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Austrian Bonds lOO i Penivian Bonds Belgian Bonds .9714 I Ditto Account oIN Ditto Account t'•7l4 Portuguese Bonds 7134 Brazilian Bonds 751,( , Ditto Account 71N Ditto Account 75% I Ditto New Bonds ..'2l Ili Buenos Ayres Benda 25 Ditto Acronnt ......... N Is'i Ditto Account 0 . Prussian Bonds lO2 Chili= Bonds ........ ......... 514 ... Ditto Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account .... 27 'Russian Ponds, 1822 le4% ColuratAan Ponds Ditto Account 25 Ditto 111 Ditto Ponds, 1824 Ditto Acmint ....27 I,‘ 5 , Ditto A Bon ce. .5,3 3.3!4 2 5 4 3 ranish Bon 4 '4% .ds, Ditto Account — Ditto Account 3O flreek Bonds French Renter, sp. c. —1 —c Ditto Bonds, '825 .... - Exchange —f —c- Ditto Account — --3 tier cent. ..... —f --c. litnxican Ponds, 5 per cent 3136 --- Exchange —f —c- Ditto Account Dutch, °-1 p. c. snVi nt o, f per cent 40U • Ditto .{count 50414 Ditto Account 40 1 ,1'4 , Ditto, 5 p c. 961 i; 3!, Neapolitan.... ... 89 Ditto Account 96% ----- PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'ctoelr• Paid. Per share. Altcn Mining Company £ 7 9!4 Anglo Mex. Min. ,o. it. at 51. pm , £lllO 2V4 !Wanes Mining Compan) .. ....... —......f 150 137% Brazilian Mining Company £s 15 Brazilian Tun). Min. ( 7,, . Ass. at 5/.pm.) £2fl CCII , Ditto Macaubas C0cae5................” % 29 1 4 Ditto St. John Del Rev Cata Branca Mining Company 334 8 British Iron 'Mining Comnanv £so 244 Columlatn Milling Co. 'ins st 5/. pm.) 521 , 6 9 1 4 English Miring Company 1254 25 General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo - Mexican Mining Co £4B Real del Monte Mining Co.— (unreg.) I niteri Vex rain. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.; 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp .. . 10 Protector insurance Comp. Australian Co. ...... ........—.— VI% Canada Companv lB General Steam Navigation Co National Provincial Bank of England 15 Rio Doce ... 2 Yrrrincial Rank of Ireland 25 4M4 7 9 1 4 14 11N £1 6 0 2514 51 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN. FEB. 26 Bank Stock 2I4N Consols, 1 Der rent Ccv. Stock, 35; per cent 9 8 34 Ditto, New ...........».« MN! 4 per Cent.... ....... Cov. Deb. 3t6 percent :l.7i Royal anal Stock Grand Canal Stock ‘247i City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 D. c. 4% 4. Patrick I nsur.(per Share Royal Irish Ditto lklational Ditto Patriotic Ditto I Elibernian Bank 2334 Provincial Ditto ..... Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co, of Ireland Commercial Building's .14GE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.. 1, 12 44 Ditto, at sight.... ...... ~ .. 12 21 Rotterdam .2U 12 41 Antwerp 12 44 Hamburg M.B. 13 11 Altona I'3 11 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 Ditto 2 U. 25 70 Bordeaux 25 '75 Berlin 7 Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. Petersburg!), ruble, 9 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 0. 2 M. 9 5n Trieste do 9 57 Madrid '36 3 4 Cadiz 17 Y 4 Gilboa 96 V 2 Barcelona ............ 26% Seville 36 Gibraltar 47 Leghorn 48% Genoa es 65 Milan 31 Venice 47 Naples . 40!4 Palermo peroz. 123 I.isbon 52 Oporto S3U Rio .Janeiro 'l7 Bahia Bl Buenos Avres Dublin, 21 clays' sight 1 1,4 Cork 152 BULLION, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars .l 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverhars, standard 0 4 11,1 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-111ORROW. Morning... " minutes after 7. I Evening... 32 minutes after 7. NOTICE. In a few days, when the arrangements for that pur pose are accomplished, The Sun will be conside rably enlarged, and printed with a new and beauti ful type, cast expressly for this Paper by the cele brated Alex. Wilson and Sons, of Glasgow. ' t4) • LOYDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1834. The army estimates were last night brought forward by Mr. ELLICE, in a speech as remark able for its clearness and straight-forward character, as for the singular circumstance that it obtained the unqualified approbation of Mr.NUME. This, on a question of economy, is indeed high praise. The Hon. Men;ber for Middlesex said that he had heard, with the greatest satisfaction, the speech of the Right Hon. Secretary at War, and he must in candour state that during the whole of his parliamentary life, a more open and more manly exposition never fell from a public ser vant of the Crown. This testimony from one so competent cannot fail to be highly flattering to Mr. ELLICE himself; but it must prove to the people at large the sure progress which is in :king in reducing our establishments gene. rally to the lowest possible point consistent with the interests of the country and the due fulfilment of the service: The only thing that at all detracts from Mr. HUNIE'S approbation of the estimates is the pro posed reduction of 9,000 men below that of Mr. ELLICE'S standard. But even this saving clause may be conceded to Mr. HUME, seeing that it would be too much to expect that any estimate, however economical, would altogether please, unless it proceeded from himself. The amend ment was, of course, rejected on a division, by a majority of 281 to 45, leaving 236 in favour of Ministers. We are glad to find that Lord ALTHORP last night, in reply to some observations made by Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL, an nounced his intention of instituting an in quiry into those minor order of teazing and vexatious taxes, which pressed the most heavily on farmers, with the view of seeing if they could not be altogether. removed. We care not how soon his Lordship sets about reform in these matters ; for the Acts of Par liament applicable to them are in many respects so loosely and vaguely worded, that they set all ordinary comprehension at defiance, and, as a necessary consequence, become the source of constant worry and litigation. Surely, as Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL observed, it could never have been intended by the Legisla ture, that horses employed in husbandry should be exempted from taxation, while horses used by shepherds should be sub ject to it ? No sane Legislature could ever seriously have thought of creating such a dis tinction without a difference! Lord ALTHORP last night proposed, in a Committee of Supply, that the Sugar duties for the next year should be the same as for the last ; and that they be continued up to the sth of July, instead of May. An attempt was made by those interested in trad ing to the East to equalize the duties on East and West India Sugar ; but Ministers said that however desirable such a course might be hereafter, it could not be accomplished at present under the peculiar circumstances of the West India colonies, in consequence of the measure of last session. This feeling was very properly acquiesced in by the house, and the resolution of Lord ALTHORP adopted. The speech of Mr. STANLEY on this point was particularly striking, and deserves commendation. The inordinately late period to which the House of Commons protracts its sittings, was tact night very properly made the subject of animadversion by Mr. O'CONNELL. As reform, to a certain extent, is now the fashion of the clay, we hope it will be extended also to this matter. By the French papers of Thursday, we learn that a great number of the work people of Lyons had returned to their occupations previously to the 24th of February, without having succeeded in their object of compelling the manufacturers to concede to their terms. This may have the effect of preventing them from having recourse to combination for some time to come. All combinations founded in injustice eventually re coil on those who are so foolish and so wicked as to promote them. There is no news of interest in these papers from Spain. The Carlists still hold out in the mountainous districts, and occasionally interrupt the communications, but their force wants cohe rence and strength. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, FEB. 927. Five per Cents., 105 f. 90c. 80c. 83c. Four per Cents., 93f. Three per Cents., 76f. 20c. 15c. 20c. Bank Actions, 1,780 f. 1782 f. 50f Rente de Naples, 92f. 30c. 40c. 35c. Roman Five per Cents., 92!4 Bente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 27 27 1 ,4%. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 39 1 A %%. Royal Spanish Loan, 75. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 61m41. Belgian Loan, 1831. Five per Cent., 98% 'A. Haytian Loan, 263 f. 270 E EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 25f. 20c. Three months, paper, 25f. 10c.; money, 25f. 10c. —Cours Authentioue. An article under date of Frankfort, of the 18th of February, says : " We now hear nothing of the negotiations, and even those at Vienna, which so nearly interest all Germans, fail to engage our attention, because the important question of the commer cial convention engrosses people's minds. The question daily becomes more serious, as many of our best informed merchants, as well as many of the citizens, are fully aware of the sacrifices which we must make to the union, and therefore look with anxiety to the future." VIENNA, FEB. 18.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 97 14 ; Four per Cent., 87 1-16; Bank Shares, I,23s.—Allgemeine Zeitung. Brussels Papers of the 27th ult. have been received. They contain the following curious specimen of the bitter feeling engendered by the slow working of the revolution of September. It appears that the " glorious anticipations" have turned to " shameful recollections" in the minds of some of the patriots. It is said that the French Government have sent a very strong remonstrance to the German Confederation touching the outrage upon, and the detention of, M. HANNO, which, it is hoped, may produce a salutary effect : In the Chamber of Representatives the discussion of the budget of the Minister ofthe Interior was continued. On the discussion of chapter XIII., proposing 50,000 francs for the expenses of the national fetes, in honour of the days of September, the committee proposed to reduce the sum to 30,000; M. de Brouckere proposed 40,000 ; Messrs. Hoff smidt and Jullien also opposed the grant. M. Gendebien said—l can by no means support the demand of the Minister. I regret the days of September, and lam ashamed of the triumph which we have obtained, when I look upon all that has passed since. This revolution, so magna nimous, has become the laughingstock of Europe; it has proved only intrigue—only the interest of some, and the ambition of others. The recollection of the days of September makes one sick when I compare the month of Sep tember with the month of February, 1834. Minister of the Interior—l am sorry to hear such words from the mouth of so honourable a citizen as M. Gendebien, that he regrets the days of September. What, then, are the great faults of the government which followed the provisional government? I hope that the Chamber will grant all that is required to celebrate these glorious recollections. M. D'Hoffsmidt.—l too am deeply afflicted to hear from the mouth of so great a patriot words which one would not expect to be uttered except by our enemies. M. A Rodenbach—l am convinced that these words do not come from his heart. M. Gendebien—lf my words were to be interpreted as they have been by an honourable member, as meaning that I have,„ branded the Belgian revolution, they would be blasphemy in my mouth. I, who have constantly remained the friend of the revolutionists, who have remained faithful to my principle of defending the interests of the people, I brand the revolution ? No, gentlemen, those who have tarnished it are the men who have sold their brethren of Limburg and of Luxemburg, who extorted from the Congress the treaty of the 18 articles, who brought on us the disasters of the month of August, who made the treaty of Zondhoven, anti who have caused what has just passed in Luxemburg. I said that as a man of September I regretted all the blood that has been shed, when we have no prospect before us but that of the ruin of commerce, and the disgrace of the country. —(Question.) _ _ _ The sum of 50,000 francs was granted.—Brussels Papers, Feb. :17. Under the elder branch of the House of Bour bon the baton of the mamba►s of France was ornamented with fleurs-de-lis, under Napoleon with bees, and at present with stars. THE KING'S THEATRE.—The opera of La Gazza Ladra was rehearsed at this theatre 1 ist night. Madame Fearon was the Ninetta, and appeared to be in excellent voice. The other characters were allotted to Signori Curioni, Zuchelli, De Angeli. Torre, and Giuhieli, and were well supported. The ballet of La Sylphide, which has been got up very splendidly, was also rehearsed, and is to be presented with the opera to night. The operatic arrangements are, of course, tnerely temporary; and, considering the difficulties with which M. Laporte has had to cont-wl, the weak paints ob servable in them are much fewer than were to have been expected. The choruses are greatly increased ; the band is unusually effective ; and the state of the ballet almost perfect. It was reported in the house that a treaty which h a s been in progress for some time past between Madame Caradori and M. Laporte has been suspended, in coase (pence of some difference as to the terms of the projected ngagement of this lady at the King's Theatre; but as it it now certain that Mademoiselle Ungber does not come to London, and that Mademoiselle Blasis cannot arrive yet, if at all, it is likely that, through the mediation of friends, an arrangement of these differences will be brought about in the course of next week, in which case Madame Caradori will appear successively in .11 Barbiere, La Ce aerentola, and, on the arrival of Ivanhoff, in La Son nambula, s.c. Nothing of any public importance took place Ea the Courts of Law yesterday, which rose for the vacation. At the end of the last year Vienna contained 319.873 inhabitants, being about 70,000 more than Berlin, without including the military or foreigners. The number of males was 150,368, and of females 166.505. Of these it is calculated that 5,000 are in opulence, 5,000 employed by government, and 3,000 servarvs. There are 40 public houses, besides 80 coffee house', and 500 smoking houses. The registered burghers amount to 6,660. and those who have licenses to carry on trade to 4,970. There are about 100 manufac turers' warehouses. The number of bakers is 173, of booksellers 68, goldsmiths 210, tailors 1,554, shoemakers 1,775, iiiners 915, clock and watch makers 200, turners 112, and weavers 130. There are 840 wholesale dealers, and 4,570 retailers. On the let of July last the kingdom of Hanover reckoned 83,915 houses and 1,642,670 inhabitants, whout including the military-- .Frencia Paper. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DA Y FROM LLOYD'S. --- DEAL, FEB. 28.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrived the Har riet, Emit from Mauritius ; and Girolimo, Ivanovich, from Trieste. Sailed the outward.bound. PORTSMOUTH, FRB. 28.—Wind N.W. to E.N.E. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Wind S.—Arrived the Reliance, Walters, from Galipoli ; and Cygnet, Jones, from St. Michael's. FALMOUTH, FEB. 27.—Wind S.W., strong breezes.—Ar. rived the Asia, Bathee, from Madras and Bengal ; City of Ge noa, Whitwell, from Trieste ; and Arichat, Sluce, from Mes sina. Off port the Sibra, Martin, from Port-au-Prince. COWES, FEB. 28.—Arrived the Jupiter, Clarke, from Batavia. STANGATE CREEK, FEB. 28.—Arrived the Delos, Harvey, and Tallyho, Mitchell, from Smyrna. TORBAY, FEB. 27.—Arrived the Brothers, Taylor, from Lis bon. Off port the Postboy, Prouse, from St* Michael's. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 27.—Arrived the Thales, Isbester, from Buenos Ayres; Armata, Redley, from Demerara and Barba. does; Waterwitch, Newry, from Savanilla ; Noma, Dott, from Charleston ; and Pomona, Dunning, from Sicily. GREENOCK, FEB. 26.—Arrived the James Wlnroy, Jeimp, from Demerara. _ _ -... -...-- HARWICH, FEB. :18.—The Doune Castle, Taylor, for Lon don, has been assisted in here in a leaky state, and with loss of anchor, having been on the Gunfleet Sand. Off the Start the Kortenaar, Glazenar, from Batavia. The Merry Maid, Davis, from London to Boulogne, foun dered off Folkstone on Thursday—crew saved. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Samuel Brown, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed June 19, Mauritius Dec. 18, St. Helena Jan 16 ; the Prince George, from Bengal, off Portsmouth, sailed Oct. 11, St. Helena, Jan. 8 ; the Jean Graham, from Bengal, off Dartmouth, sailed Sept. 19, St. Helena, Jan. 6; the Findlater, from the Mauritius, off Dover, sailed Nov. 16 ; the Claudine, from the Cape, at Deal, sailed Dec. 28 ; the Margaret and Aim, from the Cape, at Gravesend, sailed Dec. 13 ; the Mary, from Bombay, in the Downs. - .. Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Clemence, from Pondi. cherry, Jan. 8, and sailed Bth for Bordeaux ; the Abel Gower, from the Mauritius, 12th, and sailed 13th for London; the Meta, from London, 13th. Arrivals at the Mauritius.—The Duke of Kent, from Launceston, Dec. 2 ; the Pearl, from Calcutta, 4th ; the Ann, from Muscat, 6th ; the Edward, from Calcutta, 7th ; the Lady Leith, from _Hobart Town, I Ith ; the Stirling, from London, 12th; the Susanna, from Sydney, 13th ; the Anthony, from London, 14th; the Andrew M`Kean, from the Cape; the Fame, from Rio ; the Eleanor, from Ceylon; and Defiance,from the Cape, 14th; the Emma Eugene, 15th ; and Albion, 16th, from London. Departures from the Mauritius.—The Mary, for Leith, Dec. 3 ; the Emulous, for Calcutta, 3 ; the Antoinette, for Madras, 9; the George Canning, 14; the Reliance, the Judith, and Brazi lian, for London, 15. Arrivals at the Cape.—The Lord Hobart, from St. Helena, Dec 6 ; the Coventry, from London, 12 ; the Mary, from Rio, and London, from Bombay, 26 ; the St. Helena, from Crosets, 27 ; the Lady Kennaway, from Calcutta, 27; the Ulysses, Euphrates, and Bolton, from London, the Broughton Castle, from Leith, 24th. Departures from the Cape.—The Gibraltar, from Calcutta, Dec. 8 ; the Coventry, for the Mauritius, and Columbine, for London, 21 ; the Cape Breton, for Liverpool, 26 ; the Harriet, 22; the Mary, 17, and Leda, for London, 19; the Euphrates, for Bombay, 26. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) BUSINESS IN THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, that in consequence of what had been communicated to him a few days ago, regarding the difficulty that had taken place in some instances of getting through the business in the Registrar's-office, he had inquired into all the circumstances. The result satisfied him that no blame whatever was attributable to the registrars themselves. They had done every thing they could to facilitate the business and to get rid of it ; but the fact was, that the clerks that had been appointed under the new regulations were too few. He had, on leaving the Court yesterday, gone immediately to the Treasury, and was enabled now to state that, from the addi tional arrangements which had been made, the inconvenience that had been felt would not be experienced again - - -- - LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. ABSTRACT OF MR. O'CONNELL'S BILL TO SECURE THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. 1. That no ex officio or other information, at the suit of his Majesty's Attorney-General, or of his Majesty's coroner and attorney of the Court of King's Bench, whether with or with out the leave of the Court, shall be tiled on account of any libel after the passing of this act. 2. That no indictment shall be prosecuted for any public libel, upon any allegation merely of the criminal intentions of the publisher thereof, but that it shall be necessary in every such indictment to allege, and to prove at the trial, that the libel therein set forth was published to aid or abet, or to counsel or advise, or procure, the commission of some crime for which a person may now by law be indicted as an accessory before the fact. 3. It shall not be necessary to aver that the crime was com. mitted. 4. None but the party aggrieved to prosecute for a personal ibel. 5. No action for written or printed words, unless the same words actionable when spoken. 6. The truth may be given in evidence, to enable the jury to decide whether criminal or not. 7. Notice to retract to be served on publisher, and proof of bona fide retraction a defence. S. If the author be disclosed, and sufficient proof furnished against him, the publisher not to be prosecuted. 9. If the prosecution fail against the author for want of proof, the publisher to be liable to the costs of that prosecution. 10. The prosecutor not entitled to a special jury without consent ; but the defendant may have a special jury. 11. Counsel for the prosecution not to reply unless evidence be given for the defence ; and if such counsel speak to evidence, defendant's counsel to have the ultimate reply. 12. No attachment against a publication for constructive contempt of court. 13. Where damages do not exceed 40s. the defendant to have his costs ; no costs to either party where damages do not exceed 201. When damages exceeding 201. and not exceeding 501., no more costs than damages. If damages exceed 501., full costs to plaintiff. 14. This act not to extend to any blasphemous libel, or to any lible on Christianity ; or to any libel on the King or Queen, or for obscenity. 15. Privilege of Parliament not to be affected thereby. 16. It shall not be lawful for any court to sentence any per son convicted of a libel, whether public or personal, to any greater length of imprisonment than a term not exceeding six months, nor to any greater fine than a sum not exceeding 1001., nor to any other punishment than to imprisonment or to the payment of a fine. 17. This act not to extend to accessories who might be con victed under former laws. 18. And not to extend to prosecution for a misdemeanor. 19. And not to extend to Scotland. 20. Repeal of Statutes 40 George 111., c. 96, sec. 10, Irish; 60 George 111., c. 8; 60 George 111., c. 4, sec. 1 and 3. 21. The defendant to be at liberty to prove the libel made and published without his privity. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals to the present hour are few and unimportant, and the express from Paris does not contain any important in formation, either from Madrid or any other part of the Conti. nent. The accounts from Madrid state that M. Villiers, the French Ambassador, was actively engaged with the Spanish Ministry, endeavouring to effect an adjustment of the Portugal question. An insurrection had broken out at Salamanca, but was put down. The accounts from Bayonne are of a more serious nature ; they state that the Carlists were again in pos session of nearly the whole of the Spanish province of Gui. puscoa, and that El Pastor had gone to Vittoria. It is again reported that the Cortes would positively be convoked by the beginning of May. The accounts by the French mail this morning state that they are very busy at the port of Toulon, preparing a number of vessels for sea. ' Letters from Algiers, of the 16th inst., state that discord pre vails there amongst the civil authorities. The Bedouins keep the garrison in continual alarm. It was reported that orders were received for the evacuation of Montangem and Azew, and their garrisons were to proceed to Blada. It is confirmed that the triumph of Constantine was complete, but that he tarnished his victory by the number of executions he ordered, and that he now threatens the French with an attack. Letters from Madrid, of the 17th inst., state that the tran quillity which prevailed to the present time,begins to be threat ened with serious danger to the capital. Accounts from Paris say that Pozzo di Borgo is greatly flattered by the French Government. Several of the Minis ters visit him daily. THE FUNDS. The debates were of great length last night in the House of Commons, and Mr. Ellice brought forward the reduction of the army estimates for the present year, by which it appears there will be a saving of from 299 to 305,0004 Consols, which left off yesterday at 91 % for the Account, opened at 911, with little doing as yet. In the Foreign market Spanish 331 ; Portuguese 72 to 1. As yet we do not hear of any arrivals from Portugal. Sinee writing the above, Spanish and Portuguese stocks have receded each 1 per Cent. HALF-PAST °NE. The saving in the army estimates, with the great majority obtained by Ministers, has had the effect of maintaining the price of Funds this morning. _ . Consols may be quoted at 91i to i for the Account. tip to the present hour we have no arrivals from Portugal ; but a steamer is expected. The private information from Spain is not of a favourable cast ; and it is thought that Rosa will not be able to maintain his situation much longer. In the Foreign Market, Spanish and Portuguese Stocks are not so good as in the early part of the morning: Spanish, 321 ; Portuguese, 71;. THREE O'CLOCK. Console for the Account, 91 DUKE OF YORK'S STATUE.—The colossal lironv statue of the late Duke of York has been just finished by Westmacott ; it is in height thirteen feet three inches, and is an excellent likeness. His Royal High ness is represented in a military attitude leaning on his ,word, which he holds in his right hand, and the drapery of his military costume thrown over his left arm gives to the figure a good effect. The statue will be placed on the top of the column on Carlton.terrace as soon as a strong scaffold is raised from the ground for that purpose, which it will take some time to erect. The raising of the scaffolding will be commenced forthwith. FREEMEN OF BRISTOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—That Mr. Baillie's name should appear in the minority of 38 against disfranchising the Liverpool freemen is not to be wondered at. It is quite consistent with the proceedings of his committees, who spent no less a sum than 25,000/. to secure this gentle man's first election. At the last election his supporters were also obliged to pull out the cash, and that to a large amount, for the same purpose. It would be a pity that such a valuable class of men as the freemen of Bristol should, on a future occa. sion, be deprived of their usual perquisites. I have lived long enough in Bristol to know the prices for the freemen's votes, viz., 15s. for a plumper, and 7s. 6d. for a split. This was only paid them for loss of time, poor creatures I Under the Reform Bill every occupier of a house of the yearly value of 101. gave a vote (this was thought too low by Sir R. Vyvyan) ; but a freeman, though he pays no rent nor taxes, is entitled to vote, Here you have a class of voters without property, paying no rent or taxes. Is not this as bad as universal suffrage ? That one of the first commercial cities in the empire should be dependant on such a class of voters, I shall leave to the judgment of your readers.—l am ONE OF THE OLD FREEMEN, Who is ashamed to be any longer connected with them. THE LONDON COAL TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We respectfully invite the attention of your readers to the existing abuses in connection with this trade, of no slight importance to the inhabitants of the metropolis. It is not only requisite that so indispensable a commodity should be rendered at the lowest figure, but of greater im portance, that facilities should be afforded for obtaining such only as are of the best quality, so well deserving a preference for economy, combined with cleanliness and cheerfulness in burning—notwithstanding of the aggregate arrivals of coals into the port of London, only a fourth are of that description, whilst almost every family relying on the integrity of their coal merchant, is supposed to be supplied with none other. The total quantity of coals imported and sold at the coal market in the past year was 2,006,653 tons, of which were of Stewart's, Hetton's, and Lambton's Walls End (the only sorts known as best), not more than 504,695 tons. We offer a sure protection against the practice, which this fact too plainly demonstrates, by confining our purchases wholly to those of best quality. Perhaps we cannot evince, to the satisfaction of your readers, the integrity of our transactions more decisively than by remarking (and we do it without fear of contradiction) that by the regulations of the trade any deviation would unavoidably expose us to immediate detection by coal factors, masters of colliers, coal-meters, lightermen and others, and as a further test we offer a premium in a reward of 2001. to any person producing the necessary proof that we buy any other sorts than Stewart's, Hetton's and Lambton's, our price for which, including all ex penses, is 265. per ton, for cash on delivery. Orders (post paid) to Purfleet Wharf, Earl-street, Black friars, or Western Wharf, Edward-street, Regent's-park Basin. We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, RICHARD BEARD & Co. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties had a dinner party last evening at St. James's Palace. The dinner was served in Queen Anne's RoOrn. In the adjoining room the band of the Royal Horse Guards were stationed, and performed several pieces in the course of the evening: Among those present were the Princess Augusta, the Baroness d'Ompteda, the Lady of the Hanoverian Minister, the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Marquis and Marchioness of Conyngham, the Earl of Belfast, Viscount Falkland, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir Charles Paget, Sir William Fre mantle, Sir Philip and Lady Sophia Sidney, Sir Henry Wheatley, and Colonel Hill. The King gave audiences yesterday to Earl Grey, the Earl of Albemarle, and Mons. Lichtenberg, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires. The Duke of Cumberland, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia, visited their Majesties yesterday. His Majesty spent Thursday evening with the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. Prince Esterhazy visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Belgic Minister, and Mons. Moraes Sarmento, the Portuguese Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. M. d'Araujo Ribeiro, the new Brazilian Minister, visited the Cabinet Ministers at their respective residences yesterday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lady Julia Howard, in Park.street, Grosvenor-square, from Worthing ; Sir Joseph Copley, Bart., at Morley's Hotel, Tra falgar-square, from the Marquis of Exeter's seat, Burleigh, Lin colnshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Ramsbottom, at ditto, from Kent ; Joseph Shipton, Esq., at ditto, from Warwick ; Andrew Rogers, Esq., at ditto, from Dublin ; -- Cling, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; J. Higgens, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; the Rev. J. Morgan and family, at ditto ; Godfrey Higgins, Esq., at the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Bath ; the Rev. T. Austin, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; the Hon. William and Laly Bar bara Ponsonby, in St. James's square, from their seat, Canford house, Wimborne, Dorset ; E. Davenport, Esq., at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from his seat, Chester ; Miss Mellish, in Great Stanhope.street, May Fair, from her seat, Elamells, Herts ; the Hon. Henry Pierrepont, at Batt's Hotel, Dover.street, from Wilts ; the Rev. Mr. Mills, at ditto. I DEPARTURES. Lord Lilford, from Great Stanhope-street, for his seat in Northeinptonshire; the Hon. C. P. Calligan, M.P., from Dior. ley's Hotel, Trafalgar-square, for Ireland ; More O'Ferrall, from ditto, on a tour ; Colonel Tynte, M.P., from Hill-street, for his seat Haswell House, Somerset; Sir Robert Fergusson, M.P., from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Ireland; Charles Bathurst, Esq., from ditto, for his seat in Gloucestershire; Mr. and Mrs. James King, from ditto; Robert Shuttleworth, Esq., from ditto, for Preston, Lancashire; Colonel Wollaston, from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for his seat in Leicester. shire ; General Bayley Wallis, and the Rev. Mr. Wright, from ditto, for Bromham-park, Bedfordshire; Hon. Mr. Dutton, from ditto, for Sherborne-park ; Mrs. Johnston, from ditto. LAUNCH OF A LARGE STEAM-SHIP FOR HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF NAPLES. This splendid steam-ship was launched on Thursday last, from the yard of Messrs. Fernie and Ord, Limehouse, and is one of the largest' ever built on the river. The Count and Countess Ludolf arrived about half past two o'clock, attended by a very numerous and elegant retinue—the Consul-Gene ral, Mr. Minasi, the Chevalier • Vansitelle, and Flinche The latter gentleman, it is believed, will have to take this tine ves sel out to Naples. The Countess Ludolf performed the usual ceremonies, and the launch took place in the finest style, amidst the shouts of an immense concourse of people. After the launch their Excellencies, and the nobility and gentry at tending, retired to partake of a most splendid collation, pro vided for the occasion, the taste displayed in which, and in the arrangement of the numerous flags, more particularly the royal standard of Naples, seemed to strike the beholders with astonishment. The pleasures of the event terminated with a masquerade, ball, and supper. Another very large steam-vessel is in a state of forwardness for the Neapolitan Government. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GAR There was a great supply at trade with the best Vegetables wise dull, at about last week's d m ci. s. . Potatoes (cwt.) 3 Otos 0 Ca',bages,Savoy(l2) 1 6 3 0 Ditto White 1 6 2 6 Di t to Red ° 0 5 0 Brocoli 1 0 2 Endive 1 0 2 0 Horse Radish (bundle) 3 0 0 Celery 0 6 101 Carro t s .12bunches) 4 0 701 "fornips 2 0 40, Co l ewo rts or Greens 1 6 3 Leeks 0 6 1 0 For. Grapes (per 113.) 0 8 2 6 Filberts Pine Apples (lb.) 5O 7 0 sea Kail (punnet) Small Salad (punnet) 0 4 0 5 HAY M A RKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. IEN MARKET. --- this morning's market, and the was somewhat brisk, but other orices. a. d s. d. Spinach (half-sieve) 0 6 too 8 Apples 2 0 7 0 , Pears 4 0 8 0 1 Quinces 3 0 5 0 Onions 2 0 3 0 1 Seville Oranges (100) 8 0 14 0 1 Sweet Oranges 5 0 10 0 I Lemons 7 0 13 0 II Walnuts 1 0 2 0 I Asparagus l5 0 20 0 l'Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 6 6 0 i French ditto ; French Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Spanish Hazlenuts I Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 i Turnip Greens (bush )0 7 0 9 i Brocoli Sprouts 0 9 1 0 Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 10 to £3 15 Nicur Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 4 0 •1 4 Fine Upland Meadow and stye-grass Hay 4 8 4 12 Clover Hay 4 5 5 0 Oat Straw......£l 10 to £1 12 f Wheat Straw 1 12 1 16 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 10 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and itye.grass Hay 4 0 4 4 (lover flay (extra fine)....£s o...Genetally •at Straw ... £1 10 to £1 141 Wheat Straw 1 14 1 16 ----- - -- HUNGERFORD: Coarse Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay 4 0 4 8 Clover Hay 1 0 5 6 Oat Straw ... il Bto 4 1 10 1 Wheat Straw , 1 12 1 10 MAGAZINE DAY. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. It is fortunate for the interests of this Maga zine,tysh and th ose connected w i th i t, that i t has auxiliaries, but since.he no longer th a t strong polit i cal b i as which ta i nted it some months ou P id ol n it o ic t s b a e r o e s v te e n ry tat w io el u l s a ly s thrust forward —never be permitted to form the leading feature of a literary periodical. Inde pendently of the fact that monthly political dia tribes, no matter how attractive otherwise, must necessarily be hackneyed, in point of theme they mar the harmony--the unity—the concord that should pervade literary publicati ons . They are like a false note struck in a fine piece of instrumental music. The number before us has, fortunately, no such harsh discrepancies. It is uniform in its treatment of, and adherence to, literary matters. We have little space to enter into any analysis of the different articles ; but we may just state, that we like the poetical ones best, and that they are the compositions of the most charming poetess of the day. Need we say we allude to Mrs. Hernans ? The " Willow Song" is exquisitely tender and graceful ; but how is it we find this lady's " Rock of Cader- Idris" inserted as an original poem ? It was one of her earliest effusions, written many years since, and we have read it and admired it our selves, not less than a dozen times in print. In point of vigour, it :is the best thing she ever wrote. " The Ideal in Prose" finds precisely the same fault that we found with Mr. Bulwer's " Pilgrims of the Rhine" in our late notice of that graceful fiction, namely, that the introduc tion of the fairies was irrelevant, and disturbed the sense of reality, which it was the author's object to preserve. We subjoin Mrs. Heman's willow song : Willow! in thy breezy moan I can hear a deeper tone ; Thro' thy leaves come whispering low Faint sweet sounds of long ago,— Willow, sighing willow! Many a mournful tale of old Heart-sick love to thee bath told; Gathering from thy golden bough Leaves to cool his burning brow, — Willow, sighing willow ! Many a swan-like song to thee Hath been sung, thou gentle tree! Many a lute its last lament Down thy moonlit steam hath sent, — Willow, sighing willow ! Therefore, wave and murmur on, Sigh for sweet Affection gone, And for tuneful voices fled, And for Love, whose heart hath bled, Ever, willow, willow BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. Our Magazine Notices must this month be necessarily brief, and fortunately we find nothing in any one of them that calls for particular comment. Blackwood's as usual, is among the best, though he is by no means transcendant in his displays. " The Cruise of the Midge," is of the same school as that admirable series of papers, now brought to a conclusion, entitled " Torn Cringle's Log," and we half suspect the same bold, dashing pen has been at work upon it. " The Trades' Unions" is an able, elabo rite article, though the spirit in which it is written might be improved. Nebuchadnez zar" is a poem awful to look at for its length ; it contains, however, some fine passages. The " Irish Union" is a delightful article, containing one rich and racy defence of rotten boroughs, which we extract for its absurdity : " Let the improvers of our age ask themselves how long Henry Grattan might have gazed outside the gates of Par liament, if he had waited for the enlightened tailors or cobblers of the land to let him in ; or if he had ventured to appeal to their sense of the distinction between his ge nius and the brawling absurdity of some popular politician, or gross dealer in bullocks, with what rapidity he must have been routed from the field? The argument has been repeated a hundred times, and still remains without an an swer. Was there one of the gifted names of English legis lation who ever entered the House of Commons in any other way, or could have entered it in any other ? A country squire may get in, carried on the shoulders of his tenantry, and no one will object to the honest influence of old con nection and family kindness ; but no one will expect to find the honest yeomanry pledges fur Parliamentary brains. A rich manufacturer may be huzzaed in by his workmen ; and of those there are fifty in-the reformed Parliament, with what accession to the wit or wisdom of the house the world has yet to learn. A thriving vintner, who has &bandied the passions of the populace by the beer shop, and exhibited his Parliamentary qualifications by the barrels that he sells and the brutes he has made, may march tri umphantly into St. Stephen's, and blunder himself and the house asleep; but by that door neither Chatham, nor Pitt, nor Fox, nor Canning, nor Curran, nor Grattan, could ever have set their tread on the floor of Parliament. They must have longed and lingered outside—political ghosts, waiting for the boat that was never to ferry them over, and looking with astonislitnent at the train of low and vulgar existence that passed on the simple merit of the money in their hand. It is true that when those men were once known by the multitude they often succeeded in popular election ; but how were they to have been known in the first instance? By the borough alone." FRASER'S MAGAZINE. A cleverish number, containing two portraits of O'Connell and Sheil, with a whimsical ex planatory notice affixed. Shell's likeness is ex cellent. He is exhibited as far gone in a fi t of the horrors, and we would swear to the eye and mouth. "Ireland, and the Progress of the Repeal," takes up the question in a sen sible, straight-forward spirit. The reviewer t sty, e ollr thinks with us that repeal ne v e r can—n e v er will, be carried ; yet, nevertheless , that O'Connell e w is su far compromised, that he cannot back ou , ' even if he would. " Una , the Fair Maiden of V known ottava rims of Byron's Beppo. "Th e i erasers enna; is in the C sm o a rr r e t i ~, lively is ely a poem, passable h story, legend, from the pen of the Ettrick Shepherd. Hints for a History of Highwaymen," is a humourous notice of a very common-place book that has lately made its appearance. We sub join an extract, with which we must close our hasty notice : n e l r l i e b n u ry s_ S a i t m i s i u v h r n o , i e n x p I ;e f te if e once, u f ieh his / is just muftis i ad / g nation against thieltakers, rode in the evening into Chan eery-'ane, and knocking at the door of a man, whom he suspected of having improperly busied himself about his movements in Epping Forest, demanded to see him. The man's wife, who answered the summons, by the light of a candle, which she held in her hand, and whose rays were then necessary to dispel the darkness of that unfrequented thoroughfare, saw the glittering barrel of a brass-mounted blunderbuss; and having her suspicions slightly moused, she shut-to the door in ' Young Gentleman Harry's' face. He proved his claim to this his usual title by not sending a bullet after her, as a low-bred ruffian might—and cer tainly an O'Connel Tint -payer would—but rode off to an other house in Holborn, whose inmate he threatened with destruction ; but alter venting his displeasure wirli a few oaths, he turned his horse's head towards the Greyhound Inn, in Drury-lane, where be passed the night in the calm peaceful slumbers incident only to unoffending inno cence. Rate-payers of St, Andrews and the Rolls, rejoice and frisk beneath your bunions ! what vre have brie& narrated took place about a century ago. L ema n Harry" The moraiag after these evening calls, " Young Gentl le t off for Epping Forest ; and, after dining at Stratford, rode nut on the Romford road, and meeting a chaise, robbed its passengers within sight of a public -house, at theback. do°r of which several people were drin kin g on horse e d inpora mutanter—the Essex farm er now jogs past l lford r porker, t e B i rkin g bogs with the price of his fat beeves in h is an nor trembles as he trots ; for Turpin has no cave i n Epping Forest now." TAIT'S MAGAZINE. We have se e n better numbe rs than the pre . sent , but it is by no means an indifferent one. O. P. Q. we perceive (the late well-known Pants correspondent o f the Morning Chronicle) Is enrolled amon g th e co ntributors, an d is to fur nish Tait with s k e t c hes, which h e no dabt by, we suppose, Mr. de Quincy, will execute with tact and discrimination, of the most celebrated literary and political characters of the . continent. There is a very animated auto-bi ographical sketch in the present number, mean awork which once made some noise --we the Confessions of an English Opium -eater. the author of UNITED SERVICE J 0 URNAL. The article which will be read with the most interest is the " Events in Spain, from 1813 to 1823," which are narrated impartially by one who, it is plain, has been an observant eYe" witness of the events he undertakes to describe• The remaining papers are of the usual average• ASIATIC JOURNAL. A most copious Indian obituary, which must deeply interest the Nabobs at Cheltenham and other fashionable watering places, is attached to this number, in which we also find some verY curious particulars respecting the various plants , shrubs, &c., noxious and otherwise, that are to be met with among - the Himalaya mountains• BRITISH MAGAZINE. . g This grave and clerkly periodical, which . scrupulously devoted to the interests of the hiwi church party, contains some MS. letters of the late Bishop Horsley, which will be found lic . ceptable to those—a limited number now vr e believe—who are at hom e in th e discussion of subtle and abstruse points of divinity. It coo' tains also a sketch of Barton church, N o rthamr, tonshire, which has a very reverend cathed ra ' look about it. MONTHLY REPOSITORY. A well edited work, and by no means deficie n ; in spirit, but containing too great an infusion °: political bitters. " Coriolanus no Aristocrat will amuse ; but we have no room for e ven th e briefest extract. SPORTING MAGAZINE. Of the merits of the various sporting CO21 a munications contained in this number of work, excellent, we believe, of its sort, we cana l undertake to give account, for we have nothing of the Nimrod in our compo sition ; the en ; gravings, however, we can see , at g l a nce, ar executed with singular skill and ability. IRISH MONTHLY MAGAZIO' ;ni This Magazine would have been much proved in spirit, if the tuneless, vulgar, sn malignant address to . Mr. Spring Rice ha be h erl omitted. Possibly the author conceits t hat 1 is a Juvenal. He is mistaken. „ Ra mbles 0 6 a Discontented Gentleman" i s agreeable, desPit its title. O v. B C E C of the R C e The bestis t he sKet or, Many Thin article in this number Things s i n C olton, F S e w Mv Words" 0 L is con i ; MAGAZINE Sketch 5:111.(11 rather have been entitled " Few Things ill 1V131 : 3 1 Words." Ihe sketch is evidently from the. P ete of one who was well acquainted with the ptl ; and public character of the eccentric origiln and, though drawn with a very unflattering P ro , shows much truth and shrewdness of °bse old tion. " Criminal Characters" is of t h , e , h it Bailey school of literature, —a s chool wi e ' seems, is now getting into fashion. LADIES' MAGAZINE. We have here a portrait of Tetrarch's aL'iursi; which is that of a very lovely young '7/011/pe: who might turn a wiser brai n than even trareh'e. As it is still a matter of consideral3es doubt whether there ever was such a be in g he Laura—whether, like the Egeria of Num' g i n , were not the creation of the poet's o wn b rli bu of course this portrait is not to be sworn the moir of the late Miss Anna though we dare say it is just as authentic as _ majority of the likenesses of the early. Italian, worthies. Among the literary WOOS IS 3me Toner , Maria which is marked by much feeling. ENCYCLOPtEDIA OF GARDEN ING kg One of the cleverest and most readable Wo ce • of the sort, embellished with a variety of g r A a o , ful and appropriate wood-cuts. Nir. 1 4 °° , -- ro l a high authority on a ll rura l and agr ic ' t° matters, is the editor. is a highly valuable com , ' this number, entitled, t, Towerns' QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF . 411-11 CULTURE• l io n in There tioni r a tio r n • bou " ses,The Qu 3 r . matters, will be read with attention. or terly Agricultural Report is also well which, to those interested in suc, a O W"' BITS. r ,.. 4 On the 23d ult., the lady R ofH C. C. PePYs, "-- i;.' lady daughters, of whom one did not long surviNe its birt die On the 25th ult., at Maze-hill, Green wich-Parl" of Stacey Grimaldi, Esq., of a daughter. 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