The Sun. — London, England, 1828-11-13 00:00:00

THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION. (Prom the Morning Chronicle.) Every one who is able to think for himself, and has considered with any attention the Con stitution of this country, must be aware, that the threefold division of King, Lords, and ,Com mons, exists more in name than in reality. In deed, it has been demonstrated long ago, that were the British Constitution in reality what it is in theory stated to be, a collision, would in stantly take place, and the country would be thrown into confusion. The theory of balances is an utter absurdity. It may be safely allowed, that such a reform in Parliament as would make the House of Commons the representative of the people, and not for the greater part the no minees of the House of Lords, would annihilate this last House. An Aristocracy and a Demo cracy cannot exist together in the same country. Harmony is at present preserved by both Houses being essentially one and the same, with this differ ence, that in the Lower House there is a slight popular infusion, which by no means, however, affects its determinations. Harrington, whose theory is, that the state of property in a country determines the character of the ie overnment, observes, that " the lands in possession of the Nobility and Clergy of Eng land till Henry VII., cannot be esteemed to have overbalanced those held by the people less than four to one ; whereas, in our days, the Clergy being destroyed, the lands in possession of the people overbalance those held by the Nobility, at least nine in ten ;" and he endeavours to ac count in this way for the overthrow of the Lords in the time of the civil war. A great accession to the Peerage took place in the reign of Charles the Second, but still in King William's time Gregory King mattes the number of Temporal Peers in England only 160. At present the number of English Peers is 323. But the monopoly of the Con stitution by the Peerage is not so much owing to the additional property obtained by that body, for their share of the rental of the country, sup posing each to pa&sess 8,000/. a year, woeid oat exceed 21 minions a year: lait to the change s which have taken piece in borough*, and if e . circumstances which.riave :nfueneed roost of the recent elevations . . to'tl. , e :114, tie when Harrington wretee . fry of the boronghe, comparatively speaking,: eerie mate), aid thel science of making property of 'thorn lrAll vit.)* imperfectly understood. Yary aopott.art coveries have, however, been made la Conesnu tional Science, since taxation sharpened the it,- tellects of men ; and the rule is, whenever any man obtains a property in many boroughs, to transfer him to the House of Lards. In this manner the House of Peers, being proprietor of the House Of Commons, at least of the majority, there never can be a co.nsion between the two Houses, which are in reality one, distributed for the sake of the convenience of a discussion, uninfluenced by representatives ofpopular places, into two places of assemblage. • Were this care not observed of transferring the proprietors of boroughs to the House of Lords, and thus giv ing the Peerage the nomination of the Com mons, a collision might take place between the two Houses, in which case the House of Lords, consisting almost exclusively of men 4‘ dandled into Legislators," as Burke phrases it, would undoubtedly go to the wall. A very small share of the property of the country, however, belongs to the High Aristo cracy, and we have thus a key to the profligacy of that body. If we suppose the Peerage to have two and a half millions of rental, we must at the same time suppose that from incum brances the nett income is a great deal less. Hence, the interest which the Aristocracy have in the 'well being of the country, generally speak ing, is as nothing compared with their interest in having a profuse expenditure out of the taxes to share among them. Such men as the Dukes of Buccleugh, Devonshire, and Northumber land ; the Marquess of Stafford ; or Earls Gros venor and Fitzwilliarn, whose estates are enor mous, lose more by the waste of the national resources than they could gain, as their share of the corruption. But it is otherwise with the body of the Nobility. Besides the taxes, pro perly so called, a large-share of the tithes, which are in reality a tax on the people, where the trade in corn is not free, is bestowed according to Parliamentary interest. England presents the singular spectacle of an assembly of men, necessarily the least able and intelligent of the community, and possessed of a small share of the property, regulating the opera tions of the - rest of the nation, and transferring to themselves, ad libitu m , the property and fruits o f a ll the other. classes. We cannot have a better proof than-this of the strength of esta blished Government ;let there is no country in the world in which there is so much energy and skill. Were any thing to disturb t h e esta blished order of things, and place the property, - talent and activity of the country iii opp osit i on to the possessors of p olitical power, the latter would be nothing in the collision. But th e se cret of the strength of the Gosernment is, that so long as property is tolerably secure, and there is scope for the energy and activity of the corn niunity, the dissatisfaction with misgovernment or misapplication of the public money will never equal the interest which the great majority feel theme elves to have in the preservation of tran quillity without which their operatio ns would be at a stand. The Government of England must, therefore, blunder sadly, if it allow the present state of things to be endangered. At the Meeting of the British Catholic As social:ion on Monday, Mr. Quia observed, that lie did not see how Emancipation could be af fected by Parliamentary Reform, as there was already a majority in the House of Commons. He does not seem to be aware of the identity of the two Houses, and that though on one parti cular point a majority in the one may be ob tained without a majority i n t h e o th er , th e me i ° - rity is con fi ne d to that particular point, End the property hi the Lords of the Representation pre vents effect being t;lve" to the vete of tl-e molts by other recaster !. e. On the other has. 7 if be carried till Parliament be reformed, -Arcs fear it will be long enough before it De ca:lied.. is reform to be effected in a cf:u•!:.ty Like this? If Government can only contrive to keep the exp eL . diture within the measure of the resources of the nation, and do not, ivy provoking a diseased argon, bring things to a crisis, they may continue as stupid otherwise as they please, order will be preserved. There is not a force of disinterested and virtuous persons in the country to cope with the force of those who have an interest in the, existence of corruption. .A letter from Puri!, states that Captain BLli, the late husband of Mrs. IIILENa Bum! (now WELLEs pill), died on the 15th alt. at Valence, on hi* way to Nice. HIGH WATER AT Los not; BRIDG TO-MORROW. Morning ...56 minutes after 6. Eve;ling....27 minutes after 7, TO CORRESPONDENTS, The Letter of Mr. BRUCE, originally intended for the Morning Herald, but subsequently adapted for the £'un, will not do for us; Once for all, we beg to assure Mr. BRUCE, that we have so wish to misrepresent him, nor do we see why the public should be troubled with his statements concerning himself only. r i fir ' 14 ' 11 7 01-4,4et ) ) 1 1 • $, LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1S h, The Smyrna Courier of September '27, gives the following singular account of what took place in Greece during the embarkation of the Egyptian army for Alexandria. It ap- PeArs that a considerable number of Greek ; women, some of them children, insisted upon , .tceompanying the Egyptians,. to the great embar rassment of the European Admirals, who endea voured to stop them, by telling them, but in vain, that they were going into slavery. The truth appears to be, that our acceptation of the word " slave" has no reference to slavery in Egypt ; or, at least, slavery is not considered in that quarter in the same light as in England. We fancy that slavery in the East is the same as in the West Indies, but the Snzyrna Courier says that it is not so. Women are always won by kindness, and the Egyptians seem to have ingratiated themselves so well into their good graces as to induce many of them to leave their country, and follow the stranger into a foreign land. But the women are not singular in this respect, if we m,t,• credit the amount given by the above Journal. Out of six hundred prisoners who were with the Egyp tian army, only eleven would accept their liberty,—the others preferred Egypt to Greece, and resolved to, accompany their masters! The great similarity between the Turkish and Greek manners is adduced as one argument for this conduct, especially as relates to the women— and with respect to the men, the same Paper ob serves, that in Turkey, a slave is only a servant, whom his master employs in his domestic affairs, and is obliged in return, to provide for all his wants. The women, if they are handsome, are slaves ; as BRIWS teas in-the tent of ACHILLES; and, in fact, slavery, as represented by HOMER, gives the truest idea of what it now is.— If all this be true, how much has not the cre dulity and the sympathy of Europe been abused of late years with respect to certain transactions in the East of Europe ! But we shall wait for a confirmation of this business : CERIGO, SEPT. 18. A person worthy of credit, who was at Motion while the measures for the evacuation of the Morea were carrying into effect, relates that the greatest embarrassment experienced by the Admirals of the three Powers arose from a considerable number of Greek women, who insisted on accompanying the Egyptians. These were children who, having lost their parents, had been adopted by some Agas and officers of Ibrahim's troops, and would not leave them. Lastly this example was followed by some men, who positively declared they would go to Egypt. All the Greek Chiefs, Haggi, Christo, Sisini, Bec., whom Ibrahim kept prisoners at Modon, have every reason to speak well of the treatment they. received, and have been delivered up to the . Ad mirals, who sent them to Count Capo d'lstria. It is affirmed that all the European officers who were present at the evacuation were astonished that the Greeks, whose liberty vas one of the conditions of the arrangement, did not rus h i nto t h e boats to E g ypt. Admiral sooner while m any preferred going to de Rigny kindly endeavoured to dissuade them from this resolution, but they all per sisted in it, and as their decision could not but be considered as voluntary, the Admirals -were obliged to acquiesce, conformably to the convention of Alex andria. If we cons ider, on the one hand, the unhappy class to which these individuals belonged, and the wretched existence that awaited them in Weee e ~ and on the other the ease which they enjoyed under the formal order of Ibrahim, to treat all the slaves ► of as enemies but as subjects of the Sultan; and if we reflect, too, that the Turkish and Greek man ners hare some resemblance ith each other in the treatment of women, we shall not be astonished at this result, but we must expect to see all this exag gerated as usual, and these insulated acts of some individuals treated as an offence to philanthropy ; the only answer to this is, come and see. The COUTritr de Sniyrne adds, " We have some additional facts to communicate on this subject ; of 600 prisoners who were With the Egyptian army, only eleven would accept their liberty, the others preferred Egypt to Greece, and resolved to accom• parry their masters." The Courier then declaimS against those who would blame the Admirals for not haring forced the women and children to remain. "We shall be ac cused," it says, " of haring disfigured the account of this remarkable scene, but we ask the officers of all nations who hare been engaged during the War in negotiating the ransom of slaves, whether they have not always experienced the same difficulties All the mistakes that people in Europe fall into on this subject, arise from their mistaken notions of the acceptation of the word slave ; th ey think of the condition of the negroes in the West Indies, whereas in Turkey, a slave is only a servant, Whom his master employs in his domestic affairs, and is obliged. in return to provide for all his wants. The women, if they are hand some, are slaves, as Briseis was in the tent of Achil les; and, in fact, slavery, as represented by Homer, gives the truest idea of what it now is." The Swabian Mercury of Nov. 5, gives the following statement of the military power of Russia : The Carlsruhe Gazette gives the following sum mary of the military force of the Russian empire : Population (without Poland) 55 millions; which are divided into three classes, as contributing to the military force,—the first, that which furnishes troops on the 'European footing; second, that which in time of war furnishes irregular troops; third, unci vilised tribes, unused to war, which do not contri-. Lute any recruits to the army. These Asiatic tribes amount to 3,961,000 souls. The second class, furnishing irregular troops, to 1,850,000, and the first class to about 48,000,000, deducting one million for foreigners and persons exempt from serving. Reckoning the troops at 1 per cent. in time of peace, and If in time of war, we shall have 420,000 in peace, and 720,000 in war. The irre gulars may be 100,000, and the army of Poland 50,000; in all 870,000 men. Russia could also, in case of need, easily organise militia, Sti., as was done in Germany, and raise the active force to above one Brussels Papers of the 12th inst. contain the following, which supplies no fresh news : BRUSSELS, NOV. 11. The Second Chamber of the States General is convoked for a public sitting to-day. Llitherto the sections have been engaged in examining the several projects of law presented to the Chamber. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 11. The Sultan having declared his intention to leave his camp and go to Adrianople, the great men of the empire have considered the measure as likely to be injurious under present circumstances. An extraordinary Divan was assembled, in which it was resolved to petition the Sultan not to go to a distance from the capital. The Mufti was sent to present the peti tion, and explain the reasons for it. The Sultan consented to defer his departure till the spring. The lilemas, who had hitherto refused to put on the uniform, have at length been in military costume to the camp at Ramis Tchiflik, where their ap pearance agreeably surprised the Sultan, who re ceived,them very graciously. The Foreign Ambassadors still here do their utmost to prevail on the Porte to adopt conciliatory measures. At the end of. September the Netherlands Ambassa dor presented to the Reis Effendi an additional note of the Ambassadors of the three Powers at Poros. The Ministers of France and England decline, ik is said, returning to Constantinople, on account of the nature of the business which detains them at Poros, and repeat the invitation to the Porte to send a Turkish Commissioner; but the receipt of the news of the landing of the French in the Morea, and the favourable accounts from Bulgaria, induced the Reis Effendi to answer, that the Porte, far from listening to any proposals of pacification, was going to send 30,000 Albanians to Greece. The Porte has no favourable news from Asia, and has recently seut out fresh troops thither. Several men-of-war• have received orders to sail shortly to the Dardanelles. VIENNA, Nov. I.—Metalliques, 95; Bank Shares, 1085. It is said, in letters from Alexandria, that the Paella of Egypt still remained in that city, and would not depart for the interior until the ar rival of his son, IBRAHIM PACHA, from Greece. The general opinion entertained at Alexandria was, that the return of the army would revive trade, by increasing the consumption, and giving a stimulus to business, which had been very flat for some time previously ; but we do not see how this expectation can be realised, if the Egyptian mmy is to be sent to reinforce the troops of the SULTAN either in Roumelia or Bulgaria. The waters of the Nile had begun to rise at the date of these accounts, which are recent. There were in the port of Alexandria, one French frigate and three corvettes ; besides one English frigate, a corvette, and a brig-of-war. Extracts from French and Hamburgh Papers will lee found in another part of our Paper, but they supply no news of importance. Nothing is said of the surrender of Silistria. Every account from Portugal represents the cause of DON MIGUEL as becoming daily more desperate. It is said that the French Govern ment have denounced him entirely—and accord ingly have sent a naval force to the Tagus, to overawe his treasonable conduct. In our columns of to. day will be found the letter of a Correspondent, who signs himself an " Essex Magistrate," on the subject of a para graph which appealed in our Paper of last Satur day, entitled " Blessings of the Game Laws." The letter is penned in a temperate gentlemanly styl e ; we have not, therefore, and never can have, when communications differing from our own sentiments, are so calmly worded, the slightest hesi tation in inserting it. The letter, however, is not so much an answer to any particular charge, as a of the q uestion ; if the writer general begging allows that the Game Laws are in some respects d e f ect i ve , so also do we, though perhaps our objections, which are already before the world, have a more definite and compre hensive character. We object, in short, to N . `,.... ~ . .... • , • • . s \ t, • . the system in Coto, we think it arbitrary—in consistent—the fertile source of crime —poverty, and consequently of demoralization. Our Essex correspondent will not, we suspect, go thi s length ; nevertheless, his communication is sen sible, and so far deserving of our respect. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, Trystra o' CLOCK. The tendency of the Consol market appears de cidedly for a rise this morning; they opened at 861 I for money, and 86i, rather buyers, for ac count, they appeared steady at these quotations for a considerable time, in fact, till the approach of the above hour, when an advance took place to 87, buyers ; the continuation to January account is rather higher than usual, from I to 5-16ths ; the Commis sioners paid 87. Exchequer Bills 75 6 pm.; India Bonds, 85 7 pm. There has been no business of importance in the Foreign Funds, the price of which remains much the same as at the close on Saturday ; Russian, 94i j ; Danish, 62 i; Portuguese, 551 6 ; and Mexican, 234 4. The Share market is rather in a depressed state; Imperial Mining Shares are now 34 6 ; Anglo Mexi can, 75, dis.; with respect to the former a half yearly meeting will take place to-day, for the put pose of declaring a dividend, the result of which cannot at present be known. Three per Cent. Consols, 87, buyers ; Ditto, for Ac count, 87, buyers ; India Stock, 2371 8i ; Bank Stook, 20S 209; India Bonds, 85 7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, '75 76 pm. Founclt.—Brazilian, 64 1; Buenos Ayres, 47 8 ; Chilian, 261 71; Colombian, 185 19 ; Daniih, 62 ; French, Five per Cent. 1051 6 ; Three per Cent., 741 5 ; Greek, 175 181; Mexican, Five per Cent., 26 7 ; Ditto, Six per Cent., 335 4 ; Peruvian, 161 17 ; Por tuguese, 555 6 ; Russian, 1145 5 ; Spanish, 105 11. Aintre.—Anglo Mexican, 75 21 dis. ; Brazilian, 24 6 pm. ; Bolanos, 115130 pm. ; Colombian, 10 9 die.; Real Del Monte, 260 240 dis. ; Tlalpuxabua, 20 25 per share; United Mexican, 221 211 dia. QUARTER-PAST TWELVE. Consols, 87i 4. _ _ TWO O'CLOCK. The price of Consols has been latterly 87k, al ternately buyers and sellers, at present the former is the nearest price. The detention of the Lisbon packet till Saturday has created some surprise to the Merchants, it being, since the return of the British Minister from that country, the first instance of the packet being kept back; and what adds to the im portunce attached to this circumstance is the frequent visits, latterly, of the Brazilian Minister to Lord Aberdeen. THREE O' CL CK. Consols for Account, 86i 87. 9 a FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 87 i Danish 62 Do. for Ac. 87 i f Greek, 1825 ...- Brazilian Bonds 641 Mexican, 1825 33i Buenos Ayres Peruvian 171 Chilian Do. 27 Russian 941 Columbian, 1824 Spanish 10i In our notice, last week, of that splendid . publication—" The Keepsake," we made sour• remarks on a few verses by Mr. Moottx, which it contains, under the impression that he himself had eontributed them to the Work : we have since learned, however, that the " Ex tempore" in question was written by the poet near ten years since, at the request of a friend who wished some memo rial of his handwriting, and was never, of course, intended to be published. The literary caterers for " The Keepsake," in that rage for a show of names, which pervades at present these fashionable publications, having got possession of the verses, considered them as fair spoil, and, without the con sent of Mr. Moortx (as we understand), introduced them into their collection. We hare heard it stated in circles usually possessed of good information, that either Lord CAMDEN or Lord VERULAIL will have tke vacant Privy Seal. Brighton Gazette. Letters from Hungary say that a mathemati cian at Presburg, has discovered the grand secret of con ducting an air-balloon through the air at will. His name, we understand, is Josarn AfuLLzu. A profound thinker has said that the man of genius is he who retains, with the perfect faculties of man hood, the undoubting faith and vivid impressions of the HIB MAJESTY'S NEW PALACE,-.STRIK E or ?XX Woaxintx.—On Monday morning, as soon as the plumbers, employed at his MAJESTY'S Palace, re turned from breakfast to resume their labours, they found the outer gate closed against them, and were told that it being half-past eight o'clock (the usual time fur their re turn) they would not be admitted, . At twelve o'clock, when the gates were again opened fir the numerous workmen to go to their dinner, the plumbers applied to know the cause of their exclusion from the building, when they were told, by two of the clerks of the works, that Mr. NASH had determined that the plumbers, in stead of taking half an hour to their breakfast, should be only allowed twenty minutes, and instead of the usual hour for dinner, shield only be allowed that time. This the plumbers coneeivid to be an into. ration of their rights, and would not submit ; and in con sequence they all struck, and have not been to work since. A correspondence has since been daily kept up by the de legates on the part of the men, but neither party are dis posed to give in. We are glad to find that that juvenile prodigy, Little BURKE, takes his farewell benefit this evening at the Surrey Theatre, in the character of Hamlet. He is an extraordinary little fellow, and we Lave no doubt will be rewarded for his diligence aad ability, by the attendance of an overflowing house. A friend of Mr. TERRY contradicts the re port of his retirement from the stage; he says, " It is not true that either Mr. TERRY'S memory, or any other f acu lty of his mind, has been or is in any degree affected by his illness ; and the budily ailment is so rapidly wending, that his friends have little doubt he will be able to resume his professional place very soon—for which Mr. Patce's kindness has afforded him most liberal opportu nity. As to the story of his being left a fortune since his illness, it is not necessary to enter upon particulars. Let it suffice that a relation dying in the interim has bequeathed his children." a small, a very sm a ll l egacy to M r. T ERRY , or rather to There is now in the garden of Captain LAW soN, at Shooter's-hill, in the open air, a bed of fine straw berries in full bearing, . VIOLENCE OF THE LABOURING NAVIGA TORS NEAR BorroN.—On Monday, the 3d inst. four of the bankers commenced a violent attack upon two others, who Were new corners upon the work, under the pretence of "shoeing" them; and, at last, forcibly took away a watch and silk handkerchief belong ing to the two men. On the following day two of the fellows who had been the ringleaders of the assault and robbery, were apprehended; one of them is named Ea- GOOSE, the other is known by the hankers as ' Long Bill.' They were brought before the Magistrates for the parts of Holland, compelled to make restoration of the property which they had detained, and fines were imposed, which, with the costa, amounted to nearly 47.—Beaton Gazette. . .-, ', ti • , • • \ . SHIPPING INTHLLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. 12: —Wind N.W.--Passed from London, the Highbury, Cook, for Berbice; London, Arman, for Jamaica ; Eliza, Soper, for Grenada ; Eliza, Dixon, for Bombay; Maria, Steele, for St. Helena; and Globe, Johnson, for San Blas. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 12.--Calm:--Arrived the Glory, Gillis, from Memel. The Haribony, Young, from Dantzie, and Juno, Leyden, from Memel, have arrived at Leith. The Dement, Hsrrison, from Whitekaven to Dublin, was driven on shore near Dundalk, the Bth inst., but expected to be got off.: The John Peddar, Wilson, from Hull to Lisbon, was driven on shore near Calais, on Tuesday night, but expected to be got off. LAW INTELLIGUNCB.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. itAuuts V. K.XIIIILI. Mr. SUODEN was requested to apply to the Court that some early day might be appointed for the hearing of the exceptions which had been taken to the Report of the Master, finding his client entitled to upwards of 20,000/. Mr. LOWNDES opposed the application. A decree had been made, against which they had lodged an appeal ; and if the present application was to be granted, it would have the effect of enforcing the decree against them. The Learned Counsel, how ever, could have no objection to the application, provided their appeal was advanced to come on at the same time. Mr. SUGDES concurred in this; and his Lordship ordered that the appeals hi Const v. Harris, the re hearing and exceptions in Harris and Kemble, should all come on together the first day of causes after Term. A long discussion arose at the Bar between Mr. SUGDEN and Mr. WAKEFIELD, as to whether it was imperative on Counsel to bring on a motion in Term on the day on which the notice was given for, or whether they should be at liberty to postpone it day after day for some time. Mr. SUDDEN contended that the motion ought to be brought on by Mr. Wakefield, or that the ether side should pay the costs of the day. Mr. WAKEFIELD argued the contrary position, and considered Mr. Sugden so much disposed to inno vate the practice of the Court, that ►f it eomplied with his requests day after day, no Counsel would know how to advise their clients. His LORDSHIP thought it would be more con venient to give the notice of motion for the day o►► which it was really intended to make it, but it seemed the practice was the other way, and there fore the motion stood over. OWEN V. FLACK. The Court then proceeded with this part heard appeal, the question in which was the right of a party to redeem two old mortgages.—Judgment was postponed- PRICES OF STOCKS THISDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Bed. 56%% Old Annuities 3 per Cent. C0n5....87 6% 7 1 4% New Ditto — :iki per Cent. 9514 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. '75 76 pin. Ditto Bed. 45 U Ditto 500'2d. '75 66 pm. I per Cent. 10 2 54% Ditto Small 2d. '7'7 78 pm. Ditto, 1146 Bank L. Ann ISO 7-16 Bank for Account — India Stock — India for Account Ditto Benda ...... ...... pm. Cons. for Acct 56% '7 PRICES CF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds 61.:4;, 4 Peruvian Bonds 17." Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds .SIX, Chilian Bonds ... — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, IE4I Danish 63% 3 Spanish, 1811 10N Y's Greek Bonds — I-- lb‘e3 — Ditto, 15'25 ...„ ..... ...., ....... French Rented, sp. c. —f —c. Guatimala --- Exchange ' —f. —c. Mexican Bonds —'-- 3 per cent. Ditto, 1825 ......................33% 1 ---- Exchange —l. —c. PRICKS Or SHARKS THIS DAY AT ONK O'CLOCt:. Paid. Brazilian linp. Min. Co. (las. at 5/. pm.) £2O PRICKS OF IBIS!( STOCKS, DUBLIN, )40V. 10. Bank Stock 221 St. Patrick lour. (per all.) Consols, 3 per cent. — Royal Irish Ditto Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 91,•,i 'National Ditto — Ditto, New 94% i Patriotic Ditto .': 4 per Cent 10 1 1,4 IHibernian Bank l6 Gov, Deb. 3% per cent.... 95N ;Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock — Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock —!lmperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent — Mining Co. of Ireland — Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — MA us. Arrived. Due. Arri ed. Du U America 0 1 Hamburgh 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayree 1 Dublin 0 0 Leeward Islands ... U • Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 trance. 0 0 Malta 0 0 Gottenburgh... ...... 0 0 Mexico 0 Guernsey&Jerfey.. 0 1 Waterford Per Share 61 59 60 ..~ _~ .~ '~..~ COURT OF EXCHEQUER. The LORD CHIEF BARON sat in the Exchequer Chamber to-day to hear motions in equity. NellPtittlES V. WILLIAMS AND OTHERS. Mr. WILLIAMS moved that the plaintiff might be at liberty to withdraw his replication l in this cause, in order that he may be enabled io amend his bid. The bill had been filed for an account of the sums of money received and disbursed in respect of the ship Venus, of which certain of the defendants were the agents ; and the application was founded upon an affidavit of the plaintiff, stating, that ou exmnining the books and papers deposited by the defendants, 'with their clerk in Court, he discovered entries of monies received, which were not set forth in the schedule to the defendant's answer. The Learned Counsel was aware that in making an application of this nature, it would be necessary to show to the Court that the plaintiff had used proper diligence, and that this motion was not made for the purpose of delay. In order to satisfy the Court on this point, the plaintiff swore that he resides at a great distance in the country, and that from illness and other causes he was unable to come up to town until lately: he examined defendant's books and discovered the concealment alluded to. The Learned Gentle man thought that the Court would perhaps have less difficulty in granting the application, as one of the defendants had died, and it would therefore be ne cessary to file a bill of revivor. Mr. l'iGoT opposed the application, which he cha racterised as an attempt, from beginning to end, to oppress and harass the defendants. The agency, respecting which the defendants were called upon to account, commenced in 1806, and terminated in 1818, when the ship was lost. There was scarcely any money received since 1815. The principal agent died soon after, and yet the present bill WAS not filed until 1827. Not content with allowing the matter to stand over such a length of time, the plaintiff had, since the institution of the suit, taken' every step which the practice of the Court could ad- I reit of to procure delay. The Learned Gentleman referred to the rules of the Court, for the purpose of showing that it was not competent to a plaintiff to amend his bill, unless within six weeks after the defendants put in their answer,or after the replication had been tiled, without showing full and ample grounds for the indulgence of the Court. In the present instance the answer was filed early in 1827, and the books and papers referred to were deposited with the Clerk in Court,in the October of the sang year. Besides, there was not the slightest necessity for amending the bill, as the whole account could be taken in the Master's office after the decree was pronounced. Mr. SPENCE also opposed the application. The LORD CHIEF BARON—The only ground upon which the plaintiff can rest his motion is the chance that Mr. Williams may die befare the hearing of the cause, but the chance is se very slight that I cannot grant the indulgence on that ground. Besides the plaintiff has already run that chance by his own delay. The plaintiff therefore takes nothing by his motion and pays the costs. With respect to the bill of revivor, and the delay which must neces sarily be caused by it, I think that it will be quite sufficient to bring the representatives of the deceased party before the Court, without protracting the suit any longer. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. The gentlemen of the Grand Jury, for Middlesex, were this morning sworn before Mr. Ju s ti ce B AILEY , previous to their inquisition on the indictments, and after having been charged by the Learned Judge, they retired with the Sheriff to consider their bills. THE KING V. ROBERT FITZHARDING JENNER. Sir J. SCARLETT moved the Court for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Robert Fitzharding Jenner, a county Magistrate. The affidavit upon which he now ap plied stated, that a Magistrate had been guilty of an act of great injustice, to serve Colonel Berkeley, his intimate friend, arising from these feats :—ln 1652 a decree was made by the Master of the Roll s , to authorise a person to inclose and improve 400 acres of a tract of land called Mieklewood Chase, on condition that the other part of the Chase should be left free for the freeholders, with the liberty of cutting the brushwood growing on the latter part.— Colonel Berkeley, who holds the inclosed part, is very anxious to keep the under wood from being cut, for the purpose of preserving the game. An action some time since arose upon the right of cutting it, and was determined in favour of the freeholders. The person for whom the Learned Counsel moved, was, he said, a freeholder, and on the 16th of October, had, in the presence of Colonel Berkeley's g amekeeper, cut a quantity of branches from a holly tree. Shortly after that he received a summons from Mr. Jenner, to show cause why he should not be convicted of stealing wood. In answer, the man claimed that he had a right to eut it, and his uncle produced the decree of 1652; but =~ the Magistrate clenched his fist at the uncle, sali il g o would scourge him, if brought before him. colt) , B. was then on the bench, but did not take the proceedings. The man was convicted, fla i l 12s. Bd., the estimated value of the holly, an d ' costs, and was sentenced to five weeks' imP r t i i i it merit if he did not pay it. After being in prison;,„.:* ever, for four days, he paid the fine. Lord TENTERDEN—Uutier what Act was br 'tided ? Sir J. SCARLETT.—Under the Wilful Tt Act, I believe, my Lord, in which there is o f7 e - i 4 stating, that where the party claims a r ight t io the Magistrate has no jurisdiction. Other 64 swear that they believe the conviction wa s an "7';o serve Colonel Berkeley in preserving his gamiPo that within mortal memory they have alwar the right.—Rule granted. lIIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY. LA PILICITE. This was the case of a French privateer, cap s by the Her c ul es , i n t h e year 1824, an d f or whr t oi motion was made a few days since, on behalf ca seamen of the latter, for head money. The C d ° ,o then ordered the case t o stan d over , f or . an t lo to be made of the number of men on board at time of the caption. Dr. JENNER this morning produced an alit d made by the Lieutena n t, w hi c h s t ate d t hat id were 45 men on hoard at the time, and the 0 accordingly granted the motion. TUE HAPPY RETURN. Sir C. ROBINSON gave judgment in this c a o which came befor e th e C our t on a bill o f exc ept to the claim of M r . D av i s f or sa l vage . Th e Ila . 1 : 1 "4 Return was a West India vessel, and on her Ytta home was wrecked near Peachy Head, and Davis, with 25 labourers, after many d a y s ' exert J s succeeded in raising part of her cargo, which e o admitted to be 'of the value of 1,500/. For 1 14 services he applied to this Court for ren at the same time tendering a bill , amountilg rather more than one thousand pounds. To ' w r if bill exceptions were taken by the owners, and Al referred to the Registrar and prope r offieets for tion. The Registrar had made his report, sv o s allowed the whole of the cluith, with the excel', of 921., therefore it would be unnecessary to go jor t the general character of the case, but mer e ly to 0 0 4 to the items that had been deducted. Th e Lesrd, Judge then went minutely into th e var i ous chil if o l and said, that he was of opinion, that Mr. Dario I S entitled to 21/. more than h a d b een a ll owe d bi t s Registrar; with this alteration, he should conflrol report, and decreed accordingly. GAME LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. ' d SIR—I take the lib er ty, as a constant reackril your paper, to request the insertion (which much oblige Me) of a few remarks en an article d the SUN of Saturday last, entitled, " Blessingli the Game Laws," copied from the Weekly ;TA, Press. The w r it er o f it ev id ent l y wou ld do rnisc"l4 if he knew how to do it, but his seal, not to malice, notoriously exceeds his ability. The Game Laws are, doubtless, liable to somit i o portant objections, and st an d i n nee d o f revi° lo and alteration, but imperfect as they m a y bey them be fairly represented; and, at any rate, 1 0 4 the persons, who are entrusted with the invi; task of administering them, be wantonly- ch with doing that which would render them 1i 5 . 0 1 so serious damages in a Court of Law. The Fe! f , in question is laid at Christ Church, in Hampsil i t Two rustics are charged With " having in their FI session a cote-dog!' Now, really, Mr. Editor; js this is not a discovery in natural histelt is certainly a very novel circumstance in affairs—a dog being almost one of the ;$ animals a farmer would wish to see att o ,l his herd of cows I The alleged offence If committed 1 m o intttehat day (no dona Sunday; matter andwhether . the Cow.dog, using dog ;s4 Bull-dog) to pursue game is penal, there Oro be positive evidence of such using, to est ab f a conviction. I must next remark that hi the parties could not be convicted for using ! to flame dog ; nor could either of them have b' d convicted (as the writer of this unblushing 1 , 0 must have known, if he had ever se e n the jo: of Parliament) in so low a penalty as . five poutA is the utmost mitigation descending only to ten. 10 last charge in thislabrication of falsehoods, is that ' o f Magistrates refused the penalty tendered by o ge bit the parties, because the other was unable to psY, fine, and committed them both to pris on Is a Magistrate in the kingdom who wo u ld h a re y e c {, tured upon so tyrannical an d monstrous a prnee,eao ing ? Thus, it is, Sir, that malice, by att e mpting much, attains n o thi ng b ut exposure an d disgrseo Let every person who acts illegally and cruelly sU as he deserves, both by due course of law and l o the unprejudiced judgment of the public; but 0 1 not his head be broken by the awkward bloc° 0 such a blunderer as the writer of the article question. I am, Sir, Your most obeclint serva»t► Nor.-11, 1828. AN ESSEX 141AGISTRATP. el TW he Duke of ELLINGTON and the Ear l ; Arruantzx came to town yesterday morning from the of the Noble Earl at the Priory, Stanmore. The Duke of CLARENCE is gradually recover,; ing strength. His Royal highness took a long wolf Tuesday in Bushy park and its neighbourhood. Several of the Cabinet Ministers were pres e ,,t yesterday evening at the grand dinner given by' the 1/ India Directors. The health of the Princess AUGUSTA, it i well known, was materially improved during the last t,/ of her Royal Highness to Brighton. When the Pri t :in returned to town, on her first interview with the ) (1 ;,,J his MAJZSTT expressed his satisfaction at the iinlg ° kealth of his Royal Sister, observing, " there wa s lr place like Brighton." This fact, which we state positifellie adds another proof to those we have lately offered, a , tt l e il utter groundlessness of the base calumnies which lisce l 0b eagerly circulated by the enemies of Brighton, respe ct r do some alleged displeasure supposed to he ent er t a i n ed too's / the inhabitants by our beloved and Royal Patrde' Brighton Gazette. Yesterday being the morrow of 5t....1\1 31- the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Ceatlo, assembled at the Court of Exchequer, in Vicetmittster - 1 0 0 , according to annual custom. The business did n ot c mence till half-past two o'clock, at which time the C 1) 10 4 , cellor of the Exchequer entered the Court in Li , r° ol' being the first time since his appointment to otrice'c lowed by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President o oli Council, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Cai °l s ,) Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Secretary Prat' , a d Sir Gxo. Mortx2vv. The Judges who attended to Pr e '. their nomination of those persons for each countyin s , ef o , land to serve the office of Sheriff to their Lordship' ' l . Judges BAYLEY, LEITLEOALE, PARK, GASEL 13 EE, '0 ( GARROW, HULLOCK, VAUCHAN, and Mr. WAnnO r 'l e i) Chief Justice of Chester. Mr. BULLER. attended a" of the Council. The proceedings were opened by cirj t °l' the officers of the Court, who pronounced a Latin n ts ", l The list of nominated individuals was then read' t y great variety of excuses were pleaded by some of the g e l) men nominated for not serving the office. Among to, were—being a Dissenter ; Receiver-General of a coun t ? having fifteen children ; no property in the county; 1),,1 perty incumbered; retired from the army ; having set the office of Sheriff in another county; haviurno bulg e 1 the county ; smallness of income; having paid the fi t , 400/. in the year ISIS ; holding the office of Knight A:)if shal of the King's Household ; holding the office of 4ls of the Court of Exchequer ; being a burgess of thebore" of Eveolism,--Their Lordships adjourned about o'clock. da y BRITISH INSTITUTION.---This Gallery te l l ' opened yesterday for a private view, but unfoktuo: nothing was to he viewed but the fog. We though op / saw some pictures hanging up against the walla, but areal`io quite sure. A vi s it or or t wo a l s o glimmered faintly th r the mist, but this was the full extent of our vision: co tact, we can compare the appearance of the Exhibitio!oe. :1 timing but Mr. PEAcocx 'a admirable description 0'„,41 " I-land of Cimmerian Gloom," in that masterly a llege' pie,* of sarcasm, the Novel of " Melincourt," • TU 4 Y sup t e k q lll etea ksfit. 4 414 harni 41 16 Au s t i A wit, P lb .v r D (l'or qtr 1.4)r R if oth 6 ir • 4} ;/10! I, Sw l k tad Lo 111 oor L, B 4 t o 11 4 j Ticl A Si lva Q Ifr. 45 Lot'