The Sun. — London, England, 1834-11-04 00:00:00

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock - a per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 91%% 3,', per Cent. - Ditto Red. Q 9 V4 New 3X, per Cent. Asented 4 per Cent I Diss sented Bank Long nnuitiestoexpire Jan. 3, 1860 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 186" l7 Ir. -16 Jan. 5, IMO - _ _ ____ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent-- ................ India Stock.... .................... 267 Ditto Bonds .................. 2 I 26 pm. South Sea Stock . ....... Old Annuities ..................... New Ditto. ................ ........ 3 per Cent. Annuities, M 1... -- Exch. Bills, .£l,l : 42 43 pm. Ditto ....... . ....... 500. 43 42 43 pm. Ditto Small 43 42 43 pm. Ditto Commercial — pre Ditto Advertise:l — pm Bank Stock for Account • India Stock for Account 2+ 6{ Consols for Account 9134% April 5, 'NO Jan. 5, 1870 SRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bnnds — Begiati Bonds 9 9 ,4 Ditto Account (IN B ra zilian Bonds Ditto Account '' ' 7ss'34 Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account 3l Chillian Bonds 34 , ti Ditto Account — Columbian Bonds THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds 5614 7% 6; Ditto Account PAN 7 , 4 Prussian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1tk.2..... ......... . Russian Bonds, IS') 105? 6!4 Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic — Spanish Bonds 57 4e . , Ditto Account .. ...8 716% %AN Ditto Bonds, IRV; — Ditto Account — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. -- 4 per cent -f. e. fi per cent. -c. --- Exchange —f. Dutch, T.:, per cent. 5254 % Ditto Account 5254% Ditto, S per cent . W;', Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1821 Ditto Account 31 34 2! Danish Bonds • 7654 Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1525 DM° Account Mex can Bonds, 5 per cent — - Ditto Account Dit'o, t per cent. Ditt , Account Neapolitan..., PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid: Per share. Bolanos Mining Company l.) 1 . 271 A Cara Branra Mining Company Re-11 del Monte Mining Co., Registered •ill. Ills. M. Ditto Unregistered 2 , A; Union Gold MAILS. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 I France 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 Brazil 1 0 Guern. &Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 9 0 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena 0 0 Holland ....... 0 0 Ostend 0 I Dublin Ol 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 2 0 Flanders . 0 0 Laeward Wands 0 I Waterford 0 NIGH WATER AT I.ONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 46 minutes after 4. Evening 10 minutes after 5 HAMBURG, Om 24, 1834. iN fiEthPu E bii , B t R h O t T t H ul E d i n t S w , b C o t a a c t e t o for r s , 0 r beg der t nf r Ticketsn of the Sixty-fourth Great Lottery, and that Orders can be given for the succeeding SIXTY-FIFTH LOTTERY. In former Lot tcr,es they have received several applications for TICKETS OF A NUMBER ANSWERING TO THE NUMBER OF BANK NOTES REMITTED. It is of course impossible to attend to such requests, if the orders are not given BEFORE THE COM MENCEMENT OF SALE. They therefore now beg to inform the Public, that the Tickets of the Sixty-fifth Hamburg Great Lottery will begin selling on the 26th of NEXT MONTH, and all Orders for Tickets OF THE SAME NUMBER AS THE BANK NOTE SENT WITH THE ORDER, must reach them before that day, and Bank Notes, to answer that purpose, must not bear a higher Number than 10,000. Those remitting a Ten-pound Note, will receive an Order for the Balance and a full Share, together with the Ticket. Should the desired Number be already disposed of, the Bank Note will be returned by the First Mail. Orders of this description must be directed without delay to HEINE, BROTHERS, 'CON TR ACTORS, HAMBURG. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be performed the Grand Dramatic Poem of MANFRED. Count Manfred, Mr. ; Chamois Hunter, Mr. Cooper; Abbot of St. Maurice, Mr. Warde ; Manuel and Herman (Depen dants of Count Manfred), Mr. Yotinge and Mr. Duruset ; Ari manes, Mr. Howell. Spirits and Destinies tributary to his will— Vesper (Spirit of the Air), Miss Poole ; Orcus ( Spirit of the Mountains), Mr. W. H. Payne ; Thammuz (Spirit of the Waters), Miss Kenneth ; Baalim (Spirit of the Storm), Mr. F. Cooke ; Nox (Spirit of the Shadow of Night), Mr. Wieland ; Omorasdes (Spirit of the Elements), Mr. G. Bennett:; Astaroth (Spirit of the Earth), Mr. F. Sutton; Nemesis (Goddess of Vengeance), Mrs, Vining; Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos (the three Destinies), Miss Lee, Miss Murray, and Mrs. Chester; the Phantom of As tarte, Miss Clifton ; the Witch of the Alps, Miss E. Tree. After which, OLD AND YOUNG. The Four Mowbrays by Miss Poole. To conclude with—THE REGENT. • Philip, Mr. Vining;- the Abbe Dubois, Mr. Bartley ; Porto Carrero, Mr. Baker ; Captain d'Aubiiny, Mr. Brindal. The Duchess du Maine, Mrs. Newcombe ; Rose, Mrs. H. Cramer ; Justine, Mrs. Humby ; Lisette, Miss Lee ; Marton, Miss Murray; Julie, Mrs. Chester; Fanchon, Miss Somerville. , THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be perfonried the'Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Jacques, Mr. Vandenhoff; Orlando, Mr. Vining ; Adam, Mr. Bartley ; Touchstone, Mr.. Harley. Rosalind, Miss Taylor ; Celia, Miss Shirreff ; Audrey, Mrs. Hurnby ; Phcebe, Mrs. Newcombe. To conclude with, DER FREISCHUTZ. Ottocar, Mr. Yarnold ; Bernhard, Mr:Seguin ; Adolph, Mr. Templeton ; Caspar, Mr. Bedford; Zamiel,l4li. Howell. Linda, Miss Betts ; Rose, Miss H. Cawse. On Thursday, Cato. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1834. There is one fact which alone is sufficient to show how far behind the French are in commercial know ledge, and that is, that the amount of her duties of export appear to exceed her duties of import. We at one time fell into the mistake of prohibiting export, and of levying duties on import. But now, with the exception of 10s. per cent. upon all articles exported, the only articles upon which any export duties are levied are coats, hare and coney skins, hare wool and coney wool, sheep and lamb wool, and woolfels. The whole should be repealed. No obstacle whatever should be interposed to the export of any branch of home industry. But though our mistakes in imposing duties of export have been removed, those we have made in duties of import still remain. Our duties of customs had for their foundation the ancient grants of tonnage and poundage originally made in tenths and fifteenths, and no otherwise known than as they appeared in the book of rates at the Custom-house, from whence they were transferred to the 12 Car. 2, c. 4, of which they form the schedule. They have received additions from time to time by per centages granted by various Acts of Parliament, and the duties now levied have been lately consolidated by the 3d and 4th William 111., c. 56. We have already shewn that they are excessive and erroneous in the case of cotton, linen, silk, and woollen. But they are all excessive, and may be stated to be so in the lump, from this cir cumstance alone, namely, that from the rise which has taken place in the value of money, general prices have fallen about one-half since 1810, so that our duties of customs, if they were even moderate then, must be excessive now. Each and all of them therefore should be carefully examined. The price of every article ex ported in 1810 should be ascertained, and also the pre sent price of every article exported now, and also the export duty paid then, as well as the export duty paid now, which last should be apportioned so as to bear a relative amount to the present price, at all events not exceeding the relative amount which it bore to the price in 1810. But this is not enough. Many of the duties of customs were excessive in 1810, and after their relative amounts shall be made to correspond to prices now, their amount will be excessive still. This is a matter of great import ance both for the well-being of the industry of the country, and the well-being of its revenue. Every mercantile man knows that a large mercantile income is derived not from large profits upon a few articles sold, but from small profits upon a great number, or a great quantity. So a large public revenue is to be derived, not from heavy duties of import upon a small number, or a small quantity of articles imported, but from light du ties upon a great number and a great quantity. The price of every thing has fallen, and probably may con tinue to fall, from the operation of a cause beyond mortal control. Individuals are obliged to yield to its operation, in bringing down prices. The Govern ment must yield to it likewise, in lowering duties. It is impossible, with justice, to say that, though the price of the article upon which a tax is levied has fallen one half, that the same amount of tax shall continue to be levied, that was paid when the article was twice its present price. - ry - , , . • , Zhe THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1834. No small portion of our distress arises from taxes continuing at their former amount, while the price of the articles upon which they are levied has fallen one-half. It is peculiarly necessary that this consequence of the alteration of prices should be re moved in the case of our duties of import. It is not merely that a number of the articles imported into this country furnish the raw material of many of our manu factures, but many other articles of our import are absolutely necessary to the carrying on of others of our manufactures. Whatever may be the result of a proper apportionment of import duties, the measure is one of pressing necessity. But the result cannot fail to be beneficial, because in proportion to the amount of duty taken off every article of import, its consump tion will be increased in the same proportion, and not only so, but the general industry of the country will be increased in the same proportion ; inasmuch as for every article of foreign industry that. comes in, some article of home industry must go out, for the exchange of commodities between different countries is an ex change of equivalents, and though different countries, in exchanging their commodities with each other, esti mate them in gold or silver, yet very little of gold or silver passes in making the exchanges, and the little that does pass has been purchased in the commodities in exchange for which any quantity of gold or silver which any country requires can always be procured. In each of the two last Sessions of Parliament, reduc tions have been made of the duties levied upon a few of our articles of import, at the suggestion of the pre sent President of the Board of Trade, and we trust that such reductions will be continued until the whole of our Import Duties shall be properly apportioned. We shall then come to find that our Revenue from Cus toms will be increased, in place of being diminished, by such reductions, and that we may raise a much larger portion of our public income by well-appor tioned duties on import than we now do, and may thereby be enabled to repeal or reduce duties of Ex cise ; that is, duties on home manufacture, by which the home industry is deranged and repressed, and the improvement as well as the increase is prevented of the home manufacture, upon which the duty is laid ; whereas duties on import promote home industry, by increasing the demand for its products, to give in ex change for foreign products, and our public revenue then will increase with the increase of the numbers and prosperity of our population. Our capacity to pay duties on import is manifest from the fact, that previous to 1775, the gross amount of our duties of customs was then under two millions and a half per annum, and it now approaches eighteen millions. We are under some apprehension, that in returning to the speech of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, at the Downshire Orange Meeting, we shall be thought to attach an importance to the language of that No bleman, which would argue us utterly ignorant of the country's appreciation of his principles, and his abili ties as a Statesman. We must guard as well as we can against misconception in this respect. We know the strength of the Ultra-Tories. We know the point beyond which even desperation would not drive them. They dare not hazard a conflict with the Govern ment, which they are sensible would end in a trial of strength with the people ; of the consequences of which they require no seer to inform them. And as to Lord LONDONDERRY, few well-informed Tories care for what he says as a politician ; indeed we are very certain that the Duke of WELLINGTON would never miss him in the House of Lords, were his Grace armed with his Lordship's proxy, as often as he might think proper to enter the lists with the LORD CHAN CELLOR. But the part of Lord LONDONDERRY'S speech of which we took notice yesterday, deserves attention, because more than one Noble Lord as sisted at the concocting of it ; and because, in tho opinion of the most distinguished among the Down shire Orange gathering, it included the whole of the charges which that body had to prefer' against the Go vernment. Having considered five of these charges yesterday we now begin with the sixth. His Lord ships says : " 6. The only protection of the Irish Protestants—their only safeguard, and the only supporters of the British connection— those on whom alone they rely for help in the many pressing dangers by which they are surrounded, are the Protestants of Ulster—( Hear, hear, hear)—and these, by stripping the yeomanry of their arms and disbanding them, they have left at the mercy of their implacable enemies." The disarming of the Orange Yeomanry of the North of Ireland has happily had the effect of stripping the ce lebration of the Boyne Water victory of its most repulsive terrors. No doubt" Lord LONDONDERRY and his confreres at Hillsborough could reconcile to their con sciences the justice of continuing arms in the hands of the Protestants of the North, while the Catholics were amenable to the heaviest penalties, did they not strip themselves of every weapon, offensive and defen sive. The abuse of arms was only possible in the hands of the Papists ; whilst among, and by the Protes tants, the firing of a musket at a defenceless peasant, was a deed sanctified by the gospel faith of the ag gressor. Like Ralph° in " Hudibras," Lord Lox- DONDERRY believes that what would be wicked in a sinner, may be the perfection of virtue in a saint • for ) that— " 'Tis the temptation of the Devil, That makes all human actions evil;" and consequently that Orangemen beirtg sealed with the Lodge signet of election, might shoot Catholics when most under the influence of the Holy Spirit. But, thank Heaven, the days are gone by when such detestable doctrines were swallowed by either the Go vernment or the people of this, country. We no longer confess ourselves so weak, or so savage in our policy, as to say to any faction in the State, " Here arc arms ; pray defend yourselves from all whom your tyranny may force to unite against you as enemies," The present Government acted wisely and well in the case of the Yeomanry of Ireland, who were in truth a curse to the country. By disarming them, the Ministers asserted the just and legi timate power of the British Parliament and people, and gave the Irish of every party to understand, that the peace of that country should no longer depend on the discretion of either Orangemen or Ribbonmen, or any' other faction. It is the duty of the Government to afford equal rights and protection to all classes of sub jects, without regard to creeds or other religious dis tinctions, and that duty the present Ministry will per form fearlessly so long as they are in office. This com plaint, therefore, of the Orange Peer, we look upon as one of the highest encomiums that could be passed on the present administration. Now for the next :- 7. The ministers our religion basely and barbarously mur dered with impunity—the single Protestant families dispersed over the country, separately cut off, and those that escape kept in perpetual alarm, not knowing the moment they may be as sassinated by day or burned in their beds by night, until at length such a state becomes intolerable, and they desert their homes, their native land, and emigrate to some foreign clime." The impunity in the above charge refers to the conduct of the Government. There is no necessity for defending that, as it happens that there is not a word of truth in the whole extract. If, in one or two instances, clergymen have fallen victims to the lawless rage of an infuriated mob, it was not because they were ministers of the Protestant religion, but because they were oppre-sors of the poor, and the spoilers of the orphan and the widow. They had no enemies to fear in their ministerial capacity ; they only were objects of ruthless revenge as partial Magistrates, and cruel and oppressive tithe-hunters. And as to the Protestant community, the worst evil they have suffered from the Catholics is that of being placed on an equal footing with them in the eye of the law. As to the self-banishment of that respectable body, it is too -rich in absurdity to notice it. We pass on to the next charge : ." 8. Our Protestant schools dismissed because they read the Bible, and others endowed in their placed on the express condition that the Scriptures, the word of God, the hope and solace of the poor, shall be excluded..-4 Hear, hear.) This relates to Mr. STANLEY'S Bill for the educa tion of the poor of Ireland, without religious distinc tions. The dismissal of the Bible from the new schools a downright palpable untruth. The Bible is read ; but the A B C prodigies from Kildare-street, and the lovely young enthusiasts who play the part of lady patronesses, are not permitted to read lectures to little boys and girls, about the shape of the Pope's slipper, the heresies of St. Augustine, and the folly of endeavouring to bathe a soul in a holy water pot. There is to be no more bribing of little boys and girls for attending places of worship repro bated by their parents ; but to all there is secured li berty of conscience in the just and equitable sense, which only conveys a correct idea of that pure and sanctified privilege. Had the Government no other claim on the gratitude of the country than the passing of the Irish Education Bill, that measure alone would entitle them to the respect of every liberal man in the United Kingdom. We now proceed to the last charge : "9. The clergy not only exposed to outrage their persons, but their revenues forcibly withheld from them ; the deluded people encouraged to resist to the last drop of their blood the payment of their just and legal dues—tumultuous mobs raised —tithe collectors openly murdered—the laws resisted—Ma gistrates assaulted and wounded—the police in large bodies surrounded and butchered by an infuriated mob, and Govern ment, so far from exerting themselves to punish the authors of these crimes, rewarding and honouring the avowed institator. --(Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) These, my friends, are some of the grievances of which, I think, we have to complain, and I should hope that some advantage may arise from setting them thus clearly and succinctly before the public." Were the above statement quite correct, which we know it is not, the clergy would have thank themselves for it in the first place, and Lord LONDONDERRY and his party in the. House of Lords, in the second. But it is easy to exaggerate a grievance, and it is besides easy to prove that passive resistance was not resorted to by the Irish peasantry, till the Clergy had thought proper to divest themselves of every claim to the affec tion of the people. We have not forgotten the com mencement of that memorable struggle ; nor the fact that it was preceded by a crusade of the Clergy against every measure proposed by the Ministry for uprooting religious rancour in Ireland. But even admitting the evil in its fullest extent, what were the Ministers to do ? Sir ROBERT PEEL, in a debate in the House of Commons on the first of March, 1833, on this very subject said, " The British Constitution knew nothing of the abomi nable doctrine of passive resistance ; it never took a precaution against it, because it confided in the equity and justice of Englishmen, and never supposed that the doctrine of passive resistance would be resorted to, by any man, as an authority for the purpose of depriving others of their rights." The evil was then without a remedy ; but great as it was, we would prefer it to any other kind of resistance that might be resorted to, and we cannot say that it was unprovoked. We will not ransack our file for instances of cle rical oppression. We take the following from the Limerick Star now before us; we invite Lord LON DONDERRY and the people of England to read it carefully, and having done so, we will leave them selves to form a judgment of the guilt of passively opposing the claims of an alien priesthood " The dreadful condition of the parish of St. Mary in this city is already known to the public. Of this parish the Very Rev. Dean Preston is the Protestant rector, and the Rev. Mr. H. Gubbins acts in the capacity of his curate. The collection of tithes is left in Mr. Gubbins's hands. A_poor widow, named Eliza Mullins, now living at the head of New gate-lane, in the parish above-named, was on Friday last lying on a sick-bed in her room, to which she had been on fined by ill-health for the last three months. This woman, we understand, had once been in more comfortable circum stances, but subsequently became so much reduced in means, that on the death of her mother, which took place about two months since, she was unable to procure a coffin for her parent, until a subscription was raised for the purpose by the Catholic clergyman of the parish. On the morning before-mentioned she was preparing to rise and sit a little while before her fire, when a bailiff entered, and demanded 3s. as the amount of Mr. Gubbins's poundage. The poor woman told him she bad not the money ; that she had never paid more than 2s. pound age to Mr. Gubbins. The bailiff said is. was due since the year previous, but this she declared she had already paid to a former collector. However, on his persisting, she offered him ls., which she said was all she" then had in the house, and pro mised to hive him the remainder on the following day. Her entreaties, however, were without effect ; the man left her, and in a short time returned with two other bailiffs in a state of intoxication. In lieu of Mr. Gubbins's 35., they seized one kettle, one washing-tub, one large tray, one umbrella, two old quilts, one gown, one petticoat, and went their way. She rose from her sick-bed, dressed herself in the few re maining garments which Mr. Gubbins's faithful emissaries had left her, and proceeded to the Exchange. Here she deemed herself fortunate in finding Mr. Gubbins himself; to him she made the same representation and the same request as she bad done already to his bailiff, and, we regret to add for his sake, for hers, and for the sake of humanity, with the same success. The poor woman then returned to her home, and spent the whole of that night lying on the hearthstone, by the fireside, for want of the necessary clothing on her bed. On the follow ing morning she sent for the Catholic clergyman to administer the last rites of her religion. We have some satisfaction in adding, that, by the charity of a few individuals who heard of the eircumstane-. the poor woman's kettle, quilts, &c., were restored, and that Mr. Gubbins got his 35., besides ls. costs. What effect the whole transaction may have upon the mind and body of this infirm, unhappy creature, remains to be seen. She lies at present, we understand, in a very dangerous state. Upon this transaction we shall not at pre sent offer a single observation. The facts speak for them selves with a force which comment would only weaken ; and if there be a reader who could remain indifferent to those, or fail to draw his own conclusion from them, be possesses a mind and a heart which cannot be reached by any remarks of ours. The following letter was yesterday left at our office : ‘, TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR AND EVENING POST. " Sir,—Will you return thanks for me, if you please, to Thomas Devitt, Esq., for the 1/. which he sent me to release my kettle, and old tray, and parasol, and tub, and also my petticoat and two old quilts, which were pounded in the cathedral, for minister's money, due to Dean Preston and Rev. Mr. Gubbins? I also thank Mr. Geary, who collected for me a few shillings, only for which I would die of cold, having been obliged (after a sickness of three months) on Friday night, when my bed-clothes and other articles were taken by Hayes and the other two church bailiffs, to lie all night on the hearth-stone, by the fire, to keep myself warm. " ELIZA MULLINS, Widow, " Oct. 26. of St, Mary's Parish, head of Newgate-lane." This terminates our remarks on the Downshire Orange meeting. Such exhibitions are more injurious to the Conservative cause than to those they are in tended to injure. Arrivals from Constantinople, of the date of the 7th of October, state that the SULTAN has given up all idea of making war on Egypt. The incident that led to this determination is too singular to be passed over without notice. On the 4th, his Highness embarked an board a steamer to visit his palace in the island of Chalchy, with the intention of observing the condi tion of the fleet, which was then cruising in the sea of Marmora. While in the act of getting on board, his sword fell into the sea and was lost. The impression this circumstance made on his mind was terrible ; his attendants dare not. approach him ; and no doubt the consequences would have been dreadful to those about him, had not a member of the Divan flung himself at his Highness's feet, and explained the omen as decla ratory of the will of ALLAH and the Prophet with re spect to the meditated war with Egypt. This was enough. The SULTAN was satisfied, and the preparations for the expedition were forthwith suspended. Meanwhile, the agents of IBItAHIM are filling the country with consternation and terror. In Tripoli the inhabitants are exposed to the most wanton outrages, cruel robberies, and unjust exactions in every shape. To add to these calamities the plague is raging with fearful violence in Constantinople ; and, for the last three months, the average deaths have been about a thousand a week. During the late storm in the Black Sea thirty vessels were lost, all belonging to the Turks, Greeks, and Austrians. Advices from Madrid bring intelligence that M. M. DE LA ROSA is about to resign, in which case it was expected that the REGENT would commit to To- RENO the formation of the new Cabinet. A day or two will decide the matter. The Chambers are doing very little at present. Th e Paris Papers of Saturday, which have been received this morning, contain no news of any im- portance. The accounts from Bayonne state that General MINA has gone to Navarre to take the command of the troops, and that General LORENZO was to meet him in the valley of the Bastan with 6,000 troops. Don CARLOS is still active in his endeavours to carry on the war, but nothing de cisive has yet taken place. PARIS, Nov. I.—A letter from Bayonne, says— . Baron de Bergen, who passed so mysteriously into Spain, and who was the subject of an order of the day issued by General Harispe, has returned very quietly to Bayonne. He has passed the frontiers to return into France, with as much security as he did to enter Spain." TOULON, OCT. 26.—A superior Commission was present yesterday at a series of trials made here to ascertain the comparative strength of cables made of hemp and of aloe, from Algiers. These trials all turned to the advantage of aloe. Of cables of equal size, that made of t aloe raised a weight of 2,000 kilogrammes, that made of hemp a weight of only 400 kilogrammes.—National, Nov. 2. At a farmers' dinner at Buckingham on Saturday last, the Marquis of CHANDOS addressed the com pany on the expediency of repealing the Malt Tax ; but, at the same time, forgot to explain to them how the three millions produced by this tax, were to be sup plied. His Lordship was also wondrously animated in praise of the Corn Laws, for no other reason, that we can see, than that it is a most oppressive monopoly. We find, in the Aberdeen Herald of Saturday, a long report of a public dinner given to Captain GOR DON at Aberdeen, at which the Duke of GORDON, the Earl Of ABERDEEN, the Marquis Of ABERCORN, and a shoal of small Tories were present. The speeches delivered on this occasion were just such as might have been expected, gloomy, prolix, and full of abuse of Ministers. The worst—and where all are bad, this is no ordinary distinction—was decidedly that spoken by the Earl of ABERDEEN, who, among other strange things, made the following strange acknow ledgment :—" I will freely confess that the main in- ducement whieh led me to accept and retain office certainly my principal reason for doing so, was the personal gratification which I could hope to derive fiom thereby possessing the means of constant coni munication and familiar intercourse with that imp mortal man who has filled all Europe with his name, and who had long been the object of my distant but most profound admiration." Of all the reasons we ever heard for a statesman accepting a high office under the Crown, this is unquestionably the most original. And then its incomparable naivete ! " Think of that, Master BROOKE I" The noble Earl scorned to be influenced by the usual motives that operate on men's minds under such circumstances ; he did not accept a place in the Cabinet from any desire to promote the interests of his country ; public considerations had nothing to do with his decision—no, no, he took office purely from motives of " personal gratification," because by so doing, he might possess the " means of constant familiar intercourse,"—that is to say, of gossiping ad' libitum, with the Duke of WELLINGTON I What was it to him, that the pe riod at which he accepted the Foreign Secretaryship, was such as to demand his undivided attention, and leave him but little room for " personal gratification ;" his sole object in becoming a Cabinet Minister was--- not to calm down, or direct into a proper channel the revolutionary spirit that then convulsed all Europe ; not to see fair play between Great Britain and her con tinental interests ; not to check the growing ambition of Russia, or hold out a fostering hand to regenerated France , • b u t—to indulge in small-talk with the " greatest warrior of this or any age !" What a mind must that statesman possess, who, coolly and delibe rately, could volunteer an acknowledgment like this ! Yet he—it,rather, we should say—was once one of our most influential Cabinet Ministers I Heaven knows what would have become of us by this time, had such a driveller still continued to preside over our Foreign affairs No doubt he would have sacrificed the interests of the country to the " personal gratification" of an hour's chit-chat with the Duke. of WELLINGTON ! Hit Grace was never remarkable for his argumentative sa gacity in the Senate, and we now see the reason of it. He derived his logic from his " constant familiar intercourse" with the Earl of ABERDEEN. A pas sage towards the close of this bright Peer's speech convinces us that we are correct in our inference, for he says, " I entertain afeeling of regret when I look at the situation in which his Grace stands at present," thereby evidently implying his conviction that he has himself mainly assisted in bringing him into it. For why, otherwise should he confine his regrets to the Duke ? Why, but because it was with him chiefly that he indulged in small-talk, the effects of which being but too visible in the ducal orations, had the natural, indeed the necessary effect, of proving to the country his utter incapacity as a Mi nister, and so leading to his downfall ? It must be confessed that the Ear] of ABERDEEN has purchased his 4 , personal gratification" at a high price ; and that he now feels this bitter truth, is demonstrable in the remorseful passage we have just quoted. One other circumstance took place at this dinner, which we give in the reporter's own words Lord FORBES proposed the health of the Duchess of Gor don, on whom he passed a warm eulogium. The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm. The Chairman, the DUKE of GORDON, in returning thanks, said that nobody could be more zealous or anxious in his gallant friend's cause than her Grace. iDecency forbids 11 What is the meaning of this ? To sober a man when tipsy, without producing any other effect on him, give him any mild vegetable acid, such as lemon-juice diluted with an equal quantity of water, and keep him, if possible, from talking.-- 'MO Doctor. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied the whole morning with petitions of no general interest. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.--(THIS DAY.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor took cause petitions WAIT V. GEORGE. This was the petition of the trustees and executors of a gentleman named George, who gave to his three _grand: children the sum of 10,0001., the - half of which was devoted to his grand-daughter. This fund, however, was only to be applicable to their use so long as th e children remained either. with him or his trustee ; and the moment they were taken from that care and management, the fund appro priated to their use was to fall into his residuary estate. Up to the death of the grandfather, all the children were under his care, and had since that been under the control of his trustees. Some time since, however, the father, who is a clergyman, went to the school where his daughter had been placed at Yeovil, forcibly took her away, and still had her under his control. The object of the present petition, therefore, was that the father might be instantly ordered to give up the custody of the daughter to her grandfather's Trustees, and might be restrained from interfering in the maintenance and education of his daughter in future. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN, with whom was Mr. PIGOTT, appeared on behalf of the petitioners, contending that the father having acquiesced so far in his children being under the management of the petitioners, that he had precluded himself from taking the course he had adopted, and that the Court would restrain him from doing so. Mr. BELLASIS, on behalf of the father, submitted that the Court would not interfere ; for although he had con sented during the time of the grandfather's life to the children being under his care, yet he had strong objections to the daughter being under the care and control of per sons who might bring her up in a very different manner to that which she had hitherto been. The VICE-CHANCELLOR considered that the course pur sued by the father, in acquiescing for so long a period to his children being under other management than his own, gave the Court jurisdiction over. him. His Honour would, therefore, grant the prayer of the petition, subject, how ever, to anything the young lady, whose presence the Court would require, might have to say. The young lady, who is not 16 years of age, had not made her appearance in Court when our reporter left. It is generally rumoured in the Courts this morning, that Mr. Rolfe has been appointed Solicitor-General. COURT OF KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY). (Sittings in Banco.) CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST THE MORNING CHRONICLE. At the sitting of the Court this morning the ATTORNEY GENERAL moved, on behalf of Mr. Gregorie, the Police Magistrate of Queen-square, for a, rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against Mr. Henry Northcote Ward, one of the registered proprietors of the Morning Chronicle Newspaper, for a libel upon him in his Magisterial capacity. The only object Mr. Gregorie had in view was to vindicate his character, and thereby enable him to exercise his functions as a Magistrate, which he found it impossible to do so long as such libels were allowed to circulate with impunity. The grounds upon which the Learned Counsel founded his application were as follows :—On the 31st July last a person named Henry Coxeter, driver of one of Shillibeer's Greenwich omnibuses, was summoned before Mr. Gregorie, on a charge of ob structing the way opposite the door of Messrs. Taylor, shoemakers, No. 53, Charing-cross. The man, although cautioned by Mr. Gregorie that it would not avail him, persisted in pleading guilty, and as he had been pre viously convicted of a similar offence be was fined 40s. In the next case a person named Cooper, driver of one of Wheatley's omnibuses pleaded guilty to a similar charge, and was fined I Os.—it being his first offence. Mr. Shillibeer came to the office after the case against his driver had been disposed of, and in consequence of the impropriety of his conduct Mr. Gregorie directed one of the officers to remove him. Mr. Shillibeer met Stephen Davis, the time-keeper at Charing-cross, outside, and collared him, stating that it was all his doing, and Davis having com plained to Mr. Gr4gorie of the assault, a warrant was granted against Shillibeer. The following day an account of these several transactions appeared in the Morning Chronicle, which the learned counsel read at length. This account was substantially true, and of this Mr. Gregorie did not complain. But on the 14th of August following there appeared in the same paper a publication from the editor, in which Mr. Gregorie was accused of the grossest miscon duct as a magistrate, in refusing to hear the defence of patties accused.. It appeared that on the Saturday pre vious Coxeter had been summoned for a similar- offence, r. Hu preys appeared to defend him, and the A - case was is The learned counsel here read the article at length, in which it was stated that Shillibeer had suffered in his popket, in consequence of the magistrate's departure from the first principles of justice." The CHIEF JUSTICE—Take a rule. THE KING IP. THE MARCHIONESS OF DEVONSHIRE. Mr. JERVIS moved for a rule to show cause why the ver dict obtained by the Crown in this case should not be set aside, and a verdict of not guilty entered for the defend ant, or a new trial had. It was an action for an ob struction, tried before Mr. Justice Williams, at the last Worcester Assizes. The grounds of the present application were that the nature and position of the obstruction had been improperly described in the indictment. It was de scribed as " a certain common and public footway through the parish of Hommersley, towards and unto the parish church." It appeared that a new parish church had been built for public worship six or seven years ago, and the foot path led to the old and not to the new church. The learned counsel after pointing out the various technical in accuracies in the description, added that the granting of the rule in the present case would have the effect of settling the question amicably between the parties. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Take a rule in the alter native. In the course of the day Sir Robert Graham came upon the Bench for the purpose of being sworn in as a member of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. After the oath had been administered, Sir Robert bowed and was about to retire, when the officer requested him' to kiss the book, and much laughter was occasioned in consequence of Sir Robert hastily seizing the book in his left hand, on which was a glove, and kissing it. The Chief Justice ob served, in an under tone, that that was wrong, and the officer followed the worthy Baronet into the Judge's room, for the purpose of re-administering the oath. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. Rim/taps moved fora rule to show cause why a cri minal information should not be filed against the Rev. Thomas Dean, a clergyman o f H ere f or d, for libeling Messrs. Joseph Higgins and John Jones, Commissioners of Assessed Taxes for that county. The libel was contained in a letter written by the Rev. Mr. Dean in the name of Mr. Har ford, the solicitor of Assesed Taxes, residing at Ledbury, and addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In this letter Messrs. Higgins and Jones were charged with violating the provisions of the Act of Parliament in granting game certificates to improper persons, and their instant dismissal recommended. The letter was written on the 15th May last, and much time was lost in endeavouring to ascertain who the author was, but it had been at length traced to the Rev. Mr. Dean, and, indeed, it was not denied Si that gentleman that tine 'eater -had taen written by him. The Learned Counsel observed that he had several affida vits in proof of Mr. Dean's handwriting, and one from Mr. Harford, denying in the strongest terms that he had ever authorized or empowered Mr. Dean or any other person to write such a letter in his name.—Rule granted. id plaintiff into being told, requested plaintiff to leave the shop ;hatsto 14 . he answered, that he would as soon as he got his tit he had Post in the scuffle, and 7s. 6d. which he bad e °. e.. from his po c k e t ; that, however , would not satisfy' the _ fondant, a nd he called a policeman, an, into whose custody.n,'t gave the plaintiff. He was taken to the station-hous_efe discharged immediately, the inspector refusing, to talk . a lvt charge. These were the facts of the case. To the chrg`i falseperly:mapnridshonadmeanrit right t e tdoefeenvdeatnhtepleaded that he actedd, properly, a l o in order to restore peace in his own house• B e 3 , ippeGiluloeaenmain:dstttlebieadffumnttahfnaaitl(ei‘,hdieri.hnaTpdhrpeosvesriinsgogenrtal)hlacyto nobtneeentiii the trial. a u ul li d e d e ron the o cc e c w es a , s t e b n e ti d tl e e f d en t d o an a t v h e a r d di n e o t usupcebn r : hge bt s , pe a c n i d ai ti ; e t a , b a s well as upon the other one. the spe l e ' i h al e p C le o rt u t n o T b g e ra f n u t r e n d ish th ed e troulteh,eajnuddgoersdred coco Pi es ° a se depended upon the manner in which it wasasdtrhaewnnttliPre• INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT-(THIS DAYS ACCOMMODATION BILLS. — William BILLS.— William Price ..Baskcirleiclior opposed by Mr. WOODROFFE , on the part of a named Garry. The insolvent had been a carpenter and under taker , his debts, in the aggregate, amounted to nea a r L 6001., of which 160/. had been incurred by acceP i tin foed commodation bills. He accepted one for a Men° , i !fi %c o Drayton, to get an acquaintance ou t of p risdn ; this IN 10 given d. to the opposing creditor, and when it becatnedtiee'the tar dishonoured. An action was brought, and the fan' insolvent used was claimed by his mother-in-law th ere ss nothing for the creditors. Mr. Commissioner BOWEN said when a perso ae it tIP if accommodation bill, he ought to be able to take t oe hethe other party could not ; he was embarrassed et. o.cfe _i accepted the bill which was given to the opPes'n°osblo d tor ; he had contracted the debt without anY r ea i s ,jisio r means of paying it, and be sentenced him to five 010 ' t prisonment. It would be a warning to others. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) TIMOTHY V. SIMPSON. This was an action for assault and battery, tried before Mr. Baron PARKE, at the sittings in London after last term, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, with 151. damages upon the first plea, and under the direction of the Learned. Baron, the Jury found for the defendant upon the special plea. Mr. THESSIGER this morning applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict upon the special plea should not be entered for the plaintiff ; or, if not, why there should not be a general verdict in his favour. The facts of the case, as stated by the Learned Gentleman, were these : The defendant is a linen•draper in Bishopsgate-street. The plaintiff and his clerk were passing the shop and saw a large pile of " Challies" for dresses in the window, and one hung over it with a large ticket, stating that they were all to be sold at ss. 11 d. He fancied one of them would suit his wife, and sent his clerk in for it. He tendered the • ss. 11 d. for it, but the shopman said the price of it was 7s. 6d., and refused to let it go for less. The clerk returned to the plaintiff and told him of the case. He then went himself and demanded the dress at the price affixed to it in the window, but it was also refused to him, and some of the shopmen called him" Jew," and a few other opprobrious terms, at the same time telling him that he had not money enough to pay for the dress. It was in evidence, however, that he showed as much money as would have bought the whole lot of challies. High words ensued, he had no doubt, on both sides, and one of the shopmen leapt over the counter and struck the plaintiff, who, having the feelings of a man very naturally returned the blow. The other shopmen , fearing that their comrade was going to get the worst of the affair, got round to assist him, and it was in evidence that the plaintiff was on the ground, and six of the defendant's servants upon him, kicking and striking him, when be (de fendant) appeared upon the stairs from the u pp er part of dna 'misc. He enquired what was the matter, and, on THE MARKETS-(THIS D HAY MARKETS. MARKETS,— At per Load ass Trus ses ." p CUMBERLAND. .. s 3 15 v 5, 5 Coars' heavy Lowland Meadow Hay.. .................... .. .... 4 10 .1 , New Meadow Hay .. ...................... .. ..................... .....• 4 5 5 " 5 10 Useful Old Ditto . . ........... - ....... ,•...- .......... "*"." " l5 Fine Upland Meadow and •Rye.gras..s"Hay ............ • ........ _ 0 1 Clover Hay . . ............... 1 11 0 Oat Straw t: I Bto XI 10 I Wheat ...... .......... , o P 0 SMITHFIELD. i 315 t 15 Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow*Hay ...................... • ..... 4 5 4 b New Meadow Hay ........................... .... .............. , 1 0 5 , Useful Old Ditto . . ......... ... - .................... ~..... ................. .. ; 0 5,5 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass .... ....... . ...... •••••• 4 0 I ' ( lover Hay extra fine .......* 510. . . ... Generally .. -*" • 11% I) Oat Straw .........x, 1 Bto II 10 J Wheat Straw ............ i 5 it ot ° 1 ICoarseyNserfu Meadow Oldl! l earl D o i Meadow tio H a ,: a y .. .. ... ... ... ...... ... ..... . ... . 1 . . .. 1 .. U .. .. .. . N .. .. .. G : ....... I . . ... 1 .. .. F .. .. °... ... .............................. ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....... .. ... 0 4: I I 0: I I I Fine Upland Meadow and . kly . e ... irl - s - Ha .. y ..- .............. ... 315 I Clover Hay ................... . ................. .... .ii Oat Straw 1 . 1 . 8 . ...11 . 11 . 3 . 1 . Wheat ...... .......... 1 ------ —IIA f ) (4,0, ------ COLONIAL MARKETS.—(TIII,S 1 / ` . the ;00 BRITISH PLANTATION SUGAR.---MC arrivals onl y abot it te a lonies are beginning to fall off, and last week ootg'ac, Hhds. were landed. For home use the deliveries hav e 000 flb ere to 2,200 Hhds., and the stock now exceeds 43 ,,,,',vts tb Prices are firm. In the East India and Foreign lip, ..,b is no variation to-day. Refined Sugar is dull of - o f n o COFFEE is in good demand for the finer qualiti,es Gn Plantation, and at the advance noticed in our 'w en ' fine 0 5 r,, 5 fine ordinary Jamaica realize 605. to 82s and ful e ''''' o"' t '' T Facie nary Dominica, 70s. to 83s. 6d. per cwt. in ll there is not much doing. - sb° 1 A a s i', ei p , TEA.—There is a regular and .steady dernanw h a lf 3 . ,ct aS hey a°,,,,,a a'" by the clearances every week, exceeding lfiroonmpcouanodtosnwiesight. lookedT h fo e r s w al i e th s of interest.4,ooo chests OP' ipt tbe \ AU/ t'ireet TOBACCO.—In export qualities (Virginia/ -- in t ~' s• month good business has been done for the North ° be e> 0 4 o t P The Sardinian Government have made p ecru t c l ing t ;n o of 160 hhds. The Stock is now 14,48 6 d e li ver ies bla t , lo mbre than at this time last year. The a 3 ' • were low—only 906 hhds. ~, t, a ° . po i INDIGO. — East India is rather more in reqs —s p r al la t 's r a ie. 4d. per lb. advance has been obtained upon e /- ar trlY " r lb. chased at the public sales, which followed the cl u to a. repo and there is now very little to be had under 3cl i, cale a „; 1, at advance, on those purchased at the last quar ter ' ors 4ill pahuboLuliAtcc2sdroal.eypsEeercf continues G nb i fl i nhUuti higher eairinatshhtaeatavideygone off' with l a , fe l sellers, at present rates, that itPbredevice.oilluansesdra'nitebnstir.et tahiercefit t°s' a r/ci chase good and fair qualities. ortati the home is in more request, both for eSPO fr og of 0 use, and several parcels have been witbdra as ~ market, in consequence of information from Vera s r adv A T N e AT in To pri i c s es h t o h t er in e. h ears 8. ,,a the il' anxious to sell. much demand, i , al e s Ea st an d Or: : til . SALTPETER continues in good demand, lainr-reast4the,public sales have gone Off 61113 t isto 4ts. India Company'hav , soo tons'-for sale on the )) 9ti• TALLow.—The Market is still dull at per cwt. tdleiisspo , .k --.. TWELVE 'C faP -- ..40 CITY, We have again to announce a very great s ° , 3 „, Pr A morning,—only published t o eh rn e i s n o f n g : o — m Sunday, ° t n h i Paris, and not a single ship-letter has been reve l b piL i sf_,,'' B the Exess from Paris only two Fret te n y te , , s `e otv . . ewahtriechofdwOarnoint scepeatian.rrbTehaeceol.tirit:tofl7,o„o thiaivhiiaicsaas.htdabrAnieldgeinneaarmieneaattdotbeeetrheinet2She Ministry. a h in u iot. discussion, Countthe 30.hOfidte h tehh u ieja l t t m . alfioxp,se ' el r s i tst er ' elror ea te : 0, 1•_ eYtohne French mail with t,,...yea. erso.i.ic lative No to na e th u e tio C o or i t s es madew companions, and will not act the Tartu.ff e „; 00 01 n o. bal Cs Bonds. a Mars 0° non-arrival abou tthe 23dof the Jamaica the Administration. fO lll ll Ol e ,haa ts ' e 0 It is the opinion of the West India ree r- tO °ot 1° September, piasc'tktoheastsut ccwaeheihciiharrisr.ticosoceablo,ess; occurred in that islan as a hip from r ° rienced a hurricane on the 22d of September, W u. t her sailing. a/ A tbe g rei tli THE FUNDS• and lo t The turmoil amongst the Spanish Ministry, _„ baff , 2 of Count de la Rosa abandoning his older t, dismayed the Spanish Cortes Bond holders thf ilie b /0: 0 1 0 ; a Radical Administration should be formed , li s bo o/ .O r in union with the Procuradores ; indeed, w e le e 1 0 - e ls! surprised if such an event was really to take P • e g ell fill ° period. is th e The loan for Spain, and nothing but the 10a%5 p . at rr o topic of conversation in the City, with the vaT ens aadts are forming lists. Three or four hundred tPi. s a leii o o l , 6 as a douceur, or a commission on the loan, is an ° .O tor temptation, and we have no doubt it will Proat pi le contest ; y which means the Spanish Govern ,i diP,. agood bargain. We do not hear as yet what took place a where fie, o r t tbe gsi4s:oe manic Stack Exchange dinner yesterday, vr a , v eil the terms of the Spanish loa n was discusse d ' e l financial affairs of Portugal. lg 9 i i' ne lls di e Conols opened at the price they left o , tbe or tae Spanish receded one per cent., owing t,° i P Madrid—from 58f to 571 ; and are now 5 7 t 3. 4043 664 to 1. PAST V "8 Quebec Papers are in town to the 5t ,„ .1 0 not hear they Of • take... contain any news impor _nets. 4,0,,0 We still continue without any to or Ivr_aeo., 0,,, Little is doing in the foreign funds to the Prrc o ir o d" -FM LFh-- oetnber. speculators are waiting a further arrival. fia?,:p_ istr i, bet confirmation of the change in the Spanish Al u IV operate. , 9ll Spanisb, k'7l_ ,i.; Portuguese, 86/ • r og .- i Congols hot been the whole a the Wt" CP' Account. 0 efi v Tilii.o ... ' Consols for t1ie...._.......2Acc0unt 91a i. . ~a Pro MOUNT STEWART.--The spend tbe., c otil lb if chioness of Londonderry intend to d. 05 4) Of their hospitable seat in the north of Ir-lan 'the °d ile tlereagh and Lord A. Hill (Members for_ e ~.,. ewe 0,1 been visitors at Mount Stewart, and also the 0 • borough.) 0 I :i t riff for the county (the Earl of Hills ~T erti la , Alarqu_ls ,40040: of v Ole ic e 7 Go RH AM BURY.--The Countessa y ~__lnieft , s „ Lady Emily Grimston returned andSature _.aseeattuat _th0;01; to Amersham Park. The Earl the v , cours e t ' l of s o 6'i sham to pay a round of visits. I t _ I , accountfriog their magnificent seat will be very gaY, v _ tiler do' i from the Duke of Gloucester and many v 0 14 personages. SCsl'itli VICE-CUII% Oe r ' Cll ROBBERY A T THE Mr Steele, - v ice- v COURT. —On Saturday morning , ' wa s in the,et of sop residing at No. 22, Finsbury-ssitrreicked his P °6l : t ag e ° V when some thie . P a bill _r cob .a d ce r i a l b or n is us C si o a u l d e , a a quantity of letters and papers of on on fil f 0 fa' ° ther case containing . __ sue'citteao P. 14) , memorandums. : on .0 0 Alresford, P of late ; he will leave the Grange , a le days, for the benefit of the baths. e • foto' geo I, b st la • d 'Chanceryt e C the Mr. Alexander Baring has been going fi a nts, No doubt is entertained ,„..,,, lei • itor-Generat. st-° 01l for Falmouth, is to be . .Solic __ ra i ro 4i. ~, lie ,en .4, ted at the Cie 0 A notice has been p?s mail of the sth 11,0ev7,30 9 circles, that Mr. Rolfe, of the General. PP announcing that the American Th e Y e ll the 12th instant. at iO5 formerly priVa t b r olv f St. James's -park was celebrate the t dof,,,t of Charles the Second's time ce to of detained, and that letters will be in time On \" 1 ' ~oe3 , bou t je 1 Ad 'ralty are a icksiwor, . i We understand the mi 1 0 veoels bY I. ..,ter,,, new method of propelling s team h fferala• t be l' 8 0 open to the public in 168 8 . in f tl' AO marble tablet they 0 o It is intended to place arna o f ibe th an inscription 0 of Westminster Housesllwi ~a_en, and struction of both of Pan m of the present custom.—Portsinota escape of the Hall. THE FUNDS.--(THIS D A %11 11 1 11(,,, 14ti tq