The Sun. — London, England, 1834-02-11 00:00:00

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Cm at 5/. pm.) £ ,,, 2 22 m 14 23 , /, Ott o 8: 11 ional 9% 10 n lira:: dohp Del Rev 8 , 4 V % hea Mining Company 3% 33 ob i o n Minim, Comoanv £so 8 1 4 ' 1 0150... 1k " Mi ninh Co. 'ias at 5/. Pm.) 5 ! ) % 25 gers /i,!,P.4,1,8 Aspay ........ ..•••••• 1 - ki i Ithngociation l2 an Minin C fleZr Minn ' g • °' .£4B 140,1 MteV: nreg.) --- .I\l l Me x. Min r i ng * 15" aq21. pm.) 40 4,21 N ew seli . O. (ISS. 5 APpoi" tire Insi'lrance Comp lO llati7Jnilitrance Comp. s plad t ßi_C o. 28% ‘'ene r - uot m 18 kat; ai keit i r lT •.... 13 A , %la!? aavigation Co. paDoce Noticial Bank of England 1 2 5 eial - .z....., ............................ . , -44 of Ireland 52 1114 M'4 11% fill 14 1 ,/ 15 IA ' 21 A,l l --- o ' l ZIA ILS. 0 k , - "lieli Due. Arrived. Due. 0 2raznea. "'••••• •••• •• 0 I Hamburg 0 o isUen, ............. 0 0 Holland 1 ea rth : AY .... ..... . 0 0 Jamaica 0 g, bubli n ge .. na ............ oi 0 hs. ............ ... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 Lisbon 0 0 Fide, c . ............. 0 0 Malta 0 24erns ................ 0 Sweden is, A t • 0 4 1,11 JerSeV.. 0 1 Waterford WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. minute after 4. 1 Evenina...32 minutes after 14. k, 4I T'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, Iv -ru„, - 0 • s •s New Seri e s, t ok. .) ,pith -' t i '' s '•••--Ministerial Dissensions. The Sabbath r ),; 4111 e t' t' u PPt' ' r; by the Author of "Nis,Thts of the Rom,. ' 4 O. . Antal ' b of an English Opium. eater. pI. A '' ° graP Y . Prospects Of the k enp! ed "'"'N'udance in Parliament. I .. t rtet i -U mg the Comin Session. Poor Laws. London ,j, i • Pc I B e l l staltlishin g ent and the Dissenters. Decline - ' l flor r ,.. he Empire of Fashion. No. 1., Lord ,Abli. Political R gister, &c. 814 sli hed by William Tait, Edinburgh ; Simpkin and tik*l ttd lllll l, 6nll° n; and John Cumming, Dublin. Orders Th is ~,- 1 all Booksellers. tl4 abl est ""'' Series gives as much letter-press, by some of Nsbilutn write rs of the day, at th» rate of twelve shillings .f u!, as at the rate charged by the more expensive o l it "n M. • Reviews, would cost thirty - thiiii agazines and the o A ngs, Per lorr n h4ester, an abler, a sounder, and better . aimed l' lt'id "E's not issue from the press."—Examiner. it ! , lait's ,„,_ , rnittt e , . '''uPle page looks as frank and open as ever ; l'i as Rood various as b fore." — Spectator. -118 S E DGEWORTH'S NEW WORK. ti °° the 20th inst., in 3 vols. post Biro., E L E N. i i ., By MARIA EDGEWORTH. o . t t l e , ic i hard Bentley, New Burlington-str€ A. . ,s Boy , t be transrnitrecl immediatoly to the variot . delh, pr 's throughout the United Kingdom, to senile %.........01Y Ctpies. Iti -4 NO I ICE. Pose few daYs, when t h e are accornpbshed,d The Sun will be conside • rrari2e , nents for that pur rably enlarged, and printed with a new and beauti ful type, east expressly for this p, p er by brated Alex. Wilson and Sons, ofpGrlasg°w' the ce1e '%"'"...••.........,,,,..........................................c.... ' ii.t. --.• ' '.:J':! - .:'' = 's% tbf , '."17- W ) 11.114 ,-,0... , ,„...,-„,%., • .....,.. i i ... -, , , s...____. ......________-_:„ _-_- LONDON, NSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1834, ll:t it he , decision of the House of Commons last " :as now brought the Question between "' I LL and th e Irish Members to au issue, k a ei d fe ntmat e w ill b ot h part i es h e if t h ey can n ot of the affair with o ut di s honour. There is iio etlier Party, however, interested, whose name, 1 11 U gh not disclosed, must come out on the hp l uir Y• If, on investigation, the charge should r i l ' i n ve of a frivolous nature, no small degree o tr! t ee must attach to him who not only retailed :,Itate conversation (for it is extremely improba e the words w ere used i n a m i xe d company ) ; b ut : 4 4 4 the m eans of spreading it in such a Shape f i il lo impute a serious crime to a number o chthuividuals. If, on the other hand, the grave arge brought forward in Mr. HILL'S speech lit 't be sustained, the Member, whoever he may to l/1 d id his duty, and was as much bound 4 give'nformation of the fact to Government, be ice net is bound to tell another when 4 4et e e 4 him cheated or robbed. Such con -Ith e;an a dmit of no comprom i se , for a person 4: .8 a silent Witness of such conduct is in ill t h e°n tamin ate d and suspected of part icipatin„, el . th e e erint e. Looking at all the circumstances v erat* case, and particularly at the strong asse '4 I° : ra t ' f Mr. HILL, and the belief expressed sato Id 'm ALTHORP, there appears strong and s ki., for suspecting ~ea h..., .that some such expres hit i 4 4 been used, under what circumstances , 4 '1 7 p m er P s n n s sible to say. One can hardly suppose earn t a l e —1 So base as to invent such a malig e°Ur ' a nd we can therefore only regret the L,s advice ~.which, through Mr. O'CONNELmr. (:) , e -e, M r. SHELL has chosen to pursue. feeli,""LL, of whose sincere and friendly kr. feelings t his Hon. and Learned Friend, t leaso,:l'4llLEY could not have the sijgie . s n out 11 - • to doubt ih unl ble iud ost (was this ironical ?), acted, i injudicious part re str . s . . . gment, a m 1...41,1 .441 1 ".. Mr. us his friend from answering i 'ltir L x! lc ' The refusal to answer could only at ra i d e "I S REIL. An innocent man is never by 0 to r. swer; and in this instance Mr. SHELL, pl a j e :7 i ng the fullest denial, could not have ti Whi c h in a different position from that O n 01 1 ° 1 he stood on Wednesday evening. h ace us ~a t occasion he not only denied t tr e ifiinkion made by Mr. HILL, but the more l 'ain ev "c made by Lord ALTHORP, very 4 , that some Trish Members had used that eerent language out of the House from de ti i: i lli ell they had used in it. That charge ht bao_ (4 in the face of 'leaven, aft and no hanging "Plan afterwards -- no refusal to give a reiterated atlQn could remove the impression which it made on the House of Commons. Was it judicious, then, for Mr. O'CONNELL to advise his friend to remain silent ? Would it not have been more satisFactory to the Honour able Gentleman himself, still more becoming towards the House, and more consistent with the character and rank of Mr. SHEIL, to have given the fullest explanation ? Mr. O'CONNELL but last session praised the conduct of the late LORD MAYOR in questioning persons accused, and now, by his practice, condemns it. Such inconsistency, however, is not rare in some per sons ; and we can only hope, for the sake of Mr. SHETL, whom we should be delighted to see acquitted of all blame, that he will not have occasion to exclaim—" GOD defend me from my friends !" The French Papers of Sunday are destitute of any news of interest. A dispute, it seems, took place on Saturday in the Chamber of Deputies, between M. CABET and M. d'AR GOUT, a Cabinet Minister, (not unlike that between Lord ALTHORP and Mr. SHELL, in the early part of last week,) which terminated in M. CABET being delivered over by the Chamber for prosecution to M. PERSIL. Private letters from Madrid, dated the 31st ult., con tained in these papers, mention that the proclamation for the assembling of the Corte s would appear in the Madrid Gazette of the 4th inst. It is full time that some official announcement of this sort should appear, to set at rest the state of suspense and anxiety under which the Spanish Liberal party must be labouring, especially as an opinion was hourly gaining strength in Madrid, that M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA was leaning rather too much to the Doctrinaire, or expediency system of Government. German papers give the reply of his Majesty, WILLIAM IV., to an Address of the Estates of Hanover, which is of no earthly interest to our English readers. The Prussian authorities have forbidden the students of the public universities to travel into foreign countries, except on cer tain rigid conditions. A case of libel was tried yesterday, by Mr. Baron BOLLAND, in the Court of Exchequer, which is of more public importance than at first sight it may appear to be. We mean the case of DlcAs v. ONWHYN, in which the plaintiff (an attorney) charged the defendant, who is a newsvender, with having " published in the Satirist a false and malicious libel concerning him and his profession"—whereby his fair fame had sustained grievous wrong, to the extent — as the Jury seemed to think—of one farthing! We leave the reputation thus triumphantly esta blihed to answer for itself; there can be no two opinions on the very serions nature of its sufferings, when these are estimated at the lowest coin of the realm ; our business, just now, is with higher matters—the spirit of a law which, as it at present stands, has a direct tendency, not merely to crush the Freedom of the Press, but absolutely to annihilate it. There can be no vestion, that if the venders of Papers are to be made responsible for their contents—if they are to he placed on the same hazardous footing as Editors and Proprietors—the main channel through which political, and other public intelligence, is conveyed to all parts of the empire, is at once dammed up. For who would embark in such a trade—precarious at all times, and never over-remunerated — if, in addition to its other hazards, an order of affiliation were to be made on him for all the illegitimate paragraphs that might appear in the different journals which he sells ? The law, so far as we understand it, punishes the newsvender, on the plea that he is the means of giving circulation to libels; on the same prin ciple, the stage coachman, who is another agent of circulation, should he liable. We protest we see little or no difference between the two cases. If the newsvender, who has no earthly connec tion with the paper which he sells, is to he made responsible for its contents, so should he the stage coachmen and guards of his Majesty's mails. Yet we recognise an absurdity in the one instance, while we hold the other as sound constitutional law ! But, besides the injustice of this law, think only of its flagrantly ridiculous character ! First, consider the vocation of a newsventler, then think of the vast reach of sagacity that is pro posed to be entailed upon him. Why, such a man, to be at all safe tinder the present libel law, must not only combine, in his own per son, the tact and experience of a veteran jour nalist, but he must add also the legal skill and lore of a lawyer. Nay, more, he must be able to sound the almost unfathomable depths of the libel law—to reconcile its inconsistencies, and make sense of its absurdities—an Herculean task, under which Sir JAMES SCARLETT sunk, and which Sir THOMAS DENMAN, we are convinced, already finds too much for him. If the responsibility of newsvenders is to be insisted on—in other words, if the innocent is to be confounded with the guilty—we can see no end to the " frivolous and vexatious" obstacles that will be thrown in the way of the press. As to the speedy transmis s i on of intelligence, on points in which the whole empire may happen to be interested,—such a vast public benefit will be at once put an end to. Instead of circulating their papers as expeditiously as possible, news venders will be engaged in poring over their contents, with a Blackstone on one side of theM, and a Peel's Statutes on the other. In fact, they will be placed in the invidious position of a dramatic licenser, and will sanction the circu lation of such journals only as give no shock to their sense of responsibility. Under a Government like the present, pledged to liberal principles, we feel that we have every right to insist on a revision of this most absurd, this most hateful libel law. It is the rogue's shield, which covers and protects him when every thing else has failed. The greater the scoundrel, the greater his chance of deriving be nefit from it. Has our Lord Chief Justice no advice to offer to Ministers on this subject ? Can his long experience and known enlightened principles suggest no adequate remedy ? We hope he is busy in preparation with one. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) MARSH V. RUSSELL. Mr. T. S. DANIEL moved to discharge an order, made by his Honour the Vice-Chancellor, granting six weeks time to answer, on the ground of irregularity. The ground of irregu. larity was that the cause was a town cause, and that in such a case such a length of time could not be given. The defendant had taken his passage to New York, and the ship was to sail on the 17th of the present month. The statement was that the length of time had been obtained in order to enable the de fendant to evade answering the Bill altogether. The motion was unopposed, and the LORD CHANCELLOR discharged the order, provided cause was not shown against it in the course of the morning. ABSENCE OF COUNSEL. There being no Counsel in Court, the Lord Chancellor was under the necessity of retiring into his private room for half an hour. HUNTER V. ATKINS. This was an appeal from an order made by his Honour, the Master of the Rolls. Mr. SHARPE opened the pleadings, from which the facts ap peared to be to the following effect :—Admiral Hunter, at the age of seventy-six, was placed on the superannuated admiral's list, on which he continued till the period of his death, in 1830. He was married, but had no children. Long before his death, he took Miss Elizabeth Auby Hunter, a niece, to live with him and his wife, as their child. While in service, he sustained a severe injury in his head by a ball, from the efli.ct of which he was at times in a state of insanity. Dui ing those fits he was generally very violent both towards his wife and all others, especially if he were in any way thwarted in his wishes. In his rational moments he was invariably kind and affectionate both to Mrs. and Miss Hunter, as well as to all his friends. For a great many years before his death he had employed Al derman Atkins and Son as his agents and bankers. In 1823 a settlement of accounts took place between the defendants, Al derman Atkins and Son, and the admiral, by which upwards of a thousand pounds were placed to the credit of the Admiral's account. On the day afterwards 900/. of that sum was invested by the defendants, in their own names and that of the Ad. miral, in 4 new per cents. The Alderman had for many years been the intimate and most confidential friend of the Admiral, and as it was stated had had great influence and control over his mind. A Mr. Roberts, a solic tor, prepared a trust deed, by which the stock in question was direct. d to be held by Alderman Atkins and Son in trust for the Admiral to receive the dividends during his life, and after wards to raise by sale 130/., to be paid to two persons named in the deed ; and the residue of the stock, in default of further appointment, to go for the benefit of the Alderman, his executors, &c. The Admiral never executed any further power of appointment, and the defendants claimed the stock subject to the payment of the 130/. At the period of exe cuting the deed the Admiral likewise executed a will, by which he gave all his other property, amounting to 1,400/., to his widow and niece. The wife was ignorant of all the tran sactions respecting the stock during the time those transactions were going on. At the time he executed the instruments the Admiral was ninety two years of age, and the allegation was, that on the occasion of executing the trust-deed he was unconscious of what he did, and acted under the influence of the defendants. Mrs. Hunter sought by the bill to have the deed cancelled. His Honour the Master of the Rolls was of opinion that the gift to the alder man could not be sustained in a Court of Equity, therefore he ordered it to be delivered up to be cancelled. He considered it to be no objection to the widow's claim to have the deed de stroyed, that she had acted under the will which had been ex ecuted at the same time. It did not necessarily follow that both instruments should fail, because one was void. The arguments occupied several days at the Rolls, and are likely to take up as much time here. ADMIRALTY SESSIONS.- (THIS DAY.) This morning a General Session of Oyer and Terminer and gaol delivery, for the trial of offences committed on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, was held at the Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, before Sir J. NtettoLL, the Judge of the Admiralty Court; Mr. Justice GASELEE, and Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE. Sir J. Nicribm. addressed the Grand Jury, remarking that the Calendar, though not numerically heavy, contained the names of prisoners who were charged with offences of the most serious character, and which would require the greatest attention from the gentlemen of the Grand Jury, Loss of life had taken place in several cases ; and if the Grand Inquest returned a true bill, most probably a verdict of manslaughter would be the result. The evidence, how ever, would guide the Petit Jury in their consideration of such cases; the duty of the Grand Jury would be to collect the most credible information in their power. The Grand Jury were occupied upwards of three hours before they returned the first bill, consequently the trials did not com. mence until a late hour of the day. Three of the bills were ignored, reducing the five cases to two only. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY M A RKETS.--t At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowlandliialioil-iii ----- £3 10 to £3 15 Slew , eaaow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 4 0 4 4 Fine Upland Meadow and Nye-grass Hay ...... „lover Hay 4 5 5 0 Oat Straw J.:l 10 to .£1 12 1 Wheat Straw... 112 116 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 10 4 0 Hine Upland Meadow and itye-grass 1 - I.ty 4 2 4 6 C!ovcr Hay (extra rine)...Xs 0 ..Generally 0 d Straw... il Bto £1 121 Wheat Straw 1 12 1 14 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have no arrivals this morning of any consequence. DISTRESS OF THE NEW YORK MERCHANTS. From the recent arrival of New York papers, we copy the following Notice to the New York Merchants : " Whence the apathy of the New York merchants in the present crisis of general pecuniary distress ? While the whole commercial population of other cities are moving in the de. mand upon Congress for relief, why do the merchants of New York, the great commercial mart of the New World, where the distress is already severe, lie as depressed to the earth by the nightmare ? " In the Senate Mr. Clay laid upon the table the following Resolution : " Resolved—That the Committee onFinance be directed to in quire into the inexpediency of affording temporary relief to the community, from the present pecuniary embarassment, by pro longing the payment of Revenue Bonds, as they fall due, the obligers paying interest and giving satisfactory security." THE FUNDS. Another express has again arrived from Paris, and the spe culators in Spanish Bonds are again disappointed. No infor mation, not even a notice, has been conveyed to them respecting the acknowledgment of the Cortes Bonds. This is indeed a deathblow to the holders of this unfortunate security, and they have been receding gradually since Saturday when they were at 33 ; they may this morning be quoted 281. We observe in a morning journal of this day two letters from Lisbon of the 2d of January, giving a different version of the two sorties from Santarem, by Don Miguel's troops. The first letter states that both Saldanha and the Duke of Terceira were obliged to retreat; but the second letter of the same date gives us a hint that Don Miguel's army is prepar,ng for a re treat from Santarem, as he has moved off all his baggage and artillery to the other side of the Tagus. Consols, which left off yesterday at 89f f for the Account, opened at the same price, with little doing as yet. In the Foreign Market Spanish and Portuguese Stocks are rather heavy, as the speculators begin to be rather alarmed, particularly those who deal in the Spanish Bonds. HALF-PAST ONE. A letter is positively in town from an English officer on board one of Donna Maria's ships in the Tagus, dated the Ist inst., stating that Santarem had been evacuated, and only a few prisoners were left behind. The date of the above letter gives us reason not to credit the above information, as yet, as there are letters of the 2d inst., which do not mention this important event, and it would have been known at Lisbon on the 2d, and published immediately. Up to the present hour we have no fresh arrivals or reports to communicate. TILE FUNDS. Consols in one instance were done at 89%, but at present may be quoted 89 % for the Account, with little doing. The Foreign Market continues to be the most speculative, particularly in Spanish and Portuguese Stocks : the former were in the early part of the morning at 28 , since which a reaction has taken place. They are now 30 to U. Portu guese, which were 66, may now be quoted at 66 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89( The clever personation by Farren in the play of The Minister and the Mercer appears to have already given umbrage in a high quarter ; an of corn munica tion from St. James's having actua►ly been received at the theatre, requesting that the fashion of Farren's wig may be henceforth altered, as in its present shape it constitutes too strikine a resemblance to the celebrated Diplomatist. Morning Paper. A RADICAL MISTAKE.--A worthy of the lowest class, as far as letters indicate, was telling what had p lased at the Pancras meeting on Monday ; and, in our hearing, assured him with an oath that every resolution was passed ignominiously." A fact.—. Literary Gazette. On Sunday, some pigeons brought from Antwerp were sent off from Paris with a bulletin of M. Dulong's funeral. They were let loose at seven in the morning, and reached Antwerp ispoon. SUN NEWSPAPER EXPRESS, WITH THE KING'S SPEECH AND THE WHOLE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THISDAY.) FRO3I LLOYD'S, . - DEAL, FEB. 10.—Wind S. W.—Arr i ved from the River and remain the Lively, Ford, for Constantinople; Dart, Ormston, for Madeira; and Oillizro, Rod:Jett, f St. Vincent. PoaTslourH, FEB la— , Wind N. E. to S. S.W., light. Prxmotrin, FEB. 9.—Wind tariabfe, light airs —Arrived the Unron, Univaso, from Bilboa. Salle(' the Fanny, Drum. mond, for Mauritius his Majesty's ship Andromache, for the East Indies; Saracen and Rendover, for Li-bon ; Africa, for Africa; and his Majesty's ship RonineY, for Cork, &c. FALMOUTH, FEB. 9.—Wind variable, light alts, - --Sailed the Permi, Harris, for Mauritius; Briseis packet, fot Brazils; Eclipse packet, for America; his Majesty's ship Cruizer, fc_,r Jamaica; African steam.packet, for Oporto and Lisbon; and Eagle, Darby, for Colombia River. PENZANCE, FEB. 9.—Arrived off port the Emma, Cobb, from Singapore—sailed the 4th Oct., and St. Helena the 19th Dec. LI"ERPOOL, FEB. 9.—Arrived the David Canning, Cain, and Dear Mary Ann, Clark, from NOV Orleans; John Francis, Frobistra, from Demerara; and Jeane Adele, Dupay, from Marseilles. Off port the Ellen, Jenkenson, from Lisbon. GREENOCK, FEB. B.—Arrived the Ellen, Nichol, from De merara. YoucnaL, FEB. B.—Arrived the Margaret, Vincent, from London. WESTPORT, FEB. B.—Arrived the Euphan, Drysdale, and Sarah, Hudson, from London. HAMBURG, FED. 7.—The Caroline Emilie, Blanch, from Stettin to Liverpool, has put back to Klosterhaven, with loss of sail and rigging. The Anna, Lane, from Penryn to Portsmouth, was run down off Dartmouth on Saturday night—crt'w saved. The Elphinstc ne, Short, sailed from St. Helena 19th Dec., for London. _ _ The Anna Catharina, Kranck, from Cette, arrived at Sta. vanger, and struck the ground on entering. The Carl Auguste, Fret,t, from Stettin to Bordeaux, put into Stavanger on the 2I st ult., leaky, and with loss of &c. GIBRALTAR, JAN. 9.0.—8 y an order of the Board of Health, dated the 17th inst., the quarantine of observation to be per formed by vessels from Spain, Portugal, Madeira, and the Azores, ceased on that day. M PERLA E. PA ULIAME NT THIS DAY, Trr.sDAy, FEE. HOUSE OF COAVIMOA'S. The SPEAKER took the Chair soon after 12 o'clock. Mr. PRYNIE brought in a Rill for the lighting the town of Canihraiee with g:is, which was read a first time. Sir N.U. FOI.KgS pies , wed a petition from an individual name d R. D e ering, against any alteration in the corn laws, coo:plaining of agricultural distress, and prying for an inquiry into the same. Mr. FINN said he would take that oppot:alitY of correcting a misrepresentation which had been ma‘ - !. of him h the newspeters, at far as regarded tt e que6enz t tf the corn lama. His opinion was, that if those laws , were repealed witiiotts a complete alteration of the general system of the country, the measure would be a moat mischievous one. MT. TOOKE presented a petition from the Coke of the Court of Reqto-sts at Westminster, praying that the return made from their office of July 12, which had heen falsified by a clerk since dead, might b , withdrawn, and a new and corrected one might be suhstituted. No blame attached to the petitioners, who had a most excellent char actor of the deceased clerk when they took him in cr th-ir employ; but it had since been found out that he had for a long time been in the habit of embezzling large turns of money, by means of fal.ifying tie baoks. By that return it appeared as if nothing ;vas n band due to the ere. /firms; whereas it ought to have shown a balance of up wards of 1.0001 in hand for that purpose. Mr. O'DW YER complained of the unnecaarY vo• !ominous length to which that return had run. It pro bly had cost the country 8001, or 401)1., end yet he vould venture to say that not one out of the 658 Mem.' hers / , ad ever looked at more than the gross amount.. Mr. SINCLAIR presented a petition from a parish its the county of Caithness against the present system ,i 1" Church patronage in Scotland, and pr tying that it might lr referred to the General Assembly, in order that they igh t originate s scheme by which the present sye,to might be got rid of. As that was the exact term of the oi;,tion which he had the honour to make last session,-of mnurse he cordially suppott-d the pra‘er of the petition.— (Hear, hear.) The present system was a most ano malous one, for under it, on a solar that Richard Carlile had made 6001. or 7001. by the sale of hi. bla•phernous publicati ,, ne. lie and purchase a prise:ration, and having a f a voitti , - son or friend it might appear in tb next Gentile, " K. Carla:, Esq., has been pleased to appoint A. B. to the pari'h of C., vacant by the death of t , e late lamented D. D. f?.." —(A laugh.) The parishioners might come lot ward. and petvion for the ri moval of the incumbent, but under the ',resent .y. , trn if he only behaved Limn- If in a deem curt of a m inntr, the Grave and Rover-oil Father of th , Pres- hytery most decide that th, prisen•ation was a goo , one. He had been represented out of he House as the. bitter enemy of the Kirk of Sep t4nd. bat he believed th it by the gre it sulk of the people he was censidered its firmest friend. By a paper which he held in his hand, it appeared th.it a living which fell vacant on the 13th day of December was filed up on the 14th of January ; another, which wa• in he gift of the Crown, Writi filled up ti urteen days after the incumbent died ; and another, which was in the :lift of a lady, was filled up even within the e, etk. Now in all those cases the heritors, who were expect if to support and keep the church in repa , r, bad never been eonsulted upon the presentation. The elder , , who expectaif to work with anti asst the minister, had never be , u eon- OF THE DEBATE. The proprietors of The Sun newspaper have again com. menced their enterprising exertions for the rapid transmission of intelligence. An express from their office, containing the debate in both Houses on the address to his Majesty, reached the office of Messrs. Smith and Co., St. Andrew's•square, on Wednesday night, who, with their usual alacrity, immediately despatched copies to all the newspaper offices in town.— Scotsman. WONDERFUL EXPEDITION.—The debates in the House of Commons on Tuesday closed a short time before midnight ; the concluding portion had then to be set up In type, and a certain number (no small one we believe) of copies printed for the dif. ferent circuits, so that it must have been nearly - one o'clock before an express could start from the metropolis ; yet, before the hour of noon on Wednesday, The Sun newspaper, with the whole of the debates, was in Nottingham ; and by noon a por tion of them was transferred to our own columns. The proprie tors of The Sun will, no doubt, meet with strong support for their exertions in forwarding the latest intelligence.—Notting ham Mercury. Having received early on Thursday, by special express to this office exclusively, the London Sun of the evening but one before, containing the King's Speech, we have no later arrival to acknowledge than the Journals of Wednesday received this morning; but with the exception of the Parliamentary Debates, they contain no news.— Cork Southern Reporter. It will be seen, by a paragraph among our domestic news, that we received last night the express - edition of The Sun, containing the whole of the debate and divisions in both Houses of Parliament upon the King's speech, as fully as they will have appeared in the following day's papers. We have gladly availed ourselves of this circumstance to prepare for our readers an abridged account of all the proceedings.—Aberdeen He: ald, Feb. 8. We received copies of The Sun (of Tuesday, containing the King's Speech) at a very early hour on Wednesday morning. The Sun again arrived at seven o'clock with the whole of the debates on the address up to the adjournment of the House. We cannot avoid expressing our admiration of the talent, en terprise, and pecuniary sacrifice which these splendid efforts exhibit, in order to put the public in possession of the latest political information.—Liverpool Chronicle. TUESDAY NIGHTS' DEBATE.—The joint exertions of the London Sun and M! ssrs. Johnston and Co. of Dublin, in trans. miffing intelligence to all parts of the country, are beyond all praise. The House of Commons did not adjourn till 12 o'clock on Tuesday night, almost at the moment of adjournment the whole debate was published in The Sun, and forwarded to the country by express, so as to anticipate the ordinary mail by eighteen hours.—Cork Southern Reporter. EXPRESSES FROM LONDON.—On Wednesday morning last, at 10 o'clock, we were not a little surprised on receiving a parcel from London containingseveral copies of the Courier, in which was inserted the speech of his Majesty on the opening of Par. liament. The speech was delivered on Tuesday afternoon, at about two o'clock, so that the whole period occupied in print ing, despatching, and coliveying it a distance of 217 miles, was probably short of 19 hours. On the same evening (Wednesday) at half-past seven, a copy of The Sun newspaper, containing, in a third edition, the whole of the debates on the speech—reached this town, to our address, but the express having overtaken the coach at a short distance on the other side of Bolton, it was by mistake sent on to Lancaster by post, and reached us on Thurs day morning. The debates alluded to lasted till 12 o'clock on Tuesday night, and occupied two closely printed pages, yet the whole was printed and conveyed to this town in 19} hours— a feat, allowing for the printing, of still more surprising celerity than the former.—Preston Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCH.—An express from The Sun newspaper office arrived at Messrs. Wyllie and Son's Library on Thursday evening, containing the King's Speech, and divisions on the Address. We feel obliged for a copy of the latter; and we bear testimony to the extraordinary exertions used by the Proprietors of The Sun in forwarding expresses on all important occasions. The above expresses arrived 12 hours before they could have come by the mail.—Aberdeen Herald. THE SUN NEWSPAPER.—AIthough we did not immediately benefit by the recent express edition of The Sun, we are bound to join our contemporaries in thanking the proprietors of that excellent journal for their spirited exertions. On the evening of Thursday, the active agents of The Sun, Messrs. J. T. Smith and Co., received copies of that paper (and imme diately transmitted them to the Edinburgh journals) contain ing full reports of the interesting debates on the King's speech in both Houses of Parliament down to the adjournment, which took place in the Commons' House about half-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday night. The spirited exertions of the pro prietors of The Sun to transmit the earliest intelligence is be yond all praise, and we are glad to find by the increasing popu larity of that journal that their unprecedented exertions are not unappreciated by the public.—Caledonian Mercury, Saturday, Feb. 8, The Sun newspaper left London on Wednesday morning at two o'clock, and arrived in Chesterfield at a quarter before three in the afternoon, bringing the whole of the debates in both Houses of Parliament. We believe the rapidity of this com munication is unprecedented in the annals of journalism, and we sincerely hope the spirited proprietor of this literary luminary may be duly rewarded for his unparalleled exertions.—Derby. shire Courier, Saturday, Feb. S. An Express edition of The Sun arrived last night at Messrs. Smith and Co.'s General Newspaper-office, 40, St. Andrew. square, who politely forwarded us a copy without delay, by which means we were enabled to give our readers a full re port of the debates in both Houses of Parliament on the King's speech. This extraordinary effort of The Sun, to whom we were so much indebted during last Session of Parliament, is beyond all praise; and we are glad to find that their unpre cedented exertions are being appreciated in the increased po pularity and extended circulation of the paper.—Edinburgh Observer, Friday, Feb. 7. In the expectation of receiving by express this morning the King's speech, delivered on the opening of Parliament, on Tuesday last, we delayed the publication of our paper this day beyond the usual hour. We have not been disappointed our esteemed friends the Messrs. Johnston, of Eden-quay, Dublin, General newspaper agents, have, with their usual zeal and un precedented exertions, supplied us with a copy of The Sun of Tuesday evening, forwarded to them by express. This, with other instances of their exertion, deserves general approbation, and proves their zeal for the accommodation of the public.— Enniskillen Chronicle, Thursday, Feb. 6. The Proprietors of The Sun have again shown that they spare no expense or labour to supply the country, especially Scotland, with the latest and fullest accounts of the proceed ings in Parliament. Mr. M'Phun received an express last night about 8 o'clock with that paper, which contains a full re port of the proceedings down to the adjournment of the House at 12 o'clock on Tuesday.—Glasgow Chronicle, Feb 7. THE SUN NEWSPAPER. — The enterprising proprietors of this journal to whom the public of Scotland are under deep obliga tions for early intelligence have, with the sitting of Parliament, again began to send expresses. The express edition of The Sun of Tuesday contained no less than eleven columns of debate—a most astonishing effort.—Fifeshire Journal, Satur day, Feb 8. Copies of The Sun, containing his Majesty's speech on the opening of the session of Parliament, reached Cooper's News paper office, in this town, by Express, at half-past ten o'clock the same night. On the following morning, soon after eleven, copies of the same paper, with a full report of the proceedings to the close of the debate at midnight, were also received here, and forwarded with all expedition to Ireland. The Express transmitted to the Dublin Mail the same day reached that city in twenty-two hours after leaving London. Birmingham Gazette, Monday, Feb. 10. Last night's debates we gave in asecond edition; in our last the conclusion of the debate on the first night, including the speeches of O'Connell and Mr. Littleton on the address. For being thus enabled to anticipate our contemporaries, we were indebted to an express despatched from The Sun Olfice, and which reached Dublin at five o'clock on Thursday—thus beat ing the regular mail by twelve hours.—Dublin Evening Post, Feb. 8. THE KING'S SPEECII—THE DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS.—We received, early on Thursday morning, per the Albion steamer, the London Journals of Monday. They were followed by the arrival of Journals of the same date by the usual conveyance, and these again by an Express Edition of The Sun of Tuesday, bringing a copy of the King's speech, delivered at the opening of Parliament on that day. Of this speech, the readers of the Constitution, in town and country, were put in possession in the course of the evening, but we re-publish it this morning, lest, in the hurry consequent on the haste with which it was despatched, the Supplements intended for our subscribers should in any instance have missed their destination. A Second Edition of the same spiritedly-conducted Journal brought us yesterday morning the introductory portion of the debate on the Address, and a Third Edition, transmitted by another Express, subsequently furnished us with the conclu sion, though the last division did not take place until within a few minutes of twelve at night! The result of these admirable exertions (promptly and ably seconded as they have been by our own vigilant and indefatigable agents, Messrs. Johnston and Co. of Dublin) is, that we are this morning enabled to de spatch from our office, nine hours before they could reach Cork by the Mail, the proceedings of both Houses up to the hour of adjournment ! Both to the proprietor of The Sun and to the Messrs. Johnston, to whose combined exertions we are thus indebted, we beg to express our best acknowledgments.—Cork Constitution, Feb. 8. The Beggar's Daughter, as altered by She ridan Knowles, will be ready for performance at the Vic toria theatre on Monday se'nnight. The rehearsals have been sedulously attended by all the principal performers, and no expense is spared by the management in bringing the piece out in a manner worthy of the author. Some new scenes, and many new dresses have been prepared. Abbott's part will be that of Young Small, to which Knowles has made several important additions. From what we have seen of it, we do not entertain the sliglrest doubt of its entire success. Knowles's part was originally, f we recollect rightly, in the hands of Cooper. FAST INDIA SHIPPING. The African, from the Mauritius, has arrived at Bristol ; the Borneo, from Batavia, has arrived at Cowes. Arrivals at the Mauritius.—The Enchantress, from Hobart Town; the Waterloo, from Sydney, and the General Hewitt, from Bombay and Colombo, on the 13th of November ; the General Jackson, from Amsterdam Island, on the 14th; the Thomas and Alfred, from London ; the Amiable Creole, from Bengal, and the Etoile, from the Seychelles, on the 15th. Departures from the Maui itius.—The Laura, for Bengal, on the 14th of November ; the Daphne, the Harriet, the Skeen, the Cervantes, the William Wilson, and the Arabian. The Lady Munro, from Bengal and the Mauritius to Hobart Town, was wrecked at Amsterdam Island on the 12th of Oc tober, and out of 97 persons on board only 21 were saved. She was going at 9 knots an hour, and mistook the land for a cloud. The following were the persons en board :—Captain and two officers ; lascars, 40 ; passenp.ers, 27 ; convicts, 10 ; European servants, 4 ; natives, 13. The following were saved:—Mr. Evatt, the chief officer ; Mr. M'Cash, of the 34th Regiment ; Mr. Forby, of the .Bengal Native Infantry; and 18 las:•ars. The Harriette, from the Mauritius to the Seychelles, was wrecked, off Pepper Island, on the 14th of October. Crew saved. Arrivals at Macao.—The Scaleby Castle, from London, on he 27th of August. Arrival at Anjeer.— The Tickler, from Liverpool. Whalers at the Seychelles on the 26th of October :—The Thames, out 23 months, 400 barrels; the Daniel, out 7 months, 150 barrels ; the Manchester, out 11 months, 350 barrels ; the Hope, 20 months, 1,200 barrels. The Eliza Jane, from London, clean, with jibboom sprung. The Countess of Liverpool was condemned and sold for 101/. Departures from Bombay.—The London, for London ; was to call at Cananore and the Cape for passengers. TATTERSALL'S. The Yorkshire horse Bubastes was backed yesterday at 614 and 6 to 1 to about three hundred pounds, the latter being the closing price ; 7 to 1 offered against Bentley, but nothing done. . . 1080 to 120 taken about Plenipo, none of the offers against him having exceeded 9to 1. Shillelah, nominally at 16 to 1, was not backed outright. Olympic and Delirium were in force, 17 to 1 being the outside price against either. Viator, Comet, and Emigrant, at 25 to 1 each, and no backers. Closing odds : THE DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Mr Watt's Bubastes (taken) 7 to 1 agst Mr. Yates's Bentley 9 to I agst Mr. Batson's Plenipo (taken) 16 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's shelalah 17 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Delirium 17 to I agst Duke of Grafton's Olympic 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Viator 25 to 1 aast Colonel Cradock's Emigrant 25 to I agst Mr. Gardnor's Comet 25 to 1 agst Lord Jersel's Glencoe (30 to 1 taken) 33 to I agst Duke of Cleveland's Guardian 4 , 1 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's reedom (taken) 40 to 1 st Mr. Greatrex's Trulla colt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Doll Tearsheet co't (taken) 500 even between Shillelah and Olympic O , KS. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Walker's Cotillon:(taken) 7 to 1 agst Col. Peel's R salie 19 to I agst Mr. Forth's Louisa 30 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Slight filly 25 to I agst Sir S. Graham's Zuliina (taken) Only the first and last backed. Mr. Watt's horses (Rockingham, Belshazzar, Bubastes, and Nitocris) are expected to reach Newmarket at the end of this week, in company with Mr. Vansittart's Oaks filly, which will go to Boyce's. Mr. Watt's lot will be at Webb's stables, under the immediate superintendence of Shephard. Emigrant is ex pected to start in two or three weeks in company with The Barber, and will go direct to Epsom. St. Giles, whose sale we mentioned last week, is supposed to have been purchased for the Russian market. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. The Northumberland Hounds meet on Wednesday at Sheep. wash Bridge; Friday, at Belsay—at half-past 10. _ _ The Galewood Hounds meet on Thursday at Pawston ; Sa turday, at Stotfold—at 10. The Slaley Hounds meet on Wednesday at Cockwood; Satur day, at Cronkley Banks—at 10. The Duke of Cleveland's Hounds meet on Friday at Newton Cap Bridge—at 11. The Hurworth Hounds meet on Saturday at Croft Bridge— at 10. _ _ ... _ _. The Haydon Hounds meet on Wednesday at Nelston Rigg; Saturday, at Black Dikes Plantation—at 9. The Alnwick Hounds meet on Thursday at Hockett—at 10 The Inglewood Hounds meet on Thursday at Ainstable—at 10. Sir John Cope's Hounds meet on Friday at Woolhampton House—at half past 10. The Vine Hounds meet on Thursday at AsheWarren Farm; Saturday, at Wolverton Church—at half past 10. The Craven Hounds meet on Wednesday at Gavernake ; Friday, at Chaddleworth Gate ; Saturday, at Coombe Gibbet -at half past 10. Sir W. Carew's Hounds meet on Thursday at Bovey Pottery —at 10. Mr. Phillips's Hounds meet on Thursday at St. Ive Down. at 10. Mr. Portman's Hounds meet on Thursday at Holton.street ; Thursday, at Henstridge Ash. Mr. Farquharson's Hounds meet on Thursday at Funknole ; Friday, at Melbury. The Llantillio Hounds meet on Friday at Great Skerrid—atl 0. The Burton Vale Hounds meet on Wednesday at Weston Hill. The N. F. Hounds meet on Saturday at Fritham—at half past 10. The H. H. Hounds meet on Thursday at Preston Oak Hills ; Saturday, at Chilton Old House—at half past 10. The Burton Vale Hounds meet on Friday at Bagbere Common. The Chesterfield Harriers meet on Wednesday at Nortriggs ; Friday, at Northwingfield—at half past 10. The LlandafF Harriers meet on Thursday at Fairwater ; Sa turday, at Whitchurch—at half past 10. The Llanblethian Harriers meet on Wednesday at Crack; . Friday, at St. Mary Church. The SomercetVale Hounds meet on Thursday at Monk Wood. The Knowl Hounds meet on Friday at Piper's Inn. The Newent Harriers meet on Thursday at the Feathers, Staunton ; Saturday, at the Kennel—at half past 10. Mr. Barnard's Harriers meet on Thursday at Curzey Barn; Saturday, at Teddington—at 10. Lord Harewnod's Hounds meet on Friday at the Wild Man —at half past 10. Lord Middleton's Hounds meet on Wednesday at the Half way-House between Gate Helmsley and Stamford Bridge; Fri. day, at Rudstone--at half-pa t 10. The York and Ain sty Hounds meet on Thursday at Whix. ley ; Saturday, at Haxby—at half.p'sst 10. The Cleveland Hounds meet on Friday at Court Green—at half past 10. The Bedale Hounds meet on Wednesday at Newton.le.Wil. lows; Friday, at Norton Conyers—at half past 10. The Badsworth Hounds meet epn Thursday at Kirby Guide Post; Saturday, at Marr Village—at half-past 10. The Sinnington Hounds meet on Friday at Helmsley—at 10. The Boroughbridge Harriers meet oi Friday at the Red House—at half-past 10. The Ashdown Forest Hounds meet on Friday, at Forest Row —at a quarter before 11. Mr. Codrington's Hounds meet on Friday at Odstock Village —at 10. A cavern has recently been discovered near East Emma place, Stonehome, which has crewed muci. interest ; the mouth is about fair feet over, and those who have curiosity enouwt to descend, have been lowered down by being suspended by a rope fastened round their body. The cavern increases in size towards ti , e bottom. and at the largest place is about 20 feet by 15 feet; 27 feet from the mouth is a bed of water, which has been found to be 42 feet deep. A pump is about to be flue in the cavern, with a view to have a supply of water in cases of fire.—Devonport Telegraph. ulted—the inha , itants of the parish, who were expected o be henefi ed by the ministry of the pastor, had ako been passed over. Whether those who had made such presen tttions in the present dsy were the real friends of the Church or not, be doubted. Under those c.rctonstanees he trusted that the House would grant the prayer of the SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. I petition. TITHES. Mr. E. BULLER presented a petition from Swint rton, the county of Stafford, praying for an alteration in the ithe laws ; and the petition contained complaints of the extreme rigour with which the tithes had been collected since the appointment of the present incumbent. The lion. Member, in presenting the petition, stated, that immediately upon the petition being sent to him, he had written to the Rector, stating the substance of rho charges made against him, and requesting to know if any ~f his family was prepared to answer the statements it con ained. Subsequently he forwarded the rector a copy of the petition, but he had received no communica ion from him. It was not for him to say wh tier the statetcents of the petitioners were founded on fact or not, as he knew nothing upon the subject. The ground on which be felt justified in presenting the petition, was the eigh respectability to his knowledge of the petitioners. tie entirely concurred with the prayer of the petition, which he considered to have been rendered necessity in conioquence of the unfortunate disputes which he was afraid would continually arise between rectors and tlhiir parishioners, as long as the present tithe laws were in exis:ence. Sir OSWALD MOSLEY with great alacrity acceded to the request that bad been forwarded to him to support the petition. He hoped that the Noble L , rd who brought in a measure for the commutation of tithes during he last session would not relax in his laudable exertions to improve the tithe laws, but would take the earliest opp tunity of bringing forward further measures upon the sub. ject. He was as anxious as any man that in any alters ,ion of the tithe laws ample provision should be made for he clergy in some other way, but he was convinced, until some alterations were made, those animosities which xisted between the clergy and their parishioners would oever be put an end to. There being no further petitions to be presented, the SPEAKER left the Chair at One o'clock. MEMOIRS OF MARSHAL NEY.—If the spirit of Napoleon can witness what is passing on earth, it will doubtless rejoice in the volumes before us, for the -kill and service which secured the achievements of the French army were never more fully displayed. Every British officer, from the subaltern to the general, will doubtless peruse the graphic details of the most momentous battles in which men were ever engaged, as derailed by Ney imself, and commented on by his colleagues, while the valu able maps and plans with which then are illustrated will render their elucidation more clear and entertaining. The iaortrait of Marshal Ney, the son of a village cooper on the Rhine, is well executed ; it evinces that firmness of pur trise and unostentatious dignity for which be was so re markable.—Naval and Military Gazette. We understand t hat Sir J. Hobhouse has left Basildon-park for London, for the purpose of standing for the borough of Marylebone, vacant by the intended eleva tion of Sir W. Herne to the Bench. A vacancy is also expected in Middlesex by the elevation of G. Byng, Esq., to the Peeral.e.—Berkshire Chronicle. As a number of children, belonging to the Sabbath School, Bardney, were, during the dinner hour on Sunday List, playing at ball on the village wren, on the ',all being thrown up a hawk pounced upon, a ivd, and flew off with it, to the great a4rm of the children, who, terrified at the supposed character of the depredator, de clared they would never again break the Sabbath.-- Boston Herald. LIVES OF THE ENGLISH PIRATES, HIGH- , TMEN, AND ROBBERS, BY CHARLES WHITEHEAD. —With a fidelity that stamps the originality of his sohj,•et, Whitehead opens his into-riving account of English .ighwi,4 men with Robin Hood, that mer ry monarch of the i,00.1 green wood, whose adventures, obscurely b,au , iful, ,re claimed alike by fact and fiction. Fr•m Rohin Flood oi Barrington the pickpocket, the descent is gradual and hill of incidents and interest. We open with an illustra tion of the reign of Richard the First and close with a type .f the times of George the Third ; vice and villany during the lapse of centuties may have extend.d themselves, hut hey ate plainly less commanding in their operations. Our I wetathers robbed trarik'y and with a daring courage hat bespoke heroism ; while we degenerate in the spirit and practice of evil, steal in mean privacy and blush to tiscover that the proceeding was ever m 'de a boa-t o . We agree with Mr. Whitehead, that his work cannot ail to conduce to the service of morality. We go farther, tnd miiutain that the nation ought to be much happier with the evidence which these volumes supply of tie great improvement which the state of society 1.4* been undergoing for centuries past—Sunday Herald. GENUINE INSTANCE OF BLUNDERING.- At one of our late fairs, a rich grasier, being in his cups, made a boast that he and three other pot companions h.d contrive! to swallow sixteen bottles 01 port between them at one sitting. " Pray, Sir," said a gentleman wl o WA; present, will you have the goodness to 'Ave us the rialtos of the three drunkards who partook of this cheer?" " That I will," says be, " with the greatest pleasure : There was Tom Mathews—that's one; the two Grogans —that's two; myself—that's three; and—(alter a long pause) —why, on my conscience there were foul of Let tne s ee , ag,ain—(reckoning upon his finger )—Here's r the two Gr ogans —that' s one; myself—tbs. , two; Tom Mathews—that's three; and—hy this bottle I fret the name of the other ; but I know there were four of us any how."