The Sun. — London, England, 1835-05-19 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Wyse,—Bill for the amelioration, general diffusion, and per manent support of the Education of the people in Ireland. 2. Mr. Powell Button,—Motion respecting the treatment of Ab orienes in British Settlements. 3. Mr. Divett,—Committee of the whole House on the Act of the last Session of Parliament for increasing the Duties on Spirit Licenses. 4. Colonel Sibthorp,—Select Committee, to inquire into the juris diction of the Local Testamentary Courts. 3. Mr. Wallace,—Bills to improve the present practice in certain Law Courts in Scotland. 6. Mr. Wallace,—Return of the Officers of the Courts of Law in Scotland. 7. Mr. Wallace,—Returns relating to the Established Church in Scotland. 8. Mr. Browne,—Select Committee, to inquire into the practica bility of making navigable communications between Galway, Westport, Ballina, and Castlebar. 9. Mr. Ward,--To call the attention of the House to the Report of the Select Committee on Divisions. 10. Mr. Lynch,—Bill to extend the jurisdiction, and regulate the proceedings, of the Civil Bill Courts in Ireland. 11. Mr. Poulett Thomsom,----Committee on the state of the Trade in Corn between the Channel Islands and the United King- door. 12. Mr. Fowell Buxton,—Address for the suppression of the Afri. can Slave Trade. 13. Mr. Hume,—Return of the several periods of residence of the Bishops of Jamaica and Barbadoes within their respective Dioceses since the date of their appointment. 14. Mr. Winthrop Praed,—Copies of C o mmunications between the India Board and the East India Company, relative to the re vocation of the appointment of Lord Heytesbury as Governor- General of India: - lb. Mr. Hume,--To move for the amount and application of Ken. sington Charity Estates, with particulars. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Youghal Election Petition,—Ballot for Committee at three. 2. Roscommon Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at a quar. ter after three. 3. Supply—Report. 4. Wood Duties Bill—Second reading. 6. Oaths Abolition Bill—Third reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN LAST NIGHT. WEDNESDAY, MAY 20. ' Mr. Baring,—To vote 8,000,000/. out o the Consolidated Fund (in Committee of Ways and Means). FRIDAY, MAY 22. 1. Lord Viscount Howick,—Army Estimates (in Committee of Supply). 2. Mr. Wood,—Navy Estimates (in Committee of Supply.) TUESDAY, MAY 26• r. Sinclair,—Bill to enable the Inhabitants of Burghs of Ba rony in Scotland, to elect their own Magistrates. WEDNESDAY, MAY 27. Mr. Cutlar Fergusson,—Petition from the East India Company, praying for a reduction of Duties on East India Sugar and othea articles. 310NDAY, JUNE 1. PRICES 07' Trocxs THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons .... 4.... ••••• NIA% 3 . 4 per Cent 9B3t Ditto Red 98X14 Ws 'Jew 334 per Cent. 4 per Cent. 1 i tste s e e n nt :l d ... - , ... - Bank Long Annuitiestoexpire Jan. 5, MO 16A 15-16 Oct 10, 1859 lB 1-16 Jan. 5, 1860 l7 % Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5. 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds 101%% Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds ... 87% Ditto. Account V% M Buenos Ayres Bonds ' -. . Ditto Account Chillian Bonds Ditto Account — 1 Columbian Bonds. Ditto Account Columbian 80nd5,1824 463; 54 Ditto Account 47 64 Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Greek Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 1825 — Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account — Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditti Account 4 61 Neapolitan— To conclude with, DER FREISCHUTZ Mr. Cayley,—A Motion (based on the Parliamentary Decla ration of Agricultural Distress) to inquire if there be not effec tual means within the reach of Parliament to afford substantial relief to the Agriculture of the United Kingdom. THURSDAY, JUNE 11. Sir Samuel Whalley,—Resolution respecting the Repeal of the Window Tax. at 12 niiizates past 3 o'clock. THURSDAY, JUNE 18. Mr. Wilke—Bill for the establishment of a National Civil Regis- tration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, in England and Wales. _ _ ' TUESDAY, JULY 21. Colonel Evans,—Respecting Rewards and Punishments in the Army. <~~, ~3, rJ THURSDAY, :JULY 30. Colonel Evans.—To draw the attention of the House to the in convenience and dangers of the late assumption of the different offices and powers of the State by tie Duke of Wellington, being liable to be drawn into a precedent. , . \'_ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1835. LEGAL OPPRESSION. (From the Liverpcol Journal of Saturday, May 16. ) PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share London and Greenwich Railway Company l3 154 National Provineial Bank of England 25 25 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning .27 minutes after 8. I Evening...... 59 minutes after 8 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be performed Auber's Opera of LESTOCQ ; OR, THE FETE OF THE HERMITAGE. HAMBURG, MAY 1835. HEINE BROTHERS, CONTRACTORS for the STATE of HAMBURG'S GREAT LOTTERIES. being requested to publish the Scheme of the approaching Sixty sixth Lottery in the English Papers, and to have Tickets on Sale, with Agents in England, beg to state that neither can be done, because it is illegal for the English Newspapers to publish Foreign Lottery Schemes, and for any Agents in England to sell Foreign Lottery Tickets. On the other hand, they beg to state, as it is NOT illegal for any person in England to PURCHASE Foreign Lottery Tickets, that any person desirous to purchase, on addressing them by mail, will receive a full Scheme, and any desirable infor mation on the subject (Gratis), by return of post. HAMBURG, MAY, 1835. lIEINE BROTHERS beg to inform all those who have to remit to them Eight Pounds, that upon receipt of a Ten Pound note, Two Pounds will be returned in gold by re turn of mail. HAMBURG, MAY, IB3Z. ITEI NE BROTHERS beg to state that the first cost of a Ticket of the Sixty-sixth Hamburg Great Lottery will be Eight Pounds. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this dat. Lord BROUGHAM'S remark at a meeting of the Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty, which was held on Saturday, and of which we gave a report in yesterday's Sun, that "it was to the interest of Churchmen, as well as of Dissenters, to take away all intolerant principles from our code of laws, and all per secuting practices in the administration of those laws," though trite, is yet one that cannot be too often, or too earnestly, impressed on the public attention. Notwith standing the various reforms that have taken place since the year 1829, a host of grievances still exist, espe cially as regards the Dissenters, and these can only be got rid of, by the incessant broaching of the subject by such men as Lord BROUGHAM. Rightly did his Lordship insist, first on the expediency of abolishing Church-rates ; secondly, of opening the two Univer sities of Oxford and Cambridge ; and thirdly, of dealing with marriage as a civil contract. These are among the foremost grievances of which the Dissenters com plain, and which Government is bound to take into consideration, with a view to their effectual removal, at the very first opportunity. There is another observa tion that Lord BROUGHAM threw out in the course of his speech, to which the Dissenters would also do well to pay attention. He would advise them, he said, by no means to lose sight of the great question of regis tration. He hoped they would persevere with the sub ject, for he thought there could be no great difficult; in the way of establishing a certain and economical parochial registration. In reply to the calumnies which the Tories have been industriously spreading abroad for the last six ow eight months, respecting his differences with the Earl of DURHAM, Lord BROUGHAM said, " I have already mentioned the names of two or three individuals who have preceded me in this chair ; but I ought to have added the name of my immediate predecessor, — one of my ablest and most valued friends, a fellow la bourer in the cause of all good reform, an advocate of all liberal principles, and a supporter of all the rights of civil and religious freedom—l mean Lord DURHAM. I say this, not merely to gratify my own feelings of friendship, or to do an act of justice towards him, but also for the sake of removing the foolish gossip that has gone about, of our ever having had above one single moment's dissension, and that too upon a matter, arising, I believe, altogether from misrepresentation, and which has long since been forgotten." This " single moment's disssension," it may be remembered, was cried up by the Tory Press as a proof that there was a decided split in the Reformers' camp ; but it now appears that they were just as near the truth in this, as in every other instance, in which they have indulged in speculation. Even as liars, these men ate sad bunglers at their trade. There is a want of keeping and consistency in their falsehoods. No sooner are the materials collected and put together, than the whole structure falls to the ground, from lack of the proper cement. We would advise them henceforth to study lying as a science, rather than as an accom plishment, for thus only can they expect to excel in it. Ambition without study will do them but little service. Lord BROUGHAM disposes of the Tory cry, " No Popery," with just as much effect, as he disposes of the Tory slanders about himself and Lord DURHAM " I do not like the no Popery cry, because I think, in the mouths of those who use it, it is not a religious or a Christian expression, but an expression of intolerance and persecution—a covering of an irreligious, a merely sordid, worldly, and rancorous heart." This is a nut for the Bishop of EXETER to crack and digest at his leisure. His Lordship goes on to observe, " I re joice in being released from the trammels in which I have been for many years held in my professional and ministerial capacity ; but that I hold these opinions to-day, or that I would attend a meeting of my intelligent countrymen to-day, being out of office, one whit more than I should have done, being in office, I must really take leave to deny. I have expressed no one sentiment to-day, that I did not express when I was Chancellor of this United Kingdom. A great fuss has been made about my attending public meetings. Had I remained in office, I would in consequence of that fuss, have attended meetings of my countrymen more than ever." This is worthy of Lord BROUGHAM in his noblest days. He here identifies himself with the people, spurning all vulgar ideas of caste, exclusiveness, and so forth, and bearing in mind, not so much that he is a Peer, as that he is a British citizen. Mr. O'CON NELL made a happy allusion to this circumstance. " I should be glad to know," enquired the Honour able and Learned Gentleman, " whether any man here thinks that Lord' before the name of BROUGHAM,' raises him in the estimation of his sooner country." To this question there can be but one reply. It is not BROUGHAM the Peer, but BROUGHAM the Patriot, that we respect. His coronet has no glitter for us. We can look at it perfectly unawed ; but not so can we regard his intellect. When we think of his eloquence, not tawdry and full of verbiage, but prompted by thought, and informed with the loftiest philo'sophy ; of his searching sarcasm applied only to befriend the oppressed, and heap shame on the op pressor ;a—when we bear in mind these rare qualities which distinguish his Lordship beyond all other states men of his age and country—then, indeed, we are struck with admiration, and bless God that they are still left us, to elevate and enlighten humanity. Hardly a day passes without something occurring to show the necessity of a fundamental change in our Ecclesiastical Establishment. The alteration made at the time of the Reformation was infinitely less than is generally imagined, consisting principally of the exclu sion from the religious service •of a few extravagances which had crept into it in the dark ages, and to which the votaries of the Romish Church pertinaciously and foolishly adhered, after the light of knowledge had begun to dawn on England. But the machinery of the system remained as it was, without repair, and full of defects—not ill constructed, perhaps, as an engine of mental tyranny, but for that very reason useless, or worse than useless, as an instrument of moral and re ligious instruction. This we think has been incontes tibly proved by the working of the system—by the actual state to which that which is called- " the Establishment" is [reduced. _Whether it is capa ble of such improvements as shall render it popu lar, is the problem which is about to be solved, and to the solution of which both its friends and its ene mies are looking with the deepest interest. Both parties agree that the experiment must be tried—that something must be done in the way of change, or all is lost. These reflections have been suggested by the pre sentation of a petition from the inhabitants of the parish of Kirkham in Lancashire by Lord STAN LEY to the House of Commons last night. This petition details grievances which even Lord STANLEY acknowledged " afforded incon testible reasons why that real and substantial re form in the Church, which all its friends so ardently desired, should be no longer delayed." The parish of Kirkham, it appears, contains 12,000 inhabitants, and extends over a surface of 130 square miles, rather a serious sphere of duty for a conscientious Minister of the Gospel. As long ago as 1650 the state of this parish had attracted the notice of the ruling powers, and after an inquisition into its circumstances had taken place, it was recommended that it should be divided into several parishes—a recommendation which at the end of nearly 200 years still remains to be carried into effect. The spiritual superintendent of Kirkham, the vicar of this large and populous district, is a Dr. WEB BER, formerly chaplain to the House of Commons, who having been blessed with two other nice little slices of preferment—to wit, a prebendal stall in Westminster Abbey, and the Deanery of Ripon, has very unceremoniously transferred his Kirkham flock to the pastoral care of another divine, a 11r. MATHEWS, who in addition to the trifling dlities of his spiritual office is the master of the Grammar-School, one of the rules of which school is that the master of it shall have no other business or occupation whatever ! For some ipteresting partiCulars respecting the sense which this Dr. WEBBER seems to entertain of the obligations of morality, we must refer our readers to the debate, where they will see how this Dignitary of the Church has kept faith with his parishioners. We cannot how eVer conclude without congratulating Lord STANLEY on the boldness of the tone which he has at last as sumed, in advocating the immediate necessity of Church . Reform. What a pity he was not converted a little The Earl of WINCHELSEA has addressed a letter " To the Protestants of Great Britain," which---owe .gay it with regret—is as full of absurdities as it of bad grammar. It is a thousand pities that his Lordship was not prevailed on, by some kind friend, to take lessons from the " School-master," before he ventured to address so enlightened a body as the English Protes tants. It would have saved him much ridicule, and his readers much trouble. Will it be credited, that a British Peer—an hereditary legislator for the people, has, in these days of general education, penned a brief epistle, in which—brief as it is—there occur, at least, half-a-dozen grammatical solecisms ? Yet such is the fact, as any one may see, who will take the trouble to wade through his Lordship's epistle. Beginning with the days of St. A ngustine, in the sixth century, his Lordship travels by a short cut to those of Bishop JEWELL ; and thence makes another nimble leap to Catholic Emancipation, which he describes as a most unfortunate measure, granted for the benefit of those " who obtained admission by oaths which they are daily and openly violating." A random assertion like this needs no reply from us ; its suggests its own refuta tion ; as does, indeed, the major part of his Lordship's letter, especially that passage where he observes " the powers of Popery and infidelity are now openly united in our land, for the avowed destruction of every thing which is dear and sacred in the eyes of our sincere Protestant." His Lordship will hardly appal his countrymen by this parade of panic. They know, far better than he can tell them, what is, and what is not, threatened with destruction—that the Church, as a national establish ment, is safer than ever, from the very circumstance which his Lordship so warmly deprecates,—namely, that its abuses are to undergo a wholesome, searching reform. It is such men as the Earl of WINCHILSEA that do the greatest injury to the Church—men who cannot see the path of safety, and will not walk in it, when it is pointed out to them. His Lordship, we see, threatens his " countrymen" with another epistle ; to which, as one of them, we reply, in the words of the Litany, " Spare us, good Lord !" In another part of our paper our readers will see a report of an action for libel which was lately brought against the Liverpool Journal, in which, although the plaintiff obtained only forty shillings damages, the proprietors will have to pay costs to the amount of nearly 1,0001. We request our readers' particular at tention to this fact. It may be consonant to law, but assuredly it is abhorrent to justice. We have received German Papers to the 13th inst. The Emperor of AUSTRIA has signified to his Cabinet that he is prepared to sanction a change in the tariff, as soon as the necessary arrangements can be effected. The greatest tranquility prevails in the Austrian Empire. In the political circles at Vienna no fears are enter tained respecting any disturbance in France, conse quent upon the trial of the prisoners of April. " On the contrary," says a writer in the Allgemeine Zeitung, it is thought that vigorous measures are the best, since otherwise the National Guard would refuse to sup port the Government, if the Republicans, emboldened by impunity, should again have recourse to arms. The opinion here is, therefore, that it was a duty to take up the affair seriously. It is said that Louis PHIL LIPPE sees it in this light, and has repeatedly declared that an amnesty would betray weakness, which, in the eyes of the French, is the most fatal of faults. We therefore look forward with anxiety for the result of THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1835. CASE OF LIBEL AOAINST TILE PROPRIETORS OF THIS PAPER. So very rarely do we bring the private affairs of the Liver pool Journal before the public, that we shall stand acquitted of egotism if we now place on record the particulars of a late prosecution, the result of which practically illustrates the dis graceful state of our unreformed statute-book, and of the liabi lities of newspaper proprietors under the law of libel. The public are aware that,, in September, 1833, a person named Evans—little known in Eiverpool—was charged before the Magistrates, with assaulting a person at the agricultural dinner in Mr. Lucas's rooms, at which the present Lord Stan ley and the Duke of Richmond were present. A brief report of the circumstance was given, in this and another paper, as a matter of intelligence. In that report, a cursory allusion was made to a female to whom Evans's father had left some property, and this individual, fancying herself aggrieved by such allusion, waited en the editor, (accompanied by a gentleman of this town), and stated thaf, unless the ernende was made by retracting what had been said concerning her, an action for defamation of character would be commenced forthwith. The contradiction was given in a subsequent paper, and it was also mentioned that Evans, who had been committed to the Borough Gaol in default of bail, had subsequently been removed to the County Lunatic Asylum. The editor of this paper and the proprietors can affirm, on oath, that there was no other motive in thus men tioning, a man, of whom they had no personal knowledge, but the desire to give the various particulars of an occurrence which excited much public interest. In May, 1834, the proprietors were served with a writ of the Court of King's Bench, the venue bein g laid in Middle sex. They put in an appearance, and were duly served with a copy of the declaration, the damages being laid at 5,0001 They applied for change of venue to Lancashire, on affida vit that, fully to prove a justification, they should call twelve or fourteen witnesses, the expense of carrying whom to Lon don would be enormous. In reply to this, Evans and his attorney swore that they would require as many witnesses at least—nearly all of whom were professional men, and all. or the greater part, resided in Middlesex. The case, at this stage, came before the late Mr. Justice Taunton, who decided that the trial should not take place in Lancashire,—assuming, on Evans's affidavits, that he had as much right to have the cause tried in London as the defendants in Lancashire. Subsequent to this decision, application was made, under legal advice, to compromise the matter, by paying Evans's costs, and giving him 401. or 501. The negotiations proceeded for some time, with every appearance of a favourable close, when Evans's attorney suddenly announced that the matter must take its course in the usual way. The application was made with a full knowledge of the uncertainty of the law, and a desire to avoid the agitation of mind naturally induced by a proceeding which migt be attended with the most serious pecuniary consequences. Last January, notice of trial (in the Court of King's Bench) was served on the proprietors. The cause was not entered for trial in the court until nearly the very last moment—the last hour of the last day but one—and there is no doubt that the de lay was not accidental. The entry was made at a late hour on the Saturday • and had not the defendant's London solicitor been extremely vigilant, and sent a letter by one of the Sunday coaches, no information could have been received at Liverpool, by post, previous to Tuesday night, and by the time the wit nesses for the defence had arrived in London, there was a strong probability that the case might have been called on, and judgment got by default. Late on the Monday evening, the defendants got the infor mation from their London solicitor, that the case was entered ; and accordingly every exertion was made to collect the wit nesses, and send them to town. But, owing to " the law's delay," the trial did not take place until the Saturday week following. When the trial came on, it was seen, with astonishment, that not one London or Middlesex witness was called by Evans ! He had witnesses from Bangor, Carnarvon, Liver pool, and Lancaster, but, although he and his attorney had opposed the change of venue ON OATH that nearly all his wit nesses were resident in London or Middlesex, he did not call one from either place. The evidence was in favour of the defendants : the Judge (Lord Denman) summed up in their favour; but the Jury found a verdict of 40s. damages. This sum carries costs; and as the time has arrived when a legal claim can be made for the amount, the proprietors of the Journal received infor mation from their attorney, last night, that the bill of Evans's attorney amounted to 6181. is. 4d., and that 146/. I is. 4d. had been struck off, leaving a balance (including the 40s. damages) of 4731. 10s., which must be remitted to London this evening. The defendants' witnesses weie ten in number—nine from Liverpool and one from Carnarvon—and, though they acted with great moderation, their expenses, with some costs of the court and to counsel, amounted to 251/. 125., which, in addition to the 4731. 10s. taxed costs, amount to the sum of SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS TWO SHILLINGS. This is independent of our attorney's bill, which is unpaid ; but we calculate that the case, on the whole, will cost us little less than ONE THOUSAND POUNDS!! _ _ _ This plain statement will show the working of the law of libel. It may be law, but assuredly it is not justice. An im mense additional expense has been the consequence of not per mitting the cause to be tried in Lancashire, and costs have accu mulated—certainly not to the benefit of the plaintiff, but of the plaintiff's attorney. The aggrieved party gets his 405., which the jury estimates as the extent of damage inflicted on him, and the abominable 'expenses of the law involve us in costs four hundred times greater than the award of the jury. As we have already, said this may be law, but it is not justice. There may be the boast of " liberty of the press," but it is a mockery while such a law exists as this infamous law of libel, by which any pettifogger may speculate on a verdict, and ruin a man by costs. • We candidly confess that this is a very serious matter to us. These large demands are nearly sufficient to hurl ruin upon a young concern—. and they do fall heavily on ours. They abstract too much of what the industry of years has made, and it is poor consolation that " the law awards it." REDUCTION OF RENT.—Last week, Sir E. E. Wilmot, Bart., M.P., made another reduction of rent to his tenantry, equivalent to the price of wheat at 21s. per bag.— Coventry Herald. DORCHESTER UNIONISTS.—A letter has been received from Dorchester by Mr. Edward Goode, which states that the wives of the u nfort unate con vi cts , have received com fortable assistance from several branches of the Trades Unions in London and Manchester, and that there is reason to believe means will be found to remove them from " the oppressive people." The letter also states that two of the women are already in London, and that Mr. Wakley has been at Dor. chester to make himself acquainted with the particulars of their case. r DAY AT ONE O'COLCK New 51.2 r Cent — India Stock 260 Ditto Bonds lO 9 11 pm. South Sea Stock ......— Old Annuities — New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Exch. Bill, £l,OOO 2B 27 pal. Ditto 500. 29 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised 2B 26 pm. Bank Stock for Account 2155 India Stock for Account 260% Consols for Account 92 U THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds. SG% Ditto Account .36% 7 Gyp Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account lO2 17 Prussian Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 1822 — Russian Bonds, 1822 — Ditto Account ...... ......... . Ditto Metallic — Spanish Bonds 6 7N Y 4 Ditto Account V% %% X Ditto Bonds, 1535 _ Ditto Account French, 5 per cent........... —f. —c 4 per cent —f. —c 3 • E —c. per cent. Exchange —f. —c Dutch, 24, per cent. 5 7741f Ditto Account 57% Ditto, 5 per cent. — Ditto Account .. the trial, which will be a page in the history of France under its new organization." That the trial o► Republican prisoners under Louis PHILIPPE—the vowed defender of Republicans and Republican institutions—will afford materials for a page to the future historians of France is a fact known to every political writer in Europe. But in what light will the Citizen KING be represented—in what position must he be placed in that page—if the historian be a man of integrity and ability ? What will be thought of the mad freaks of a Sovereign —to use the mildest language—who employs his spies to hatch treasons, in order to entrap men too honest to behold unmoved the apostacy of their KING, and the destruction of the liberties of their country ? Louis PHIL LIPPE knew well that he had nothing to fear from conspiracies among his people ; but he was equally certain that, in order to shackle France—to harness her to the car of a regal despot—it would be necessary to break the spirit of the people, and to confound their just notions of liberty and slavery by the slow and iniquitous process of trea sonable prosecution. There was another result which he foresaw must follow, provided his agents assisted him as he desired—namely, the banishment of the only men who were capable of frustrating his designs against the freedom of France. The persons now under trial for high treason, were serpents and adders biting the heels of the conqueror's charger, to the manifest danger of the royal rider's neck. The KING hated them because they acted as checks upon him. Once clearly and safely rid of them, and he ima gines he will have nothing more to fear from a broken-hearted and an oppressed people. As to the Republicans, they are as strong as impunity to their leaders can make them. What is more, they know their own strength, and if disposed to take up arms at all, will have the best opportunity in the event of the punishment of the prisoners. The strength of the KING depends upon the loyalty of the National Guard, and the National Guard is essentially a popular body, whose interests are interwoven with the welfare of the country. According to the latest accounts from Brody, the number of houses burnt on the 29th of April is 318. Besides this, several magazines were destroyed, and the injury done is very great. The German papers bring adviceS from Greece to the 19th of April. They state that the Samians, who for so many years resisted the power of the PORTE, have flung themselves into the arms of the SULTAN, and that their emissaries have been received at the Di van with sentiments of marked cordiality. The source through which we receive this information is ra ther suspicious ; but, if true, we are prepared to re-echo the sentiments of our German contem porary, relative to the sacred nature of the European compact with Greece :—the Kingdom must be pre served from the mutual encroachments of Turkey on the one side, and Russia on the other. Neither the Russian eagle nor the crescent of MoHAmmED shall ever, with the consent of England, overshadow a foot of Grecian territory. We have received the whole of the Paris papers of Sunday. On Saturday the Secret Committee ap pointed to report upon the Message to the Peers — relative to the letter addressed to the prisoners in the columns of the Tribune—sent an order to the two Deputies whose signatures were affixed to the libellous document, commanding them to appear before it. M. AUDRY DE PUYRAVEAU was from home, but M. CORMENIN immediately attended, and assured the Committee, that so far from being a consenting party to the publication of the letter, he did not eren know of its existence before he read a copy of it in the columns of the Tribune. This assurance was received by the Committee as quite satisfactory, and the Secretary would have drawn up the report forthwith, had M. AUDRY DE PUYRA VEAU attended the Committee with equal promptness. As it was, the Comiriittee, after acquitting M. COR MENIN of all participation in the publication of the letter complained of by the Peers as a breach of privi lege, ordered that the inquiry should be postponed till Monday, when it was expected that M. AUDRY DE PUYRAVEAU would be in readiness to give his at tendance. Should his explanation correspond with the declaration of M. CORMENIN, there will be an end of the matter, as far as regards the Chamber of Deputies; although, by going so far, it has permitted the Peers to trample upon its privileges. Thus, after the mighty fuss that the Peers have made about this paltry affair, the only victim is likely to be the unfortunate, and already incarcerated, Edi tor of the defunct Tribune. There is not a person whose signature is affixed to the obnoxious letter, but is free to follow the example of M. CORMENIN, and if so, there is at once an end of the business. The Peers have no evidence but the letter itself; no proofs save such as may be elicited from the alleged writers, when under examination. But the KING will have gained his principal end in ordering it to be prosecuted ; for, in the first place, discredit will be thrown upon the authenticity of the document ; and in the next, the Government will appear to have braved real danger, and to have achieved a moral victory. This is poor policy at the best —poorer still, where its drift is so perceptible. This tilting with closed helmet and lance in rest, against every object that darkens the list, betrays inert terror rather than true valour. Did the KING not tremble for his throne —were he not morally convinced that the danger to which he is exposed is not wholly undeserved, we should hear of no such valorous exploits as the prosecution of a defunct newspaper. But the KING would he thought omnipotent—he would have it be lieved that the grave offers no asylum from his venge ance—that he can, and if incensed will, re-animate to punish. Short-sighted despot I Such shallow schemes would be detected by the infant offspring of French men, in the nineteenth century. Marshal SOULT has addressed the following letter to the President of the Court of Peers. It conveys a severe and just censure on the conduct of his col leagues : " Saint Amans, May 8. it have just learnt that the Court of Peers does not admit of the excuses which I tendered in the letter which I had the honour to write to you on the 14th of April. I thought that the Court would have appreciated the motives which in duced me to abstain from joining in the exercise of the judicial functions with which it is at present invested, and would also have perceived the cause of my reserve in not making them known to it. But since the Court has rejected my appeal, it is now m y duty to explain these motives a n d thi s reserve. My motives were, that owing to the measures which I was obliged, as Minister of War, to take in April, 1834, I did not conceive that it was fit for me to take a part in the present trial. The reserve which influenced me on this occasion, aros e from my feeling it was not m y p rov i nce to prescribe a li n e of conduct to any of my colleagues. I have the honour, Sir, to beg of you to lay this letter before the Court. ( Signed) " The Marshal Duke of DALMATIA." In the Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, the de bate was confined to the subject of p e titi ons , an d a grant for the support of the Police Establishment. Lord EL io T, and Col. GURWOOD had along i n t erv i ew w i t h the KING previous to their departure for London. They are reported to have expressed themselves dissatisfied with the progress of the war in the North of Spain. W e are happy to learn that at Manchester a peti tion is in course of signature in favour of the poor men who have been transported in consequence of a law of the existence of which they were entirely ignorant. Whilst Orange lodges are permitted and sanctioned, it is most iniquitous to visit with the heavy penalties of the law any less injurious association. —Blackburn Gazette. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. In the LORDS yesterday several petitions were presented. In the HOUSE of COMMONS, Lord MORPETH took his seat as Member for Yorkshire. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the inhabitants of Kirkham, complaining of the non residence and misconduct of their Vicar, Dr. Webber. The case was one, the Noble Lord declared, which proved the necessity of Church reform. The Vicar had never set foot in the parish since 1829, when he was presented with a pre bendal stall in Westminster. Sir R. 'Nous, in defence of the charges brought against the Vicar, declared that no Church was better supplied with religious instruction than that of Kirkham. After some observations from Mr. HARVEY and Mr. COBBETT, who made some pertinent remarks, the peti tion was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. CRAWFORD presented a petition, numerously signed, from the Presbyterian land owners of Down, for the abolition of tithes and the withdrawal of the Royal grant. After some observations from Mr. O'CONNELL, Lord CASRLEREAOH, and Mr. FINN, the petition was laid on the table and ordered to be printed. A new writ for the borough of Stafford having been moved for, in the room of Sir F. GOODRICKR, Mr. DIVETT opposed the motion, on the ground of proved corruption and bribery. The Hon. Member moved an amendment, that the issue of the writ should be suspended until the 22d June. Captain CHETWYND opposed it. After some discussion the amendment was adopted without a division. The House then resolved itself into a ComMittee of Supply. The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER in answer to a question, said that a grant would be made to the Thames Tunnel Company, pro vided the works were given as security for repayment. In re ference to the expediency of consolidating the Civil and Mili tary branches of the Ordnance, the Right Hon. Gentleman said that the Commission appointed during Lord Grey's govern ment would be renewed. 17,7961. was voted for the British Museum, to defray the charges of the current year. It was stated that the visiters and readers at the Museum had in creased : in 1833, the number of visiters was 210,000 ; in 1834, 237,000 : the readers had increased from 5,800 to 7,266. The sum of 71,1931. was voted for Ordnance officers and clerks. Several other sums were voted, after discussion upon the items. The Oaths Abolition Bill was committed, as was also the Merchant Seamen's Bill. The Annual In demnity Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The House then adjourned. A FACT. Oxf Saturday last Sir G. Holyoake Goodricke met a nume. rous body of electors, and addressed them as follows 44 GENTLEMEN After remaining some minutes in mute eloquence, and so lemn silence, the Tory Baronet retired amidst enthusiastic ap plause. The wily candidate for North Staffordshire has doubtless read Sterne, and discovered " that he is thrice happy for having, at least, made one speech which malice cannot blacken, nor ig norance misrepresent." One of his supporters stepped for ward, and announced that his Hon. Friend would explain him self more at length (! 11) at some future opportunity. THE SILENT CANDIDATE. Sir Candidate Goodricke, Supposing he could speak, Attended a meeting at Bromwich; But oh ! how absurd, Since never a word From his noddle the Tory could rummage. Says he " The bold Colonel " s' persuasions can turn all " The voters to give him support, " And I'm called Justice Silence " Because I want vi'lence, " And hate to provoke a retort. " The borough I've left " Of a member bereft, " Because so corrupt and so bad, oh, " One bone I've let fall " And in case I lose all " They'll bully the dog and the shadow. " Frank Mills is my friend, " And on him I'll depend, " For to spouting I have an objection; " But still I can pay " Carlton money away, " And thus can secure my election." LITERATURE. HISTORY OF ENGLAND, BY HUME AND S3IOLLETT; WITH A CONTINUATION BY THE REV. F. S. lIUOILES, B.D. VOL. XV. Valpy. London, 1835. This is the second volume of the Rev. Mr. Hughes's Continuation of Hume and Smollett's History of Eng land, and embraces one of the most important and diffi cult periods in the annals of this country. It commences with the accession of George 111. in 1760, and ex tends over the greater part of the time occupied in the prosecution of the American War. We are well satis fied with the ability with which Mr. Hughes has ac quitted himself of so arduous an undertaking. The illustrations of the present volume are the sortie at Gibraltar, and Sir Sidney Smith at Acre, both very carefully engraved by Warren. THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE. Vol. 11. Valpy. London, 1835. The present volume of this beautifully illustrated edition of the Works of the Bard of Twickenham, by the Rev. Dr. Croly, contains Windsor Forest, Eloisa to Abelard, the Essays, and the whole of the Satires. The excellent notes with which the Rev. Editor has enriched each poem are in themselves a treasure. The first engraving represents Eloisa leaning on the bosom of Abelard. The other is a scene in Windsor Forest. Both are well executed. This edition, when com pleted, will range with the Waverley Novels, Byron's Works, &c. By the Ivay, when are we to expect Dr. Croly's long-promised edition of Swift's Works ? If we re member rightly, the first volume was to have appeared in April. We anxiously await the appearance of a cheap edition of the Works of the Dean of St. Pa trick. It shall have from us a cordial reception. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We had numerous reports yesterday respecting Ministers, all of which have turned out a mere stock-jobbing manoeuvre. Letters have been received this morning from New Orleans of the Bth ult., with a Price Current : REMARKS.—Large supplies of western produce have been flowing into the market during the week, and business, parti cularly in that line, quite animated, almost every article meet ing with ready sale, at prices that will amply remunerate the sli:?pz.r. The weather has been mild and pleasant. The Mississippi is within 4i feet of high water mark, having risen nearly 3 feet. STOCKS.—Louisiana State Bank 1171 sales ; Bank of Or leans 110 asked, 109 i offered. Barbadoes Papers have been received to the 10th ult. The Legislature continues still deliberating on Lord Aberdeen's despatches, which were read in the Assembly. They referred to several Bills, to which the Colonial Secretary had advised his Majesty. Our arrivals this morning are only one French mail, with two arrivals of %hip letters of old dates. THE FUNDS. Consols left off yesterday buoyant at 921 for the Account, and 92 for Money ; they opened at the same price this morning, with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 26 28 ; India Bonds, 9 11 ; Bank Stock, 215 k 16 ; India Stock, 2591 60. It is again suspected that the Bank Directors are selling Exchequer Bills. The following are the opening prices of the Foreign Secu rities this morning :—Belgian, 1011 2 ; Brazilian, 87 ; Chi lian, 534- ; Columbian, 47i ; Danish, 77k; Spanish Bonds, 67i 8 ; - Spanish Scrip, s premium ; Portuguese, 101 k HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have continued during the morning at the opening prices of 921 for the account, and 92f 4 for money, with little doing. Exchequer Bills, 28 27 ; India Bonds, 9 11; India Stock, 260 ; Bank, 2151. The Foreign Market is not so good as in. the morning, caused by a scarcity of money in the market, but Portuguese maintains its price, owing to the accounts being favourable by the Nautilus from Lisbon. Spanish Bonds, 67f ; Spanish Scrip, 74 prem. ; Portuguese 101 f ; Colombian, 46f ; Mexi can, 46. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for th• Account, 92+ LONGWAIST.—On Saturday this celebrated horse died of a hurt he received a fortnight before. At Mansfield, a few days ago, a young tradesman of respectable connexions fell into the company of one of the frail fair ones, who so captivated him, that unable to curb his passions, he harnessed himself to her car, and took her to his house ,• in the course of the evening, however, he was pitch-' from the saddle of his enioyment for the fain-'-- dace- e. joie soon bolted throligh ao w:;,,ow, baying lightened his pocket of three sovereigns, and left the luckless lover to bite the bridle of disappointment, —Nottingham Review, PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) • The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-day at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear appeals. The Lords present were the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, the Chief Judge of the Bankruptcy Court, and Mr. Justice Vaughan. Their LORDSHIPS were occupied the whole morning with the case of Pooneakhoty v. the King of Bombay, which w 8 an appeal from the decision of the late Court of the Recorder of Bombay, in which the appellant was convicted, in his cha racter of one of the Officers of the Assistant Commissariat- General, of uttering a forged receipt of expenditure, knowing it to be forged. Mr. WIGRAM and Mr. RICHARDS appeared for the appellant, and Mr. Sergeant SPANKIE for the respondent. HOUSE OF LORDS. -(THIS DAY•) The Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Brougham; Viscount Melville, the Earl of Falmouth, and the Bishop at Exeter sat in the House of Lords to-day, for the purpose ott hearing the further arguments in the part-heard appea l ° Lady Warrender v. Sir George Warrender. Dr. ADDAMS concluded his speech on behalf of the RP' pellant, Lady Warrender, and Dr. LUSHINGTON then Er ~e; ceeded to address their Lordships for the Respondent. 'it Learned Doctor had not concluded when our Reporter left and the case appeared likely to occupy the whole day. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) GEDDES V. ESCUDIER. • This was an action to recover a sum of 301. ss. 4d., a u° upon a bill of exchange, drawn and accepted by the defendan t ' and passed by him to a Mrs. Leekham, by whom it had be en endorsed, to the plaintiff, in payment of a sum due for bread supplied. It appeared that in the year 1832 the defenda nt ' 0 who was an hotel-keeper, residing in Albermarl e -street, bea u ' an insolvent, and at the time was indebted to Mrs. Leekinfolt a milliner and dress-maker, in the sum of 861., which he re' turned in his schedule. After his discharge Escudier air to Mrs. Leckham for a loan of 20/., which she advanced, ° condition that it would be paid within a certain time; and 1 0 7 1 that he should give her the bill in question for 301., in P Lar payment of the old debt. This bill she paid away W baker, the plaintiff, who now sought to recover its anl°' from the defendant. Mr. PLATT appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Moot. fo r the defendsait. The defence relied upon was a clause in the Insolvent AA which provided that "if any person after having been „ e d ig i charged under the Insolvent Debtors Act, shall be prow' upon, or induced by any of his creditors to give ~1 11, 1 bill or security in payment of any debt, from Ir o he shall have been discharged, the effect of Wilk" would be to give that creditor a preference over the other creditors, such new security shall not be available to sue ye afterwards." The facts of the case having been proved, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE in summing up the case to the Jury, obseri„ • that if the Bill had been given by the defend an t a t the o": tation of Mrs. Leekham, he should certai n ly di re ct thew find for the defendant ; but it appeared that on the contro ) ; the Bill had been given in consideration, an d as o ne of t conditions of a sum of money advanced to the defendant aft er t i his discharge, and he should theref o re di rect t h e m to fin that issue for the plaintiff, with leave to the defendant's coil; sel, to move for a verdict upon that point if he that proper to do so. The Jury would form their own opio, ° ;" upon the facts of the case, and give their verdict aceordingv. The Jury found for the plaintiff.—Damages 30/. 15s. EXCHEQUER COURT —(THIS nAli. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. ATLEE AND OTHERS. In this case, which occupied the Court Saturday and ye. h day, the Jury at a late hour last ni g ht re t urne d a verdict for to Crown. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. BELL. This wis an information, filed at the instance rf, the torney-General against the defendant, who is g lass-07e facturer in Lancashire, for having entered, for exportatiooos Montreal, at the port of Lis:erpoill, several packages eciy a r that was not worth 11‘,1. per pound, as requ i re d b y Act ' 3 ' Di. liament. The goods were seized by the excise officer at verpool in the 'ear 1833. vie rr A number of e xc i se o ffi cers an d glass-manufacturers hoe examined as to the va l ue o f t h e g l ass ; the hearing o f evidence had not terminated when we left. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT- - (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. 4 011. Naony Poore was indicted for having unlawfullyad i tered pernicious drugs to Mary Ann Breedy, with int( procure abortion. A second count charged her with using 34 struments about the person of the said M. A. Breedy,, to 1- cure a like end. The prisoner refused to plead to the indictment, and et direction of her counsel, Mr, CLARKSON, who argued. se objections. After which the RECORDER decided that the irAdietn bad, and must be quashed. isd C A second indictment against the prisoner, for tb.e - meanour, was also quashed. iclist d John Robinson was indicted f or t h e manslaughter v of I'P - Wilson, by kicking him upon the leg. "del ic° Several medical men were examined, from wlae,se 00 it appeared that the man in question died from erist,per d the leg, having a bad habit of body. Verdict—.. Not. NEW COURT. dictea R. an 1 3 d H. Henley, ag e d 21 an d 11, were jointl y - for stealing a set of mahogany chairs. The prosecutrix stated th a t s h e purchased th, a c-- heirs . Ato df question on the 23d of April, and gave them into t he C`*" of the prisoners to take to her house. Verdict—Guilty against both prisoners. I t Jeremiah Kelly was indi c t e d f or steal i ng 20 lbe 141'00 lead, the property of Mr. Clarke, of the London, DeP ° o ol o Gray's-inn-road. He had b een 1 8 years i n the sfrrlice . prosecutor, who said that he was willing to take blok e ,' into employ, believing th a t w h at h e h a d d one was the e intoxication. Sentence—Eight days' imprisonment. ELECTION COMMITTEE, S• CANTERBURY TOWN. e °6.11 This Committee met to-day, and proceeded wi 1 11 th tiny as limited by the resolution of yesterday. CARLOW ELECTION COMMIT 21,5-, k. Met at the Session- H ouse , W es t m i nster, at 11 o'co c cou g Mr. Humphrey, the cl er k o f th e p eace o f Cai i low ne was re-examined as to th e o b s t ruc t ions w hi c h , i t i cS a ffoilif the voters for the unsuccessful Candidates met w i tb co b - t o to poll. Nothing additional to what has been a ireadg lished, was elicited from him on this point. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAV FROM LLOYD'S. Sw A lts DEAL, MAY 18.—Wind E. N. E.—Arriv ed the Storey, from Memel. Ar r ived f rom th e Ri ver , an d sait: Branken Moore, Nich o ll s , f or th e Mauritius; so; Beazly, for Barbado es ' • Codrington, Gab:l(.7, for AID' r Perseverance, Marbab, for Calais ; Sarah, Gellwood, fo verpool ; Claudine, K een , f or Hobart Town • Flint, Serg A JOI t i for Lisbon ; and Arab, Smith, f or Figueira. HisNetue i d Majesty's frigate De Maas, Capt a in A rr i ens , h av ing on ' pie" his Royal Highness William Frederick Henry, ac compal th e by the brig of war, Snelheid, C a pt a i n F ergusson ,both frail :NO Texel for the West Indies, pas se d a t th e b ac k o f the Goo this day about noon. ffllA °l CowEs MAY 18.—Arrived th e E manue l, Maajet. ho y- Riga, leaky, having struck a wrec k near D ung eness—. ir to Oporto. p - Is - W MA" • - ISLE OF IGHT, St. Domingo. B M. Y 18. —Arrived the Edward, • SP' Arr;-- Wilst f rois -arsroL, . AY 18.—Arrived the Victoria, ,ilson, Mauritius ; and Earl Liverpool, Bailey, from Nevis. LIVERPOOL, MAY 17.----Arrived the St. Leonard, C U t e i- A ' Calcutta ; Percy, James, from Honduras ; France! " sra from Barbadoes ; C reo l e , T race y, J ames Grant, Ja rrte s ;o o Creona, Presc o tt, f rom N ew O r l eans; M ary land, Bar re 00 4 " Herman, Leslie, from Mobile ; Savanilla, Percy'. MI '1,0 11 , 6 nilla ; Dorcas, S avage , f rom S t . Vincent's; Sierrt f ro tAfr Ann, and Lanzed, from Aveiro ; Tomlinson , Mediterranean ; an d Gustave, 'Redman, fre nd el ' Po'" port the Emerald, —, for the Mauritius ; P-nd the: ) °"-' ter, for Halifax. IA Or a. BELFAST, MAY 16.—Arrived the Brothers, V v . ,..,e` ho s" - .' Terra Nova; Adelina, Walter, from Alicant e • u.a 12. Bartel, from Dantzic; and the Ade, Duff, fro ix: l' ° " -° PORTSMOUTII, MAY 18.—Wind S. E. PLYMOUTH, MAY 17. —Wind S. S. W. ••• 0 4 , e O5 FALMOUTH, MAT 17.—Wi n d S S 'W., sr t on fot g 0-- squally. bn t looli o s n • POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—H IS Majesty's bi r a in '- the Lisbon mail of this d a y (th e 19t h i nst.) , "Let'e-- r s to-morrow evening (the 20th.) (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPOND a rt.) A S.E.'' ' PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 17 ~ W in- ,.,.1 . d ll' its The Arachne, 18, Commander James F I . - !ley, 2..-le Ch o g eti about seven o'clock this evening from Pori ~: t ithi a nti r mil' ib• in the Sound. She goes up harbour tc ' in° W an w - li to,day. „,,,, mot () f the paid off in a few days. ther i In consequence of the boisterr the we ll- Dublin steamer has not arriv,z. AS state of , There have been no for,;, gn 0 to-d a Y In Hamoaze—The '. - - arrivals or sailinL , rod, an 4 . - _,an Josef, Champion, Nim veret. In the Sound- —The Arachne. ; o f Carse On —o, .. 4.5 0 S unday, at Glasgow, a woman of the n ic h „ Co • 7iell was taken into custody by Mr. M'Cullt vet t, i ti. , i itain of Police, on a charge of having murdered her IpS lt r :Jor n infant on Saturday, the day previous to her appreht or .be THE B ALLOT.— I t i s t h e i ntent i on o f the .1 i.O pool Reform ers to petition Parliament that a clause sl la t .e? introduced in the Corporate Reform Bill, enacting t ha Corporate officers shall 1 elected by the Ballot. ` on. OnPass, Ha "'tc t ils ... F : : :jay week, as Mn r. Jose of surgeon, was returning from professionally visiting a pali e . n , V the \V es t-Ridi ng h e was drowned 4 little below S elb y Uritu t. 40 It would appea r , th a t b o th h orse and rider were prec i p t into the riv e r, as th e f ormer sw am over, and wm taken out the other side.—Halifax Gazette, klir; ttAff A 4 L c T hos 010 j kV; 41 44 Ito% , L t