The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-15 00:00:00

s•••—`.:.—"' SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• The French Minister of Finance (as would be seen by our paper of Monday) has presented his budget for the ensuing year. This docu ment, which is always delivered at the beginning of a Session, and which frequently supplies topics of discussion to its very termination, bears no resemblance to the single financial statement, or recapitulation of' the annual accounts, which goes under that name in England. The French budget, in fact, includes what we call the annual estimates for the different services of the State, together with a specification of the ways and means, whether the fruits of existing taxes, the result of new imposts, or the produce of loans which have been prepared, or are calculated upon, to meet the estimated expenditure. These esti mates (except on extraordinary occasions) are always a year in advance of the actual state of things, both as regards income and expendi ture ; and when the charges have actually been incurred, or the authorized credits have been realized, a new budget is presented, containing what is called the definite regulation of the accounts. The Minister at the head of every department in the course of the session presents his special budget, whether of prospective ex pense, which may be denominated estimates, or of actual expenditure, and defends its policy before either Chamber, when its details are brought under discussion, or when its correctness is attacked. Thus, in the case before us, the Minister of Finance, M. Human!), presented two projects of law or bills, by command of the King, and on his own ministerial responsibility, the first for authorizing the Government to open credits for the amount of the estimated expen diture of the year 1835 ; and the second authorizing the collection of the existing taxes to meet such a demand, along with an arrange ment for making good the deficiency. To these bills (which may be modified in the course of the discussions) the Ministerial estimate are added by way of appendix, and the whole of the documents are then referred to the examination of different Commissions, which may call the Ministers before them for further explanations, anterior to the discussion in the Chamber. It is plain that this plan has many theoretical advantages over our own, though in practice it probably has not worked better. The statement of M. Humann cannot fail to be satisfactory on some points, though in others it is not a little alarming to the friends of state economy. It is gratifying, in so far as the Minister can announce that every branch of the revenue is flourishing—that public confidence is restored—that industry and trade have resumed more than their wonted activity— and that few complaints of the pressure of taxation are heard : but the excess of the expenditure over the ordinary revenue, though thus increased, must give cause to some anxiety and uneasiness. The estimated ex penditure for the ensuing year is taken at 1,030,090,5471., or about 41,200,0001., and the receipts into the Treasury are not calcu lated at more than 996,557,415 f., or about 39,860,000/. ; so that there is a deficit of more than a million and a quarter sterling, which, with some other charges remaining over last year, will make 3,000,0001. In this great expenditure the chief increase is of course to be found under the head of Military Supplies. If a nation like France, in the midst of despotic _enemies, is obliged, by the folly or obstinacy of its Governmc; to make a great revolution like that of.iuly, 1830, it must pay the penalty of its patriotism, of its zeal for freedom, and of its love of independence, by raising and paying an im mense army, capable of overawing its internal factions, and of defending its frontiers against external violence. Accordingly, we find that the army has been raised to 316,409 regular troops, and 65,445 horses, occasioning an ex pense of more than 257,000,0001., or more than 10,000,0001. sterling ! A very large portion of the revenue of France, though bearing no ratio to the corresponding charge in England, is ab sorbed by the interest of its public debt. This permanent burden amounts to 319,000,000 f., or nearly 13,000,0001., and has been chiefly im posed since the first restoration in 1814, when the national obligations of France were extremely small. About c '40,000,000/. sterling of this amount was imposed for an indemnity to the emigrants under the Villele Administration ; and Louis Philip at this moment derives a large addition to his overgrown private for tune from thissource. About 161,000,000 F. more are expended in charges of collecting the re venue. This seems a very large per centage when compared with the expense of collection in England, where a revenue of nearly 50,000,0001. is brought into the Exchequer at the cost of not much more than 3,000,0001.; but it ought to be recollected that a part of the French charge is occasioned by the management of the Go vernment monopoly of tobacco, and by the de fence of a larger frontier, or the protection of a more extensive country against the evils of smuggling or evasions of duty. Notwithstanding these considerations, however, 161,000,000 f. seems a monstrous charge for collecting a re venue of less than 1,000,000,000 f., or 40,000,000/. sterling. It would be of little interest to the English reader to run over the estimates of the different services, the only two which concern foreigners being that of the army, which has been already stated, and that of the navy, which next year is fixed at 65,500,000 f., or 2,621,000/. The expense of this service has been increased about 120,0001. in consequence of the naval preparations which recent events have pressed upon the French Government. The arrange ment of the budget which pleased us the most is the contribution of 15,000,000 of francs, or about 600,0001. sterling, allotted to the Minister for Public Instruction, to promote the cause of rational education. Of this sum more than a half is to be advanced to defray the expenses of elementary instruction or of primary schools. Thus the system of communal or parochial schools, so ably introduced and so zealously de fended by M. Guizot last year, is likely to be fairly tried. The chief expense is subsequently to be provided for out of the property of the Communes, but the purse of the State must be taxed in the first instance to secure the execution of the law in certain of the poorer districts. We remember that in one of the projects on the right of man to be instructed prescribed to the French Convention, it was said that elementary instruction was a debt which the Republic owed to the French people ;" but if it was a debt, it was never attempted to be paid till now, and the present budget contains the firs instalment. One of the chief peculiarities which .distinguish the French system of revenue from our own is the disproportion between the "7,, - . 1-_, •, '''':l;amount of direct and indirect taxes. While we • derive more than a third part of our public in come from customs, or duties on imported commodities, the whole customs of France do not rise to 4,400,000/. sterling. On the other hand, the French raise a third of their income from land taxes or stamp duties. The excise duties in France amount to nearly 8,000,0001., and are more the subject of complaint than in England, where they are double that amount. We observe that M. Humann, though in some difficulty to make up the deficit in his budget, repels the very idea of a tax on property, as uncongenial to the feelings of the people, and inexecutable, or likely to be unproductive in France, where property is so minutely divided. He is therefore obliged to have recourse to a new loan, which he proposes shall be for nearly 3,000,0001. sterling.— Times. The Inquiry into the Corporation of London begins now to be more interesting than it has been. To ascertain the constitution of this imperium in inzperio—to settle the limits of the powers of the Corporation as a whole, and of the different parts—is no easy matter. The Commissioners seem now, however, to have ob tained a tolerable idea of all this, and we are now come to what may be called the working of the machine. Great complaints have long been made by the shipowners, of the weight of the charges of the port of London ; and the inhabi tants of the parts of the metropolis without the City, who receive the greater part of what they consume through the City, also complain of the duties levied on them by the City Authorities. Now, with all due respect to the Corporation of London, entertaining proper sentiments of gratitude towards it for its services in the cause of liberty in critical times, and bearing no ill will to the citizens on account of their rich re pasts—we yet would wish, if possible, to see them so conduct their affairs as to afford no just cause to the people in trade, and the inhabit ants of the metropolis in general, to complain of the undue weight of the burdens imposed on them by the City Authorities. Mr. Williams, on Monday, touched a sore place, when he de tailed the result of the audit of the City accounts. The articles furnished to the city were charged in some cases at the double of the market price. The auditors discovered that there was a general bad management and bad letting of the city lands. " The estates belonging to the city numbered 6,000 tenements; 400 of which were in Maddox-street, Hanover-square, and the rental produced from them was not much above 3,0001. per annum. These houses were let in perpetual leases, renewable every fourteen years, on the payment of a fine not exceeding seven years' rent, which was exceedingly low, as the same houses would let again at for 300/. or 4001. per annum. Al! the lettings in the city were much below their value. When this report was read in the Common Council, it gave great offence." So far from envying the city the pos session of the lands which have been thus badly managed, we think that all the lands on which the metropolis is built, ought to have been, by Act of Parliament, taken from the owners at a fair valuation, and appropriated to public pur poses. What a fund we should have had for meeting burdens of all sorts, if the additional value given to lands, by the necessity for en larging the metropolis, and which is not a fair incident of property, had been appropriated in time, the owners receiving a fair compen sation. The evil is now beyond remedy. Our forefathers were wiser in many respects than we are, for they took care that the lands within the limits of the various cities and boroughs should belong to the community and not to individuals. With, then, such anomalies as the Dukes of Bedford and Northumberland, and the Marquis of Westminster, &c., deriving princely revenues from rents accruing from the necessity of the citizens for habitations, would never have happened l It appears that the City of London possesses extensive estates applicable to public purposes, but that these estates are mismanaged. The meaning of this is, that the managing individuals of the Corporation make large incomes out of the Corporation property. If houses are let at a nominal rent for 14 years, and the lease renewable on a fine of seven years of that nominal rent, while the occupying tenant pays 3001. or 4001. of rent per house, a valuable consideration must be paid to some person or persons for the difference between the nominal rent and fine and the actual rent. The value of a property in the market of a house of this description, would be the ordinary num her of years' purchase of the full rent, sub ject to the deduction of an annuity for fourteen years, or the number of years to run, minus the nominal rent. No wonder that the auditors give offence by drawing aside the curtain which hid these proceedings. Now, while the city estates are thus mismanaged, tolls and duties are levied on the public to meet the city expenditure. " The Livery passed a reso lution (said Mr. Williams) expressive of sur prise that the particulars of all accounts had not been furnished to the auditors, and ordering the Chamberlain not to pay any money out of the city funds until the particulars of the bills were furnished. The Common Council objected to the proceedings on the ground that the funds belonged to the Corporation, but such was not the fact, as many of the sums were the produce of taxes and tolls levied on things going into the city." Mr. Williams then stated the interdiction of all expenses to the. auditors of the accounts, save tavern expenses. They had not, he said, taken a penny of the money for tavern expenses, but it appears from our report of this day, that the two city carvers charged in the accounts two guineas each for what they ought to have con sumed, so that consume, or not consume, it would seem necessary to have high bills. These are important matters. We are, of course, prepared for a struggle, for wherever there is property at stake, men will fight.—Morning Chronicle. What may be the result of the war now waging against the Church Establishment it is not diffi cult to foresee—what may be its fate during the ensuing Session of Parliament is another ques tion—but that the Dissenters of the United Kingdom, forming the great mass of its po pulation, must be relieved from all the prac tical grievances under which they labour is a matter of undoubted certainty to them, or undoubted disgrace to the Government and to to the Legislature. These grievances resolve themselves into claims which may be thus classed—relief from church taxation—from being compelled to submit to the rule of the church in matters of registration of births and burials and solemnization of marriages and bap tisms—and from exclusion from the Universities. To the abolition of all these pains and penalties upo n di ssen t from the doctrines and discipline of the Church England, the Dissenters are most fairly and most justly entitled ; and most egregiously will they betray their own cause if' they shrink from the fulfilment of every atom of their demands on these points. They have every right and title to them, and to accept less would be to compromise the great cause of religious and civil freedom for which they stickle. But another demand is made by another party, as will be seen from the account which we give of the Nottingham meeting—and that is, that there shall be no church and state establishment, and that the Bishops shall cease to exercise legisla tive functions. We applaud the latter move ment, which is in perfect accordance with the spirit of the country—for the former the country is not yet ripe, and it ought, in consequence, to he abandoned, lest it should prejudice claims not of greater moment, but more imperatively demanded. The Church is still strong, not withstanding all its faults and imperfections ; and the policy of the dissenting portion of the community is in consequence plain—to be united, and to insist only upon the redress of practical grievances. 'When relief has been afforded from the latter, unerring time, bearing balm upon its wings to all who are heavily laden, will give relief from those which are purely theo retical.— Morning Advertiser. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAN. 14. KING V. HAMLET. The argument in this case was resumed by Mr. PEPYS, who appeared for the defendant. He con tended that the transaction could not be called usu rious unless it could be proved that Mr. Hamlet re ceived for his advance more than five per cent.,the legal rate of interest. If Mr. Hamlet parted with his goods at their full value it was impossible to call it an usurious dealing, and he could prove by the evidence of competent persons that the prices charged by Mr. Hamlet were fair trade prices. Even Mr. George Robins, who was examined by the plaintiff, stated that the goods were valued by competent valuers; and Mr. Nobler, Mr. Evans,and Mr. Snow, shopmen in Mr. Hamlet's house, swore that it was usual with them, after valuing the goods, to ticket them, as was done in this case, and it was Mr. Hamlet's invariable course of dealing ne• ver to depart from the prices attached to each ar ticle. They also swore that the plaintiff, Mr. King, came to Mr. Hamlet's shop, and that he was at perfect liberty to select any goods in it to the amount of 8,0001., and that he was not interfered with by Mr. Hamlet in the slightest degree. Other persons also were examined totally unconnected with Mr. Hamlet, who all declared that the prices charged were fair, and not exorbitant. He should call his Lordship's attention to the evidence of Mr. Newland, by whose testimony he thought he should be able to satisfy his Lordship that the transaction had been commenced and pro ceeded in with the full concurrence of the plaintiff's father, Viscount Lorton. Mr. Newland in this transaction was the agent of Mr. Hamlet, and a Mr. Farrell for Viscount Lorton and Mr. King. It was well worthy to be remarked that Mr. Farrell had not been examined by the plaintiff. He thought it the wisest course not to do so, for he very well knew that he would not have supported the bill, but confirmed and strengthened the statements in the defendant's answer. Mr. Newland in his evidence swore that Mr. Hamlet refused at first to advance money, but afterwards said, if Mr. King would give proper security, and if the plaintiff's father, Viscount Lorton, consented, he would advance goods instead of money. Mr. Newland swore also that he entered into communication with Viscount Lorton, who had no objection to the receiving of goods instead of money, provided the advance did not exceed 8,0001. Viscount Lorton in his evidence did not deny this; and he thought that it was clearly Viscount Lorton's intention to obtain an assignment of the security, by which he would be able to exer cise a control over the reversionary life interest in the family estates. Under these circumstances he felt confident that the plaintiff could not establish the slightest claim to the relief prayed by the bill, and therefore he hoped his Lordship would dismiss the plaintiff's bill with costs. Mr. KNIGHT and Mr. HUNT were heard on the same side. HIS LORDSHIP postponed the hearing of the reply till to-morrow (this day). COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 14. RE PALMER. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL showed cause against a rule calling on Mr. Palmer, an attorney, of this Court, residing near B;rmingham, to show cause why he should not be struck off the roll, The application to the Court was founded on the 224 of George 111., against which, it was alleged, Mr. Palmer had offended, by allowing an unqualified person to practice as an attorney in his name. The COURT were of opinion that the best course would be to refer to the Master, to make such in quiry as he might think fit and report thereon. The matter was accordingly referred to the Master. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, JAN. 14. (Sittings in Equity before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) COLLINd V. GRESLEY. This case again came before the Court upon the application of the defendant to have the bill, di rected to be dismissed by his Lordship's decree, dismissed with costs. The plaintiff's bill was not an experimental bill, and, considering the history of the case, he thought he ought not to dismiss that bill with costs. JADIS V. FENNELL. Mr. YOUNG moved for an attachment against the defendant in this cause, for refusing to pay certain costs claimed in pursuance of the order of the Court. His motion, he observed, was founded on the regu lar affidavits. Lord LYNDUURST—I must be sure that they are quite regular, or I shall have an action brought against me. Mr. YOUNG having satisfied his Lordship upon that point, the application was granted. COURT OF ADMIRALTY, JAN. THE TRIUNE. This case arose out of a collision between the Triune and the Triton at sea, by which the latter was sunk. The facts are shortly these :—The Triune, of 207 tons, and a crew of eight men, sailed on the same day from Newcastle with the Triton, of 180 tons, and eleven men, both laden with coals. On the following morning, when about eighteen miles from Seaham, the vessels approached each other, the Triton on the starboard and the Triune on the larboard tack. They came in collision, and the Triton was sunk. It being the admitted custom in maritime matters that a ship on the larboard should give way to one on the starboard tack, it was con tended in this case that if the Triune had luffed up the accident would not have happened, and that by the want of skill on the part of the Triune the other vessel was led into danger. The Trinity Master, Mr. Chapman, gave the opinion of himself and his colleague. There was, he said, considerable discrepancy on both sides. It ap peared that there had not been kept so good a look-out on board the Triune as on board the Tri ton, and had this been the case the collision would have been avoided. The loss of the Triton did not, therefore, appear to have arisen from any defective seamanship on board of that vessel. As nautical men they (the Trinity Masters) considered that the Triune ought to have borne up, and the collision would have been avoided. Sir JOHN NICIIOLL concurred in what had fallen from the Trinity Masters. lie pronounced for da mages against the Triune, and referred the question f the amount to the Registrar and merchants in the usual way. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JAN. 13.- We have had only a moderate demand for cotton ; the sales to-day are 1,000 bags of all descriptions, at prices scarcely as steady as those of last week. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, JAN. 14. (Before Mr. Commissioner HOLItoYD.) JOHN WRIGHT, JUNIOR'S, BANKRUPTCY. The first meeting of creditors under a fiat of bankruptcy issued against Mr. J. Wright, jun., coal merchant, was held to-day, for the proof of debts and the choice of assignees. The Court was occupied a considerable time in hearing evidence relative to a proof tendered on behalf of the firm of Cunliffe and Brooks, brokers, for 12,0001., being a portion of their claim (which is stated to be nearly 40,0001.) and which arose out of bills they had discounted for Messrs. Solomon and Co. The proof was, however, postponed until Mr. Roger Cunliffe, the principal partner, could attend. Mr. H. Cunliffe was examined at some length, in the course of which he stated that the firm had discounted for Solomon and Co. to the amount of 600,0001. The total debts and liabilities of the bankrupt are between 70,000/. and SO,OOO/., the claim of Messrs. Cunliffe forming the larger portion of the claims. The debts proved to-day were between 2,000/. and 3,000/. SHERIFFS' COURT, JAN. 14. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuRcriELL.) JARVIS AND JONES v. HART. The plaintiffs are fashionable tailors at the west end, and the defendant is a gentleman of fortune residing in St. James's-place. The subject of inquiry was a cassitnere frock coat, with velvet collar and facings, for which 71. 17s. was charged, but which the defendant refused to pay, on the ground that the coat was not made agreeably to the orders he had given. Mr. Pulsford, tailor, of 65, St. James's•street, de posed that it was impossible to give the same effect to cassimere as to beaver cloth. The present fashion was to make coats as light as possible, and without padding. He should never have thought of padding such a coat as this, unless expressly ordered. His charge would have been six and a half or seven guineas. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 71. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. A Chelsea pensioner named Alms, who said he had been in his Majesty's service twenty-three years, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having indulged in liquor until he tumbled about the streets. The officer who took him into custody stated that upon being taken to the station-house the pensioner recovered so far as to be able to drag the clothes off the back of a constable. The unfortunate fellow had no money in his pocket, although he had re ceived on the day he got into this disagreeable em barrassment 4/. 19s. at Chelsea. The LORD MAYOR observed that the defendant was nothing better than a waste butt ; upon which the latter began to blubber, and said it was nothing but the want of practice that had made him so drunk. A poor-looking woman, who said she was the de fendant's sister, astonished the Lord Mayor by in forming his Lordship that they were the children of an Admiral in the British navy, who died in 1816. The LORD MAYOR—And how could you be re duced to this deplorable condition? The female, who appeared not at all to have been accustomed to the good things of this life, replied that the property to which they had been entitled, in equal shares, had been monopolised by their elder brother, a Major- General in the army, who was gone to his account. The LORD MAYOR—Are you sure that you are legitimate children of an Admiral ? Alms—Not a doubt of it, my Lord ; and the prize-money at the Admiralty, upon which we had a claim, was all grasped by our eldest brother. The LORD MAYOR—And had you no relations or friends who could have assisted you ? The female— :We had none who could assist us. The LORD MAYOR—Are you limited to this paltry pittance ? The Female—Yes; my brother lives with me and pays me regularly. He paid me 1 3/. 19s. of the last money he received. The LORD MAYOR—And he spent all the rest in drunkenness. lam sorry that the son of an Ad miral should so disgrace himself, but I think there must be some mistake in the account; it is but seldom such reverses take place,in this country under such circumstances, and if your - account is correct as to your fathers' condition in the world, your present almost destitute state must have arisen from great want of conduct. The fact of this man having been 1.. a brutal state of intoxication on the day on which he received his pension was a proof that prudence was not a part of his character. Defendant—l declare to you, my Lord, that our statement is a true one. Our father was a Welsh man, a native of Carmarthen. The LORD MAYOR—And what is your pension ? The Defendant—A shilling a day. The LORD MAYOR—Your story is a very odd one, hut you must make amends to the constable for tearing his clothes off his back. The female immediately satisfied the constable, and the son and daughter of Admiral Alms departed evidently pleased at the result of the investigation. Mr. J. Oldus, of No. 15, Labepr-in-Vain-court, begged to be permitted to address lit,e Lord Mayor upon rather an extraordinary matter. A sergeant in the service of the East India Company happened to lodge at his house, and, although the man owed 181. or 191. for board and lodging, could not at all be induced to get out of his bed to take up the money which was due to him at the East India House. The consequence was, the complainant was put to very great inconvenience, as he had a large family to support, and he could not think of allowing the sergeant to starve, winch he apprehended alight be the case if food were not supplied to him. The LORD MAYOR asked to what so singular a point of objection was ascribable ?—Mr. Oldus be lieved the poor man was paralytic, but he also be lieved that there was a spice of madness in the delusion. He would not permit any one to enter his room to wash it, or add in any other way to his comforts. For three months this matter had been going on. Ile (complainant) had applied to the East India Company, but had been told by them that nothing could be done at the East India House on the occasion, as the sergeant must go there him self to receive his money. The LORD MAYOR—I am convinced that if you take the certificate of a medical man to the Direc tors of the East India Company as to the condition of the sergeant they will at once do you justice. The applicant should follow the advice. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday James Sewell, the son of the proprietor of an exhibition in High-street, St. Giles's, was brought before Mr. LAING and Mr. Sergeant SEL. LON, charged by Mr. Squire, a Yorkshire farmer, with having attempted to defraud him of a shilling. The prosecutor, a stout ruddy complexioned man about fifty, in a broad accent peculiar to his coun try, stated that yesterday morning he arrived in Lunnun, and, being set down at the Green Man and Still, he was pursuing his course towards the City, with his bundle under his arm, when his ears were attracted by music at a shop door in High street, and in the window he saw two figures of tawney boys stuck fast together from bumps in the stomach. On inquiring what it was all about, he was told that they were the " Siamese Twins," and having heard a great deal about them, he asked the price of entrance, and was informed " only a penny." He went in and gave the prisoner, who sat in a kind of cupboard, a shilling when he said that he had no change, but he would go out and get him some, and on his return lie insisted that the witness had not given him the shilling; and on quitting the place he was surrounded by a gang of thieves and ruffians, who attempted to rob him, and he had no doubt that he would have been robbed and ill-treated, had it not been for the arrival of Sergeant Huson, the con• stable of E division. Mr. Lack—Pray what is the nature of the exhi bition ? Proprietor—The Siamese twins, your Worship, of my own manufacture, patronised by Sir Astley Cooper, Sir William Blizard, and the whole of the faculty. It was here stated that there were several other exhibitions in that neighbourhood that were equally nuisances. The prisoner denied having received the shilling, but said he had been done out of elevenpence by the prosecutor, as he delivered him the elevenpence change. Mr. LAING was about to order the prisoner and the proprietor to find bail, but eventually he gave orders to the inspectors and officers of the E divi sion to look after the place ; and if any mob was in future collected or disturbance caused to bring the parries there, and they certainly should be ordered to find bail. The parties were then di-missed, and the prisoner and countryman indulged in recrimination as to their having swindled each other. QUEEN-SQUARE. TRYING EXPERIMENTS IN WESTMINSTER HALL. —Thomas Tubb, a lad about twelve years of age, nho lives with his father, a coalheaver, in Blue Anchor-court, ,Peter-street, Westminster, was charged with firing a loaded pistol in Westminster Hall, and throwing the whole neighbourhood into a state of consternation. Police constable Edwards was on duty that morn ing between eight and nine o'clock in Palace-yard, when he heard a loud report of fire-arms in West minster Hall; not knowing what might be the matter he ran into the Hall, where the greatest consterna tion prevailed, and the defendant was standing in the middle of the Hall, with a pistol in his hand just discharged. On searching him he found a powder-flask containing gunpowder. On asking him why he had fired the pistol, he said that it was only done to try an experiment. Mr. WHITE asked him what he meant by such conduct ? The boy said that it was only for a bit of a " flare up," just to try an experiment, and hear how loud a report a loaded pistol would make in a place like Westminster Hall, to what it would do in the open air. After severely lecturing him he was discharged, on his promising not to " flare up" again in West minster Hall. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current" of yesterday.) SuGsit.—The estimated sales of West India grisco vades last week were 2,800 hhds. and trs. The good and fine are still scarce, and command very full prices. The mid. inferior and pan Sugars are heavy, and are sold 6d. a I s. per cwt. lower. The Sugar Market is rather heavy this forenoon. The estimated sales are SOO hhds. and trs. The prices of last week are supported. The stock of West India Sugar is now 32,585 hhds. and trs., being 7,908 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius 87,678 bags, being 21,365 more than last year. The delivery of West India 2,574 hhds. and trs., being 293 more than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 3,770 bags, being 1,928 less than the corresponding week of 1833. The Refined Market is exceedingly firm, and very few parcels are left on sale. The Crashed are nearly all bought up at 30s. 6d. for the fine, and 295. 6d. a 30s. for the inferior. Very few low goods for shipping are offering, on account of the few houses who continue ma nufacturing ; the qualities suitable for the home consump tion are in better supply ; they go off steadily, but the transactions are still on a limited scale. The Market this afternoon continues firm, 30s. 9d. is refused for fine crashed. MAURITIUS SUGAR.-The public sales brought for ward last week consisted of nearly 6,000 bags. They went off at similar prices with West India Sugar; the good and fine at full Market prices, the mid. and inferior sorts 6d. a ls. per cwt. lower. A considerable proportion very low and in bad condition sold 375. a 475. This day by public sale 5,851 bags. The whole went off heavily ; the good and fine Is. lower, the inferior is. a Is. 6d. lower, making a fall in ten days of about 2s. per cwt. FOREIGN SUGAR.-The Foreign Sugars are neglected. There is no export demand, and the parcels bought for Refining are on the most limited scale. We believe the question of the tares on Foreign Sugars will be established by public sale at the allowances the Refiners demand. Average price of Sugar 11. 9a. 21-d. per cwt. COFFEE.-Coffee remains inactive, but no parcels are pressed upon the Market for sale. The inquiries for Foreign and East India are continued, but the holders will not sell, except at advanced prices, which the buyers will not accede to; some Sumatra sold at 485.; there are buyers of good ord. St. Domingo at 595., and of Ceylon at 575. The public sales of British Plantation have gone off heavily, and a considerable portion of the quantity brought forward has been withdrawn at Market prices; some Demerara clean mid. and good mid. sold Is. a Is. 6d. higher; all other descriptions were heavy, but no reduction was submitted to. The demand for Coffee this afternoon appears to increase; Ceylon is now held for 595. and 608 , and no good ord. St. Domingo could be purchased at 605.; some very ord. offers at the latter price. This day's public sale 210 bags Brazil and 61 bags East India Coffee, the former chiefly damaged or bankrupts' effects, forming little guide to Market prices; the latter was very ord. Sumatra taken in at 465. ; the Brazil was ord. dingy, 555. 6d. and 565. COCOA -Brazil Cocoa has been sold at 235., and higher prices are now asked- RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There was a brisk and extensive demand for Rum last week ; about 1,000 puns. sold. Proof Leewards were purchased extensively at 2s. Id., and few or no sellers now at that price, 5 to 9 over 2s. 21. a 2s. 4d. The sales of Jamaica were chiefly 30 over 2s. 101. a 2s. lld. Brandy was held with firmness. Geneva declined 2d. per gallon ; sales of pale reported at 2s. 3d. and 2s. 4d. TALLOW.-Toe speculations for the fall of Tallow have been checked by several important questions agitated re specting the time bargains of the persons lately become bankrupts. The purchases by the country dealers (who have lately been induced to withhold their orders on ac count of the state of the supplies) have been general, which occasions a firm Market, notwithstanding the late large imports. At a late hour the quotation for yellow candle Tallow was 435. 3d. a 435. 61. on the spot, 435. 9J. for February and March. COCHINEAL.-Cochineal continues in demand. FRUIT.-There is little alteration in fruit ; the sales are inconsiderable. Hors.-The fine qualities are in more demand, and prices 3s. a ss. higher are obtained. TEA.-It is expected that the Tea trade under the new system will fluctuate greatly, and we have already symp toms of the effects anticipated. The India Company have declared a larger quantity for March sale than usual, which occasions a complete stagnation, and as the future sales will rest with Ministers, their plans as to time of sale, quantity, and prices at which the Tea will be put up are all necessarily in a crude and undigested state ; the buyers will be slow to purchase at the sale, unless assured as to future sales and probable taxed or upset prices. This afternoon the Market remains heavy. Boheas in large chests are at 3s. 81, duty paid. Congous and Twankays at about sale's prices. The total delivery last week was 659,000 lbs. An application from the Tea Trade has been made to the Government on the subject we have alluded to, the future sales of Tea, after the Mardi sale, the last of the East India Company; the reply of the Government is, that previously to the sale the intentions of the Government respecting future sales will be fully explained. RICE.--Rice continues very heavy. This day's public salo 276 bags Manilla and 500 bags Bengal Rice ; the former 9s. 6,1,, the latter Patna kind taken in at 16s. OILS.-Oils generally are in fair demand. Some of the late arrivals of Cod Oil have been taken by the trade at 251. 10e. TURPENTINE-Not any Rough here for sale ; the late arrivals have been direct to drawers; any good parcel would find buyers at 15s. Spirits are in better demand than for some time past, and go off freely at the advance. SILK.-In Silk ther e h as been rather more activity. Those of Turkey and China have experienced an advance of 6s. a 9d. per lb. ; and other sorts are well maintained. 'Noma-The quantity of Indigo at the approaching East India House sale is now ascertained to be 4,233 chests. Inspection of the indigo valued at last sale's prices: -596 good to fine shippers 6s. 4,1. to 7s. 6d. ; 903 mid. to good ditto ss. 101. a 6s. 3d. ; 838 good consumers to mid. shippers ss. 4d. a 55.9 d.; 538 very lo w to good consumers 4s. a ss. 3d. This afternoon tile Indigo Mar kee remains dull, on account of the quantity being more than generally anticipated, and a few more being applied for ; rho only sale lately is the 300 chests Oude last week, these were sold rather lower. Tonacco.-There are no sales reported, but the To bacco in the Market is held with much firmness. SeicEs.-Nutmegs have advanced 3d. a 6d. per lb., the best quality 7e. 3d. a 7s. tid, This day's public sale KILKENNY.—Butter 755. to 87s. per cwt. ; Wheat 225. to 255 per barrel ; Flour 12s to 30s. per bag; Oats 10s. to Ils. per bar. rel; Barley I ls. to 12s. ; Beef 3d. to 30. per lb. ; Mutton 4i.1. to NI. ; Potatoes 4d. per stone; Coals Is. Id, per cwt.; Bacon Pigs 265. to 'Xs. Od. per cwt. SCOTCH MARKETS. H ADDINGTON CORN AI A KKET.—Jan. 10. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beans. First s6s Od 28s 6d 26s 64 25s 8d 30s Od Second sls Od 26s Od I 175 6d 24s Od 26s Od Third There were 298 qrs. of Wheat in market,2s7 whereof were sold. 41 Unsold.-0 Grey. —2/. Its. 1 A v erne. DALKI COH. :N MAR Id. 7.l2ths I'.—Jan. Wheat. Barley. Oats. ['ease. First s7s Oct 22s 6d 20s Od 29s Oct Second sos Od 25s Od 17s Od 27s Od Third 39s Od 20s Od 14s Od 25s Ud Beans. 29s Od 27s Od 25s Od MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, JAN. hi. DIVIDENDS. sr. J. Barnett, navy-agent, Essex-street, Strand at _ I P. P. Good, insurance-broker, Clapton it W. D. Graham and J. Tate, linen draper, Newcastle.upon- Tyne l'2 —..... TIrE BAROMETER.—The changes in the barometer within the last four or five weeks have been frequent and great beyond example. A correspondent is the North writes us, that were its variations exhibited is a diagram, they would firm a zig-zag line like half dozen of We put together, not every week, but almost every day.—Scolsman. NEW BREAD.—Few things are of more diffi cult digestion than new bread. Every thing, as may be inferred from what is known of the process of digestion. which by mastication forms a tenacious paste, is difficult of digestion, being slowly pervaded by the gastric juice. So difficult ofdigestion is such a paste, that I hive known more than one dyspeptic whose stomach could only digest new breed wher•. 'oaked in melted butter. Here is one of the articles most difficult of digestion that the tenacious pate which Its presence promoted. Eve❑ bread sufficiently old, which it never is till it is quite dry, is frequently oppressive if taken alone and in a considerable quantity. It still forms a mass not very readily pervaded. The sailor's biscuit, or bread toasted very hard, often agrees better with a weak stomach than bread in other states.-- - Dr. Philip on Indigestion. 3,509 bags pepper, nearly the whole was withdrawn : it was evident that the l'eprr could not be sold without submitting to lower prices, which the holders would not do : 322 chests and boxes Cissi: Lignea, sound 745. a 755. 6d., former prices ; 312 bags Ginger, wormy, 31s. 6d. a 325. Corrox.--The demand for Cotton continues suspended, on account of the large sales appointed for Friday next. SALTPETRE.-Saltpetre is steady ; 800 bags at public sale last week, of inferior quality, 94 refraction 325., and 27 at 31s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Per Quarter. goston —.—, Gainsborough Grant ham --- Grimsby Horncastle Lincoln Spilsby Stamford York—. 1 Wheat. S. to S. 40 50 8. to 8. 25 32 34 20 34 26 32 26 32 28 33 26 30 30 32 23 30 S. to s. 14 19 48 50 46 52 44 54 46 51 44 48 40 52 46 58 20 26 15 22 14 20 17 22 16 18 16 22 16 22 NORWICH, Jan. 11. Wheat (per qr.) '"4os. 525. 60s. Beans (per qr.) ......... 335. 345. Barley ---- 20. ' , ss. 355. ('ease, Grey.,—. 365. 475. Oats ....--....—.... 20s. 245. 265. Flour, fine (per sack) 41s. 435, CANTERBU RI, Jan. 11. Wheat, 579. to 635. to —red 48s. to dos. Old _ —s. to —s Barley, Malting 265. to 329. Grinding.. 2:ls. to 275. Oats 3ls to 355. Old__._. —9. to —9. —30 s. to 365......,. Grey —30 s. to 345. Pease MANCHESTER, Jan. 11. Wheat, per 701 b. Bs. Od. to Bs. 2d. Red 7s, 9.1. to Bs. 3d. Barley, per 601 b 5 0 5 6 Oats 3 2 3 2 Beans, per Imperial quart e r Pease, White, per Imp er i a l b us h e l 5 0 5 3 rSialt, per 6 Imperial bushel s 3B 0 42 0 Flour, per Sack of 2801 b 4O 0 46 0 IRISH AIA: DUBLIN MARKET NO RK ETS. )7'E.—FRIDAY, Jan. 10. From To Average. 1,087 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 19 0 26 6 22 3 119 16 stone 11 3 11 6 0 422 16 stone 12 6 12 6 12 2 2,428 Oats 12 stone 9 0 11 0 9 8 12,659 Cwt. 9 stone 6 0 19 0 0 780 Oatmeal. 8 stone 9 6 13 0 10 11 Sold to Makers only. 10,177 Cwt. Flout Average price of Wheat and Flour 363. 8.1. per sack. '.. Firsts, from 17s. ed. to 19s. Od. Sales of Do. 12,659 Receipts of Flour, 13,4/Seconds, from 133. Od. to 163. ed. from 63. Od. to 98. 0,3, PRICE OF BREAD. .......Nd. I Half Qua Quartern Loaf. CORK MARKETS.—Jan..II. Wheat (per 20st.) Barley (per 16st.) Oats (per 14st.) Flour (per cwt.) 7 0 17 0 Oatmeal (per cwt.) lO .6 12 0 Beef, bd. to lid. ; Mutton, sd. to 6d. ; Veal, Gd. to Sd. ; Pork, 2d. to 21d. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to 12d. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the C untry. 625. First Quality Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth 37 27 "27 CLONMELL MARKETS.—Tan. 10. Per Cwt. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. New Butter 74 0 to 76 0 Hides (raw) 32 0 to 34 0 Oatmeal 11 0 11 3 Bacon Pigs "^ 0 24 6 Rendered Lard 36 0 37 0 Heads 17 0 0 Per Bag. Flour, Second 0 30 01Flour, Thirds '4 0 0 —Household— 0 28 0: Fourths 14 0 0 Per Barrel. Rapeseed '2O 0 —01 Barley 11 13 0 Bore 10 0 11 0 l Coals Pcr Stone. 1 2 Tallow (rough) 5 6 0 0 0 01Potatoes 0 3k 0 Per Pound. Fresh Butter 1 0 1 0 1Mutton 0 4 0 Beef 0 3 041 Veal 044 0 6 Wheat 1 1 Oats 0 8 BIRTIIS. On the 9th inst., at Courtficld, the lady of John Francis Vaughan, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., in King's-road, Bedford-row, the lady 0( Mr. J. R. Iglesias, of a son. On the Nth inst., at Camberwell, the wife of Mr. James T. Barker, of a daughter. On the 13th inst., at the Royal Mint, Mrs. Henry Binglef of a son. On the 14th inst., at the Grange, Brompton, the lady of Johl , Braham, Esq., of a daughter, still-born. On the Bth inst., at the Clarence Baths, Devonport, the ladl of Lieut. E. F. Wells, of his Majesty's ship San Josef, of a sorb MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr. Orlando Balls, of Vansittart House Academy, Greenwich, to AO Maria, third daughter of Charles Charriere, Esq., of Black" heat h-road. On the 9th inst., at St. Dunstan's, Stepney, P. C—Christief Esq., of Surrey-square, to Jane, second daughter of Mr. Joh4 Watson, of Mile-end. DIED, On the 10th inst., at Cheltenham, Georgina Mary, younge st daughter of Sir Charles Des Voeux, Bart. On the 12th inst., Miss De Riemer, at the residence of her brother, Connaught terrace, Hyde-park. On the 13th inst., at Brighton, in her 12th year, Mary Brisco e Tritton, eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert Tritton, of MO. den, Surrey. On the 12th inst., at his residence, Highgate-common, in I ' ls 42d year, Mr. William Davies, eldest son of the late Mr. W O5- Davies, of Giltspur-street. On the 13th inst., at the house of his son, in Euston.squa rer Thomas Mills, Esq., aged 71 ' On the 11th inst., at the residence of his father, in th Wandsworth-road, Mr. Thomas Pierce Denison, solicitor, ta t of the Inner Temple, in his 29th year. On the 12th inst., Mrs. Jane Chatham, of the Old Furnival l Inn Coffee-house, Holborn, in her 68th year. On the Bth inst., at Winchester, having reached the extraor' dinary age of 102 years, Mr. Light. On the 11th inst., at Newport, aged 60, Anna Maria, relicl of the late Robert Harding, Esq., of Mount Sandford House. On the 12th inst., aged 60, the wife of Nicholas Glass, Es'F . , On the sth inst., B e tt y, the wife of Mr. Wm. L ew i s, CO ter Master Sergeant in the Royal Lancashire Militia, Liver' pool, at the advanced age of 75 years. She had been marri 55 years, and was the grandmother to 27 children, 20 of whet'. are now living. On the 11th inst., Mr. Chas. Hope, of Upper Clapton, aged On the 10th inst., at Taunton, aged 58, Sarah, relict of P I " Taunton, Esq., of Axminster, Devonshire. On the 28th ult., at Elgin, Maria, daughter of the Rev. WO Gordon, Minister of Elgin. On the 29th ult., at Fallside of Glenbervie, in his 86th yO f Mr. David Smart, late of Ineligroundle, parish of Lochlee. On the Bth inst. at Furnace-house, Carmarthen, aged 5 yea Eliza Ann Gwynne, eldest daughter of Dr. Lawrence. On the 9th inst., in his 79th year, John Ferard, Esq., Englefield - green. On the 6th init., at Lyme, in Dorsetshire, in his 67th h od the Rev. Thomas Henry Hume, canon of Salisbury. , On the 10th inst., in Gower-street, Bedford-square, aged Sarah, the wife of William Beckett, Esq. 'll O On the 7th inst., at Newington, near Edinburgh, Donald Stewart. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG,AT- SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND. Barley. Oats. Beans. s. to s. 32 40 35 40 36 40 30 34 36 40 34 40 35 40 9.6 40 Beans