The Sun. — London, England, 1835-08-06 00:00:00

DAY Al' ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent India Stock 1554 4 PRICE Or st OCKS THIS Bank Stock,. ....... 215 414.151 3 per Cent. lied 3 per Cent. Cons 90% per Cent. Ditto Red 99% New *6 per cent Ditto Bonds 7 ti South Sea Stock .• • [Assented .... ... ' -._:—......= 3 per ( ent. Dissented .. Bank Long Annuitiesto expire Jan. 5, IS6O 16 9.16 i Oct. 10, 1659 l6 7.161 Jan. 5, IQAC ............ .... .... 1614 Old Annuities Jan. 5, 18,-4) April 5, 1880 Jan. 5. 1870 Omnium 3il VXI Pm. New Ditto _ . .. , 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151_ -. Exch. Bills, ...... 23 25 pm. Ditto 500 .3 25 pm. ....... ............ . I Dittn Small i Ditto Commercial — pm. ! Ditto Advertised pm. Bank Stock for Account — ' India Stock for Account — Consols for Account 90% li 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Tl 4 Is DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — i I Peruvian Bonds .. 29 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account — ~ Portuguese Bonds 68% Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account — Ditto Account — i Prussian Bonds Chilli:in Bonds 4 I IA ; Ditto 80nd5,1822 — Ditto Account 4llRussian Bonds, 182. Columbian Bonds —l Ditto Account Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1821. 34 3!4 !Spanish Bonds 494 9 li Ditto Account Ditto Account 49, 9 Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds French, 5 per cent. --f. --c. Ditto Bonds, 1925 —' 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account —l— 3 per cent. —f. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent —' — Exchange —f. —c. Ditto Account —l Dutch, 2 per cent. 54% % Ditto, 6 per cent. - Dial Account — Ditto, 5 per cent 101% .% Neapolitan I Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share London and Birmingham Railway Company 25 59 London and Greenwich Railway Company l6 17 3 ,2 i Australasia Bank PRICES OF HUSH STOCKS, DUBLIN, AUGUST 3 3 per Cent. Consols 9 0 14 Grand Canal Deb. 6 per cent. 01!il Ditto Reduced 9I:N Ditto, 4 per cent 60% 3 , /, per Cent. Stock 98 ,,4 Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 1830 3' per Cent. Debentures 91% National Insurance Company 30 Bank Stock 225.5 City Debentures, 4 per cent... 80 Royal Canal Stock 38% Ballast Office Debentures, 4 Grand Canal Stock 23 per cent. 93'..i HIGH NA ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning........59 minutes after 0. ( Evening.....3o minutes after 1 HAMBURG, JULY 21, 1835. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Tickets of the 66th HAMBURG GREAT LOTTERY, guaranteed by the Hamburg State, at Si. a Ticket, that will be drawn on the 12th of next month (August), ARE NEARLY ALL CLEARED OFF ; And that the undersigned Contractors decline, as usual, to take any English orders for any thing less than a whole Ticket, the Corre spondence for single shares being too troublesome, and not worth the postages. To persons remitting 10/. without delay, 2/. will be returned on executing the order by return of Post, and without much increas ing the postage. HEINE BROTHERS. Direct, Heine Brothers, in Hamburg. P.S.—ln the last (66th) Lottery, the Capital Prizes came up to the following Tickets:— Bancomarks. No. 2,328 sold in Hamburg 3,277 sold to Limerick 3,427 sold to Riga 30,000 1,620 sold in Hamburg for account of a London house .. 20,000 3,451 sold to Liverpool The Prizes of the Hamburg Great Lottery, are since the last ottery payable without any deduction whatever, and at the present xchange Bancomarcs 55 are equal to 4/. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock. ~~~ rtv. Zin LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1835. The proceedings at the Bar of the House of Lords have never, in our times at least, been paralleled. After an inquiry into the state of Municipal Corpora tions instituted by the House of Commons, and con tinued by a Commission, issued in consequence of an address of the House of Commons, the Lords have been occupied in an attempt to defeat the decision. of the other House of Parliament, and to disappoint the hopes of the people, by the examination of witnesses against the Bill for Corporate Reform. There have been examined against the Bill, the Town-clerks of Coventry, Grantham, Worcester, Oxford, Leicester, Bristol, &c.—together with an Alderman, and another dependant or two ! These witnesses, so disinterested and so impartial, have been examined by Messrs. WETHERELL and KNIGHT, in a style hitherto unknown in our Courts of Justice. The Lords seem disposed to extend the same ample license in the examination which they vouchsafed to the speeche3 of Counsel. It was a curious sight to see Lords BROUGHAM and PLUNKETT within the House, and now and then a lawyer or two behind the bar, with difficulty suppressing their laughter at a scene so foreign to the usual proceedings of judicial bodies. It is hardly possible to suppose that wit nesses could be examined to matters of hearsay, of opinion, and of belief; and requested to answer ques tions proposed in a tone solemn, affected, and pom pous, by men who, however skilled in the intricate mysteries of Chancery, have rarely been engaged in the practical investigation of truth, according to forms which have been sanctioned by the experience and the wisdom of those who have presided in the Courts of Common Law, without interruption from the liberal Lords. We think the Lords should not interrupt, as the in terrogatories are in strict keeping with the whole of the conduct of the case. The people of England, at least that part of them who inhabit Corporate towns, will know what value to place upon the evidence in favour of self elected Corporations, which is derived from Town Clerks! Mother H., when brought up to Bow -street, for out raging all decency and order, was always attended by several of the well-dressed frail sisterhood, who swore, in opposition to the Police, that Mother H. kept the most decorous, quiet, and orderly house in the neigh bourhood. " There is nothing like a fair trial, Where the King appoints his own Judge and Jury ! " SouTH ET Sir CHARLES WETHERELL is the Recorder of Bristol, and has been already unhappily distinguished in connection with that Corporation. At the Bristol Riots, in 1831, which an Elective Corporation would have put down in an hour, the legal KnighL made his escape in an old woman's clothes. Yesterday, he was employed in defending his own unpopularity as a mem ber of the Corporate body, by examining Mr. BUR GESS, a Deputy Town Clerk of that ancient and loyal City. In the course of his examination, he read a passage from the Report of Sir JOHN GAMBIER and Mr. DRINKWATER, and then he propounded the following question :—" Now, Sir, I ask you whe ther this part of the Report is not a scanda lous falsehood ?" To this question the Learned Counsel could not procure the adoption of his words by way of answer from Mr. BURGESS. This is how over a matter of minor importance—the cross exami nation of Mr. BURGESS effectually established, by the testimony of an enemy, the honour of the Commis sioners. Now Mr. BURGESS is an attorney ; he is the client of Sir CHARLES WETHERELL 011 the Bristol case ; Mr. BURGESS refused to take Sir CHARLES WETHERELL'S words ; the inference is obvious—Sir CHARLES WETIIERELL was not in structed to ask the question : he imported his own in temperate feelings into the case—he united the poli tical partizan with his character of advocate, and he has thereby degraded the high and honourable profes sion of which he is a member. Is this Recorder fit for the office of Judge ? Can we wonder after this exhibition at the sentiments of the people of Bristol concerning him ? Is it not grievoUs to see a scholar (for such Sir CHARLES is) and an old man so fierce and intemperate ? :Ate absurd and vexatious anomaly i n th e system o f v „ --7 1,1eitipliker Postage was admirably pointed out by the 1504 of RICHMOND in the House of Lords last 001, during a brief debate on the Post Office Bill. 0 4*ithank s kis (irate for calling the attention of Par - Fnkto a : blinder which ought not to have escaped felt orrection of the House of Commons ; u 0:m TILE SUN, LONDON, TrItUSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1835. ing representatives for the people of England—and ' these representatives faithfully discharged their duty to their creator by voting, through thick and thin, with the Tory Administration for the time being. While Sir W. A'CouRT was thus supporting the Ministers at home, they were supporting him abroad—your thorough-bred Tory always takes care to have a quid pro quo—by handsome allowances out of the public money. We do not mean to insinuate that his diplomatic services were over-paid by his employers. Far be it from us to forget that Sir WILLIAM waged an underhand, but active and fatal warfare with the principles of freedom, wherever it was the will of Providence to order his lot. Wherever despotism was to be supported and liberty suppressed, there was he to be found. To witness the death of a free Constitution—to watch the agonies of expiring liberty—to feel the last flutter of her pulse, was to him extacy indescribable. He was fortunate, too, in having opportunities of gratifying his ruling pro pensity, as the history of his diplomatic crusades would sufficiently show, had we time to trace it. But we have not at present. Our attention was drawn to his merits by the publication of the papers relating to the cancelling of his late appointment. These papers, which occupy nearly seven columns of the Times, con sist of the correspondence between the Board of Con trol and the Court of Directors, together with other documents connected with the subject. Not a scrap of any kind, however remotely bearing on the point at issue, has been omitted. We have not only the letters of the " Chairs," but also the very drafts from which they were composed into the bargain ; and the whole farrago is closed with a very long, prosy, stupid epistle from H. S. G. TUCKER, Esq., whom we suspect to be the originator of the publication. Not one of the papers possesses the least interest. Every body knows long ago that the MELBOURNE Administration revoked Lord HEYTESBURYS'S ap pointment, because they thought, and thought justly, that a man of his cast of mind was unfit for such a situation at so critical a period. This is an offence not to be forgiven by the " Tory faction," and they are endeavouring to show their spite at the appoint ment of Lord AUCKLAND. But the Government may laugh at their petty malice. The country has applauded the course pursued in both cases by Lord MELBOURNE. General DE LACY EVANS took his departure from the Falcon, Gravesend, at twelve o'clock last night. An eight-oared cutter conveyed him on board the Isabella, destined for St. Sebastian forthwith. He was loudly cheered by numerous friends and spec tators, who attended the embarkation. We have received the whole of the Paris Papers of Tuesday. They contain no news of any importance save what relates to the recent attack upon the KING, which will be found in another part of The Sun. Brussels, German, and Dutch Papers have been received this morning. They state that the plague continues to rage in the East with unabated violence. Albania is in a state of insurrection. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, Aye. 4 Actual Debt, ‘2j4 per Cent , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lOO% Loan of City, ISM, Four per Cent 9Bl Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent l2l Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent' ... 112% —Brussels Papers, Aug. 5. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, AUGUST 4. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 21. per Cent. 55 5.5!4 A wort Syndic, 4 ,', per cent 94 941 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 79 q 79h Loan (1 , 430) 5 per cent. Ditto (1.32 and ;833) 5 per cent. Commercial Company, 4,; 2 per c. nt ION 1!;AN New ditto 101.4 lo'2 Exchange on London, One month l2 22%. Two months SPANISH FUNDS. Cortes at Amsterdam, 5 per Cent 'l9 to 39a4 Ditto, dittcy3 per Cent 24;4 to 2.Y.s Loan, London (1832 5 per Cent. Cortes Coupons Cortes Deferred Debt —Dutch Papers, August 5. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. THIS DAY, THURSDAY, AUG. 7. HOUSE OF LORDS. Eu T ßy he in H th o e us c e h m ai e r t . at eleven o'clock, the Earl of SIIAFTES- Prayers were read by the Bishop of BRISTOL. PRISON DISCIPLINE. The Duke of RICHMOND moved that Sir Peter Laurie be summoned to give evidence before the Committee on Prison Discipline, and that the evidence already taken by that Com mittee be printed.--Ordered. CORPORATION REFORM. The Earl of — ABINGDON presented a petition from the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of the borough of Abingdon, against the Corporation Reform Bill, and praying to be heard by Counsel against the Bill. The petitioners referred to the Report of the Commissioners, who expressed their full satis faction at the conduct of the members of this Corporation. Counsel were then called in, and Mr. KNIGHT appeared. The Duke of CUMBERLAND—Is this a beginning, or a continuation ? Mr. KNIGHT—I am going to begin with Dovor. CASE OF DOVOR. Mr. Lodger is Town-Clerk of Dovor. Has been so for nearly ten years. Had not come to London for the purpose, or with the expectation, of giving evidence. Was here quite accidentally. The appointment of Town-Clerk is virtually annual, but is considered to be during life. The governing body consists of a Mayor, twelve Jurats, who, as well as the Mayor, are Justices of the Peace, and thirty-six Com mon Councilmen. The Mayor is chosen by the resident free men of the borough by an open poll. The custom of the borough has been from time immemorial for the mayor and jurats to nominate four out of their own body, and out of those four the resident freemen choose a mayor. The jurats cannot vote in the choice of mayor out of these four; they are excluded from this. The Report states that the jurats not only join in the election cf the four, but that they vote for the appointment of one out cf these four as mayor ; this is not true. The jurats are chosen for life. The borough magistrates consist of the mayor and jurats. The common council are appoint ed for life ; the jurats are appointed by the mayor and jurats selecting two persons out of the common council from whom one is chosen by the mayor, jurats, and Common Council. The Common Council :are appointed by the mayor and jurats, selecting two freemen, one of whom is then chosen by the mayor, jurats and common council. According to the last registry there were about 1,208 resident freemen, of whom about 1,100 are capable of voting for the magistrates. There are about 700 freemen resident beyond the seven miles. Freedom is acquired by birth, by marriage, by apprenticeship for seven years within the borough, by the possession of a free hold of the value of 71. 10s., and residing within the borough. Besides these there are some honorary freemen. By Lord BROUGHAM—How many freemen are there altogether ?—About 2,000. There are about 1,288 resident, who vote for the Mayor, and there may be about 710 not resi dent, or freemen in abeyance. By Mr. KNlGHT—Freemen enjoy these rights from birth, property, and so on. I 'should think, from rough cal culation, that the freemen are three-fourths of the inhabitants of the town, not including freemen by marriage. The freemen of the Cinque Ports are free from certain burthens, such as tolls, and so are under their general charter, but I am not aware what tract of land is belonging to the Cinque Ports. I am aware that the freemen of the Cinque Ports have many privileges, but Ido not know what they are. One important privilege is that being masters and mates of vessels they pilot their own ships. Lord BROUGHAM—Are you aware whether they have the privilege of becoming freemen in other places ?—I am not. By Mr. KNIGHT—The Corporation are continually applied to by freemen, to give tickets to other ports, stating that they are freemen. The inhabitant freemen are also entitled to them. I think that the Corporation is well regulated, and the local justice well administered, by the local magistrates. I consider the police under the ma gistrates were well conducted, and there are some who are regulated under a local Act. As a proof that the police ge nerally is well conducted I may mention that at the last assizes, in a population of about 5,500, there were only three cases for trial. The limits of Dover contain Margate, St. Peters, Ringwood, near Deal, and so on. Ramsgate belongs to Sandwich. The Council require a qualification of 500/. personal property, or 201. per annum real estate. The effect of the arrangement contemplated by the new Bill would be to place the election in the bands of the lower classes, with very few exceptions. These arc the classes most habituated to tumult and strife on these occasions. The consequence would be, that the more orderly and wealthy would withdraw themselves by degrees from these elections. speaking from what I have seen, I should think the change, instead of an advantage, would be a curse. I was examined relative to the affairs of the Corporation of Dover before a Committee of the House of Commons in the year 1833, for upwards of ten hours. That evidence was printed. The present Speaker of the House of Commons was the Chairman of the Committee. At the close of the investigation Mr. Abercrombie made the observation that it did not appear that there was much to find fault with in the Corporation of Dover. In page 941 of the Muni cipal Commissioners' Report there is a resolution of the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty of the Corporation of Dover, which is correctly printed. That resolution was com municated to the Commissioners before leaving Dover. 1 be lieve that was after my evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons had been printed. [The resolution which was agreed to by the Corporation on the 14th December, 1833, was then read by counsel. It was to the effect that they were willing and anxious to follow up the lengthened investigation into their affairs which had taken place before the Committee of the House of Commons, and to furnish any further infor mation that might be required to any legally constituted body; but it appearing to the Corporation that the Municipal Com missioners had no legal authority, in which opinion they were confirmed by the highest legal opinion, the Corporation thought it would compromise their dignity to produce their records, or submit their officers for examination, and they, therefore, respectfully declined to do so.] There were in my opinion many inaccuracies as stated by the Commissioners in the Report. In page 943 the state ment in the Report, that " all the present jurats are of the same political party," is untrue. The statement that the freemen were elected from their political opinions or their re lationship to the jurats, is also untrue. It is perfectly well known that some of them are not of the same political opi nions. The statement in the Report that until recently the governing body was of one political party is not true, as is also the statement that such principle of action had created a strong feeling of dislike among the inhabitants. There was no feeling of dislike among the majority of the respectable, wealthy, sub stantial, and orderly inhabitants of the town. The Report stated that the Corporation had a considerable degree of influ ence derived from sources altogether distinct from themselves— allusion being made to the patronage of Lord Wharton—that statement, if it means there is any connection between the Corporation and the Duke of Wharton is distinctly false. There has been no instance of any attempt at interference by the Duke of Wharton with the affairs of the Corporation. The Lord Warden of the Cinque Port has never interfered with the acts of the Corporation. It was most decidedly un true that the Lord Warden had ever interfered in the elections of Dovor, or that the Corporation got any offices through the influence of the Noble Dnke. There was allusion made to the Surrogate of the Admiralty Court—the existing holder of the office got 25/. a-year from it, and was ap pointed by Lord Liverpool ; the next office was worth no more than 121. Not one of the offices enumerated in the Report as being filled by the jurats of the Corporation of Do ver, had been filled up by the present Lord Warden. It was most untrue that there was any belief existing in the minds of the people of Dover, that the Justices had granted and refused licenses from improper and political motives. The fact was also most untrue within his own knowledge. The general opinion of the respectable class of the inhabitants was, that the Magistracy were in favour of the present system of Corpo ration government. By the Duke of WELLINGTON—The Harbour Com missioners were the Duke of Wellington, Mr. Jenkinson, the Deputy-Lieutenant of the Castle, Sir E. Knatchbull, Mr. Dugdale, the Earl of Guildford, Sir John Bridges, Mr. Hanway, Mr. Morris, Sir Henry Oxden, and the Mayor of Dover. He knew that the appointment of Pilots was not confined to any one particular party, because he had known many appointed who were of different opinions to those which the Report seemed to say were the prevailing ones in Dover. By the Earl of ROSSLYN—Candidates for the office of Pilot were obliged to undergo a very strict examina tion before the Court of Load-menage, at which exa mination one of the Commissioners always attended. These heart-burnings existed since 1830. The number of per sons who voted at the election immediately previous to the Reform Act, was about 1700. Many of the jurats are qua lified to 'be magistrates of the county ; one of them was a magistrate, and there might be six others who were qualified. Had gone through the different parishes closely with a view of ascertaining what was the number of houses of the yearly value of 10/. and upwards, and what was the number of houses under 101.; and he found that after giving the 101. houses the benefit of those that were not of the full value of 10/., even then the majority was in favour of those under the value of of 10/.; and further, he found that eight-tenths of the whole of the Poor-rates of the parishes were paid by the houses of the value of 10/. and upwards, the remaining two-tenths being only being paid by those houses under the value of 10/. CASE OF MARLBOROUGH. Mr. Thomas Merriman was town-clerk of Marlborough, and has been so for eleven years. First heard he was to be examined yesterday morning. The governing body consisted o f a Mayor and Council. The total number was thirteen. Three of them acted as Justices, of whom the Mayor was one. The Mayor was annually appointed by the Cor poration. The Justices are appointed by the Mayor for one year only. They are generally re-appointed, but sometimes there was a change. They were chosen out of the Council. Justice is administered by the Mayor and Justices, in and out of Sessions, with strict impartiality. Is sure that is the wish of the Corporation. The Justices administer their functions satisfactorily to the most respectable and substantial part of the community. The police is under the government of the Mayor and the Justices. It is efficiently ad ministered and well regulated. They are very quiet, generally speaking. The police is sufficient, in point of prac tice, for what is required of them. The magistrates are quite sufficient, in point of number, for the wants of the community. Occasionally, when there have not been two magistrates present, the business has been postponed, but this is very rare ; was well acquainted with the inhabitants, and, generally speaking, the wishes and feelings of the majority of persons of property, education, arid station, both in and out of trade, were contrary to change. There exists in Marl borough no general feeling of dislike or hostility to the Cor poration. The dislike is limited. The population of Marl- ' borough is about 3,600 according to the last census. Thole are decidedly not ten persons in the town who have expressed a dislike to the Corporation. Mr. KNlGHT—Mention some of them. There is Mr. Woodman the solicitor, who is what is called a Ra dical. There is also Mr. Reed, who is a violent Radical, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Coitdray, and others. I was at Marlborough when the Commissioners came. Several persons were present, and there were three or four examined. Mr. Woodman made a statement to the Commissioners, which was taken down by them. Mr. Bingham, one of the Commis sioners, stated that it was not necessary to swear his (witness') father. I believe the report which has been made by the Com missioners contains much matter that did not take place publicly. The statement that the exercise of the elective franchise is under the influence of the patron of the Borough for the time being, was not made to the Commissioners in my presence, and I know not where they got the information. lam not aware of any record being in existence which states that in the reign of James I. all the inhabitant householders were bur gesses, although this is stated in the Report of the Commis sioners. There is also a statement that the number of inha bitant householders at that time was one hundred ; but this cannot be correct, as I have seen a copy of an Order in Council, relative to a fire, which took place in Marlborough in 1653, and which stated that 224 houses were destroyed. It is stated that in the reign of Charles the Second a burgess was disfranchised for advo cating the cause of " the populars." I know of no document being in existence which states this. The statement in the Report of the Commissioners that the elective franchise was in the Common Council and not in the burgesses generally, was denied in my presence before the Commissioners. The polls shew the contrary, and also the Journals of the House of Commons. The Earl of RADNOR—I understand you to allude to the statement that there was a controversy between the Common Council and the burgesses on this subject?—Witness, Yes, my Lord. The Earl of RADNOR—Were you present at the whole of the public examination ?—I was. The Earl of RADNOR—Who are "the populars ?" Mr. KNIGHT—It appears to have meant what is now called the mob.---(Laughter.) Lord BROUG HAM—Is there any such term now used in Marlborough ? Mr. KNIGHT—No, my Lord, it is not now used. It is the name these gentlemen were formerly known by. Witness—The only authority that I know of for the state ment made by the Commissioners that a burgess was dis franchised for maintaining the doctrine of the populars is an erased entry in the records of the Corporation. I don't know from what source the Commissioners derived their informa- tion of the number of burgesses during the last century. I believe the statement in the Report, " that the legitimate ob jects of the Municipal Institution have been at all times sub servient to the interests of the Corporation" is untrue. So far as my knowledge of the legitimate objects of the municipal institution goes, they have always been most pro perly performed in Marlborough. I do not understand the meaning of the passage in the Report. It is stated that "notwithstanding the extension of the elective fran chise the choice of corporate officers is still regula ted by the patron of the borough," but no information on that point was given to the Commissioners. It must have been given at some meeting or sitting other than public. The Report states that " the Steward of the Marquis of Aylesbury appears to be the leading member of the Corporation." My father must be the person here alluded to, but he is not the agent of the Marquis of Aylesbury. My father is a solicitor, and was concerned in the management of the Mar.. quis of Aylesbury's Wiltshire estates, but is not now. The Duke of CUMBERLAND—How long has he ceased to be concerned in their management ?—Since November last. The statement in the Report, that at present no person who was objectionable to Lord Aylesbury would be elected as a burgess, was certainly not made to the Commissioner by my father, and the steward was not present at all. I did not hear it made ; and, if it was made at all, it must have been at a private meeting. Neither was it true that the Reform Act had added many more voters to Lord Aylesbury's borough; it had only added twenty, many of whom were not tenants of his Lordship. It is also most decidedly untrue, that what they call the subserviency of the Corporation for political purposes had been extremely injurious to the interests of the town. There never, to my knowledge, has arisen any injury whatever from any leaning or bias. The town is now flourishing as well as before, and the trade is as good. There was nothing at all like an " inveterate dislike to the local authorities", produced by it, and I believe there are not ten respectable or wealthy inhabitants in the town who do not contradict the statement that as a Municipal Institution the Corporation had been of much disadvantage to the town. The Corporation a few years ago expended 1,400/. in rebuilding a school-house, and they had taken down a pile of unsightly shambles, at a yearly loss to them of 501. a year. These facts were stated to the Commissioners, but no notice was taken of them in the Report. Mr. KNIGHT—The Report says the Corporation does not do anything advantageous to the town. Do you consider the school to be disadvantageous to Marlborough ?—Very be neficial. I was educated there myself.— (A laugh.) The Report gives the average receipts and expenditure very correctly, but they went on to say that the lance, or surplus of 9/. was a very small one from such a revenue applicable to public purposes—that is a false statement, for the whole of the expenditure, as given by themselves was spent for public purposes. The expendi ture is neither selfish nor corrupt, and I am very certain there is not a respectable inhabitant in the town who thinks so. I have never heard any one say so. The Burgesses have 84 acres belonging to them, of private property, which is let out according to the charter. The Corporation arc trustees of the school. Lord BROUG ANl—Was the 14,000/. you spoke of trust money ?—No, it was the private money of the Corporation. The Marquis of Aylesbury has the right of appointment to the mastership of the schools. The school is well managed. The master and under-masters are clergymen. Lord Ayles bury is a very large landed proprietor in the neighbourhood of the town of Aylesbury. The family take an interest in the affairs of the town very much to its advantage. The trade of the town is benefitted by the residence of Lord Aylesbury. The alienation of that Noble Lord's good feeling to the town would greatly injure it. Believed that if the property of Lord Aylesbury was divided and sold in lots, it would cause universal regret in the town. By Lord R A DNOR—Do you think there is any thing in this Bill to induce Lord Aylesbury to sell his estate or to alter his feelings of charity and good nature towards the town ?—I do not know. But in your opinion, and you have stated many things on your opinion, as far as you have read the Bill, do you think so ?----That would depend in a great measure upon how far the inhabitants of Marlborough altered their conduct towards him. If they committed constant outrages upon him, it would cause an alteration in his feelings. But is there any thing in this Bill to induce the inhabitants of Marlborough to commit outrages on the Marquis of Ayles bury and his family, or to affect the intercourse between him and the inhabitants do not know. In point of fact, was not the addition made to th e b oro n o l under the Reform Act, principally from Lord Aylesbury's pro perty ? Some of it. But the largest portion I should say not. Lord BRO U GHANI—N% hat ! not the largest portion be longing to one individual ?—Yes. No one individual held more. Lord R ADN 0 R—Would a person opposed to Lord Ayles bury be elected a burgess ?—Most likely not.' There were five petty constables in the town, and two chief constables, to gether with two watchmen. My father was Mayor last year. I never knew a Mayor in office two successive years ; but they are frequently re-elected, and my father has been Mayor four or five times. The present Mayor is Mr. Gardner, who is a surgeon. The two Justices are my father and Mr. T. Hawker, who is a farmer and coach-master. These are the gentlemen who, without any other legal assistance than mine, transact the whole of the sessional and other legal business of the town. By Lord BROUGHAM—My father was a solicitor, and I was articled to him ; and then, having served my time, I took the town clerkship. I said that some gentlemen in the town were Radicals ; but I certainly did not apply the term myself—it was in answer to a question by Coun . sel. I do not know that they are Radicals from my own knowledge, but from report. lam not acquainted with them. Mr. Wood man is a solicitor. He came into the town in the year 1814, and I think he is about 40 or 50 years of age. It is a difficult thing for one professional man to say what is the extent of another's practice ; but I believe it is con siderable. There are two or three other professional men in the town. I did not at the examination before the Com missioners hear the Steward or my father say that no man would be elected a burgess unless approved by Lord Ayles bury. I was present all the time. I was not absent for five minutes or three minutes. The enquiry lasted one day only, from ten until three o'clock. (We shall give the conclusion in our Second Edition.) but which we are confident every liberal Member of that House will be happy to have an opportunity of amending. As the law now stands, a Newspaper printed in London costs two-pence if sent by post a distance of two streets ; if directed to any village out side the Bills of Mortality, but within a given distance, the charge for postage is one penny; but if trans mitted by the same conveyance to the remotest village or hamlet in the United Kingdom, it is received postage free ! Here is a precious sample of the wis dom of our ancestors. Nothing less than a premium offered for any trouble and expense to which the peo ple may put the Government. The effect of this on the circulation of Newspapers,within and around Lon don, is incalculable. At a distance of three miles from town, newspaper venders cannot be found to sup ply the people with morning and evening journals, especially such as do not think proper to take papers every day. Such " chance custom " would not remunerate the vender for the additional in convenience he would be put to by walking perhaps a mile to serve a single purchaser. Hence it follows that persons so situated must do without Newspapers altogether, or have them ordered by post, at a charge of ninepence for each paper—the Government mo destly contenting itself with only two-thirds of that sum in the shape of taxes ! But the absurdity as well the evil effects of the system only begin here. Suppose the person purchasing the Newspapers to live more than three miles from London, and that he orders it by post—the trouble of conveying it to him must be far greater, and yet he receives it on the payment of a penny. But suppose that after read ing it he wishes to have it returned by post to some friend in the City—the postage back is threepence ! Now this an instance of that surpassing wisdom in our ancestors which we, for the life of us, cannot con ceive the meaning of. To carry a Newspaper from London for any given distance would appear to us as difficult as to carry it back again. The distance— the road—the mode of conveyance are all the same backwards and forwards. This absurd anomaly ramifies itself in every direction within a given dis tance of the metropolis, to the great injury of News paper proprietors, and the still greater injury of the public. If a person at Norwood wishes to send a Newspaper to any member of his family residing at Richmond, the postage is threepence ; but if the paper be sent from London to John 0' Groat's House, or the Giant's Causeway, it goes free ! The bad effect of these absurd Post-office enactments is not wholly confined to the inhabitants of London and its vicinity. By doing away altogether with the postage onNewspapers, or by lowering it to a farthing, charge able in every instance, thousands of persons would purchase papers, who now hardly ever see them. Many would purchase them, if they had an oppor tunity of transmitting them to their friends by a cheap and expeditious mode of conveyance ; and hotel and tavern keepers would find half-price cus tomers, within the bills of mortality, for five times the number of daily and weekly journals they receive, provided they could send them free of any additional expense. Every family having two or three relations living a mile or two off, would purchase its own paper ; and friends taking opposition journals could effect an agreeable interchange of opinions by the regular exchange of their respective prints. The Coffee-house keepers in the Strand or Fleet-street would supply the middling tradesman at Englefield green or Richmond with a paper at half-price. This the tradesman could afford to pay, when it might be totally out of his power to pay an additional two pence for postage. Besides the positive evil a tax must occasion which thus prevents the diffusion of political knowledge in London, the Post Office regulations with respect to Newspapers is liable to still weightier objections. In the first place, it creates a jealous and vindictive feel ing in the public mind. The people, in judging of this anainoly, must come to one or other of these three conclusions—namely, that the Government was ignorant of the nature of its own act, when it pro pounded such a scheme ; or that its real object was to keep the people in ignorance, by making knowledge most expensive to those most desirous of it ; or that it was willing to perpetrate any injustice, for the sake of the Revenue. Now, it matters not in which of these three ways the public regard the two penny and three-penny tax on newspapers—the feel ing generated will be either contempt or detestation. If the evil cannot be remedied at this stage of the Bill by a conference between the two Houses, we expect that the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER will bear it in mind, in introducing his Budget, for which we begin to look forward with some anxiety. The tax may then be abolished or modified by a vote of the House, and so clear the way for the legitimate consequences of a reduced stamp duty. The Country, as we anticipated, is beginning ac tively to bestir itself. Manchester announces a public meeting for next week ; Nottingham is on the move ; Bristol is all disquietude ; and Plymouth " refuseth to be comforted." As for Leeds, Hull, and Portsmouth, they have already spoken out in language worthy of the emergency. Nor is the Metropolis behind-hand. Finsbury met last night ; and the Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, and Marylebone meet, we understand, in the course of the week. These are a few only of the thousand-and-one signs of the times. Other and more significant ones still remain to be developed. We pre dict that August will be as memorable a month to us, as ever was July to our neighbours. It will rid Eng land of an oligarchical despotism, as it rid France of a monarchical one. It is, indeed, morally impossible that things can continue in their present anomalous state. With a House of Lords pulling one way, and a House of Commons another ; with this crying "halt," and that " forward ;" one party or the other must instantly give way ; and sure we are, it will not be the Commons. They have too many interests in common with us, to refuse to place themselves, where they should be, in the van of the battle. They will demand in our name, and on our behalf, that the Mu nicipal Reform, and the Irish Tithe Bills, be passed in all their integrity ; otherwise they will ring such an alarum in their Lordships' ears, as shall wake even the Duke of WELLINGTON himself, when next he is composed to profoundest slumber by the eloquence of Sir CHARLES WETHERELL. Meantime, we entreat —we implore the people, to meet, petition, and re monstrate in all quarters. If they expect their Repre sentatives to do good, they must themselves arm them with the means. Even the Unions must be revived, if necessary ; for it is but too apparent that their Lord ships are inaccessible to conviction, unless it comes to them in the shape of some such display as was made by the men of Birmingham during the memorable period of the Reform Bill. It will be recollected that a mighty fuss was made by the partisans of the late Government at the India House and elsewhere, about the revocation of Lord HEYTESBURY'S appointment to the Governorship of India. This Noble Lord, whose very title smacks of corruption, has run a course which, it cannot be de nied, gives him the strongest claims upon the patronage of his party. He was the proprietor of several seats in Parliament—he owned sundry collections of brick and mortar i4wested with the privilege of furnish- PARLIAMENTARY SLTMMARY. In the Loans' yesterday, the hearing of " evidence " on the part of the Bristol and Sandwich Corporators, was re sumed at one, and went on till nearly five o'clock, when the further hearing was adjourned till to-day. The public business, afterwards performed by their Lordships, consisted in passing the Foreign Postage Bill ; in receiving petitions on the subject of Municipal Reform; and in postponing the third reading of the Certiorari Bill. The Consolidation Lar ceny Bill (Ireland) was also read a first time : and on the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the time for protests against the order of Monday for hearing " evidence" on the Muni cipal Corporations Bill was extended until the rising of the House to-day. In the COMMONS', 22 Members only being present at four o'clock, the House was " counted out." SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Aunusx s. —Wind, S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrived, the Caledonia, Nesbitt, from Quebec ; Clonmel, Davis, from Water ford ; Limerick Lass, Oake, from Limerick ; Valleyfield, Lainton, from Quebec ; Christopher, Wight, from Quebec ; Royal Tar, steamer, —, from St. Seb as ti an ; Di ana , D u d man , f rom China; Anthony Hall, Ford, from Jamaica ; Lady Clarke, —, and John Marlborough, —, from Jamaica ; Tarry, Kemp, from Hobart Town ' • Ottowa, Hammond, from Montreal. Arrived from the River and sailed, the Neptune, Rockby, from Canton ; and Duke of Bedford, Bowen, from Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST s.—Wind S.W., fine.—Arrived, the Sales, Metcalf, from Quebec. Off port, the Baltic Merchant, , from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 4. —Wind, S. W. CowEs, AUGUST s. —Arrived, the Pocohantos, Smith, from Virginia. POOLE, AUGUST s. —Arrived, the Experiment, Williams, and Leslie, Inos, from Newfoundland. DARTMOUTH, AUGUST s.—Arrived the Prince of Orange, De Boer, from Batavia; and Resolution, Thode, from Leghorn. FoWEY, AUGUST s.—Arrived the Royal Adelaide, —,Quebec. BRIDPORT, AUGUST 4.—Arrived off port the Jason, Reid, from Miramichi. INIARyroRT, AUGUST 4.—Arrived off port the Lowther, from Quebec. BRISTOL, AUGUST s.—Arrived the Clara, Moon, and Niger, Tripp, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 4.—Wind variable, light breezes and fine. —Arrived off port the Buckinghamshire, —, from Bombay ; and Euphan, Drysdale, from Licata. HOLYHEAD, AUGUST 4.—Arrived off port the Sarah, Sinclair, from St. John's New Brunswick ; Thorney Clade, Donaldson, from Bathurst ; Cosmopolite, Smith, Resignation, Copland, and St. George, Pool, from Quebec. The Nathaniel Graham, Wetherburn, from Cork to , was stranded near Cape Ray on the 4th ult., and thirty-eight passen gers and five of the crew perished in the wreck. SPANISH EXPEDITION—FINAL DEPARTURE OF GENERAL EVANS.—General Evans embarked last night at Gravesend, on board the Spanish Steam Frigate, Isabel 11., which sailed early this morning for Spain. General Alava has set off for Plymouth, where the Frigate will touch to take him on board. Colonel Le Merchant, the Adjutant-General, M. Faxardo, Commissary-General, with a number of officers of the Staff, and accompanied by M. Sandoval, Secretary, and Messrs. Wilcox and Anderson, Agents of the Spanish Lega tion, had previously proceeded down to the Isabel 11., in a steam-packet from Hungerford Stairs. Notwithstanding General Evans's embarkation was private, and the lateness of the hour (half-past ten), he was recognized by a pretty nu merous assemblage on the Pier, who, on the boat pushing off, greeted him with long and loud cheers. About five thousand of the auxiliaries are now either landed, or on their passage to Spain ; and the whole of the Legion will be complete in two or three weeks. The General Steam Navigation Company's Mail Packet, the Ramona, for Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom house, at 11 o'clock, 6th August. On Sunday last, the full congregation that assem bled in Bexhill church were told by the clerk, after waiting from half-past ten till half-past eleven, that there would be no service I I The parson at Bexhill is a bishop's son-in-law, and has a good fat living.—Brighton Guardian. The directors of the Gravesend Diamond Steam- Packet Company, having disposed of their splendid packet, the Emerald, to the Commercial Company, were d e t erm i ne d that her last performance, while in their possession, should be devoted to charity, and their intention was carried into ef fect, by granting the loan of her, fer an excursion from Gravesend to Herne Bay and back, to the Committee for pulling down the Alms Houses, (which stand so much in the way in the London road, Gravesend) and for building others in a more suitable and comfortable situation. She started from Graves end pier on Friday last, at nine A. is., with a large party of be nevolent friends, and after a delightful trip to Herne Bay, and making the circuit of Sheppy Island, she returned in the eve ning to Gravesend. Considering the advanced age of his Majesty, the degree of personal fatigue which he is able to undergo, es pecially in this unusually sultry season, is a matter of as tonishment, not unmixed, however, with some degree of ap prehension. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at five minutes past Twelve o'clock. Mr. BROTHERTON moved the third reading of the Glasgow Poor Rate Bill. Agreed to and passed. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD brought up the report of the Belfast Rail-road Bill. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. On the motion of Mr. BUCKINGHAM the House went into Committee upon the Public Institutions Bill, Mr. WILKS in the Chair. Some amendments were formally proposed and adopted. The House then resumed, and . the Report was brought up by the Chairman. The Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Tuesday next. PUBLIC WALKS. The House then went into Committee upon the Public Walks Bill, Mr. WILKs in the Chair. Some amendments were proposed and agreed to. The CHAIRMAN brought up the Report. SALE OF BREAD BILL. The House then went into Committee on the Sale of Bread Bill, Mr. PRYME in the Chair. Clauses 1 to 10 were adopted. On Clause 11 being read, The LORD ADVOCATE proposed an amendment to prohibit baking of bread on Sunday. Mr. POTTER opposed the amendment. Captain PE C HELL supported it, and it was agreed to. Clauses 12 to the end were agreed to, and the Chairman brought up the Report of the Bill, which was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Scotch Imprisonment for Debt Bill then went through Committee, and Mr. PRYME brought up the Report, which was ordered for further consideration to-morrow. ARRESTMENT OF WAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL• Mr. WALLACE said he had eight petitions, signed by 12,500 working men of all trades in the neighbourhood of Glasgow, in favour of this Bill. The petitioners were sensible of the mischiefs of the credit system, and wished to be able to deal with ready money, as workmen could in England. The House then went into Committee on the Bill, and Mr. PRI ME, the Chairman, brought up the Report. There being no further business ready the SPEAKER left the Chair at five minutes to one o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Plumptre,—Captain Acheson's case. 2. Mr. Evart,—Address to the Crown in favour of the appoint- ment of Peers for life. 3. Mr. Pemberton,—T6. call the attention of the House to the present state of business in the Court of Chancery. 4. Mr. Tooke,—That a Committee of nine be appointed at the commencement of each Session, to whom all Divorce, Estate, and Naturalization Bills shall be referred. 5. Mr. Tooke,—To call the attention of the House to the Address for granting a Charter to the University of London. 6. Mr. Mullins,—To move for a Commission on the present state of the rich Fisheries. 7. Captain Pechell,—Bill for the amendment of the Law as to the tithing of Turnips in certain cases. 8. Captain Pechell,—Bill for the recovery of Small Tithes. 9. Lord Viscount Sandon,—Bill to provide for the [maintenance of the Clergy and to abolish certain Church Rates in Liverpool. 10. Mr. Shell,—Papers relating to the affairs of the late Rajah of Tanjore. 11. 111 r. CYLoghlin,—Bill for facilitating the appointment of She- riffs in Ireland. 12. Mr. O'Connell,—Se l .ect Committeelon the law relative to Lot- terics. 13. Mr. Rigby Wason,-Return of V, e Proctors practi:ing in tae Arches' Court. 14. Mr. Sheriff Raphael,-Bill for the repeal of the Legacy Duty, so far as it affects Bequests to Charities. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Hull Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill-Report (at 12.) 2. Marriage Act Amendment Bill-Committee (at 12. ) 3. Cruelty to Animals Bill-Further consideration of Report (at 12. ) 4. Public Institutions Bill-Committee (at 12. ) 5. Public Walks Bill-Committee (at 12. ) 6. Sale of Bread Bill-Committee (at 12. ) 7. Imprisonment for Debt (Scotland) Bill-Further consideration of Report (at 12). 8. Arrestmentlof Wages (Scotland) Bill-Further consideration of Report (at 12. ) 9. Bankrupts Estates (Scotland) Bill-Further consideration of Report (at 12. ) 10. Steam Vessels Pilotage Bill-Committee (at 12.) 11. Prisons Regulation Bill-Committee. DROPPED ORDERS OF THE DAY OF YESTERDAY' 1. Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Bill-Second reading. 2. Civil Affairs (Ireland) Bill-Second reading. 3. Inns, Alehouses, and Victualling Houses Bill-Committee. 5. Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill-Committee. 5. Poor Employment (Ireland) Bill-Second reading. 6. Excise Incorporation (Scotland) Bill-Second reading. 7. Tonnage Admeasurement Bill-Second reading. 8. Steam Vessels ( Thames) Bill-Second reading. 9. Ecclesiastical Revenues Bill-Committee. 10. Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill-Committee. 11. Election Expenses Bill-Further consideration of Report. 12. Supply-Committee. 13. Ways and Means-Committee. 14. Militia Staff Reduction Bill-Second reading, 15. Weights and Measures Bill-Report. 16. Church of Ireland Bill-Report. 17. Public Roads (Ireland) Bill-Committee. DROPPED NOTICES OF MOTIONS OF YESTERDAY . 1. Lord John Russell,-That the Committee on General Darling take no cognizance of the Court-martial on Captain Robison. 2. Mr. Tulk,-Bill to provide for the payment, by the East India, Company, of compensation to Mr. Buckingham. 3. Mr. Wallace,-Return, showing the amount of monies claimed or received by Mr. George Lewis, late Post Office Surveyor of the Wsstern District of England, and now Superintendent of Mail Coaches. 4. Major Beauclerk,—ln Committee on Inns, Alehouses, and Vic' tualling-houses Bill, to move that all such houses be allow - eu henceforward all kind of music for the entertainment of the public. 5. Mr. Harvey,—To 'move the insertion of a Clause in the El* penses at Elections Bill. 6. Lord George Bentinck,—ln Committee on Weights and Mel d ' sores Bill,—To move that all Coals, Cinders, and Culm, sh aP be sold by weight. Church of Ireland Bill :- 1. Mr. Tooke,—Provision for disabled Curates and their Widov"' 2. Mr. Lucas,—To move a clause for the more equitably apPor . tioning the deduction of 30 per cent. between lessor and less eef of Impropriate Tithes. 3. Mr. French,—To move a Clause instead of Clause 89. 4. Mr. Bingham Baring,—To move additional Clauses. 5. Mr. Walker,—To move an additional Clause. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COUR: BASINGHALL-STREET, TO-MORROW. al; From the Londn Gazete.) J. Bell and W. Stewart, ( silk-manufactur o er, Fore- t street, Spit alfields nn -at l 1 G. W. Lyndon, wholesale jeweller, Gerard-s* reet, Soho n nt y t . 1 J. G. James, wine - merchant , Bucklersbury A Price, straw-bonnet-maker, Prirst-coart, Foster-lane '2 13 W. T. Restell, India rubber manufacturer, Budge-row 9 11 G. Clisby, corn.dealer, liungerford-market 2 19 J. Wallis, linen draper, Tooley-street, ~•o,tto.ark It. Thomson, warehouseman, Star court, Broad-street F. Ilirschfeld and Co. wax-chandler, Windsor-terrace, City-road 1 I ! J. Allen, brewer, Walworth-common 1 J. Aired, cloth-manufacturer, Idle, Yorkshire 1 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIr: Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 31st May, and Canton to th e 24th March, have been received at the North and South Americ o Coffee-house. (From the Canton Papers.) The local Government will soon find it impossible to conduct tll foreign trade through official merchants only, and the amount o duties will decrease so rapidly, that new and liberal regulatioao must soon be enacted in order to protect the revenue. We P a !: lish a translation of a wordy edict issued from the Hoppo-office " All foreign ships, including the country ships of India, ar e '- be now secured with the same securities as were formerly those b e. longing to the East India Company." COMMERCIAL REMARKS. COTTON.-Several small parcels of Bombay and Bengal have bee n sold in the course of the week ; but the market is very inactive. Cotton yarn and white piece goods preserve a good demand. Ortu3l.—The continued interference of the Mandarins has se riously checked the trade. The departure of the Water Witch Red Rover, and the non-arrival of the Sylph, have induced t": holders to be a little more firm. Patna has been sold at 57 0 de, : lars, and Benares at 550 per chest. The deliveries to the 22d lest' have been—Patna, Old, 146 ; New, 218 ; Benares., Old, 8; i` e " 3 ; Malwa, 436,811 chests. The trade in general' is very dull. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the price which they left off fe: t ; terday, 901 for the Account ; the chief business doing is I 4 Bank, paying the first instalment of 10 per cent. on the Nov T C ' India Lan. Exchequer Bills, 23 25 ; Bonds, 6 8 ; Spanish, 49k 50 ; P ° 7 tuguese, 904 ; Three per Cents., 58 ; Omniun, 32 premium. HALF-PAST ONE. h A Dutch mail has arrived, of Tuesday, bringing the Dot prices higher-2 1 A per cents. 55 7-16 ; Five per cents. 101 7-,v , Consols have been during 9o t%i the morning at f or the A e count ; for money 90ill with doing. Omnium maintains the price of 34 premium—not quite so PI as yesterday, owing to the numerous payments being made on this day. Exchequer Bills, 23 25 improved ; India Bonds, 7 9 improved ; Bank Stock, 215 i 4. The Foreign Market is rather heavy—Spanish, 49i ; Span ish , Scrip, 11 10} discount ; Portuguese, 90k ; Three per Ceott, 581 ; Columbian, 33 35 ; Mexican, 34 35 ; Dutch Two a n - Half per Cents., 544 ; Five per Cents., 101 k 4. THREE O'CLOCK Console for the Account, 90a THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 215 Omni :in 3 1 4 I' 4 ; . 0 ° 3 per Cent Red 9014 India Stock. .........................• _,,i, Spec ('ent. Cons ')ON Ditto Bonds DPw ..... ly, per Cent. 3 (2 per Cent Red 99;4 Ditto Old Annuities . ............ New :1!4 per Cent 1; 8, Ditto New Annuities .. . .......... : 0 , 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented P O, '2 Long Annuities to expire Ditto 50'11 J.sii 1800 l6 9-16 Bank Stock for Opg. .... ........ Oct 18:0 lO 7-16 India Stock for Act. ...... ,•••516 Jan. 1860 16:4 Consols for Act. ••• FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. SBO.l Ditto, New Ditto .................. , Prussian. 5 per cent. ........... ...„ Russian 'Bonds, 5 per cent....' ...,, Ditto, Metallic ................. .... ,9 Spanish, 5 per cent ........ . ...... 46 4 Ditto, 1834 , f. ' French, 5 per cent ......... --- .....C' , Exchange -• c. -- French, 3 per cent 54 •" Dutch, 2i per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent. ...... ••••"' Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Br:ailian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cant Chilian, 6 per cent "5% Columbian, 6 per cent. Ditto 1824 34. Danish Greek Bonds, 1825.5 per cent. Mexican, 5 per cent., 1825 Ditto, 18:25, 6 per cent 35 Peruvian, 6 per cent, NEWSPAPER TA XA TlO N.—Newspapers scarce 2 ever sink from want of capital, but always from the ine s t i; bility of making the capital pay, because they are all, ex ee P - of fortunate few, deprived of their natural aliment, the profit s 0 advertising-. Let us begin by taking off the advertis ente r duty. This would destroy the only real monopoly CO to nected with the Press, benefit trade, afford su bsistenc e ,, the papers which do not pay, enable new ones to support thei;o selves—and it would occasion a sacrifice of no more than 73,0001. per annum, the present produce of the tax.—Sonts":"-ch It is said to have been a saying of George the I b id ir bo that the happiest condition in which an Englishman eet l for placed, was just below that wherein it would be necessarko for him to act as a Justice of Peace, and above that ." would have rendered him liable to parochial offices. A scene of rather a novel nature took place at - . w ith ton Church on Monday. A party arrived in two coaches rtly bridal favours at the church-door—the bride was si r a clue ' dressed, and the bridegroom, a jolly son of Neptune, in hot trim ; the minister, the clerk, the sexton, all were reaOr:redt just before the ceremony was to commence, a f r iend aPP - 00 , with the certificate of a former marriage of the bride whose wife was living, and not willing to renounce her l ds , The consequence was, that the bride, her mother, and frievA. immediately left the church ; the bridegroom soon follocirbrel and the circumstance having become known, a crowd asse ni • s round the house of the bride's mother, a number of idle otor te were invented, and a fine tale got up for the street-hay/I°i rt " of the disappointment of a jolly young sailor and his love."—Bristol Gazette. A man of the name of Smyth cut his throat wirtells a slate or sharp (stone, near Omagh, Ireland , and afterwth tore out his windpipe. After being removed t o the go' died. Coroner's inquest accordingly. i.%=...,., (From Th Place( Ti Whi t is on 4 t VOit uUt not nals certz