The Sun. — London, England, 1825-02-02 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY E.th UCi9 from the Morning Papers, Feb• 2, 1825• [MORNING HERALD.] The ensuing Session of Parliament approaches aim'noiseless as the meeting of any of our Courts of Law after an ordinary vacation. " It roars •:t loud nor thunders in the index." Hitherto 'very Session has had some business of novelty least, if not of great magnitude, to discuss.— T':e invasion of Spain was a topic of immense in terest in 18'23. The disturbances in Demerara, .tll the relations of the New States, excited much anxiety and considerable expectation last year. But what has Parliament to do this year? This paucity of matter for declamation and in vective may be felt inconvenient. by Members .::rose title to their seats is at all dependent upon I.leir popularity, now that the Parliament is :•) far in time wane. It will be recollected that this is a Par:hutment called together by new reign. Its age is not yet five years, alihough it is about to commence its sixth Session. Its natural, or rather its necessary dis olution, would be in April, 18'27. Yet though i. will not probably be dissolved until June or July, 18‘26, it has arrived at that stage when the Jaen of the people were wont to renew the lustre of their celebrity. It is very difficult for them to find materials for this renovation at the pre sent period of tranquil well-doing. The leading orators will of course make their speeches in their respective departments. Mr. Brougham will point his invective against the Irish administra tion. Sir James Mackintosh will complain of our slow and hesitating policy towards the new Ame rican States. Mr. John Williams will press for information respecting the Chancery Commission. Sir Francis Burdett will throw his polished ja rf•liu with a haughty and disdainful air at the Attorney-General for Ireland ; and Mr. Hob house will make a vigorous speech for the repeal of time Assessed Taxes. Mr. Hume will advert to English turnpikes and Irish tithes, complain of Colonial extravagance, and the established Church of Ireland. Mr. Car►ning will find no oppor tunity for exercising his peculiar and powerful rhetoric, and must practice it in his closet if he - would not have it contract rust. Mr. Leonard used to make annual motions for the repeal of the Six Acts, but has lately discontinued it. We think the subject too extensive and varied for one motion, but if the Libel Banishment Act Were selected, and well concerted support were given to a motion for its repeal, there can be little doubt but the result would be successful. It is a disgrace to our age and country, that men of good character and excellent intentions may be come legally liable to banishment from their native land and their beloved country. The present period of political repose, during the po pular administration of a most elegant and accom plished scholar, is the most auspicious which could be desired for the removal of such a blot from our legislative code. NEW TI M ES.] Yesterday forenoon an extraordinary Express rags received in the City, by a house of the first eminence, announcing an important change in the political Administration of Portugal ; it is stated (and our previous advices led us to expect such an event), that a change has taken place in the Portuguese Cabinet of a decisive character, and which leaves little doubt that the important ques tion relative to the Brazils will be speedily de cided in a manner satisfactory to the friends of both Countries. BothSubserra and Pampeluna aresstated to have retired,and to have been succeeded by indi viduals whose opinions are known to be decidedly , favourable to conciliation with the Brazilian Go vernment. The exertions of Sir William A'Court have been not less successful than indefatigable, find fully justify the high opinion of his talents and discretion manifested by our Government.— This intelligence corroborates what has been al ready stated by us with respect to a presumed communicat:on from Sir William A'Court to the Portuguese Government, in which was declared then recent decision of the British Cabinet to re cognize the independence of the New States of South America. The above iwelligence was re ceived by way of France, and is of several days later date than the accounts received on the pre ceding day by the racket. [' - HE TIME.! The general wish of the people, there is some reason for believing, corresponds also with the seal opinion of the more enlightened Ministers, on the propriety of opening the ports for foreign grain. But there is a power to overcome—not the power of reason, but of dulness and selfish ness—with which 'Ministers do not like to enter into the contest. The Country Gentlemen are, no doubt, adverse to the measurse of opening the ports, whatever may be the modifications with which it shall be fettered : yet the approach of a general election may give the people some hold upon those fears which their agricultural representatives entertain for their Parliamen tary consequence, and thus enable them to counterpoise one passion in their minds by ano ther—avarice by ambition. It is certain that the high price of grain is now most sensibly and painfully obstructing the progress of our manu factures !—now, we say, at this delicate crisis, the very moment of effort, when a new world is opening, and dangerous rivals are rushing- into the market. The high price of grain, which %lonic' naturally follow the nnbounded extension of our manufactures, is by artificial means made to precede, and therefore to obstruct and dimi nish that extension. A Minister of less display taut more sound intellect than most of his brethren, and whose opinions on subjects of poll ti'•al economy are thought to possess peculiar so lidity, recedes most unwillingly from the prin ciple of open commerce in the only article in which open commerce is of any essential use.— Perhaps the exertions of the people out of doors may prevent him, and those who think with him in the Cabinet, from at last yielding their un qualified assent to the oppression of the general population, for that. which only a short-sighted policy can conceive to be the good of a few. [BRITISH PRESS.] Some reports were in circulation yesterday as to the warlike designs of the Holy Alliance. — According to one of those rumours, the French Government had, in consequence of the repre sentations of a great Northern Power, decided upon makit.g a public manifestation of its displea sure at the conduct of this country with regard to the revolted Colonies of Spain. ft was whis pered in the Royalist circles that M. de Villele would be questioned on the subject at the first public sitting of the Chambers, and that his reply would indicate a stronger feeling of hos tility towards England than any body supposes to exist between the two Cabinets, excepting those who are couverant with the arcana of Eu ropean politics. We do not believe one jot of these reports. The Ultra-Royalists, we have no doubt, would, if they only were consulted, plunge into war without hesitation, in support of what they consider to be the abstract p'rinciples of le gitimacy. If the French Council of State was filled with them, Alexander would not have occasion to call upon France twice to main tain and vindicate the indefeasible rights of Ferdinand ; but M. de Villele understands the interests of France better, and will, in spite of themselves, not suffer the silly men, who are clamouring for hostilities, to bring on the evils of general discord, and probably their own absolute and irretrievable ruin. The accounts received from Paris yesterday, in the best-in formed quarters, warrant us in believing that the tranquillity of the world is no danger in conse quence of the late decision of the British Cabi net. Some diplomatic notes may be exchanged, but even in than we are led to expect that no sentiment of dissatisfaction will be so expressed as to imply any diminution of the general friend ship happily subsisting between the Powers of Europe. Even Spain, we are told, will remon strate only for form's sake against an event of which she was so long and so often forewarned. [MORNING rosT.] The general anxiety, which always prevails im mediately before the opening of Parliament to know the tenor of the Royal Speech, is on the present occasion wound up to some intensity. This is not to be wondered at, from the unau thenticated, but nevertheless we believe, es sentially correct rumours lately in circulation, respecting the measures of foreign as well as domestic policy resolved on by his Ma jesty's Ministers. We think, however, we may assure the Public that the Address to the Legis lature to-morrow w ill prove in every respect sa tisfactory to the empire at large. As has happily been the case for several years past, the Royal Speech may be expected to commence by stating, that his Majesty continues to receive from Fo reign Powers unequivocal assurances of their friend ly disposition towards this country. The Address, we presume, will also glance at the present flourishing state of commerce, manufactures, and agriculture, in the whole of the United King dom, and the evidence thus afforded of the steady progress of - national prosperity, and, of the happiness of all classes of his 'Majesty's sub jects. It will likewise advert to the com munications made from time to time within the last year to the Cabinets of Europe, of the policy which the interests of Great Bri tain rendered it necessary for his Majesty to pur -1 sue with respect to parts of South America—to the nature of the Reports received by Govern ment from its Commissioners—of the condition of the New States in that Hemisphere—and, finally, to the resolution adopted of entering forthwith into Commercial Treaties with the actual Authorities established in Colombia and other Provinces ; together with the notifica tion of this Resolution to the Courts of Eu rope, and the consequent results. That part of the Royal Speech particularly addressed to the House of Commons, cannot differ in the outset materially from the terms usually employed. It will, no doubt, dwell with satisfaction on the prosperous state of the revenue, notwithstanding the recent large remission of taxes, and on the sa lutary encouragement given to industry by the mode in which the surplus of last year was re turned to the public. Some hints, we trust, will likewise be thrown out regarding the adop tion of specific measures for permanently allaying the reigning agitation in the Sister Country.— The Royal Speech in conclusion will probably anticipate the concurrence and cooperation of the House of Lords and Commons in carry ing into effect his Majesty's intentions—by zealously promoting the interests of all his people, upholding the constitution and honour of the Empire, and preserving peace with man kind. Something like the forgoing, we flatter ourselves, will comprise the leading topics of the Royal Address, to be delivered to-morrow. But, at all events, we have no hesitation in again re peating. that his Majesty's Speech cannon fail to afford, in every respect, the most complete satis faction to Parliament and the country. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] It was currently reported in the City yester day, that intelligence had been received from St. Petersburgh, which conveyed the most flattering hopes that the friendly relations subsisting be tween that Court and ours would undergo no interruption, in consequence of the recognition of the New American States by this country. This, rumour, in spite of many conflicting signs, obtained so much credit as to contribute its share towards relieving the money market from the languor which had previously marked its operations.— We suspect, however, that the re-action might, with much greater propriety, be traced to the prevailing opinion that the Speech, at the open ing of the Parliament to-morrow, will be of a tranquilizing character. We are the more in clined towards this opinion, because of another rumour which afterwards gained ground, and was wholly at variance with the former, respect ing the sentiments of the Russian Cabinet, which, according to this new version, differed as widely as possible from the policy of ours with regard to South America. Upon the same loose autho ' rity it was stated that the audience which the Rus sian Ambassador had of the King on Monday, was to convey in the name of his Imperial Majesty, assurances of personal respect and regard, whilst he felt it to be his duty to dissent from the views of the King's Government towards South America. But, how was this important infor mation obtained ? and it strikes us, as if this ru mour smacked of one of those ingenious contri vances to affect the money market, which are but too common on the eve of a Parliamentary Ses sion. We do not imagine, however, that Russia is so indifferent to the decisive step taken by our. Government, as some persons affect to believe. — This indifference would be something wholly new in her policy, and utterly inconsistent with her zeal in favour of legitimacy. It would be incompatible too with her efforts to extend the principles and jurisdiction of the Holy Al liance, in which it is strongly suspected she merely consults her own interests, by making the distractions of the rest of Europe subservient to her ambition. The rumoured augmentation that is to be made in our Standing Army, probably originated at first in the resistance, which is ex pected on the part of that Power, to our recogni tion of the late Colonies; and it would require some ingenuity to trace it to any other cause. As to the state of Ireland, the pretext is too clumsy to deceive the grossest comprehension ; the new le vies may be designed for that country at first, but for no other reason but because it is the most con venient station for embarking them in case of ne cessity. If the Russian Cabinet has actually evinced a determination not to place itself in a state of open variance with this Country, on this great question, it would be one of the greatest most painful sacrifices it has ever made. It would be a concession, that ought to be recorded in " letters of gold" to shew the involuntary homage which the old school of politics has, at this trying crisis, been compelled to pay to the new. A deadly contest between them would be otherwise inevitable ; and it is our firm con viction that the followers of the former have acted wisely, if it be true that they have de clined it. This concession would also be the finest of commentaries on the practical effects of our free institutions ; and as a tribute to the power and consideration of this country, it would be unrivalled. The Lord Chancellor was right in saying, at the late dinner at the Mansion House, that the pro sperity of the country was a consequence of her freedom. We are glad that his Lordship is be come a convert to this truth ; and if he still un fortunately doubted, it would be only ne:essary, in order to remove his doubts, to look at the proud stand, which her freedom alone enables this country to make at this juncture. She has taken a step, which was sure to plnce her in almost hostile collision with all the other Great Powers of Europe ; and there is not we confi dently trust, a single person amongst us, who is not convinced that she has taken it with the most perfect security. In numerical strength we are not a match for any of them, with the single ex ception of Prussia ; whilst, with our moral strength, we are an overmatch for them all, as a contest, were they to provoke it, would triumph antly prove. • [MORNING CHRONICLE.] A rumour was yesterday prevalent in the City, founded upon a letter from Paris, that the Em peror Alexander had been attacked with a se vere indisposition of a mental character. Al though no details were given, the source through which the rumour came was sufficiently re spectable to induce many persons to sell Consols, and they were done extensively at 93 ; at the close of the day, however, they were at 93-N, upon another rumour that the Speech of the King, on opening the Ses sion, will be very favourable. But, up to a late hour on Monday night, no communication had been made to the leading capitalists from the west End of the Town, and it was generally understood that the Speech had not been com pleted. In the Foreign Market all the South American Securities were firm, with a tendency to rise ; from which it is inferred, that letters of a favourable character have been received by the arrival from Buenos Ayres. Nothing, however, of the slightest interest has transpired, and the news is now said to be of an old date. Colom bian Bonds were at 91, and Mexican at Sl. The official announcement of the intention of Messrs. Barclay, Herring, and Richardson, to dispose of the Contract of the New Mexican Loan on the part of the Government, by tender, has excited some stir, and it is even said that Mr. Rothschild intends to be a bidder. Such a circumstance would have a most favourable effect on the South American Securities, because it is not probable that Mr. Rothschild, who is the Contractor of nearly all the Continental Loans, would take a Mexican Loan, if he thought that the Govern ments, whose agent he now is, viewed our re cognition of the independence of Mexico with an evil eye. We belikre-,,.however, the report of his intentions to bid for the New Loan is en tirely unfounded. The Share Market was firm. The new Gold Coast Mining Shares are out, and bear a premium of 31 to 4 per cent., after having been done at 5. The Directors state, that they do not intend to restrict themselves to mining operations, but to trade generally with the na tives of the Gold Coast. The Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares were ut 41 . to 5- 1 0 having gra dually risen for the last week. The new Welsh Iron Mine Shares were done at par, and 4. premium. BANKING-HOUSE OF MARSH AND CO.--OH Monday evening, at eight o'clock, a meeting of some of the principal creditors of the above firm was held at the Boar and Castle Tavern, Oxford-street, for the purpose of examining an immense and extremely voluminous account, tendered for the inspection of the Committee appointed at a General Meeting, and to come to such resolutions thereon as would be deemed expedient. After some speaking, which produced nothing decisive, it was resolved that a General Meeting should be summoned, CORONER's IN QUEsT.—Yesterday evening an inquisition was taken at the Barley Mow, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of Thomas Foxon, a private in the Guards (ser vant to an Officer) who was accidentally shot in cleaning a pistol which was loaded.—Verdict accordingly. There are 59 prisoners for trial in York Castle, 13 of whom are charged with wilful murder. IRELAND. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN, JAN. 27. THE KING, AT THE PROSECUTION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. CHARLES BOLTON JOHNSTON AND TI montY HAYDN. TRIAL AT BAR.—(TIIIRD DAY.) This morning, at ten o'clock, the Judges took their seats on the Bench. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then rose and addressed the Jury in reply to the observations of Messrs. NORTH and O'CONNELL. He contended that, by the existing law, as laid down in the case of the King v. Walter, the party who was proprietor of a newspaper was liable for what appeared in that paper, even although it should appear without his knowledge. It was monstrous, that a person who shared in the profits, who pocketed the emoluments of the paper, should not be answer able for slandering the characters, and wounding the feelings of individuals. With the propriety of this doctrine, the con viction and the common cause of the public went. That criminally, as well as civilly, proprietors were liable, Lord Kenyon had ruled ; and that this doctrine had also been held by that great luminary of the law, Lord Hale, by Mr. Justice Vowel, and by Mr. Justice Foster. It was not, therefore, the mushroom doctrine of the day—it was the old, the received, and the settled law, fbunded in reason, and bottomed in justice. Were the public to be subject to the capricious vindictiveness of editors and proprietors, without legal redress or legal remedy? Was the real delinquent to be shielded by a man of straw ? and were the penalties of the law to be evaded by a dexterous mu tation of proprietorship ? He would address the .Jury more par ticularly respecting Mr. Haydn. The Jury were aware that the proprietorship underwent a change in October, that the " And Fashionable World" was omitted, and that Haydn then commenced being the registered proprietor. To all intents and purposes, however, the paper was still the same as when Haydn had distributed the prospectuses to Sterrett. What did the con versation with Kearn prove ? That Haydn was from the com mencement permanently interested in the concern. 'What were the words, " that a Morning Paper was much wanted, and that he would set up one himself." At this time Johnston had not made his appearance to Kearn, and Haydn was the person to set the paper up. Johnston did not write to Sterrett, and al though he might have been the registered proprietor, yet Haydn was the conducting person in the establishment. Kearn applied a second time for a situation, and the reply then was, that he was not then quite prepared ; that he had not taken a house for the establishment. What did this prove ? That he, Haydn, was not a mere occasional contributor, but a person having a permanent interest in the establishment. He afterwards took the house, 24, Parliament-street ; he meets Kearn again ; calls on him again, and Johnston was then, and only then, held forth as the proprietor. There was then a conversation on the ex officio. Haydn appeared alarmed, and Johnston not so much. But Haydn soon recovers himself, and he says, I am glad as 1,0001 they have filed the ex-officio—it will be the crowning of the Star. If Haydn had not a permanent and positive interest, what reason had he to wish that the ex-officio which was threat ened him, would be filed ? But it appeared that in speaking of this publication, Haydn did not deny it, and in talking with Kearn of the report of a trial for the Star, which that person had taken at Clonm e l, he asks,_ and did our Counsel say the paper was not p r ofit a bl e ? Kearn too sees Haydn in the editorial room. If there were no other evidence, can you doubt that? Haydn asks him to give a report of the drawing-room. If Haydn were in a subordinate station, why could he not do this himself ? But Kearn would not promise to do it, having a situation on the Patriot. He had a reporter of his own, but he could not depend on him, and we find him slipping out and looking after his reporter. We find him in September saying when the Editor of this Journal was Editor of the Patriot. Now there was no other person in the establishment Editor of the Patriot, and we have the testimony of Aldritt that re - gave express directions for the printing-presses—that Haydn pays for the first part, Johnston for the second part, and a clerk for the remainder. We find in Mr. Crowley's evidence that Haydn gage far more orders than Johnston. We find, too, Haydn promised Walsh a situation, when in his power ; and that when the Star was about to be published, Walsh called in again, and that Haydn then said that he would have none but the best workman, as he would pay well. When Haydn was talking with Sullivan, he nodded as sent. Was not this evidence of his authority, and that he directed everything that he did not leave to the manage ment of Murray, his overseer? This was not the conduct of an occasional contributor. The next thing was the evidence of Barry, who knew that Haydn was in the editorial department. Scott said he was employed by him as bookkeeper, and that Haydn settled the salary; and the order of Haydn for all pe cuniary matters was always obeyed. There could he no doubt that Haydn read the Star—that he was familiar with the de tails ; yet he has not brought one person from the office as a witness on his part. It was contended that the prevent libel was an exercise of the , freedarrr of•ttre'prm'." - There was' no one more friendly to the freedom of the press than he was ; but he thought that those who claimed the exercise of a " char tered libertinism" in this way might as well say that the air and atmosphere around us is free and fresh, while the element in which we dwell is pestiferous arid pestilential. as to contend that the present libel was not of that character which he would de signate as tainted with pestilential venom, and as pregnant with malicious feeling. In all the varied relations of life there was nothing so valuable as reputation. It was the jewel for which the meanest and the lowliest man in the community sought alike. Wounds on the body might be cauterised and closed by the application of a healing remedy ; but where was the styptic for those wounds of the mind, which were alike impal pable and incurable ? Bodily ailments were under the dominion of the healing art, in the precise ratio of the robust and rude health of the patient; but wounds in the mind were in curable and irremediable, in the degree of the sensitiveness and shrinking purity of the victim. The liberty of the press might not be inaptly compared to the exhibition of a strong and powerful medicine. if administered judiciously and in due and proper time, it became a source of life andlonge vity ; but if it were applied without being meted according to strict rule, and in an indefinite and boundless prodigality, then it became a poisonous perversion, mingling with the healthful juices, and " turning into ga ll th e b rea d of life." It corroded into the vitals of the victim—it decreased his strength anti paralysed his power—and precipitated that bodily dissolu tion which it was exhibited to preserve. So it was with the liberty of the press. If suffered to exceed the healthful and wholesome measure, it was perverted to a poison the more deadly and dangerous, from the solemn, and often the sophisticated, security, with which it was sought to be administered ; and at length the patient and the public found the dissolution of all the moral ties of society precipitated by that which they had fondly conceived their stay anti security, their hope and their heaven—and he who imagined that he would descend to the grave, consoled by the benedictions, and cheered by the solace of hope beyond it—who fondly dwelt with pleasure, and pride, in the survival of his memory beyond the narrow precincts of the silent tomb, might find that tomb fenced against the tear of sensibility, and the sigh of sorrow, by the presence of those pestilential exhalations which sprung from the ashes of an en mity exceeding the limits of ordinary mortality,and which trans. ferret! to the monumental marble, and to the more durable records of a not impartial history—the evidence not of truth, of justice, or good feeling—but of a hatred, immoderate, un quenchable, and unchristian. The CHIEF .JUSTICE then addressed the Jury. After reca pitulating and observing upon the evidence, his Lordship con is a tinued— , 6 Gentlemen, do you believe the witnesses, and does the evidence that they have given satisfy you, that, on the 9th of February, this man was the general Editor, and that he par took in the particular libel which appeared in the first Paper. I p tl a le rti d et e i fie a n r d e a o n i t u g p t o t is, whether The nerxsto'consideration Gentlemen, fair exercise of the liberty of the press ; and it is my duty to tell you, that if you believe it to be a fair exercise of' this pri vilege, it is not a libel. But, Gentlemen; the liberty of the press is interwoven with the liberty of the subject; and if, in the exercise of the one the other shall be invaded, you are h w et i l l i l er h t n he l bound, as guardians of both, to redress the aggrieved. You will therefore conclude, Gentlemen, that it is not a fair exercise of the liberty of that press, to defame Our fellow-citizens.— The present publication is of that class of libels which defame men holding public situations. Gentlemen, by the state of the law in this country, no man possesses the right of defaming the character of a public man, no more than he possesses the right of defaming private individuals. If it were otherwise, Gentle men, the future peace of the country would be endangered, and the p duties, üblic op b in ng ion would be raised against thos e engage d y ex in public posi them to th e hatred and contempt of the public. Whether there exists the right in every indivi dual to canvass and criticise the characters of public men, and whether such criticism is an exercise of the liberty of the press, is a question for your cousidera' ion. The Learned Judge then stated, that what was or was not a libel, was within the pro vince of a Jury. lie referred to the doubts formerly enter tained on this subject, and to the certainty prevailing now, and said, that though the Court was bound to express its opinion, yet the Jury were not bound to follow it. He allowed the right of every man to express his opinion on the public charac ters of men engaged in the Government, but not on their pri vate. If private character was assailed, no one would accept of situations of public trust. Libel might consist in allegory, irony, or caricature, and it would be for them to consider whe ther the present publication was a matter of history, or ironical and libellous. They would construe the words in their ordi nary acceptation, and if they had any difficulty in coming to a verdict, they would look to the six other Newspapers given in evidence. The Learned Judge concluded by again stating, that the .Jury were not in the slightest degree to be guided by his opinion. If they determined that the publication was a libel, they would say which of the defendants was guilty of it, or if both. At two o'clock the Jury retired to consider the verdict. A t • ten minutes to three they came into Court, and announced that there was no likelihood of their agreement. Neither the Attorney nor Solicitor-General was present. An express was sent to the Park for the Attorney-General, and re turned at half-past four, with hi s c o ns e nt, o n whi c h the Jul were again called in, and discharged by the Court. Counsel for the Crown—The Attorney-General, the Solici tor-General ; Serjeants Lloyd, Lefroy, and Goold ; 111 r. Greene , and Mr. 1). Plunkett. Counsel for the defendants—Messrs. North, O'Connell, Seri yen, 11. Walsh, Ronayne, and Brie. From the LONDON GAZETTE Feb. 1. White!call, Jan. 30, 1825. The King has been pleased to appo:nt John, Earl of Hope toun, to be His Majesty's Lieutenant and Sheriff' Principal of the Shire of Linlithgow, in the room of the Earl of Hopetoun, deceased. The King has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles Montoliett Lamb, Bart., to the office of Knight Marshal of the House hold, and of the Marshalsea of the Household of His Majesty . . and of His Majesty's heirs and suc cessors , i n t h e room o f Sir James Bland Lamb, Bart., deceased. Crown-Office, Feb. 1. MEMBER. returned to serve in the present PARLIAIIENT. County of Cornwall.—Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, of Trelowarren, in the said County, Bart., in the room of Sir Wil liam Lemon, Bart., deceased. BANKRUPT. George Baker Clark, New Shoreham, Sussex, brewer, to surrender Feb. 11, 12, March 15, at the Steyne Hotel, NVorthin. Solicitors, Messrs. Hillier and Lewis, Middle Temple-lane. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 22, T. Weller, Croydon, watchmaker—Feb. 26, .1 , Millard, Cheapside, linen-draper—Feb. 26, H. Vos and J. C. Essers, New court, Crutchedfriars, merchants—Feb. 8, S. 13. Hamer, Furnival's-inn, bill-broker—Feb. 22, It. Sharpus, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, dealer in china—Feb. 22, -1)* and J. Glover, L ee d s , merc h an t s —F e b . 1 2, .1. and W. Lush, High Holborn, distillers—Feb. 26, E. Clively, Woolwich, draper—Feb. 12, T. Atkinson, Ludgate-hill, cabi ne t- ma k e r-- Feb. 25, T. Stok es , sen., Welsh-Pool, Montgomeryshire, flan nel-manufacturer—Feb. 24, W. and 11. Brecdon ' Ruddington , Nottinghamshire, de a le r i n h orses —F e b. 22, \V. Dann, 'l'. and B. Bentham, and J. Baikie, Chatham and Sheerness, bankers —Feb. 24, J. N. Lees, Wigan, Lancashire, linen-drapers--Feb• 25, E. Forster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant. CERTIFICATES, FEB. 22. J. Ford, Little Dartmouth, Devonshire, lime-merchant--T- Docura, Earith, Huntingdonshire, victualler—D. B. Pierce, Tottenham-court-road, grocer—J. Jobling, • jun-, Trinity square, Tower-hill, coal-factor—J. Morris, jun., Stingo_lane, St. Marylebone, stage-master—W. G. Rolfes, Fenchurch street, and Norwood, broker—R. Rees, ilaverford-west, linen draper—J. Lancaster, jun., Bethnal-green-road, butcher—J• Hewett, Mitcham, butcher. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Haffenden and J. Beet, Ashford, Kent, surgenns-- - J. and R. Wright, Sheffield, merchant—J. and S. Cr:• - dock, Leicester, hosiers—J. Stephens and T. Henley, Bir mingham, millers—S. and W. G. Bettison, Leamington- Priors, Warwickshire, librarians—G. J., and T. W. Turner, Croydon, stone-masons—W. Bousfield, and T. Fawcett, Al dermanbury. woollen and Manchester warehousemen—R. and W. Howie Birmingham, stampe rs an d p i ercers i n general--; W. Whitehead and NV. Hughes, Cheltenh am ,. p ropr i etors 0- the Cheltenham Journal—C. Humberston, and W., J., an d r. Graham, Liverpool, merchants—P. P. and P.. 1. Grellier, Lon don—R.: King and W. Knowles, Clifton, Glocestershire, linen drapers—J. L. and J. Spencer, Glasgow—G. Smith and 6- Gill, Axbridge, Somersetshirc, linen-drapers —J. and J. C• Mills, Stroud, Gloucestershire, soap boilers-11, Hunt and J. Pitcairn, Jeffrey's-square, merchants—J. Braille v and S. Clark, John-street, Berkeley-square, surgeons—R. Cr'ookson and J. Wetton, Manchester, coachmakers. BUTTER TRADE.--W e understand that Sir HENRI - PARNELL intends to bring in a bill next month to abolish all restrictions on the Irish butter trade, except the pro visions against its being fraudulently packed, and for an allow" ance of 20 per cent. for tares. Messrs. Robinson and Bus" kisson are understood to be very favourable to the measure , which, it is calculated, will give the respectable trader a decided , advantage in the preference to be naturally expected from tile farmer in the sale of his butter. The present system is consi dered quite useless, as, at almost every port, little or no respect is showed to the weighmaster's weights, or the taster's inspec tion—each merchant shipping it according to his own inspection and weights.—( Waterford C7ironicle.) • Upwards of 20 persons in the Stamp-office, Dublin, have within these few days received notice that their services will be dispensed with in future. At a meeting of the Merchants and Trader's of Falmouth, convened by E. C. CAnicE, Esq. Mayor of that . town, on Monday,. petitions to both Houses o f P ar li ament wer e adopted in favour of Lord Althorp's Bill for facilitating the re covery of small debts, and which it is his Lordships intention to introducc.in an amended form in the course of the ensuing Session. Earl Falmouth is to be requested to present the pe' tition to the Lords, and J. H. Tremayne, Esq. that to the Commons. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, February 1. Arnstet dam Ditto, at Sight 11 19 Rotterdam 2 3 Antwerp 1 9 3 Hamburg - 11 Altona 37 0 '2i Us. Paris,3 Day's sigh . t Ditto 0 3 45 -2 - • Botitcleattx, ditto t Berlin 7 5 Frani, fort on t lie Alain Petetsburgh . 9 Vienn't Trieste lO Nlaclrid 10 2 Cadiz .............. .... .. • . - Effective Effective 8 5 1 Effective Barcel o n a ieville Gibraltar :31 Leghorn Genua 144-Venice, Ital. Lie. 27 Malta Palen - of) Lisbon Opqrto Rio. Janeiro Bahia soi Dublin .... 91 Curl; 91 pet Cytit. BULLION l'othigal Gold,' n Coin / .0 0 0 1).!I Os. Foreign Gold, in lials 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars Silver Standard In Bars, 0 0 0 BIRTHS. On the Ist inst., the Lady of Wrn. Ward, Esq., of Blooms• bury-square, of a daughter. On Saturday last, the Lady of Abraham Tozer, Esq., of a son. On Monday, the 31st ult., at Dulwich, the Lady of Robert Warner, Esq., of a son. On the 3lst ult., at Richmond, Surrey, the Lady of the Rev. C. Delafosse, of a son. DIARHIHI). On the 25th ult., at Tynemeuth Church, William Clark Wright, Esq., eldest son of John Wright, of Wallsend, Esq., to Charlotte Sarah, youngest daughter of the late Joshua Parr,. 31. D., of Pentre Parr, Carmarthenshire. DIED. On the 21st ult., at Bruges, Thomas Roger Palmer, second son of Sir Wm. Henry Palmer, Bart. On Sunday, the 23d ult., at his house in Park-row, Bristol, Benjamin Charlery, Esq. On Saturday, the 29th ult., Robert Markland, jun., Esq., of Withington, Lancashire. On the 30th ult., at his house, No. 10, Grosvenor-place, Bath, Richard Ilendyshe, Esq., of Barrington-hall, Cambridgeshire. On the 31st ult., at Great Baddow, Essex, in the 81st year , of his age, Walter Urquhart, Esq. On Monday, the 31st ult., Mrs. Steuart, St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street. On Monday, the 31st ult., at Kew, Georgiana Amelia, youngest daughter of Sir George Quentin, aged 19 months. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the SUN.' OFFICE, No. 112, strand, by J B. CARSTAIRS.