The Sun. — London, England, 1837-12-15 00:00:00

says, "for me—if you do rot sellnie your conscience as well as your labour, I will give you notice to quit. I will plueder you and your family of the money end the years of industry you have bestowed upon the improvement of my land, and turn you adrift on the world."--(Cheers.) But if they had the Ballot, would any man dare to say tl is ? If le did, he would be sure to get plenty of black Leans.—( Hear, hear, }leer, and loud laughter.) Feudal despotism had once attempted to make slavery in Eng'and—a despotism which had cost one Monarch his bend. This was a bad thing ; but the people grew evis r and when that Monarch's son attempted to adopt a similar course, they did not chop off his head, but they kicked him out—they left him his bad on his shoulders that it might remain as a warning to others. There was no chance of their b ur thensbeinglessened—there asnoclance of attaining a safe and practicalmonetary system—there was no chance of their escaping the doom of slaves, and having hut two classes of soci ty throughout broad England—the master and the slave—if they did not insist on further Re form.—(Great cheering.) But, it might be asked, what were they to do ? lie (Mr. OdC.) came there that day to tell them.--(Rencwed cheers.) He need not put in, by way of a perertheele, if they had an extension of the Suffrage and Vote by Ballot, that they wouldhayshrter Parlia ments.--(Hear, hear.) They knew the old proverb, " short accounts make long friends. —(Laughter.) No man who kn , w there were short Parliaments, and that he woukl have to come more frequently before his constituents than urtidt: the present system, but would take care to dis charge faithfully the trust reposed in him.—( Hear, hear.) Well, the question now came—what were they to do to attain this ? Perhaps he might be asked why he had the presumF4ion to offer himself as the adviser of the men of Eirmirglora. If so, he would put forward his claim. He was born asl ive—ehe was barn in a state in which, had he grown up to manhood, he could not have purchased property — he could not have filled any of the learned professions—he could not have been a M ember of either House of Parlia ment, or have occupied any post of emolument in the country.—(Hear, hear.) That wee the state of Ireland when he was born, eixter-three years age.--(This allusion to his age by the Hon. Gentleman called forth a unani mous and hearty cheer front tho meeting.) There wa . s an accident, however, which happeoZ.'l (1114 year af . infinitely g reater importance than the birth of any . !OClMdual—it was the birth of the American republic--(Chd:'rs)7atia gs he (Mr. O'Connell) grew up, he was determined not td sub mie.—(Cheers.) Although betrayed by pretended fi tends, shrunk frcm by the timid, looked down upon by the proud, and pointed at as a man who was going headlong to de struction, he persevered—he kept going on always. At his birth scmcbody put over his cradle—" Agitate ! agitate! agitate!"—(Loud cheering)—and he hoped somebody would inscribe it on his grave ; and in the interval between the one and the other, he would say to those around him. " Agitate! Agitate! Agitate!"—(Renewed applause.) After alluding to the formation of the Catholic Association, and the powerful efforts which the people of Ireland had made in obtaining religious liberty for the Protestant Dis senters of England, the year before they had attained their own, Mr. O'Connell proceeded :—After obtaining religious liberty for their brethren in England, they thought it right to do something for themselves. The principle they had always acted on was the principle of conscience. They applied this argument to the Duke of Wellington, and war rior as lie was, they beat him. Peel, too, as cunning . a fellow as ever turned a spinning-jenny, they beat in the same way, and compelled them to give that which in their hearts they refused, and which they would not give if they could. —(Great cheering.) " Thank you for nothing," says I. —(Roars of laughter.) Well, why did he int ude that story about himself and his country upon their attention ? He would tell them. Were not Englishmen able to do a job as well as any men on the face of the earth ? Now, what he wanted them to do was, to stimulate some Daniel O'Connell in England—(Tremendous cheering)—leaving out the great 0, and having a Saxon denomination—(Re newed cheering and laughter)—a Scholefield, an Attwood, or a Muntz—(Great cheering)—or twenty others who were made of the same stuff, to begin at once at Birmingham, a General Reform Association.--(Cheering for several minutes.) Though their Political Unions could not appoint delegates, yet they might choose them out of every parish and district and street, in every town and village through out the country, and send them up to London just before the meeting of Parliament.—(Cheers.) He would speak to them earnestly upon that point. There would be no use in that Union if they did not work together. Let not gen tlemen shrink from the trouble of doing that. Liberty was wolth attaining, and he was a base slave who would not rise in indignation and tell the Tories, " You have, by trickery, and bribery, and fraud, and ietimidation, deprived us of our Reform Bid, but you know little of our character if you suppose Englishmen will submit to this." —(Long continued and enthusiastic cheering.) There was no use in applauding a sentiment one moment, and forgetting it the next. Who was there amongst them, that would come forward and make himself the working agi tator ?—(Hear, hear.) Did they suppose that he himself had risen at once to be prime agitator for his country ? No, he envied no man—he put every man forward who wished to go before him, All that he wished to see was the business do: e.—(Grant andeoetinued cheering.) Well, Lad they not Englishmen who were always disposed to do that ? Why, Wes it not wer,h while to make some effort to throw off the base tyranny of a Tory facticu?— (Renevecel cheers.) He though the Administration were bad Reformers!, because they had refused to take the lead. But, because tin, y were bad, should they therefore go to worse ?—( Hee-, hear.) Suppose, now, they had before them for choice !al indifferent workman and a very bad one, would they choose the latter ?—( Cheers and laughter.) That, in his opinion, wasthe character of Whigs and Tories. Were not the Tories, he asked, worse than the Whigs ? (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He had not intended to base intruded upon their attentien any notice of his country, but he would do so, on account of a passage which he had seen in a recent address of the Birmingham Political Union respecting Ireland, which, although not quite true in its representation of facts, was redolent with noble and exalted sentiments regarding Lis country.—( Mr. O'Con nell here "cad a passage frem the address in question.) Now, he was there to answer those questions. And first, ;.s to the me. e ietiecy which in Ireland, in consequence of the Malicious Trespass Act, (of which they had all heard,) had complete dominion over the peeple. The Whir, then made attempts to purify the Irish Roll of' the Peace ; they had removed Colonel Verner—(Cheers)—Mr. Minchin-- Mr. Jackson—Mr. Raymond, and he might go on to name fifty more. They had sent stipendiary magistrates in the place of many of the old Orange ones, and had put a bridle in the mouths of those who remained ; and a verygood rider, he could assure them, Lord Mulgrave proved.—(Laughter and cheers.) The Commission of the Peace was now about to Le renewed, and be had been assured on very high authority, that it would be of such a character as to make England rejoice, acid Ireland exceeding glad.—(Hear and cheers.) The next question was, what had the Whigs projected to make Irish Judges responsible ? Now this the law did not allow them to do, either in England or F e l ee d. When once a man was put upon the Bench, be LA the pow. r to do as much wrong as he pleased—(A laugh)—but they had given to Ireland three as upright and high-minded Judges as ever went upon the Bench.—(Loud chem.) The last question was, what measures they had projected for making Irish Juries impartial and effective? He must say he owed much to the person who caused the insertion of that question in the address, because he had so satisfactory an answer, and his answer was this :—They had selected Liberal Sheriffs throughout all Ireland—they had sought out for wed near for men who we re fit for that import aot office, and he knew at this moment an Irishman, who though settled in England, was almost immediately to return to per7orin the duties of Sheriff for his own country, in order to prevent an Orangeman from being appointed. —(Great applause.) The Tories had given Ireland an Orange Magistracy—the Whigs had remedied that evil to some extent by thi it remove], and had applied a panacea fee the remaining ill, which made every poor Irishman's heart leap for joy ; they had given good Judges whenever a vacancy occurred, end they had farther provided for a snore impartial administration of justice through juries, by the appointment of Liberal Sheriffs, and after this he would Taut it to them, would he not be the basest of mankind if he did not feel grateful to them ?—(Loud cheers.) Then ;again, every Whig nobleman in the House of Lords voted for the - Municipal Reform Bill, whilst every Tory Lord vcted against it, and after that was he to consider teat the Wlig was as bad as the Tory ?—( Hear.) Would they,he asked them, now they knew these things—for he wes hound to believe, from their address, they did not know h before—say that the Whigs were as bad es the 'Tories? The Whigs were doing as much as they could for Ireland, but he admitted not for England, for let them not sus pose be palliated their conduct when wrong. No such thing ; he Bed dropped the name of Whie-Radical ; Ile was a Rol,ical.—(Loud applauee.) Ile teek the pert of the Radicals against the Whigs where the latter were wrong, tied lie . trusted the Radi ca l s wou ld t a k e t h e Far t of Ireland against the Tories when they threatened it.— (Cheers.) What cared he who was in power, if the people were but true to themselves- His advice to E ng li s hm e n was to look for English rights regardless of either Whi g or Tory rule. Let them tell their r epresentative never to support the Whigs when in the wrong ; and although he owed them much gratitude, he could tell them he would not do so. lint who, he would ask, would not support them when in the right ?—( Hear, In an.) He recommended them to conic at once to the sticking point—let them cry for a better Reform Bill, and, in order to make that cry effectual, let them form a great National Reform Associa tion in London, whose business it should be to procure and send in to the House of Commons, daily, petitions having 100,000 names each. If this great peaceful agitation was once fairly entered into, their claims would speedily be granted. --(Cheers.) He would give them another bit of advice THE . SUN, LON DON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1837. on a subject for which he had often been leup,hed at and abused. They could not carry on the affairs of such en Association without that which in, such cases was the sinews of war—money, and he therefore recommended them to establish a Justice Rent, or a Reform Rent, throughout the whole of England.—(Loud and repeated cheering.) If only a million of men subscribed a shilling e-year each—arid what man, he would ask, was worthy of liberty who refused to subscribe less than a farthing a week to obtain it ?—(Laughter and cheers) —this would pro duce the sum of 50,000/. a-y ar, which they would find serviceable.—( hear, hear.) .Let them find, as he was sure they might, some good honest Birmingham man, who would follow out this idea, and the Tories would soon find they had been reckoning without their host, and that the money they had been subscribing for Election Petitions was of no use.—(Cheers.) He wanted no violent change, no force, and, above all, no bloodshed ; but he wished the people to go on in their demands for further reform. Lord John Russell told them the other day—and grieved he was to bear the declaration—that, in confereing political power, he heddesignedly given the agricultural population a preference over the manufacturing population of large towns. lie (Mr. O'Connell)contended, that if a preference were to he given it ought to lime been on the other side, on account of the superior intelligence which they had derived from means placed it, ithin the reach of the persons congregating together in masses, and who therefore became more alke to their political wants. Let the men of Birmingham then arouse—let them meet Lot' John upon that declaration, and tell Lim that they were at any rate as worthy of b sing intrusted with political power as the clodpoles, and in the mass even more so. Let them insist upon their liberty, and they would not fail in obtaining it.—( Loud applause.) He should to-morrow be once more in his beloved country, and he would tell his countrymen that he had addressed the men of Birmingham in the language of common sense, and that they had listened to him; that they felt a deep sympathy for 1r land, and he trusted he might add, that for her sake they would her. after give to Whigs a preference over Tories. This statement would indeed delight the heart of every Irishman, who now stood tremblingly alive to his critical position—fearing every moment lest the Tories should return to power—have the appointment of the Magistracy, and again plant their envenomed fangs in the vitals of the people.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers.) Let Englishmen remember that in all their battles for Reform— whether Parliamentary or Municipal—that in every mea sure for increasing the franchise, or lessening the burdens of the people of England—lrishman had always been at their v ile,—(Loud cheers.) Let not honest Enelish Reformers deceive themselves by imagining that it was the same to Ireland whether Whigs or Tories were in office— let them throw them overboard if they pleased, and have nothing more to do with them, but do not deceive them.—( Hear, hear.) There was but one way to act with Toryism—keep the door shut.—(Laughter and cheers.) Keep the wolves outside-es-true, those inside might be sheepish enough—(A laugh)—but at any rate the sheep was better than the wolf.—(Cheers.) He called upon them to make this distinction—the Whigs were bad for England, but they had some mitigating qualities when Ire land was considered, but the Tories were bad for England, bad for Scotland, and bad for Ireland.—(Loud cries of " hear.") He was obliged to them for the kindness they had now shown him, but it would be doubly gratifyin g if on his return he found they had determined that neither Whig nor Tory should swindle them out of their rights, but that England must and would have justice and further reforms. Mr. O'Connell resumed his seat amid loud and very ge neral cheering. The Rev. T. M. MWONNELL then rose, and again read the resolution of thanks which he had moved at the com mencement of the proceedings. The resolution was seconded by Mr. P. H. MUNTZ. Previous to the motion being put from the Chair, Messrs. HADLEY, SALT, and Muenrz, severally ad dressed the meeting, complaining of the declaration made on the first night of the session by Lord John Russell, against all further Reform. They entirely coincided with Mr. O'Connell as to tha necessity of agitating throughout the country, but expressed their belief that nothing was to be hoped from the present Ministry ; and that it was impossible that they could much longer remain in office, in consequence of the very general want of confidence which they had themselves creaied. Mr. O'CONNELL, in explanation, said he deprecated the speech of Lord John Russell against further reform as strongly as any man could do, and he was not there to pro pose any vote of confidence in the present Administration ; on the contrary, he wished the people, by their union and determination, to force the Ministry to go forward in the work of Reform ; and this, he felt confident, they might easily do. Ile had nut said the Whig Ministry was a good one—on the contrary, he had said it was a had one—but be insisted that the Tories were worse. Whenever, by the organization and firmness of the people, they were prepared to put io and maintain a better Administration than the present, he would say, with all his heart, Turn them out ; but until that time arrived, be warned them not to tisk the return of the 'furies to power, who would again let louse the Orange murderer in Ireland. The resolution was then put by the Chairman to the Meeting, and carried amid loud acelametions ; after which three cheers were given for Mr. O'Com,ell, vvho imme diately left the Hall to proceed on his route to Ireland. LORD BROUGHAM'S PROTEST. DISSENTIENT 1. Bes.:,:use the House is called upon for a pledge to concur in an arrangement, the particulars of which were never dis closed till after the. Address was moved, and the reasons for which have never yet been stated. 2. Because the same event which placed her Royal 1-Fgh ness the Duchess of Kent in a new relation to the Throne, relieved her from a large expense, in respect of which the last increase of income bad been granted by Parliament. 3. Because, while every one must feel the highest admira tion of her Royal Highness's conduct in every relation of life, a conduct universally allowed to be beyond all censure and above all praise, it is the painful duty of Statesmen to consult, not their own personal feelings, but the good of the nation, whose affairs are committed to their charge, never to depart from the principles of strict economy in spending the public money, which have hitherto commanded the confidence of the country by deserving it, and carefully to avoid making exceptions from wholesome general rub s on account of cir cumstances which are accidental though fortunate, and a re currence of which may lead to other exceptions a; difficult to be resisted. 4. Because the proposed grant, if it did not form part r.f the arrangement of the Civil List, ought certainly not to have been proposed until that arrangement was before Parliameie, and until the amount of the Royal income was disinctly ascertained. 5. B , cause propositic ns of this kind ought mler to be made without an extreme necessity, their inevitable tendency being to brpair the veneration justly due to the illustrious personag, s whom they cencern, and to place the Members of the Legis lature in the yainful and invidious po,ition of abandoning tit it most sacred duty towards the country, or seeming to fail in affection and respect towards the Throne. Dec. 14, 1837. BROUGHAM. MR. G. P. R. JAMES'S NEW WORK On 1141 18th inst., in 2 vuls. Bvo., embellished with Portraits of Louis XIV., Anne of Austria, Duchess de la Val Here, Cardinal Mazarin, the Prince de Cond6, and Marshal Turenne, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH. By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq. Author of " Darnley," " Philip Augustus," " Life of the Black Prince," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington, street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. BIRMINGHAM-THURSDAY. A Grand Vccal and Instrumental Concert took place here last night in aid of the Mechanics' Institute. Sa crowded and brilliant an assemblage was never known (not excepting the Festival) in the Town-hall. Upwards of 5,000 persons were present. The singers were Mrs. Shaw, Braliam, Harrisen (of Lichfield), and Machin. The veteran Braham ver;:s received with the most enthusiastic plaudits, which lasted several minutes, as was Machin, who both sang with a degree of magnitii.enee which was welcomed by the shouts of the crowded assemblage. Braham's " Mad Toni" and " Bay of Biscay" wire j)!endiiily given and encored. Mrs. Shaw was applauded in " 0 Salutaris" and the " Peace of the Valley," as also Harrison in " In• Native Worth," from the Creation. Machin was encored in " The Light of Other Days," nd enthusiastically received in his other solos. It was Braham's first appearance in Birmingham these three years, and if we may judge from the reception he met with, proved hiwelf worthy of the distinguished eminence he possesses. The Mechanics' Fund will obtain very considerable sum by this concert, which has so de lighted the multitude who were present. The name of Mr. F. T. Baring was inserted by mistake in the Nues on the Division in the Municipal Offices' Bill; and the Right lion. Joseph Planta was omitted in the Noes on the Division on Pensions. HISTORY OF A SHILLING T.—lt will scarcely be credited that a shilling has been the means of putting Thirty Thousand Pounds into the pocket of a gentleman, and all within a few dais. The rcader in amazement asks how ? It arose as follows :—The party in qtt stion was fond of dancing, but possessed only an indifferent a-qu''•ntance with the figures of quadrilles, &c., and with the regulations of a bill room. 1,1 this dilemma I.e purchased that exquisite little 11 jou entitled the " GUIDE TO THE BALI, ROOM," (pUbll,llrd by C. Nli.ch 11, Red L'on-court, Fleet-street, at the inconceivably low price of One Shilling !) at.d at the assembly which he next vi , ited, he proved so accomplished as to win the heart of a young lady of great beauty and accomplishments, and worth 30,000/. I Who would be without such a treasure as this beautiful little book ? Major-General Norman M'Leod, in the service of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, died on the 4th inst. at Kamfras, at the age of 82. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, DEC. 11.— The demand for flannels still continues very good, and a fair quantity of business has been done to-day. The manufacturer complains much of the low price he is obliged to take for his goods, considering the rise which has taken place in the price of wool within the lat.t !ew months. Therd has been no change in the wool market to-day, but it remains firm at last week's prices.—Manchester Guardian. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, YESTERDAY.— T. e sales of Cotton to-day are 3,000. The n arket has Leen quite without change. 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MR. BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE, for 1838, Corrected to the Present Time, will be published in a few days. Printed in a single Volume, on a new plan, with upwards of 1,500 Engravings of Arms, &c., price 38s. bound, forming the MOST COMPLETE, the MOST CONVENIENT, and at the same time the CHEAPEST WORK of the kind ever offered to the public. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The publication of Tits SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. ~, . ,:i. . ,- ,. , -" , 7. TA , . Y N't VIYe alt 3,44 LONDON : FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1837. In the HOUSE of Lomas yesterday Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition, signed by Dr. 818/CHECK, the founder of the London Mechanics' Institution, and several other gentlemen. and many hundreds of the industrious persons who were in the habit of attending that institetion as members of it. The object of the petition was for free and unrestrained access to the various monuments of art in this metropolis, including the antiquities of the Tower, the Monument, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, the Models of the Admiralty, and so forth. Lord RADNOR gave notice that, on Thursday next, he would call the attention of their Lordships to the present state of the Universities. Lord BROUGHAM having intimated his desire that the House should be put in possession of the accounts relating to the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, there arose some inte resting conversation on this important subject. The Noble and Learned Lord replied to the Duke of WELLINGTON and Lord ELLENBOROUGH, both of whom, with Lord ABERDP.EN, Lord HOLLAND, end the Earl of WINCHILSEA, were averse to the production of any account of this branch of the revenues of the Crown, in a short speech, of which the following is the principal passage :—" There was," said the Noble and Learned Lord, " no public department whatever in this country which was not liable to the controul and responsible to the authority of the Crown or of Parliament for the management of its af fairs. It was said, indeed, that the Crown could not compel the authorities of these Duchies to render an account of their stewardship, because they acre the servants of the late King. Ile had only to answer, that if the Crown could not corepel them Parliament could. He could not understand on what grould it was supposed that these estates should be viewed as private estates." The presentation by Lord Rums of some petitions corn plaiiiieg of the annexation of the Bishoprics of Sodor and Mann with that of Carlisle, led to some discussion in which the ArchLishOp of CANTERBURY, the Bishop of LONDON, the Bishop of CHESTER, and the Bishop of SALISBURY took part. Tile two latter Prelates were not unfavourable to the prayer of the petitioners, whilst the former Right Reverend Dig, i taries defended the Commissioners, and urged the inconve nience of making any alteration in a law which had been so re cently under the consideration of the House. On the mot:on of the Msrquis of LANSDOWNE the Munici pal Office: s Declaaation Bill was real a second time ; after which the House adj‘ urned. In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mr. LANGDALE gave notice that soon after the recess he would move that it be an instruc tion to the Poor-law Commissioners to furnish returns to show how fur their workhouse regulations were compatible with the due attendance of the paupers at divine service. Mr. Hume presented a petition from the Political Union of Brentford, stating that they had witnessed with iedignatien the bribery, corruption, and intimidation which had been prac tised during the late election, and they besought the House to grant them that protection which they conceived could only be alluded by the Vote by Ballot. They also prayed ties House to effect those changes in the representative system by which the political franchise might be made co-extesasive with taxation. • Mr. C A YLEY also presented a petitioa from Yoikshire in fa vour of the Ballot. In answer to a question from Mr. Huta., Sir J. Ilontiousa said that the distribution of the East India prize money should take place with the least possibly delay. The Muncipal Boundaries Bill was read a second Cm-, and referred to a Committee. Sir J. Hounousa stated, in reply to a question by Mr. HUME, that he could not name any precise time when the pay meet of those persons who served in the last war in hislia would receive their prize-money. In reply to a question from Mr. BAINES, both Mr. LABOU CIIERE and Sir Cs GREY denied that the Government had been in any degree cogniz ri:t of the distribution in the West Indies of the evidence taken before the Committee on the negro ap prenticeship system, the publication of which had heel, forbid. den in this country. Mr. C. Wools stated to Mr. WALLACE that contracts for the conveyance of the mails between Liverpool and Ireland should be soon entered into. Mr. Sergeant Toesoutto obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the a-cess of 1 arents who live apart from each other to their children of tender age. The Hon. and Learned Member's speech, as well indeed as the whole discussion, is h;ghly interesting. and will amply repay perusal. Mr. S rgeant TALFOURD also obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law of copy right. To a not unimportant debate which followed, growing out of a warlike motion submitted by Mr. ATTWOOD to, and ne gatived by, tl.e House, we direct the attention of all who take an interest in the re'a ice posture of Russia and England la a national view. Mr. VERNON SMITH obtains d leave to bliag in a Bill to settle the boundaries of Municipal Boroughs in England and Walt s; and Mr. DENNISTOUN obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relative to the granting of spirit licenses in Scotland. The last stage, but perhaps the most imps.rtant point, in the proceedings of last night, was notice of a motion given by Mr. D. NV. flmcvov, that he would to-morrow (this dav) move that due prevision he made in the Civil List for tire protection of the right of Parliament to inquire into and ap propriate the revenues of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall. Our readers will find, in another part of The Sun, a report of a public weetmg held yesterday at Bir mingham, at which Mr. O'CoNNELL was present. The lion. and Learned Gentleman, i.vho spoke at some length at this muting, made no remark worthy of any particular comment, with the exception of that wherein he recommended the establishment of a Reform Rent throughout England which, he said, would go far to neutralize the mischievous effect of the Election Petitions of the SPOTTISWOODE gang, On the subject of Ministers, he observed, he had "not said the Whig Ministry was a good one—on the con trary, he had said it was a bad one ; and whenever, by the organization and firmness of the people, they were prepared to put in and maintain a better Admi nistration than the present, he would say, w i t h all his h. art, turn them out ; but until that time arrived, lie warned them not to risk the return of the Tories to power, who would again let We are glad to see that Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD is again actively at work with his law of copy right. Last night the Honorable and Learned Gentleman moved for leave to bring in a Bill on the subject, which, he observed, was in substance similar to that which had been read a second time last Session, with these only points of difference—first, that it (lid not extend to the fine arts, painting, music, and sculpture ; and, secondly, that it (lid not touch the question of interna tional copy-right, which, he thought on consideration, it would be better to leave to the negociation of Go vernment. There are few laws more defective in their nature, and that require a more prompt and searching remedy, than those which regard literary copy-right. Intended for the benefit of litera ture, they do it infinite damage ; and leave at the mercy of circumstances those whom it is their avowed object to protect. Other trades and professions have their legislative safe-guards—arc bound round by strong and careful fences ; but literature has none. 'Fire paper-merchant's property is inviolate, but when passing from him, it assumes the form of a printed book, and comes into the author's possession, it becomes a species of loose, undefined property that may be injured with impunity; for as Mr.D'lsuA ELI justly observed, the injured party has no other means of redress than such as consists in having recourse to one of the highest and costliest tribunals in the kingdom, which of course is not to be thought of by the majority of authors, who are proverbially of a consumptive turn of pocket. The sculptor labors under precisely the same annoyance. The marble out of which he fashions his graceful works of art, is, when in its rough state in time quarry, private pro perty in the strictest sense of the term ; but the in stant it has been wrought into some form of beauty and grandeur, and leaves the sculptor's studio, his Bacchante, or his Nymph, or his Graces, or his shell- Venus—or whatever other subject he may have I fashioned from the. marble —may be pirated and multi plied, as has been shown in many recent instances, with impunity—an injury to which the artist is liable, in exact proportion to the skill and genius which he has displayed. Now surely these are defects in the Law of copy-right which call trumpet-tongued for redress : and we repeat therefore the expression of our satisfac tion that Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD has been induced to turn his attention to the subject. By none could such a task be handled with more ability, or with a greater prospect of a beneficial result. The frivolous objections against any inquiry into the revenues of the Duchies of Lancaster and Corn wall, urged by the patty, who so long held the strings of the public purse, excite the strongest suspicion. There must be something rotten—something that can not bear the light of day, when we find such efforts made to conceal the amount, the management, and the appropriation of those funds in mysterious darkness. The patrons of prodigality, waste and abuses, for lack of argument, and, in their usual way, have recourse to religion, and tell Lord HOLLAND that he cannot give the Returns without a violation of the oath he has taken to the Crown ; and, even supposing he is re leased from the oath by the present SOVEREIGN, he cannot be released from that which he took to his late MAJESTY. Their defence only shows that the position is untenable ; and Lord ELLENDOROUGH, though backed by the chivalry of WINCHELS EA, and the cautious prudence of ABERDEEN, would do well to retire in time told with a good grace. Their anxiety for concealment will only whet the public appetite for discovery they' will find the old adage true to the last, and the country, till their ignorance of these regions is dispelled, will continue to imagine they abound with mines of in exhaustible wealth. The present, too, is the proper time to make the discovery. When the Civil List is once fixed, the case becomes hopeless, justice will he called in to the aid of religion, and all who.wish for enquiry will be denounced as men who would not only disregard an oath, but violate the most solemn compact. The necessity of enquiry, however, is so evident that it is needless to dwell upon it ; and be sides, the subject could not be entrusted to better hands. Lord BROUGHAM and Mr. HARVEY have long been pioneers in such undertakings ; they are not to be dissuaded by sophistry or deterred by imaginary obstacles ; and if they should sustain defeat, the cause will not be either want of perseverance or courage on their part. We have received the Madtid Papers of the 4th and sth inst. The debate on the Address to the Throne was proceeding in the Cortes on the 4th, there not haring been any sitting on the preceding day. In the sitting on the sth the Senate adopted the Marquis de VKLUM A'S proposition for recommencing the whole of the Madrid elections immediately after the pu'►lica tion of the Electoral Lists. The Deputies have received a summons to assemble at the Chamber on Saturday next. This is the usnal meeting for electing the grand Committee to meet the King on his coming to open the Session, and will be held with closed doors. The Duke de Nemours is fast recovering from the effects of his accident. The Archbishop of Paris called on his Royal Highness on Monday. The two Princes de Montfort arrived on the sth instant at Stutgardt, from Milan, I:here they had left their father, Jerome Buonaparte (ex -King of Westphalia), perfectly recovered from his late serious illness. The British Consul at Smyrna, in the course of last month, delivered over to the Turkish authorities five Maltese, to be tried for coming with false plssports, and, if found guilty, to be punished. This proceeding has ex cited great surprise at Smyrna, as the offence is within the Consul's own jurisdiction. The .. , Tlonitettr publishes the following telegraphic dis patch : " BAYONNE, DEC. B.—Espartero left Pampeluna on the 4th for Ebro, with nine battdions. Gtneral Ulibarri re mained at Pumpeluna. One of his brigades is at Urroz." The Eco Spain is still without a Government. Dec. the sth writes thus on the subject : No longer doubt exists of the organization of a ministr being in progress. Ef we are to judge from ceetain steps taken in this matter, it would appear that a ministry of a mixed character, or of compromise, representing the opinions of the various sections of the Liberal party, is in contemplation. Some persons, however, point out individuals as being intended to belong to the new ministry who not only do not belong to that party, but who would not have the sanction of the majority of the Congress. The necessity of forming a strong Government is now most urgent ; a Government of cha racter, which may be able to arratv,e the disorders of the Administration, and reestablish the authority of the powers. It is stated that the Minister of War has resigned ; but that he has been prevailed on to remain in office unfl a new Cabinet be formed, which is now to be ex pected shortly. According to some, he resigned in conse quence of his orders not being obeyed by the commanders in the army ; others state that he did so from being unable to provide the army with the requisites necessary for them. We believe that both these causes may have influenced his decision." The Paris papers of Wednesday furnish us with news of considerable importance. It appears that a conspiracy against the life of Louts PHILIPPE, by means of an .infernal machine, has been discovered and ftustrated by the local authorities of Boulognc-sur- Mer, who arrested one of the conspirators, a man named Hubert. Several other persons, at present not positively known, are said to be implicated m the plot, and some 16 or 17 arrests have already taken PitICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 13an Stuck . ...................:0634 7 Sicrit :3 Fe, - Cei.t. 44-. 74 qi i % fat, 3 per 32 ........... - South Se:i k 3 1 4 per 1ent............ ......... Old knonities ... ...• Ditto Rea-- ........ New 3t4 I,:g. Cyr, -'...- i 3 poi. Cent. Annuities, :'Si..- -- N.:w 5 pe , Cent.. . ... ..... - Rank 1...-.447Annuitie.toexpire 'Ditto ..............5w ...... J. 5, P4BO 147 :),tto ..;itnall Oct. 10. W. 9- ........... , t)itto Corran , .rcia — rm. --; Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, `fart_ ..... p!l. Jan. 5,1%, ...... --ilank -Mock for Account 2.04 April 5, 193. —llnit'.l Stock fur Account . Jan. Ornrsiti,n PitICES OF FOitEIGN FL'NUS Austaian Bonds • Belgian Bonds.. 'HIS DAY Al ON O'CLOCK. Peruvian Mond: ..... Ditto Account ....... Prirtugueic 15:ttO A ccount Brazilian Ittimds , 1,4 Ditto Account . )N Itaenes Ajrcs Bonds Ditto Account Milian Bonds Ditto Account ..... « ';llurribi.an Bonds Ditto Account . — C >lumbian Bonds, itt•2.3 ..25 1 4 Di , to Account D.nnh Bonds ..... 73 1 4 Ditto Accotint Greek Bonds.. ... ..... ....... • Duca 80i..k, ..... . Ditto Acci , unt .......... Mexican Boni.s, 5 per cent.... Ditto Ac.count ..... Ditto, 6 per cent. .....»..... 28 1 4 Ditto Account... ........ Ditto Account — I , tto New taunt............ 3 )kii 31 D tto Account D tto, 3 per cent... —*NIA, 1•J 193 ericsian 80nd5.... ..... ....... - flubalan Bangs, 1trZ2..... Ditto Accouid..... .... att.() Metals lc .......... Spanish 3onds thao Accoant Ditt) Ber.zis, lS3t D tto tccoont French, 5 per cant , 1 * tit —, ----.-. I irer cent. — —.. -- :3 per cent.. .._. ---- Exchange 23f. 51 Mitch, 24 per cent ...........54 1 ,4 4 D.tth Account — Ditto, 5 per C01L.... Ditto Account ... .. PFICEi OF SHARES Tins DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Shar e B az:lian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 5!. pm.) t.O ihtio St. John del Rey D4l.):!n and Kilkenny Railway Company .... ..„ :,?!.4 a.itern Count', lia;iway S Ili Or i. %%es:ern Railway Compaay.... ............. „ 55 67 3 ,hton Railway coikirinv Brighton Railway (Rennie's) 1- r:Con and Birmingham Railway Company 9O 16l Lindon _and Greenwich ilailway CGirip , ii.„. 2 i I 4 :4'4 London and Croydon Railway Conitpany Ditto `col , 2 Sli Saadi Eaiitern and Dprer Railway Company 7 3 M A 1 LS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Y Due. 0 Amer 0 I Franc:: ... • 0 0 ..... 0 0 & Jersey I) 0 tsueno.Ayrei.. 0 0 Haint,urie 0 Carthagena...... 0 0 klooand 0 I Dublin... 0 0 Jamaica 0 1 Fl.nder, Arrived Due U 1.4.th0n ...... 0 0 Malta 0 1 Nl.,.xteo 0 0 Osten.t.. ...... 0 0 Sure,ten .. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Marning... ...... 412 minutes after 4 j Evening......... U minutes After 5. loose Orange murderers in Ireland." We are not quite in such dreadful alarm about the Tories as Mr. O'CONNELL, for we are convinced their reign would not-be long enough to enable them to perpetrate any very set ious or lasting mischief ; nevertheless, we agree with him, that it is better, all thiugs considered ; to keep them where they now are—on the wrung side of the SPEAKER. him off place. We subjoin the details from a correspondent of then said it would be da-gerous and unsa'e to b. ca in t ely. and observed tnat lild tk7 ' %",:rit a Morning Paper :- t h e la.k part of the house. ‘Vhile he (Thomlove) ANOTHER PLOT AGAINST THE LIFE OF TIIE ing ae the requet of the defendant to the police forsist s a t n o e d e; KING OF THE FRENCH. the defers-!ant took 6:at oppo -tunity to rush from his cti PARIS, DEc. 13, 1837.-The journals of this day will through a sma: l do>r i n t o an other room; he purs ued ble across de convey to you an account of a new plot ageinst the lire of fondant, but was interrupted by a female placing a taventai_ the King, which has happily Lecn discovered. Without the door way of the adjoining room, but he a_ .1, 1 , 1 7 . referr.ng to them, I propose giving you, from unquestion able sources, some particulars which will necessarily corn- way down a s!aircase; it being quite d rss:d it, and then heard the defendant_armkakaingd am; prise the .few facts stated in the papers, as well as others retake the clef ndant, leaped the s teir.ease, and was 'os the not yet public. Let me premise, that while I recognize c . atelles lighted in the house, he ( Thom ve) or!_e% to this . as a real plot, I must own that I am a convert to the ab as h l i i i e n, b o el r ie s v , e o s o , opinion which pretty generally prevails, that its detection 'Gheodd'scPsn'''ene.nsti seized the plaintiff by the neckcloth, awl prevented him rei. was purposely delayed to the eve of the opening of the taking the defendant, who went out by the street-door and el: took Chambers, and with what view it is not necessary to say. The facts of the case arc these :-At. half-past Nine Holdcroft into custody, and lodged him in prison. To Pre s : cap-A among the hurrahs of the mob. He, however, o'clock on Monday evening M. Frank Carre (Attorney- vent a seconl capture a vast nuniber of persons afterwards an. on n i c an and voicefl eld criedcroft "osuutddie. nf°l; General) being at a soiree given by the Minister of Jus• sernbled in the streets. The police refused to assist him, a nd tire, received message from the Minister of the l e t er io r , he swore in his affilat it that he believed the defendant could requiring his immediate attendance at his hotel. On arri. net have been arrested without the asssistance of the reati! s a t rA i Lord LANGDALE-1 - I&deroft, in the first place. ving there be received from the Minister (Count Monta heresaftere the tett ance of the Commissioner into the house, and livet) the first intimation of the discovery of a conspiracy r 4 ask _ against the life of the King, and was ordered to proeeed r. wards asPesteereroe-Y .fed in the rescue of the defendant. es, my Lord, and we th, hem on the documents and information that would he forth- be co :enitted to the Fleet with communicated to hint. In consequence in the course Lord LANGDALE, addressing the prisoner Holderoft-Have reason to vice of the night he issued warrants against several individuals, you any • e why you should not be committed to of whom seven or eight were instantaneously arrested. the Fleet ? At half-past 12 o'clock all the Ministers resembled at the Mehl-oft-Al I have to say is, that it's a very uneP9 4 Ministry of the Interior, to aw.it the result of the warrants thing. lam nut prepared for it, an d f or that reason I cl°n' t so issued, and of the seeveli directed to be made at the re feel inclined to answer any questions. sidenees of the denounced individuals respectively. No Lord LANGDALE-Then you stand committed. discovery of any importance was, however, made. Ihe prisoner was then escorted by the officer to his ne w In the course of the following morning eight or nine more lodging. persons were arrested. The pri , oners are in general well known friends and admirers of Morey end Pepin (the ac complices of Fieschi.) Some of them are young men of some education. Amongst others, there are two or three physicians, who have only just now receive their diplomas. They are kept an secret at the Concierge , ie. Among the persons amnestied by the Kine in the sum mer of thin year was a man of the name of Hubert, who was implicated with Boireau and seven or eight others in a plot Ito assassinate the King on his way to Nullity. He was sentenced to imprisonment. not for his participation in that affair, but for insolence to the examining judge, M. Zangiacomi. lie was confined in the prison of Clativaux, and was shortly before the promulgation of the amnesty de tected in an attempt to escape, and tried for that offence before the tribunal of Areis-sur-Aube, on which occasion lie declared that he would not desist from his pursuit of the King until he should have put an end to him. When liberated (in May last, I think) the police kept a strict eye upon hint. He was closely followed by them into Belgium, where he evinced " indiscretion" into England, back again to Belgium, and once more to England. The alleged object of this last journey was to consult some of the ablest workmen engaged in the manufacture of arms (in Birmingham and elsewhere), and by their aid to arrive at the completion of a new infernal machine. What progress he made does not appear, but lie was arrested in Boulogne sur-Mer on Sunday last, shortly after lauding from the steamer. His arrest, I must observe, was caused by a somewhat strange act of his own-namely, by his having left in the hands of the Custom-house officers his pocket book, which contained plans of his machine, lists of names, letters, and other evidence, and which left no doubt on the minds of those into whose hands they fell of his criminality. Among the letters so found was one from an individual in rather a high 'station, a judge, who resides in a town about 60 or 70 leagues from Paris. This functionury is a young man, possessed of a large fortune, and who has been appointed to his judicial situation since the revolution of 1830. Orders have been sent to arrest him, and seize his pipers, which it is expected will throw much light on the conspiracy. Here rests the affair for the present. I should add, however, that those implicated in it will be tried before the Court of Assizes, although some of the influential Mem bers of the Upper Chamber have already expressed their desire that they should be brought before the Court of Peers for trial. It is said that the preliminary inquiry will last during many months. The machine, which Hubert is charged with " contem plating," for it is not yet made, is said to be something on the plan of that of Fieschi and of Champion combined, and capable of adaptation to a water-carrier's cart. In these hurried lines you have all that is yet known, and, fortunately, that all shows that the King, in fact, ran no danger from this man's machination (if he were, indeed, a genuine thorough-bred regicide in purpose) ; that he had genuine guilty accomplices is, however, certain. The manner in which the journals which support Mi nisters speak of the matter gives evidence that there exists in the Cabinet more or less of disunion. The Journal des Debuts and the Journal de Paris represent the affair as important in the extreme. Le Temps (said to be under the influence of the President of the Council) makes very little of it. This leads me to another observation, on the correctness of which you may rely, that if there are-and there are, in fact, differences in the Cabinet, nono subsist between Counts Mole and Montalivet. FRENCH FUNDS. - PARIS, Dcc. 13 Fi . :e per Cents., 10;f. 45c. 50c. 60e. Four and a 11.11 per Cents., 105 f. sir per Cents., lOU. 9 c. 'Three per Cents., 79f. 15e. 10c. 20c. Bank Actions, '2,575f. 2j , 80f. 2,577 f. 5Cc. Bente de Naples, ttsf. 9SII se. 16c. Roman Five per Cents., 100% 1 ,4%. Spanish Actives, 20%. Spanish Passives, Spanish Differes, 7. Belgian Loan, 103 1, 14. Brussels Society, 1,7051. 1;103f, Belgian Bank, 1,30 f, Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents. 2St-,. Portugue-ts Three pee Cents., tiaNtian Loan. 367 f. 50c. 366 f. 25c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One a enth, paper, 25f. 42;“.; money, 15f. 121 c. Three months, paper, 23f. 27;4 c.; money, 25f. u7f. C -Cour, AUthentiaue. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 107 f. SOe. Three per Cents., 791. 30c. Bank Actions, 2,577 f. 50e. Romans, 100%. Belgian loan, 103 1 .4. Belgian Bank, 1,53 f. Brussels Society, 1,700 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 19N. Spanish Actives, 20%, Spanish Passives, 4,, New 'Jaffee, 7. Haytlan Loan, 7'6lif. 25c. • DUBLIN, DEC. 12.—Arrived Margaret (St.), from London.. CORK, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Sirius (St.), from London. LIMERICK, DEC. 12.—Arrived Glasgow, Millers, London. YARMOUTH ROADS, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Wellington, Gilham, from Wyburg. DEC. 14.--Arrived Wm. Darley (St.), Hamburg . SClLLY.—Arrived o ff, th e M agnet ( pae l t rt), from Vera Cruz, sailed Oct. sth, H avanna h 31st ; t h e C eres , from t. Salvador ; the B ron t es , f rom B a l t i more; t h e B ee. f ro m ra,rnichi ; the Ne w Eagle, from Quebec ; th e A z g yres (packe t) from Fayel ; the U n i on , L awson, f rom F aro ; t h e Hell"' from Smyrna.; the Sancho Pa nza , f rom S myrna; the Coon' toss of Liverpool, fr om S t . Mi c h ae l' s . NEWCASTLE, DEC. 12.—Th e Ri ng d ove , G ar d ner , o f Stock ton, fell over in th e Ty nc l ast n i g h t, an d fill e d ; t h e cargo will be destroyed, but th e vesse l, i t i s expecte d , i s no t nine ! ' injured. HAvANNAH, OCT. 31.—1 n consequence of the heavy gale s ' the following vessel s h ave p ut i n h ere w i t h d amage Combatant, Jackson, from Belize to London ; the Pomonst Littlewood, from Campeachy to Liverpool; the Eagle, Hs' milton, from Laguna to Liverpool. OSTEND, DEC. 14.—The Johanna, Ormanson, from Ilea loy, having lost her rudder off Dunkirk in entering this har t : buur with assistance, veered, and was driven on the ban of the east pier, but has been got off in a leaky state and towed in. The Calpe (steamer), Cox, from London, put into Fat* mouth with damage to her machinery ; bound to Lisbon. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY.) CITY: TWELVE 0' CLOG Consols opened this morning at 93f 931 for the opening; Exchequerßills, 47 49 ; India Bonds, 27 29 ; Bank Stock, 20* In the Foreign Market Spanish Active closed 191, opened l 9 20 ; Portuguese closed 294 30, opened at 30 ; Three per Cents., 19i 20. Dutch closed at 544 after it had been done in the morning at 531 ; Belgian Bonds closed at 1011 Mexican, 274- 28 ; Colombian, 25 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Her per Cents. opened this morning at 54 i i- 541. HALF-PA ST ONE O'CLOCK . . In the Foreign Market, it i s se ttli ng d ay ; t h e B ro k ers an d Jobbers are chiefly occupied in s e ttli ng th e i r A ccounts, w hich are going off well, although there has been some extensiv e fluctuations in Brazilian Stock, from 781 to 801 the Extreme! Portuguese Extreme, from 284 to 304; Spanish Active, 191 to 201. Consols at one period this morning was 931, sellers, afte r which they turned buyers, at 93 1 —at present 934 I. Exche quer Bills, 47 49, premium; India Bonds, 27 29, premium; Bank Stock improved, 2061 207. In the Foreign ' Market, Spanish Active, 191, wi th Coupons ; Portuguese, 30 ; Three per Cents., 19,i ; Brazilian; 801 ; Dutch Two. and-a- Half per Cents., 54e ; Mexicii n t 2E4 ; Colombian, 25k I. Brighton and London Shares, 34. TRI2ER 0' CLOCK. Consols for the Account, MI S. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL' S-YESTERDA Y. THE DERBY. The two favourites were backed at half a point more than the odds last quoted by us, D'Egville for a poney, and Cobweb for 1251. Fifty l ounds were laid out on Nonplus colt, and two or three commissions to back him were unexecuted, in cons'; quence of the offers not having reached those required. dull afternoon closed as follows :- 10 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville--taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt—taken 15 to I agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—take 16 to 1 22 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Nonplus dam=taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. A. Smith's Cracker—take 30 to 1 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's c. out of Tranby's dam—tale 21 and afterwards offered 2000 to 30 agst Mr. Greville's Osprey—taken, 1000 to 10 was afterwards offered agst Osprey THE OAKS. 14 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Mary Gray—taken CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MOSS V. LEIGH. The Bill in this case was filed by John Moss, Christopher Bolter, and Thomas Farr, three of the assignees of the estate of a bankrupt named Leigh, and also by David Cannon, the official assignee, against Joseph Leigh, one of the original as signees, the executors of a solicitor named Orrod, the confi dential adviser of the bankrupt, and the executors of a person named Tate, one of the deceased assignees, and the object of the bill was to obtain an account from Mr. Joseph Leigh of the moneys received by Orred on behalf of the bankrupt's es tate. Mr. Leigh was the only solvent assignee, and as such, was barged with a portion of the receipts of Orred, and with the responsibility of the whole amount, in case Orred's estate should be insufficient. The SOLICITOR GENERAL and Mr. RUSSELL app:Ared for Mr. Joseph Leigh and the executors of Tate ; Mr. WAKE FIELD and Mr. KoE fur the executors of Orred, and Mr. SWANSTON and Mr. WIGRAM for the plaintiffs. The case is a most complicated one, and was expected to have occupied the Court the whole day ; but in consequence of a preliminary objection taken by the Solicitor-General for want of particu lars, the case was ordered to stand over. GREEN V. WESTON. This was a bill filed for the purpose of having an account taken of a'l sums of money received by the father of the de fendant, in I.is character of banker to the assignee of a person named Menzies Bliley, who was made a bankrupt so long ago as the year 1796. The SOLICITOR-CIENERAL, who appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, was addressing the Court when our reporter left. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The VICE-CHANCELLOR, after disposing of several short causes and unopposed petitions, proceeded to hear the further rgumcnit s in the part bean] case of Reid v. Baillie, which ap pear likely to occupy the Court the whole day. ROLLS' COURT-(T HIS DAY). JENNINGS V. SIMPSoN—CJMNIITTAL TO THE FLEET. Mr. PEMIIERTON (Mith whom was Iir:WEBSTER) rnoved, at the sitting of the Court this morning, on behalf of the Commissioners under a writ of rebellion against the defendant Charles Simpson, Town-clerk of Lichfield, that John Hold croft, now in custody of the Commissioners, be committed to the Fleet for contempt of Court, in rescuing the defendant from their custody. It appeared that an order of Court had been made upon the defendant to pay a certain sum of money to the plaint.ff; and for the purpose of enforcing this order, three attachments had been issued against him, the return to which having been non est inventus, a commission of r..bellion was issued against him. The present motion was made upon the joint affidavit of George Th . ondlore, one of th e Commissioners, and John Lorton, his assistant, which stated that, on the 11th instant, Thomlove, accompanied by another Commissioner, and Various assistants, went to the house of the defendant in Lichfield and rang the bell, when the door was shortly opened by Holdcroft, a servant of the defendant, on which he endeavoured to enter the hou se , b ut H o l dtroft attempted to close the door on him. H e , h owever, ga i ned an enhance,nce. Holdcroft immediately f astene d the door. as he hell , ved for the purpose of p revent i ng the Commis siorwrs and th&r;s.istarits from entering, and exclaimed, " I shall not open it, neither shall you, for I know what you want " H a ving found the defendant in his house, he arrested hi m , and despatcheda post-chase, in ord er th a t t h e d e f en d ant . m i g ht be removed custody ; but upon its being known that the defendant was in CllitOdy, Uithin a quarter of an hour after the arrest, the populace became greatly excited, and about 300 or 400 persons surrounded the ho use , w i t h a de termination to rescue the defendant; and voices were heard from the crowd, exclaiming that neither he, Thomlove, nor any other person should take the defendant away, The defendant COURT CIRCULAR. The Princess Sophia visited her Majesty yesterday. The Royal dinner party at the New Palace last evening ill' eluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Viscoun t NlorFeth, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Byron, lion. Willion Cowper, lion. Colonel Cavendish, Hon. Colonel and Grey, Viscount Falkland, Lord in Waiting, and Mr. Ric l9 ' Groom in Waiting. The Duchess of Cambridge took a carriage drive yesterday' her Royal highness visited the Duchess of Kent on Wedays" day, at the New Palace. Sir T. Sorrell, Mr. R. M. Bellew, and Mr. Coates, bad terviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial-offic e ; - A Deputation, i nc l u di ng Mr. Mullett Thomson, Lord Elli" and Mr. Pendarves, had art interview yesterday with the Cho" cellor of the Exchequer, in Downing -street. A General Meeting of the Members of the Church Commi e sion was held y es t er d a y afternoon, at the office in Whiteh ei place. th The Chancellor of the Exchequer transacted business wty.l the President o f th e B oar d o f T rade yesterday. Mr. G. ' Wood, M. P., had also an interview. Sir George Arthur transacted business yesterday, at the Co ' lon ial - office. The Sitting of the Lords of the Judici d Committee of t o l l ! Privy Council was attend e d yest er d a y by L or d Broughe.a Mr. Justice Bosanquet, the J u d ge o f t h e Ad m i ra l t y Court, 8 " the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. Pre' An appeal was opened by Mr. Ti nne y, Q. C., f r om the re rogative Court of Cant e rb ur y, C as tl e an d H ar tley 0. l io bn and others, in the goods of the Ri g ht H on . an d Rev. J., o f Earl of Scarborough, deceas e d, re l at i ve t o a w ill or codie e d, the late E 1.1 found under hi s b e d s t ea d . A mo del of the ,_u stead was produced and laid on their Lordship's table. , rhe ir Mr. Tinncy's address occupied the whole of the day. Lordships adjourned at Half-past Four o'Clock. . _ BANK OF ENGLAND.—Yesterday a 4:l o ; l b e c ri l l d General Meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Stock ' lll ' f t he at the Court-room of the Bank, pursuant to the terms o ibrs, I R ia e m id s ), C;: n r d tis t , ht E ‘ s g g re ) a , te t r he par D t charter. At twelve o'clock the Governor (Timothy ' - i/ e e o p f u t the y- G A ° l Directors entered the room. The minutes of the Cour u T t las t Co tba r t v e e m r b n e o r r s ( ( jt.. S t ir he Jo hn t gee i having been read, the Governor acquainted the mccting f t he t was a Quarterly General Court, held in pursuance ° that charter, end there being no business before it, he moY ed r . ,d , it be adjourned. Mr. Bacon said, before the question c" . e ., journment was p ut h e w i she d to ma k e a f ew re marks in con' , (pence of the reports which had been current in the City, 5 _ well Cs the statements in the newspapers, which had led ti:L; very serious depression in the value of Bank Stock. .. n ato wished to ask if the Directors had anything to cowanurt fig relative to the rumoured intention on their part of redru had the rate of interest upon Bank Stock. The Governor !_.d nothing to communicate on the subject of the repor 3 -: i the nvi n▪ i ` statements allud..ll to by the lion. Proprietor. 1 adjourns d. there was of the Court were then read, and the meeting on the questiom Poulton the largest catch of herrings ever taken in one day at , a_ A it i , HERRING FISHERY.—On Thursday last le-sands, several boats tak , ng upwards of 30,000 eacp‘anncliesof supposed no less than 700,000 were caught. x - __.......!! Guardian =-----------------,--------"o PATENT LEVER WATCI-11:,S:-, With silver double-bottom cases ............................. Di 6 ii With silver hunt iug cases ........................................ 6 , 1 ; 6 ,4, Ms celebrated construction (the most accurate ou ''''''" to : watch ct•.n be made) is now offered, with the lateet improverneu d, i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, ealll:a. hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining Pu to continue going while winding up, at the above price, LI 7'. COX SAVOR Y, W or ki ng Silver and Goldsmith, 47, C ern hill, Lo ndorr o :e N. B. _ Second- hand Watches purchased in exchane • London: Printed and Published by 31URDO YOU cotlty 112, Strand, at The Sun See, No. 112, Stran, in the of Middlesex. —Friday, December, 15, 1837' LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.-(THIS DAY•) DEAL, DF.C. 15. —Wind S.W., moderate.—Arrived and rocceded for the River, the John Baker, from North Ame rica ; aid Dream, PattersDn, from Limerick. DOVER, DEC. 14.—Arrived off, the Spartan ; Moyse, from Waterford. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 14. —Wind E. N. E. to S. Arrived the Sultana, Scott, from Vatras; and Hotspur (Tran sport), from Gibraltar. PL' MOLT!!, DEe, 14. —Wind E. S. E.—Arrived the past Boy, from Deziia; and Lady Newman, Newman, from Dani a. FALMOUTH, DEC. 3. —Wind N. E., light airs. BRISTOL, DEC. 4. _.Arrived Juno, Buckland, Wyburg• LIVERPOOL, Dec. 14 —Arrived the*Zodiac, Delapart, fro m Marseilles,