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

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I Lishon 0 0 2,lalta 0 Mexico 0 0 Ostend , 0 Sweden 0 I Waterford 0 UK , "'ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ............ n 5 minutes after 4 1 Evening 44 minutes after 4 . 11 tiE br;dition NEW PA It LIAM E N T.—Just published, t'" ,or neatly mounted for the Pocket, 2s. 6d., the DAR T'- CLARKE , AND LEWIS'S iANIENTARY AND NEWSPAPER LIST : 1 .' 0 4% i j i g the Names of all the Members of the House of Corn t+kirldomith a correct description of the Newspaper Press of the t -11 - 3 ---t hc political opinion of each Member, and the advocacy o.urnal viisplayed in coloured ink. ls ," useful publication :we believe that there is no ,10 e o „, w 'lleli contains the same extent of political information b — Pact and available a form,"—Morning Chronicle, Oct. 26. k tki e hart f f Ad re • Clarke and Lewis, English and Foreign Newspaper & , I RR am rt!lement Agents, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street ; Parliament-street • Ridgway, Piccadilly; E. 4 Regal I Tait,Edinburgh‘' own .-xclange ; W., and of all Booksellers anti cOlanty. l'art 1., . 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Iv , The 'Work will be completed in Twenty Parts. i )(1 . 0tr an ....... : r -,, St 21' Paternoster -row ; Purkess, Compton-street, ~,,_l{_zin6orn‘.ernen"ts, ' Pulteney-strcet ; and all Booksellers in the 7 7t ------- ------- ---- -- pIA , - -=—L•_ __ _ ' - ~.Cati on of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day --_,...„,„_ at Four o' Clock. -------.......---.—__ - .71 .4 7V r V a2 "'g' 1. 5 A.As , s; )e .1 . ) , LONDON : W ' 4 u Dr, NE,SDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1837. ot ,' l t t the Stockport Reform Festival, which took place 4 onda last, and a full report of which we gave t xel • ) :ustliely in a Second Edition of The Sun of yes el:al' I\l % O'CONNELL made a vigorous, animated ov - h tt o -- ' l i v bieh produced quite an electrical effect on all lion. h4( ` t he good fortune to hear it. Never was the did h an d Le arne d G ent l eman i n b e t ter s pirits—nev er N oe ; s p e ak more to the point, or with more deter '`t e , net gY• " I am going to Parliament," said he, o at ° -ns ist having th e Reform Bill properly worked Bill Paiticularly what is deemed essential in that\r,t' h an d I will t e ll you w h at I cons id er mos t essential st ail e CY Rall o t. I t hi n k t h e present Mi n i stry can hardly th e they oug h t not to stan d, if t h e y a re opposed to 4 4 41 °L Th his is pl a i n s p ea ki n g, such as best becomes atesin_l off Mr.O'CONN EL L'S character. The Bai - h o e iir 'leed indispensable. It is the only safeguard we l i v i : l ° L.tainst t h e di rect encroac h ments o f T ory i sm: l it 'tout it, Deform is little better than a mere nui 4;With it w e ma y d e fy the fiercest assaults of the 1) .t ll ), even though LYNDHURST leads the van, and 11 1 , 4 Thanceuvres in the rear. Are we to sup pose, ob„ 11) t h se at this paramount remedial measure will be so ' - vod • by Ministers in the Session which is now b ie - ° so at hand Impossible They are honest liro n- ---therefore they will support the Ballot. They to aa gaciou s men — t h ere f ore t h ey w ill support t h e tam e t ' They know we ll th a t th e d eman d for this b tit 'Y is no longer the demand of a party, gall i . Of a people. It is not the Radicals who kia gdi it, but th e i nte lli gent popu l at i on o f t h ree tia ll Tts• The circumstances attending the last dee liraave confirmed the doubtful—lent energy to the t y l 'and m a d e converts to t h e B a ll ot b y t h ousan d s. th e 11 L ord EBR INGTON , w h o ev id ent l y di sapproves ped,en"Perirrient—and that strongly too—finds it inex _tt to use o th er l anguage on t h e su bj ect t h an t h at c aei llation. W e say, then, as we have said for the N t r , three years, that the Ballot must be granted. l i t Y of election is a rank juggle without it. We tails f° just as much propriety toss up, heads or ha: ' or our representatives—decide by the . fall of a Tory "Tiece, or a whether we should have a Liberal ' em ber as elect them in the way cle aed. they are Ilil?" 4,t ‘ he question of the " finality of the s trict Reform — CoNN EL L was singularly happy in his ures n Petd c , 'When a law is passed," observed the I Rill - t nat no more children shall be born, then 016 talk w ith Lord EZRINGTON about finality. But irit e rde ; fo r so l ong as k now l e d ge, an d power, an d Dro ve t i , " ' e lst and advance, so long must there be im- Ileti tt '" e nts in the machine of Government." We can ether .pine a statesman, worthy of the name, supposing It e f or wl s° for an instant. To insist on the finality of Wh at and to bid it stop where it now is— tay t 13 this, but to stand upon the sea-shore, and Il ie ° t he advancin, tide, " encroach no further ?" i.eat principle of all good government is, and the whtaUst e 'er he, progression—that principle by which oc eN 'le world is kept in wholesome action. What li tY t a Q h ' ' ed the dow n f a ll o f t h e T or i es , b u t th e inabi tneir rereeiv e t hi s truth —or, at least, to apply i t to 4 41 e Of wn ease ? What keeps them still on the shady th, 1 " 1 11t nf Rouse of Co mmon s, but the same utter , i:lt er ; s agacity an d f ores i ght ? " Fi na li ty ," i n d ee d , \l'h at can lie nothing final as regards opinion ; and The is Refor m but opinion ? e te r eer it • ms on which Mr. O'CONNELL proposes to Bad itiqe Su e 18 S UPpOrt to Ministers, are stated with force Ai ec i n , etn ess• " Arc you prepared," he asks, 11 1 , 4 •11 r o 4ee ti le QUEEN in the hands of the King of n ry eto If not,,go along with me and resist the . °4 sibi ar.d support the Ministry, as far as it is 'e t o ~. • 44r i sh r i nk .""PPort their' ; not, however, encouraging Y ' o g from just Reform, or postponing neces rriPr° en tets, but pressingithem firmly, and with determination." This is just the proper spirit in which an English Government should be supported. Give it fair play, but nothing more. If it be vigilant and alert, encourage it ; if slothful rouse it ; if firm i❑ its purpose to de nothing, out with it ! Mi nisters arc trustees for the people, and can be regarded in no other light. They hold office only so long as they legislate for our advantage. If further Reform— and who shall gainsay it ?—is necessary for our wel fare, that Reform it is the bounden duty of Govern ment to concede to us. And this is a course of con duct that we have no doubt the MELBOURNE Ad ministration will pursue. All things considered, we have no reason to be dissatisfied with, or distrustful of, it. It has had a thousand difficulties to contend against—an adverse Court, and an intriguing back stairs influence—but these difficulties exist no longer —hence we have reason to hope that the future course of Governinent will be characterised by a marked spirit of zeal, liberality, and determination. We should not omit to notice Mr. O'CONNELL ' S allusions to that " fine old English gentleman," Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. The Baronet is a remarkably vain and self-conceited man, and DANIEL'S caustic sarcasm is just the sort of thing to probe him to the quick. In what an edifying style he laid the cat upon the " faded beau !" There was the energy of a COB- . BETT in his every blow. Altogether, we have never read a cleverer, juster, or more stirring speech than than made by Mr. O'CONNELL to the Reformers of Stockport. It combined the sagacity of the states man, with the unflinching resolution of the patriot. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The gallery of this House was opened to-day at a quarter past Two o'clock, when were present the Duke of Wel lington, the Marquis of Westminster, the Earls of Durham, Mulgrave, Bute, Powis, and the Bishop of London ; Lords Dundas, Hawarden, Vesey Fitzgerald, Bexley, King, and several others. At a half-past Two o'clock the Lord Chancellor entered e House and said, " MY LORDS—Her Majesty not thinking fit to Le personally present at this time, has been pleased to cause a Commission to pass the Great Seal for Opening the Parliament." The Noble and Learned Lord, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Marquis of Cunningham, Viscount Dun cannon, and Earl Mulgrave, then took their seats as the Lords Commissioners, and ordered the Usher of the Black Rod to require the attendance of the Gentlemen of the House of Commons. A numerous attendance of the Commons appeared at the bar, amongst whom were Lord John Russell and other mem bers of the Cabinet, the Speaker being personated by the Chief Clerk, Mr. Ley. The LORD CHANCELLOR then said—My Lords and Gentlemen of the House of Commons, her Majesty, not thinking fit to be personally present, has directed Let ters Patent, to be passed under the Great Seal, constitut ing us her Majesty's Commissioners for doing all things ne cessary to he done for the opening of the present Parlia ment, which things will be better understood from the Letters Patent themselves, which will now be read. The Clerk at the table then read the Letters Patent, and the LORD CHANCELLOR agai❑ said— My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons, — We have it in command to say, that her Majesty will, as soon as the Members of both Houses are sworn, declare in person the causes for calling the present Parliament. It being neces s:►ry, it is her pleasare that you, Gentlemen of the House of Commons, should repair to the place where you usually meet, an I proceed immediately to the choice of a Speaker, and that you present the Gentleman so chosen by you at this bar to-morrow at Two o'Clock, for her Majesty's Royal ap probation. . The Commons then withdrew. The Commissioners then retired to disrobe, and strangers were ordered to withdraw, while prayers were read by the Bishop of London. • The LORD CHANCELLOR then took the oath of allegi ance to the Queen, which was administered to his Lordship by Mr. Birch, the Chief Clerk of the House. His Lord ship, after signing the Parliamentary Roil, took his seat on the Woolsack, when the names of the Scotch Peers elected to serve in Parliament were read by Mr. Rose, the Read ing Clerk. The oaths of allegiance were then administered to the peers present, among whom we noticed the Duke of Wel lington, the Earl of Ripon, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Durham, Viscount Duncannon, the Elul of Hope toun, the Earl of Kenmore, the Earl of Redesdale, the Earl of Mulgrave, Lord Byron, the Earl of Huntingdon, the Bishop of London, the Marquis of Westminster, Viscount Strangfcrd, the Earl of Plymouth, Lord Dundas, Lord Fitz gerald and Vesey, Lord Lovat, Lord Seaford, the Earl of Guildford, the Earl of Bandon, the Earl of Powis, Visccult Combermere, Lord Dacre, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord Sydney, the Duke of Dorset, Viscount Tankerville, and Lord Holland. At four o'clock their Lordships adjourned until two o'clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. In the lobby and passages to the House of Commons, groups of Members were congregated in the early part of the day. The doors of the House were opened about Twelve o'Clock, and at One strangers were admitted to the Gallery. We observed no alteration in the House, or the approaches to it, except an increased provision, in some minor matters, to the accommodation of the reporters. Soon after One, Members began to arrive in considerable numbers. Amongst the first we observed Mr. Wallace, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Planta (the new Member for Hastings), Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Handley, Mr. Potter, Sir Win. Brabazon, the Attorney-General, Mr. Williams (of Coventry), the O'Connor Don, Sir Matthew Wood, (who appeared in his Aldermanic robe, and was congratulated by the Members present upon his elevation to the baronetcy), Mr. Sandford, Mr. Strutt, Mr. More OTerrall, Mr. Divett, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Briscoe (to whom several Members went up and welcomed in the most cordial man ner on his return to the House), Mr. G. F. Youn g , Col. Macnamara, Mr. Fyshe Palmer, Mr. Wyse, Mr. Grote, Lord John B ussell, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir E. Knatch bull, Sir E. Sugden, Sir R. Peel (who looking exceedingly well, and was received with warm congratulations by his frienis), Mr. Patteson, Sir George Gray, Mr. Pryme, Sir W. Molesmorth, Sir Andrew Leith Hay, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Spring Rice, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Darlington, and Lord Morpeth. At Two o'Clock there were upwards of three hundred Members present, and after that time, Mr. Shaw (the Re corder of Dublin,) Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Humphrey, and a great number of others, took their places. At twenty-five minutes past two o'clock, loud cries of " Order, order," " Bar, bar," announced the approach of the Messenger from the Lords ; and numerous Members, who occupied the floor in groups, and were engaged in rather loud and buzzing conversation, instantly took their seats. The House at this time seemed quite full. Sir Augustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod to the House of Lords, then presented himself at the bar, and thence pro ceeded up the body of the House, bowing many times, with much formality. On arriving at the table he directed his looks towards the empty chair, and said—" Gentlemen, the Lords authorised by her Majesty's Commission require your attendance in the House of Lords to hear the Royal Commission read." The Usher then retired, walking back wards, and bowing until he passed the bar, whither he was attended by Mr. Ley, the Chief Clerk, who was followed by several Members. A great crowd of Peers at this time filled the galleries below the Bar. 'The Chief Clerk, having returned from the House of Lords, and taken his place in front of the Speaker's Chair, there were loud cries of " Order." Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE then rose and said—Sir, in obedience to her Majesty's commands, we are assembled for the discharge of one of the most important duties that devolves upon the representatives of the people, and if upon former occasions the question of the election of a Speaker was one, upon the result of which the character of this House, and the success of its deliberations, mainly depended, this is not an occasion upon which that r esponsibility is in the least de gree diminished, or when that important function of the Commons creates less interest in the minds of the people. Sir, if we value the rights and privileges of this House, which has always been the best security of the liberties of the peo ple, we cannot be insensible to the importance attached to the selection of that individual, who is the organ of their . opinions and proceedings, and the more these privi leges are threatened the more incumbent is it upon us to devolve them upon one in whose wisdom and discretion we have the most implicit reliance.—(Loud cheering.) But with regard to the more immediate and peculiar position of the Speaker, we cannot but consider his position one of peculiar difficulty, looking at the excited state of party feeling, at the present moment, aggravated as it no doubt has been by the recent election contests. I believe I may say that, at no former period, was it more necessary that the person elected to preside over us should be one of sound judgment, and equable temper--one who will know how to interfere at the proper time, and in the proper manner, to prevent those irrelevant discussions an'l those intemperate expressions which in the earnestness and warmth of debate occasionally arise, and which impede that freedom of debate upon which tilt , success of our deliberations mainly depends.—(Cheers_.) But, Sir, there are other considerations which ought to influence our choice, under existing circumstances: The House will recollect that, during the last Session, the at tention of Parliament was directed to the inconve nience arising from the delays and interruptions which were constantly interposed during the progress of public business, and to the still less satisfactory state of what is technically termed the private business of the House. The subject was referred to a Select Committee, who had reported on certain rules with regard to public business, but who were unable to proceed to the full extent of their enquiry, in consequence of the abrupt termination of the Session. I, for one, hope that enquiry will be resumed at the earliest practicablo moment in the course of the pre sent Session—(Hear) —because it is my belief that the character of this House has suffered in consequence of the mode in which the private business has been transacted. —(Hear, hear.) Sir, within the last few years private Bills have increased to a very great extent, and per- haps they have caused the most satisfactsry results to the increasing wealth and enterprise of the community. But when we consider the immense interests affected by our decisions upon those Bills, and the very complicated nature of many of those measures—and when we bear in mind that the opinion out of doors is that our de- eisions on those Bills are not founded on strict and impartial justice, we must all feel anxious to do our duty to the country, and assist in relieviag the House of Commons from the obloquy thrown upon it. in that respect, in carrying on that inquiry into a state of circumstances which, I fear, has been the cause of such just imputations. But whatever may be the decision of the House— whether it will agree to confirm the report to which I have alluded, or whether it will come to some other arrangement with respect to the public and pri vate business, it is obvious that any business of this de- scription must impose now duties on the Speaker ; and it is clear that in that respect great Parliamentary precaution and unceasing vigilance will be required. I believe I may allude here to an experiment which was tried last Session —I mean the appointment of a Select Committee on private Bills. As Chairman of that Committee I am bound to state that during tho progress of its labours, great difficulties oc curred, which rendered it necessary to apply for advice and assistance to the highest authority in the House, and that it was to the courtesy, the promptitude, and the ability with which that advice and assistanee was always afforded us, that the great seccess of that experiment is mainly to be attributed.—(Cheers.) I am so deeply impressed with the arduous nature of the duties in separable from the office of Speaker, that if it were neces sary on the present occasion to move the election of an in dividual as yet untried, I should have wished that the duty had fallen into other hands—(Hear, hear)—upon one whose talents and experience gave him a stronger cla;m on the attention of the House. But when it be- comes my duty to propose that the same gentleman who so ably presided over our deliberations last session should take the Chair, no:apology is necessary from me.—(Cheers.) But the high talent, the peculiar aptitude for the duties of hla position, will be amply sufficient to acquit 'me in bringing his name before the House.— (Cheers.) lam restrained by his presence from speaking in terms most in unison with my own feelings of the value of his public services. I rather would appeal to those gentlemen who, having been Members of the last Parliament, have witnessed his dignity, his urbanity, and, above all, his strict impartiality—(Cheers)— and to them I put it whether the conduct of that gentle man as a protector of our privileges, as the moderator of our debates, or as the regulator of our proceedings, has not been such as to secure for him the respect and ad miration of all parties.—(Loud and repeated cheering.) I feel that I am not giving way to any feeling of personal regard, when I confidently expect, that in the various qua lities essential to the office of Speaker, and in the faithful and conscientious discharge of his important duties, my hon. friend will not fall short of any of those distinguished persons who have filled this station.—(Cheers.) On these grounds, it is with peculiar pleasure I move that the Right Hots. James Abercrorriby do take the chair.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. STRUTT then rose and said—Sir, in rising to se cond the motion made by my Hon. Friend, the Member for Hampshire, I atu well aware that any Member who ventures to second the nomination, or proposes to the House any person to fill the high and important office of Speaker, takes upon himself a serious re sponsibility. Any person who has any acquaintance with the history of this country, or who has paid any atten tion to the course of events in France during the last half century, can have any doubt that the most important re sults may arise from the rules that regulate the debates of an assembly like this, and the manner in which they are enforced by the Chair. When I say I feel no doubt or hesitation in seconding the motion proposed, it is not because I am disposed to undervalue the importance or responsibi lity of the office of Speaker, but it is because I - am con vinced we can no where find in this House any. Metnter likely to perform the duty of that dike with more honour to himself and advantage to the country than my right Hon. Friend, the Member for Edinburgh. —(Hear, hear, hear.) During the last three years the House has had the experience of the manner in which those duties have been performed, and I feel confident that any person who has watched the course that that Right lion. Gentleman has pursued during that period, must have observed his faculties of mind fit hint for the discharge of the duties of that office. Inflexible impartiality and at tention, accessibility at all times to all persons who may wish to consult him respecting the course of the business of this House—strong good sense and determination, joined to a knowledge of the law and practice which regulate our proceedings, also joined with that determination which he has at all times evinced to support the just rights and privl s of this House—these, Sir, are qualities for which the R ght Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Edinburgh, is em vent, and I think we are most fortunate in having such qualities combined to such a degree in one individual. • At the time the Right Hon. Gentleman first entered upon his duties, he did so under circumstances of peculiar ; it was at a time of the greatest political excitemetA, and he was elected only by a small majority of this House ; yet I am certain I am speaking the language not of mere com prment, but of strict truth, when I say his conduct in the chair his been such as to secure for hitn not only the cone ence and the respect of those who supported him, but of a great body of the Members of this House. There is only one other topic on which I will speak, and I shall shortly allude to that, because my Right lion. Friend, who was much better qualified to do so, men tioned it in his address ; I mean with respect to the im provements which the late Speaker introduced relative to the private business of this House. It is universally ad mitted within doors and without, there are great objections to tl:e present system of proceeding with the business. It would have been perfectly competent for our late Speaker to have allowed matters to take their course without any interference on his part, or without giving en couragement to propositions of Reform made by others. By this moms the choice of a Speaker will cause less in terruption in business, and consequently cause less trouble to the Members of that House.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman' has pursued an excerent course, and had effected much improvement in the way of conduct ing the business of that House.—( Hear.) All parties will agree to this opinion.—(Cheers from each side of the House.) If the Right Hon. Gentleman was again placed in the chair, lie will proceed in those improvements and those measures of Reform, with respect to conducting tile business of that House, that must be satisfactory to all all parties. These will be, he was persuaded, not only sa tisfactory to the House, but advantageous to the public. I will, therefore, conclude by seconding the motion of my Hon. Friend, as the result of it will tend to the dignity of their House, and to the maintenance of its various and im portant privileges.—(Cheers.) Sir It. PEEL immediately rose and said—l rise, Sir, merely for the purpose of stating that it is not my intention to oppose the motion just made and seconded by the Hon. Gentleman opposite. It is very difficult to lay down any rule as to how we ought to proceed with respect to propo sitions of this nature. Much depends on the time, the mode, the circumstances, and other matters under which the proposition is made. We must look, I sly, to the circum stances, and to the temporary considerations which refer to a proposition of this kind.—(Hear.) I, therefore, consider ing the present circumstances, and looking to the conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Abercromby) whilst in the chair, do not mean to oppose the motion for his re-elec tion.—( Hear.) Considering also the effects of a small ma jority which may or may not place again the Right Honourable Gentleman in the chair, I think it fit not to oppose the present motion.(Hear.) I consider, also, that my opposition may be misconstrued, and all these con siderations put together make me, and the party with which I have the honour to act, acquiesce in the proposition of the Honourable Gentleman opposite.—(Loud cheers.) There has been something said—some observation made with respect to the. proper mode of transacting the business of this House. With respect to the improvements introduced by the Right Hon. Gentleman, as regarded the transaction of the business of that House, I have paid attention to that subject, and to the nature of it, and agree in the opinions expressed by the Hon• Gentleman opposite, and I h o p e t h at t h e Ri g h t Ho nourable Gentleman (Mr. Abercrombie) will still con• tinue to pay attention to the sub;cct, in order that our business may be rendered more perfect —may have greater facilities for the Members of this House—may tend more to the preservation of our privileges, and to the good of the public at large. These are the considerations that make me concede to the proposition of replacing the Right Honourable Gentleman in the Chair. I abstain from all allusions that may he made to the contest for the Chair that took place in the year 1835, and I would willingly consent to the proposition that has just been made, and again observe on my own part, and on the part of those with whom I have the honour to act, that I think that the re-appointment of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the Chair not only give satisfaction to the Members of this House, hut to the country generally.—(Cheers.) Mr. ABERCROMBIE then rose amidst loud cries of Hear, hear," and addressed the House in so low a tone, that it. was with difficulty we could collect a single sentence. We. understood him to say—Gentlemen, I owe the recom mendation of my lion. friends to their kindness, rather than to any merit of mine, and to the favour of the House and not to any thing which I have done, since I had first the honour of a seat in this House, I must attribute the reception which the mention of my name has met with. If, whilst I had the honour to fill the Chair, I have been able to effect any thing, it was to the prompt and cordial support I received from all sides of the Holm I owed that success. On the particular subject to which my Hon. Friend, and also the Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir 11. Peel) has alluded—l mean the mode of doing the private business of the House—l am relieved from the necessity of saying the few words which on that subject I might have been disposed to say, by the observations of those Hon. Gentlemen. I think certainly that in the circumstances in which the Hau3e is new placed, a more important duty could not devolve on it than to place itself in a becoming position with the peop'e, by endeavouring to secure to that portion of the public whose private rights and pecuniary interests become the subjects of our deliberation—a just and impartial decision.— ( Hear, hear, hear.) As the inquiries into this subject were not brought to a close in the last Parliament, I conclude that the House will again be called on to con sder them, and as the questions connected with it are such as the attention of the Speaker ought to be espe- cially devoted to, it must be obvious that in the event of any alterations being introduced in the existing regula tions, or any new rules being found necessary, the bene ficial result of such changes must depend upon there being a proper understanding between the House and the Speaker. This is so strongly my opinion, that while I would feel the possession of the confidence and good will of my friends-4 entreat the House to be assured that there is nothing I should more deprecate than to be placed in the Chair with any feeling of distrust, that I would not receive the steady ;:upport of the whole House. With that feeling I submit myself to the consideration of the House. No one else offering to address the House, _ _ Mr. .ABERCRO'2,IBIE was led up between the pro poser and seconder, and took the Chair amidst loud cheers. He then said—" Gentlemen, to be placed in this Chair under any circumstances, must be admitted by any Com tnoner to be a distinction of the highest character—to be replaced in this Chair, after filling it three years, by the unanimous vote of the House, is an honour which I shall ever cherish and esteem as the greatest honour of my life. I resume this chair with the firmest desire and determina tion of doing all that lies in my power to merit the confi dence of the House."—(Cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose and said, Sir, in rising to move the adjournment of this House, I beg to congratulate you on being again elected, and unanimously on this occasion, to fill the office of Speaker. Unlike to those who, in considering the number of precedents upon which the proceedings of this House are conducted, and the rules and regulations which have been framed in the course of cen turies the course of the Speaker might be considered as one attended with much difficulty.—(Hear.) I, Sir, think such persons- would not take a just view of that question. The various situations and aspects of political decisions, and the continuance of discussions upon those de cisions which no foresight can have provided for, but beyond even this, the subject to which my Honourable Friend for Hampshire has alluded, namely, the state of the private business-=--th e increased number of transactions in which this great commercial country is brought before the consideration of Parliament—and the complaints which from time to time have been made of the manner in which that business has been hitherto transacted ; that subject. alone calls upon the Speaker to exercise a very great judgment to give effect, and very great prudence to assist with his advice the deliberations of the ricuse upon questions of very great difficulty, and which would require great investigation and judgment.—( Hear, hear, hear.) Sir, I feel quite confident that your election without opposition, as I confidently anticipated, will tend very much to the settlement of those questions, and an improvement in the manner of conducting that portion of the business of the House, and if you are enabled in that way to serve the public, I may congratulate your self that while this House has conferred on you the very great honour of presiding over its deliberations—(Hear) that you by bringing before it those improved regulations. will make that House still more useful, and endeared to the country at large, and that you will thus return to the House, by an increased character and an aug mented reputation, the honour it has this day conferred on you, and upon which I, with the utmost sincerity and cordiality, congratulate you.—(Great cheering.) I beg to move that this House do now adjourn till two o'clock to morrow.—Adjourned. Tne people waiting outside, appeared somewhat sur prised at the Commons breaking up so suddenly. Amon g the crowd of Members issuing from the entrance, they re cognised Mr. O'Connell, and loudly cheered him. Imme diately afterwards the Hon. and Learned Member was joined by Mr. \Vakley, and a number of persons followed the two Members through Parliament street—the crowd increased to such a degree from their eagerness to catch a glimpse of the great Pacificator, that he was compelled to stop for severlminutes, the cheering being renewed and repeated I with encreased enthusiasm. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We hare received the Ne York Mercantile Advertiser of the 21st of October, with the sales of stock and the prices of the exchange, which are as follow :-- " Some vies were made yesterday for the London packet, which is still detained by the weather, at 15,1 to 15% per cent. prem. ; nothing has I.n.!en done as yet for the packet of the 24th inst. We quote bills at ten days' sight on London at 15 to 15 per cent. prcm. ; on France, 4f. 90c. to sf. ; sove reigns, 5 dols. 14c. to 5 dole. 13e. ; Spanish doubloons, 16 dole. 85 cents. to 16 dols. 90c. ; Mexican dollars, 6i to 7 per cent. ; American gold and half-dollars, 51- to 51 per cent ; treasury drafts, 2 per cent. prem." The Rio Janeiro Price Current received to the 18th Sep tember, gives the Exchange on London 281 to 29 ; Stocks, 88. The Rio Janeiro packet, the Opossum, has brought 230,000 dollars for merchant account. ..~'~ 4 1 1% TILE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the price they closed yester day—V34,- for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 51 53 ; Bonds, 54 ; Bank Stock, 2111 ; India Stock, 2644. Spanish Active, 20i, with Coupons; Portuguese, 32} 321 ; Three per Cents., 22i. ONE 0' CL CK. We have this moment received the American Papers to the 25th October. The following are the contents :—Stocks of the United States Bank, I.lBi ; Treasury Drafts, 1 to 2 per cent. prem. ; Exchange on Private Bills, 151 ; on Govern ment Bills, 30 days, 16 to 164 ; Treasury Drafts declined to 1 per cent. " NEW ORLEANg, OcT. 17.—GREAT RODDICkY.—On Sa turday night last the store of Messrs. John A. Mcde and Co. was entered. Two iron chests were broken open. The thieves took to the amount of near 200,000 dollars, and about 2,500 dollars in notes. A reward of 2,000 dollars is offered. " TREASURY NOTES.—WC are informed that the Secretary of the Treasury has obtained an engraved blank of the Trea sury notes authorised by law, and they arc now issuing in proper cases for disbursement and exchange for specie. We understand that the present emission bears an interest of two per cent., and is chiefly in notes of 50 and 100 dollars each." HALF-PAST ONPI O'CLOCK. Consols have rather improved to 93+ -I, for - the Account ; 931 for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 51 53 lower; India Bonds lower, 55 53 ; Bank Stock, 211 - ; India Stock, 264,1. In the Foreign Market Portuguese Stock receded to 311, I .per cent. lower than yesterday, owing to a number of Bonds brought to market ; Spanish Active, 204- with Coupons ; Three per Cents. Portuguese, 21i ; Mexican, 27 1 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53 _ .. TIEREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 98; 1 Her Majesty's Visit to the City has thrown a halo about the scene of the festivities which she so recently graced by her presence, and attaches a peculiar interest to the entertainment about to be given by the Lord Mayor a. , .(1 Sheriffs. It was suggested in the b u minittee for con ducting this entertainment, that it would be in admirable harmony with this feeling of grateful interest, were toe Portrait of h er M a j esty, b y A . E . Ch a l on , R.A., to be placed in one of the rooms lately occupied by the Royal guest ; and Mr. Moon, a Member of the Committee, ap plied. to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent for per . minion so to place it. To this application her Royal High (less, through Sir John Conroy, promptly and condescen dingly replied in the affirmative, and thus by the mimic power cf the ar ti st , t h e h earts o f th e good citizens of Lon don will again be cheered by• the smiles of their maiden Queen. • Monday a Court-martial assembled in Chatham barracks, Colonel Aitchison, of the Scotch Fusileer Guards, President, t o t r y Ensign Dickson, of the 51 st re giment, on charges preferred by Colonel Campbell, com manding the regiment, for conduct unbecoming the cha racter of an officer, in being in a state of intoxication on the 17th Septe m b er l as t, an d firing loaded pistols at Ensign Irby and others of the same regiment. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(T►3IS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) Tun QUEEN AGAINST WATSON. The defendant in this case was deputy to Mr. Wiber, who, in the year 1810, was appointed steward to the manor of Sheffield, by the Duke of Norfolk, and ,bv virtue of his office was the receiver of inotii,.s paid into the Court of Requests of the manor of Sheffield arid Ealeston, by order of the Court for the benefit of suitors. Mr. Wiber died in 1827, when the Duke of 'Norfolk appointed Mr. Parker, the present steward, in his place ; and this gentleman appointed a Mr. Ellison es his deputy. It was then found that Mr. ‘Vatson during the term of his office as deputy-steward had received various sums, in the way of payments into Court, amounting to 1,095/ , which had not been claimed by the suitors. Mr. Parker, in Hilary, 1836. applied for a mandamus calling upon Watson to pay over to him as stevienel of the Court of Re quests the above sum, and the mandamus was then granted pro forma, to bring the facts and, the law of the case fully hefo:a the Court. The return made be Watson to the man damus was, first, that he had applied the money to the the pur 'ose- of Court, and secondly, that he was still liable to be P a called on to pay over the items, of which the accumulation consisted to the several kuitors on whose account they had been paid. The argument upon the return came on this day. Mr. AL E XANDER, at great length, contended that the return was insufficient I that Mr. Watson had no right to apply the money to any purposes of the Court, but that it should be left with his successor hi the stewardship, to be by him held in trust for the suitors. Mr. CItowDER supported the return, and contended that the rule should be discharged, as Mr. Watson was still respon sible to the stewards, and to them alone. The COURT, after some consultation, took time to consider. CONSIS.,TORY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Dr. LUSHINGTON.) IMPORTANT CHUWCII-RATE CASE AT DOAINTREE.--VEDY AND JOSSLEYN (CHURCHWARDENS) V. DIJRDER. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE prayed the admission of the libel in this case, which was a citation issued the 26th August last by the churchwardens of the parish of Braintree,. Essex, against Mr. Border, a parishioner, for non-payment of Church rates. Dr. ADDANIS, on the part of the defendant, opposed the ad mission of the libel. The Learned Advocate, in the first place, stated the circumstances of the case, a hich arc shortly as fol lows :—Admitting, as he did for the sake of argument, that the church was out of repair, and that the parishioners had refused to repair it ; in June last the vestry of the parish refused a church rate, by postponing the consideration of the subject for twelve months ; the churchwardens then, on their own authority, made a rate of 33. in the pound. Mr. Burder declining to pay the rate, disputing its legallity, the present libel was exhibited against him, The question for the court to determine was whether the course which the church wardens had adopted was legal. There were two theories regarding Church-rates, and according, as one or other was adopted, different courses would be taken. One was, that it was absolutely imperative on the parishioners to repair their churches ; the other, that it was not absolutely im perative, but only sub .modo. Undoubtedly when the parishioners in vestry make a rate, it is compulsory on even dissentients. But he (Dr. Addams) would argue the case as if it were imperative on the parishioners to repair their churches—at the same time neither admitting nor denying the allegation. By the common law of England every parishioner was contributory towards the expenses of maintaining the pa rish church. The first question was, provided a parishioner was refractory, how was the rate enforced? By monition and criminal proceedings in the Arches. The motion, however, was only in the nature of a rule to show cause why a criminal proceed ing ehoeld not be instituted. Now, the only criminal pro ceeding by which the Court could enforce a rate was by spi ritual censures. From the earliest times, no case was to be found on the books pointing out any other course of proczeding. In Roger a. Davenant (1. Modern Ropers), the Court held that the ecclesiastical Court could only enforce a rate by excommunication. And Lord Chief Justice Holt, in the case of Black and Newcomb, held the same doctrine. It might be said that this was an inconvenient course to pursue. He (Dr. Addams) admitted that it was; but it was the only legal course that could be taken. It would be said that this was only a suit to compel payment by a dissentient, of a church rate, and he (Dr. A.) admitted that if this were a church rate, the libel must be allowed. But that was just what he de nied, for he contended that though it might be a rate in force and form , it was not one in force and effect. It would not be de nied, he supposed, that in general the rule was, a rate was rated only when made, not merely by the churchwardens but by the parishioners in vestry assembled. Without the con sent of the parishioners, the rate was like a Bill which had only passed two branches of the Legislature. Did the rule then admit of no exceptions ? Two exceptions were contended fur on the other side ; one of them he (Dr. A.) admitted, viz. where the parishioners having been duly summoned, refuse or neglect to make a rate, in which case the Churchwardens might make a rate. But he utterly denied the other excep tion, that where (as in the present case), the parishioners have been summoned, do meet, and expressly refuse a rate ; that there the Churchwardens can of their owa authority make a rate. The whole current of cases negatived such a sup position. A century and a half ago the bishops attempted to get rid of the difficulty by issuing commissions to make a rate when the parishioners had refused, but in many cases this course had been held totally illegal ; and the Court of King's Bench granted prohibitions against the Ecclesiastical Courts in suits instituted for non-payment of rates made by the commis sions. In 1675 a case occurred in which a prohibition issued to the Ecclesiastical Court in a suit for non-pa) ment of a rate made by the Churchwardens alone. The only case relied on by the other side, as showing that the Churchwardens could make a rate of their- own authority was an anonymous one ; in which the Court said, " if the parishioners are summoned, and refuse to meet or make a rate, the churchwar ' dens may make one for the needful repairs of the church ; be cause, if the repairs are neglected, they, and not the parishio ners, shall be culpable." The whole difficulty had arisen from the error of a single letter—it should be read, instead of "if the parishioners are summoned, and refuse to meet or make a rate"—" if the parishioners are summoned, and refuse to meet to make a rate." It was only, the Court would see, the alte ration of the "r" to a " t," and putting the "t" before the " o"—(Laughter)—and then this case would be in ac cordance with all the doctrines laid down upon the subject in other cases. The text-writers must have so understood it, for they cited it so; and, as a learned person who had lately written upon the subject ( Sir John Campbell) and who took the same view of this point as he (Dr. A.) had stated, in the index to the book from which the case was taken, it read thus—" competent for a churchwar den to make a rate, if the parishioners refuse to meet—not to meet or make a rate. QUEEN'S ADVOCATE—I cannot find it. Dr. ADDAMS—Look in vols. 1., ( Ventris's Index). Bi shop Gibson had been cited as an authority on the other side. But he only held that, where the parishioners summoned don't appear, the churchwarden could make a rate. The Learned Advocate also cited Dean Prideaux in support of his view of the case. There was a case brought forward on the other side, which occurred in 1799, and which, if it were to be taken as it appeared on the face of the re port, was of so startling a nature that he (Dr. 4.) could not help thinking there must be some mistake. A church warden sued a parishioner for non-payment of a church-rate, alleging that the church wanting .repairs, he, the church warden, had them executed on his own credit ; and then calling a vestry demanded a rate of 90., to reimburse himself. The parish refused, stating the repairs not neces sary ; offering, however, a rate of 6d., which was declined, and the Churchwarden making a rate of 9id. on his own au thority, which the defendant refused to pay. The Court here decided the rate to be valid, and dismissed the suit for prohi bition instituted by the parishioners with costs. D. LUSIIINGTON—That case came up by appeal. The in ferior Court decided that it was a rate made by the ma jority in Vestry assembled. There was no allegation given in. It is a singular circumstance, that the citation dated the 13th of April, 1794, the rate made the 11th of May, and the decree dated 28th of May, the cita tion was from the Archdeacon's Court to appear in both the Consistory and the Arches Court. The proceedings were carried on conjointly; and the Learned Judge . decided with out any evidence at all. Dr. Annams thought the Court would not attach much weight to such a case; and that it would not—in the absence of any better authority, on the other side—admit this libel. If it did, he believel the Courts of Common Law would grant a prohibition, though he did not, of course, mean to hold this in terrorem over the Court. At the same time he allowed, as the Learned Attorney- General in the pamphlet already alluded to had stated, if there is a legal obligation on the churchwardens to make a rate, on their refusal the Court of Queen's Bench would grant a mandamus." The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE rose in support of the admissibility of the libel. lie should not enter upon the question as to the policy or impolicy of Church-rates, which his Learned Friend had wisely avoided. It was a mere dry question cf law. Have churchwardens, when parishioners refuse a rate, a right to make one of themselves? This question branched out into two separate points; first, as to the liability of the pa rishioners to repair the body of the Church, which his Learned Friend, without admitting, had, for hiniself,•most prudcatly declined discussing ; for he would have found it difficult to disprove that liability. Whatever the period at which it was adopted into the English law, there could be now no question that by the common law of the land, and by the custom of the realm (synonymous and con vertible terms). the parishioners were bound to. repair the body of the church. The cases cited by his Learned Friend would establish this point. Lea vin g this part of the question, therefore, as set at rest, he (the Queen's Advocate) would now come to the manner of making the rate, and the power of the Churchwardens in that respect. His Learned Friend had omitted all mention of the reports of Bacon and Viner • and had said that all the cases, with the exception of that one, in Ventris, went the other way. But the books of the comp ilers j ust referred to . were certainly entitled to some we i g ht. And in Bacon, edition 1320, page 204, it was laid down that, " the parishioners•meeting . and re f u sing a rate, the C hurchwardens mi g ht make one ; for if the Churchwardens shall refuse, or neglect to repair the church, thoy shall be amenable to ecelesiastical.ceroures ; and the law never compels any body to do that which he has no means of effecting." The Learned. Advocate then pro ceeded to notice the • case which had been adduced by Doctor Addams. He contended that they only went to prove that the Churchwardens could not make a rate before they had summoned the parishioners, but that not one case could be brought forward to allow that, having been so summoned, anti refusing, or neglecting to make therate, th ° churchwardens could not then make (on their own authority. D. Nicnot, followed on the same de. He observed that the 33. rate which the churchwardens had levied would pro duce 4801.—a sum below the estimate , of the n quired repairs. He a•gued that the repairing or the pi ris't churches was compulsory on the parishiot ers ; an d though he admitted that the Churchwardens ought fin t to summon the parishioners to levy a vote for that purpose, he contended that if the parishioners refused or nrg'ected to do so,theyT(the Churchwardens) were bound to dciso of their own authority. In support of his argument lie commented at con siderable length upon the cases which had betn referred to, at d also eddue:d the cases of the King v. Pr( stop, and the Clerkenwell case, in a note to the King v. W icks, both in Arnold's pamphlet. Dr. Am:was replied ; and— The COURT deferred judgment. The Court was greatly c•owded by persons who seemed to take a deep interest in the proceedings. Among those pre sent we observed the Rev. R. Sibree, from Coventry, and Mr. Boykett, Secretary to the anti-Ohureb-rate Association. LLOYD'S SHIPYIN ice. —(MIS DAY.) DEAL, Nov. 14.—Wind W. S. W., moderate.—Arrived t h e Rival, Whinfield, from Rio Janeiro ; Elizabeth, Bendy, from Quebec ; Autumn, Teasdale, from Archangel ; Margaret, Pue, from Waterford; Newton, Nicholson, from Limerick. Came down from the River and remain, the London, Kent, for Jamaica ; Shepherdess, Gloyar, for the Mauritius ; Betsey and Sarah, M'Coll, for St. Kitt's ; Pernice, Benton, for the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Wind W. N. W. to N. W., squally. —Arrived off, the Wellington, Chadwick, from New York. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 14.---Wind W.—Arrived the Edward, M'Kenzie, from Quebec ; her Majesty's ship Pantaloon, from St. Ander. FALMOUTIT, Nov. 13.--Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Opos— sum packet, from Rio Janeiro—sailed 15th Sept., Bahia 30th, and Pernambuco 11th ult. ; brings 230,000 dollars on freight. Sailed the Iberia packet for Vigo, Lisbon, itc., with mails. COWES, Nov. 14.—Arrived the Bertha, Foulkes, from Rio Janeiro; Colibri, Genet, from Bahia. BRISTOL, Nov. 14.—Arrived the Active, Biden, Gijon. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 14.—Arrived the United States, from New York ; Susquehannah, from Philadelphia ; Devereaux from Quebec. DUBLIN, Nov. 13.—Arrived Jackson, Jackson, from Quebec ; Liverpool, Mundell, from Smyrna; Pagotto, Ge neto, from St. Übes. MR. O'CONNELL and COL. PERCEVAL. Mr. O'Connell left Stockport at an early hour on Tues day (yesterday) morning for Manchester, where he break fasted with a large party of friends, and proceeded by the half-past eleven o'clock train for Birmingham. The train was joined by that from Liverpool, in which were Colonel Perceval, M.P. for Sligo, and several other Irish Members, on their way to their Parliamentary duties. On the arrival of the train at Birmingham. I y a singu lar coincidence the omnibus into which Mr. O'Connell and his friends had got, to be thereby conveyed from the station to their hotel, was also entered by Colonel Perceval, who was not on terms of friendly in tercourse with the former, and, without recogni zing its inmates, requested Mr. O'Connell to take care of his cloak and umbrella, which he placed in the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's hands, and to keep for him the only vacant seat remaining, while he proceeded to look af.er his luggage. Mr. O'Connell most chivalrously re sisted the entrance of several gentlemen who attempted to take possession of the vacant seat, in the absence of the Hon. and Gallant Colonel, and the latter on his return, still in ignorance of the person of his attentive neighbour, resumed his cloak, &c.. and rather haughtily and patroniz ingly thanked him for his services. In a few minutes Mr. O'Connell's barytones were heard in the darkness exclaim " You are in a great minority among the Irish Mem her.i. here, Colonel." The Gallant Colonel, whose back was turned to Mr. O'Connell, started as if an adder had. stung him, and recoiling to the most remote corner of his scat, hurriedly said—" I beg your pardon, I did not know who I lyul the honour of sitting beside ; but if I am in a minority; I always contrive to hold my own with them." Mr. O'CONNELL—You are perfectly right in that, Co- lone!. Colonel PEncEvaL—l was not in a minority in Sligo, although even the Government was against me. A gentleman on the opposite seat, here, by way of divert ing the conversation, observed upon the brilliant spectacle of the 9th of November in London, and added, that although the Tories worked very hard, they could not raise the semblance of a cheer for the Duke of Wellington ; and that their attempt only provoked a gentle hiss from the multitude. The Hon. and Gallant Colonel did not appear at all to relish this undignified allusion to his political leader. He writhed and twisted in his scat, and before the vehicle could be stopped, cff,:cted a hasty exit, at the imminent danger of his neck, from what appeared to him little better than a nest of hornets, to the great amusement of the other travellers. HOP DUTY. AN ACC AINT OF THE DUTY ON HOPS OF THE GROWTH OF THE ]EAR 1837, DISTINGUISHING THE DISTRICTS, AND THE OLD FROM THE NEW DUTY. Di.tricts. Duty. • 131rnst:Tle ... Bath Bedford.. Bristol Cambridge 9 8 4 • .Canterbury 60,511 0 10 Chester 3 1 6 Cornwall l2 1 9 Coventry Derby 944 18 8 Dorset , 4B 5 0 Essex„ 1,535 18 6 Exeter Gloucester Grantham 155 9 10 Hants .. 8,464 0 8 , Hereford Hertford Isle of Wight Lincoln 4,702 3 6 Lynn l6 5 1 Northampton l4 13 0 Norwich Oxford 67 15 4 Plymouth Reading 3O 6 6 Rochester 82,6M0 8 10 Salisbury Salop . 10 14 6 Stafford .. 0 6 4 Stourbridge Suffolk 1,002 17 0 Surrey Sussex Uxbridge 4 12 4 Wales, Middle.. 4lB 18 0 Wales, West . 0 4 10 Wellington lO4 1 10 Worcester 10,204 3 0 £310,570 14 0 Old Duty, "at 1 12-20 d. per lb 178,578 3 of 8-20 New ditto, iB-20d. per lb 131,992 10 111 12-20 ;£310,570 14 0 W. COTTRELL, General Accountant. Excise Office, London, Nod'. 14. FRENCH FUNDS. —PARIS, Nov. 13. Fire per Cents., 100 f. 40c. 33c: 30e. 40c. Four per Cents., 100 f. enc. Three per Cents., 81f. 10e. 3c. 20c. ltente de Naples, 99f. 75c. Roman Five per Cents., 1003 i Spanish Actives, 21 21%. Spanish Passives, 4%. 1: russels Society, 1 6721. 50c. Belgian' Hank, 1,4 f. 1,49' , 1. Portuguese Three per Cents., 21? 22 223 i. tlaytian Loan, 350 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 45c. ; money, 25f. 45e. Three months, paper, —f. —c.; money, 25f. 3 —Coors Authentiaue. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 101 f. 4 t. Three per Ceuta., Slf. 25e. Romans, 100 X. Belgian Bank, 1,4A1f. B r ussels Society, 1,072 f. 5Pc. Portuguese Three per Cents., 22X. Spanish Actives, 2 Spanish Passives, 4%. Spanish Ditreres, 6. Itaytian Loan, 35tif. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—iiiisuNa, Nev. 4. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three psi-Cents. Rank Shares —Allgenrcine Zeitung, Nov. 8. SURREY THEATRE.—On Monday creninz was produced for the first time a drama of considerable interest, founded on the ballad of " Wapping Old Stairs." The story is well told, and the serious scenes appeared to rivet attention and elicit approval, whilst the comic ones abounded with spontaneous laughter : the whole passed off with deaf ening shouts of applause. Mr. Davidge was hailed on his return to the stage with a most hearty welcome, and per sonated Poor Jack, a veteran of waterside celebrity, but new to the stage, with histrionic skill. Mr. Dale and Mrs. Honor, as father and daughter—the former conscience stricken, and in peril for his crime by the author of it, but rescued by the latter—pourtrayed most faithfully the suf fering and cunning of insanity, and ardent affection in alle viation of it. Ia short the drama has for a c onsiderable period realised throughout a most enthusiastic reception. Mr. E. F. Savill sustained, for the first time in London, a nautical hero, and was most kindly greeted throughout. Nor should Mr. W. Smith and Miss Martin be unnoticed here, as both laid claims to the hearty laughter of their enraptured audience. The piece is the production of Mr. Savill, the successful author of Newton Foster, Ben Brace, Miller's Maid, now performing at St. James's, &c. ,_ ..., , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEL BI 15, 1807.