The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-04 00:00:00

PTEWING EntsriON and Hayes; Mr. Airey, Master; Messrs. Daly, Rivas, Jeffb ries, Le. Vesconte, Egerton, Drake, S. Leger, and Bryan, Mates; Mr. Brown, Master.Asistant; Mr. Butler, M.D., and Mr. Tweed. dale, Assistant-Surgeon.. Volunteen—Lieutenant Mackenzie, her Majesty's 90th Regi rnTnt, Acting Military Secretary to the Naval Commander in. Chief; Mr. Johnson, Master of her Maj , sty's ship Conway; Mr. G. Ramsden, Clerk to her. Majesty's ship Calliope; Lieutenant Giffard, Hon. Company's kith Regiment. Return of Ordnance destroyed in the Defences near Canton. Lower Battery, left bank, Macao Passage.-22 guns. :Uppi! Battery-9 gins. Sand Bag Battery on wharf--9 guns. Western Fort, Canton suburbs (Shaween)-10 guns. Red For; opposite Canton Factories-20 guns. ,Dutch Folly-25 glans. Sand Bag Battery above Arsenal-13 guns. Two junks moored off Admiral's house-15 guns. Itesides those destroyed in Lin's and the Mandarin war boats. (Signed) THOS. HERBERT, Captain. A Lst of Casualties in the Force employed in the Attack and 'Occupation of the Defences of the City of Canton, on the 16th day of March, 1841 :- I.ient-ciant Stransharn, Royal Marines, severely. Calliope--2. wounded slightly. Hyacinth-2 wounded, 1 slightly, 1 severely. Modeste—tz wounded slightly. ,Signed) THOS. HERBERT, Captain. Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, Bocca Tigris, March 11, 1841. TO THE RIGHT 113NOURARLE TUE EARL OF AUCKLAND, G.C.B , &C. &C., UOVTIINOR-GENERAL. My Lord,-1 have the honour to report to your Lordship my arrival, on the Ist inst., in the Canton river, and of my having joined and assumed the command of the expeditionary force on the '2d, at Whampoa Reach, where I fuund Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer and her Majesty's Pienipotentim y, Captain Elliot, with the advanced division of the fleet and transports, except two hundred men of the 37th Madras Native Infantry, left at North Wangtong, as a protecting force. . 2. The Commodore will have communicated to your Lordship the operations up to that period, embracing the capture of the • Bdgue Fotts at e ther side theßocca Tigris, on the.2.6th of February, • the forcing the barrier at the first bar on the following day, to. gether with the assault and capture of a heavy battery which flanked it, and the destruction of the ship Cambridge. 3.. Having unfortunately arrived too late to participate in those operations; I cannot refrain from expressing my admiration of the noble, daring, and judicious execution which thus reduced, within a few hours, and almost without loss, what were considered by the Chinese as impregna6te, and what, in the hands of almost any other nation, would have been nearly so. It is a great satisfaction to me to find Sir Gordon Bremer speak most favourably of the conduct of Major Pratt, of her Majesty 28th, and the troops employed on this occasion. 4. Having communicated with the Plenipotentiary and the Com modore, I found it was proposed to continue the operations in ad varwe the following day (the 3cl), by attacking the last defences on the Canton River, consisting of a square stone-built fort, mounting thirty-two guns, in front of which the river was barricaded by a double row of strong pats, firmly driven in with an intervening space of about thirty feet, which the Chinese had filled by sinking junks and placing masses of bamboos, together with timber of every description. Seventeen hundred yards further up, the river divides itself into two branches, forming a low narrow island, which extends to_within about a mile of Canton ; at the lower point of this is Napier's Fort, a regular halt' moon enclosed work of stone masonry, mounting thirty-six guns ; at this point the river was agai:r strongly barricaded, connecting Napier's Fort with two strong newly-con structed field works thrown up on either bank of the river by a p'anked platform placed over the barricade. These latter works showed embrasures of from 40 to 50 guns each. '5.. On the morning of the 3d, having made my arrangements with the Commodore for a conjeint attack on the enemy's works, I proceeded with him up the river in the Nemesis steamer ; but a camnsunication haVing been made that Yu the Quang.Chow.Foo was approachieg bearing a flag of truce, tie white flag was hoisted by 11.ir Majesty's Plenipotentiary. Captain Belcher of the Sulphur, liar:nts reported that he could perceive no persons in Howqua Fort (Use befortomentioned work flanking the nearest barricade,) I proceeded in - the Calliope's boat with the Commodore and Cap tain Herbert, when we found it had been abandoned. I had it immediately occupied by the detachments of her Majesty's 26th and 49th Begin eats, under Major Pratt. At the same time I took poesession of a j :ss.house at the opposite side of the river (here eeout 800 yersi , s wide, where five-gun mud field work had been seteannence,l, in which I placed Captain Ellis, with his corns any of the Royal Marines. y, An armistice until noon of the day but one following having bow agreed upon, I had an opportunity of reconnoitring the Chi. nese defences, accompanied by a party of the Royal Marines, under c apta i n Ellis In pertbrming this duty I had to pass through a eery large and populous village; the inhabitants appeared to view our approach towards Canton without the remotest ill.feeling, and I have no doubt W31.11q, have shown me the road could I have made myself understood. 7. A further coinnuinication having been received from Canton, an e'r...!emion of twonty.four hours was granted to the armistice, and at noon on the 6th, the time having expired, tho troops were landed on the tea Lank of the river, consisileg of the detachments of hr r Majesty's 26tb and 49th Regiments, under Major Pratt, and the Royal Merinss of the fl et, under Captain Ellis, the light squadron and the flotilla getting under way at the same time. On the iirat vessel passing the barrier the Chinese tired off the guns in the centre battery and retired ; the guns in the two flank works, it appears., had bun 'previously withdrawn, and these defences were instantly occupied by the seamen of the fleet. Thus the last defence of one of the richest towns in China, with a population of upwards of one million of inhabitants, were abandoned without a shot having been tared on our side, and Canton lay at British mercy, and re mains a Memento of British forbearance. 8. He Majesty's Plenipotentiary having forwarded me the 2c com panying letter iNo. l), the troops were re-embarked. On the receipt ante letter (filar - heti I'o, 2) arrangements were made for the transports to fall down the ricer and rendezvous here. All the forts have been destreqed by the indefetigable exertions of the sea man, the guns rendere:lunservicesble, and the barricades have been ,atostly remove.% leaving open the free navigation of the river be. iween Canton and Macao. 9. alajor-Gerieral Burrell and the staff arrived three days back ; and all the force from Chusan, with the exception of the Bengal Volunteers, has reached this.river. I ens using every exertion for .the military occupation of North Wangtong, and when completed, nor in a forward state, the fleet will proceed to the island of Hong- Ilteseg, which it is the intention of h.r Majesty's Plenipotentiary to occupy. 10. I shall not fail, when the troops are assembled at Hong liOng, to give my earnest attention to their location, so as to re ,establish, by ( very means within my power, their health, and fit ahern for their ulterior operations. No want of supplies need, I e,duceive, be apprehended, nor do I believe, from all I can learn, that any exertions on the part of tire Chinese authorities can pre. vent their being procured.— I have the honour to be, £O. IL GOUGH, Major-General, Commanding the Expeditionary Force. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YEsrEana r. • THE adst.r. Derorr AND OAKS.—in our notice of the set tling for these races, we mentioned that one large account was alt gether unsAtled ; giving credit to the statement made yes terday, it would appear the the party had made a 10,0001. book, and on balance was a winner of nearly 2,0001., but hav ing been given to understand that by others, who were heavy loiters, he should be minus nearly double that amount, he had used a hasty expression, which was construed into a declaration that he should not be able to settle, and was so reported at Tat- tersall's on Monday. On Tuesitay, however, he attended fur that pritinise, but, as t have been expected, one and all refwed to pay him, and he left the yard without having effected anything to wards an adjustment. He subsequently deputed three of his creditors to settle fx him, and the Stewards of the Jockey Club, on the appointees stating that "upon receiving the sums due they were prepared to pay all demands in full," gave ari-opinion that " all persons owing money on this account are bound to pay the balance due to the gentlemen appointed to re ceive it." Upon this authority, application was made .yester day to the losers, several of whom paid the money, with this Understanding, that, failing a satis actory settlement, it should be returned. The discussion of this case, and it is a novel .one, occupied go ,much time, that little business was done on ..tents to come off ; we have only to quote the following bets : ASCOT cur. 6 to 4 agst Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost to 1 agst Mr. 11 idsdale's Bloomsbury—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's St. Francis. Warden declared not to start. DERBY, 1842. 18 'to I agst Lord Jersey's Brother to Phoenix (Cobweb e) —t '25 to I agst Mr. J. Scott's The Artful Dodger 23 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's The Lord of Holderness—taken to 1 apt Mr. W. Scott's Hester colt 30 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Palladium :30 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Mule 40 to 1 asst Mr. Neville's Amadon colt—taken 500 to 75 agst Mr. Fergwon's Goneaway—taken axarf 4.0 75 agst Mr. Ferguson's Fireaway—taken 9 t o '2 agst Scott's lut to 1 ,'gat Col. Peel's lot—taken. . • 31ANCHESTER RACES.—WE DNE s Y . Free -Handicap of tO invs. each, with 30 added, f D o A r4 yrs old. mite 1 0,1,tpiarter. (14 Subs. ) Mr. Richardson's Kingston Robin 6s- 121 b (Francis) 1 31r. Allen's Aloleskiii, bit Mb Mr. Bower's La d y Grove, 7st 3i62 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Gray don's Miss Ileath eote, ist 71b ; Mr. Stephenson's Marth; Lyrui: Est 121 b. Betting- 6 to 4on Kingston' Robin, who won easy by a length. • Sweepstakes of 15 sots. each, 10 ft, with 20 added, for 3 yrs --, old fi lies, Sst 31b. Mile and quarter. (3 Subs. ) Mr. Bell's Mary O'More ... ...... (Heseltine) 1 Mr. Bower's Collina .............. 7t04 on Collina. Won by a length. _Her Majesty's plate of 100 gulneas for 3 years okl, 7st 21b; 4,i9st ;:lb ; 5, lOst 101 b ; 6, and aged, lOst Mb ; 3 miles and' dis. ir...Mitchell's Lady Liv er p ool, 4 yrs „•„( Heseltine) I M r :Worthington's Northendon, 6 yrs .. 3 Mk. GrAyclon's Roscius , 5 y rs .... ... The following also started but were not placed : Captain Airrat-her's Lartiogton, aged ; Mr. Barrow's Catherine, aged ; 11l r. Hill's !.ady Flora, 3 )rs ; Mr. Osborne's The Emperor, .3 yrs'; and 31?, Speed's Rough Robin, 4 yrs. Betting.--5 to 2 agst Lady Liverp ool, 3to I agst Roscius. Wan Tinily by four `.lengths. ‘o . . . THURSDAY. &Refit - likes of 20 Son. each, with 40 added. About three quarters of a mile. liii:'l3awson's Temptation, 2 yrs ........Joanna ..........Sou(.. ... Lye 1 Mil:'Worthington's bc by Physician, Y. thcut ) e 2 .The following also started, but were not plaqd :—Mr. BlKley's David, and Sir R. Bulkelev's Wideawake. Tili•St, Leger Stakes of 25 Soya. each, with 50 added. M ile b,.,,,, . and three• quarters. err; Vausittart's Galaor, 3 yrs Mt Twils's Portrait 3 yrs .................. Mr. Wormald's Millepede, 3 yrs . , _ PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Tab:e sheaving she ex duty price of West India sugar in Artheing-lat4, and comparing the same against that of foreign sug London, June 4, 1841. Per Cwt. Tie Gdzette of this evening will quote the average s. d. 'price of West , lndia ua.a, excit:ice of duty, at... 38 2i The actual quantity c't %Veit India sugar so'd by the im -pat:ters,. in the Week eL'ding the 31st. of May, according ta L the returns made upon oath Ity the West India sugar bro kers, in conformity with the A, 7t of Parliament, and on which quantity the above price is competed, consisted of 453 hhds. 42,trs.: 7 and IS barrels. ivadoes have again fallen ill prix ; the average noted at 193. 6d. per cwi.i being less by 19s. average price of West sugar. The before the costs of package, freight, &e., :75. per. cwt. ; the value of Manilla sug ar in s about 10s. per cwt., the prohibitory i:ws of :efore, have the effect of conferring a premium on West India sugar, and yet the proprietors I w nAg loss by the cultivation of the sugar cane ? ittruth do we require additional evidence theirf a tiTi of attempting to raise su gar on open with the hope of pro fi tably con andthe'frestal"urit the produce of free and nt soils of the East? Ex ion as clo4) that :thZ a s Re ma neia we arrive at the same ly, Indians. have had their day —a ad 4 pretty costly day it has bee t n to the Briti s h na ti on . : THE GREATEST WONDER AT PRESENT IN LONDON, is the WIZARD of the NORTH, at the THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI he has prepared a Bail quet of Mephistophelian, Dextrological, and Necromantic Cabals, for the Wonderseekers of the approachino. Holidays. London is again set on fire by the supernatural fame of the eximieus Wizard; he is again on his magic throne, he waves his mystic sceptre, and thousands of beauty, fashion, and lite rature rush as if charmed, or spell-commanded, to behold the mesteriachist of this age of science and wonder ! Hundreds are nightly turned from the doors of the mystic palace, that cannot gain admission ; this is proof, and more than proof, of the Wizard's powers of charmin g . During the last six nights twelve thousand spectators hare been witness of the Wizard's mighty feats of the science of darkness, and alt exclaim, Can this man be of earth ? is he mortal or superhuman. To-morrow, and during the week, The Great Delusionisi will perftirm his thousand feats of Photographic and Aliadnic Enchantments, concluding every evening with the GUN DELUSION. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Second price at Nine o'Cleck, Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. Foreign ill useuv qUalit:i may be qu . I : tat. than the ‘ 1 . • of the latter, • r, uo; is. about . 27 ~-si .. i position is '4 1. 1 47Y. Were • z SI •tutient. cm ,• I pirs'OT.sustab If t . %7eoiltrplaity, -9 i tr., gyeA ti u tt er t t r 114 liSrii...ou te 4?a ) _1! 11 V cueiliour on f atilkue Ihis:questle rots ausion, namel NAPIER FOR NIARYLERONE. THE COMMITTEE for CONDUCTING the ELECTION of COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NAPIER MEET DA ILY at the ROOMS of the REFORM and REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION, No. 62, Warren street, Tottenham-court-road. E'ectors are earnestly requested to enrol their Names in ad dition to the numerous recorded Supporters of the Gallant Commodore. By crder, .slay 24, 1841. JOSEPH IVINIEIY, Hon. Secretary. TO THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS OF THE UNITED TOWNS. Gentlemen,—Having been requested by several towns to give expression to my political feelings in reference to several of the candidates for the coming elections, allow me respect fully to state, that while I shall ever fearlessly express my in dividual opinion upon those who have been the enemies of our traits (and you have the same means of judging as myself, as their recorded votes are before you), I wish, as long as I re tain the honourable appointment of your agency, to bear in mind that I represent men of all opinions, and my great anxi ety will always be to refrain from making it political. You will be shortly called upon to vote for your friends or your ene mies—it is for you to do your duty, which I fear not you will faithfully perform. It is for me to bear in mind that I have to approach the Government of the day, not only upon the work ing of the Beer-bill and other matters relative to our trade, but also upon many local grievances and other matters invol ving the interests of my constituents—that I have to hold in tercourse with men of all opinions ; and that I should lose the power to be u.eful to you wt re Ito become a political partisan. I cannot but look forward to the approaching elections with deep interest and anxiety, seeing that so much depends upon the influence of the Licensed Victuallers to do honour to the men who, in Parliament, have given their countenance and support to our just claims, and to increase the number of those who, with an equal eye to private interests and the public good, shall make a stand against that rash innovation upon our existing interests, which is too problematical in its results to warrant the sacrifice of that property which has been accumu lated by the unwearied labour and industry of many long lives. Upon these practical ques'ions, which come home to every man's business and bosom, I have plainly expressed my opi nions—whether holding intercourse with a Cabinet Minister or a brother tradesman ; and upon them I shall continue to speak as plainly during the ensuing elections, and in all time to come, as I have in times past. But here I feel it to be my duty to stop, most religiously abstaining from taking any part in the political contest which shill expose either myself or you to the inconveniences and annoyances of political partisanship. To serve you effectually, I must stand perfectly independent of all political parties. Trusting that the course I have marked out for my public conduct, during the impending crisis, will meet with the ap proval of my constituents, I remain, Gentlemen, your's faithfully, CHARLES HIBBLE, Agent for the United Towns of Licensed Victuallers. Sheridan Knowles Tavern, June 2. LAND INVESTMENT COMPANY OF IRELAND. At a numerous and highly respectable MEETING, held at the Thatched House, St. James's-street, on THURSDAY, the 3d of June instant, for the purpose of establishing a JOINT STOCK LAND INVESTMENT COMPANY IN IRE LAND. Sir DAVID ROCHE, Bart., M.P., Chairman. The following Resolutions, viz , were passed unanimously : Moved by JAMES POWER, EQq., M.P., and seconded by J. H. • . - TA LBOT, Esq., M.P.— . . That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that a Joint Stock Company, upon the principles set forth in the prospectus now read, would not only afford to the capitalist a secure and pro fitable investment, but also confer lasting and substantial bene fits upon all classes of the people of Ireland, by affording to the proprietors of large estates an opportunity of immediately dis posing of the same on advantageous terms, and the small capi talists the power of becoming proprietors in Ireland, instead d emigrating with their capital to distant parts of the globe, where their hopes are too often disappointed. Moved by THOMAS EDWARDS, Esq., seconded by JAMES Es - JOHNSTONE, Esq. Resolved that the best thanks of the meeting are due to Mr. John Reynolds for having devised so desirable and secure an investment as that afforded by this Joint Stock Company, which offers to persons anxious to invest moneys in land advan tages so superior to those of all other plans of a similar nature, by reason of the proximity of the proposed investments to England, and the consequent immediate controul of all parties interested over them, whilst the security itself is preferable to that of mortgage. Sir David - ItOche having left the Chair, and John C. Hec tor, Esq., M. P. having been called thereto : It was moved by JOHN REYNOLDS, Esq., and seconded by Sir JOHN HARE. That the marked thanks of this Meeting are due to Sir Da vid Roche, Bart., 111. P., for his very proper conduct in the Chair. (Signed) JOHN C. HECTOR, Chairman. . _ The most influential Members of the Meeting formed them selves into a Committee, to make the necessary arrangements for carrying out the objects of the Meeting. In a few days the Prospectus, with a list of the Directors, Bankers, Solicitors, and other Officers, will be published. M)YAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. Extensive Novel. y. The first Vocalists in the Kingdom—Miss Romer, Mr Wilson, and Mr. Leffler, assisted by Mrs. Serle, and a numerous Chorus from the Theatres Royal—Conduc tor, Mr. G. Stansbury. THIS EVENING, JUNE 4, Will be acted Bellini's Grand Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Miss Romer; Li a, Mrs. Serle ; Rodolpho, Mr. Leffler ; Elvino, Mr. Wilson. After which. the Grand Romance of BLUE BEARD. Splendid scenery, dre:ses, and appointments, supported by Mr. W. Stoker, and the entire Company of this popular Establishment. To conclude with THE QUAKER. Steady, Mr. Leffler ; Lubin, Mr. W. Stoker. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. THIS EVENING, JUNE 4. AND TO-MORROW. nentirely new beautiful pathetic Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, with splendid scenery, decorations, &c., entitled SUSAN HOPLEY ! OR, THE TRIALS AND VICISSI- TIMES OF A SERVANT GIRL ! William Dean, Mr. E. F. Saville ; and Susan Hopley by Miss Vincent, the accepted Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, the Operatic Drama of THE PRISONER OF ROCHELLE. Henri (the Prisoner), Mr. Osbaldiston; Beatrice by Miss Vincent, who will introduce the popular Song of " Wanted a Governess !" accompaniod by herself on the Pianoforte. To conclude with, a new Romance, in Three Acts, entitled THE GALLEY SLAVES OF TOULON; OR, THE HIDDEN TREASURE! Louis de Valere, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Claude Lapelle, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Rabin, Mr. Saul ; Bouquet, Mr. Ross ; Antoine, Mr. Howard; Leonora, Miss Lee; Madame Bouquet, Miss Howard, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. .. ... SPLENDID AND EXTRAORDINARY NOVELTY!! ! Exhibition of the Great Fire Works of St. Angelo ! Promenade Musicale by the Band of Sixty Wind Instruments! ON MONDAY. JUNE 7, THE GRAND ROMAN FESTA, in imitation of the rejoicings which take place in Rome at the celebration of " 11 giorno di S. Pietro," will be repeated on MONDAY, when will be presented an exact fac-simile of the superb GIRANDOLA from the Castle of St. Ani;elo, the greatest and most magnificent display of Fire Works in the World, com prising areoug its beautiful effects, the Cascade of Fire— Fountains of• Blazing Stars--and the tremendous dErial Bou quet; with the ILLUMINATION of St, PETER'S, when the whole of this vast and glorious edifice is brilliantly lighted with countless ' nilriads of lamps, presenting together a coup d'ceil of in conceivable splendour hitherto unattempted out of Italy. The unrivalled Rand of this Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey, augmented by the addition of many performers of eminence, will give a Promenade Musicale et Champetre in the enlarged and newly-deeorated Orchestra. The Menagerie, including the great male Orarg Outani, and several other rarities, is exhibited daily, with Danson s Colossal Pictorial Model of Rome ! Open at Ten. Admission One Shiiling. Concert at Six. Fire Works at Nine. TO CORRESPONDENTS. _ _ We are obliged to " Cosmo p olite, " who writesfrom Bristol, and r egret that the length of the debate and the im portant d es p atc h es from China prevents us from inserting his communication at pre. sent. For the same reason we must omit or postpone several letters of importance. • .. PH r 5 ..1 13 Ak, • IPITX 4 ' tut ' 4tig ix • , _ ffilun. LONDON: FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1841. A London Gazette Extraordinary, published at a late hour last night, contains Sir GORDON BREMER'S despatch to the Governor-General of India, dated " Wellesley, off North Wangtong, March 10, 1841," announcing the capture of the forts of the Bocca Tigris, together " with every other of the Chinese defences with which we are acquainted." " The British flag," it is said, " is tlyjug Wangtong, in which is a garrison, and all the other batteries have been blown up, and are utterly destroyed." The work was effected on the 26th of February, in less than an hour after the ships could bring their broadside, to bear, though one of the bat- I teries mounted 4 . 2 guns of large calibre. The Chineselost probably 230 killed atWangtong, and probably as many more at Anunghoy, at which place the Chinese Admiral KwAN, and several other Mandarins ofrank, were amongst the killed. Of our brave soldiers and sailors only five were wounded in the whole force. - The despatch gives a long account of the pro gress of the negotiations and the delays of the Chinese, both before and after the capture of the forts, and concludes by expressing an opi• nion, that in consequence of the tortuous con duct of the Chinese authorities, the Com mander-in-Chief will have to proceed with hostilities at the risk of the destruction of the second city of the empire. Canton has been deserted by the authorities, and the excesses of the lower classes, proverbially bad, may force on, the Commodore is afraid, the de struction of the city. The Gazette contains a second despatch, dated " March 527th, Wellesley, off Wang tong," giving an account of the capture of the only remaining fort protecting the ap proaches to the city of Canton. In this affair three of our people were wounded, and a consi derable number of Chinese were killed. The despatch mentions the destruction of other forts and junks, the passage of our steam-boats and small craft up the river, and, finally, the occupa tion of the factory of Canton on the 19th of March. It concludes by announcing a suspen sion of hostilities, and the publication of an edict, declaring the trade to be opened. The Gazette also contains a despatch from Captain HERBERT, commanding the advanced squadron, detailing the operations on the upper part of the river, on taking possession of Canton. It further contains a despatch from Major- General GOUGH to Lord AUCKLAND, describing the share the troops bad in these several actions, and expressing his high admiration of the con duct of all concerned. The Peers met last night after the Whitsuntide holi days, and heaped on their table a great number of peti tions from their retainers and dependents, and from the clergy, and those the clergy can influence, in favour o he Corn-laws. On the motion of Viscount DUNCANNON, their Lord ships did not persist in the amendments they had made to the Arms Ireland Bill, to which the Commons had ob jected, and had held a Conference with their Lord ships on the subject. The Bill will therefore be passed as the Commons sent it up to the Lords. The Marquis of BUTE moved the second reading of the Jews Declaration Bill, and explained that the Bill was to enable persons of the Jewish persuasion to hold office, when elected to it by their fellow•citizens, by ab solving them from the necessity of swearing on the true faith of a Christian. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, after using some flummery to the Noble Marquis, opposed the mo tion. He admired charity, but he did not think it a virtuous species of charity to extend indulgences to indi viduals at the expense of duty towards GOD and the State. According to the Most Reverend Prelate it is the duty of Christian statesmen and prelates to be un charitable to the Jews. Fortunately for the world, the Archbisbop's morality finds no favour. Even the House of Lords does not support it. On a division the Bill was read a second time by 48 to 47. The Jews are to be treated charitably by the State, therefore, in spite of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY. After reading the Archbishop this useful lesson, their Lordships adjourned. In the Commons a great number of petitions were presented against the Corn-laws, and in favour of the Ministerial measures for altering the duties on corn, sugar, and timber. On the motion of Mr. GODSON, the petition of Mr. CoxE, from Nottingham, relative to the bribery practised there, was ordered to be printed with the "Votes. Mr. T. DUNCOMDE wished to have another petition on the same subject presented, but as he had not given notice, hi 6 motion was postponed till this day. Mr. LEADER explained to the House, for the satisfac tion of the Marshal of the Queen's Bench, that he had not stated in his speech on Mr. T. DUNCOMDE'S motion to release political offenders, that Captain DUFF and the Earl of WALDEGRAVE were outside the walls of the Queen's Bench prison. The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr. Cot.- QUHOUN. The lion. Member, continuing the personalities which Zephyr GRAHAM began, and Heavy HANDLEY so vigorously retorted, pointed out that Mr. HANDLE had sat for a Tory nomination borough, had opposed Catholic emancipation, and in 1822 had de nounced with great contempt Parliamentary Reform. He had not always, therefore, been a Whig. The Hon. Gentleman referred at some length to the conduct of Ministers, and harped on the cuckoo-note that they were not independent of the House of Com mons, and had proposed measures to please different parties in that Assembly. Mr. O'CONNELL followed, but less to reply to Mr. COLQUHOUN than to defend the conduct of Ministers. The question was, how was the country to be governed, and the policy or government by the Ministers had been successful both abroad and at home. The only objection to their policy was, that they had not gone far enough in the cause of Reform. Their present diminished numbers in the House were caused by isolated elections, where much bribery was used, and was no proof that Ministers had lost the confidence of the country. Of course the HO. and Learned Member vigorously defended the Go vernment of Ireland. Mr. LINDSAY, the new Member for Sandwich, denied that bribery had taken place there. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON of course opposed Mr. O'CONNELL, and spoke more against him than for the motion. A great number of Hon. Members subsequently spoke, but almost to empty benches, or at least to a half filled house, without saying much to the purpose, though they prolonged the debate till Twelve o'clock. At that hour it was again adjourned on the motion of Mr. Shiel, and at a Quarter past Twelve the House adjourned. Such of our readers as have paid attention to political economical discussions must be well aware that since the peace a great deal has been written about gluts and over-trading, and all the writers on the subject concur in making one statement, viz., that since then there has been a universal desire and a universal striving to pro duce more and more useful commodities, and to produce them cheaply. 'Writers have differed very much concerning the causes why such a desire and such a striving have not been as universally beneficial as, prima facie, they promise to be; some ascribing the failure to the production of more useful commodities than man can consume, and others,more wisely and correctly in ourjudg ment, ascribing it to the restrictions placed on some branches of industry, by which they have been prevented from raising that produce, say corn, which is the natural market for other produce, say manufactures. They have, however, from Mr. OWEN to Mr. M'Cum.ocir, all agreed in this, that productive power has been prodigiously augmented and most extensively applied. No longer ago than yesterday we met with Mr. GLADSTONE'S twaddling letters to the Morning Post, done up in a pamphlet, in which lie ascribes our present distress to the over-pro duction of useful clothing and , hardware. Such evidence satisfies us, and we are sure it will satisfy any person who has attended to the su!)ject, that there has been, since the peace, a most laudable striving amongst the producing classes to supply their fellow-creatures with an abundance of good things. There is no doubt that this laudable de sire has been shared by the growers of corn, as well as the makers of cotton cloth. Accordingly we read every day almost startling accounts, as it were, of the great abundance and cheapness of food in the great vale of the Mississippi, and in the plains of Russia, Poland, and Hungary. We have in our early days, as we wandered through the vales and over the hills of delightful, and then as now sun-lit England, felt our hearts full of rejoicing and gratitude to Providence ; as we gazed from Nottingham-hill on the outspread vale of the Trent, and saw it rich with yellow harvests, ready for the sickle, rich with food, provided beforehand, as it were, through the instrumentality of man, for coming generations ; but our gratitude and rejoicing at thdt'physical proof of GOD'S -everlasting good ness, falls far short - of the gratitUde and rejoicing we feel at the moral proof of die - Same . bountiful attributes to be found' in' thiS universal striving of productive labourers,-through so 'many years, and under circumstances disheartening and disat- THE SUN, LONDOIie FRIDAYI_3IINE 4,184 i. trous, to provide a cheap abundance of all the things that can sustain or gladden life. The consequences, however, of that striving, to which every heart must do homage, is that great stores of food, or great means of providing food, are now in existence in various parts of the civi lized world. The consequence, too, is, the same useful desire still animating productive labourers, that the production of food throughout the civi lized world has become cheaper and cheaper; skill and science have been applied to cultivation as well as to manufactures; the great agricultural skill I and science of civilized Europe, and of forward England, have been applied to the virgin soils of the new world, and they teem, we believe, with more relative abundance than does the mule of the spinner or the power-loom of the weaver. The great and the important conse quence of these leading facts in man's modern economical history, is that food throughout the civilised world, like cottons and hardwares, has become cheaper and cheaper, and is obtained liy less and less labour. Our political economy is not cold and cheerless, and we rejoice even more at this proof of the goodness of that Power which provides for the ever-increasing multitude of beings whom he has ordained to fill the earth. To this glorious progress and wise bene volence, which to us appears, from its exten sion throughout civilized society, to be a la .w of nature or of GOD, there is a remarkable exception. The owners of rent in England—tile gentlemen who do nothing—the lauded aristo • cracy, have taken it on themselves to thwart this benevolent design, and to lift themselves up in impious opposition to the palpable and de clared will of the ALMIGHTY. They make a law to say that there shall be no further cheapening of food, and no increase of abundance. The Corn law is expressly intended to forbid men from consuming a quarter of wheat at a less price than sixty shillings. The Corn-law, therefore, is as direct a violation of the natural laws which de termine the progress of society, and is as con trary to all the striving and all the hopes of all the industrious classes, as can well be conceived. But although our landowners can prevent food being supplied cheaper and cheaper to our people, they cannot arrest the progress we have 'adverted to in other countries. The skill and knowledge of civilised England are applied to the rich soil of the United States ; they are applied in Russia, in Poland, and in other parts of Europe, and produce a great abundance of cheap food. Far from impeding this progress abroad the land owners of England, by not allowing their own countrymen to share those advantages, make the abundance and the cheapness in other countries relatively greater. Shut off communication with those countries they cannot, and the ulti mate consequence of their attempt must be to bring, at some time or other, that relative cheap ness and abundance into contact with their own forced prices, and plunge themselves into head long ruin. The apprehensions they now enter tain, and to which they sacrifice the public pros perity, are the offspring of their own law to pre vent the progress of society and the laws of na ture from taking effect in England. Their policy is contrary to another very marked part of our general policy. We plant colonies and send abroad a multitude of persons to, apply our agricultural skill to a new soil. Those colonists must raise raw produce, and must buy our manufactures with it. They endeavour with all their might to make food cheap and abundant. The noble colony of the Cape of Good Hope, the vast territories of New Zealand, New Holland, and Van Diemen's Land, with Canada, must all be, in the tint instance, cheap food producing colonies. The policy of England is to encourage that, and the vent for their food, or produce equivalent to food, must be England herself. They will compete with our own soil. They will contribute to reduce price and raise supply here to a level with price and supply in.other parts of the world. For the landowners, therefore, to succeed in keeping up the price of wheat to 605., or anything like it, not only must they exclude communication from other countries, they must cut off trade Ilith our various colonies. The thing is impossible. The task they have undertaken is as hopeless as it is impious, and they will have the satisfaction —if satisfaction it be—first, to starve down the popu lation to the supply, and then to see abund ance and cheapness—by them abhorred cheap ness—become prevalent here as in other parts of the world. They are inflicting thus a tremen dous injury on their country, without the hope of attaining their own object. To put down their gigantic monopoly, and to save them, with the rest of the community, from utter and irretriev able ruin, is the noble task the brave and wise people have undertaken in demanding a total repeal of the Corn-laws. The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all reached us. The following extract from an article in the Courrier Francais will show in what light the struggles of party in England are regarded by a certain class of French politicians : " One thing alone is interesting to France in the endless quarrels of parties in England ; it is the reserve which they have maintained when speaking of the late events in which the alliance between the two countries was compromised. Sir John Hobhouse exclaimed that the conduct of Lord Pal merston had gained ior hhn the admiration of Europe; Mr. Macaulay asked if England had ever spoken out more boldly ; and Lord Morpeth affirmed that the name of Lord Palmerston bad acquired a respect amongst nations which had never before been attained. Sir Robert Peel expressed himself with more moderation, and did homage to truth when he said, " I believe that, notwithstanding our late brilliant achievements, it would have been possible to have reconciled our conduct with the maintenance of friendly relations with France, and to have removed that feeling of bitterness between the two countries which, I fear, will survive, and which may prevent future reciprocal and cordial relations between us, a consummation so desirable that I believe it to be one of the most essential foundations of the peace and security of the world." Let us not forget, however, that Sir Robert Peel is almost the only man of his party, who has expressed these sentiments. Whilst there was yet a chance of war, and whenever Franc e sent a ship to sea, the Tories urged the Government to augment its navy. It was they who encou raged the insensate policy of Lord Palmerston, and their op position manifests itself only at the moment when the deficit occasioned by such ruinous folly is to be provided for. Whether Whigs or Tories, the men who have governed England since the peace, are of the school of Pitt. Adversity alone can reconcte them with France. England, to become humane and civil, must receive some great chastisement from Heaven." There is no domestic news of any political interest in the French Journals. The Journal du Havre of the Ist of June has the follow ing article : " Captain Beschon, of the Robuste, who arrived this morn ing from Brazil, informs us that while he was on the coast of Sumatra the Dutch, who were at war with the chiefs of the interior, had taken the towns of Barousse and Sinkal, and concluded a treaty of commerce with the King of Tourou monde. In passing the channel of Mozambique the Robuste was visited by an English man-of-war (a brig), which, in order to oblige it to stop, fired a, gun, the ball of which struck the mast." A letter from Algiers, of the 20th of May, says : " The last courier from the East brings word that Ge neral Guezivella had sent an emissary to the Governor of Ilongia, to inform him that he had taken possession of the town of Zammourah, and that he had pushed a reconnaissance farther in tke direction of Bongia." Zammourah is a small town situated about twelve leagues to the north-west of Setif, it is built on the declivity of a hill, which is pretty steep, it is sur rounded by gardens, supported by terraces. The population, consisting almost entirely of Coulouglis, is estimated at 1,800 or 2,000 souls." AUSTRIAN FURL/a—Vilma, M*. 25 Fiveper Conts.Metalliques • IOSN For per Cents. %% Three per Cents. Bank Shares l6ll - - -- --- .: - .;lllgemeine Zeilung. May 30 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JUNE 1. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1645 Anglo-Russian Loan lO-% lON Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Series lO2 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. ad and 4th . • Series ... 97% 5)7% Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) B7!* b 7 Dutch Actual Debt, 2l pc , Cent 5l -- Ditto 3 per Cent — Polish Bonds . __.. New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 75 75 NAwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent... Spanish, New 5 per Cents. lB% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, JUNE 1.-13 7.—Two months, 19 sq. STOCKHOLM, MAY 25.—Seventy-five days, 12. 0. CLIRIATIANIA, APRIL 2•2.—Threc months, 4 56. LEIPSIC, MAY 2 .—Two mo ths, 6. 20. PRUSSIAN FUN DS.— BsituN, MAY 29. Bills. Money, St. Schuld. Sch., 4 ~,, per cent. lO4 1(3 , 4 Prussian English Loan, 1831, 4 per cent 102% 101% Cxchange on London, three months 619 —Prussian State Gazette, May 30 At a moment when the fate of the " President" steamer excites the interest of every class of people in this--and, we may add, wherever the calamitous circumstances of her absence is known—of the people of every other civi lized nation, every suggestion tending to prevent or re lieve similar misfortunes deserves attention. The remark • of a Contemporary that the Fortitude, the captain of which vessel speaks in a tone almost of certainty of having seen her, took no steps whatever, either to signal or assist her, calls for some comment. On the score of humanity, there is, of course, not the shadow of excuse for this serious neglect ; but when it is known that, without incurring the heaviest responsibility—a respon sibility, not limited to his ship or his cargo, but affecting likewise the owner of that cargo, and the assurers upon it—the captain could not go out of his course, there is al lowance to be made for what appears a defect of duty and judgment in this particular. The captain, it is not stated, was in any peril when he asserts he saw the " President," yet he pursued his course, and leaves the disabled ship to buffet the waves or founder. By the form of policy now in common use in the mercantile and marine world, the slightest deviation by a vessel from her course vitiates the contract between the as surer and the assured, and it is seldom, therefore, that any takes place ; never, certainly, without compromising the interest of those assured. We are glad that our columns of this day announce to the trading community the existence of an establishment in which this restriction is done away with, and which, with the same security, will give any man, or body of men, the opportunity of encour aging, by their own acts and influence, this much called for, though almost uselessly withheld, philanthropic con cession. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There have been moderate arrivals of English Grain this week, and good of Irish Oats. The fine weather has kept the market in a state of great dulness for all sorts of Corn : but the factors were unwilling to take less prices except for Irish Oats, which s ere rather cheaper. Flour unaltered. SMITHFIELD. We had but a short supply 'of Cattle, with a good demand at our present quotations. Of Sheep and Lambs we had a fair supply, with a moderate demand for the former, but brisk for the latter. Of Calves our supply was good, with a brisk trade, prices rather improved. Of Pigs a middling supply, with a moderate demand. Beasts, 582 ; Sheep and Lambs, 9,260 ; Pigs, 480 ; Calves, 366. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to 55.; Veal, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. ; Lamb, ss. 6d. to 6s. 4d. ROLLS' cOURT.—(THIS DAY.) IN RE SMITH. F,VEN CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY. The Loan CHANCELLOR took lunatic petitions to-day, of which thewe were 26 on his Lordship's paper ; but no case of any interest except to the parties concerned, came before the Court during the morning. The further arguments in this case were resumed today. Sir WILLIM!! FoLiam was heard on behalf of Mr. Smith,against whom the application was made on the part of a Mr. Husband, a solicitor of Devonport, for whom he had acted as agent. The petition contained serious charges in regard to the management of the business of the petitioner; but we reserve the details until the conclusion of the case. VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) Short causes and unopposed petitions occupied his Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR the whole day. ARCHES' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) • could not state who it was that drank the wine , b ut it was M SP t"`" Mr. SPe er to the Church a bottle of wine for the use o f Mr. Speer.;_....elsv who paid him for it. The beadle who attende d en e, during divine service for the purpose of assisting hi m to change.7,...r dress for the different parts of the service, was examined, witness stated that a bottle of wine had been brought frOose_ i !Lei Swan about every second Sunday morning, but the landlord, was likely to be more correct, stated, that the wine was sent Tr' every Sunday morning. The beadle, however, stated in his evi that the bottle of wine was usually deposited in the Vestreallo 9D3 2; c that Mr. Speer, during some interval of the service was aeell s t v e r— s to take a halepint of wine and water warm, and that terval, between the Communion and the Sermon, he usually , t o l l3 ', b iy another halt'-pint of wine and water warm. Now as to vib e s t ve e. Mr. Speer drank the whole of the bottle of wine lilmselles another ettrl. , the question was not as to the quantity drank but 3 . the effecte produced by the portion of wine and water viaw` w was drank. It was said in extenuation that Mr. 59_,:fl was a gentleman of a sickly constitution, and was unde r the neeer,l:-, of havihg recourse to some such stimulant es wine, to enable n_on to go through his duties on Sunday, and that withou t such A ,P 115...„. taut lie would be unable to go through his duties. Probably Fr: was true, and that the quantity was very swab which produe ed o t n effect of intoxication on Mr Speer, but it was not, therefore,: ne, a ttributed to the witnesses that they deposed falsely in va=s that he appease,' under tile influence of liquor service. It was probable that some of the witnesses might be m 17 ,, by appearances, and attrthu to to the use of that wine and tvatF r ei e i wine in its simple state, the appearance of a drunken man, w Il!:4 Mr. Slicer seemed to them to exhibit. They stated the facts they eopearsd to them, and it was for the Court to believe O were at least capable of judging in such a case. The first Wit_tr: was Captain Williams, of her _Majesty's Dragoons; and alth7;,, that witness was examined de bone esse, and was not subjec t cross-examination, still the Court must look at the e vidence :,' witness of such respectability. He attended the church sine. 1528, and he said Mr. Speer performed the service in a veil decorous manner ; and on one occasion he gave great offence and a gust, and he attributed the whole to the effects of intoxication. 4174. f ther wit nesswas Lord de Roos, who resided in the parish in the Y o e • 1837, 1838, and 1839, and he gave evidence as to the general e... duct of Mr. Speer. He said it was very unusual, and his r aa ee ni te of performing the service was very irreverent, and gave great scandal in the parish—he stated, at the same time, that other isi wise his conduct was not offensive, and that he was veil P eigi de among the lower classes in the parish. From this it was abund ant ; , . clear that the aristocracy of the parish were nut in league 'when him—they spoke of him conscientiously, and gave him praise r • ever they could. His Lordship said on many occasions Mr. S P; was intoxicated during the (tine he was performing Divine Ser" to. sometimes so much so as to be hardly able to get through hi' 4, e ,„ Then, again, Captain Manners, of the Royal Navy, gave similar tintony, and said the service was performed in so slovenly a m s .' and so irreverently, that it gave great offence to his notions , ' . 4 ;i: came the evidence of Mr. Clark, who stated that the ser sire' performed in such a manner as to drive him from the Chnreh to yre ' e Independent Chapel. Sir Charles Sullivan corruborat o6 that had been said before, mid he stated that the coo4 u n tiii Mr. Slicers was so bad that he would not a ll o w his cti to go to eht,rch, and wood have refrained from att e n d io : himself had it not been for the sake of example. Then thee' - . 04 1 the evidence given, most unwillingly, by the parish clerk; h e ; efi g out of the way so as to avoid being interrogated. It was e ll ' 0( that he was au unwilling witness, but he corroborated the the evidence given by the former witnesses. He spoke rer , e ' pauses in the service as if Mr. Speer had lost the place, 4 7blse spoke most unwillingly but strongly to the general manner ch ib ie, performing the service, and Mr. Speer was in such a stare the the witness was obliged on some occasions to read the set i t e ek,' him. That formed a body of evidence which could leave n o in the mind of the Court as to the real state and condition of ;i, Speer c uring the general periods alluded to. He was suePli e l er o i e wine on all occasions ; lie was constantly in the habit of c".: 7 ; ing some portion of the wine; he was very frequently in 3 44 '7 great confusion, and he generally performed Divine Service, improperly and indecorously. Now how was this body of Bev as''! evidence met ?—First, the evidence of Dr. Booth, who ne ve ' ll e tended church, but was the medical adviser of Mr. SPe er ' _esti stated that he never had reason to consider Mr. Speer eeeictimt i drinking : he was of a highly nervous temperament, end : 1/V excited, anti generally he was of a bad constitution, and reit., some starnulating medicine or wine, but be had never ordered. 7 - 0 to take wine that he remembered. He said that when in a of excitement, which very little would put him in, many Pe r le might think him labouring under a state of intoxication. uo, 1836, he expressed a fear that he would break doWn in ills 4 • when witness recommended him to take something stimulicir*tiov Witness only spoke generally. Ile could not spe a k to anything ete s went to a contradiction of the other witnesses. Othe r w itnessessP e bb i ' c i the same facts as to the nervous stet e of Mr. Speer, and some °fo! proved that he was sometimes very hoarse at the altar ; and h. proved that he was subject to a swelling of the uvula; arid 00 4 4 stated that they had not seen any indecent conduct in the cha r and one female witnesss said the parishioners were very per t ito and were dissatisfied with the manner in which the service tvol;` formed before Mr. Speer came into the parish, but nothing tut s it' upon that. The curate who was employed by Mr. Speer 1 ,0 1 that he had never seen anything indecorous or irreverent into mantle:, but he was in the parish only three months in ISO' did not come bark to it till March 1839; so that during the g r. c e ter s part of the time covered by the allegations, he had no knowle d g e oe the habits of Mr. Speer. He said he had often dined .Wi th .,,d""o( . ; and vice versa; and that in his opinion Mr. Speer was not rot either wine or spirits; that he had seen two glasses of hom e o , wine take as much effect upon him as a bottle would do uPo n , o e e i other parties. All that proved the allegations and the evia'r ege : given support of them, for it was proved that he drank ;is several times during the Service, and if it tock such effect uP el s oes . it was his duty tthave abstained from it. In his opinion Ot t o. gation had been proved. Then came the fifth Article, w .4 charged Mr. Speer with having, on the sth. August, been In Sloe , state of intoxication as to be unable to perform the SerViee `": 0 10V day, and that he did not preach on that day, being diss from it by Sir Charles Sullivan and Mr. Seely. No witnesse s been called to prove this allegation, because it was found th at 7;it, was charged to have taken place in August, actually took plaF September. The counsel for Mr. Speer had made some attoak b ite nervations on that fact, but he (Sir H. Jenner) did not thin%i were warranted by the facts. The next charge was,' that w the church was under repair in 1836, Mr. Speers called ur i i, Captain Williams in a state of intoxication, and that when lea / is e in attempting to mount his horse he overbalanced himself, an d , f ea on the other side. Mr. Speer attributed the fall to the horse 0 ( ing on being mounted, and attempted to prove it by the eviden t : a coachman of Lady Liverpool, but he could only say that hee the horse was fresh it was rather frisky. The fact of intoxielL ie ,'"' was clearly proved by Captain Williams and his butler that !lon he thought proved. He now came to the most serious etra'a b it was contained in the seventh allegatio n, an d was supported 4 two witnesses, against whom no suspicion had been attempted...Zll raisect. Tegg, the churchwarden, was at a c h r i sten i ng h i la, b 0 1838, when he thought Mr. Speer would have fallen dow n '. o os read the service in such a manner as to ren d er i t uninte iti g ible" , ridiculous. That witness was corroborat e d by C arnes, t he falbeigi the child, who said further that Mr. Speer after the ceremony , snee a kind and jocular manner, " It is said clergymen rob the P u '''see this is my tremendous fee," and then gave it b ac k f o r the child' his opinion this allegation was made out, and he thought the vation clearly irreverent. The next charges were drunkenne7tliss July, 1838, and August 12, 1838, when Mr. Speer perforro 4 tdl services in a most irreverent manner, making many m1 0,0°4 , 0 0 , sometimes shouting, at other times speakin g s o low as po t ' e e . gat beard. In his opinion the weight of evidence was in faunae 4 eit facts charged against Mr. Speer. Having di s p ose d of all rh.74 deuce, he said his opinion was that Mr. Sp eer was often Pr° e _," se a have been in a state of intoxication, and wh o lly unfit to P' of. Divine Service. In such circumstances what were the pari sbi° . ea ter, of Thames Ditton to do ? Were they to remain quiet, ta t ' stir! notice of sucleconduct ? No doubt Mr. Speer was kind and c 6 ; table to the poor, but that was no reason why the other Pa ris ,"e .° oo. - should put up with such indecorous conduct. The Learnt,' " a see s set at very considerable length defended the motives which 11 , 3 0 01 tuated the parties who had instit u t e d th e procee di ngs ; the e ll 0 001 , proved that they were perfectly j us tifi e d i n d o i ng so, andas he ,heleor say, that Mr. Speer had been very ill a d v i se d i n at t r ibuting "" iee slP sccution to malicious and private mo ti ves, H e w' %es/ of opinion that it was p rove d th a t if 14r * 0 0 1 / was not an habitual drunk a rd, a t l eas t th at h e h a d liPc in " 00• occasions, been in a state of d run k enness , and i b .o ts. clearly proved that in conse q uen ce o f th a t h a bi t h e had beet' ;ea times unable to perform Divine Service; and it was clearlYil - p ate that he had upon ninny occasions • performed that service in a n • i fee, cent and irreverent manner; the consequence of which ' 116 .,00 . several of the parishioners had withdraw n th emse l ve s front iw . r 4 giio, ante on the parish church ; an d h e f e lt q uite C " - offsj that if some steps were not taken to rem ° e ve ' Speer from the parish, and put an en d to such s 4 ` . cency, it would lead to an entire deserti on o f the tbu rc—h. eo .o" ' f' would be necessary, therefore, for th e C our t to prono U ;sll , sentence which must remove, at least fora '!.me:Mr. Speer f r o fit parish in question, and he was very terry to be obliged to " - 1 07 , a gentleman who had been proved to be kind, humane, 3 .. .„ P- 8 07, ritable to the poor. He had endeavoured to find out sw - de - ois' tigating circumstances, but he could find none, for Mr. spea r ,- every thing, and attributed the prosecution to malice; ri t( 0 6 ' nothing, therefore, for him to amend. The sentence, ' ( het Rte must be the usual one, which was suspension for thre e 0 0 .1* both official and beneficial, from th e ti me the sentence least: s nicated to him, and he felt bound to condemn him in the e (*---;.', READING—SECOND LAW 3.IEETINCi. er , 71) Various of the neighbouring proprietors and bo il- blea j j their dependarrs, accompanied by an attorney, assen i sec oa the Town-hall, on the occasion of Mr. Sidney Snli tb' 'l l ° ll ' lecture, on Wednesday evening, took possession of th e ii,o4o" form and packed the body of the hall with their own i re -; k 1 IS When .:\ !r. Vines was proposed for the chair, these ni s ,,ri , ,A-i li i, moved: another person to that office ; but even with e.`", Oa packing, I\lr. Vines was chosen by a large majaritY•iat, e r, addressing the assembly. M r . Vi nes was frcqueodj t,i rusted be these respectable ruffians. And when i‘ i c a ceiri trey Smith was introduced, one of them, by t he il eig e :j certed signal of a cat-call, evoked th e di scor dant ost rati , himself arid followers. , After :Ur. Smith had resn ° oo ol; against this conduct five or six times, and had been a o t - i ' to with the moat insulting epithets, he at last took minute watch, and said, " I shall just give you five Ini i ",, i , I l e a leave this platform, and with your gang, to leave !"2,53i ?a with If 3ou do not, take the consequences."—(He was agon,. la with threats, hoots, add the most insolent epnh e `i rol„ audience then began with that fearful ground tone 0 S, i t l iz l anger which never can be trifled with with impuniT i ala'!; - however, with white face and quivering lips, t le , iv ia fl;:i disturbers bade defiance. At last, as the anuli, / 9' T,5 lAitecl symptoms of impatience, the p o or cow a r d s qa'io' to speak with Mr. Smith, to promise to reni IV' if they were nut removed.) Mr. Smith—l " I "'„ a rlef:a no words with such men. Your time of grace it P ball ~, p'red ; you shall leave this place voluntarily, or Y",,i r asel t a bundled out of it neck and et ,, p ; choose which Y'n u ~ru r ed i [Ashamed to sneak off, the brawlers still endet v e s ' a di, bully.] Mr. Smith--The time, is up. Men 01- ' ll t he h oe r shall make way for you till you have cleared to t „ty form and die hall of these ruffians. In au i ns .a dje",.,. people rushed to the platform, and the enemy a' u c t, lia oo , crawled ott the back way. As they did not go every N„ ever, the audience pursued them, and turned , for t t ir of them, squire and clodhoppe r , ignominions'Ye' I , Smith til ntl amidst tremendous cheering. Mr. de , livered a lecture of two hours to ' the most attentive a l ' e " The 134 the l F slastic audience ever assenfoled in Reading. 7. - - .011 , ; was crammed, and many ladies graced the weeting `:,, j 41, presence. At the conclusion the cheers were loud ._" idst .e .o and tie meeting broke up in the utmost ord"r, a nd 21n ,,,, 110 pres , ior.s of the greatest enthusiasm and satisfactio n • fur Tory attempts at domination in leading ! II 01 3 INTE L L I GEN C . / .01 r'i ll; CA NTL ilB i' It V. —.The bin e l oo k s we ll, at (I is daj•Y :,(1: - isig. In one or two grounds the fly has slightly all' " roc r in other, it is not f lu be seen. t Or ioP kt4h ti : i .r i h s ,i,, ,T asig a bt k i l , j ., o et in lf in g ravishes , rea r t.'xr is e r i l s::l c ) N l: E ;a:ur , i the ny i 7 d j ' ar De c-. ci , -\.`•:iitooK'.—Our hoe ni t t ‘ h , 1, they li i s , h t ‘:; re '. for tit ' i l ,., ,),l ll 3 t n.'' b 'a a pt fi nl ; si t t ai h ot.u e e : lc at i : i 'i t ill:: " .'teD: r't4. °' D :lave caused the improv ement. , „,r Of. T i t , t f or O s O t L o OC tl i x lCA L GA RDE NS: gardens in May, were 21,948, 6931. 9s. was received. The number of visitors ' t t oo- •• u rc day , TuQs - day, and Wednesday, was 6,100, and the . t volved ott those days was upwards of 1301. The g r . e- reono a attraction has been the young giraffe, which is I , n tt io ably tine health and condition, and there reinaitlsll_„iitiV, but that it will It, successfully roared, as the moth o r ,ri c iit ' it j ate . l to take every notice of it. This interesting soung ha te be shown to the public next week. The el .- de ns ;, been ornamented with several fine specimenis amongst which are fine statues of Venus, Ceres, BOURSE—PARis, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2. first Highest Lowest Last P r i c e Price. Prics, Price French ;5 per Cents ll4 75 ... 114 85 ~. 114 75 ... 114 80 4% per Cents ..... 4 per Cents 99 , 0 ... 99 40 ... 99 40 .., 1)9 40 3 per Cents 7B 85 -. :8 90 ... 78 75 ... 18 75 .Ir,nk of France - - ....... Lattitte !tank 5,11C0f. Shares 5155 ...51f , 5 ...5155 ... 51:5 Belgian Bank, 1841..... lO2O ...lOW ...1020 —lO2O New Loan lOl% ... 1. 1% ... 101% ... 101% 4 :Antsh Active.. Passive 5% ... f , % ... 5% ... 51,..4 eortugucse 3 per Cents 2 0% ... 20 % ... 205 ... 20% :‘,,pulitait ;omen FA(LWAY SHARES. Vet:allies, LB l7B 75 ... 182 50 ... 178 75 ... 181 25 R. B 325 ... 325 ... 322 50 ... 322 50 ;Means . 487 50 ... 487 50 ... , 11; 50 ... 487 :.0 Strasburg to litee I 127 50 ... 227 10 ... 225 ... 225 On the Madrid Exchange, May 26, were concluded twenty eight bargains for 17,400,000 reels; Bonds , Five per Cent., at 27 I'a a 15-16 ?, 5-16 at sundry dates , and at .1 1 7-16 pre mium. In the coupons to be capitalised, five bargains for 2,219,418 reals, at 201 j 5 21 1 4, and at fifteen and sixty days' •itt,e, Four bargains besides, for 6,000,00 0 reels, in the New Debt, without interest, at 6 6 3-16 1. BELGIAN If UNDS—BleUsszLil, JuNa Loan of Thirty Million., 53 Actual Debt , per Cent. Rothschild's Loin', per Cszt . ....... 100% Spit . CePt. — spa r ..... 93 .... . 7O • le , C4 Loan'of City, 1430, 4 per Cent lg Society of Conimsno, 44 I ppri;erlt lOO Bank 9,34841111, 5 Rer cL1A??,,..,..-••••••••• WationalSociety. .... . . ........ Egc4iinge on I:ondopi ......... ....erumls Arr.; June 2, • COLONIAL MARKET. The operations by private treaty were extremely limited both for Home use and Export, but in prices little variation moment took place. The imports were light. TEA MARKET. Much business done, and a further advance took place; for large parcels of Company's Congou 2s. Id. was paid, with very few sellers. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian Tallow dull, and prices on the de. cline. Sellers of P. Y. Candle at 465. on the spot, and 475. 3d, for the last three months. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 3.—The vessel seen by the Fortitude in long. 24, and supposed to be the President, is now considered to be the London, from Yarmouth to the United States, that arrived yesterday, the description and position of the vessel agreeing with that of the vessel. LIVERPOOL COTTON 111... xx ix JUNE 3.—The business to-day consists id' 1,500 bales to the trade, without alteration in price ; the Market still heavy and depressed. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 3.—The transactions at the Stock Exchange this day are, in Eastern Debentures, tip ; Grand Junction, Half-shares, 99i ; Liverpool and Man chester, 199 ; London and Birmingham, 159; Quarter-shares, 23 ; ditto 321. Shares, 54 ; New ditto, 24i ; North Midland One-third Shares, 5 3 / i . MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 3.—We have but little business doing to-day, and no alteration in prices : London and Birmingham, 159; Ditto Thirds, 54k; London and South Western, 55i • Bristol and Exeter, 34i to ; Cheltenham and Great Western, 28 ; Midland Counties, 87% to 88i ; Hull and Selby, 42i 43i. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, JUNE I.—The liquidation has caused some operations, but without any variation in the prices. Some purchases in Ardoin's Spanish have caused a rise in that fund. _ (From the Madras Price Current to the Bth April. ) COMMERCIAL REMARKS. COTTON.—Since our last there has been nothing doing in the Tinnwlly Cotton ; and the accounts received per Folkstone from China of the unfavourable turn which affairs have again taken in that quarter, will probably have the effect of suspend ing further operations for the present. INnico.—The market is still bare of finer qualities. A few barrels of ordinary have been changing hands. 31vrans.—We have to notice a sale of about 85 tons of assorted Iron recently imported. PIECE Goons.—ln these goods there is nothing to notice. Prices are nominally the same as before, but the demand limited. EUROPEAN ARTICLES.—A late arrival from London has brought a considerable addition to the already heavy stock of British manufactures, and rather a large importation of beer. AlowEv MARKET.—Sovereigns in fair request, and prices range from lis. 10s. 6d. to 10s. Bd. each. Bills in England without alteration. Government paper continues in demand, and sales to some extent have been effected during the past fort night at previously current rates. THE FUNDS. The notice posted at the Bank yesterday has not had any effect on the Money Market. This day Commercial Bills be came due to some extent ; to the present hour we do not hear of any mischief, and it is generally supposed that most of them are provided for. Consols opened this morning at 90 for the Aceoun!, at which price they are at present ; for the 16th July Reduced 884 ; New Three-and-a-Half shut. Exchequerßills 7 9 prem. ; Bank Stock, 168 170 ; India Stock, 252 254 ; India Bonds 1 3 prem. The Foreign Market also continues in a dull state with nothing doing to the present time, and the prices are nominal, as they left off. Spanish Active, 23i 4 ; Deferred, 11i Passive, 5i ; Portuguese, 33 1 ,4 34 ; Three per Cents., 20A ; Brazilian, 67 68 ; Mexican, 27?,- 2Eq , Colombian, 214 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52i a ; Five per Cents., 99% 100. Sii A RES. —Great Western, 29i 30i prem. ; New, 4i 4 prem. ; London and Brighton, 4i h die. ; Blackwall, 6 5} dis. ; Birmingham, 68 70 prem ; Southampton, 55 56 per share ; Croydon, 13i 3 j4 per share ; Greenwich, 81i per share; Man chester and Birmingham, 17 16 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover, 181! 2 18 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Ditto Debentures Great Western Ditto New ... 50 London and Brighton London and Blackwall South Eastern and Dover HALF-PAST ONE. Accounts have been received from Sydney, via Calcutta, to the 31st January, twenty days later than the last accounts. THE 'MILLS AN D BREAD.—The price of flour at all the mills were, finest, 265. ; seconds, 21s. ; rations, 18s. per 1001bs. ; the mills are giving 4s. 6d. fur the inferior. Colonial wheat and fine, 7s. 6d. to be., for the best, but they complain that there is little of the best description of wheat submitted for sale. The 41b. loaf is Is. BuTcirEtts' MEAT.—There is at present a sufficient supply of stock for slaughter on sale. The prices are, Beef, per quarter or carcase, from 3d. to 3id. ; Mutton, 2d. to 3id. ; l'ork, 7d. to 7%c1. ; Veal, 74d. to Bd. ; in other respects there are no news of consequence. The British Funds continue in the same situation as in the earlier part. of the morning, without the least animation, and not one feature worth attention to the present time. Consuls are now quoted without the dividend 88S 89 ea. div. ; for Money, 89/ 90 ; Reduced, BS/ ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced 97/ ; Exchequer Bills, 10 8 premium lower ; Bank Stock, 169 i. The Foreign Market is almost deserted. There are only four quo t a tions. Spanish Active, 23a ; Russian, 112 i 113 ; Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents. 52i; Five per Cents. 994. In the Share Market very little doing. Great Western, New, 641 j ; London and Brighton, 46; London and Blaekwall, 19i Z. QUARTER TO TEPEE. The payment of the heavy acceptances falling due to-day, this being the 4th of the month, when most commercial bills arz made payable, there is some demand for money ; but to morrow• things will, no doubt, be easier. The Bank notice facilitates the settlement of claims on bills of exchange. The Tea trade is duller to-day, owing to the favourable character of the official dispatches from China. Company's Congott about 2s. lid. to 2s. 2d. per lb. There is nothing very flattering in the mercantile a'lvices from our East India possessions. This is indeed not at all to he wondered at, seeing how materially some of the leading Pre..idences are dependent upon the China trade for the due control of the exchanges with the mother country. At B nn bay there aprears to be more animation in business than at Calcutta or Madras. As to Canton, of course all barter and exchange hal been suspended, but it seems that Captain Eliot intends opening the navigation of the river to the vessels of all nations, now he has once more pl toted the Union Jack upon thr British factory in the pi o vincial capital of the Celegtials. Consols, Account, ex. div., 69i a ; Mexican, 28., ; Spanish, 231 Markets firm, with every appearance of a rise. 630 n Tuesday last a man in the employ of a pub lican at Ath was taking his horses to drink in a quarry; but, in consequence of the extreme heat, they went farther into the water than usual, arid fell into a hole twelve feet deep, and were drowned. It was must distressing to witne:4 the strug r files and to hear the cries of the poor animals, at the same time that no succour could be afforded them. The carman was rescued, after a short time, from his perilous situation. The hay harvest has commenced in this neigh bourhood. ; and it is satisfactory to be enabled to report that the crop is generally exceedingly luxuriant, and should the weather prove fine for housing, theep will be a good reason for congratulation _in reipciit to food fur stock. The grain Crops also have at present a very promising appearance.— Ca/id/ridge :Pim-tiny% BURDER V. SPEER. Sir HERBSRT JENNSIL gave judgment this morning in this CASE', in which the office of a Judge was promoted by Mr. John Bunter, the Secretary of the Bishop of Winchester, against the Reverend WeWord Speer, Perpetual Curate of Thames Ditton, in the county of Surrey, for drunkenness, and the neglect and improper perform ance of his clerical functions. The Learned Judge said the cita tion in the eau se was returned in 1839, and by that citation Mr. Speer was called to answer certain articles exhibited to him in the usual form, setting forth in the first instance that he was art habi tual drunkard, and had repeatedly committed the crime of drunkenness, and that he was guilty of indecent lan. guage as well in as during the time of the performance of Divine Service, and also before and after the performance of such service. An appearance had been put in for Mr. Speer on the 29th of June, 1839, and the admission of these articles was op posed. One of the witnesses being under the necessity of quitting England, application was made to the Court to permit that gentle man to be examined, which the Court allowed, and Captain Wil hams, the witness, was accordingly examined upon the articles, but it was not thought proper on the part of Mr. Speer to put any inter. rogatories to him. On the debate as to the admissibility or the ar. ticles, the Court thought that, with a slight alteration in the 11th article, it was proper they should be admitted to proof, and they were accordingly admitted. An appeal was then made from the decree of the Court, and the Privy Council be fore whom the appeal was heard was of opinion that the Court had judged rightly in admitting the articles, and accordingly remitted the case to the Court, and the party was condemned to pay the costs of the appeal. The case being thus remitted proceeded in the usual course. The next step was to give an issue to these articles, and a negative issue was given to them arid fourteen witnesses ex amined on them, including Captain Williams, who was examined de bene esse. Fourteen other witnesses were also examined at great length on the pail of Mr. Speer, and the case came on for hearing upon the evidence which had been given by these twenty-eight witnesses. It would be proper to state the contents of the articles given in confirmation of the citation that had been issued. The first article pleaded that Mr. Speer was admitted to the perpetual curacy of Thames Ditton on the 13th March, 1835. The second article pleaded his license to the said curacy. The third article pleaded that ever since he had been admitted to the spiritual office of that parish he had been addicted to the immoderate use of wine and spirituous liquors, and in the habit of frequenting a public.house or inn at Thames Ditton called the Swan, there drinking to excess to the great scandal of his pa. rishioners. The fourth article pleaded that ever since he aad en tered upon the duties of his curacy he had been in the habit of performing Divine Service in an indecent: and irreverent manner, and had thereby also caused great scandal and offence to his parishioners and persons assembled for Divine worship, and that many persons, in consequence, had been driven away from attending Divine Service in the church. The article also pleaded that during the time of divine worship Mr Speer was in the frequent habit of receiving from the Swart a bottle of wine, which he drank in the vestry during the service, and that, in consequence, he frequently became so intoxicated as to be un able to go through the service. The fifth article pleaded that on a Sunday morning in July or August, 1836, during the performance of divine worship, Mr. Speer was evidently in a state of intoxi cation, and totally unfit to conduct the service, thereby causing great scandal and offence to the parishioners, and that at the end of the Communion Service Sir C. Sutton and INlr.Seeley, the Churchwardens of the parish, remonstrated with him, and urged upon hem that by reason of his intoxication he was not in a fit state to proceed with the service, and offered to take upon themselves to say that the congregation would dispense with the sermon. The 6th article ple.,deti that in the summer of 1836, while the church was under repair, Mr. Speer called upon Captain Williams in a state of intoxi. cation, and when about to mount his horse to return home, in consequence of intoxication, fell over on the other side. The 7th article pleaded that on the 25th March, 1837, on the occasion of christening a child, Mr. Speer read the service in so indecent a manner as t o be unintelligible, and showed, by his conduct, that he was in a state of intoxication; that, after the christ ening, he called the parties back, and holding up the money, said " Look at this fee. The Clergy are said to rob the poor, but this does not look like it." The Bth Article pleaded that in the afternoon of Sunday, in July, 183 e, in consequence of in toxication he read prayers in an unsuitable manner, and with extreme difficulty, and was unable to preach the sermon. The 9th article p'eaded, That on the morning of Sunday, August 12th, 1838, he performed divine service in an irreverent and indecent manner, made many mistakes, and was unable to go through the duties of the day, being in a state of intoxication. The 10th article pleaded that on the afternoon of Sunday, March 10th, 1839, he was likewise in a state of intoxication, that he read the prayers in 'a manner almost unintelligible, and in consequence of such intoxication sat down lin able to give the benediction. The 11th article pleaded that by such conduct he had given great offence and scan dal to his parishioners, and other persons frequenting the church. That complaint was made to the Bishop of the Diocese, who directed an inquiry into the truth, which having been done, and the result reported to the Bishop, the present proceedings were instituted, since which Mr. Speer had ceased to perform his duties in the parish. The remaining articles were those of form, which it was unnecessary that he should enter into. These, then, were the charges brought against Mr. Speer, who had set up eight articles as a defence to them. The Learned Judge then recapitulated the articles of the defence, which amounted generally to a denial of the articles of accusation, admitting that the defendant was in the habit of taking wine in the Vestry during divine service, in consequence of being of a weakly and nervous constitution, but never to excess, and denying that his conduct, either in the performance of divine service or other ; wise, had given scandal or offence to his parishioners. Now, these were the allegations given on one side and on the other, and on which, as he (the Learned Judge) had stated, twenty-eight witnesses had been examined. The question was simply the truth of these articles ; it involved no consideration on points of law, but was merely a question of evidence whether there was sufficient proof of the charges brought against the defendant, and whether they were sufficiently rebutted by the evidence given in by him. No person who had heard the charges could doubt that if they were established they constitute an offence of a gross and serious nature, and were such as would subject Mr. Speer to Ecclesiastical censure, proportioned to the offence established for habitual or even frequent drunkenness in a clergyman, whose duty it wasto set an example of sobriety to his parishioners, was an offence highly penal, and involving serious consequences on the person guilty of it. It would necessarily create great scandal and offence to the parishioners of whom he was the minister, and the offence was greatly increased, undoubtedly, when the habit was indulged in, as pleaded, at the time when he was actually engaged in the performance of Divine service, and yet the defendant did, as charged, in the intervals of Divine service indulge in wine, and was supplied with a bottle from the Swan almost every Sunday, the effect of which upon him was to render his perform. ance of Divine worship irreverent and indecent, as stated in the article. Now, these matters having being represented to the Bishop he was called upon to inquire into their truth, and he accordingly ' directed the Secretary to enter upon the inquiry, and the result being: reported to his Lordship, he directed these proceedings to ' be instituted. The Learned Judge then proceeded to discuss the propriety of those proceedings having been instituted by the Bishop, and said that whatever might be the case in ordinary cases, in the present case there was not only sufficient to cause proceedings to beinstituted, but that he could not with propriety have refrained from doing so, after the complaints that had been made to him. Now, it was stated that this prosecution had originated in spite and malice—it was said that the Churchwardens, Sir Charles Sutton and Mr. Seeley, had excited it against Mr. Speer from mo. tivea of private resentment, arising out of circumstances that had taken place in the course of business, It was possible that evidence might be adduced to make out a case - . of conspiracy and perjury against the persons by whom the charge was brought against Mr. Speer, and by whose evidence it was sup. ported ; but the probability that such a case could be made out was extremely remote indeed. There was no likelihood of those per. sons engaging in a conspiracy against an individual, who, from his position, ought not to be made the subject of such a prosecution. They all spoke of Mr. Speer as a man of mild and amiable manners, an affectionate son and father, and an extremely kind-hearted man. Now certainly it was difficult to conceive that an individual of that description, possessing so many amiable qualities, should be selected as the subject of such a prosecution as that brought against him, un. less there were some grounds for it—something that in the eyes of the parishioners counterbalanced those qualities, and prevented his having that influence in the parish which he other. wise must have. Now who wers the parties that were snpposed to have taken up that unfounded prejudice against Mr. Speer? They were persons of respectability and station in life, persons on whose conduct, independent of the present proceedings, no imputation had beets cast, or attempted to be cast, and it was not to be supposed that those persons would lend thomselves to proceedings so derogatory to their character unless there were some grounds for so doing. When it came to be considered what could be the grounds on which private revenge was alleged to be the motive that prompted those proceedings, it was found that they were perfectly inadequate to sustain the charge. It neat be. came necessary to inquire into the evidence by which the charge against Mr. Speer was sustained. The great objection whielt was made against the admissibility of the articles was that they were of too general a nature, and that, therefore, it was impossible fur the accused party to defend I 'melt' against them. To that it was answered, that it was impossible to specify any particular time or day on which the habit of intoxication was indulged in so as to bind the parties down to that particular period. The Court was of opinion that the charge should be specified as much as possible, and that in such a ease as the present the evidence should he as clear and decisive as possible. The Court had every incli nation to give Mr. Speer whatever benefits might arise from any peculiar feature of the evidence, and would next proceed to exa. mine the articles which had been exhii ited against the defendant. The Court here went through at considerable length the articles and the evidence by which they were sustained. The principal wit. tresses in support of the allegation of drunkenness were the landlord of the Swan Inn, at Thames Ditton ; the clerk of the parish and the master of the national school established in that parish. The clerk stated that he had frequently seen Mr. Speer in the Swan Inn, with brandy and water before him, and more than once saw him under the influence of liquor, and that the matter was the subject of much conversation in the parish. The landlord of the Swan deposed, that he kept that inn about four years and a half, from about the year 1536 to the latter end of 1835, or the begin ning of 1840, the period during which Mr. Speer was perpetual Curate of that parish. This witness stated that Mr. Speer was in the habit of going to his house to read the newspapers—that he appeared on several of those occasions in estate of intoxication —that he often came there under the influence of liquor and that from what he took in addition at the Swan he became intoxicated; that that intoxication was evident to all who saw Mr. Speer, as he reeled about the house when he attempted to walk. It appeared that the Swan was a very respectable establishment, and that the landlord was a very respectable person. The ; rounds upon which his evidence was impeached could not by any means Le sustained. The fact of his receiving a letter which lie had forgotten, having some reference to the prosecution, was not sufficient ground to im peach that evidence. The next witness, the master of the national school, in his evidence stated that he had seen Mr. Speer fee. quently, at least twenty times, in a state of iptoxication. That was the e.idence by which the third article of that allegation, which charged Mr Speer with habitual drunkenness, was sus. tained. It the charge of habitual drunkenness was not proved by those witnesses, at least it was shown that he was very fre quently drunk. The fourth article referred to the conduct of Mr.. Speer while performing Divine Service in the church, and eliatgesi him with having been in a state of intoxicatioVti or under the io fluence of liquor, so as to render him unable to perform Divine Worship in' a decent and edifying manner. He via. also charged in this article with having beets ftlrn!';red during the hours of Divine Service, witt a bottle of wino on each Sunday from the SWan. The person wha eseivc yeti the wine was the beadle of the parish. No le , ts than 13 witnesses were examined in support of the eli:\rgo. witnesses consisted of persons of M. l e::.st apparent respectability, and of rank anti station In the Pats-t i h—persot:s not likely to lend themselves to a prosecu. Lion of this description unless there Woe aeri:sus grounds for it. One of those witnesses was the laudiord of the Swan. That wit. tress stated he every Sunday Morning v/,r the habi t of, sending' mi• DR. HOLLAND ON THE CORN-LAWS. 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