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

THE APPROACHING COMET. Friday evening, in a lecture at the Royal Institution, on the path of Haley's comet, Dr. Lardner took occasion to contradict a paragraph which has been extensively cir lated in the public journals, stating that a letter has been received from Sir John Herschell, announcing that the comet, having altered its course, would not be visible, and to which he scarcely considered it ne cessary to give a contradiction. He observed, that Sir John Herschell knows nothing more of the disturbing' causes which would influence its return than any other astronomer in Europe, and that the statement attri buted to him was pure fiction. The only circumstances which can prevent its making its appearance at the period stated are, that there may be existing be- and the orbit of Herschell some other planet ith which it may have come in contact, so as to cause it to alter its direction, or that it may have come into juxta position with another comet in the realms of space, and that their combined attraction may have caused them mutually to vary their course. Mr. Lubbock has calculated that it will make its appearance on the 31st of October ; M. Damoi seau s calculation makes it the sth of November; and Pontecaulet the Bth or 14th of November. On the 10th of November it will probably be at its nearest distance to the earth, and will then most likely be visi ble amongst the three last stars of the Great Bear both after sunset and before sunrise. Whether it will be visible or not will depend upon circum stances over which astronomers can have no con trol, because they . cannot predict the exact case in which its situation may be. Tt is now probably about the orbit of Saturn. The only difficulty pre sented in the calculation arises from our not know ing exactly the mass of the planet Herschell, and in proportion as that is above what is computed, so will there necessarily be an error in the period of com putation. The number of comets known within the solar system is between 500 and 600, whilst of these the paths of 137 have been closely examined and de scribed. Of the above, 30 are known within the orbit of Mercury, although this is probably not one half of what actually exist within that space. Taking the number, however, as 30, and computing the quan tity existing in a relative ratio between the estimated differences of a sphere, the diameter of the orbit of Mercury, and that of Herschell, it will give the total number of 3,529,407 within the limits of the solar system, and as the numbers above assigned within the limits of the orbit of Mercury is probably not half of what circulates there, the total number in the planetary system may possibly be upwards of 7,000,000. TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE. The Charleston Courier gives the following parti culars of a shocking tragedy, which are said to have been established before the Coroner's inquest : Colonel Myers and Major John M'Lemore were neighbours, and their plantations adjoined. There was no friendship between the parties, although a son of the former had intermarried with a daughter of the latter. A dispute existed between them concerning seven acres of land to which they both laid claim. Col. Myers bought the land about four years ago from Joseph Threwitts, for 50 dollars, M'Lemore had previ ously offered Threewits 47 dollars for it. The land was valuable to Col. Myers only because it connected his two plantations ; and for this very reason M'Lemore as he himself declared, was most opposed to Myers having it. _Nothing was known of VPLemore's claim until last spring when Col. Myers gave one of his negroes permission to plant the land for himself, and with that view had it ditched. Then for the first time M'Lemore came for ward, saying that the land was his, and his plat em braced it. On examination it was then discovered that the corner and line trees had been cut down and even the roots dug up. It was agreed, however, that 11PLeinore's land should be surveyed, and if his plat embraced it, that Col. Myers would surrender it. The day was fixed for the purpose ; Col. Myers attended, and so did M'Lemore, but only to say that his surveyor had disappointed him. Another day was fixed, when - q‘Lemore was again in default. Here the matter rested ti.l the 3d inst.; when Col. M. went with his overseer .1 four negroes to fence in the land. He had not en there more than half an hour, when M'Lemore and his overseer, both armed, rode up to Colonel M., who was standing with his back to M'Lemore, and the latter when within six or seven steps of Colonel M. (who was not aware of his approach) called out to him that he was a damned rascal, and as Colonel. M. wheeled round he shot him dead on the spot. Colonel M. was unarmed, not even having a stick. M'Lemore after this, still on horseback, advancing a step or two nearer, cocked the other barrel of his gun, and was in the act of shooting a second time, when Colonel M.'s overseer called out--" you have already killed him-.-don't shoot him again :" upon this he turned his gun upon the overseer and threatened to shoot him too if he opened his mouth. He then dismounted from his horse, and reloaded the bar rel he had discharged, and called to the overseer to look if Myers was dead, and on being informed that he was, replied, " for if he is not I'll give him another load." He then went off with his overseer, having first ordered the negroes away, leaving the body of Colonel M. weltering in blood, with only his over seer to guard it. Col. Myers was shot directly through the heart, with a heavy load of buck shot, several of which passed through him. The physicians say that he could not have breathed once after he was shot. M‘Lemore's overseer (Sligh) proved that his employer had been on the watch for Col. Myers ever since day light, and told him (Sligh) that " if Col. Myers came to that land that day, he was determined to kill him." We forbear any comments on this horrid transaction, as it is shortly to be judicially investigated. GILCONISTON CHURCH.—Yesterday the Rev. James Bryce, of the Scotch Church, Wooler, was elected by the congregation of Gilcomston parish to be their pastor, in the room of the late much lamented Dr. Kidd. —Aberdeen Advertiser. The Waterford Chronicle complains of the neglec Limerick has evinced of Kean, whose father gave 5001. to. wards the relief of the poor in that place. HUSBAND HUNT IN G.---MUSiC is cultivated to fascinate the reluctant ear, painting to captivate the eye, and dancing to enrapture the touch. Botany has been studied as an excuse for solitary walks and maiden musing ; geology, for a rocky nook, or a secluded pass ; astronomy, that "the silent Lour at night, and star of love," may produce their wished-for iiifluence ; poetry is read to select tender and touching pas sages ; and history, to quote examples of woman's undying 1.-ficction. Attitudes are studied, sighs practised, fainting stimulated, and a fountain of tears, sacred to dear sensibility, is most conveniently arranged, to pour out, on all fitting occasions, " A shower of glittering pearls."— Old Maids. Extremely cold winds prevailed in this neighbour hood during the last few days ; and on Sunday afternoon, after a heavy shower of hail, rain, and snow, the Blagdon bills appeared completely covered with the latter, in which state they still remain. The late severe frost, and still pre vailing sharp cold winds, have inflicted very general mischief on the blossoms of all descriptions of fruit-trees. Grape vines, gooseberries, and every sort of garden produce, have been prostrated by the sharpness of the air. The orchards may yet, in a great degree, recover, but the more tender fruits are wholly lost.— Taunton Courier. - - A MISER.—A man named Whiting recently died in the parish of St. Mary, Colchester, of which he had been a pauper nearly thirty years. The overseers having suspected that he had been possessed of property, obtained a warrant for searching the house in which he had lived and died, and found 7 chests, some with 3 locks and some with 6. These boxes contained 32 coats, 11 jackets, 42 waistcoats, 36 pair of breeches and pantaloons, 33 pair of stockings, 20 shirts (nearly all new), 6 new hats, 18 pair of boots and shoes, 7 pair of shoe aad knee silver buckles, and 14 silk and other handkerchiefs. They then forced up the boards of the floor of his room, and in different parts they found no less than 1891. 7s. 6d. in gold and silver. The deceased had received parish relief for nine years previous to this discovery, to the amount of 471. 7s. 6d. which sum with expenses they detained, and returned the surplus. It is well known, that for some years the late Al derman Brook Watson wore a wooden leg, in consequence of his natural one having been bitten off by a shark while bathing. Dining one day with a gay party of his friends, he indulged very freely in wine, and became nearly insensible. After a while he went into his room and retired to bed, forgetting, however, to disencumber himself of his wooden leg, which made its appearance at the foot of the bed. Shortly after, the chambermaid (mistaking the room) entered the apartment, and seeing the end of the wooden leg, it had such an effect upon her, that she immediately exclaimed, " Bless me I I've left the warming-pan in the bed 1" and in her fright she seized what she took for the warming-pan, and actually pulled poor Brook half out of bed before she discovered her mistake. Pita: ot. STOCKS THIS Sank Stock . 17 171 per Cent. Red. per Cent. Cons ...... 99 3'.: 2 per Cent ....... uitto Red ......................... 99 98% : Sew per Cent ...... 100%% 1 A1i , 4er Cent. `Assented ....... P Il)usonted ...... Rank Long A nnuities to exp ire Jan. 5, 1600 .................. 16 15-16 Oct. 10, 1P59 - Jan. 5, iso 1 7 14 Jan. 5, ISBO April 5, IBS () Jan. 5. 1670 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS 4'kustrian Bonds Belgian Bonds I Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds .... BB% ittc Account . Bt;enos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilhan 13011(li to Account ellilmbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1524.., 49 50 49% Ditto Account 49 9 50% 50 Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1925 Mao Account Niexican Bonds, 5 per cent to Accomi't Dittn, t; per cent. Dittl Account geapolitan :4 9 !‘ 1.4 PRICES OF SHARES THI Allen Mining Company Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issue ----- • Ditto Macaubas Cocaes Candouga Mining Company Real del Monte Mining Co., Register Ditto Unregistered United Mexican (issued at 2/. pm.) Alliance Assurance Company kiliance Marine Assurance Compan PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 1. 3 per Cent. Consols 9IX Grand Canal Deb, 6 per cent. I'2 Ditto Reduced — Ditto, 4 per cent 6IX 3!.4 per Cent. Stock 98% Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 1830 34 per Cent. Debentures ...... 914 National Insurance Company 30 Bank Stock 9.264 City Debentures, 4 per cent... 81 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock MAILS, Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. 0 America 0 1 France 0 1 Lisbon (1 Brazil 0 0 °nem. &Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamb ur g 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena. 0 0 Holland 1 I)ublin 0 0 Jama ica 0 0 Swedeno 0 Flanders Due. HIGIT W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning C, minutes after 8. I Evening 33 minutes after 8 LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF THE SEASON. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed WILLIAM TELL. William Tell, Mr. Vandenhoff; Albert (his son), Miss Poole. Agnes, Mrs. Humby ; Emma, Mrs. Sloman. After which, THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. To conclude with the Original Domestic Drama, salted THE NOTE-FORGER. John Brasstoun, Mr. Warde ; Cressfield, Mr. Denvil ; Walty Ducker Mr. Harley; Edward Glebeland, Mr. Vining. Diana Brasstoun, Miss E. Tree; Phillis Trimbush, Mrs. Ilumby ; Dame Glebeland, Mrs. C. Jones. LAST NIGHT BUT TWO OF THE SEASON. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be performed Auber's Opera of LESTOCQ ; OR, THE FETE OF THE HERMITAGE. Lestocq, Mr. E. Seguin; Count Goloffkin, Mr. Giubilei ; Dimitri Mr. Templeton. The Princess Elizabeth, Miss Shirreff. After which the entirely Original Melo_Drama, called CARLMILHAN; or, THE DROWNED CREW. Carlmilhan, Mr. Bennett; Magnus Spiel, Mr. Cooper; James Sharks. head, Mr. Webster. Uda, Miss Taylor ; Norna, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S ELECTION , SOU TH DEVON. AT a PUBLIC MEETING, held at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-street, on Wednesday even ing, the 22d inst. Colonel EVANS, M.P., in the Chair, it was unammously Resolved, That it was the duty of every sin cere Friend to Religious Liberty, and efficient and peaceful Reform, to exert himself to the utmost to raise subscriptions, in aid of the expenses of the Right Hon, LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S ELEC TION for SOUTH DEVON. The Committee then appointed earnestly call upon the public to send their Subscriptions as promptly as possible, to Colonel Evans, M.P. and Henr7 Weymouth , Esq. , T reasurers ; and at the Bri tish Coffee-house ; or to the Banking-houses of Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co., Threadneedle-street; Messrs. Ladbroke, Kings cote, and Co., Bank-buildings; and Messrs. Bourerie and Co. Haymarket. By order of the Committee, • April 27, 1835. W. WEST, lion., See. THE undersigned CONTRACTORS being re quested to publish the full Scheme of the 65th HAM BURG GREAT LOTTERY in the English papers, and to have Tickets on Sale at Agents in England, beg to state that neither can be done, because it is said to be illegal for English newspapers to publish Foreign Lottery Schemes, and for any agents in England to sell Foreign Lottery Tickets. But, on the other hand, they beg to state, that as it is not illegal for any person in England to pur chase Foreign Lottery Tickets ; those addressing them by Mail for a Scheme, may obtain it gratis ; and any person remitting to them a Bank of England Note equal to the current price of the day (as specified below) will be furnished with a Ticket warranted undrawn, by return of mail from their office in this city. Hamburg, April 22, 1835. HEINE BROTHERS. The current price being now £lo Will be to the 6th day, May 4 VD the last day but one, May 11 ..... 20 - to the last day, May 20 If any order arrive too late, the money will be duly returned by first mail. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced tl:is at 5 minutes past 3 o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, 1835. It appears by the accounts received from Devon shire, that the election is likely to go against Lord JOHN RUSSELL. At the close of the poll yesterday, the Noble Lord was 634 behind his opponent, a ma jority which, it is scarcely to be supposed, can be an nihilated by the utmost exertions of his friends to-day. The Reformers must, therefore, make up their minds ' to the defeat of their champion, and console them selves with the reflection that although victory would have been glorious, there is no dishonour in such a de feat. The real disgrace attaches to those who have pur chased a temporary success at the expense of every principle held sacred among men. Had the electors of Devon been at liberty to express their political sen timents by their votes, Lord JOHN RUSSELL would have been the man of their choice. Of that there can be no doubt, even in the minds of his bitterest enemies. They know well—however reluctant they may be to acknowledge it—that nine-tenths of the electors are favourable to that system of policy of which he is the j I representative, and that had they been kft to them selves—had they possessed the power of free agency— they would not have been slow to record their appro bation of it. But these unfortunate men were placed in a situation in which they had to choose between in dependence and ruin—ruin to themselves and their fa milies—and, in such circumstances, we may regret, but can we blame, their determination ? No I The blame rests not on them, but on the law which has invested them with a right, and withheld the means of exercising that right—unless at a sacrifice which the law ought not to require. The law which places a man's duty in opposition to his interest is morally as well as politically bad. Such is the enactment in the Reform Act which confers the elective franchise on those who are so dependent on others that they dare not, or, in other words, they cannot exercise it but according to the command of a master. The enact ment to which we allude, the " tenant-at-will clause," as it is called, the " voter-at-will clause," as it ought to be called, was not in the original Bill, but was in troduced by the enemies of Reform, and sorry we are to say, was too easily acquiesced in by Lord GREY'S Administration. Its fatal operation has con vinced them of the danger, as well as the folly, of attempting to conciliate enemies, by making concessions. The Tories acted on that occasion with great foresight. They had the address to get a provision inserted into the Reform Act, which they knew would greatly obstruct its efficiency in the outset, and might in time completely neutralize it. They had only to refuse to renew the leases of their tenants as they fell in, and in every such tenant they found a political slave. This was their view, and upon this view they have steadily acted. They will persevere until they have reduced all the counties of Eng land to the same state of degradation in which it is but too evident they have succeeded in plunging . , nn+ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK New 5 per Cent India Stoe , 261Y4 Ditto Bonds l2 14 pin. South Ses Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151 — Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 3l 13 pm. Ditto 500......... 31 33 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial - pm• Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank Stock for Account India Stock for Account 2 ;2 Consols for Account .9•21‘;11; THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLucli.. Peruvian Bonds. Dit'o Account Portuguese Bonds NON Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds loo%li Ditto Account 100%74, Prussian Bonds ...__ •• _ Ditto 80nd5,1822 Russian Bonds, 18'2 0 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds 7014% Ditto Account 705,43,i I 707/,, Ditto Bonds, 1835 67 Ditto Account French, 5 per cent..... ...... 107 f. 9.5 e 4 per cent. —f. —c. —f. —c, 3 per cent. —, -- Exchange 2sf. 45c Dutch, Zi per cent. 58 %% Ditto Account 58 74%34 Ditto, 5 per cent 10254 Ditto Account .. DAY AT ONE (YCLOI:h. Paid. Per Share £lOY¢ 11 at N. pm ) 90 20 15 1 4 7'A 5 •ed 63/. 10s. 6d. 3'2% 614 7 11% 12 514 40 10 ty THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1835. the Southern Division of Devonshire. Is there no remedy for this alarming evil ? Yes ; there is one, and only one effectual remedy—THE BALLOT. The whole of the Paris papers of Sunday have been received. On Saturday the Court of Peers held a preliminary meeting, to arrange some matters respect ing the trial of the prisoners, which is to commence to-day. The meeting was held with closed doors, but no secret has been made of its proceedings. Baron PASQUIER, the President of the Chamber, informed their Lordships that he had received thirty-seven letters from Peers, excusing themselves, under various pretexts, for not presiding at the trials. He added that such excuses could not be received—that the Peers of France were called upon to co-operate in the discharge of a solemn duty—that no plea of absence was admis sible, save ill-health and incapacity of assisting—and ;hat it would rest with such of their Lordships as had resolved to support the KING and constitutional char ter, to take such steps as would compel the attendance of the refractory members. The Chamber next proceeded to regulate the mode of trial, when it was agreed that the Court should corn pel any advocate to plead in defence of the pri soners, although it was added that all proper regard should be paid to any remonstrance against such a course on the part of the prisoners themselves. It was next arranged that neither the fathers nor brothers of the accused should be allowed to appear as advo cates in defence of their immediate relatives, and that all questions in the course of examination, emanating from the Court, should be proposed through the President of the Chamber, to whom only the replies were to be addressed. The object of this course is to guard against any improper questions being ad dressed to the prisoners by Peers in their interest, who might thereby open a door for the implication of some of the Judges in transactions not more honour able, and not less deserving of punishment. The next point settled was the time for the sitting of the Court ; when it was resolved that the Court should sit judicially on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, from the hour of twelve o'clock at noon to five in the evening ; and further that such of the Ministers as are Peers shall preside as judges. The last resolution is in the teeth of the protest of the prisoners, relative to the judicial incapacity of all servants of the Crown, they standing in the position of an interested party. The question as to the number of Peers required to constitute a Court was postponed till Monday, the President having signified that it would be desirable to leave no point relative to the constitution and forms of the Court undecided till after the opening of the trials. In all legislative proceedings it is necessary that one third of the Chamber of Peers be in attendance ; but Ministers contend that an equal number is not requisite to enable the Chamber to dis charge its judicial functions. As this question has never been mooted before, the decision upon it is of the utmost importance. The Bayonne Journals just received are filled with the most conflicting statements. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees contains a long account of a battle fought between ZUMALACARREGUy and VALDEZ, which lasted three whole days, and ended without either party gaining a victory. This account, we believe to be about as correct as SINBAD the sailor's flight with the piece of beef out of the Valley of Diamonds. The winged carrier being no longer a problematical appen dage to the fiction, we of course dismiss, as altogether unnecessary. Another account states that General VALDEz was at St. Sebastian on the 26th ult., at the head of 12,000 men, and within sight of the Carlist lines ; and a third assures us that he reached Pampe luna, where he had resolved to commence operations against the malcontents. All these rumours cannot be correct, and we leave the public to choose which is most worthy of 0: aid whatever. All the foreign papers and letters received this morning from the French frontier, state that ZUMALA. CAREGUY had been guilty of the monstrous atrocity of butchering a whole company of the QUEEN'S troops, taken prisoners by the Carlists on the 22nd ult. The butchery of these unfortunate fellows, who had laid down their arms on a promise that their lives would be spared, took place at the very time that an agent of Lord ELIoT was in company with the Carlist chief, and after he himself had pledged his honour to observe the conditions imposed upon him by the noble emissary of the British Government. Mr. LIVINGSTON, the American Ambassador, quitted Paris for the United States of America on the Ist of May. The day following he reached Havre, off which the frigate Constitution was lying to receive him and his family. The American Ambassador will merely touch at England and Holland before sailing for New York. Madrid Papers to the 26th April have been re ceived. On the 24th the Ministers were defeated in the Chamber of Procuradores on the article in the project of the law for regulating the internal debt, which relates to the funding of the non-consolidated Vales Bonds. The proposal of the Finance Minister was that two-thirds of this debt should be consolidated; but the Opposition contended that only half the debt should be so disposed of. After a long and rather violent debate on both sides, the Chamber divided, when TORENO was left in a minority. The numbers were-- For Ministers . ,... 41 Against them ...,... 78 Majority against Ministers... —37 The impression on the public mind in Madrid was, that this defeat would not, in the slightest degree, affect the stability of the Spanish Cabinet. The multifa rious labours of TORENO have not been able to divert his thoughts from the subject of marriage which at pre sent engrosses a considerable share of his attention. The Count is to be married in a few days, and this happy era in the life of a Minister of Finance is thus described by the Correspondent of a Morning Con temporary :—" TORENO is to be married in a few days to one of the finest young women of Madrid. One of the finest, for she is full of youth and health, and en bon point, and is a widow at the age of 22, after two months' marriage with an old gentleman, the Marquis de VILL A MAINA. Donna PILAR CAMA RASA is the daughter of the Marquis of CAMARASA, niece to the Duchess of BENEVENTE, and cousin to the Duke of OSUNA, so that she has the best blood in Spain in her veins, to make up for the want of ready cash in her pocket ; but what is a wife's portion to the Minister of Spanish Finances, who has in a few months done so much to help the fortunes of his bleeding country and his own. Some say the Conde is a bold man, while others hint he is a prudent one, as he by this connection gets two strings to his bow—the Marquis of CAMARASA being a determined Carlist, and one of the few Peers who refused to vote for the exclusion of DON CARLOS and his family. With the QUEEN in hand and DON CARLOS in prospect, the COUNT is considered to be playing a sure game, not to speak of a dashing young wife." The Cortes are expected to close their labours for this year on or about the 15th instant. They have had a long and a laborious session, and require sor time for relaxation. As soon as the session is r . (DSO ri' the QUEEN will leave Madrid for Aranjuez, where she will remain during the summer months. We hear that the Middlesex Reform Club are set- ting to work with some spirit ; and we hope they will be supported by all true Reformers. The principles which they enforce in their Address, are such as they must approve. It strongly denounces the system of profligate bribery, delusion, and intimidation, which prevailed at the last election ; and we trust the moral feeling and indignation of the great mass of the people will be raised against all those, whether candidates or others, who promote such disgraceful practices :-- " Of all possible degradations one only can exceed in dis grace the taking of a bribe, and that is the superlative infamy of seducing an elector to accept it. If those electors to whom bribes were offered possessed any honesty, any self-respect, or any sincere desire to refrain from doing evil to their fellow men, they would need no instruction how to treat that man who attempts thus infamously to corrupt his fellow-citizens. " A considerable number of electors, who could not be in duced to sell their votes to their enemies, compromised their principles so far as to refuse to vote for the candidate whom they approved, in order to oblige a customer, or some power ful or rich neighbour : thus culpably consulting their own ease by not going to the poll, they have neglected the performance of one of the most important duties of a free man. The elective franchise is not merely a personal right, but a high and important public trust, which he in whom it is re posed should hold most sacred, and exercise fearlessly, honestly, and punctually, without solicitation, or the prompting of any one—a trust which he should value as an honourable privilege ; and be eager to discharge on every occasion. If every elector were thus honest and energetic, few indeed would be the wrongs and neglects of which Britons would have cause to complain in the conduct of their Representatives." The " Manchester Manufacturer" whose pamphlet on England, Ireland, and America, formed the sub ject of an article in The Sun of Thursday, attributes the present wretched condition of Ireland to three causes—the Catholic religion—the bigotted intolerance of England, which has nurtured that religion, by per secuting it, and thereby enlisting the feelings of an easily excited people in its defence—and the national jealousy which England has always manifested against the commercial industry of the sister kingdom. The extreme delicacy with which he treats the first of these causes of national distress, is not more honourable to his feelings, than creditable to the soundness of his judgment, and the impartiality of his views. He wisely abstains from all theological speculations, and strictly confines himself to the secular effects of the respective creeds of England and Rome. In the truth of all that he has advanced on this subject every liberal Roman Catholic must concur. A strict observance o' all the forms of the Catholic religion cannot but prove injurious to the secular interests of any country. Let those who would gainsay this look to the calendar, and enumerate the days dedicated to the celebration of the memory of saints and martyrs—the weeks devoted to fasting and spiritual exercises—and the times set apart for sacramental preparations, and we are per suaded they will hold their peace. But ardent as has been the desire of the British Government to eradicate the Catholic creed in Ireland—as injurious to the prosperity and dangerous to the peace of the inhabi tants---it is passing strange that all that has been hitherto done for the accomplishment of this object has not only signally failed, but even recoiled upon the authors, by increasing the stability of the Roman Catholic religion. Now, to what is this failure to be attributed ? The answer is given in the pamphlet before us—PERSECUTION. It was persecution, and persecution only, that fostered Catholicism in Ireland. It is persecution that maintains it now, against the whole moral power of Great Britain. It is persecu tion that will continue to support it, in despite of all the learning of which the earth, to her ut- termost extremities, can boast. Who are now the main pillars of the Catholic faith in Ireland ? The Priests and Monks ? The Jesuits and other Roman emissaries ? The Papal Bulls ? The ig norance and superstition of the people ? No, no. These are but the mere accidents of the system. The pillars of Catholicism in Ireland are the Protestant Hierarchy, the Absentee and Fox-hunting Parsons, the Kidnapping Bible Societies, and the scurrilous falselioods and of tile Post, the Standard, the Dublin Evening Mail, the Warder, and all the other traducers of an unoffending people. These are, in reality, the great nurturers of Popery ; these are its main pillars ; and let them only continue steady in their present course, and we will venture to predict that Convents will spring up like mushrooms in the very heart of Protestant England. Hear our Manchester friend on this subject : " We fervently believe that persecution—perhaps honestly devised, but still persecution—has done for this Church what, under th e c ircumstances, nothing besides could have achieved; it has enabled it to resist, not only unscathed, but actually with augmented power, the shocks of a free press, and the libe ra li z i ng influence of the freest Constitutional Government in Europe. " We shall be told that the epithet persecution no longer applies, since all civil disabilities are removed from our Ca tholic fellow-subjects ; but we ask, does it not still apply as much in principle, though not in degree, to the present con dition of the Irish Church, where six millions of Catholics are forced to see the whole tithe of their soil possessed by the clergy of one million of Protestants, as it did to the persecu tions of the ancient martyrs, or the auto-da-fes of modern Spain? Is not the spirit of persecution the same, but modi fied to meet the spirit of the age ?" To the closing query an answer in the affirmative must be returned. The persecuting principle is pre cisely the same now in Ireland that it was in Rome under Nero. Its agents can carry it no further, and endeavour to obtain the merit of toleration for what, in fact, is merely weakness. But the." Manchester Ma nufacturer" brings the condition of the Irish people home to the feelings of Englishmen, by an hypothesis as nearly parallel as can be imagined. He supposes England to be conquered by the United States of America, and the Congress of that haughty Republic substituting Arianism for Protestantism as the esta blished creed of Great Britain ; and he then puts it to his countrymen whether they would quietly submit to such a state of things? The answer which every honest Englishman would return to such a question cannot be mistaken. Every village would " put forth its O'CoNNELL"—aye, and every town would muster its Association for the purpose of crushing such mon- strous tyranny. To destroy the power of the Catholic religion in Ireland, we must begin by removing the flagrant abuses of the Established Church, by following up the spirit of the late resolution of the House of Commons. And we must not only appropriate the surplus revenue of the Irish Church to the edu cation of all classes among the Irish people, but we must learn, besides, to treat the Roman Catho lics in the same tolerating spirit that we extend to all the other bodies of Protestant Dissenters. It is an impious assumption of the Divine prerogative in us to persecute them for opinions on matters of faith ; and it betrays a most insolent and dastardly spirit to be con tinually feigning piety and commisseration for their spiritual blindness, which is thus converted into food for calumny and spiritual pride. The remedies which the " Manchester Manufacturer" proposes for ameliorating the evils of Ireland are very important. In the first place he recommends a Radi cal Reform of the Irish Church, as the only means of soothing the feelings of the people, and preparing them for further improvements. His next proposition is, that it would be desirable to give encouragement to a system of gradual voluntary emigration at the expense of tilt State—the British Fleet now lying idle at Va - Arla to be employed in the removal of the V, oluntary emigrants. His third recommendation is, I however, the most praacticadvis e ble, s athes welmaking of l as the most important. He railroads throughout Ireland, and the establishment of a British'steam navigation between the extreme west of the island and the United States of America. He clearly proves that the advantages of such a line of communication with the New World would not only place the Irish people on a level, in point of wealth and industry, with their fellow-subjects in England and Scotland, but also enable this kingdom to enter into a successful competition with the whole trading world, notwithstanding our immense national debt,and the heavy expellees attendant on our form of Government. From the author's conclusions respecting the effects a Poor Law in Ireland, and the sound policy of encouraging emigration, we entirely dissent. Besides, his own good sense ought to have satisfied him of the imprac ticability of the means which he recommends for ex patriating any portion of the Irish population. Our navy will never consent to be employed as a transport fleet. In conclusion, we are bound in justice to state, that the pamphlet on England, Ireland, and America is— taken all in all—one of the most sensible that has ap peared this season. That we do not wholly concur in opinion with the writer on every subject, is evident from our remarks upon it ; but at the same time we cordially recommend it to the perusal of the more re flecting among the people of the United Kingdom. SOUTH DEVON ELECTION. BY EXPRESS. CLOSE OF THE FIRST DAY'S POLL. Lord J. Russell Mr. Parker Gross Po , Exeter 379 842 1221 Honiton Kingsbridge 457 548 1005 Okehampton lB4 151 335 Newton 694 831 1525 Plymouth.. Tavistock 2738 3372 6110 2738 Majority 634 Mr. Parker's agents engaged nearly the whole of the post horses in the county, which prevented a great num ber of Lord John Russell's voters from coming up in suffi cient time for the first day's poll. This is the old Tory trick, but although the voters did not arrive at the different polling places before the close of the first day's poll, they will be in time to-morrow (this day) when, we trust, the majority will be the other way. " THE BLOATED BUFFOON." Some sing of the Queen, and some sing of the King, Some of Courtiers and Courts, and all that sort of thing, And some, like O'Rourke, of the Man in the Moon, But I'll sing to the praise of the Bloated Buffoon. He's the Solon of statesmen, the Falstaff of wits, As even in candor admits, He's the pride of the Park—of the Club—the Saloon— For the wag of all wags is the Bloated Buffoon. Hook and Hood are first-rate at extorting a laugh, But the one is a donkey, the other a calf, And the Marquis himself but a silly gossoon Compared with that Wonder, the Bloated Buffoon. The instant he makes his first bow at the door, The party is sure to go off in a roar, Each cheek swells with laughter, just like a balloon, So resistlessly droll is the Bloated Buffoon 1 When he writes, his verse beats even Blackmore's and Derrick's, When he smiles, all the ladies drop down in hysterics, When he puns, you would swear that an Indian monsoon Was shouting in praise of the Bloated Buffoon. Irresistible wag 1 all at B—k—s's agree That Grimaldi and Liston are nothing to thee, And that, take the whole season from Easter to June, They've no treat like the jokes of the Bloated Buffoon. Then long may those jokes, like the almond-tree, thrive, To keep the old glories of Folly alive And long—but enough, I must finish my tune— So hip, hip, hurrah, for the Bloated Buffoon 1 HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY The House met to-day at twelve o'clock. The Lords present were—the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Duke of Rich mond, Lord Kenyon, and the Bishop of Bristol. Between thirty and forty witnesses were sworn, to give evidence be fore the Gaol Committee, and the Secondary Punishments Committee, after which the House adjourned during pleasure. Nothing of any public interest took place either in the Rolls or Vice-Chancellor's Court this morning. COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY. WEADE V. JONES. The Court was occupied all the morning in hearing ar guments of Learned Counsel (Mr. Richards and Mr. Ellis), for and against a special demurrer in this case, which was entirely devoid of interest. GRAND REVIEW. Yesterday a grand review of the Horse Artillery and Battering Train took place at Woolwich-common. Shortly after eleven o'clock General M'Lean and a splendid staff arrived on the ground, accompanied by Count Esterhazy and a numerous suite. After the troops had passed in general review order and at the trot, the Horse Artillery retired to the rear, and the Battering Train, after counter marching, repassed the General at the gallop, and took up a position in front, from which they advanced at full speed, halted, unlimbered, and fired three rounds, limbered up, and took up a position with great celerity and precision to the right, fired, &c. After going through several other evolutions in an admirable manner, they formed to the front, advanced at full gallop, and halted within forty yards of the reviewing officer and the Count, gave the general salute, and left the ground. The Horse Artillery, which had during this period taken position to the rear, then advanced in the most rapid man ner, halted, unlimbered, and discharged three rounds in almost an incredibly short time, limbered up, took ground to the right, and fired as before. After retiring in eschelon, &c., the countermarch on the centre, at full gallop, was splendidly performed, and the firing most rapid. Several ether manoeuvres having been performed equally creditable to this fine corps, the General and his Staff, accompanied by Count Esterhazy, who appeared astonished and de lighted with the spectacle, left the Common. All the rank and fashion of the neighbourhood were present, as well as a crowd of fashionables from London. After the Count had partaken of a collation in the mess-room of the Royal Artillery, he inspected the Arsenal, Rotunda, &c., and re turned to town. A boy was knocked down as the Bat tery Train left the Common, but we believe he was not seriously hurt. Mr. GULLY, M.P.—To this gentleman a piece of plate is to be presented by some of the inhabitants of Ponte fract. A public meeting was held on Wednesday for that purpose.—Doncaster Gazette. The Earl of Winchelsea has made a donation of 251. to the Lincoln Lunatic Asylum. WHITBY.—The Liberals here have formed a so ciety to be called " The Whitby District Society for the pro tection and extension of Civil and Religious Liberty."— York Courant. THIMBLE MEN.--Ten notorious " thimble men " have been sent by the Birmingham Magistrates to the tread mill, for three months. COMMITTAL OF A BANKRUPT.—The examina tion of William Villers Wilkes, a bankrupt, of Birmingham, was resumed last week, and terminated in his committal under the warrant of the Commissioners. Pious PRESENT.— The Rev. W. M'Lachlan, minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Kilmalcolm, was presented with an elegant gold watch and appendages, on the 13d ult., by the ladies of his congregation, as an expres sion of their gratitude. Bituminous lava roads, free from mud and dust, pu sessing too other and greater advantages, are promised. We shall be very grateful for such a blessing—when we get it. On Saturday evening last, a traveller had occasion to call at Sangster's Inn, New Machar, where he found a man of the name of George Walker, with whom he had at one time some acquaintance, when Walker was guard of the Aber deen Star Coach, whom he treated with kindness, and having occasion to pass the night there, they both retired to rest to gether ; soon after Walker arose and decamped, taking with him upwards of 901., the property of his companion.—Aber deen Advertiser. FATAL FIGH T.—A pugilistic encounter, which ter minated in the death of one of the combatants, took place in a field near Sutton Coldfield on Monday last. The fight was for 15/. a side, between two men named Skynner and Dykes, the latter of whom died in consequence of a blow from the former.— Coventry Herald. A wag, speaking of the embarkation of troops, said, " notwithstanding many of them leave blooming wives behind, ( they go away in transports." 823 355 SHIPPING.-(THIS FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY 4.—Wind N. W. light breezes.—Arrived from the River and sailed, the Emulous, APl\fullen, for Belft: Ellen, Saliesten, for Quebec ; Earl Balcarras, Hine, ft Alert, Batavia ; Britannia, Burgess, for Buenos Ayres • u White, for Whitehaven ; Glasgow , Whilley, for D u blin ; and Reinvellas, Murphy, for Wa terford. Arrived from the River and remain, the Eliza Stewart , Miller, for Canton ; and proceeded for the River , the Ze p h y r, S p iers, from Ble ter ; Malta, Hardy, from Guernsey ; and Copernicus, Bremen, to Baltimore, four days PORTSMOUTH, MAY 4.—Light breezes, and variable...," Arrived the Catherine, Penton, from St. Michael's. PLYMOUTH, MAY 3.—Wind N. W. FALMOUTU, MAY 3.—Wind variable—Arrived his Majesty'g ship Espoir, —, from Lisbon. Sailed 12 th ult., the Pers.o- verance, Brewer, from Guernsey, leaky, bound to Newfound land. Off port, the Anna, Miloro, from Gallipoli. RAMSGATE, MAY 4.—Arrived off port , t he Trio, Car, No - Wexford. DOVER, MAY 4.—Arrived off port , t he Clomnel, Davis, from Waterford. ISLE OF WIGHT, MAY 3. —Arrived off port , the Brothers, and Maria Theresa, Geffery, from Batavia; Mersey, Beazley, from Barbadoes ; Ellen, from Tobago. POOLE, MAY 3.—Arrived. off port, the Marseilles. PENZANCE, MAY 3.—Arrived off port , the Apollo, ffroga from Berbice. Nymph, Browvnfr:: SCILLY, MAY 2.—Arrived the Reynard , Wetherell/ St. Michael's. LIVERPOOL, MAY 3.—Arrived the Adelaide, Davis, fr° ll3 Savannah ; Mary, Owens, from Charlest on. Off port, the Hellvellyn, Boodle, from China ; Portia, —, from S ierrli Leone. CLYDE, MAY 2.—Arrived the Trinidad , Watson, f r om 10 " nidad.Co - HULL, MAY 3.—Arrived the Livonia , Carsten, from penhagen ; Daniel, Heldt, and Henry , Hutchinson, from' ." e , fuel ; Concordia, Raher, from R ostock ; Commercielu Gierke, from Stralsund; Owen, Fairburn, from Gothenburg' Wilhia, Ruth, from Dantzic. D a, WHIT elm B n Y, MAY 2. —Arrived, the Christian Benjam in, Bra from Dantzic FALMOUTH,. MAY I.—Sailed his Majesty's ship SeurPi n l i : for Lisbon ; sailed, May 2, the Mutine p acket, for Barba and St. Thomas. The Paddy, from Trieste, was on shore near Salthoase Dock, Liverpool, on Sunday. POST OFFICE NOTICE.—A Packet will be provided fo r tb° Lisbon Mail of this day ; letters in time t o -morrow eve llil3 f; His Majesty's steamer Firefly, for the Cadiz and MediterrO to, Mail of the Ist inst., further detained; letters irr tI morr ow evening. Lord Melville, for the Madeira, P' 9"a ft and Buenos Ayres Mail of this day ; letters in time to-111- evening. Extract of a letter from the agent, to Lloyd's, a t OPo * dated April 17 : s, i of The light-house of San du Luz, a little to the nortP e j the bar, was lighted for the first time since it was destro It during the siege, on Saturday evening last, the 4th ins t ' boo is now thorougly renewed, and in a more effi cient state %Ina it ever has been. It is a little higher than the old one' h ito in twelve minutes shows three colours, name l y , y ellow, and dark blue. TAUNTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. do u bt SIR,—On the 27th of April last I express ed a ucl-tio whether you would think it worth while to notice ega ili '0 i of neglected turncoat of Taunton, and since then you hai r ! , honoured the gentleman with a single syllable. perhaps however, as the least equivocal testimony to his consis t you may in some corner of your columns give t he ad fie which he made in 1833 to the electors of Marylebeee• is now laid on the shelf, where, with his Vivian Gr e / i 4 O A will to all appearances remain for the rest of his life. ;tio for the address, which is in truth a curiosity 17°' as well as in literature. " TO THE INDEPENDENT ELEACNTOERLSECOF- 1115 BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE. SO' " GENTLEMEN,—A speedy vacancy being genet - sib' ',tile cipated in the representation of your boroug h, I halageo honour to announce my determination to solicit your 51' on the first occasion that offers. P srtie6 f " Although supported by neither of the Aristocratic eo I appeal to you, with confidence, as an independent,,lll4, of society, who has no interest, either direct or intu r e v is te" corruption or misgovernment, as one of a family 10'40 by the receipt of public money, and which can p refer no "olio to public consideration but those that are founded on 1 1 the sympathy. " I claim your support as a man who has already 01 4 ow , battle of the people, and as one who believes that the ,111 foundation on which a beneficent and vigorous GoferMiloe'° this country can now be raised, is in an unlimited c oon" the genius of the British nation. t he " With this conviction I am desirous of corcP_Al etr ch machinery of the Constitution by two measure,r7,. l bit!' invest the people with a power which was once til, e ; e o 11 " - right ; and with a security which I hope their El" inherit. These measures are Triennial Parliaments 81 1 10 1 ; tion by Ballot ; and unless these measures be conctcleu!e to not apprehend how the conduct of the Government lb be in harmony with the feelings of the people. tea /P O " Because I am of opinion that those who are hives so ppo., power should be qualified for its exercise, I wo uld, s et , ' the abrogation of those Stamp-duties which eventtia taxes upon knowledge. " Believing that unless the public bur dens are de:, and materially reduced, a civil convulsion must o ccur, I nse d of sirous of seeing a Parliamentary Committee aPP D bjec t o revise the entire system of our taxation , with the 0 ro e relieving industry from those incumbrances whic h , fibre 11 1 / 5 . is more capacitated to endure—and I especially Pejo self to exert all my energy to obtain the repeal cf 1 ,7 3 0 0 sessed taxes, a repeal which, from the state of the enris,Yol of your borough, is as necessary as a measure of coxist i ' privilege as of financial relief. 0 • " Opportunities will soon occur for me to exPres" t o i 0 opinions upon all those subjects which eng a g e the atie, a man who aspires to be a representative of the Pe . ,„ d 0-'Ol sufficient for me to observe that I shall ever be for ti er s porter of that system which consults the great 111 oi eerof general happiness, and that I shall promote ever/10004 which elevates the moral or improves the physical O en , I the people of England. With these views, Gent le/ 6 ° o o ' cit your attention—l hope soon to acquire your COn " I have the honour to subscribe m yself, vat ic, IS R AEL " Your faithful rol, " BENJAMIN D'ISIt " Brandenham House, Bucks, April 9, 1833." .. , , 1 THE FUNDS.—(THIS DA" i, of fnf sOursouri lateod n a lynay: Sunday's arrivals ayat aet teas Ea wlthisrphe pL OC g scl C oiac - - e L rtoihln V n2ega E t he Fxauprn O ierytn : se sch - oi Ito ; abri:al:llitti par'sttol respecting the battles fought in the north of S__,,,P a ,; Cs f " andT bulletins—gross hl‘elordgaaenl o, whichco O'Connell, falsehoods. nhealal, en takengr o s p s l have no doubt, will turn out the same as the Wis .- Ad i o- ~ a it.l b i , L°r th e P il O S e share c ' f is ice es larg between attention. The citizens have an idea that the Pis t° loaded with ball. OP THE FUNDS. f yeS te fot Consols were rather languid during the vrhole °Wog ; o t; 2f and closed at 9244 for the Account, with littleor Accoti 1 1. 03; money, 92 1, and opened this money at 91 money, 924 4. n . 5 1° Exchequer Bills again receded to 31 this inornilll,' jo g, India Bonds, 13 14 ; India Stock, 9604 °614 . the te r° cle' In the Foreign Market, in the early part of of ter Spanish Stock was very heavy, owing to the re? but toe Spanish feat of the Queen's troops in the North of Spill' ll d ; so' t 6 23 the latter part of the day, it was totally discreditie ft off at action took place in the above Funds, and they e r ioe• 'l)s' improvement, 701 4. Portuguese maintains its P ia : . , : to set following are the opening quotations of this 111°1.11 por : f i i 51 nish Bonds, 704- 1-; Spanish Scrip, lo t i i pre.- Per ' loli 4; Colombian, 49a ; Chilian, 55 56 ; 38; Mexican, 481 49. OP T tio 44 ~, lIAL F- 1 1 11 1...' h t of if 1 Foreign information at present is not thong eitirep City. The general topic of conversation relat es is 11 0 f e ar the election at Exeter, which, we are sorry to s a f; o o,, V ° a favourable nature to the wishes of the countrY!soii sol' that, by some means or other, Lord John 1331- little *th his election. Accou nt, vil Consols continue at 924 sellers for the l, doing.t k 2614. Stock, ‘.l 14; 11 0 Exchequer Bills, 31 34 ; India Bonds,,Loveoloto; Since the early part of the morning. an T 1 5 ,0 159 , 5 taken place in the Foreign Securities. SPam s i ici ii i: he , Spanish Scrip, 104 premium ; Portuue se ' s of " o ral' Letters have been received from I3arbadoe coo Saar March. The island was tranquil, and the crer s s e f It is expected that it will produce 30,000 barre' C . No further arrivals. V Consols for the Account, 92i. __________...... 0,1 I IS '.- bOtlt to 01 a . 1 . e r It is said that Sir Robert Peel is a Top ao o a P o, Cobham-hall, the scat of the late Earl of p, r Tiar nlel, t 11° t ii be to let on the departure of the Countess ° f Dar ogi , or o n too fail family for Clifton Lodge, county Meath. 1 11 Baronet and his family will remain TH REE o ' 6° e t DOI be _4 l ' Friday or Saturday next. __A i l . c : e v ell bi : HIGHLAND NOTIONS OF FINETa• mer of 1813, while a party were on a visit s _ th the , no ice Joe of Loch Katrine, they had a conversationa,v!rviaolltbatitto mother of Mr. Stewart, then farmer and a 11 u the W ll° vi sitt tli ef • it to the el_ 3ss ,, l eneleer daughter of the Duke of Bedford had Pa,jevis s ot _, 604 there. Among other things she informe had boldly climbed the mountain of ne :bo '' y's rettlili f ell r ° li l id theril.ah po ° 00 : 1 On th .if s b o , i . ii attendant than the herd laddie. up the hill? 6 , Ou, ay," said the Mr; fe n I nf,ll- 7 ors 1 1) climber I ever saw ; but for a' that s ll ,°, ?,, 0 I"`" ns illt , ' asked him if the lady was a good climber,4hess th e ., T, tioii',, was cies I swuthered to do that, for yo see she " And did you not help her up, D° 1131 " n O r ' I was feared to touch her." and nlas l~ Ing hu id€ 'II rile t„ is e 48 z POV aitii bit] kil l ator th e kit ; P 0.4