The Sun. — London, England, 1835-11-28 00:00:00

IRISH EDUCATION-DISTRESS OF THE IRISH CLERGY. MEETINGS AT EXETER. On Thursday afternoon two very numerous meetings of the gentry and clergy of Exeter and its neighbourhood were held in the Guildhall of that city, for the purpose of devising measures for the relief of the Irish Clergy, and for the purpose of celebrating the anniversary of the Exeter Auxiliary Kildare-street Society. The two meetings were summoned for the same hour and place, and were in effect blended together. The Right Rev. Bishop Phillpctts took the Chair. On the bench we observed the Mayor of Exeter, P. C. de la Garde, Esq., Lord Exmouth, Sir John Duckworth, Sir Stafford Northcote, Baldwin Fulford, Esq., John Kennaway, Esq., Captain Locke Lewis, the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, the Rev. Precentor Lowe, the Rev. Dr..Collyns, &c. &c. The Bishop of EXETER, on taking the Chair, proceeded, after some introductory observations, to read at length the Report of the Society. The Report lamented the diminu tion of upwards of 400 schools, but stated that the Society nevertheless continued its labours with undiminished zeal, and there were now more than 100,000 children in its con nection. The Report then animadverted in severe terms on the National Board of Education, whose teachers, it said, in some cases, received more than 701. per annum, and many of whom were Roman Catholics, and in some instances even monks and nuns, who gave their instructions clothed in the habits of their Order. The schools were, in some cases, held in the mass-house, at others in the chapels ; and the Report then proceeded to complain of the neglect in enforcing the reading of Scripture lessons by the teachers of the National Board. Such, said his Lordship, was the report the Com mittee had published—a report equally distinguished for the ability with which it was drawn up, and for the true spirit of religion which it breathed. The report spoke of this So ciety as having been an honoured instrument in the hands of Providence to stay the moral pestilence which now raged in Ireland. The existence of this moral pestilence had been admitted by no less a person than the Secretary of State for the Home Department, that particular officer of his Majesty's Government who was bound to ascertain accurately the moral state of the people of his Majesty's dominions. That high officer had recently made the public acquainted with the existence of this moral pestilence in Ireland, in terms which could not be too frequently re peated ; and in addressing the members of the Legisla ture said they all knew that in Ireland there prevailed amongst the peasantry crimes which sprung, not as in this country, from the love of gain, revenge, or other personal motive, but crimes of confederacy and cibination—( Hear.) What remedy did his Majesty's Government propose for these moral evils ? By what means did they hope to remedy this perverted sense of - right and wrong ? They proposed that which was the only remedy, viz., the diffusion of the great principle of religion in that unhappy country ; and the Minister stated, most justly, that it was the duty of the State to take care that religious and moral instruction should be giv,en to the people. In this great principle the Kildare-street Society concurred entirely, and was, he was • sure, most anxious to co-operate with his Majesty's Go vernment. The difference between them was as to the means of accomplishing that which both believed to be ab solutely necessary to the preserYation of Ireland. He gave full credit to his Majesty's Government for the sincerity of their intentions in introducing the national system of edu cation ; and he gladly bore this public testimony that, in his opinion, it was the intention 'of his Afajesty's * Government, in introducing that system, to diffuse right principles throughout Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) That it had failed, however, he verily believed ; that it could not do otherwise than fail he had always ventured to predict ; and certainly his experience during the last four years had not shaken his confidence in the prediction.—(Cheers.) The scheme introduced by his Majesty's Government involved, in one of its rules, exclusion of the Holy Scriptures from the schools during the time of instruction. One of the di rections given to the inspectors was •that no book which contained controversial views of religion should he used du ring the hours of general instruction. As Holy Scripture itself, is unhappily the subject of controversy in this coun try, it was .not therefore to be introduced during those hours. They would see, therefore, that he was justified in stating that the system excluded the Bible and the Holy Scriptures during the hours Net apart_ for common instruction. It was trae they might be introduced at other times, when the one set of scholars were ex cluded, and that separate instruction might be car ried on one day in the week. But it was unfortu nately the case that no means were provided by the scheme of his Majesty's Government to give instruction to the children on those days set apart for separate reli gious education—no means whatever.—( Hear, hear.) The Government even disdained to ascertain the religion of the teachers of these schools, and refused to inquire whether they were Protestants or Catholics. He need not tell the meeting that the 'consequence was, that they were almost - all Roman Catholics—that the masters of the schools, therefore, could not give to the Protestants on any day set apart for their. instruction that re'ligious instruction which it was the. first duty of all schools- to give.—(Hear, hear.) But then it was said it was the duty of the clergy to teach the. children ; he was quite sure they all knew that the clergyman could not be an efficient schoolmaster—that he would bet iable to be called away by his other important duties, and that he would not have the power of enforcing the attendance of scholars. Then, again, they must recol lect that all the religious instruction of the schools must he carried on in one day ; but in some of the parishes of Ireland there were seven, eight, or ten schools : and how was one clergyman to be the schoolmaster for all ? Again, many of the parishes in Ireland were five times as large as those in England. There were many other points lie could have gone into, but he •wished to be brief. He regretted -to observe the diminution of the funds of this society—the fundamental rule of which, in oppo sition to the Government schools, was that the Bible should be read - in all their schools without note or com ment, because, they would not interfere with the particular tenets of their schOlars ; all they insisted upon was that the Word of God should be part of the instruction of those . who would hereafter stand at the tribunal of God.— (Cheers.) He regretted also to observe the diminution in the number of its schools, but it had a very wealthy rival to contend with ; whilst its own . funds last Year scarcely ex ceeded 2,000/:, its -rival had the public purse to go to without stint ; and so confident were the directors of the National Board of the continued liberality of Parliament, that they had intimated that they should want no less than 200,000/. per annum for some years to come.—(Hear, bear.) Yes, this was the demand made by the Education Commission-200,000/. per annum from the taxes - of a Protestant country for maintaining schools, the practical effect of which was to convert many of those who were hitherto enabled to he trained in a knowledge of the Pro testant-faith to that of the Roman Catholics ; and to enthral for ever the Roman .Catholics of that country under the dominion of their spiritual tyrants, the priests.—(Hear.) Other Gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the report was received ; and resolutions embodying the sentiments de livered were unanimously agreed to. The 11In oa of E:kETER then stated that, having received a requisition to call a meeting to consider the distressed state of the Irish Clergy, he had chosen the .present time and place for that purpose : the two subjects being so closely connected together. Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH moved a resolution declaratory of the distress of the Irish clergy, and expressive of the sym pathy of the meeting on their behalf,' which was seconded by John Kennaway,Esq. Mr. J. D. OSBORNE moved an amendment, in doing which he deprecated the language of the motion, as casting blame on his Majesty's Government, and imputed the dis tress of the Irish clergy to the injudicious conduct of their friends, in refusing to accede to the. liberal terms offered by the Government. [The amendment was not seconded.] The Rev. MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN replied to time last speaker. His address, which embraced the various topics already familiar to our readers, occupied more than two hours and a half in delivery ; and the resolution, and other resolutions consequent upon it, were carried nevi. con. • The Bishop of EXETER announced that Lord Exmouth, who had bee' compelled to leave the meeting, had left a donation of 50/. ; and that he had been entrusted by a munificent individual, who would not permit his name to transpire, with a donation of no less than 1,000/.—(Great applause.) The Rev..lllr. SCORESBY announced a donation entrusted to him of 50/. ; and a very large sum was collected on the spot, and & plan for obtaining more extensive contributions arranged. The usual votes of thanks were then given, and the meet iog broke up. The late lamented Col. Tod, of the East India Company's service, was on Thursday interred in a private vault at the General Cemetery, Harrow-road. Mr. ex-Sheriff Raphael was blackballed at the meet ing.of the Royal Society on Thursday. It is a very rare occurrence to have a candidate rejected here. There were 3to 1 against his admission. The meeting was numerous, and cginprised some of the most eminent men now in town. Sir John Rennie was in the chair, and counted the balls amidst the scarcely suppressed sneers of the meeting. Mr. Raphael's certificate was signed by Earl Munster, -lord Brougham, and two or three others ; but it was made and signed by them several weeks before he applied to O'Cotinell for his assistance to get into Parliament. ,T:iperson who was blackballed before Mr. Raphael ".Mr. Hughes Hughes. StIICIDE.—The inhabitants of Fort William were -ethiawuinto a state of excitement, on the morning of Tues ?-)tlai isiti , by Alexander M'Donald, late merchant there, putting a period to his existence by shooting himself.— Glasgow Courier. SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1835. the King of the FRENCH say' to this ? Will he have the courage to force Russia to an explanation re specting an insult so derogatory to the Royal dignity of a Sovereign of France ? Will he dare to tell PAH LEN that the language used by the CZAR at Warsaw ought to be reprobated by every lover of liberty through out the world, and that to demand apologies for a reprobation of such, sentiments is to insult: the dignity of a free people ? No ; the KING will do none of these things ; because at heart he approves of every, expression used by the blood-stained CZAR. He would himself use the same language on the banks of the Seine, had he as much confidence in the guns of the Barricades as NICHOLAS has in the cannon of the ALEXANDER Citadel which. commands Warsaw. As yet we are without any intimation of the course which the British Cabinet proposes to adopt with re spect to this speech. It is certainly the duty of our Government to take some steps respecting it ; unless the world is to understand that the days are for ever gone, when England prided herself upon the fulfilment of her treaties in favour of the oppressed. We have not yet recognised the right of Russia to conquer Poland. Parliament has repeatedly declared the prin ciple of such a conquest a barbarous and inhuman ag gression. Why then not seize this opportunity to ap prise the CZAR that England and France are pledged to maintain the independence of Poland, and will maintain it ? The occasion is most opportune. Poland is again menaced, not only with slaughter but with annihilation. Wretched and imbrued as she is in her. own blood, we are still in a condition to burst her, prison bars, strike off her manacles, and to raise her to more than a pristine state of power, freedom, and independence. Had we interfered earlier, we would have prevented the effusion of seas of innocent blood —we would have spared the brave but unhappy Poles a weight of misery, which would have crushed the spirit of any people in Europe. Nevertheless, we can yet redeem our greatest error. We can still save Po land. This will remove every stain from the national honour of Great Britain. And though it will not re pair the immense injury which our past, disregard of the cries and entreaties of Poland has occasioned, yet will it prevent the infliction of calamities still more disastrous, which threaten to overwhelm that country. It is scarcely worth notice to remark upon the trifling differences between the Frankfort and the Paris ver sions of the, Imperial speech ; although the German Editor points them out as strikingly important. He sums them up thus : " This speech was delivered by the Emperor on the 4th (16th) Oct., in the Lagiunski Palace. The version first published by the Journal des Debats, and which has given occasion to many comments and diatribes, differs from the preceding in three places chiefly The Emperor blam ing the Poles for destroying their own happiness, added, by renouncing your own institutions and trampling them under foot.' The Debats omits this declaration. 2. At the passage where the Emperor says his only desire was to return the Poles good for evil, he added so I have sworn before God, and my oaths are sacred to me.' These words do not appear in the. version , of the Debats. 3. The passage which says Russia remains strong and untouched amidst the disorders which agitate Europe,' is given differently by the Debats, which makes the Emperor say exclusively only Russia remains strong and un touched.' " The first error with -which the Debats is here charged is one of omission. . This, we think, the Frankfort scribe is rather unlucky in noticing. By the omission in the Debats, the C7A R is saved the expres sion of what all the world knows to be an infamous falsehood. It was ,the CZAR himself and his mad brother, not the municipality of Warsaw, who trampled under foot the free institutions of Poland. The second correction is equally unhappy. It adds blasphemy to the charges of cruelty, and murderous oppression, preferred by the Press of France and England against the CZAR. Thus both the omissions in the Debats were calculated to make the EMPEROR less an object of universal de testation. According to the Debats, he is only r, monster of tyranny ; but the Journal de Frankfort provc,s him to be as impious as he is cruel—as sacri legious as he is despotical. The French journals of Thursday bring a dvices from Madrid to the 18th inst. There are fuur can didates for the Presidency of the Proctiradores:--Se nors GONZALES, ISTURIZ, FERRER, and SOME RUELOS. The choice will fall on one or other of the two first. Both are ultra-liberal in their prin- ciples. The Moniteur brings the following intelligence from the north of Spain : " A company coming from Malaga landed on the 20th at Barcelona. The vessel that brought it formed part of a convoy, the remainder of which had been prevented arriving by bad weather. There have ar rived at Valentia 3,000 men of infantry, and 300 horsemen. On the 14th, SAN CELINI repelled the attack of 1,500 insurgents. Colonel ASPRIOS sur prised, on the 13th, near Agramout, a company of in surgents, of whom he killed 52 men. General CARA TALA.has returned to Valentia. General PALAREA, Commander-in-second of the provinces, has set out for The Ebro, where he is going to replace him. ORAA has retreated spontaneously to Lerin with his convoys, without experiencing any attack ; but the Carlists, in reference to this retreat, spread the most absurd an 4 false reports of victory, as they did on the retreat of COR DOYA to Vittoria. Don CARLOS is at Onate, and his artillery at Toloso. Gen. EGUIA islaid up with the gout in the Amescoas. EL PASTOR has made prisoners the Junta of Alava. On the 17th the Chamber of Pro curadores elected as candidates for the Presidency Messrs. IsTußiz, ANTONIO GONZALES, SOME RUELOS, and FERRER. On the 18th the National Guards of Upper Arragon captured 120 Navarrese deserters, of the division of GUERGUE, whom the latter report to have sustained two defeats in Catalonia. Six Carlist battalions are assembed near St. Se bastian." PARIS; Nov. 26.-To-day again the English Journals have not arrived. There has been much conversation on 'Change of a numerous levy of seamen, and some persons said that letters from Havre stated the number at 20,000, announcing that ordes's had already been received at Havre to levy the contingent assigned to that district.-Journal du Commerce. It was reported to-day on 'Change that dispatches from c mon ey, 0ieti1::514:2;43'1 50, . Italy announced the immediate dissolution of the Neapolitan Ministry, and it was inferred that the plan of a loan in favour of Don Carlos, mentioned in the Allgemeine Zeitung, would probably be given up by the new Ministry.- Constitutionnel. The letters received this morning from Upper Italy do not speak of a formal insurrection in Sardinia ; but of an alarming spirit of discontent, excited by the imposition of new taxes which the Government had ordered to defray the expenses of the civil administration and of the garrison of the island. It is said that the Spanish and Portuguese Governments, to which the Court of Turin has hitherto shown itself directly hostile, have some concern in the fermentation, which really gives much uneasiness to the Sardinian Government.-Temps. A letter from Toulon says :-" Letters from Genoa and Nice speak as of a vague report of the news of an insurrec tion at Cagliari, which the Government seems desirous of concealing. It is said that the peasants, wearied of the op pression of their feudal Lords, had thrown off the yoke, and ravaged the estates of these petty tyrants. It is an act of despair, and it is feared these poor people will be the victims of their attempts, as they are not supported by the neighbour ing towns."-Courrier Francaise. Accounts from Genoa state, that above 600 sailors had just arrived ; three several brigs of war had also entered the port, and it was thought that in a few days ten vessels would be ready to put to sea. The troops not belonging to the garrison are, 150 infantry and 300 artillery. None arc yet embarked, but more are expected.-Massager, Nov. 26. - , FRENCH FUNDS.-PAItIS, NovEsossit 26. Five per Cents., 109 f. 55c. 70c. 63c. Four per Cents., 99f. 65c. 6Oc. s' l c. Thule per Cents. 81f. 25c. 30c. 25c. Bank Actions, 2,160 f. Rente de Naples, 99f. 60c. 6 5c. 70c. 60c. Roman Five per Cents.. 10. 101 1 A %y. Royal Spanish I.oan, 3N. F B o e r lg to ia4l ie l s . o oa L n o , a F n i , v 0 Haytian Loan. 35f. Three eperCents, l)er 11XCiiiiNglt ON I.ONPON. ThreeOn e month,nionthpx.rp,e?,3f..2ssfs.C3... ; money, 251'. 35c. -fours Authentiaue. BOURSE THREE O'CLOCK.--The Rentes were very flat at the opening of the Bourse at 81f. 20c. sellers, but the price afterwards got up to 81f. 31c. QUARTER TO Fora.-Five per Cents., 108 f. 80c.; Three per Cents., 81f. 25c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, 371-:; Three per Cents. Spanish, -; Cortes, -; Coupons, 21, ; Gueb- bards, 371 ; Differes, 17i; New Loan, —; Actives, 484 ; Passives, 14+; Ducats, 99 65 ; Romans, 101-3,1-; Pcdros, —; Belgians, 1.014; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Haytians, 3851. —c. ; Miguels, 191 ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 13 ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 244. A public Meeting was held on Thursday last, at Exeter, to discuss, first, the distress of the Irish Clergy—secondly, the subject of the Ministerial plan of Education in Ireland. Bishop PHLLLPOTTS took the chair on this occasion, and in adverting to the last theme, did not think it beneath him to repeat the, a thousand-times-refuted, falsehood, that the Bible was excluded from the national Irish Schools. " The scheme," observed this ghostly man, " introduced by his Majesty's Government, involved in one of its rules exclusion of the Holy Scriptures from the Schools dur ing the time of instruction." This is a bold, sweep ing, unqualified assertion ; yet when the pious Prelate comes to give his authority for making it, we find he has no other data to go on, than that " one of the direc tions given to inspectors was that no book which con tained controversial views of religion .should be used during the hours of general instruction !" And so, be cause Government have wisely ordered that religion shall not be made a mere matter of controversy, during the time allotted for education on general matters, this sagacious' Bishop jumps to the conclusion, that the Bible is excluded from the national schools of Ire land ! Was ever effrontery equal to this ? Yet it dpes not take us by surprise. After - the Catholic Question affair, we are prepared for all sorts of incon. sistencies on the part of the Bishop of EXETER. Nevertheless, it is strange that he should have trusted himself with the utterance of an absurdity so often refuted. The Bible is not excluded—we are really quite tired of repeating this hacknied truism—from the Irish schools. So far from it,-its study is diligently recom mended and enforced ; but controversial matters of religion are very properly kept in the back-ground, for a reason which will suggest itself to every one who is not thoroughly blinded by party prejudices—namely, that they are ill-adapted to the immature capacity of youth. What should a boy know or care about the subtle theo logical controversies that have agitated schoolmen and divines for so many centuries ? A knowledge of them— even supposing he could be brought to comprehend them—could have no interest for him ; would not settle his faith, but would most assuredly bewilder his under standing. Rightly, then, have Ministers acted in discouraging all these divinity pedantries, and en couraging the diligent perusal of the Bible in the only way in which it can be read with advantage by young, unformed minds. In the course of his speech our apostolic Prelate makes a curious admission, for which, as in duty bound, we are deeply grateful. "It was said," he remarks, " that it was the duty of the Clergy to teach the children. He was quite sure they all knew that the clergyman could not be an efficient schoolmaster, for he would be liable to be called away by his other important duties." How, then, can the mitred Bishop, with a seat in the House of Lords, and in consequence a world of political duties to at tend to, be expected to - make a useful religious in structor ? If the objections to the two folduties of a Protestant Clergyman is strong in the one instance, it is at least twenty times as cogent in the other ; for who can compare the serious responsibility which attaches to the unbcncficial Irish parson, with that which attaches to the Episcopal character ? Yet Dr. Dr. PHI LLPOTTS admits the impossibility of a parson making an efficient schoolmaster, by reason of his being constantly liable to be called away " by his other im portant duties ;" yet can sec no absurdity—nothing irreconcileable with common sensc-,—in a Protestant Prelate exercising, at one and the same time, the two discordant offices of Priest and Politician ! If this is not swallowing the camel and straining at the gnat, we know not what is. When the question of the pro priety of the Bishops being allowed longer, to continue to speak and vote in a political capacity in the House of Lords, next engages public attention, we shall take as the ground. work of our objection to the measure, Dr. pHILLPOTT'S candid and express declaration, that no Protestant Clergyman can act efficiently in two • distinct capacities. In the Times of this morning there is an article en titled " Tory and Whig Patronage of Science and Literature," which is extracted from the forth coming number of Frazer's Magazine, evidently for the purpose of throwing a slur on the Whig Govern ment, for their refusal to grant a pension to Mr. FA RADAY, the chemist, who, it seems, had been half promised one by Sir R. PEEL. This article, though full of circumstantial detail * , intended to hoodwink the judg ment of the unthinking, bears throughout every mark of wilful misrepresentation. • Language, for instance, is put into the mouth of Lord MELBOURNE, which none but an imbecile or a maniac could have uttered ; and on this is founded a charge against his Lord ship, to the effect that he considers eminent sci entific and literary men wholly unworthy of the slightest Ministerial patronage. It is impossible that a liberal, well-educated man, like the Noble Premier, himself one of the most accomplished scholars of the day, could ever have talked such non sense. As for his declining to bestow a pension on Mr. FARADAY, the truth of the matter, we under stand, is this—that the Gentleman in question was offered the pension, but from some caprice or other chose to reject it, on which it was very properly be stowed on Mr. MOORE, who, it may be remembered, exhibited a lively sense of the Ministerial bounty, in a speech which he lately delivered at Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Bristol dinner. We call the attention of his Majesty's Govern ment to the report of a Coroner's Inquest held yes terday at the Marine Barracks at Woolwich, by which it would appear that THOMAS RAMSAY, a private in the Royal Marines, came by his death in con sequence of receiving a flogging to which he was sentenced by a Court-martial. The country will no longer endure these brutal exhibitions ; and unless the system of flogging is abolished altoge ther, it will lead to the commission of popular out rages, and to the engendering of feelings of aver sion towards the officers of the British army, which cannot fail to be productive of the worst consequences. We will wait to see whether an order shall be issued from the Horse Guards, before entering more fully in;;) the details of this horrid affair. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT JNE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 1 per Cent. Red. - Iper Cent. Cons 91%16%16' South Sea Stock — I 4 per Cent - ()Id Annuities ihtto R e d 98N% New Ditto — New :1 . '6 per Cent ...... 10`u h', D 976 3 per Ccnt. Annuities, RD — Sew 5 per Cc it - Exch. Bills, £l,OOO l5 17 pm 3ank Long Annuitiestnexmre Ditto 500 l5 17 pm. 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HAsilitato, Nov, 24.-13 104 ; two months, 13 SN. CIIRISTIANIA. Nov. 14.—Three months, 5 10. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 17.—Two months, 12. ST. PETERsITURCII, Nov. 13.—Thrce months, 10 25-61. - BERLIN, Nov. 21.—Thre. , months, 6.284. —Hamburg Papers, Nov. 24. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Nov. 21. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. ... 101 11,2 101 5-12 Prussian English Loan, 18.'30,4 per cent 100!4 99X —Prussian Slate Gazette. N0v.22. }114,11 \\ TEit AT I.ONIION BRIDGE To-MORROW. o; mint:tic alter 9. I E,ening.....s3_milmtes alter 9 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. - -- - THIS EVENING will be performed the New Grand Opera, entitled THE SIEGE OF ROCHELLE. After which, the new Grand Operatic Drama entitled THE JEWESS. MESSRS. MATHEWS AND YATES' THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI, Under the sole Management of Mrs. NISBETT, TIIIS EVENING will be performed the Burletta called THE DREAM AT SEA. After which—HUNTING A TURTLE. After which, TABLEAU VIVANT! illustrative of Wilkie's cele brated Picture of " Reading the Gazette. To conclude with—THE DEAD SHOT. 13, Great Marlborough-street. T HE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER, Will contain, among. other attractive Papers, The CONTINUATION of a Series of LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH, By THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq. • Author of the " Pleasures of Hope ;" Being a Nar-ative of his recent TRAVELS in ALGIERS, London : published by Henry Celburn. Agents for Scotland, Bell and I3radfute, Edinburgh ; -for Ireland, J. Cumming, Dublin. HA:neuter:, NovcansEn, 17,1835. 91HE TICKETS of the 67th GREAT LOT TERY_a.. of the STATE of HAMBURG, selling most rapidly, and being neatly cleared off, HEINE BROTHERS, the CONTRACTORS, Beg to state that no time is to be lost in ordering, if desired to be obtained before a rise in price. To these remitting a 101. note without delay, they will, on executing the order, remit a surplus of V. by return of post. But to any person remitting 10/. after the establishment of a higher rate than the original price of 81., they will be obliged to return his own remittance, leaving the order un executed., To those remitting 20/., they will return 4/. ; and to those re mitting 30/., th.y will return 6/., provided they be in time for meeting attention. The publication (y Tim SUN NRWSPAPER commenced this dal ; at Three o' Clock. _•49 , ,- flll. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1835. We were prevented yesterday, by press of matter, from giving the official copy of the Emperor of Rus- SIA'S celebrated speech to the municipality of War saw, as contained in the Frankfort Journal of the 23d inst. To-day we insert it in another column. When the, report of this speech first appeared in the Debats, the Frankfort Editor—who had then re ceived no imperial commands on the subject— doubted whether the EMPEROR had spoken at all, and undertook to pledge himself, that if his Impe rial MAJESTY had spoken, no authentic report of his speech existed. The absurdest sophisms were had recourse to, in order to prove this. First, the EMPE ROR never wrote his speeches previous to their deli- very. Secondly, being EMPEROR, there was no ne cessity for him to write them afterwards. Thirdly, no person would dare to take notes of them in his Imperial presence. Fourthly, the copy of the speech which ap peared in the Journal des Debats was not authentic. All this, of course, was very well in its way ; but it unfortunately happened that the Frankfort journalist and his Imperial employer took different views of the I question. NICHOLAS waited to see what impression the Debats' report of his ferocious diatribe would make in the West of Europe. Had England and France taken up the affair as they ought to have done—had they insisted upon knowing what language the CZAR had addressed to a people, cf whose na tionality they were the recognized guarantees by virtue of the treaty of Vienna, his Imperial MAJESTY would then, probably, have had recourse to the lying sophistries of the Frankfort Editor. But when the CZAR saw the King of the FRENCH actually trem bling, lest it might be thought that he would counte nance a repudiation of Russian barbarity—when he saw England as indifferent to his murderous fulmina tions of savage vengeance as if her Government dreaded to provoke his fury—then the blood-stained butcher of Poland gave the word to his minions to proclaim to Europe the language in which he triumph. antly addressed a people to whom England and France had engaged an independent nationality ! How mise rably mean must appear the truckling policy of LOUIS PHILLIPPE to the Imperial Barbarian of the North ? On Tuesday last, the King of the FRENCH stooped to the degradation of apologizing to Count PAHLEN for the articles which had appeared in the Journal des Debats -- at the same time affecting not to believe that the EMPEROR' had spoken the speech attributed to him ; while, as if to cover him with con fusion, out comes the Journal de Frankfort, with an official notification, that the Russian Cabinet recog nized in the speech in question the express language of the Conqueror of Poland. What, we wonder, .will CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) JONES V. POWELL. This case, which has - been so repeatedly before the Court, was specially appointed to be heard to-day upon a re-hearing. The question in the cause arose out of the disagreements between seven partners, with reference to a large speculation in wool. Upon the case being called upon, Mr. WAKEFIELD objected to its being heard for want of parties. Mr. KNIGHT was heard against the objectim, which their Lordships thought fatal, and ordered the appeal to stand over. This being the only appeal on the paper, and the Court having no other case to proceed with, their Lordships rose be fore 12 o'clock. The VICE-CHANCELLOR shortly •afterwards took his seat in the Court as Vice-Chancellor, and proceeded to hear motions. ROLLS COURT.-(T HIS DAY.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL. Mr. PEMBERTON applied this morning in this case for the dissolution of the injunction granted by his Honour ex-parte, restraining the Corporation of Liverpool from mortgaging any of their corporate property for the purpose of paying the in creased salaries of the Clergymen of that town. The facts of the case, from the statements of the Learned Counsel; ap peared to be these :—Some years back it was considered by the Corporation of Liverpool, that the remuneration to the Clergy of that town by the Corporation was not sufficient, and it was proposed that - an increase should be made, to be paid out of the church-rates. This was agreed to, and up to the year 1834, when the Church Rates' Abolition Bill was introduced into Parliament, the increased salaries were paid out of that rate. Upon that Bill, however, being intro duced, as it would have the effect of destroying, the fund out of which the increased payments to the clergy were made, it became necessary to adopt some course by which the in creased remuneration to the clergy was to be met. Meetings took place, at which it was proposed to pay the amount out of the poor rates, and a resolution to that effect was proposed ; to that resolution an amendment was mored, that it should be paid out of the corporate funds, and that amendment was car ried by a majority. The Act for the abolition of Church rates having been abandoned by his Majesty's Ministers, things re mained as they were in Liverpool, until the Dissenters of that town, as had been the case in others, refused to pay Church rates. In consequence of this refusal, it was found impossible to pay the clergy, unless through the medium of the Corpora tion, who, for the purpose of meeting the charges, had taken tile step of which the Attorney-General complained, alleging it to be a contravention of one of the statutes of the Corpora tion Reform Bill. The Learned Counsel, on behalf of the corporation of Liverpool, was addressing his Honour when our reporter left. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) RICKMAN V. ,ROBINSON. This was an action brought by Thomas Rickman, the well known architect and surveyor, to recover a balance of 173/. lls. 7d., due by John Robinson, a builder, for surveying and measuring the defendant's work. Mr. Robinson had been employed by Sir Edward Blackett to build a seat at Malton Hall, Northumberland, and the work having been paid for by measurement, instead of contract, it was necessary that it should be surveyed. The charge made by the plaintiff was that usually made, of '2l per cent. upon 15,0001., the value of the work executed. A sum of 100/., and some smaller ones, had been paid plaintiff b, the defendant on account, and the present action was brought to recover the balance. Sir Wm. FOLLETT appeared for the plaintiff, and Sir FRED. POLLOCK for the defendant. Sir Edward Blackett was examined, and deposed that be had employed the plaintiff to prepare plans, and the defendant to execute the work of his mansion. He had received such a character of the defendant from the Bishop of Carlisle, that he made no contract with him, but paid him whatever sums he required. He paid him altogether 19,2501., not on the certi ficates of work executed which were furnished by the plaintiff, but by referring to the defendant's own accounts. He had paid the plaintiff 1,0801. for his services as architect, but it was no part of his duty to measure the work. At this stage of the case it was su g gested that the matter should be referred to arbitration, and a verdict vas taken for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. THE KING V. NEWMAN AND ANOTHER. This was ;;17indietment for an assault committed upon Daniel Shearman, the landlord of several houses in Shackle well-street, Bethnal Green, by James Bull and James New man. The defendant Bull collected the rents of houses on the oppoaite side of the street, and on the Ist of June last, he charged the prosecutor with creating a nuisance, and threatened to indict him. Prosecutor made a reply which irritated him, and he crossed over and struck him violently ; the other de fendant, Newton; encouraging- him by crying out, " Go it, Bull." One of the prosecutors teeth was knocked out, and he was ill for several days. The evidence of Shearman was corroborated by two other witnesses. Mr. PRENDERGAST appeared for the prosecution. There was no defence. The Jury found both the defendants guilty. Lord DENMAN said it was a very great grievance that such eases should be brought before the Court of King's Bench, occupying time that ought to be devoted to - other purposes. If the prosecutor had'suffered any serious injury, and required compensation, he might have brought his action ; but bringing the defendants there for the sake of punishment was a mere waste of time, when it could have been settled before a magis trate in a few hours. The sentence he should pass upon the defendants was, that Buil should pay a fine to the King of 205., and Newman a fine of 10s. EXCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. NOLAN. The SOLICITOR-oENERAL, me TANCRED, and Mr. KAYE, appeared for the Crown. The former stated to the jury that the present information was filed against a large starch mann faeturer at Liverpool, for a fraud on the revenue under these circumstances. The Legislature had taken off the duty on starch in the year 1834, so far as regarded England. An ex port drawback was allowed on all sent to Ireland, which was to cease on the 10th October, and of course the manufacturers of the article, who had stocks on hand, were very anxious to have as much exported as they possibly could. On the 4th of October, in consequence of a notice from the defendant, an officer attended at his premises, in order to pack some casks of starch for exportation. On that day, five casks, each con taining about 11 cwt., were packed and sealed up by the officer. They were sent down to the Clarence Dock, and sent off to Ireland in a steamer. An officer again attended on the Bth and 9th Oct., when 17 more casks were packed, and sealed. They were not sent down for clearing till within half an hour before the office being shut on the 10th. They also were sent on board a steamer, and also taken off to Ireland. When the first five casks arrived in Dublin, some suspicion was excited in the mind of an officer, and he took what was very properly termed a " tormentor," and probed the cask, when it brought forth not starch, but very good salt. There was a little starch round the bung-hole, but not any further than an inch from it. The whole five casks were examined, and as they contained nothing but salt, they were seized. On the ar rival of the other seventeen casks, they were examined, and , thirteen of them were found to contain salt, and four starch. The whole were seized. If he (the Solicitor General) were asked how this fraud had been done, he would fair 4 answer that he did not know, for the ,casks were precisely in the same same state as when they were sealed by the officers, and they were equally ignorant of the manner in which the thing had been committed. But he would show that the defendant was well acquainted with the fact, and was in truth the mover in the business, for, he would show that almost immediately after the Act repealing the duty received the Royal assent, a very large quantity of salt, he was informed seven tons, arrived at the defendant's warehouse, and was bieng taken in by the crane on the public street, when the defen dant came up and said that would never do, and ordered the cart to go into the gateway, when it . was unloaded out of the public eye. That was a strong fact, for there was no salt used in the manufacture of starch. There was the name of a Mr. Woods connected with the transaction. He believed be was a partner with the defendant or his foreman, but he had no doubt he would bring the offence home in the most clear manner to the defendant. The case as stated by the Learned Gentleman was proved by a number of witnesses. No person appeared for the defence. The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the Jury retired to consider of their verdict : after being out for ten minutes they returned with a verdict for the Crown for a penalty of 2001. • upon the five casks, and found the single value of the seventeen casks to be 2001., making the penalties altogether 8001. There was an information against G. F. Woods for the same transaction, but as the former Jury found that Nolan was prin cipal and Woods only the servant in them, the Crown officers withdrew the record as against him. • CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. Mr. PHILLIPS moved the Court yesterday that Bench warrants might issue against Lyon Barnett and others of the Jewish persuasion, George Fred. Hamilton, &c., charged with conspiracy, and obtaining goods to the amount of 5,0001., from merchants. The Grand Jury had returned a true bill of indictment, and as one of the parties had ab sconded, it was necessary for the ends of justice to pursue them. The COURT granted the application, ordering that they should enter each into their own recognizances of 1,000/., and two sureties of 250/., and to give forty-eight hours' no tice of suoh bail. OLD COURT—(THIS DAY.) John Wright and Thomas Peel were indicted for stealing a portmanteau, containing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Thomas Ackerman ; and James Saunders was indicted for receiving the same. Some pawnbrokers produced portions of the stolen property which had been pledged by young women, which was identi fied. Mr. Justice PARKE observed that he did not wonder at the frequency of robberies, when property could be disposed of with such facilities. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Wright, but acquitted the other two prisoners. NEW COURT. Charles Overson, - aja 20, was indicted for stealing two coach glasses, the property of James Minckley. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court sen- tenced him to three month's imprisonment in the House of Correction. James Clark was indicted for stealing two sheets the pro perty of John Jones. The prosecutor, the landlord of a public house in Norton Folgate, stated that the prisoner took a lodging 'at his house for the night for which he paid a shilling, he went to bed, and. the next morning went away at seven o'clock. When he was gone the sheets were missed.—Guilty. The prisoner was again indicted for stealing a pair of sheets, the property of George Peacock, another licensed victualler , and on this charge also the jury found the prisoner Guilty. It was stated in Court that the prisoner had plundered above fifty licensed victuallers in a similar manner. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, Nov. 27.—Wind S.W. moderate:—Arrived from the River and remain with the outward bound as per last re port, the Glaphyra, Morton, for Antigua ; arrived and sailed for the River the Emerald Isle, S. J. Maule, from Cork; ar rived from the River and proceeded the Liverpool, Hepburn, for Oporto ; and the Shannon, Mills, for Dublin. PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 27.—Wind S.W. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Wind S. to S. S. W. FALMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Wind S. S. W. strong gales. with heavy squalls.—Arrived the Adelina, Wallin, from the Mediterranean. STANGATE CREEK, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Eliza Sanders, Sanders, from Smyrna ; and the Enchantress, Christie, from Shields. BRISTOL, Nov. 27.—Arrived the Commerce, George, from Gijon. AIOLYIIEAD, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Harriet and Jessie, Owen, from Charleston, with loss of deck load. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Elizabeth :',l - oore, An drews, from Laguira ; William Mulvery, Jones, from Nassau; and the Agnes, Outerbridge, from Quebec. Off port, the Frank, —, from Canton ; Tacitus, from New Orleans ; and the Tagus, —, from Lisbon. The Schubarracadie, Murphy, from Quebec, was on shore at Wexford on the 26th instant. The Tcrtius, Brown, from Hull to Hamburgh, is wrecked at the mouth of the Eyder. The John and Mary, from Liverpool to Bay Chaleur, was on shore near Shippegan, on the 21st ult. The William and Mary, bound to Swansea, fell over in Penzance Poier, on the 24th instant; sustained damage, and must be discharged. On the 24th inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Rear Admiral Horton, aged 67. On the 25th inst., Hugh Sandford Harrison, Esq., late of the East India Company, aged 38 years. The Hebron, from Dublin to St. Andrews, New Brunswick, was wrecked near Waterford on the 22d instant. THE FUNDS.-C USING PRICES. BRITIB/' Bank Stock 211 3 per Cent. Red 9O 3 per Cent Cons 91% 3% per Cent. 3y, per Ccnt Red 08% New 3% per Cent. 94% 4 tier Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Jan 4860 1614 Oct- !SW l6 1-16 Jan. 1860 l6 7-16 FUNDS. Omni um 4 pin, India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities t.X. Bills, IOW Ditto 5001. l7 P' i ' Ditto 501 , 1 l7 JO' Bank Stack for Opg. India Stock for Act. Consols for Act. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. A general depression of the British and Foreign funds took place in the course of yesterday, and at the close of the market they left off very heavy. No particular cause for this gloom could be traced to any authentic source ; but the un settled state of the affairs of America with the French Go vernment, as well as the preparations in the sea-ports of France, g ive suspicion that the French Government is determined to have the aniende honorable from the United States, and if refused, hostilities are expected will take place. This i s a prevailing opinion this morning in the City, and throws a great gloom on the various speculations. Consols left off yesterday very heavy ; at present they are 911 for Money, and 91/8 for the Account, at which prices they opened this morning, with little doing. Omnium, 4 prem i um ; Exchequer Bills, 14 16 ; I n di a B on d s , 5 7' ; B an k Stock, 210 211 ; India Stock, 256 257. In the Foreign Market, the Spanish Active Bonds continue heavy ; they opened at 461, receded to 45/ ; at present they are 45 Portuguese, 891 ; Three per Cents., 56/ ; / ; Columbian, 31 32 ; Mexican, 35/ 36/ ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 55 i i• HALF-PAST ONE. C onso l s , which continued steady in the early part of the morning, have since given way, and declined from 918 for Money, to 91-k 1. At present they are 011, and 941 / for the Account; Ommum, 4 prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 15 17 ; In dia Bonds, 5 7 ; Bank Stock, 211 ; I n di a S toc k , 956 /. The Foreign Market lAs also a gloomy appearance, with little business doinx. Spanish Active Bonds, 451 8 ; Portu gues e, 85/1 ; - Three per Cents., 55i 56 ; M ex i can , 35 / 3 61 ; Colombian, 31/ 32 ; Dutch Two and a h a lf per C ents ., 55A-; Five per Cents., 100/. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 919 k. Bilboa 25 95 P OREIG Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent lOOl4 Brzzilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per ccii'• Columbian, 6 per cent. Ditto,lB24 3l 34 Danish Greek Bonds, 18723.5 per cent. 14exican, 5 per cent., 1&5 Ditto, 181.5, 6 per cent Peruvian. per cent, .1. UNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto, Now-Ditto BSYs Prussian. 5 per cent. --, Russian Bonds, 5 per cent. lo B* Ditto, Metallic Spanish, 5 per cent -- Ditto, 1534 4:)!;. French, 5 per cent ...... ... --f. -- c : Exchanga , I. --". • French, 3 per cent —t. --,c,* Dutch, 2 per cent. s7;s Ditto, 5 per cent . 104 THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN MARKET. - There was a great supply to this morning's market, but the trap was dull at nearly last week's prices : d. S. (t. to ~ (5. , ~.d. to g 4 Potatoes (cwt.) Ca*.bages, White (12) 0 0 001 Apples 1 6 4 0 Ditto Red . i 0 5 0 Pears Ditto Savoy Endive I 0 2 (1; Mushrooms 1 6 3 0 horse Radish(bundie) 1 6 20: Onions, for pickling 2 6 5 , 0 Celery 6 9 16 1 Sweet Oranges (100) .. 7(1 1 ,, ,, p Carrots (12bunches) 4 0 6 0 Seville Oranges ...... ... 19 0 1" 0 Ternips •, 0 . 4 6 I,ercions Coleworts or Greens... 3 6 4 6 Walnuts Onions 1(1 2 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4IS I:, :1 Turnip rtaddishes 0 9 1 6 French ditto Lefsts s :! 1 ' 0 t; CosLettuces(perscore).l o 1 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 .. ~.; lladdishes (12 hands) 0 4 0 8 For. Grapes (perlb.) l fl 0 - Pine Apples (lb.) Melons (each) 3 6 5 0 Filberts It was erroneously stated in our report of the pro ceedings in the Common Council, in our paper of yester day, that the motion for inscribing the resolution of censure upon the Lord Mayor on a brass tablet, and fixing it it , Guildhall, was negatived. The fact was as follows :—After Mr. Heppell moved to that effect, he was induced, upon the representation of the Lord Mayor, Mr. Peacock, and other members, to offer to withdraw his motion. Several members, however, having opposed the withdrawal of the resolution, the Lord Mayor put it to the vote whether of not it should be withdrawn, and the motion that it be with drawn was carried in the affirmative. Count Gilbert de Toisins, Peer of France, father in-law of Mademoiselle Taglioni, is one of the Peers before whom Fieschi and his confederates are to be brought at the ensuing trial. 'We were informed by a passenger of one o f the north-eastern coaches, that a destructive fire broke about six o'clock yesterday evening, at the mansion of the Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield•house, Hertfordshire. Eat t presses were sent off immediately to the engine-station s St. Alban's and Barnet. At the time the Lincoln coa" passed through Hatfield, the flames were raging furi ouslP and great fears were entertained that the whole of the P re ' mises would be destroyed. It was impossible, however, t° collect the particulars, or to ascertain the amount of d r mage done to that ancient and magnificent edifice. The Lands in Virginia to be sold next Thursday b}` Mr. George Robins will afford an opportunity to the mechanic and farmer whose means are limited, even to onc or 2001. to possess a freehold farm of 500 acres of land , in a country where there are no taxes. The estate c ° T; prises 100,000 acres, and is divided into lots from 5 00 5,000 acres each. 'sl l The Polish Refugees intend celebrating the Po' i , l , glorious Revolution of the 29th of November, on M on t next, by a public meeting at the Crown and Anchor. „ hope to see a good attendance on this most interesting 0" casion. nu BELFAST.—MEETING OF MERCHANTS.--A merous meeting of the Merchants, Bankers, Ship Own i c ii and others interested in the trade of this town, was „U` ‘ ,.. yesterday in the Exchange Roomg, William Boyd, ° t n." President of the Chamber of Commerce, in the CP* -- ; • pursuant to advertisement, for the purpose of considers i the steps to be adopted for the prosecution of certa in Per: sons implicated in swindling several respectable Merchnt'i and Manufacturers in this town. Resolutions were enterel; into, and subscriptions commenced, for the furtherance 1 the objects of the meeting. We are gratified to se e n t ant subject, and from the known character of the g entl etni.l .'. spirit with which:our Merchants have taken up this iinl3 "" I , who have been placed upon the managing Committee, have no doubt that the matter will be prosecuted w ith ic2, ' and vigour. Never was there a case which called mei, loudly for the active exertions of every member of th e co re f mere al interest, in order to bring to justice the authors Vet one of the most nefarious systems of fraud that have e,v he been practised in this or in any other town, and rli • - etc' effectual suppression of which every honest dealer ls ; rested, whatever may be his station. The conduct m. late Lord Mayor of London, has, we observe, rece:: from our townsmen that testimony of praise to which i t • de- , eminently entitled, and we hope that the gratitude th us ‘ „,t servedly expressed, .as we know it is strongly felt, m a Y ~<0 be manifested in a more substantial forte. In the tn- t l d t e time, we would urge upon all classes of our townsm en '0 necessity of aiding the Committee by their subscriptions, _ l 4 order that the important object in view May be prosec f2 uti) to a successful termination.—Belfast News Letter, Nv. MILTON IN WEEKLY SHILLING PARTS Wi TURNER'S ILLUSTRATIONS.-Mr. Macrone announces, j immediate publication a new and cheap issue of his adrins_o edition of this great national poet, in thirty w eekly P") price only one shilling each, embellished with Mr. Tuve: exquisite imaginative designs. To all who are n ot titre in possession of the beautiful edition, just completed it!„ five shilling volumes, the present will be found a n excei ti l y y opportunity of placing within their libraries, at an e xtrFl , 7 moderate cost, the first complete and perfect editior) " The Poetical Works of Milton." The attractions 01' have rendered this edition superior to any that has eve.F,p peered are—lst, An original life of the poet by the co; ff Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart., which has been prono uns the the collective press of England, the most comprehensive 1 discriminating biography in the language.-- 2d, carefully revised text, from which the rs of mcr editions have been expunged.-3d, CoCopious, and selected notes, by Johnson, Addison, Pope, N., r ew, Dunster, the Whartons, Todd, Thyer, Warburton, Brydges, &c., &c., with familiar introductory reni on each poem by the editor.- 4 th , Mr . Turner's splePt,, illustrations, engraved by the first artists o f the day ; fine original portraits of the poet ; copies fr om Mr.Wenoi' celebrated pictures of L'Allegro and Penseroso ; .k . r te 4 . ney's beautiful plate of Milton dictating to his Dait.o7 &c. .sth. Paper and type of the very best quality.," latter cast expressly for this edition. Part I. will cr altiri on Saturday, the sth of December. The remain ur day 4 t , ! bers will be published on every succeeding Satdi! the issue is completed. Orders should immediately toy to the Booksellers and Newsmen , that early copies P,{s' Plates may be secured. 3, St. James's -square, Thu.C.! Nov. 26. I Ar, FROA At the Cc„ The King Geor ge H an 4 tlid.,:nt at an d Minister The King eirit R a l p h .egation at Court of the"he . Kin i q P o int Sir U 4 „ ecretary of ° I Legation The King Dint Retry gatio n at xtT.he King ro i v g i h n t :e r o t f h '.a•ri Military °PFIcE C This i s to 0, fourth ar for I arbett Wa Reref or d poor Laws. i „And this i 4 ,.alsb am, di said Act 1 " , Judge s o "'Ts at berg . 4 . E. C. nee Kirby: WILL . bt Ok I L IE NE -er, J OHN