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M. DE LA MARTINE'S TRAVELS IN THE EAST. Just ready, in small Bvo., with a Portrait of the Author, A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, &c. By M. DE LA MARTINE. The occasional Poetry will be metrically rendered by MISS LANDON. Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to His Majesty. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 15 minutes past 3 o'clock. - . PRICES 0;- STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK sank Stock _ S per Cent. Red. 91% W, lb ! India Stock.... .. .. . 3 per Cept. Cons .2296% Ditto Monde lB 20m. 3'4 per Cent 99q, South Sea p Stock Ditto Red 99 SL' 9 1 / 4 ( 01d Annuities 4ri cent. 3 - I .l ) ssetated —';' per Cent. Annuities, 1151— —. issented ,--- Exch. Pills, £l,lOO 36 37 pm. Bank Long Annuities to t xpi.Te I Ditto .500 36 37 pm. Jan. 5, 1 5 60 ..,......... 16 15-16 7 1 Ditt o S ma ll "6 37 p m Yct- 111, 1859 ..... ...16%.% 11-16 i Ditto Commercial - pm. Jan. 5, IP‘a-.... 17 , ,,f, 3-16 Ditto Advertised —- -pm . 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AT a PUBLIC MEETING, held at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, yesterday evening, Colonel DE LACY EVANS, M.P., in the Chair, A Committee was appointed to receive communications and sub scriptions, in aid of the necessary expenses of conducting the RE ELECTION of the Right Hon, LORD JOHN RUSSELL, for SOUTH DEVON. The Committee sit daily. W. WEST, Hon. Secretary. Committee-room, British Coffee-house, April 23, 1833. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed the New Comedy, entitled PATRICIAN AND PARVENU. Sir Osbaldiston de Mowbray, Bart., Mr. Warde; Percy de Mow bray, Mr: Cooper ; Sir Timothy Stilton, Knight, Mr. Bartley ; • Dick Moonshine, Mr. Harley; Ruby, Mr. 'Webster. Ellen Rivers, Miss Lee; Mary Stilton, Miss Taylor; Miss Sally Sanders, Mrs. Glover. To conclude with the Original. Domest'c Drama, called THE NOTE-FO RGE R. John Brasstoun, Mr. Warde; Cressficld, Mr. Denvil ; Natty Ducket, Mr. Harley; Edward Glebeland, Mr. Vining Diana Brasstoun, Miss E. free; Phillis Trimbush, Mrs. Humby ; Dame Glebeland, Mrs. C. Jones. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be performed Auber's Opera of I r ESTOCQ ; OR, THE FETE OF THE HERMITAGE. Lestoc..l, Mr. E. Seguin; Count Goloffkin, Mr. Giubilei; DUnitri, Mr. Templeton. The Princess Elizab3tli, Miss Shirreff. After whi,":_the entirely Original Melo-Drama, called CARLMILHAN; or, THE DROWNED CREW. Carlmilhan, Mr. Bennett ; Magnus Spiel, Mr. Cooper; James Sharks head, Mr. Webster. Cda, Miss Taylor; Norna, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. 'fb . 34„ + LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1835. At the Meeting of the friends of Reform anxious to promote the re-election of the man to whom that great cause owes so much, which took place last night at the British Hotel, Cockspur-street, there was a nu merous and highly respectable attendance, the fol lowing Resolution was carried unanimously : " That the meeting having observed with pleasure and admiration the talent and firmness displayed by the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, during the late arduous national struggle in the House of Commons, and being convinced that it is of the greatest impor tance to the public that he should be again returned to Parliament for South Devon in the most trium phant manner, call upon all friends of religious liberty, and of efficient and peaceful reform, to exert themselves in every mode within their power to effect that highly desirable object." This resolution was moved by Mr. HUME, and seconded by the Chairman of the Deputies appointed by the Dissenters to protect their civil and religious rights. It comes, therefore, strongly recommended to the attention of the Reformers of Devonshire, to whom it is more immediately interesting, and we are sure there not a man among them who will not heartily respond to the sentiments which it breathes. The electors of Devonshire cannot be insensible to the necessity of instant and active exertion, if they wish that their late noble representative should be returned to Parliament in the manner which his present position demands. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, situated as he now is, may be said to represent the cause of Reform in a more eminent degree than any other man. The Tories, the enemies, the deadly enemies of that cause and every thing connected with it, view the matter in this light. They are feelingly alive to the importance of checking the onward course of national improvement by every means in their power ; and nothing would gratify them so much—nothing would fill them with so much exulta tion—as a triumph over the champion of Reform, and the Leader of that illustrious band by whom their patrons have been driven from the helm of the State, and the hopes of the whole faction blasted—certainly for the present—we hope for ever. It is no wonder, therefore, that they are straining every nerve to throw Lord JOHN RUSSELL out of the representation of the county of Devon—that they have organised nu merous committees of canvassers, and subscribed large sums of money to effect an object so dear to their hearts. And how are these exertions to be met? How but by similar activity and corresponding energy on the part of the Reformers ? Shall it be said that the enemies of social improvement are more de voted to the furtherance of a bad cause than its friends are to the advancement of a good one ? Never I The interest which is now manifesting itself in London, Birmingham, Manchester, and various other places, respecting the event of the Devonshire election, ,ivies the negative to such a supposition. Let the example so nobly set in these cities be followed in others. Let meetings be held and subscriptions raised to defray the necessarily great expenses attending an election in a large county, and carried on in the teeth of a rich, powerful, and furious opposition. Thus, not only will the sinews of war be supplied, but those who have to fight the good fight will be encouraged, by feeling that they have the sympathy and the support of the British public. " A Grand Conservative Festival"—as the Morn ing Post grandiloquently phrases it—took place yester day afternoon at Hertford. This Festival, which was given by their Tory constituents to Lord GRIMSTON and ABEL SMITH, Esq., must have been looked forward to by the faction as an affair of prodigious public interest, for our Contemporary takes credit to himself for having " received the Report by Express." We congratulate him on his efforts, which must have been Herculean ; and when we look into the speeches delivered at this Festival, we are astonished how he could have contrived to receive so heavy an Express, within reasonable time for publication. A broad-wheeled waggon, we should have thought, could alone have conveyed so tremendous a load of dullness from Hert ford to London, without breaking down under the weight. For not one speaker only exhibited unusual powers of heavy prolixity ; but each vied with the other in his contributions to the general burden. " Amurath suc ceeded Amurath." VERULA M was followed by GRIM STON. The former talked at considerable length about his inability to " conceive" why the late Ministry was opposed in Parliament. "He could not conceive," he said, " how such a thing could have come to pass." Of course he could not. How should he ? He never had a rational " conception" in his life—at least, if we may judge from the speeches he has from time to time delivered in public. 'lt is about the very last thing we should ever think of accusing him of. When the sire had sat down the son rose, and with a filial obedience, which we cannot too warmly applaud, strictly followed the example set him by his parent. He was just as incoherent, just as incon clusive, and—we rejoice to add—just as prosy. How greatly must it delight the heart of VERULAM to find that his dulness is as hereditary as his title GRIMSTON will not belie his hopes in this respect. His speech of last night proves that he will never de generate into anything like talent. It is full of the true Verulam promise. The Chairman's speech, though something long, had one defect. It was incomprehensible. In eulo gizing, for instance, the conduct of Mr. ABEL SMITH, he placed him in startling contrast to the Liberal Members, whom he compared (in the same sentence) first, to " Egyptian mummies swaddled round with pledges ;" and secondly, to " unreasonable echoes." What, in heaven's name, is the meaning of all this farrago of words ? Who ever yet heard of a " mummy swaddled round" with a pledge ? As for the " echo," that we can partly understand, for it is evidently a facetious allusion to the famous Irish echo, which when any gentleman happens to shout out " How are you ?" is always " unreasonable " enough to reply " Pretty well, I thank you, how are you ?" The CHAIRMAN went on to observe, " their Noble Representative, Lord GRIMSTON was not unknown to them. He had stood the brunt of the battle, and had achieved a victory for them —aye, for them—and a victory also for the throne and the altar." When was this ? We know of no such victory achieved by GRIMSTON. If there ever had been one, or any thing even approximating to one, the penny trumpet of the Standard, and the squeaking fife of the Morn ing Post, would have rung the news in our ears long ere this. The whole story is, we suspect, one of those bright " conceptions" on the part of the Chair man, in which Lord VERULAM lamented that he was so deficient. We have noticed this "Grand Conservative Festival" at greater length than it deserves, because it is clearly the first of a series which the Tories are about to get up, in order, as they think, to rouse the country in their favour. The idiots ! Will they never know their true position ? The country is more estranged from them than ever. Vain will be all their dinners—vain all their " Conservative Associations"—vain all their Addresses, Petitions, Meetings, and what not—Reform has pronounced their doom ; and who shall gainsay it ? For one Association they get up, we will get up a dozen. For their one Petition, we will show our hundred. Their energy shall make us quadruple ours. Where they expostulate, we will insist. Where they talk, we will act. Their's may be the struggle, but ours shall be the triumph. We know them better than they know us ; and in their present feverish efforts, see nothing but the last convulsive movements of de spair. The Paris Journals of Tuesday, which we have just received, do not contain a word of intelligence which has not been repeatedly before the public. The Ministerial papers are more intent upon discussing the Ministerial changes in England, than the actual occurrences in France ; and the Press, in opposition, confines its strictures to the ever-recurring topic of the prisoners of April. The French Papers bring advices from Bayonne and Madrid, which add some new facts to those which have already appeared. The Spanish Cabinet, with the approbation of the QUEEN, proposes the suppres sion of half the convents in Spain, the whole number being two thousand. By an article of the Council of Trent, any convent may be suppressed in which the number of religious does not amount to twelve; and M. MARTINEZ DE LA • ROSA informed the Chamber of Procuradores during the debate on the internal debt, that one thousand of the con vents in Spain were canonically liable to sup pression, by virtue of the above act of the Council of Trent. The property of the suppressed converts, after providing for the sustenance of the present in mates, will be disposed of for the benefit of the na tional creditor. General MINA has tendered his resignation, but the QUEEN has re fused to accept of it, adding that his services are indispensable to the safety of the Kingdom. Her MAJESTY further added that knowing the state of his health, she deemed it her duty to permit him to absent himself from the fatigues of command for a few months, until he would find himself in a condition again to place himself at the head of the Army. Brussels and German Papers have been received. Extracts from them will be found in another coulumn. Lord JOHN RUSSELL left Queen-street, May fair, this morning to attend his election for South Devon. Lady JOHN RUSSELL, who has returned with her Lord from Woburn Abbey, accompanied his Lordship. Lord JOHN RUSSELL will return to town about the 30th inst. to resume his official duties as Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Pensions recently granted to Sharon Turner, Southey, Mrs. Somerville, and others, are regarded by the Brighton Guardian as acts of bribery. "We denounce them," says the editor. " The present application of this money is ob viously intended to influence the Press in favour of Toryism, and bribe that good opinion which Tory principles cannot command. The gifts and the pompous publication of them, are obviously intended to buy public favour ; so that the peo ple are to be bribed by their own money to love that impure and ruinous system of policy, to subdue which they have for the last five years made the greatest exertions. Pensions to literary men pollute the expression of public opinion at the fountain head ; and none consequently are so mischievous." RYDE.—This delightful town already begins to assume the appearance of a bustling season....—Brighten Guardian. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1835. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY). LITRATURE. Lord LYNDMIST did not, as expected, sit in the Court of Chancery, in consequence, we understand, of his Lord ship having to resign the great seal at the Privy Council, which took place at St. James's to-day. The Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor sat in their respective Courts and took motions to-day. Their Honours rose at half-past one o'clock to attend the King at St. James's Palace, where they are to be sworn in together, with Mr. Justice Bosan quet, as Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal. Their Lordships are to be sworn in to-morrow, also, in the Court of Chancery, where, it is generally understood, their Lord ships will sit one day in a week, for the purpose of hearing appeals. We believe the parties in every case which has been heard by Lord Lyndhurst, and in which his Lordship has not given judgment, have agreed to abide by his decision, although given after he resigns the Great Seal. THE GIPSY :-A TALE. Br THE AUTHOR OF " RICHELIEU," &C. 60C. IN 3 VOLS. London : Longman and Co. 1835. There is no class of literary productions which has undergone more changes, within the last half century, than novels. As a mirror which is presumed to reflect the surface of society, this appears only natural ; but the more material changes--the changes which must strike any reader of reflection, who, after wading through Richardson's " Sir Charles Grandison," sits down to the perusal of Ward's " Tremaine," or Bul wer's " Pelham"—refer not to the manners of any age, to the habits of any class of society, nor to the ever-varying modes of killing time—distinguished by the names of dress, studies, and amusements—which mark the progress of fashionable life. The changes are not confined to the appendages of fiction; they extend to a much greater degree, to the aim of the fiction itself, and the impressions which it is intended to make on the mind. Wonders have been displaced by opi nions, and the phenomena of ghosts by systems of philosophy. The peculiarities of dress, of motion, of speech, and of gesture, which formed such prominent features in the fictions of an age which can hardly be reckoned among the past, are no longer thought worthy of passing notice farther than—like the walk and gait of Cateline—they serve to exhibit the predo minance of passions, and the influence of thoughts and feelings on individual conduct. The volumes before us, although exceedingly inte resting, and pregnant with all the riches derivable from much reading, habits of close, acute reflection, and a veneration for whatever is good and virtuous, are not the less valuable in our eyes because they inculcate one of the most clear of moral aphorisms, namely that the commission of one crime begets a necessity for following it up with others equally, if not more, atrocious. The consequences of one departure from the path of rectitude must ever continue to baffle all human calculation ; and there is no moral lesson more impressive than such as are drawn from a detailed account of all the ways in which one evil action has led men to go gradually on committing others, each succeeding act being rendered necessary as a de fence against the consequences of that immediately preceding it—each, too, intended by the unhappy perpetrators as the last—until, in the end, their hearts become seared,. and they sink for ever the voluntary victims of error and 'infamy. The leading incidents of the " Gypsy" may be summed up in a few words :—The Hon. 'Edward De Vaux, younger and only brother of William, Lord Dewry, commences his career in life as a lawyer ; but, yielding to the temptations which surround men of birth and fortune in London, frequents the gaming table, contracts heavy debts, and gets entangled in various pecuniary difficulties, from which he has no means of extricating himself but by the bounty of his brother, by..whom he is allowed a handsome annuity. Grown desperate by repeated losses, and the refusal of his brother to support him in a course of such open profligacy, he resolves to meet him near the family residence in the country, and oblige him to supply him with ample funds. For this purpose he quits London, rides day and night, and meets his brother alone within a few miles of the family mansion. An alter cation takes place, and in the fury of rage and despera tion the Gambler shoots the Peer, who falls, apparently lifeless, into a river and is seen no more. Two per sons are witnesses of the crime—a Gipsy and a gambling creditor of the lawyer's, who had followed him to obtain payment. The murderer, after com promising the matter with his associate in infamy, flies to London, and, as no suspicion could rest upon him, succeeds, as a matter of course, to the titles and estates of the late Lord Dewry. In the meantime the Gipsy saves the life of the wounded Peer, upon whom his brother's ingratitude has such a powerful effect, that he resolves to quit the country, and for a time, at least, leave the world to think him dead. It is not to be supposed that the new Peer was happy, especially as he discovered that the Gipsy was in possession of the fatal secret. He resolved, however, to leave no means untried to rid himself of all fear of discovery, and as the only way in which he could make a slight reparation for the crime committed against his brother, he reared up his orphan daughter as the be trothed of his only son. The great interest of the tale turns on the effect which the fear of his crime being ever made known to the world has upon the character of Lord Dewry, and still more on the movements of the wonderful being—the Gipsy—who holds him in his power. The character of Colonel Manners is finely drawn ; but Pharold the gipsy is a phenomenon— a beautiful creation, which we believe never had a prototype in nature ; yet he takes by far the firmest hold on our affections and our memory. His appre hension of his own death, and his last instructions to the Gipsy tribe, of which he was the chief, are as beautifully and as plaintively described as any event of the same description in the language. But the great power of-the author is shown in the unity of purpose throughout, and the wonderful way in which every little occurrence leads to' the unravel ling of the plot, which decides the fate of the principal actors. There is also great ingenuity in returning the poisoned chalice to the hand which first prepared it, without suffering it to flow over on the heads of an innocent posterity. The close of the tale is by far the best, and most skilfully conducted part of it, and per haps what the public will be least satisfied with in the whole, is the opening pages in the first volume. Whatever be the fate of the " Gipsy," we shall henceforth regard its author, Mr. James, as one who deserves to stand high , among the best writers of fiction. His knowledge of the world must appear pretty accurate from the following extract from a con versation on the fine arts :- 4 , That what is really good may always have ultimate success, is true, undoubtedly, when spoken of transcendent merit, or of super-excellent qualities ; but this transcendent merit only appears once, perhaps, in a century ; and the world shows that, in the great mass of worldly things, the every-day virtues, the every-day exertions, the every-day characters, which surround us in this busy existence, virtue and merit are not always ultimately successful. The religious, the political, the scientific charlatan often carries all before him ; while the man of modest talent and unassuming virtue plods on his way unnoticed, and dies forgotten. So much, indeed, is this the case, that do not we daily see that many a shrewd man of real talent feels obliged to mix a little charlatanism with his other qualities, for the sake of ensuring success? If Marian had said that things which are intrinsipally immortal—which have in themselves inherent permanence —must have ultimate suc cess when they are really good, and condemnation when they arc bad, I would have granted it at once; but in all lesser things,--and the world is made up of them,—l sincerely be lieve that success depends upon accident or impudence." All the Tory landholders and clergy of the Isle of Wight will, as at the last election, bring their united forces to , bear on the borough of Newport ; it is therefore the duty of the liberals to counteract the machinations of the common enemy. Care should be taken by those who employ land stewards that their property should not be employed against their principles ; at the former elections, we are prepared to prove that the tenants and dependants of liberal landholders under the influence of Newport officials canvassed against the liberal party.—Brighton Guardian. CANINE FIDELITY.—A fine mare, the property of .1. Jeffreys, Esq., solicitor, may be seen grazing in a field at Picton Terrace, near this town, attended by a terrier dog who accompanies her when turned out in the morning, and con tinues with her the whole of the day. The dog evinces the greatest anxiety for the safety of his charge ;—if a stranger approach, he makes every effort to drive away the intruder ; if the mare in playfulness gallop about the field, the dog follows, yelping. at full speed, apparently in great distress lest she should escape from him ; and when the groom makes his ap pearance in the evening to lead her to the stable, he delivers her up in a way that indicates his high satisfaction at being re lieved from his responsibility.— Welshman. KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY). DOE DEM MUDD, V. SUCAMORE. This was an action to try the validity of a will, involving the right to a considerable property tried at Bury, before Mr. Justice PARKE, in which a verdict was passed in fa vour of the will. Mr. Sergeant STORKES now moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that material evidence had been rejected. The question for the Jury to try was whether two of the attestations to the will in question were forgeries, and of three witnesses, —one an Inspector of the Bank of England had been re jected. He had been called to prove the signature of one of the attesting witnesses to bills of exchange in the first instance. He had never seen the person write, but had seen the handwriting ; and when asked if the signature was genuine or not, it had been objected to, on the ground that a comparison of handwriting was not admissible. The case of Rivett and Bray was as usual cited, but he (Sergeant STORKES) apprehended that the evidence in the present case had been improperly rejected, as the witness had a right to give his opinion from his knowledge of the attesting witness's handwriting. COURT—Take a rule. BLAND V. BLAND AND OTHERS. This was an action of trespass brought by the plaintiff, a gentleman of large property, against several persons for forcibly entering his mansion-house, under colour of making a distress for a sum of 5,0001., and taking an inventory of his furniture. The case had been tried at York, before Mr. Justice Parke, and a verdict had passed for the plain tiff, damages 1,000/. Mr. Sergeant A TCHERLY now moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that the damages had been excessive. The first defendant, Bland, had put in a plea of a right of entry and distress. He died about three weeks previous to the Assizes, and the verdict had been obtained against the others, who were a broker employed by the defendant Bland to execute the warrant of distress, and his two assistants. Neither the plaintiff nor his wife were at home at the time—no damage had been sustained, nor no outrage committed. It was clear, therefore, that the damages had been excessive, and that there was good ground for the rule now moved for. Lord DENMAN said the Court would consult with Mr. Justice Parke before pronouncing its decision. THE EARL OF CHESTER V. LEE. This was an action of trespass tried at Aylesbury before Mr. Justice VAUGIIAN. The trespass was the cutting down of trees on three distinct slips of land called plantations, to which the plaintiff laid a claim as Lord of the Manor. A verdict had passed for the plaintiff gene rally. Damages, 51. Mr. Serjeant SCRIVEN now moved for a rule to show cause why a verdict should not be entered for the defendant on the second plea. The second plea was a justification of the cutting, on the ground that the slips of land adjoined the highway, and had formerly been a part of it, as appeared from an award dated 1777, to which the Learned Serjeant referred. The highway had been originally 60 yards wide, but portions of it had been afterwards enclosed, and at what time could not Le ascertained. Lord DENMAN said the Court would consult Mr. Justice Vaughan on the subject. DIMES V. ARDEN. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as Lord of the Manor of Rickmansworth, to recover from Mrs. Arden a sum of 2221. as her contribution towards the repairs of a bridge, to which the defendant was liable, as holding part of the demense lands of Rickmansworth manor. The case had been tried at the last Hereford Assizes, before Lord Chief Justice Denman, and a verdict had passed for the defendant. Mr. TILEssIGER now moved for leave to enter a verdict for the plaintiff fcr the sum of 2221., by leave of the Learned Judge before whom the case had been tried. Lord DENMAN—Your motion is founded on the fact that if the Lord of the Manor is liable he can claim con tribution from the holders of any part of the demesne lands of the manor? Mr. THESSIGEIt—YCS, my Lord. COURT—Take a rule. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. COMYN moved for a rule to show cause why a man damus should not issue to the Hon. Edward H. Petre as lord of the manor of Mountforest and his steward, com manding them to admit a tenant to the Court roll of that manor. In the year 1825 the applicant purchased the property from his brother, and kept possession of it from that time downwards. A surrender had been regularly ob tained and the purchase money paid, but in consequence of some family quarrels, the brother deemed that the purchase money had not been paid, although a receipt had been exhi bited, and the steward had refused to admit him as a tenant, not being able to decide between the conflicting claims of the two parties. CounT—Take a rule nisi. NUGEE V. GRANT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the well known fashionable tailor, of St. James's-street, against James Charles Grant, a young'gentleman, born at Boorham phoor, in the East Indies, and son to a surgeon in the Com pany's service, to recover a sum of 781. 16s. 6d., for clothes furnished to him within a period of six months. Mr. THESSIGER appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. JERVIS for the defendant. - ----.... Several witnesses were examined, who proved the deli very of the clothes, and the acceptance of a bill by the de fendant for the sum claimed. The defence was, that the defendant was, at the time the debt had been incurred (December, 1832), under age. 'To establish this, a Clerk from the Secretary's Office of the East India Company produced a registry of births, trans mitted periodically from India, in which was an entry of the defendant's baptism, dated the 20th of April, 1813. Mr. THESSIGER objected to the reception of this evi dence ; and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS took a note of it. The Hon. Andrew Ramsay saw the defendant at Boor hamphoor in the years 1813 and 1814. He was then a child in arms. Verdict for the plaintiff, 50/. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) FRUHLING V. SCHROEDER. Mr. Sergeant TADDY moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict in this case, which was tried before Lord Chief Justice Tindall, should not be set aside, or a reduc tion of damages allowed. It appeared that the defendant, who carried on business at Hamburgh in June 1833, received 120 bags of coffee from Messrs. Joppart and Co., of Rio Janeiro, with direc tions to sell the coffee, and remit the proceeds to the plaintiff on account of the assignees. Some cor respondence took place between the parties before the sale was effected, but in none of the letters did the defendants offer any objection to receive and dispose of the coffee on the terms proposed, vet, having sold the coffee instead of remitting the amount to the plaintiff, as directed by Messrs. Joppart and Co., he applied it to a private account between himself and the consigners. The Jury gave a verdict against the defendant for the payment of the proceeds to the plaintiff, and 391. damages and interest. The COURT, after hearing the arguments of Learned Counsel at very great length, ruled that there were no grounds for a new trial, nor for any diminution of damages. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended April 17, 1835, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 38s 103. Oats Barley 3_s sd. I Rye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat......... 395. 7d. Oats 8ar1ey......... 39.5. 6d I Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 47s 13s. 9d. Beans 15s. 6d. Barley l3s. 10d. I Rye WAR.—A lecture on the " Horrors of War" was delivered on Tuesday evening, in Hope- street Chapel, by George Pilkington, Esq., an Irish gentleman, and formerly a Captain in the Royal Engineers. The object of the lecturer was to chew the utter inconsistency of war, whether offensive or defensive, with Christian principle. Since the 11th of April, 1834, he had travelled in England 4,200 miles, and had addressed 135,000 people on the subject, and be had re ct:ived assurances of unanimity of sentiment from seventy three ministers of the gospel of all persuasions ; six military officers of rank had declared to him that they would never again draw their swords ; and two of them had g i ven up t h e i r half-pay, This was the fruit of his labour.—Hull Observer. GRAND CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL. DINNER TO LORD VISCOUNT GRIMSTON AND ABEL SMITH, ESQ., AT HERTFORD.' Yesterday afternoon at five o'clock a dinner was given to the two Conservative Members for the county, Lord Grim ston and Abel Smith, Esq., in the Town Hall, Hertford. The Hall was splendidly fitted up for the occasion, being tastefully decorated with branches of laurel leaves with oranges interspersed, and numerous flags bearing inscrip tions, amongst which were the following The King and Constitutional Liberty," " The Church and King," " The Farmers' Friend," " Grimston and Agriculture," &c. Among the distinguished guests we observed Lord Salis bury, Lord Mahon, Lord Verulam, the two Members for the county, the Hon. Edward Grimston ; Sir W. Heygate, Bart. ; Sir Abraham Hume, Bart. ; Col. Browne, Col. Osborne, Admiral Gosselin, Captain Trotter ; G. J. Bo sanquet, Esq. ; W. C. Cassamajor, Esq. ; Astley Paston Cooper, Esq. ; S. H. U. Heathcote, Esq. &c. &c. About 400 freeholders of the county sat down to dinner, and after the cloth was withdrawn, The Hon. Granville Dudley Ryder, who acted as Chair man, rose and gave " The King, and may he never swerve from those principles which placed the House of Brunswick upon the Throne." (Drunk with three times three, amidst much applause.) The CHAIRMAN again rose, and begged to propose-- ." The health of the Lord Lieutenant of the County." (Much cheering.) Lord VERULAM rose to return thanks, which was the sig nal for several rounds of applause, and it was some time be fore his Lordship could proceed. He said that after the pa negyric passed upon him by the Noble Chairman, and the manner in which they had received his health, he could scarcely find language to return them his thanks. Since he had assisted at any public meeting in Hertfordshire circum stances had arisen attended with pleasure and with pain. The circumstances of pleasure, he need scarcely say, emanated entirely from themselves.—(Cheers.) It was impossible for a father not to feel proud when he knew that the freeholders of such a great county had, for a second time, reposed confi dence in his son.—(Cheers.) The circumstances of pain which he had adverted to, he was sure they were acquainted with, the dissolution of the Administration under Sir Robert Peel—(Hear.) He could not perceive the least statesman like conduct, or the least shadow or pretence for the op position that was offered to the Hon. Baronet—(Cheers.). He could not conceive how men could say " Oh, this measure is admirable, and the evening after vote against it. (Cheers.) He could not conceive how such things could come to pass, but they had come to pass, and could only be attributed to party virulence and to hatred—(Loud cheers.) What were the circumstances that had taken place ?—(Hear, hear.) The Gentlemen in opposition said, " Oh, Sir Robert Peel's Administration must have fair play ;" but how did it obtain fair play ?—(Hear.) On the very first vote party feelings got the better of men's consistency, and what did the Opposition do ? ( Hear.) Why, they voted Sir Charles Manners Sutton out of the Chair of Parliament—Sir Charles Manners Su,tton whom the year prior they had placed there—(Hear.) And whom did they place there ?—(Hear.) Mr. Abercromby. If they were to make a comparison between the two men they must say that one was a giant and the other a dwarf. (Loud cheers.) He would ask if anything had taken place on the part of Sir Charles Manners Sutton to justify such conduct ?—(Hear, hear.) Had he done anything that could be considered partial ; indeed, had any reason been assigned why he was not as fit to preside in the House of Commons in 1835 as he was in 1834 ?—(Hear and cheers.) No reason had been shown, and he (Lord V.) would say that such opposition arose from nothing but revenge and pique.—.(Cheers.) The next measure of the Opposition was an amendment upon the Address to the Throne, after which the question of the Irish tithes was introduced— (Hear)—and a resolution was entered into to appropriate the surplus of the Church income to religious instruction. Now it was an essential question in this matter into whose hands the money to be appropriated found its way.— (Hear, hear.) Religious instruction was a very compre hensive term—(Hear)—and if the money proceeding from this surplus was to be placed at the control of the Roman Catholic priesthood, he should like to know how much better education among the Protestant inhabitants of Ireland would be attended to ?—(Loud cheers.) Talk of the fair trial that was to be given to Sir Robert Peel's Administra tion !—(Hear.) Why not one of the acts of that Govern ment had been allowed to come to maturity.—(Hear.) Gentlemen present would observe in the address of Lord John Russell, just presented to his constituents, that it was asserted Sir Robert Peel had done nothing for the benefit of the farmer. The fact was, the Opposition would not allow him to do any thing.—(Loud cheers.) The Govern ment of the Hon. Baronet had not had fair play—(Hear)— it had been overset entirely through pique and revenge.— (Loud cheers.) In what situation, he would ask, was the present Government ?—(Hear.) If he might use the ex pression, it rested on a pinnacle : on one side it had the strength of the Roman Catholics in the House of Com mons, and on the other side it had the English Radicals ; but in the front of it stood the strong body of the English Conservatives.—(Tremendous cheering, which lasted for some time.) In such a situation the welfare of the coun try called upon The Conservatives, as an act of absolute necessity, to watch the present Government ; and he would say, that if they found the 'conduct of the latter such as the interest of the country required that it should be, that its policy was not to destroy, but to amend and restore the fabric, he in such case would say, that he would not be one to make a factious opposition.—(Loud cheering.) The Noble Lord, in conclusion, observed, in reference to the address to the King with which the county had entrusted him, he believed he should have the great pleasure of present ing it to his Majesty on Wednesday next. His Lordship sat down amidst loud cheering. The CHAIRMAN begged to propose a toast, which he was sure would be responded to with the greatest cordiality ; it had special reference to the object for which they had as • sembled that evening —it was the health of the two Conser vative Members for the County.—(Cheers, which lasted for several minutes.) They had received the toast in such a way that it made it unnecessary for him to say much upon the subject— Their Noble Representative, Lord Grimston, was not unknown to them. He had stood forward gallantly in 1832, when the evil genius was revelling in its insulting triumph, and threatened to level to the dust the noble. fa bric of the British Constitution. He then stood the brunt of the battle, and he achieved a victory for them—ay, for them—and a victory also for the Altar and the Throne— (Cheers)—a victory for the well understood rights and li berties of the people.—( Hear.) He would venture to say that no man in the county could have occupied the post Lord Grimston did in 1832 better than he did. He had, indeed, from first to last, not been found wanting to them, and he (the Chairman) hoped that from first to last they would not be found wanting to him.—(Cheers.) After briefly eulogising the conduct of Mr. Smith, th e Chairman concluded by expressing his belief that the enlightened constituency of Hertford would continue to send Represen tatives to Parliament whose private integrity was the best guarantee of their public conduct, and who would vote from a conscientious conviction, and would not enter the House of Commons like Egyptian mummies, swaddled round with pledges, or as unreasonables echoes.—(Cheers.) Lord GRIMSTON rose, amidst enthusiastic cheering, to return thanks. It was but a short time since, he observed, that they had done him the honour to return him as one of the representatives of the county. Since then, however, many important matters had been brought before the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) A Government had come into power, promising to do that which it was deemed was necessary for the welfare of the country ; but how had that Ministry been treated ?—( Hear, hear.) They were not allowed to bring forward any measure, which the Opposi tion thought calculated to gain them the voice of the na tion. That Opposition, he might say, consisted of two parties, one of which was endeavouring to lay down a prin ciple, respecting the property of the Church, that might was right—(Hear, hear)—and the other party acted with them, and gladly availed themselves of their votes to de stroy the late Administration.—(Cheers.) He rejoiced in having given his opposition to that principle—for he had acted,:he considered, in defence of the Protestant Church —(Hear, and cheers)—of the Protestant Church both in England and Ireland ; for, if once they succeeded in their attack in Ireland, this country would be sure to have them in it.—(Hear, hear.) But he trusted there did yet exist, in the House of Commons, such a love of the principles of the Constitution, as would put a stop to the machinations against the Church.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. A. SMITH 'rose to return thanks, and was received in a very flattering manner. During the last two months, he observed, he had seen in the House of Commons much factious and irritating opposition, and much, which he thought deplorable to the Great Council of the nation.— (Hear.) That opposition had been directed against one who had acted in a manly and statesmanlike manner — (Hear, and cheers) ---against one on whom the eyes of every thinking Englishman should now turn.—(Tremendous cheering.) The opposition to that Honourable Gentleman would be but for a short time.—(Hear, hear.) Ere long he would return to his post with the anxious wishes of his countrymen.—(Cheers.) The subjects about to be brought before the House of Commons were of so important a na ture, that they required to be dealt with by a deliberate and friendly hand—(Hear)—and that man who was best fitted to guide those subjects was one who should not pay too great an attention to popular clamour, and who could not be charged with apostacy from his former opinions. Lord GRIMSTON then proposed " The health of the Hon. Chairman," and the latter returned thanks in a brief speech, in which some ludicrous observations en Mr. O'Connell created much and frequent laughter. Toast—" The church and State." Drank with en thusiasm. rned thanks. Mr. MOUNTAIN ret;l l The CHAIRMAN then gaNT " Lord Hill and the British a rmy."—( Cheers.) of Colonel BROWN briefly returned-thanks in the nam e Lord Hill. " The CHAIRMAN said he had a toast to propose vvhichies was sure would be drunk with enthusiasm. It was Majesty's late Ministers."—(Deafening plaudits.) le the course of four short months they had exhibite d their statet menlike capacity, and shown a determination to reform a° real and proved abuses, acting at the same time with Pru dence and caution. They had exhibited the attribiltes good Government to such an extent as to shed fresh lustr:t over the Conservative cause throughout the country ; bi " their merits was the cause of that relentless hostility played by their opponents. The Constitutional Wdis higs rs , were sensible of the superior talents of the late Minis te and yet embraced Daniel O'Connell, the very man whole they made the King almost denounce last year from the throne as a foe to the empire. The Chairman thee proceeded to make some strong observations on 31 '• O'Connell, arid concluded by observino• that be believed th,e present lath and plaster "Cabinet h1:1 dug a hole whien, itself would be hurled into, and had erected a wall agai°s" which it would be dashed into atoms. " The health of his Majesty's late Minister? was then drunk amidst loud and long-continued cheering. vea Lord MAHON rose to return thanks, and was reee' with several distinct rounds of applause. He would look at the present state of things not on personal but on p0 1 : 5 grounds. He must say that he thought the Administratl of Sir R. Peel had not had a fair trial. His opponents W.° formed a coalition altogether unparalleled in Parliarneetar! history—a coalition between men who not only differed a; to the means of obtaining objects, but whose objects do as wide as the poles asunder.—( Hear.) The late coalitie° which defeated Sir Robert Peel was composed of 15 1 Whigs and 250 Irish Repealers and English Radicals. A n , e he would ask in what point did they agree ? It m ight P. r said that they agreed on the Reform Bill ; but it was the', duty to look to the present as legislators, and not to the pas; as historians. Did the present Government agree ?I any one question, whether it was the vote by ballot trial!? Parliaments, or an extension of the household suffrage? Pe considered the late coalition most unjustifiable, for it ar peared to have been entered into with only one object--- namely, to raise an outcry of—" Down with Pee l , l ",i f , (Loud cries of " Hear.") But did the people of Engl u a- ,,,, respond to that cry ?—(Loud cries of " No, no.") No' t :;; heard the voice of Protestant England arousing in e v ,.„ -: quarter, and crying louder and louder against the Gera" ment of Catholics.—(Cheers.) The people of Eng' . j, were not anxious to harrass and oppress the Roman iia tholics ; they were willing to allow them to be on an lity with them, and to enjoy the same rights and priviler,' but they were determined not to be governed by thew (Cheers.) He had been informed, and he courted Novi diction if he was wrong, that a friend of Lord John iips se es had requested O'Connell to allow his name to be us but steward at the late dinner given to Lord J. Russell, e , O'Connell declined, on the ground that it would be ilre, dent, and placed that respectable gentleman in his 10; - O'Connor Don.—( Laughter.) His Lordship concludeunt very long and able speech by remarking, that if the prese i , Government would show a disposition to uphold the kog narchy and protect the Church, they might expect an l thi but hostility from the Conservatives. lto Mr. RATCLIFFE in a neat speech proposed " Th e -ea e of tho Duke of Wellington," which was drunk amidst e' ral cheering. The health of Lord Salisbury having been proposed, e Lord SALISBURY rose, to return thanks, but it was E °lll . t h time before he could be heard in the vehement cheerief(l,lo wibch he was received. It would, be said, be wors e t c g r waste of time were he to attempt to dilate on the re,t y choly situation of the country.—(Hear, hear, hear.) ,bey were in the extraordinary situation of being dictated to by os, Irish Popish faction.—( Loud cries of" Hear.") r f dyed tion in the House of Commons which had been s tigrna t- r to night, but not more than it deserved, enabled Mr. O'C; f i„ nell to dictate to the Crown, and deprive the King of hig n irit nisters, but there existed, he trusted, in this count r y a f'r o f that would carry it through its difficulties. The m ajoritY ro , English Members were in favour of Conservative Go' ment, a Government that would redress all grievances, •acid still maintain inviolate the:principles of the Constituthi (Cheers.) This was no time for trifling—(Cheers) -- Ithe they stood between . a faction and the preservation ei the Crown.—(Cheers.) The overthrow of the Crown wa s ,• on ) object of that faction—(Hear) —and they (the fa° ej, knew if they cut up the foundations of their religious Lou d the destruction of the Crown would soon follow:--4ld cheers.) The opposition that would meet this faction aber, be from the House of which he was an unworthy niea o its —(Cheers.) That House, he was confident, would duty—(Cheers)—and that if they were forced from t Lou d position, it would not be without a last effort--(Ver cheers) —but that effort would be unsuccessful un less s ad ported by the country.—(Loud cries of—We are ready.) the Iv' The healthy of Lord Mahon. the Hon. E. Grimstee, pre Mayor of Hertford, and the Conservatives of Ess ex then drank, and the company separated at a late hour. 1 ~_:~. GREENWICH FAIR. " Lord Londonderry, with Mr. Manners Sutton, 811-4 large party, on Monday drove off to Greenwich Fair ill : 4 omnibus and four, with the cad in his usual d ress stn on the steps of the vehicle."—Morning Paper. A Correspondent tells us that a ballad, occasioned by event, was sung in the streets on Easter Monday 07e°t1.be with " unbounded applause"—a fact• which indicates oo t good sense and discrimination of the - populace , who did of fail to perceive a much nearer approach to the fits Fair, things, in this visit of the Marquis to Greenwic h bee n than in the ambassadorial one which would hav e in : 0 0. performed but for the interposition of public 9P.,Lites We congratulate his Lordship on the turn his " - V have taken, and shall be glad to hear that he the given over diplomacy entirely, and intends °Loll, future to devote his great talents to dancing, davujiisir card-playing, caprioling, and the other polite accet u P v eli ments of his " order." Magna magni capiunt an imos• , us e the enemies of the Noble Lord cannot in his la st act ac-thai him of flying too high, and of " A Vaalting a mbitiun i ba c% o'erleaps itself." Did his Lordship see the bioateus he foon" mentioned a few nights ago in the House? `h a s is exhibited at Greenwich, or is the exhibition to be 013'13- Loudon after the recess ? • THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CL co o' A general expectation prevailed with the merchaatfai re nected with the India and China trade, that the inonO l ii tiog cently presented to the Lords of the Treasury, for r a mo se/ special security to the late East India Company's wsre m - bs° for bonding the produce from India and China, ivel l „ t 1 5 been attended with success ; but much disappoint lll ,, ° "„ the been experienced by the receipt of the following ir°- Treasury Chambers : , ba "I am commanded to acquaint you that my T e. decided, a ft er full consideration of the whole su bject , 70 strict the privileges to be conceded to the warehouses East India Company. ( Signed) " FREMANT m By the Dutch mail arrived this morning, of yeste7t-tber date, we have received the Dutch Funds, which aren lower-21 Per Cents, 56 3-16; 5 Per Cents, 10'`'es' The above arrival does not bring any intelligence of P' lar consequence. o t. Consols left off yesterday steady at 921 for the MI t he and 92 4 for Money, and the business during the whole 0.,„0,0- day was on a very limited scale. Consols opened this Di, ing at the above prices, with little doing. Ex chequer 36 39 ; India Bonds 18 20 ; Bank Stock 2171 for time..... 4 The Foreign Market was the chief attraction_rthe the whole of yesterday, more particularly town 0 4 afternoon, when it was ascertained that an arrangemenrwt, been made for the issuing the new Portuguese 3 per cen t, Stock, which was to bear the name of Consolidat ed 3 P lacethigii Bonds : the first payment, of 10 per cent., ta kes W ia ,ds day, and it is so constructed that the 3 per Cent. °- 6 pc. soon be ready for delivery, and the holders of the ri hot Cent. Bonds will only have to exchange one stoek Told another. This had the effect to improve both Portugues 08 0 Spanish securities, and this morning a further imP r°le has taken place in the these securities. 17 I I ; Spanish Bonds, opened at 701, have reac hed Spanish Scrip, 10 4 to mi. ; Portuguese, 991. Our arrivals this morning are one French mail, one c Jar and a Dutch mail, with an express from Paris of th e t hat portance than usual. The private accounts state , Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Ambassadors hinted ' t ° lol of King of the French that if be consents to the inter' /O r hod Spain they will demand their passports. On the 0 0 1 ) 20 Of the French Ministry are prepared to advise the King',. t u ld demand made in respect to the Quadruple Treaty su ° promptly acceded to. 01 4 : HALF-PAS arrl l e d We learn that the William Fawcette steamer 1, , 0 no t from Lisbon at Plymouth, but the news she brings dis ttahus re eb y transpired Aac e nn t ecsceoosiusin e a ; o b v e u t a re i p t o al r says there has been swp for Account. E ntin x u c b e he fi g r u m er p for Bills, 36 37; In m o d n i e tt y n , il y: oi d de 9 , 2 lB s g o Bank Stock, 2164. ia t i : In the Foreign - Market a reaction has taken P s " oty Foreign Securities. Spanish, which reached 72,,na, quoted at present 71 ne at Spanish Scrip , do at present 10 prem. ortuguese, which reached 10e, THREE 0' C.L Consols for the Account, 92i 1. The Waterwitch run brig, which h b ee " L k r torr °- e, Brighton. and Hastings for the last three wee ail fur tcrt seen Brighton. 'fishermen from French aggressions. 1 1 " 9 tb i Lisbon with , despatches. The Carneleon remains station.--Brighton Guardian. s o u ISt I,)tj