New Dollars Gibraltar 5 ..per nz. 191 MAILS. Arrived. Du' Arrlced. Doe Arrived. Due 0 america.......... 0 ► France...—. 0 0 Lisbon I 0 1;razi1...... .... 0 1 Guern.BrJersey 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0► Hamburg I 0 Mexico 0 •+ Carthakena..... 0 0 Holland I Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica .... 0 Flanders HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0tning.....,...11 minutes after 0 I Evening......4o minutes after 0. HAMBURGH, JAN. 10, 1837. ALL those who may have to write to us are re quested to direct HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURG H, which is perfectly sufficient for the address, and letters directed in that way will reach us just as well as if directed, HEINE BROTHERS, BANKERS, in HAMBURG. Neither the deno mination of BANKERS, or any other, is required, and letters directed, HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGH. will do without any further remark or description. We further request to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 104, 20/., or 301., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 101. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note, or one Bank Post Bill or Cheque ; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in the same way, whenever possible. As to re mittances from Hamburgh to England for large Sums, amounting to many THOUSANDS, of course they may rather be remitted in Bills of Exchange. All those giving orders for any Branch of our multifariousßusiness, that must be executed before FEBRUARY, are advised to lose no time in forwarding the same. HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURG. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. ~`~' ~1~, ~ ` "~ r ., c ,f(Trx ~L LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18. 1837. Not less than forty-six Reform dinners took place on Monday last at Birmingham, which, we suppose, are to be considered as just so many proofs of the re action which the Tories still sedulously assert has taken place throughout the country ! At the most important of these numerous gatherings—that, we mean, at which Mr. MuNTz presided, and a full report of which will be found in another part of The Sun—it gives us sincere satisfaction to state, that the spirit manifested throughout was on the whole favourable to Ministers, though at the same time there was nothing like blind confidence or sycophantic subserviency. No—the speakers were only in favour of the existing Govern ment, a+ being the acknowledged heads of the constitu tional movement party: They entertained a well-grounded conviction that they would press on, and were deter mined therefore to throw no obstacles in its way. Such were the sentiments expressed by Mr. A TT wow), the experienced leader of the Birmingham Reformers, who, while he did not shrink from the manly avowal " that the people had been trifled with too long," yet frankly expressed his opinion "that they should give every support to the Ministry so long as they continued to do justice to both countries." This is just our own language. We have uniformly said, " Give Ministers fair play. They have not as yet deceived you, though they may not have acted up to your expectatiols ; but place this to their account, that they are the hest you ever had ; that they have many inducements to befriend your inte rests, few or none to injure them ; and that the very hostility expressed towards them by the Tories, is the best proof that can be urged in favour of their sincerity. Give them, then, fair play—by all means give them fair play ; and if, after a seasonable trial, you find them unqualified for their posts, get rid of them, but not till then. They are no worse now than they were at the close of the session ; why, then, should the vials of Radical wrath be poured on them just at this cri sis, when, in order to become an efficient Administra tion, they need Radical support more than ever ?" Such, we repeat, has been, and will be— 'till circumstances require othnwise—our advice to all Reformers ; and, whatever a few pedantic grumblers may say to the contrary, it is advice that has been re sponded to by the great bulk of the community. There is now no other disposition on the part of really honest Reformers than to give free scope to the energies of Ministers. The language lately held by Colonel NAPIER, Sir W. Mot.eswoßTH, and Messrs. ROE BUCK, ATTWOOD, and SCHOLEFIELD, by no means disproves this assertion ; for the stern and vigorous sentiments enunciated by these gentlemen were not those of hostility to Government, but of friendly and impassioned remonstrance. They had confidence in it, but not a blind one. They would support it by every means in their power, provided only it would act up to the just expectations formed of it. They did not look fur im possibilities ; all they required way, that the progress of Reform should be brisk and right-onward. Their sole objection was to a crab-like mode of peripateticism, such as Sir ROBERT PEEL adopted, during the few months . he shuffled to and. fro on the Treasury Bench. Now there is nothing in these opinions inimical to Minis ters ; hut, on the contrary, much that is favourable to them. The Birmingham Reformers, it is plain, confide iii them ; and this is not the less apparent because they express an anxiety that Ministers should make the Ballot, and some other measures of improvement, open questions. Why should they not do so ? Thl , ,y have abundant precedent for such a course ; and need not fear the anger of the Tories, for they are already as much hated by them as they ever can be. On this subject Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH well observed, " first, and above all things, it is necessary that we should obtain the Ballot. That question is one almost of life or death to the Liberal party, for the majority of the electors in En4land are men in dependent circumstances. We ought therefore to assemble, to agitate, and to petition, till one universal cry in favour of the Ballot is raised throughout the nation, and the table of the House of Commons be laden with the prayers and commands of the people, demanding vote by ballot." Equally ener getic was Mr. SCHOLEFIELD on the subject of Peer age Reform ; which will as surely come—however the mock-Liberals may deny the fact—as tit:A to-morrow's sun will rise. The old English prejudice in favour of an irresponsible system of legislation is fast wearing out ; opinion is making head-way ; and the Lords, unless they turn from the error of their ways, and look for ward to the future, rather than back to the past, are most assuredly a doomed body. A year hence, and this which may now appear but a random hypothcsis, will assume the aspect of a grave matter-of-let —so con vinced are we th a t th roug h out t h e next - Session their Lordships—to adopt the metaphor of the poetic CAS TLEREAGH—wiII fairly " turn their backs on them selves," and give to the question of Peerage Reform, the only arguments wanting to insure its success. On the same day that the Reform dinners took place at Birmingham, a meeting of the South Devon Reformers was held at Totnes, at which but one feel ing prevailed—namely, that of confidence in the inte grity of Ministers. " The present Government," said Sir R. NEWMAN, " so worthy of their confidence, could continue in power only by the suppert of Re formers—by that support contemplated by the pre sent meeting. It was, therefore, the duty of Re formers to send men to Parliament who would assist his MAJESTY'S present Ministers, as it would be impossible for them to stand, unless backed by a ma jority in the House of Commons." This is just the sort of language that should be held everywhere at the pre sent crisis ; and much indeed shall we be mistaken, if it do not infuse into the Cabinet that unflinching moral courage, in which, it is not to be denied, they have at times shown themselves deficient. For our own part, we are by no means the unconditional supporters of Go vernment. Our confidence in them is not unleavened, hut mingled with a wholesome distrust ; still, on the whole, our faith in their sincerity predominates. We are also staunch advocates for the good old English principle of fair play, and, acting on this principle, we say to all Reformers—" Do not anticipate disappoint ments, but wait and see what Ministers will do, before you resolve on drawing off your forces." We have abridged from the Slugield Iris of Tues day last, the report of an important public meeting held in that great commercial town on the preceding day, for the purpose of petitioning both Houses of iParliatnent, and memorializing the King's Ministers for the total abolition of Church-rates. The impost against which the reformers of Sheffield have set their faces, cannot long withstand the decided and conscientious opposition now made to it in every part of the kingdom. The really honest and conscientious members of the esta blished Church are as much opposed to the compul sory collection of rates, from:persons not belonging to their communion, as the Dissenters themselves. They are not a party to the scandal which is given, by compelling the professors of one faith to support another, in the purity of which they do not believe. They know that the basis of the Church of GOD in this world is not money, but truth ; they feel that, as members of what they believe to be that Church, they ought rather to imitate the primitive Christians, by voluntarily despoiling themselves of their goods to support its poor and its ministers, than to join in the robbery of those who reject its tenets ; and they repudiate on Gospel grounds the cant which would claim for their religion a political supremacy. The advocates for Church-rates are men who, for the most part, have the same interest in supporting the Church Establish ment, that the silversmiths of Ephesus had in main taining the worship of DIANA. . Generally speaking they will be found 'to derive their actual support, or their social or political influence, from the secular abuses of our ecclesiastical institutions. They may disclaim all interested motives in their harangues to the public; but could we strew with ashes every avenue to ecclesiastical plunder, we should be be very apt, like the prophet DANIEL, in the case of the idol Bel's priests, to detect some curious foot-prints, now and then, in the direction of the sacred deposits. We congratulate the country on the spirited efforts now making to abolish Church-rates. They are evi dences of real liberality of feeling—of true liberty of conscience. To compel any man to support a form of worship, in the truth of which he does not be lieve, is tyranny of the worst kind. If the object be to maintain one creed at the expense of an other, it is religious persecution—if to keep up a con nection between a party in religion and a party in the State, it is downright political oppression. This is no longer a mystery to the people of Eng land ; consequently there is hardly a district in the kingdom in which they are not as strongly op posed to Church rates as are the honest Reformers of Bungay and Sheffield. The sincere piety and intelli gence of the Empire is opposed to the maintenance of any religion by compulsory assessments, made upon the goods of men professing a different faith. The system is rotten, and cannot be longer defended. We have just received intelligence, from a respecta ble correspondent at Leeds, to the effect, that the tickets for the Great Reform Dinner, which will be held there this week, and which our Tory Contempo raries asserted, were being given away by wholesale, are eagerly sought after, and purchased both at Leeds and Sheffield at two pounds a piece, though the origi nal price of each was only seven shillings and six pence. All are now disposed of, and hundreds of Reformers will in consequence be disappointed. The letter lately addressed to the electcrs of the county of Limerick by Mr. O'CONNELL, arraigning the public conduct of the Hon. Member for that county, in reference to the Ballot, and to the pro priety of making a state provision for the Roman Ca tholic clergy, has called forth a counter-address to the men of Limerick by their representative, Mr. O'BRIEN. We cannot find room for this recriminatory communi cation to-day ; but to-morrow we shall give the letter itself, or such extracts from it as will enable our readers to form a judgment on the merits of the question which forms its subject. The Hon. Member for Dundalk too has commu nicated to Mr. O ' CONNELL his intention to attend the meeting of the Association to-morrow, for the pur pose of replying to the strictures which the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny made in the Associa tion last Friday, o❑ his political principles and conduct. We are greatly grieved to perceive exceptions to that perfect compactness of union which it is absolutely in dispensable for Irishmen to preserve, if they would promptly and efficiently wrest from the corruptionists, that full measure of justice for their long-oppressed and insulted country, which every good and wise man must desire to see bestowed on the sister country. The Paris Papers of Monday are filled with com ments upon the first part of the debate on the Address in the Chamber of Deputies. The speech of M. THIERS is particularly dwelt upon, as one of the most straightforward ever delivered by an ex-Minister of the Crown. He has completely upset the whole policy of the present Administration by his revelations of the mysteries of office. The KING is said to be quite furious; and so convinced is the ex-Premier of the extent of his MAJESTY'S hostility, that he has ad mitted to his friends that no conceivable support by the Chamber could restore him to office. We were, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN therefore, not wrong when we stated, that however both might endeavour to save appearances, the KING and THIERS were at heart objects of decided aversion to each other. THIERS is well aware of the KING'S dislike ; but he is in a position to bid defiance to the SOVEREIGN, and he does so, knowing that a different course of' conduct would not better his fortunes, while it would ruin him in the opinion of his countrymen and of Europe. lie therefore in this affair acts with great wisdom as regards himself, and with consummate policy as regards France. No legal fic tion can henceforth deceive the people with respect to the part taken by Louts PHILIPPE in the conduct of the administration. The Journal des Debals indeed may talk about the indecency of bringing the KING'S name so prominently before his people ; but we would prefer to hear a defence of his most Christian MA JESTY'S conduct in the affair of CONSEIL the spy. In that business the KING made a tool of M. TulEßS—actually employed him to effect his own dis grace as a minister. The debate on Monday was very animated. MM. ISAMBERT and PASSY both denounced the present policy of France with regard to Spain, and defended M. TillEns' interpretatio❑ of the articles of the Quadruple Treaty. The following extract from the report of the speech of Al. IsAMBERT w.ll be found to embody his views upon the subject : I France bad not merely recognised the Queen of Spain, but promised succour. Had she kept her word ? That she intended to keep her word up to a certain period is evi dent from the Due de Broglie's language. The conduct of the present Government was neutrality—a false neutrality —which sent provisions to the Carlist camp, but not to the Christino. 7'he treaty meant co-operation, or it meant a lie. But you insist that something called intervention is de:randed, which really neither Spain nor any rea sonable man recommended. This was merely a poor so phism to turn the question. Had the French Government taken the secret resolution to abandon Spain, it could have taken no 'other steps than what it has, nor could it have used any other argument. The country would not have borne more frankness on the part of Ministers ; they could not have held any other language. The orator then commented on and refuted M. Calatrava's definition of the Quadruple Alliance Treaty. That Mi nister had not the right to free France front her obligations. The Address at present in discussion passed a covert cen sure on events which took place in Madrid and in Lis bon—a censure that Francc had no right to pass. The French Government affected friendship towards these Go vernments, whilst it wanted to stigmatise the source whence they sprung. This was a Janus-like and double faced policy." The speech of M. PASSY was still more decided in its opposition to the present policy of the French Government. The ex-Minister affected no absurd delicacy in submitting his opinion to the Chamber. He took the position occupied by M. TRIERS, and maintained boldly that France could adopt no other, if she desired to support the ORLEANS dynasty upon the throne. Ministers, by disbanding the Foreign Legion at Pau, had mocked the Queen of SPAIN, and kicked the English alliance overboard—a most fatal policy for Constitutional France. England, however, had done her duty, without regard to French duplicity. The orator then proceeded to make the following remarkable observations, with which we shall close our notice of his speech : " If constitutional monarchy is overturned or jeopardized in Spain, an incessant aliment will be subministered to fac tion and party in France ; new hopes would arise for the disaffected ; they would derive strength and encouragement from the intrigues of the neighbouring States. Should Don Carlos establish his sway in Madrid the Legitimatists of France would place no bounds to their hardihood and en terprizes. These men, whose illusions are incurable, wotAld see in the Spanish counter-revolution a prelude to the overturn of the Throne of July. Thus encouraged, from being a despicable party they might become really formi dable. Let it not be said that, should Don Carlos become King, he would carefully avoid quarrelling with France. Who is Don Carlos ? Is he not much more properly speak ing, the tool, the mere instrument, of the absolutists rather than their chieftain and leader. It will not depend on him (in the hypothesis thus made) to refuse assistance to the French Pretender. It is from the Pyrenees that this Pre tender would start to carry the war into the centre of our country. In Spain he who is called Henry V. would or ganize his forces. Until victory declares for Isabella our domestic firctions will never be cifictually calmed." The King of the FRENCH will here find food for reflection. All that M. PASSY here insists upon has been repeated again and again by the liberal Journals of England and France. The debate was not closed when the mails left Paris. The Charte publishes the following despatch from Bayonne : " 'The following telegraphic despatch has been received by Government : " BAYONNE, JAN. 14, 4 Erro has rriven in his resignation. The Bi s h o p o f L eon i s appointed President of the Council and Minister of Justice. The other Minis ters arc chosen from the Pretender's Under-Secretaries of State.' Thus all is wrong with the Carlists at head-quarters. The resignation of M. ERRo will accelerate the down fall, by ruining the credit of the Pretender. To make the matter still worse, the Paris police seized 5,000 swords on Sunday last, destined for the service of Don CA alms. The Prince himself is in a state of de spondency. His followers see that he has no chance of obtaining a Crown—so they are all now bent upon shifting for themselves. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAS. 17.—Wind fog has prevailed during the day, with calms and light variable airs.—Arrived the Nautilus, from Pugwash. DOVER, JAN. 17.—Arrived off, the 'row Maria, Noorbeek, from Batavia ; Poultney, Mooat, from Angostura ; Zephyr, NPLeod, from Quebec. MARGATE, JAN. 17.—Arrived off, the Toyle packet, Brown, from Seville ; Henrietta, Sherris, from ditto. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind N.N. E., very light airs, with a dense fog.--Arrived the Claudine, Kemp, from London for for Madras. Sailed the Express, Barteles, for New York. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind N.N. E.—Arrived the Hereu les,Spy, from Cork ; Shannon, from London. FAI.;10UTII, JAN. .16.—Wind N. N. E., moderate breezes, and cloudy. GVERNiEY, JAN. M.—Arrived the Apollo, from Messina. JERSEY, JAN. 15.—Arrived the Iris, Watts, Newfoundland. LIVERPOOL, J. 15.—Arrived the Virginian, Watson, from New York ; Castlereagh, from St. Michael's. Sailed the Thomas Carty, Kelly, for Demerara ; Dean, Dean, for Con.. - .lantinople ; Alcide, Meale, for Naples ; Frcuartha, Tompkin, for Leghorn. DUBLIN, JAN. 15.—Arrived the City of Limerick steamer, from London ; and Elbana, Small, from Smyrna. CORK, JAN. 15.—Arrived the Margaret, —, from Dublin, for New South Wales ; and St. Antonio Felix, —, from St. libes. BOS FON, JAN. 16.—The Three Brothers, Hargrave, from Goold to this port, foundered on the 14th instant—crew drowned. ARDROSSAN, JAN. 10.—The Jane and Peggy, Brown, from Girvan, is wrecked near this port, and all on board drowned. VESSELS FPOKEN wmt.--The Gazelle, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, the 3d instant, lat. 50, long. 35, by the Earl of Selkirk, arrived at Poole. The Elizabeth, from Ham burg to Newfoundland, the 4th instant, lat. 47, long. 39, by the Trinity, Robins, arrived at Poole. The Ajax, from Lon don to Malta, Hebe, from Liverpool to Gibraltar, and Union, from Beaumaris, with loss of main boom and gaff, the 3d in stant, off Cape de Galt. The Poland, bound to Havre, the 12th instant, lat. 50, long. 11, by the Virginian, arrived at Liverpool. The Great Reform Festival to be held in this town on Wednesday next will be one of the most splendid as semblages of electors ever held in this or any ether county on a festive occasion. Upwards of a thousand persons are expected to sit down to dinner in one room. All the tickets have already been disposed of, and we fear hundreds of applicants will be disappointed.—Leeds DEATH OF THE MASTER OF TIIE ROLLS.— The Dublin Evening Mail of Monday announces the death of Sir William M'Mahon, which took place, at 7 o'clock that morning, at his chambers. Mr. Baron O'Loughlen will, it is believed, be appointed to the Mastership of the Rolls. Mr. Richards, the Attorney-General, has been spoken of as the successor to Sir William ; and the Mail, on authority which we may be permitted to question, says there are some who assert that Mr. O'Connell will be the man. The late Master of the Rolls, it is acknowledged by all parties, discharged his judicial duties with credit to himself, and advantage to the country. Li VERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JAN. 16.---Our Cotton-Market has been rather inanimate to-day, but we do not observe any change in prices. The sales amount to 2,500 bags. ESDA Y, JANUARY 18, 1837. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY) EWING V. OSBALDISTON.-(JUDGMENT.) SITRREY THEATRE. The object of this bill was to establish a partnership with the defendant in the performances and profits incident to such performances at the Surrey Theatre, from the 10th Dec. 1821, to have partnership articles executed for that purpose, to remove the defendant from the manage ment of the theatre, and to appoint a manager in his place ; or that the partnership might h e di sso l ve d, and the affairs of it wound up. Certain letters set out in the bill, which passed between the plaintiff and defendant in Dec. 1831, were alleged by the plaintiff to constitute a partnership between them ; and on the faith of an arrangement therein contained the plaintiff remitted to the defendant the sum of 5001. The defendant opened the theatre ; carried on the performances ; for a time treated the plaintiff as a partner ; and in April, 1832, paid him 150/. on account of the profits. The plaintiff about this time came to London ; a quarrel ensued upon the provisions to be inserted in the partnership articles, when the defendant procured an as signment to be made to himself of the existing lease, and refused to recognise the plaintiff as a partner. The Lone) CHANCELLOR this morning gave judgment. The case came before him upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, who dismissed the hill with costs. His Lordsnip observed that two questions arose for the consideration of the Court ; first, were the performances at the Surrey Theatre. the profits of which were the subject of the contract, contrary to law ; and se condly, if they were, would the plaintiff be entitled to any decree ? The result of the evidence showed that the con tract between the parties was for an illegal purpose. His Lordship then referred at great length to the different Acts of Parliament relating to theatrical performances, and to authorities which bore upon the law of the case, and was of opinion that to decree a specific performance of the con tract in question, would be inconsistent with all principle, and contrary to the decided cases. It had been contended that the plaintiff ought at least to recover the money he advanced and it had been said he had a lien for it on the property purchased. If the plaintiff was entitled to recover back his money, the Court of Chancery was not the tribunal in which such a demand could be enforced ; and as to the al leged lien, no such case was made on the bill. His Lord ship, in conclusion, observed that it was certainly a great misfortune to the plaintiff to have parted with his money and not to receive any consideration for it ; but this hard ship was common to all other cases in which an illegal con tract could not be enforced. It had been stated at the bar, that the defendant had offered to return the money. This was no more than what a conscientious and honest man would consider it his duty to do ; but his Lordship had no power to enforce it. The judgment of the Vice-Chancel lor was correct in principle and authority, and therefore the appeal must be dismissed with costs. Sir W. HORNE—I suppose you make the same offer now Mr. KNIGHT--I am not authorised to say anything. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His HONOUR was engaged the whole morning with hear. ing a case in his private room. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) FIELDER V. FUGGLE. The question in this case related ton right of road over certain lands in the parishes of Talden, Brenchley, and Mereton, in Kent. The case possessed no feature of public interest. KING'S BENCH.-(THI§ DAY.) The Grand Jury were sworn at the sitting of the Court this morning before Mr. Justice PATTESON, who briefly addressed them on the discharge of their usual duties. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE did not sit to-day, in conse quence, we understand, of an attack of the prevailing ma lady. THE KING V. THE AUDITORS OF ST. PANCRAS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said in this case a writ of quo 'warranto had been some time ago issued, calling upon the defenda n t s t o s h ow b y what authority they exercised the office of auditors of the parish. To that a return was made, and he was anxious to take the opinion of the Court upon its sufficiency. For this purpose, he wished their Lordships to put the case at the head of the Crown paper, as it was most desirable to have the matter set at rest. Lord DENMAN said they would consider the subject. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL,--It was highly important that the Court should give its opinion, as until that was obtained there would be a total cessation of the payment of the poor-rate in the parish. There were already two or three thousand summonses issued, and three or four hundred warrants granted. Lord DENMAN, after consultation with Mr. Justice WILLIAMS, said they would he unwilling to interfere with the progress of business, as it was regularly set down for hearing ; but considering the importance of the case men tioned by the Attorney-General, ,they would name the morning of Thursday in the next week for the argument upon it. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LATEST FROM MEXICO.—By the packet ship Mexican we have received Vera Cruz papers to the 30th November. The dates are several days later than before received. A San Louis, Potosi, date of the 1 1 th, mentions the arrival of the remaining corps of the division destined to march against Texas. A portion of the division left San Louis on the 1 1 th, and the remainder on the 12th. The pro clamation of General Bravo to the troops, preparatory to leaving that city, has been published. A conductor ar rived at Vera Cruz on the 23d from Mexico with 586,561 dollars in silver. We have received Montreal Papers to the 17th Decem ber, from which we make the subjoined extracts : " His Excellency has further prorogued the Provincial Parliament to the 14th, without a summons to meet for despatch of business:- The Montreal Papers also give the following : " Downing-street, Sept. 6. 4 " Sir,—With reference to that part of my despatch of the 25th July (No. 73) which refers to the reservation of the Money Bills passed by the Legislature of Upper Canada during their last session, I have the honour to inform you that the circumstances which rendered that measure expe dient, having since undergone an entire change, I have not hesitated to advise his Majesty now to confirm those Bills. His Majesty having been graciously pleased to approve that advice, I transmit to you herewith an order of his Majesty in Council for carrying it into effect. _ _ " I need hardly observe that in tendering thi s a d v i ce t o hi s Majesty, I have by no means departed from the view ex pressed in my dispatch of the 25th of July, as to the pro priety of your conduct in reserving these Bills ; but, aware of the inconveniences which could not but result from a prolonged suspension of them, it has been with much satis faction that I have felt myself relieved from the necessity of a further perseverance of that measure. " GLENELG. " To Francis Head, &c., &c." Our only arrival this morning is the French mail ; no ship-letters received. THE FUNDS. Consols, which closed yesterday at 89. 1 ,- for the Account, opened at S9i ; for Money, the same. Exchequer Bills, 21 23 ; lndla Bonds, 11 13 ; Bank Stock, 209 210 ; India Stock, 255 256. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. Spanish Ac tive, 26v ; Passive, 7 ; Deferred, 121- ; Portuguese, 49, 50 ; Three por Cents., 321 ; Colombian, 064 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. 'We hear that letters are in town from General Evans, dated St. Sebastian, 10th instant. He writes in high spirits ; and the moment the weather permits he will com mence operations. THE FUNDS. The agitation among the monied inte res t h as t o t a lly sub sided, and we do not hear of any further failures ; conse quently the Funds are very buoyant this morning, and there is every prospect of a further increase. Consols may be quoted at 901 for the Account ; Money the same. Exchequer Bills, 21 19 22 prem. ; India Bonds, 11 15 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2104. •-- - z - There is also an improvement in the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 27 ; Passive, 7,4- 3 ; Deferred, 121 ; Por tuguese, 50 ; Three per Cent s ., 32 ; Columbian, 261 ; Mxican, 253,- ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 54:1. We hear that the Bank has paid off to the East India Company two millions : no doubt this is the cause of the rise in the Funds. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 901. The Duke of Wellington arrived at Strathfieldsaye on Friday last, where he will remain until the meeting of Parliament. The Earl and Countess Clanwilliam have arrived at Wilton Castle, on a visit to the Hon. Sydney H erbert. Lord William Russell has arrived on a visit to the Baroness de Clifford, at Kirkby Mallow, Leicestershire. Lord Seaford has arrived at We!beck Priory, on a visit to the Duke of Portland. Saturday inquests were held on no less than five persons who had died in the House of Correction from the effects of the prevailing epidemic. Seventeen pensioners belonging to Greenwich Hos spital were buried on Friday last, and in one ward 31 now lie dead. Lord Dynevor has arrived at Barington Park from Dynevor Castle. THE SUN EXPRESS. In another column we have given the principal features of Sir Robert Peel's speech at the Glasgow dinner on Friday. For the very copious details from which our abstract is made, we are indebted to the columns of The Sun. 'l'he Proprie tors of that Journal, with their characteristic promptltude and energy, had their report of the proceedings sent to town by expresses which travelled with almost incredible rapidity. It was half-past twelve o'clock on Friday night before the proceedings of the dinner terminated. and the account of them arrived at The Sun Office by half-pasf one o'clock on Sunday morning —a distance of 400 miles in about twenty four hours !—Bath and Cheltenham Gazette. WONDERFUL DISPATCH!—We have received a copy of The Sun newspaper, containinga report of the dinner given to Sir Robert Peel at Glasgow on Friday evening last. The report contains eight columns and a half of closely printed matter, conveyed from Glasgow to London (sonic 400 miles), written out, and printed, by half.past one o'clock on Sunday morning, not more than twenty. seven hours from the time the speeches were delivered! We are not altogether inexperienced in the matter of expressing, but we must yet confess our astonishment at this almost in credible achievement. The mail between London and Glasgow, occupies, if we recollect rightly, firrty-two hours on its ,journey.—Maidstone Gazette. BRIGHTON-TUESDAY. His Majesty, accompanied by Lady de Lisle; took a car riage drive this morning, before luncheon. The Princess Augusta, accompanied by Miss Wynyard, also took a carriage airing before luncheon. But,LETT N.—" The Duchess of Gloucester has had some refreshing sleep during the night, and is better to-day." The calls this day include Baron Gersdorff, Mrs. Ver non, Mr. Thomas Towers Cocks, Colonel and Mrs. Ton son, Commander Kelley, R.N., Lady and Miss Blackwood (on leaving), Rev. John Coles, Lieut.-Gener a l Sir W. Pringle, Bishop of Chichester, and Capt. and the Hon. Mrs. Pechell. The Royal dinner invitations yesterday evening were— Lord Saltoun, Lieut.-General Sir Henry Wheatley, C. J. Wemyss, Colonel Sir James Reynett, and Sir Hilgrove Turner. Sir Henry Wheatley (Privy Purse) and Colonel Wemyss, arrived last night at the Palace. COURT CIRCULAR. Mr. Wallace Currie, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. T. Leathern, and Mr. Radcliffe (Town Clerk), of Liverpool, accompanied by Mr. Ewart, had an interview with the Lords of the Trea sury yesterday, on the subject of the Conservancy of the river Mersey. Messieurs Smith, Brownrigg, M.P., Marjoribanks, M.P., Hart Davis, Ravenshaw, Davidson, Tooke, and Brown, a Deputation from the Australian Association, had an inter view with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Cabinet Council appointed to be held yesterday was postponed till to-day. Sir John Hobhouse arrived at his residence, at Putney, on Monday evening, from Corsham House, Chipenhall, Wilts, the scat of Mr. Methuen. Mr. Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. MONEY MARKET. The circumstances connected with the temporary stop page of Esdaile's bank have been the subject of general conversation to-day (Tuesday) all over the city, and ex planations have been on all sides very freely afforded. The true situation of the house was, it appears, disclosed at the clearing on Saturday, and it would not have commenced business at all on Monday morning had not such communi cations been made as left the partners in no doubt that ,as sistance to the extent required would be furnished by the Bank of England. How the misapprehension arose has not been very clearly explained, but if the directors were not sufficiently explicit on so very important a subject, it is a great reproach to them ; and the partners of Esdaile's bank, on the other hand, to whom it was still more im portant, are still more culpable if they proceeded upon false or mistaken grounds. Such, however, are the charges which are mutually made by the parties against each other, and it is material to the public that this point should be hereafter cleared up, for the sake especially of the character of the administration of the Bank of England. This mistake, however, had the effect of bringing forward the other private bankers to the as sistance of Esdaile's house, who no doubt had satisfied themselves of its ultimate solvency, who thought also that its stoppage would prove a great evil to the monied inte rest, and that the Bank had acted harshly in refusing the assistance required on this occasion. The judgment of the different parties could not, it is clear, be both right ; and the principle may, perhaps, become a questionable one hereafter, on which such assistance is given. Some of the bankers decidedly objected to take any part in it. Allowing, as we believe to be the case, that there is full protec tion in this instance, it is naturally asked by the lookers-on how far it is to carry them, and whether it is to extend to all cases of a similar kind. The extent of the assistance given is said in the whole to be '240,000/., but the accounts differ as to the sum furnished by the private bankers, some stating it at the entire amount, and others at 140,000/., the rest being furnished by the Bank of England. That it was fully effectual for the purpose was apparent this morning, the public statement of the difficulties of the house having caused a most extensive run upon it, which could only have been met by very powerful re sources. It is fully understood, that in consequence of what has occurred the affairs of the house are to be wound up, and the business to cease ; in fact, its numerous connec tions with country banks, which were nearly the largest of any house in London, being about seventy in n umber, are said to have been already distrib u t e d among other banking houses in the city, and three gentlemen have been selected to superintend the final arrangements. 'I.. bere cannot he any doubt under these circumstances of the payment in full of all demands upon them, and it has been further con fidently stated by persons acquainted with the affairs, that a large surplus will'afterwards remain for the partners. This, however, can only be fully ascertained after a more com plete inquiry than is practicable at first can have been insti tuted.—Times. FREEMASONRY.—PETERBOROUGII, JAN, 14... E The Brethren in this city were convened by special sum monses to assemble on this day, at the Masonic Hall, contiguous to the Windmill Inn, to receive Br. Dr. Cru cifix, the J.D.G. of England, who had been directed by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, 111.W.G./11., to con stitute them as a lodge by his warrant, bearing date December 19, 1836, and numbered 646 on the Registry of England. Brother Crucifix, after the invocation and prayer, addressed the Ledge, earnestly imploring them to maintain and uphold the principles of the craft. lie then installed as the first Master, Brother Thomas Ewart, according to an cient form. The brethren adjourned for a short time to the Talbot Inn (in consequence of the death of the landlady of the Windmill Inn, which took place only a few hours be fore the meetin), and returned to the Hall for the purpose of initiating a new member. It is needless to state that the ceremony was performed with all due regard to the strictest regulations, and the brethren testified their grati tude to the worthy brother who had left London for the purpose of constituting them as a Lodge, by the presents; tion of an address to him, couched in very appropriate terms. We hail the establishment of the Lodge as anticipatory of the appointment of some leading member of the Society as Provincial Grand Master. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have arrived at Stover, from a tour in the North. Her Grace has been placed in mourning by the death of her brother, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. From inquiries that were made at Covent-garden Theatre yesterday respecting the accident that occurred on Friday night last to Madame Irvine, it appears she still remains in a serious state. The height that the unfortunate woman was precipitated w as a t l eas t 20 fe e t. Lord Longford, who has been on a visit to Colonel Conelly at Castleton, has arrived at l'akenham Hall, Sir G. Warrender has arrived in Albemarle -street, from his seat, Lochend, Scotland. Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, is expected to arrive at Mivart's Hotel, on Friday, from Berlin. THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .10 Omiii.itti 3 per Cent Red 9l7i India Stock ............, ........ .. 200 3.per Cent Cola ,) !q, Ditto Ronds..... ......... lslm. 3% per Cent. lOO South Sea Stack 3% per Cent Rei1............. ...... 99 0 4 Ditto Old Annuities New al, per Cent y9% Ditto New Annuitics• $ per Cent. Assented — Ex. Bill., tuniii .31. .. 23 pm Dissented — Ditto 500/ •.,3 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto tost/ 23 pin. Jas. 1830 L .., .•:..16 Bank Stock for Opg. Oct !MO _ lama Stock no Act. ............ 91 , 4 Jan. IWO 145 Consols for Act. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent — Ikntuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. 73 Belgian, 5 per cent lo'2 Ditto, New Ditto 514 Brazilian Bonds .,.. 27 Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cant...... Rwsituu Bmds, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian 6 per cent. — Spanish, 5 p et cent — Ditto, !Ka I Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent ...... ... —f. —c. Greek Bonds, 162.5.5 per cent — Exchange —l —c Mexican, 5 per cent. — ' lunch, 3 per cent I. c. Ditto, 6 per cent., 18'25' ....... 25% D u t c h , 2 i per cen t. f;s Peruvian, 18'25, 6 per cent.... , Ditto. 5 per cent. ........ ....... 10:11,i SHAIIES. Eastern Counties Railway Great Western Railway 45 London and Brighton Railway (Rennie's) London and Blackwall Railway 1 „ London and Greenwich Railway ... '2O Manchester and Leeds Railway No other variations in the Prices of Shares since our One o clock List. GRAND REFORM DINNERS AT BIR MINGHAM. On Monday last, the members of the Birmingham Re- form Association mustered in considerable numbers at forty six different convivial meetings. The principal dinner took place at Mr. Cresswell's Room, in the Old-square, where about 130 gentlemen were present. HENRY MUNTZ, Esq., presided ; supported on his right by Thomas Attwood, Esq., M. P., A rseott Molestvortle Esq., G. F. Minns, Esq., and Benjamin Hadley. Esq. On his left sat Joshua Scholefield, Esq , M.P., Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., William Boulthee, Esq., John Betts, Esq., I). Wakefield, Esq, Amongst those present were William Wills, Esq., George Attwood, Esq., Thomas Bolton, Esq., Thomas Cletves, Esq., John Merrideth, Esq., M. Perkins, Esq., &c. Over the head of the Chairman waved several elegant banners, and o th ers o f a lik e chaste description were sus pended in various pat is of the room. The cloth having been removed, the CHAIRMAN said before proceeding to the business of the evening he thought it due those gentlemen present, who were not residt nts in Birmingham, to state, that they should not have In d heir meeting in that small room, had it not been for the alt ra tions of the Town Hall, which would deprive the le bli ; of the use of that edifice for some time to come. He co dd state, however, that there were 1,750 good men and true, upon whom they could rely, and who entertained the sante opinions, dining at the same hour as themselves. Without they had adopted that plan, they must have abandoned the festival altogether, and he would leave it to the company whether or not they had adopted the better course. He would then proceed to g ive that, w hi c h oug h t to b e t h e f i rst toast drunk by all tru e Reformers ; it was a toast which had invariably been given at the meetings of that Association ; he meant " The People."—(Cheers.) He would not attempt to discuss then the question of the Monarchy ; but would leave them to judge whether the King could do without the people, or the people without the King.—(Tremendous applause.) They had before now an example in the United States of what a country could do without a King, and until lately they had the example of Charles the Tenth I without, a people.—( Hear, hear.) He begged them to I drink" The People," with three times three. The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Chief Magistrate of the People--the King." They had upon the throne now a Monarch who had less faults than any of his predecessors ; who, bred under Tory despotism, in the Court of George the Third, had done more good than could possibly have been expected from him. There was a light dawning upon them ; for there were reports (he did not say they were true) that his Majesty had said, so convinced was he that further reform was necessary, that any reform, calculated to promote the general welfare and interest of the country should have his cordial support. He begged them to drink " The King."—(Three times three.) The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Princess Victoria ;" which was drunk with the usual honours. The CHAIRMAN requested each gentleman to fill his glass. The toast he was about to introduce to their notice was one which had ever been received in Birmingham with that enthusiasm which ought to mark the reception of a similar toast in any town of which the representatives did their duty. There was no scarcity of Members of Parlia ment ; there were 658 in the House of Commons, but there was a dire scarcity of good ones—some trading for their own interests, others for the interest of a party, and others who did not know what to do. They had, fortunately, sent from the town of Birmingham men who would calmly deliberate upon all questions, and hear both sides—two men who had never flinched from their duty—and whose votes could al ways be calculated upon where the interests of the people were concerned.--(Cheers.) He gave the healths of Thomas Attwood, Esq., and Joshua Scholefield, Esq., the . Members for the Borough, with three times three. The toast was drunk with every demonstration of ap plause ; after which, Mr. ATTWOOD rose, and returned thanks. He thanked them most sincerely for the undeserved honour which they had conferred upon him, on that and many similar occasions. It was true that he, and his excellent friend Mr. Scholefield, had fought the battles of the people, and they had been told they had fought them faithfully—they had at least fou g ht them without fear—without brandisement ; and, undoubtedly, they had done their duty, although he regretted they were unable, however desirous they might be, to effect more. They had at least done all within their power, but they had to deal with most impracticable materials. In tie b e tter days of Sir Francis I3urdett, and in the worst days of the House of Commons, that assemby was described by him as a " bad place ;" but in the worst days of Sir Francis Bur dett, and the better days of the House of Commons, that gentleman had told them it was a " queer place—he did not know what to make of it." It was true they had got 658 members, with none of whom they could individually find fault ; but they were obstinately bent, collectively-, either in promoting their own interests, or those of the Ministers or the Opposition ; but very few were found fighting the battles of the people. He could not help no ticing that circumstance when he knew how the people of England bad suffered for 20 years before they had achieved the victory of Reform. The late Parliament was gone, and he thanked God for it ; for among the number of 200 who had been sent to Parlament as the friends of justice and humanity, they were, after passing the Irish Coercion Bill, the Poor Law Amendment. Act, and discussing the questions of the Dorchester labourers, the Hempstead labourers, the Calthorpe-street Jury contaminated, and the vengeance of the people drawn down upon them, and they were sent back to their constituents with all their blushing honours thick upon them.—(Cheers.) There were among them, then, some few false friends o f the people ; independent of' which they had opposed to them nine-tenths of the gentry, the whole of the clergy, four' fifths of the liberal professions, who considered not for one moment the love of the people. They pursued their career of crime, shame, and degradation, and the Tories were cashiered. The new parliament then assembled, and their opponents, puffed up with worldly pride, told them that their majority of 200 was reduced to seven ; then they talked of re-action ; but he at that time told them that they misunderstood themselves, that shame and degrada tion would lighten on their heads, and that the same s pirit was abroad which manifested itself during the struggles for Reform ; in spite of the meetings at Lichfield House an d all the efforts of the Tories, the Peel. Administr a ti on w as dismissed by a house which th e y themselves had sum moned. They were now a better Parliament, but he was afraid that Ministers only sought to keep their pl aces , to give nothing to the people, and to keep out the Tories ; so , did he wish to keep out the Tories, but still he wished to give the people just measures, and he thought they had been trifled with t oo l ong ; that Ministers had been laying at tweedle dee and t wee dl e dum until it was difficpult to make a distinction. Lord Melbourne was the best of the lot, notwithstandin g he was not so b rave and bold as a po litician as he (Mr. Attwood) would wish him to be. His Lordship certainly had said many times in the House of Lords that he would stand or fall by this or that measure, but he had not been supported afterward s , and little had resulted from those declarations. H e should have said, I • have been insulted once in advocating the cause of the people, and unless full justice is done to them I will not again take office. If he had done that, Tory, Whig, and • Radical would all have rallied round him, and be would have been popular throughout the whole coup try, notwithstanding the sort of House of Commons w ith which they had to deal. They had done something, at' though that something was very little ; they hug p., e a a - measure for abolishing. entirely and for ever that odious monopoly in the East India trade. He would say nothing relative to the slavery question, or to the corporation, not withstanding they were both important questions; but cer tainly, in reference to the latter, he might remark that they had shrunk back affrighted and alarmed when requested to extend to Ireland and her municipal institutions that jus tice which they had extended to England. The natives of Ireland were perhaps not considered to be so fit as we Sax ons to be entrusted with the exercise of liberty, but there were those who thought differently, who, havin g e n j o yed those blessings s i nce t h e d ays of A lfred, were determined to extend them to those who had never before participated in their benefit. There ought to be a community °Heeling between themselves as Englishmen and their counts om en in ° Ireland—but b a d su c h b een th e case w h en an English army had been permitted to exercise its tyrannical powers in Ireland, in support of a church opposed to the religious tenets of a majority of the people of that country—was it possible that there could be any union of feeling under those circumstances ? He thought there could not, and that they were bound to obtain for the Irish those liber ties and privileges possessed by the English people. He trusted that they would not long be compelled to contri bute to and support taxes enabling the English aristocracy to crush their Irish countrymen.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Attwood then referred to the loudly called for reformation of the House of Lords, and said they might recollect the services of the pretended ancestors of the present Peers, whom he looked upon with as much respect as he did their old cathedrals as relics of antiquity —as records of the grandeur of by-gone days. But he thought that when they began to play Dummy, then some reformation was int peratively called for. The American writer, Franklin, said he had examined them all and they were not capable of drawing hurdle -carts. He did not think that they were better as hereditary legislators now than fifty years age , and he was of opinion, in spite of all that had been said to the contrary, that if' the Lords were once in the hands of the Commons they might be fairly and effectually dealt with. They had, at the present moment, many difficulties to contend with, and it was a hard task to devise what course should be followed. It appeared to him that they should give every support to the Ministry so long as they continued to do justice to both countries. He did not wish to press any measure before the public mind was thoroughly