The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-17 00:00:00

• TREA TY WITH PORTUGAL. The following is an Article of the Treaty of the 10th July, 1634, relative to the privileges of Bri tish subjects • • " That no_Alerid, as he is commonly called, nor other Officer of .his•King!s Majesty, shall arrestor impeach any of the people of this Republic, r,fwhat rank or _condition whats oever , exce pt in Si cr i minal Cause where he is apprehended in the fact, unieks he be first empottered in.-writing by the Judge Conser vator; and that th e .people aforesaid, in other re• spetv, as to their b o dies,. dwellings, b oo k s o f ac _ tdunts, interests, merchandise, and good.:, shall enjoy torrid and the same immunity within the dominion of the Mott- Serene' King of Poi tugal, from inipri- *on m ent , arrests, and other molestations whatso ever, as is, or hereafter shall be, granted to any other Prince and people whatsoever, in alliance with the King of Portugal : nor shall they be hindered by any safe conduct or protection, to be granted by his authority to the subjects of the said King, or otter- frequenting his dominions, from recovering their debts; but they shall have a right to sue every man to justice for the recovery of any just debt, what ever be his protection or passport, be he a Farmer of ' the Revenue, or any other privileged person." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (Prcna tie Gazette de France, Dec. I '5.) Nov. 15.—A private letter from Con tt-aetitiople, which has been communicated to us, trays that the mission of M. Bois le Comte has for its object to give explanations to the Porte respect ing the presence of the French troops in the Morea, anti to declare that France has nothing at all to do with the blockade of the Daidauelles. The Ruse French brig of war arrived the day be- . fore yesterday at the island of Vow . la, escorting two merchantmen belonging to the expedition to the Morea, bringing emigrant Turkish families, to the number of about 500 persons; ten ships were ex• pected immediately, and will bring to Smyrna that part of the garrisons of Patras, and of the castle of the Morea, which has expressed a desire to come to this port ; a part of them gone to Romelia. he last accounts from.NaYarin are of the Sth of this month.. At this time Vice-Admiral 'de Rigny had relurned to take, the .station he has occupied • the arrival of. the. French troops, and General ▪ •kini had returned to his head-quarters. Th. :!. IN' 01 the Morea being wholly terminated, it i abh - tint the A.••miral :will go to Smyrna for • time.—cuurier de Wthyinc; , • „ PARIS, Dec.-14.-=LSeverat journals nave spoken of. the journey, of M.„, Arnedee s4aitbert - in Such a "tanner as..to-eneourttge‘TA belivf.thathe'is- entrusted „ 1 , a the I?orte, 7! bag even been said, that he was. aßpoioAett yrictk ag*nt. at Constanti ,ople. It appears, however, _that M. Jaubert f) eleept to deliver (he despatches of which be is the bearer to theirnba;;Sador. of the Nether lands, who now 4itiek on the negotiations with the Turkish Government. •• If we may beliet , e the reports in circulation re- . specting the eontetits of - •thedespatches which have been sent -by M.'Jaubertit is, intended to make j another step .to -obtain ,from the Sultan his formal sanction the:evacuation of the Morea, anti con sequently his adherence to the treaty of .the 6th of July. . a The Morea is , - .evaeuated," says the Sultan; " this is undoubtedly it'fact,blit a fact with Which I do not choose to trouble myself at present ; let us' speak no more of it." But the Powers are not of that opinion ; they desire His Sublimity to pay some attention to it, and formally approve this fact ; in short, he shall legalize it by his formal approbation. The Powers--we speak of France anti England. might then re-establish the diplomatic relations, which are now interrupted, which would enable them to labour more effectually to bring about a re conciliation between Turkey antinnasia.:The . obsti- Ilkley, or rather the firmness of the • Sultan, is so-great, that it is much .to be apprehended that he will not listen to the proposals of either party, and that he reject every idea of an, accommodation with Russia. Perhaps, however, he may become more tractable, when he learns that the Allies have re stricted the limits of Greece to the Morea and the Cyclades, as Ave stated a fortnight ago. Besides, it must be recollected that there is no idea whatever of the independence of Greece, but of the erection of th e Mores and the . Cyclades into a government or province, administered by its own laws, but still sub ject to the Porte, and owing to it_ . fealty and homage as to its Sovereign. The Englith j ourna l s s p ea k of letters written from Malta, according to which Admiral tie Rigny had intimated 'to Admiral Heyden that each of the allied squadrons - was going to act separately, seeing that the treaty of the 6th of July is executed. There is not the slightest foundation for the assertion con tained in these letters; the treaty of the 6th of July is not executed; since the Porte has not adhered to it, the Allies continue to be bound by its stipulatiot (EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM TOULON.) " Orders and counter-orders have thrown our m. litany administration into confusion. In the space of. two days an express has brought precise orders tor all our troops to return; and a telegraphic de spatch has given precise orders to send fresh troops. Already two Cr three companies of engineers have been embirkdd. As for the actual position of the arm y, it is - stilt.had, and the number of sick is very considerable; -and, notwithstanding the lies of all kinds, it is but too certain that the number of dyad exceeds 9,000 men ; add mini and dis couragement are at the , h , eight, and there is only one cry to return to France. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain John Sh eP ll "td was sworn into the command of the ship if/the, con s i gned to Bengal and China. We are informed by a correspondent, on whose authority we place implicit reliant?, that a file hav ing broken out on Saturday night in the torn-stack-yet d of Mr. Taylor's farm, at Lawbton, near Hounslow, in the very sight of the Cavalry-barracks, all assistance in extin guishing it was refused by the commanding Officer of the Regiment statiened there. Nor was there any excuse for this neglect of a public duty, either in the insignificance of the damage which was threatened, or in the want of ap plication for aid, on the part of the enlister. The alarm was so great, that fire engines were collected to the spot from the entrounding towns and villages to the distance of several miles ; and the conflagration (notwithstanding the exertions of the country people, favoumed by time calmness of the evening) was so coneidtrahle,t hat the barn and five'stacke of corn were entirely consented. It was known that an engine, alwaye ready far use, was kept at the barracks, and an immediate request was transmitted for its assistance, but no notice was taken of the application. Culotte/ Thackwell, the officer in:command of the 15th Diaguons, resides at a house contiguous to the extensive premises burning, or in danger of being burnt ; but he, and of course his officers, made no attempt to arrest the progress of the fire. It is notorious that enuntre-p eop l e are :tale acquainted with the u-e of fire-engines, and in general are incapable ~e _ a circumst ance which excites of combined operati military farce, the greater surprise anii regret that a sta tioned in tae immediate vicinity, and poesess e d b ot h of the skill and the concert required (with an engine, too, in con stant practice), should have remained inactive spectators of a calamity, winch common feeling m ieht have prompted mein to ...hit in arrestine. This feeling of surprise is hinehtermed in the Min& of tie people of the neighbour hood by the contrast exhibited between the coneluct of th e troops on Saturday and their conduct about four years ago, when the flax-inilis of the Duke of Northumberland. at .-Aiont, were on fire. On that occasion time military offered their zealous services, and mainly contributed to save half the premises. Suc h is th e s t ate o f f acts su b m i tte d to us , and on such a representation we make no comment. It :ley be difficult to prove that time extinction of a destructive tire is a military duty ; but there cm be ten doubt that it is a moral one. It may not he in the articles of war ; but cannot be excluded from the code of humanity. At any rate, we hope that it will be found, on investigation in the proper quarter, that personal antipathy or revengeful feel ing had no part in creating the distinction between time conduct of the officers in the two spenified cases ; and that no complaint about trespassing on the etifferer's grounds kept them aloof fi om protecting his propeity.— Times. : PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. flank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. WtieNi Yid Annuities 3 per Cent. Cons shut BK . Ditto 3.i per Cent. 95 BK. Bills, Xl,llOO 2rl. 65 06 pin. Ditto Ned 93% 53% Ditto ... ... ......500 2d. pm. t per Cent. Ditto, 1526 'Ol %4S Ditto Commercial ......,.. pm 13 .nk L. Arm. ..- .... . 19% .-10 Bank fir Account --- India Stock shut. ndia,fer Account ... ..... . --.. Ditto Bonds (Ti 68 pm. Cons. for Acct B7 14 I'XICES OF rOIIEIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O * CLOCK• Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds ' Eertiriati Bonds agents Ayres Bonds —lPortuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds... —!Prus.ian, Old Coloinhian Bends — (Ditty, New Ditto, 1924 Danish Greek Bonds' 1 18 - 11 Ditto, 1815 Gitatiniala ----.. Exchange ' —4.'—r. Mexican Bonds ...... ......... 1 ---- 3 per cent. Ditto, 1.8 - 25 PRICES 01 IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC, 13. Bank Stock Consols, S per cent Gov. Stock, 334 per cent. 94% -National Ditto..,. ........ , ...— Ditto, New 944 Patriotic. Ditto — t per Cent lOl% Hibernian 13ank — Gov. Deb. 3S", percent.... 95% Prni incial Ditto ...... Royal Canal Stock Granpl Canal Stork — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent ...... Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — COURSI. OF EXCEL ...... 12 2 fttte, at sight 12 0 ttotttroam 9 U 12- 2f Antwerp 12 2 Hamburgh M. }3. J 3 13+ Altona l3 13i Paris, 3 days' sight 25 45 Ditto 2 U. 25 135 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frankforton Maine, Ex. M 151 0 4 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. It) V;enna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 3 'Trieste do. .......... 3 Me rid 37 adia ilboa 'tarcelona . 36 acville 36 .... ...... 46 NCE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4.9% Genoa 95 40 Venicc 474 Malta — Naph s Palermo piKoz. 121 Lisbon Oporto 404 ft , o Janeiro Bahia ............ Dublin. 21 days' sight l4 Cork ... BULLION, PER oz. ,E. d. Portugal Gold, coin () (1 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Now Duliars Silver, tars, standard 0 4 11 10 BANKERS AND OTHEHS._INJUNC PION. THE Public are cautioned not to take any BILL of EXCHANGE or PROMISSORY NOTE drawn or accepted in the name or firm of GEORGE ROBINS and C 0.,. of the STRAND, ROYAL PATENT FILTER MANUFACTURERS, the same being fraudul en t and illegal. And Notice is hereby given, that an INJUNCTION bath been this day granted by the High Court of Chancery, enjoining and restraining FERDINAND GEORGE DE FONVIELLE, assuming or pretending to be a Partner in the said Firm, from draw n:. accepting, indorsing. or negotiating any Bill of Ex change or Promissory Note in the name of the said Firns r Firms, recovering, collecting, receiving, or disposing of my of the Monies or Effects thereof. All Persona in. lobted to the said Firm are requested to pay the amount of their debts at Mr. GEORGE ROBINS'S Office, in 'COVENT-GARDEN only, and all Persons (if any) having bona tide claims on the same, are requested to apply to him for payment, and no credit is to begiven to h e said Firin,., except by an Order signed by the said George Robins. 13 , terl this 17th da, .1 December, 1828. AT a MEETING of the COMMITTEE appointed to conduct the application to Parliament for the REPEAL of the CORPORATION and TEST ACTS, held at the King's Head Tavern, in the Poultry, vn Monday, the 15th day . of December, 142 R, HENRY WAYMOUTH, Esq., in the Chair;' Resolved unanimously, That although this Committee abstained dnring the late application to Parliament, from any coalition with other applicants, they cannot separate without expressing their earnest desire for the entire aboli tion of all laws interfering with the rights of conscience, tiad attaching civil disabilities to religious faith and worship. Revolved, That the foregoing Resolution be published in the wnal Lon►:on Papers. (Signed) HENRY WAYMOUTH, Chairman. rbfr k - A LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1828 We understand that the spirit of ministerial economy is not confined exclusively to the Army, but that it pervades every department under Government with the most unsparing de termination. Acting upon this principle, Sir GEORGE MURRAY has instituted the strictest inquiry into the Colonial Office, and much present saving, as well as future benefit to the - public, is likely to result from his _reforming inquisition. We know that Mr. HusfussoN was, at the time he quitted office, extending his researches through every part of the Colonial Administration, with a view to a general and sweeping Reform, and Sir G. Murt RA I( deserves no small credit for following up the intentions of his more liberal predecessor. The Colonies have hitherto been a bye-word for the exercise of —patronage which shuns the light.. Let Ministers but persevere in a system of sin cere and impartial economy, and they ►nu::t com mand the support of the nation, because they will deserve it. England knows nu party bat that which studies her welfare. According to letters received in Rome from Corfu, of 7th Nov., COLOCOTRONI has written from Calavrita to his son, that by irtue of a Decree of the President of Greece, 20,000 Greeks were to join the French army under the corn. mand of General MAIsoN. G erman Papers of the 10th inst. have been received. The only n ews th ey conta i n i s t h e announcement of an extraordinary Ambassador from Vienna to the Court of Russia, whose mission is no doubt connected with,the affairs of the East, for the article admits that public ex pectation is excited in" an extraordinary degree respecting the events which the winter may give birth to. It is not expected that the Turks will even think seri ous l y of prose peace The hop e o f- retake Varna, or outing a winter campaign. is however very distant:— VIENNA ; DEC. 3. We hear . that the Prince of Saxe Cobur g w h o has married the last heiress of Prince Cohary, h as received from his Majesty the King of Hungary the investiture of all the estates of that Princess, and that the Royal sanction has already been received by the Hungarian Chancery. MUNICH, DEC. 3. The King, for the reasons explained in the Chamber of Deputies last December, had resolved to fix the age of 21 years, as that when the young men should be liable to serve in the army, instead of 20 years, fixed by the -law on the conscription en acted in 1812. This alteration was gratefully adopted by the state. In consequence there will be no levy of conscripts in 1829, because the class con sisting of young men born in 1808 will net now be liable till the beginning of 1830. VIENNA, DEC. 5. We daily expect here one of our ahlest diploma tic and military character=,--Count Ficquelino . nt, From Naples, who is to go as Ambassador Extraor- dinary to St. Petersburgh. The beautiful and ac complished Countess Ficquehnont is a Russian lady (her maiden name was Hittroff). The recovery of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince is as cOrii s plete as can be desired, and has caused the greatest joy here and in the provinces. r • Public expectation is 'excited in an extraordi nary degree, respecting theents that this inl7 portant winter may produce :it—is toot, - how eveil believed,: that the Turks will seriously think of prosecuting a winter campaign, or of at temptingni . by a c o u p d e main to recover the ruins of Varna, which fortress, however the Russians ate making great exertions to repai r as s p ee dily as pos sible. he_ great majority have, meantime, as little expectation of peace during the winter. Met9lliques, Bsnk Shares, 1,093. It is whi c ,..• F eied, that Earl DUDLEY is to re. ceive the' Blue Riband, vacant by the death o the Earl of LIVERPOOL. - It will be seen by our Corn Report this day that the supply has been abundant—more abun dant than sellers could wish—for the demand was very dull and the market could not support the prices of Monday. We rejoice at this be cause it checks the croaking of those who are constantly prophecying, and even wishing for, a scanty supply and high prices. Extracts from the French Papers will be found in another column. We have no room for Com ment. But there is nothing positively new. The letter of Mr. PEEL to the LORD MAYOR, touching the classification of prisoners hi New gate, and the want of room to accommodate the constant supplies of prisoners to that prison, has been laid by his Lordship before the Court of Aldermen, and submitted by them, without any discussion, to a Committee of In quiry. That is quite right. The Court of Al dermen cannot discuss what they do not know, and cannot, therefore, understand. But the Wonder is, how so many of them should have been Aldermen so long, and not have taken any steps for remedying a grievance which must have been so familiar to each individUal member while serving the office of Sheriff? Perhaps these worthy Magistrates may have taken more trouble to unlearn their previous knowledge than to acquire any fresh supply—and a knowledge of New•gatc is certainly not the most desirable thing to recollect while ruminating over the virtues of turtle soup. But they are now awake to a sense of what is actually wanting, and as a knowledge of a disease is half its cure, we have no dOubt that the prisoners in Newgate will get their deserts at the hands o the Court. We are of opinion that the prison can not only be enlarged with great be nefit to the city, but that advantage should be taken of the circumstance for improving the communications in the neighbourhOod, by opening a street from Newgate-street, which might pass through the Fleet Prison, mid so communicate ,with the Strand and Blackfriars road. The improvement would be of essential be• nefit to trade by saving the round-about thorough- fares of Newgate-street, Fleet-market, and St. Paul's. We recommend this to the attention of the City Authorities—aye, and to the serious attention of Government, as conducing greatly to simplify the access from the \Vest to the New Po,t-office. Newgate-street is as - great a nuisance as Thames-street. The Dublin Mercantile Advertiser of Mon day, referring to an article which appeared in the Morning Chronicle, about the Mission of a certain busy Gentleman to Ireland, says_ We have reason to know that this paragraph is substantially correct. The individual referred to is Mr. Hor.mEs, who is somewhat uncere moniously called the whipper-in of the Treasury —a violent Orangeman hithert6, but who, on his last visit to Ireland, is said to have expressed himself with great moderation. We are, in fact, acquainted with a Member of Parliament—a friend to the Catholic Claims—with whom he almost agreed, as to the necessity of settling the question. At the same tim e , i t is only fair to state to our readers, that Mr. HOLMES has held language somewhat different, if not diametrically the reverse, to persons likely to concur in his Ascendancy sentiments. What a curious thing it is, after all, that a great Minister will have re course to such agency—and how absurd it is that he continues to maintain such an inflexible silence on the most important question, which ever effected the British Empire. " LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. His LORDSHIP took his seat this morning at ten minutes past ten o'clock, when he observed, that in consequence of an intimation made to him that there was a meeting of the Society today, which would require the use of the Hall, he should be under the necessity of rising at three o'clock. CONS? V. HARRIS. The arguments of Counsel in this part-heard appeal were then resumed. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. Nothing of interest occurred in this Court up to he time of our Paper going to press. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. THE XING V. REDAWAY. This was an indictment for perjury brought against the defendant, who is an attorney. The trial was continuing at the time when our Paper went to press. Cz 4 SURT OF COMMON PLEAS. THE CLIFF DOWN MINES SIE. W. KAY AND OTHERS V. B. This WaS an action brought by the plaintiffs, Sir Wm- Kay and others, bankers, against the defend ants, as Directors and, Shareholders of a raining spe culation in the county of Cornwall, called the Cliff Down Mines. The case was not concluded when we went to press. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT 'AT ROME. . ROME, Nov. 27.—The day before yesterday the Earl of Shrewsbury gave a grand dinner hi the Colonna Pabiee, to his Highness the Prince Royal of Prussil, to which the English of distinction now here were invited. 'The magnificence of the banquet was enhanced by the splen dour of a service of China from the first English maim factories, and bronze models richly gilt of the most cele brated monument, of ancient Rome. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 16.--Wind S.W.--The Roger, WilliamF, proceeded for Hamburgh. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 16.--Wind S.S.W. to S.W, --Arrived from London the Faith, Jackson, for St. Kitt's.; Michel, Fmth, for Tobago; Eden, Clark, fo r Genoa; and several outward-bound. Arrived the Norval, O'Brien, from Sierra Leone. FALmouni, DEC. 13.---Wind SM.—Arrived the ProvidenCe,Corniuh, from Operto,and several vessels supposed outward-bound. Put back the Cygnet, Drew, for Jamaica; and Lord Goderich, Danbury, for Jamie-ff. CREEK, DEC. 16.---Arrived the Roseius, Resmer, from Havarmah. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.--•Airived off Port, the Meredith, from Demeiara; Enphemia, from Nassau ; Birmingham, from New York ; Margaret Simpson, Hannibal, from Quebec; and Comet, Hylton, from St. John's, N. B. It was reported at Havannah, the end of Oct., that a vessel from hence, with a large quantity of copper on board, which sailed in August, bound to that Port, was lost. The stern of 'a boat, with Factor, of Belfast, painted on it, and a quantity of butter, have been washed on shore on the coast of Galloway. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK, In the absence of any political intelligence of an important character the English Funds continue dull and uninteresting, without either business or variation; the Brokers complain bitterly of the want of a spirit of speculation, which might operate in their favour; the closing price of Consols yesterday was 87 i, and the general opinion at that time was unfavourable, even at this price, and a further de cline was considered almost inevitable; they opened this morning, however, at the same rate, and have since rather advanced, being now 87k ; Exchequer Bills, 64 5 pm. ; India Bonds 66 8. In the Foreign Funds, up to the above hour, not a bargain has been made, and the prices are quite nominal ; below are the quotations. A corresponding apathy exists with regard to Share speculations. Three per Cent. Consols, shut; Ditto, for Account, 87k, buyers ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 86i 4 ; Three and a half per Cent. Reduced, 95 *; India Bonds, 66 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 64 5 pm. kottetatr. —Brazilian, 63k 4 ; Buenos Ayres, 47 8 ; Chilian. 26 7; Colombian, 23 ; Danish, 62i French, Five per Cent. 1063 ; Three per Cent. 731 41; Greek, 16i 171; Mexican, Five per Cent., 254 6k ; Ditto, Six per Cent., 824 ; Peruvian, 184 194 ; Portuguese, 53i i; Russian, 95i -I ; Spanish, 19* . AltNas..=—Angl.) Mexican, 774 5 dis. ; Brazilian, 41 3 pm. ; Bolanos, 115 25 pm. ; Cdombian, 111131 dis. ; Red Del Monte, 150 160 per shale ; United Mexican. 23 2 dis. TWO 0' CL CK. In spite of certain alarmists, money has become more plentiful, and bills have been discounted at 3f per cent. A turn has also taken place in the state of the Consol Market, sided by a purchase in Consols for the account, and another in Reduced by influen tial brokers, and the former are now 871 Two Expresses are stated to have arrived from Fiance. The Funds come over rather higher. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols fix• Account, 87i. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES, Consols Do. for Ac. 871 1 Brazilian Bonds 6 t Buenos Ayre' 48 Danish Gieek, 1825 Mexican, 1825 Peruvian Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824 321 Russian 95i Spanish 104 FRY AND CHAPMAN'S BANKRUPTCY This morning a third meeting was held before the Com. missioneri of the 9th list. As the Commissioners on the last meeting gave notice that they would this day give their detision on two points of considerable. importance, viz. the admissibility of over due cheques as being part of the debts due by the firm, and admitting the Brazilian Mining and other similar concerns to prove, the room was very much crowded. Mr. Commissioner HunsoN said that having conferred with his brother Commissioners; they were of opinion that the holders of cheques could net prove. The holder of a cheque for 6M. said that such was the confidence in the firm that though advised to pay in his cheque he had neglected to do so,_ and the person from whom he received it would not allow him ariy thing. Mr. Commissioner linnsoN—We cannot help that. The Solicitor to the estate said, that the only thing that could be done was for the holders to arrange amongst them selves, and apply to the Lord Chancellor. The expense to the holders would be but trifling, that was the only thing that could he done. A number of small debts were proved. _ _ Mr. FRESHFIELD attended on behalf (.f . the Brazilian Mining Company, to prove for 2,6001. The account was open in the names of the Company, the individual Direc tors not having been stated in die account. A question for decision was, who were the parties that could prove.— Mr. Fresh&ld had an affidavit, bearing that the bankrupts were indebted to "Joshua Walker, and others, being Di rectors of the Brazilian Mining Company."—Proof was allowed accordingly. Mr. Brooks, 4 the Peruvian Mining Company, at tended to prove for 5401. , In this case the Directors' names were in the bankrupts' books--Proof allowed. One of the trustees of the Coburg Theatre attended to prove for 623/. An objection was stated, on the part of the estate, that it was necessary for the whole of the trustees to sign. —Proof refused for the present. Tke business of proving was going on busily when our Reporter left. TIIE MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of this week are good, with a large quan tity of Flour. The Wheat. market on Monday lost all its spirit, and to-day the trade is extremely dull, and some factors are disposed to take less money to make sales.- In Barley, Beans, and Pease, very little doing. Good pats remain firm at last quotations ; light pat cels are very diffi cult to quit. The Flour trade has become very dull again. A RRIVAL& Wheat. Batley. OWN. Flour. E ng lish 4,300 qrs. 9,500 qrs. 9,590 qrs. 9,850 sacks. Irish . Foreign FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE This morning's market exhibited a very scanty supply of fish which consisted . principany of Cod-fith aad Had docks. The following were the prices : Prime Turbot. each ............ 2h. Od. to 245. Od. Ditto small, per do. ....... ... ..... ..... .... ...... 3 0 10 _O Cod-fish, each 3 0 1.4 0 Soles, OCT three pairs ................. .........., I 0 12 0 Fine Whitings, per 15 ........,» Scate, e ach Haddocks, per dozen .... Brill, each ............... ..... ....... „,,,,,,..........„, 1 8 7 0 Gurnotts, each .... ................... .... Live Flounders, per quari ern . ...... . .. . .. gallon Live Eels, per MEL . ........................, 3 6 4 6 nu. ch Plaice, Crp bstsket 7 0 12 0 Sprats, per bushel 40 6 0 Fine Lobsters, per score —. 40 0 . 50 0 Inferior ditto lO 0 20 0 th Red Herrings, per hurrlred 70 • S 0 26. 3 0 • errings, per 100 .. .. t l to iciuer 6 0 7 0 00 6 0 I:l 6 t ion . c s rikte t c . ralir;:' Common Oysters, per bushel BOl6 0 Natives SI 0 83 0 . A Meeting for the despatch of business was held this day at the India House. Nothing of any public importanceprefo. - the time when we went to TheDutkek. Pof4Hce up to - the is expected in town on Friday next, from his seat in Scotland. Sir. Henry Halford is attending his Honour the Master of the Rolls. _ The Right Hon. Lord Rolle has presented the Chaplaincy of Livery Dole, to the Rev. C. W. Cleeve, B.A. of this city.—Exeter Alfred. Hops imported from Van Diemen's Land are of so superior a quality as to have told for Se. a pound, COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court of AWermen-was held for the despatch of general public business. _ • THE LICENSING SYSTEM. After the minutes were read, Mr. Alderman AVAITHMAN wished to call atten tion to a subject on which much misconception pre vai:ed—riamely, the mode of granting licenses for hotels and wine-rooms in the city. It had been held forth, that under this new act any two magistrates might, out of sessions, grant a licence. Now he appealed to his Lordship, who was aware of the facts, whether it was; not generally understood, be fore the passing of the act, that it should not be considered to interfere with the mode of granting licenses, which had been so long established, and which had worked. so well in the city of London. The mode was, that no licence should be granted, unless the application had undergone an investiga tion befoie the Aldermen, and the Common Coun cilmen of the wurd in which the house %vas situate, and who were best acquainted with the whale cir cumstances. If the practice were to be otherwise, or as it was represented, persons might go before two magistrates, and by misrepresentations obtain a licence, though it had been refused by the Alder men, by the Common Council, and even by the Sessions. The authority of the - Sessions might indeed be superseded by it. This was exemplified in the case reported in the Times of Saturday, of an application for a licence to the London Ses sions. There an individual had declared that he (Alderman Waithman) had given a constructive, if not a positive consent to the licence, when he had, in faCt, refused it. Nearly the whole of the publicans of the same ward had petitioned against the epplica tion, and the Com Mon Council had also rejected it. The LORD MAYOR, who was appealed to, said that the understanding precious to the passing of the Act was certainly as the Worthy Alderman had represented, that the then existing praCtice in the city should not be disturbed. - MR. PEEL'S LETTER TO VIE LORD MAYOR. The LORD MAYOR now submitted to the Court the letter which he had received from Mr. Peel. It is well known that the late Sheriffs frequently complained of the want of classification in the gaol of Newgate, and that one of them once declared, that if some improvement were not adopted which would render the prison contamination more easily to be guarded against, he would himself bring for ward the subject in Parliament. It is believed that the Secretary of the Home Department had received intimation that nothing had been done, notwith standing the appeals made to the Corporation upon the subject. The Lord Mayor gave the members some surprise, by sending to them summonses, stating that they were requested to attend a Court of Aldermen, more particularly, for the consideration of a letter which he had received from Mr. Peel, relative to the state of Newgate, and an unusual number of Aldermen, considering the time of the year, was now gathered together. The Loin MAYOR then informed the Court, that he had received a letter from Mr. Peel with respect to Newgate. His Lordship read the letter, which called upon the Aldermen and the Sheriffs to act in accordance with the provisions of the 4th of Geo. IV., relative to the manner of treating prisoners in a gaol, particularly as to the mode of classification. The letter particularly pointed out the fact, that from want of proper classification, boys of tender years were constantly associated with some of the most desperate characters in the prison. The letter also hinted that the act was imperative. It was immediately determined that the letter of the Hon. Secretary should he referred to a committee. No observations were made on the subject by any Alderman to the Court, but as far as we could collect from the desultory conversation which ensued, they were of opinion that such a classification as the act , requires could only be effected by a considerable en largement of the gaol, and by the Government har rying off the convicts as quickly as possible to their several places of destination. VINTRY WARD. The Court next proceeded to take into considera tien the precepts for the election of Common Coun cilmen on St. Thomas's day. That day, the 21st inst., falls on a Sunday, and it appeared that the officers having overlooked the circumstance, had made out the precepts, scithat all the wardmotes and elections would fall on the Sunday. The precepts were now ordered to be quashed, and new ones were made out, appointing the elections to be held on Monday, the 22d inst. One Alderman inquired how the Coint were to act with respect to Vintry Ward ? The City Solicitor said, that as there was no Al derman, the precept could not be directed for one, and he apprehended that it would be expedient for the Lord Mayor to go and hold the Wardrnote himself. Alderman WAITIDIAN asked whether there were no precedents. The City Solicitor—There never was, I believe, an instance where a ward remained without an Alder raan for so long a period ; therefore there can be no precedent. Alderman WAITHMAN said this was really a moll serious state of things. What WAS the progreis 01 the litigation ? It had already been in the hands of the profession two years. When was it to come oul of them ? When was it to end ? The City Solicitor said, that the question as to the power of the Alderman to set aside the return of the wardmote was left to be decided by the Judges in banco. If that question were to be decided against the Court, Counsel would in all probability be ap pointed to investigate the votes taken at the election. Alderman VENABLES entirely concurred in the'ob servations made by Alderma►► Waithman. The City had been put to great and unnecessary expense, and the tvard and the public to serious inconvenience. Yes, and for ought the Court knew, they might have to go on. in this condition for two or three years longer. Sir J. SHAW said that it was indeed a very serious matter. There was a ward without either an Alder , - man or a Deputy. Really he thought it monstrous ! If they were suffered to go on upon that prineyple, the city might go without Aldermen altogether. (Hear.) The LORD MAYOR felt himself in an extremely difficult situation. It appeared to him that he would incur a serious responsibility by holding the ward mote. He was really desirous of the advice of the Court on the subject. Alderman BIRCH said that as there was no Alder man and no Deputy . to whom the precept could be directed, the Lord Mayor must make out a precept to himself, and preside odor the wardmo►e. Alderman ScnotEy concurred, and made some reflections, in the course of which he imputed all this trouble to the clumsiness of Alderman Vertables in conducting the election. Alderman ViNABLE retorted with some smartness. The discussion here dropped, it being understood that a precept was to be issued and acted upon by the Lord Mayor. In the course of the discussion of this subject on a former occasion; one of the Aldermen, who hxs re cently passed the chair, said that it was all °ma , sioned by the inadwerience of Wenables in taking the wrong wotes." Since the commitment of Mr. Wittman bn the charge of shooting his wife at aheana, the unfortunate man remains in a most deplorable state. He labours under excessive.agitation of mind, attended with great depression of spirits. To the flee. Mr. Ma.nn, the chaplain of the gaol, who has been zealous in his attendance on him sine() his incarceration, the unhappy prisoner has also mentioned the provocation he received on the occasion, and declines that the - deceased had in the first instance seized up the 9,un, a ier striking him with the poker twice on the head ; and that he, in a paroxysm of rage, from the violence he had received at her hands, wrenched the weapon away front her, and shot her. Ile also describes The dere:lse(' tollave been unfaithful to him on many (occasions (Julio% her hfe, and that he had actwolly discovered her in the arms of another man a night or two previous to the doead ful catastrophe. PROTESTANT MEETING at A SHBOURO On Monday, pursuant to a requisition of the Inlll bitants of the Town of Ashbourne and its vicinitfo,. Meeting was convened by the Magistrates, for t.M: purpose of petitioning the Legislature against Olt further concessions to the Roman Catholics. Tis!- Meeting was convened for one o'clock in the dsk but in, copsequence of there being a meeting of Olt principal inhabitants on the affairs of the town, OP Anti-Catholic Meeting was not held till late; 0 4 had therefore an opportunity of making some 1 5' quiries respecting the town and its inhabitail Ashbourne is situated 139 miles from the metropoW it may be said to be a purely Protestant town, as are given tv understand th a t th ere has our} been a resident Catholic in the town since till' French prisoners were there ; its population is abOle 9000. Compton Brook, f a mo us f or i ts pr i me tro lar atrrlas having contributed to the sport o f thir. Poetic Anglers, Walton and Cotton, glides J.fl there—the principal church i 3 a rectory, of which Dean of Lincoln is the Rector; it is dedicated to P t r , Oswald by Hugh d e P at i s h a ll , w ho was B i shop , 01 Coventry in FM. There are a considerable nom' beg of Methodists, Calvinists, and Baptists here' Sir Win. I3oothby, Bart., is Lord of the Manor; th 4 gentleman was expected to take the chair at • tb 4 meeting, and the reason he did not, it was said, off . in consequence of the recent death of the lament' Earl of Li veipool. The National School Rooms iu which thi meet, in e ,o was held, commenced filling with individtat?i about two o'clock, when the chair was taken by Henry Fitzhefbert. The CHAIRMAN having read-the requisition ing the Meeting, and having briefly stated its 0 1 X: jeer, remarked, us the room continually kept gettiot more crowded with the inhabitants and county ger tlenien, that it would be most expedient if they wel to adjourn to the Ma:ket-place, where numbers Igo assembled. This, however, was not approved o{,. and the room, which is very large, .was'erowded tO' excess. The Petition to both Houses of Parliament a'o; then put in and read, of which the following is I copy : To the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual - 0k Temporal of the United Kingdom of Gre4" Britain and Ireland,, in Parliament aisembled. the humble Petition of the Inhabitanti of Or Town and Parish of Ashbourue, ip the Coute of Derby, and its Vicinity, SheweAl—That your petitioners beg leave to e 4 press to your Honourable - House the high sense.` which they entertain of the blessings.einoyed this country since the Revolution established il!) 1688, when by the energy, by the wisdom, and the' piety of our ancestors, his country was rescued frog' the tyranny of the Church of Rome, and its constitir tionfounded uponthose pure prinCiples of Protestantisl which alone can afford protection to the people, silt security to their laws and institutions, and whic!; principles, under ProVidence,. have been produetiO of happiness and presperiry to the realm, and a 10, :, of that superior degree of civil and religious libertli for which our country is admired among the eats' founding nations. That your petitioners see deep concern the exertions which are made, espe' eielly in Ireland, to alter the principles of our Cop e stitution, by abrogating those laws which tio` v " protect them, and thus to expose us again to th. e j, domination of a ChUreh whose foubdations are 1 0 in superstition, whose spirit is intolerant, and w ho!!: history is marked with cruelty. That your Petitioners, contemplating the ger gance and violence with which the Irish Rom 0 . 1! Catholics now demand an alteration of the Constrii tution, and from the existence of an Association ting with all the forms of Legislation, and procvek2 ing in levying money, and arraying the people Pi! the promotion of their designs—how they deny e the Laity the unalienable right of reading the Holf Scriptures, and pay a spiritual allegiance to a Foreign Power, subversive of the civil duties and politica l claims of the country in which they live, cannot bil 6 view with alarm the danger arising from their 0 7 mission to political power, as unabated by time, ar l .`" the diffusion of kno w l e d ge — your petitioners thi!;.e; fore, while they d e si re ( as i n d uty b oun d) t h e welfare of their Catholic fellow-subjects, in moral illumination, most respectfully intreat Honourable House to defend the. Constitution, boo', in Church and St a t e , aga i nst t h e dangerous adolc signs which are dem an d e d f or t h em, i n the preo/- eventful crisis, and your petitioners will ever p 1 1 317 &c. &c. The Petition to the House of Commons was pr r. ` cisely the same as the above. The CHAIRMAN said, that all those gentleroc, ll -' whose sentiments accorded with the petitiorie ri were to signify the same by holding up their har ls ; A show of hands then took place,whichwas in favot t of the petition, as it was unanimous, like the Bridge north election all on one side. The Chairman tile r " - requested th a t a ll t h ose w h o were averse to the petl'- tion_ would hold up th e i r h an d s — a so li tary Land ores exhibited, which cause d a g reat uproar, and shot of " Who is he ?- who i s h e ?" (A f armer , fror the crowd, " Alt! who is h e b e lik e ? Maybe]) he, wants to say summut.") The gentleman who he up the dissentient hand declared that it was held Of/ "'in a mistake." He had int - endt:Y it to have eti: pressed his satisfaCtiom of the proceedings. A Gentleman moved that his Grace the Duke- Devonshire be applied to, to present the Petition ° , the House of Lords; and that to the Cornwall:. should be presented by th e C oun t y Member'; }• Mundy, Esq. Dr. GREAVES, M.D., rose to object to the Da le of Devonshire being applied to to present the v o • tition to the Hou se o f L or d s . H e t h oug h t that ~.% individual, sh ou ld present i t to e i t h er H ouse, t' had exp resse d hi mse lf i n t h e l east h ost i le to li ,„s 4 views o f t h e meet i ng . H e wou ld propose that o „,_ Lord Bi s h o p o f t h e Di o C ese b e -app li e d to, to t. sent the petition to the House of Lords. . The CHAIRMAN said, that for obvious reasong4 would be more advisable, that the petition ShOS . , be presented by a lay Lord, than Ecclesiastical Ver a GREAVE6 proposed that the Right Earl Howe should be the Lord appointed to prod'• the petition. Capt. GOWLER rose and said, that he beg? leave to second that motion, and would, at the O r time, express his senti men t s on th e su bj ect . o f -C o , Roman Catholic Claims. He did not intend , p trespass upon their time by entering fully into r question which had been so often discussed, but _ 4 wished to state hi s reasons f or b e i ng averse to further concessions b e i ng ma d e to th e Roman n,; tholics. He had for a consider a bl e p er i o d live° of Catholic countries, and had had an opportuniti, ti e itnessing the slavery i n w hi c h th e m i n d s of . l, professors of Catholicisni were kept by the leth' of the Priesthood, and the civil as well as eecleer; tical power the Roman CatholiC Church endeav, ll ! e ed to grasp in her own hands, which was'the:' 7 o in England till our glorious Reformation. .Prici er which millions of our countrymen suffered under. r power; and shall we again let the power front: own' hands ? asked the Capt a i n , I. firmly- ansio i t he No. - - I tun persuaded that the sentiments of;: e i s meeting are the inane: (Applause.) 'Our forefetl og at last brok e th e i r c h a i ns asun d er , but in so 4°. id how many of their lives were _sacrificed. Itris that things 'are widely different now to what t -a n were in those days, but I say that th e disPoO l i e of the .Church of Rome has, not ch ange d in:,.. t . re least. All the euperstition -and intolerance e riser times .still belong • to her ; it i s t ru e, in, °l ;4 respect, that she has changed—that ;lie v 9 o " t not persecute-abut why ?- Because 'she heg.- 11 ,, 'the power; her nature , is not ehangeiL . 'Le t lion from. its cage, and it will -again shevr•the fe, rocity of its disposition. He should conclude " 11 71 expressing . his cortlig:apiirObatiOn or the siittilb7 the meeting, and lie congratulated . the toff irtt. i e mots of Ashbourrie„ as'being the-fir s t io erb q t ,s , to come boldly forward, to, petition against the. tholios,.for it was, quite evident, were they etnl " be pated, that th e Protestant., Constitution wonio . _ placed in jeopardy. (Applause.) r• The Rev. 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