The Sun. — London, England, 1834-12-09 00:00:00

C °tIRT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) the SOL CLERKS OF COURT. t he siciTon-.G ENERAL at the sitting of the Court stated ''n era u l a petition of one of the clerksin the Accountant- N e d b s °ffiee, praying that in consequence of being pre i 't Y ll health f rom atten di ng hi s d u ti e s, he might be th he usual retiring pension, four-fifths of his salary ; a t , as the other clerks in the office would be promoted in • ne nce, the A ccoun t an t-General might direct that ihsalaries should be arranged according to such change. '4 r e Lan CHANCELLOR, in making the order according to ree a yer of the petition, said that he believed he was acting a ° l Y to the practice adopted by Lord Eldon and Lord ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) 'ol: tin 48 of no general interest occupied Hii Honour the It o -Qr ning• His Honour postponed giving judgment in s i; v• Cockburn till to-morrow morning. His Honour only bef ore twe l ve o'clock, having nothing to goon with. VICE- CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) oHis ° nour the VICE-CHaNcati.ott, on taking his seat, or the convenience of the Bar, that it was the inten klit the Court not to sit after the termination of the present ( Christmas), until the first day of Hilary Term. ttt ss e is cc 'urt, as on the former motion day, was crowded to 'lp tet u3 7 members of the congregation of the Tabernacle, in rp st at !on of the motion being made by Sir Edward Sugden 'o t h e ro ln the Rev. Mr. Campbell from demanding entrance s i Pulpit of that chapel.. The motion had not been made k g ' cl ' i lls to our reporters leaving ; and although Sir Edward ktii i e t il l in the course of the morning, intimated that it was 1)4 ell it would come on, such was the anxiety of the per k! l lt 'sent to hear it, that they remained in Court, doubt 4);fc' t heir own inconvenience—at any rate, with very little ort. C URT OF KING'S BENCH.(THIS DAY.) ---- THE KING V. COOKE AND DONLAN. be s was an indictment of a similar nature to that reported 1 4 4 Paper of yesterday. The defendants, Michael Joseph Cuonlan, who had been formerly a tailor, and Samuel an agent, and one of the trustees to the living of Kil .1?; in th e diocese of Elphin, county of Roscommon, Ireland, c harged with having fraudulently conspired to obtain a 11, :r t4 ' money from the prosecutor, the Rev. Joseph Brett, un -Ipretence of being able to procure him the living of % ir k% they well knowing that they had not the power to l i ,! ; ,,birn said living ; and that the defendants did obtain I ftir t i;"" Prosecutor a sum of 4001., and bills of exchange for Si 7 sum of 5751. under such pretence. r mEs SCARLETT and Mr. t):','°n, and Mr. PLATT and Mr. JUSTIC E for t he defend h tan—the defendant Cook appearing in person. N t e l Rev. Joseph Brett, the prosecutor , was examined at witl lti ngth, and detailed the various circumstances connected I ,tl l , c e negociation. He had given no cash , but had g iven A),,f 4 rst instance a memorandum for 4001. to the defendant bapi all, and subsequently bills to the amount of 5751., as i k i l ll , had i n f orme d hi m that a sum of a thousand pou nds I hh tt l 'e necessary. Witness had subsequently an interview p m he defendant Cook, who told witness that 500/. was the GN ie reed u p on b e t we en himself and Donlan , an d ex io surprise at Donlan demanding a thousand pounds. Said that the living was in litigation between the S' es arid the Bishop of Elphin ; tha t one trial had tie already decided in favour of the trustees, and that ;`14)11, Was no doubt that the House of Lords, before N - T case would be brought, would finally decide i n fa °ftne trustees ; and he engaged to put witness in pos oo the 4th of November. Witness had never since oh pe %L t ile preferment he had been promised. Mr. Lloyd, kit i -w, incumbent of the living of Kilglass at the time, is Ti l ihent. kto e t , Witness was cross-examined by Mr. PLATT, and the oit t jacts as wer elicited at the ial sterday, were ad- SZbut stated e in addition that h tr e had ye .obtained the perpe- Lb47ey of Cringleford, in Norfolk, in the . ye ar ,1802 or : 4 4 ue had done the duty there for nearly 20 years, and had rl sum of one thousand pounds upon the curac y . It k ati .' 4 4 ° tCY six weeks since he had been discharg ed from p rison. rri e , °lll ey had been employed by Mr. Cook to p re p are the After ton of the living. 4the examinaiion of three other witnesses, ktst , j' PLAT T su b m itted that the indictment could n o t be !'rt ille d• There must be a fraudulent int ent on the p art kt k ," Persons charged with conspiring , a nd in the p resent SC.° it Was shown that Cook was really the trustee to % ivk in g—that a decision of the Court of Exche q uer had "a, q itled in his favour, and that the re had been a bona I k e„hut el m ,ment of a legal gentleman to prepare the neces y deed for th e presentation of the living. 1' J USTICE followed on the same side. kt e 3 ,, i rd DENstAN said that they must be satisfi ed that the , tl t4 gaots had cons pi r ed by false pretences to obtain divers ' 4eti l tlf money from the prosecutor. The question w as ttilb i e r they h a d th e power of procuring the living which kt b4 ee n Promised. It did not appear to him that the n- Nt4 erlt h a d b een sus t a ined by the evidence — the ques tion Mi1 k , 144 as t o th e gre at impropriety of a trustee or a g ent I Pir ri ° I lls right and interest in a livin g ,but whether he con moped With another to cheat the prosecutor o ut of his Ii ` 3., by holding out to him a promise of procuring a liv- Si , r teh he had not the power to procure. JADES SCAItLETT agreed with the view of the evi ce taken•by the Learned Judge, and 'e Jury m :mcdiately acquitted the defendants. DUBLIN. (FROM OUR ow N _cORRESPONDENT.) " Guild of Merchants,' which forms the Praetorian 'lnd of ou r Corporation Legion, had a meeting on Wed kesd ttly ay to add ress t h e King. It would kl..dden the heart of Lord Winchester himself—dearly as he loves the good k 4 'e —to marc h through Temple- b ar at t h e h ea d of such 'bad of merchants. P' Ir st came John. Judkin Butler, the City auctioneer, 4i , v t le stake in the Constitution consists in the fees he re -11,4,es for selling by auction the unredeemed deposits in the ke's of the pawnbrokers. He reasonably enough con tq'N that the Whigs have forfeited their pledges, and are el: for nothing else but to be.knocked down. This nzer tt:t boasted that he was an Orangeman, and stated with Vet to that Society, that it is not a political body, nor t any bad feelings to the Roman Catholics !" Morri son , planner and builder of houses, professed.. Self a Reformed Liberal. He was a Liberal , when it of 00t, the fashion to be so ; but now be' has taken leave 42 1, and plaster, and blesses the King, so he does, for irstrncting his Cabinet. /4, 1 1 •• Si ree , a gentleman attorney, and conseque ntl y a 74,,:apist, h a d a legal antipathy to the name of an Orange 4, Ng heart was orange, but he thought " Protestant ' ' ?, and nlore genuine term. He thought they should % ar ,""e Word Orange. " Here," say the Papers in the interest, " several gentlemen stood up and thumped ; 4 ° l e, while they loudly vociferated Never, never: " qtar " gentlemen" pay not much regard to the authority . of 14 4 sPea re on the doctrine of odours. They do not think 4rl s : b e name of Protestant would express, even in their t0 t , 44 ° 1 that word, all that is meant by the spirit-stirring ttt le . r .,°f Orangeman—and of a surety, they are right. A r rotestan't is distinct from . an Orangeman , as a as ‘ !' 11 is from an alguazil, or a merchant from a ped lar. ` ` Harcourtree Lees (The Reverend !) reproved Mr. Si -112 Is evidently no derivative from wire, to know) - : : "ning the name of Orangemen. His Reverence Whilst there is a drop of blood circulating through t he d t ins, I will advise the loyal Orangemen to resist t l o , trth any measures againgt their rights and privileges. Pat a t'eourt Lees is a beneficed clergyman, and has a kit t :, s4 atit congregation; in the county of Monaghan, coin , to his spiritual " A dece priest, g where Dutchmen are the gods." "f arcourt took unto himself the whole and sole cre-;.ht ee t i' t tng overthrown the late Cabinet. " L'intrigue is his honest and candid avowal. "It was my duty," says he, " to communicate to the King, that 4 , 1 1(1,2,, f his Ministers were guilty of misprision of treason ;" ,tbat R - '"fonte derivata Glades ! It is a well-known fact, Za‘ \ : - ;: r Harcourt saw the House of Lords on fire from his , 4 ‘,41,.. 1- i s g - rontn windows, near Seapoint, and he wrote to the 9 14 ° 4 1 1 the following post, to denounce Mr. Littleton (at tray „ e resident in the Phoenix Park) for having fired the 5 , , , that burned it. Sir Harcourt seesfarther off —at a dis- Siti'lh4n any other man or merchant in the United t he °1 ; and already has he discerned a speck in 4 i !s• e °, l '`z ( in, which leaves him not quite at ease as to the 4 1—'8 a the Wellington arm of the new Government. 11\t'uts no trust in Peel, nor any confidenc e in the Prince rohlterloo : whence it appears that the Reverend Ba 4eto 48 not 20 big a donkey as the generality of his friends . to take him for. The presinit Lord Stanley is, the fO r h i3e rlon on whom he would absoNtely pin his faith, Ile It s never . betrayed his tr . ust . or violatet , hIS ' principles. hi e inanliness, sound principle, and religion 1 . .t0 guide lgb,hat an unkind and unforgiving cut at the trai,ors t t e n g i ve no w enumerate d the orators :vim spoke in favo ur. th e klilddress from the Guild of Merchants f.) f Dublin to tkr so, 7 a broker—a mason—an attorney—anti a wild . Pst 0 is moreover a sinecure officer in the General th e i f L lee• Voila t ons ! Such are the princely merchants hg übli n C or p ora ti on ! Th e y b r i ng to mind a stand -14,,0rti!" in th e Bay of Dublin on the subject of our inz 'ollow. A Wickl ow boat passes the Lighthouse, and the ! i lai . d i ng dial ogue i s supposed to ensue b etween th e coast , .atid th e steersman :—" What is your cargo ?" te,o:ll2sits!nd timber." "Of what kind ?"—" Potatoes and c.._' l 9 Lord 2layor has directed a Court of Common p, e ' ‘ ',lica to b ,, _ . 4 14'; 18e1 Y, to' su Trnone :l_ for Friday next, at twelve o'clock 1 ;11-rat upon the answer of his o est ) , to _receive and de.... s-- e , - s , i . di s 4 lko ner "9 address of the Loru 2 a 3":.. Aldermen, argl nlis sa i s, In Common Council assembieu, rperardinff the of his la t e Mini s ters. ORK. UN. indent pape r ,bservant of, divines, AV 11 o no-, essay to in '' , the lrlsh )ace of your `er Peac e , , )f this at t i; a speei llie o " —theseill— , ementat. .vant, JSTITIA• 1. oda * ting ti.fisf s on Tharg t) (taken) met ) ken) , colt (toe Mterfie l.'s get St e q ii C3bUrY otli i n eitri c CL O G,?' 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'994 ........ ...-" tha t oe iatc e l P re o inistro hji . r idgy c Ste be r r, g t O r t W en Ile f r t er,,!" 1 ' 3 i„tlrse bo !lng vote ores on°' le gr° . ..... - NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND. millions, and Ireland had never beyond seven or eight millions in the highest state of the paper currency. (Hear, hear. ) What do I do myself? My entire property is in it. ( Hear, and cheers.)—l may indeed be told I am but a tenant for life; and that my property is not very extensive. Why, it is my all. ( Hear, and continued cheering.)--If I be a tenant for life, I at least would lose my entire interest. My eldest son has embarked his property in it ; we float in the same bottom, my own and his interest are involved. (Hear. )—And if my eldest son be dear to my affections, there is another gentleman whose children are bound to me by as strong a - tie as that of my son's. Your property, too, Sir, is equally involved. If the poor then suffer by this bank, they cannot do so until my grandchildren are beggars. ( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) I shrink then from no responsibility. ( Hear and cheers. ) I did not propose this plan until I had taken every precaution to provide for the Irish people, and that there should be the fullest security for the noteholders. ( Cheers.)--What then are the advantages that I propose to the shareholders ; because whatever political or personal sacrifices I might be required to make for the national good, I could not call upon a commer cial man to embark in the speculation, unless I proved that it would be profitable to himself. It is intended that the profits of the bank will be divided amongst the shareholders. In the Provincial Bank we perceive that the result has been, that every man who has embarked money in it has not only received a large interest upon it, but there has been an addition to it of 90 per cent. A friend of mine who had embarked a large sum in that bank had occasion to sell his share the other day, and there was an immense increase in his capital. (Hear, hear, hear. )—I do not know the exact amount, I am told 92 per cent. on the original capital, but I do not come to canvass the details of the Provincial Bank, farther than it illustrates the profits made by it. What is the plan which we propose to et bablish ? To have local branches in every district that calls for it in Ireland. The plan of a local branch in Dublin I shall speak of presently. It will be within the meaning of the sta tute law, and without infringing any law. I have stated that the Provincial Bank has increased in its profits under good management. We know how its profits arise, but there are other means by which we propose our local banks will be equally useful and profitable. We propose that each local bank shall carry on its distinct business in a safe paper currency, fitted to the commereiel business in the locality in which it is established ; but we also give to the country the benefit of cash credits. Wherever there is a security entered into with a bank against loss, there a cash credit will be given. This has been found most useful in Scotland—it has conferred great advan tages upon both countries, and we will give to Ireland the be nefit of the Scotch plan.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The provincial bank has not hitherto availed itself of this plan,and it never could upon the basis on which it was established. It is a plan which must confer great advantages upon the local shareholders.—( Hear.) The shares, it is intended, shall be as small as possible—l believe they will not be higher than 51. shares. So, that every man who has put down his name for a 501. share will get ten 5b shares instead of one. Whatever sum be subscribed in each locality—if it be 5000/. or 50,0001., or 100,000/., that instant the capital there will be doubled by the receipt of a similar sum from England. The very instant that any locality subscribes a particular sern--or if that lo cality increases its capital, and its share becomes more ex tensive—that instant, whatever be the sum it commands, it is doubled from England.—( Hear, hear, hear.) We mean that this bank shall be placed upon a basis which must do good throughout Ireland, and that wherever a bank is wanting, and that the people are convinced it would be for their good and advantage to have one, it will be established there. This establishment, too, means to pay a reasonable interest upon deposits.—( Hear.) It holds out-these advan tages to the country—the speculation upon actual capital, and not imaginary capital, and the amount must be made before we begin to trade. We have all the credit of such a capital—we can extend the operations of a secure capital to a sufficient extent for all local purposes. This is my plan—it enables the country to have a safe and secure capital, and to enjoy a pro per circulating medium for all the necessary purpoSes of busi ness. There will be perpetual inspection of • accounts—a monthly return from each locality, and there will be a power in the London Committee of winding up the concern, if there should be a want of caution, and unnecessary losses incurred. But a great security for proper management will be found in this, that it will not rest with the individuals who are themselves shareholders in those localities to elect their own managers. The election of those managers will, to be sure, be subject to the controul of the gentlemen who are the directors in London ; for if the name of a person who is not found to be fit is elected, he can be returned, and the localities can elect another in his place. This is only giving to them who are responsible for all, a proper controul in their own concerns.—( Hear, hear.) Of course the motive in each locality will be to nominate the fittest men. No man can vote who has not a property in the stock of the bank, and each will be anxious to elect him whom he considers the best suited to take care of his property, and make it advantageous to him.—( Hear and cheers.) These are the plans, and this the basis, upon which we wish to establish the National Bank of Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) I may be told it is unnecessary. I tell you that it is necessary, if it were for nothing more than to prepare for the period, and I distinctly avow it, in which the Bank Charter will expire.— ( Hear and cheers.) When that period does come, I hope the National Bank will be able to meet and put down the mono poly.—( Hear, hear.) If the Government should at that time want a loan, by way of security at the time the Bank Charter expires, if I do not mistake we will be able to offer it to the Government upon as good terms as the Bank of Ireland. And then there is that shop in College-green,—it cost them I am told 70,000/. or 80,0001.—it may be bid for, unless in the interval it shall be wanting for any other purpose which I shall riot allude to now. And you, I know, do not understand me at all.—( Loud laughter.) Here I should sit down merely proposing the adoption of the resolutions, and discussing in a few words our capability of having a bank in Dublin. I am now a lawyer of some experience, and I have looked with great attention through all the statutes, and my conviction is, that we shall be perfectly able to establish a bank in Dublin. In that bank there cannot be more than six partners—perhaps there will not be so many as six ; but there certainly will not be more.—(Hear.) But this bank can have branches in Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry, and in all the towns within fifty miles of Dublin. That bank I pledge myself will be abundantly supplied with capital. It will be the agent of all the local banks in Ireland and their connexions. That agency, if they were not established, should go to somebody else—there is a Scotch proverb, " that the guts of Scotch sea fish should only go to feed Scotch sea fowl," and s o it will be with the bank in Dublin; it will have the advan tage of a connexion as agent with all these different local banks in Ireland.—( Hear.) I think we should reserve to ourselves the benefit of all our own agencies. I am also instructed that there will te a local bank established, with which we can do business, in Liverpool. At present I am told that the Provincial Bank is obliged to leave unemployed 100,000/. in Liverpool for want of a Local Bank there.— (Hear, hear, hear. )This will not occur to us , for we will h ave a local bank there, and shares have already been purchased in London by men of capital in Liverpool. I may be asked why the Provincial Bank has not adopted the plan ? I will tell you the reason, it did not foresee its own success. It origi_ nally was limited, and it is actually tied up by its own deed. They are hampered in it, but we shall have all the advantages of which they are now deprived. I should now be silent, and merely propose the resolutions, declaring that we can have a Bank in Dublin, which will keep completely within the statute law, but that some observations are calved from me respecting another establishment, which is necessarily connected with this subject. Now, two men cannot differ more respecting the Hibernian Bank than my friend Mr. Reynolds and myself, think that the gentlemen who direct that Bank are m en I nca _ pable of acting wilfully wrong, and too intelligent to permit any casual mismanagement. It is my decided conviction that it is a prosperous concern. I read with considerable interest the statement of Mr, Ford, arid the conclusion I have com e to is,tliat considering it is not a bank of issue, it is really a prosperous concern. I find that its profits are accumulating—its expenses are pontrouled and Certain, and its dividends are made yearly and steadily, There is a perfect certainty of its being a safe concern, and so far from thinking ill of it, I would suggest to the Committee of London to have it as a Bank tq receive our deposits for the Local Bank to be substituted here, But then there has been another establishment of much more recent foun. datlon,which has assailed me 41 various ways, and attempted to tarnish my reputation amongst Irishmen, It has said I was do ing a great deal of mischief—that I have been establishing Irish banks upon gn g lish capital, while there was plenty of capital in Ireland. But, while it accuses me of this, it for gets that these who have capital in Ireland are subject to the dissensions which have prevailed he: e, and who are influenced by feelings that will not allow them to do that with their capital which the Englishman is ready to do. The capital was want ing—it will net be giYon In Ireland—and Is it a want of pa triotism to seek for it in En g la n d, where it can be procured, and when, by its introduction, it benefits the country? The Provincial Bank, whatever crime there may be in it, procured its capital in London, and it has proceeded with safety and success, Now, the Provincial Bank takes all the profits, and expends them in England. Now, I have done that which is still better than the Provincial Bank, I have secured that the half of the profits of the National Bank will remain in Ire land. I have got at least ten shillings in the pound beyond the Provincial B l ank. I trust I shall yet see Irishmen, pos sessing by their industry and honest exertions, to which this bank will give the greatest impetus, able to command far more than the half of those shares, and expending them here. Per the present Irishmen hold the Irish stock. I pos h sess a hundred shares, and spend the profits in Ireland. Ex cept when I am obliged to go to another place—which I will not now name—of course all I have is spent in Ireland.— ( Hear, hear.) I will now only allude to this as one of the advantages of the London direction. When there was a run upon the Provincial Bank, some years since, one million of slvereigns was sent to this country in three days from Eng . - land.—( Hear, hear,) When General Jackson created the run upon the American Banks—and Jackson did wisely, for they attempted to control liberty, and were becoming a money oligarchy.. and What do you think would the Ameiican banks have done but for their London shareholders ?—( Hear, hoar, ) The latter, to save their property which Wai endangered, forwarded three millions of sovereigns to meet the run,— ( Hear.) I propose then a connection which cannot but be advantageous. I shall now move two resolutions for the tldoution of the meeting.—( Hear, ) s C II . I believe halo touched upon every topic of interest9TlßOO with thi s su bj ec t. M r . Murray, one of the managing committee in London, will re port the state of proceedings there, and he will be ready to give every explanation to any gentle man who may requ i re it. Mn. I,4min Muaß4 next addressed the meeting, and was received with loud cheering. As the only person deputed by the board of manaement in liondon to att en d it, he begged to assure them, that he could have been accompanied by others of its members, were it not for the shortness of the notice which they had received. Their absence did not arise from a want of interest or proper feeling on their parts, but solely from the circumstance to which he bad alluded, lie was (From the Dublin Morning Register.) An extremely numerous and respectable meeting of persons interested in the proposed Bank was held yesterday at the Corn Exchange, to adopt such measures as might be deemed advisable to forward the plan in conjunction with a Local Bank in Dublin. CHRISTOPHER FITZSIMON, Esq., M. P., was in the chair. Mr. JOHN REYNOLDS, Secretary to the Bank, read the prospectus, and advertisement convening the meeting. Mr. FITZSIMON expressed the gratification which he felt at being called on to preside over so large and respectable an as semblage, which was called together for the consideration of banking details, and not for any particular purpose. He would hear every gentleman who wished to express his views upon the subject ; and, in doing so, they would all be called upon to show that this establishment would be beneficial not only to the shareholders but to the public generally—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) With that hope he and other members of parlia ment hard been induced to join it ; and if they thought that it had not those for its objects, they would not have lent their names to it—( Cheers.) Mr. O'Cossem, here presented himself, and was received with loud cheers. I inserted, he said, that notice in the newspapers, and I have called this meeting for the purposes specified in it, with the intention of submitting my ideas upon the subjects referred to. lam here perfectly determined to do that, and I shall not go one inch beyond them, unless, in deed, I am obliged to do so, in what I would call the neces sary defence of the principles I wish to establish. I wish, in the first place, to premise, that being so much a political man, my life being passed so much in the warfare of politics, I am still determined here to avoid, and, if possible, rigorously to abstain from every political allusion, which not only naturally but necessarily is involved in the business that has brought us together to-day.—( Hear.) So far is my object from being political, that it is directly the reverse. It is purely com mercial—it is the reverse of politics ; and it is so, because I wish to reserve the banking system in this country from poli tics. Hitherto it cannot be said that this was the case.— ( Hear, hear.) Every man acquainted with the city of Dublin, and the Bank of Ireland, is aware that that Bank is not only a commercial but an active political body—that its politics have governed many of its transactions heretofore, and that religious differences were observed in it, while religion excluded parties from it to the latest possible period. If at the present moment they have abandoned their differences, it has been stingily, and with as much reluctance as it could possibly express.—( Hear.) Then, as to the Provincial Bank, of the perfect impartiality with which, in many places, it is directed, its absence from po litical interference, I am able, as I should wish to be, to speak; but there are many, many instances in which politics have not been excluded by those who have had the management.— ( Hear.) I myself applied to the Directors of the Provisional Bank of London upon this topic, and instead of receiving a satisfactory answer, the evil was rather aggravated, as if to re taliate upon me for the impertinence of the interposition.— ( Hear, hear.) Seeing this, I determined, if I could, to have a bank established, which should be free from all sectarian differences.—( Hear, hear.) And here I announce, that if in the working out of my plan it can be shown that the Directors interfere one way or other with politics, as it has been done in other banks, so far from supporting, I will do my utmost to opppse them. What I want is this—to have a Bank established in Ireland—to have separate and distinct banks in the different towns in Ireland, in which the only inquiry should be whether an account should be opened with a man. on account of his solvency ; and whether, when a bill is sought to be cashed, the parties to it are solvent : and not what are their politics or their religion ; but solely, is the bill a good or a bad one, and is it a proper subject for a commercial transaction ? This is my object, and I came not here to address you on politics or parties in Ireland. I came here, excluding all parties, and wishing to speak upon a subject which is purely commercial. It is with such an object that I avow myself the supporter of the National Bank of Ireland. From such an establishment I would exclude all political preferences.—( Hear, hear.) It may, however, be said, that we have more than a sufficient number of establish ments of this kind in the kingdom. I confess, that feeling it to be my duty to investigate the principles of the monetary system, in the various countries of Europe, and how they should be . based, I am convinced that in the instruments of ex change, gold is too dear an instrument for a great and com mercial country like England; and far, far too dear for a poorer and debtor country as Ireland undoubtedly is. Seeing the mischiefs which have occurred, the mischief of an over issue of paper, and also the mischief of too limited a quantity of the circulating medium—l am for a safe and salutary. cur rency, which will yet be established, and which, as human in stitutions are ameliorated, it will be discovered that -no state does its duty for the protection of the people which does not provide them a secure instrument of exchange for the pre cious metals. In such a salutary state of society the . governing power would have a sufficient profit in the difference between the cheap instrument and exchanging that for the cheap in strument. lam stating, at the outset, what are, perhaps, ab stract, but are not the less probable, principles ; I am stating what are the opinions of the best political economists, who have discussed the subject of the currency—we find that the invariable conclusions they came to are, that a country should have a safe, and at the same time an abundant circulating medium. That such an object cannot now be achieved without joint stock companies is, I believe, perfectly true. Look at the effects which have been produced upon society by the present stock companies in Scotland. See how much that country has improved in the course of a few years; and it is a country inferior to ours in extent, and inferior beyond comparison to ours in fertility. See how it has increased in prosperity ; from being the most lawless, wild, and savage, it has become a most tranquil country ; and, as it was before remarkable for its poverty, it is now distinguished for its wealth and trade. I find these facts respecting Scotland concomitant with the tread of joint-stock banks throughout the country. I find its prosperity and tranquillity both coeval in Scotland with the establishment of its banks. In Scotland they were not begun until about sixty or seventyyears after the Union, so that there is no reason for supposing the Union there had anything to do with the advantage of the country. At the time the Scotch stock banks commenced in that country, we see the prosperity of the people keep pace with it, and they proceed pdri passu the one, with the other.—( Hear.) I am thoroughly convinced that this is a strong practical illustration for us ; and this being my opinion, I would desire to extend to Ireland that which has been found of service to the Scotch. But, then, we have before us the example of other banks. There is the monopoly of the Bank of Ireland, and its extravagant machinery, which is as oppressive as it is costly. It makes a profit of the monopoly of the dealings with Government—being in its nature, and like every other monopoly, exceedingly expensive. Still its revenues are most productive. There is before us, on the other hand, the complete success of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. I In that the shareholders are responsible for the full amount of all the notes in all the branches. Every man who has a share in that bank is involved to the extent of his entire property for every local and distinct branch. The con sequence must be that, in the board of management, on ac count of the large extent of property for which they are secu rity, a close and perpetual watching must be kept of every particular; and, as they extend their business in each locality, they increase the amount of each individual shareholder's re sponsibility. That bank has prospered so much that, besides putting by reserved profits,and paying high interest to its share holders, it has raised 46 or 46 per cent. each share.—( Hear, hear.) lam this minute told that it has raised 92 per cent. ; but that, I suppose, must be upon the paid-up capital.—( Hear, hear.) You have the success of that bank for your imitation, and if you imitate, as far as it would be prudent in you to do so, you must be successful. If there be defects in the Pro vincial Bank, I would avow them ; and as I do expect that we will have still greater success than they, I have called you together to consider two propositions, which are united in my plan, and, in addition to that, to consider the propriety of establishing a local bank in Dublin.—( Hear, hear,) The two principles which unite in my plan are, " commercial ad• vantages to the shareholders," and " perfect security to the noteholder."—( Hear.) Now, I will reverse them, and take up first the proposition as to the security of the noteholders. I am a public man—l am a great deal in their cenfldenee—l have no small share of influence amongst my countrymen.- , ( Cheers.) Certainly more than any man, much less a man like me, deserves.—( Cries of " No, no," and cheers.) But, the more I enjoy of influence, the more awed the duty is im posed upon me to take exceeding care that that influence is so used that no man, hereafter, shall reproach me that he has lost one penny of his property by me.—(Cheers.) The more my influence extends, the more careful and cautious must I be In its exercise—the more am I bound to bc anxious that that which is confided to me for purposes of public utility should lint be tortured into the loss or injury of any one. But if any man be bound beyond the power of language to describe, lam that person—and whose duty it especially is to take care that the poorer classes in Ireland shall not lose i as they are men who suffer most severely when a bank happens to fail—(hear) ; this is ray ditty, as a public man, and I am bound to perform them, from the debt of gratitude . which I owe' to my counts y.—( Cheers.) But there are imposed upon me still more awful responsibilities, both as an honest man and a Christian ; for I cannot but be guilty of robbery and a crime before God, if I lightly , or idly—l will not say with a worse motive—embarked in a plan which was not per fectly secure for those who were the holders of the notes in this country.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) The first thing I am bound to provide for is this, that the notes shall be paid whatever be the property of the shareholders. I stated this to the Committee in London, that I would not go into this con cern until I was quite certain that there never would be a note issued here which should not be paid for in full.—( Hear, and cheers.) I should prefer if the entire of the concern was in Ireland—if the machinery was in Ireland—if there were the capitalists who would stake their entire fortunes, incur great risk, and were familiar with business of this description. I co:'ld not procure them here : but such advantages I was able to obtain in England. We, too, by having the Directors there, any local causes of quarrel, in giving the preference of management and such other matters, we avoid all these, be cause there can be the constant and the just excuse given, of there being a co4trpt4l over the localities by the men in Lon don. I stated that we should pot commence doing business until a million was subscribed--nor is it to commence. We will have a million to begin, and we are now 'close upon ii— ( Hear, and pkgs.) Men have taken shares in this bank— their names will be reed: ,12 ,d ; and I tell you this, that I am far from exaggerating, that •pr , uo4ate that there are sub scribers who have capital in their own right "amounting to 20 millions aterling,-( eheors. ) I was desired to state that they were worth 40 m illions,,-but only taking it p,t one-half, lam able to assure you on authority, that individgals have taken shares who have at their command at least 20 millions. They involve the enti:e of that in this bank—they will have the ma nagement to be sure, but they will also have the responsibility. It is ipapifes from this that those who hold the notes of this bank „wit be ,N e p ale resronsible who own twenty . . • THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAX, DECErsiBER 9, 1834. sorry that a severe cold, which he was then labouring under, prevented him from addressing them at length, which he would have wished, and he still more regretted that the duty of representing a great and important establishment, had de volved upon an humble individual like himself, whose powers were so totally inadequate to the task which he had under taken. Mr O'Connell had as fully and clearly explained the principles and features of the proposed bank, which he ( Mr. Murray).beliesed to be fraught with many advantages to the people, that little remained for him to say even as to its details. The aspersions which had been cast upon the-mo tives of the founders of this establishment, by men who were perhaps influenced by jealousy in so doing, had been so ably and eloquently refuted by the Honourable and Learned Gen tleman, that it would be scarcely necessary for him to notice them.—( Cheers.) They had put upon their Corn mittee of Management men who were well-known in Lon don as possessing wealth and station in the commercial world, and whose circumstances were open to inquiry. He, for one, and the board for which he was acting, disclaimed the feeling which had been imputed to them towards any rival establishment existing or purposing to exist. The atten tion of English capitalists had long been directed to the bank ing system as - applicable to this country, and the success of the Provincial Bank had encouraged them to make the present experiment. No country in the world possessed greater natu ral resources than Ireland, either as to the fertility of her soil, or the physical strength of her people.—( Hear, hear.) Un fortunately, they were undeveloped by the application of ca pital, and her capabilities were neglected. It is the purpose of this establishment, by supplying this deficiency, to advance the interest and happiness of the Irish nation. He had no he sitation in saying, that it would go a great way towards effect ing so desirable an object. The simplicity of the system, and the security which it afforded to the public, as Mr. O'Con nell had told them, from the large fortunes of the men em barked in it, promised it success to the fullest extent. It would ensure to every locality in the country that capital, for want of which trade awl commerce had hitherto languished. Political regeneration involved the interests and welfare of the human race, but without commercial regeneration it was in complete. The object of banking, if it had any at all, was based upon principles of public utility. Except it had that principle for its support, joined with ability, no advantage could result from it to the shareholders. The interest of the public and the shareholders must go hand in hand together. Of course the men who established this Bank consulted their individual interests. If they thought they could advance them without also promoting the public interests, they were much mistaken. They would not be what they purposed to be, nor would they deserve sup port. The plan upon which the Bank was to be carried on was by the establishment of branch banks in every town, di viding their profits with the local shareholders. This would be done with the assistance of the capital subscribed in London. If the institution succeeded, the profits must be great ; and, although the capital commenced with a million, yet it would still further increase as the concern progressed, by the additional issue of shares, the profits upon which would eo to the first proprietors. The probability was that it would soon cease to be a nominal capital, and become an actual paid-up capital of several millions. The most impor tant advant age resulting from banking was the development of credit. The Bank of England had lent its whole capititi to Government, as also the Bank of Ireland, and the profits of both establishments were derived from that source. By a large capital . they would be enabled to derive a greater degree of credit, and draw out the resources of the country. This was the true principle of banking ; capital was only useful as a security, in knowing that it was their manifest interest to have a large amount of it. The security which was afforded to every man by the wealth and influence of the men embarked in it was obvious. By a clause in the deed of settlement, the directors were liable, if they endangered the concern beyond a specific amount of loss, and it was not likely that they would endanger their own property by so doing. This was not a time to enter into particular details, after the able exposition of Mr. O'Connell, and he should merely refer to one object more of this meeting—the establishment of a local bank in Dublin. There was no doubt that the charter of the Bank of Ireland prevented the establishment of any joint stock bank within fifty miles of Dublin.—( Hear, hear.) The Hibernian Bank had a particular Act of Parliament in its fa vour, but without the privilege of issuing notes of their own. They were not, therefore, able to take advantage of the legiti mate credit to be derived from its own capital. That was not the fault of the directors of that bank, but of circumstances over which they had no control. The National Bank of Ire land would be unrestricted in this respect by the plan which they contemplated of establishing a local bank in Dublin. It would afford equal security from its capital to the Hibernian Bank, or any other bank, and they would take advantage of its credit by the issue of its own notes. It was not necessary for him, then, to go into details of the manner in which it would be done, but the plan of it would be laid down in their deed of settlement. If once established in Dublin, he had no doubt that it would enjoy the confidence of the people as much as the Bank of Ireland—( Hear, hear, and cheers)--and that their joint capital would soon equal in amount the three mil lions, which constituted that of the latter establishment. He regretted that indisposition prevented him from entering as much into details as he could wish, but he should feel happy in answering any questions which any gentleman might put to him. Mr. JOHN REYNOLDS, secretary and agent to the Bank—Sir, I feel it my duty to state, that although this meeting has been called for the purpose of establishing a local bank in this city, in connection with the National Bank of Ireland—that we have alroady made great progress in forwarding that object. The meeting will, I have no doubt, feel pleased to hear that I have obtained subscribers to the amount of 100,0004 of the local stock of Dublin, and amongst the subscribers will be found some of the most respectab:e and influential of our fellow-citi zens.—( Cheers.) I also feel it necessary to state that I have recently visited several towns of great commercial importance in the south of Ireland, for the purr ose of establishing banks, in all of which I have succeeded to the fullest extent. Several banks will be in operation early in January, and amongst the first will be Carrick-on- Suir and Tralee. In both those towns the local shares are sold, and the subscription paid up. Bank ing houses have been taken, and nothing remains to be settled but a few details of minor importance.—( Hear, hear.) The committee which has been appointed will meet at least once a week for the purpose of receiving applications for the Dublin local shares, and transacting other important business, and I have no doubt but the citizens of Dublin will, before the expi ration of many months, enjoy the benefit of a local bank, which will prove not only profitable to the proprietors, but highly ad vantageous to the mercantile community. The Duke of \ Devonshire remains at Devonshire House until the new Ministerial arra ngements are comp l e t e d. his Grace continues to perform the functions of Lord Cham berlain, in which capacity he has to direct the ceremonial of the approaching funeral of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. We understand the Marquis Camdn will be elected Chancellor of the University of Cam ridge without opposition. W. H. Elkins, Bookseller, of 85, Lombard-street, City, begs to inform the public) that he continues regularly supplied with the Hamburg Import and Export Lists, Price Currents, 80,, B#o. ; that be has also on sale all the Lists of Drawing of the 84th Hamburg Great Lottery. Dorchester House, in Park-lane, is undergoing a course of improvement, but it is impossible to- say when the Noble Marquis who owns it will return. Workmen are now employed in constructing a superb balcony on a new plan. Lord Hertford was last month at Munich, whither his Lord ship went to visit his ward, the Countess Berchtold (late Miss Strachan), and to invite her to visit him at his Palazzo at Naples, where the Christmas will be passed. We regret exceedingly to hear that it is his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex's intention to attend the funeral of his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. The cere mony is by night, and in the cold Chapel of St. George at Windsor. Should a frost come on, it may not only prevent the operation that his Royal Highness is shortly to undergo for the reco very of his sight, but may have more serious con sequences ; and we sincerely hope that his Majesty will request his brother not to expose himself, the more so as the Duke of Devonshire, who still acts as Chamberlain, will represent the Sovereign on the occasion, for which there are several precedents. The Duke of Sussex, we understand, considers this to he a duty ; but surely a duty of this sort, at the risk of eyesight, perhaps of life, may and ought to be dispensed with. Lady Stepney, we understand, says Frazer's Ma gazine, has a new novel on the eve of publication, which we shall most anxiously expect. Why does not she, who has seen so much, not only of the very best, but of the most piquant and riicioreliee society—why does she not venture more boldly to tell us what she has seen and known ? Then let her con tinue to give us gay and graceful novels,—we shall be content." We are enabled to add, for the information of our readers, that the new work from the pen of her Ladyship, above alluded to, is to bo called the " Heir Presumptive," and that it is an to appear in about a fortnight. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN THE ClTY.—Last night, shortly after six o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out in the hemp and flax-warehouse of Messrs. Thatcher and Co , facing the Monument, Fish-street-hill, and notwithstanding early assistance was procured, and eleven engines were imme diately brought to the spot, the extensive premises of Mr. Balne, printer, speedily ignited, and every exertion to save the smallest portion of Mr. Baines premises and stock were useless. The wind for a considerable time blew a southerly direction, and the utmost consternation P r ' s :railed in the neigh bourhood for the safety of the pre'::ses of Mr. Christie, hatter, on one side, and also th , •^:e o f M r . Durand on the other, which fortunately — are but ;lightly damaged. The conduct of the City rolice on this, as on several recent occasions, merited the highest praise that could be conferred on them. We are happy to say no lives were lost ; arid the loss of property, at a moderate computation, is estimated at 8,0001., which is in sured in the London Assurance, Imperial, British, and Sun Firesofaoes. A gecond fire broke out in a basket-maker's, in Bermondsey -street, while the above fire was raging, which, after considerable difficulty, was prevented by the firemen ex tending farther than tho room in which it began. The unfor tunate sufferer is not insured. JACOB FAITHFUL, BY THE AUTHOR OF PETER SIMPLE.".--" What an exceedingly amusing book Captain Marryatt has drawn out of the River Thames and how admirably be has succeeded in making barges and wher ries—things that we look daily upon without interest—full of life and amusement. His sketches in prose are something like- Crabbe's sketches in poetry—rough, racy, and natural. Jacob's gradations of Old Tom, Young Tom, and Tommy are inimitable. His shootint , Putncy Bridge, his poaching on Wimbled on C ommon , and his juvenile flirtations with Mary are graphic and admirable pictures—scenes that Wilkie might have vainted,"—Wcui 11/m 01y Magageine. • ' # - . , '.. , . , :f,.,,',;."-:_ :; ,.'.:_: :,.•••._....-.... COURT CIRCULAR. The King left town at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, at tended by Sir George Seymour, to pay a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, at Bagshot Park. His Majesty returned to St. James's Palace at half-past six o'clock in the evening. Prince George of Cambridge dined last evening with their Majesties. The Treasurer and Comptroller of the late Duke of Glou cester's Household, the Groom of the Bedchamber, the Equer ries, the Chaplain, and Medical Attendants of his late Royal Highness, will attend the removal of the remains of the late Duke of Gloucester from Bagshot Park to Cumberland Lodge on Thursday morning. The body will lie in state from twelve until four o'clock, at Cumberland Lodge ; and at eight o'clock the funeral procession will move on to St. George's Chapel, escorted by the Life Guards, the grooms, and footmen of the Royal family, and the footmen and grooms of his late Royal • Highness, bearing flambeaux. The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household will attend the.funeral in St. George's Chapel, the Dean and Prebendaries, attended by the Choir, receiving the body at the entrance. The field-marshal's baton of the late Duke will be borne by the Treasurer of his House hold, and the coronet of his late Royal Highness by the Comp troller of his Household. Clarenceux King at Arms will im mediately precede the body, and Garter King at Arms follow directly after. The chief-mourner, attended by three gentle men of his Household, and the supporters, will sit in a chair at the head of the corpse on its arrival in the choir. The Lord Mayor transacted business yesterday at the Hom© Office. Letters from Sir Robert Peel were brought to town last night by a King's messenger, from Paris. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duchess of Hamilton, in Portman-square, from Paris ; the Earl of Bandon, in Connaught-place, from a tour; Lieut.- Gen. Sir Henry Fane, from a tour ; the Right Hon. E. J. Littleton, in Grosvenor-pl.ace, f om Teddesley Park, Stafford shire ; Sir William and Lady Gomm, in Grosvenor-street, from Windsor ; Sir Charles and Lady Cole, in Belgrave square, from a tour; H. S. Hope, Esq., M. P., in Mansfield street, from Gloucester ; R. A. Dundas, Esq., in Eaton place, from Ipswich ; M. H. Drummond, Esq., at the Ber ners Hotel, Berners• street, from Albury Park, Surrey ; Mrs. Vansittart, at Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Bur field Lodge, Cambridgeshire ; Captain M'Mahon, from Brighton ; R. Everington, Esq., in Hill-street, from a shoot ing excursion ; Gen. Crosbie, from ditto ; the Hon. Capt. George Grey, R. N., at the St. James's Hotel, St. James's street, from the Mediterranean ; Lady Munro, in Dover-street, from the North ; Sir Horace St. Paul, in Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square ; Vice-Admiral Lord Colville, in Portland place, from Brighton ; the Misses Finch, from ditto ; J. H. Penruddocke, Esq., M. P., at Compton-place, near Salisbury, from a tour ; the Countess of Kilmorey and family, at Bury hill, Taplow, from a tour ; Major-General Sir Henry and Lady Campbell, from a tour ; Lieut.-General Sir William Inglis, at Brompton, from Ramsgate ; Col. Bursbury, from a tour ; Admiral Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stanhope, in Sydney-street, Park-lane, from Richmond ; Lord Charles Fitzroy, at Burlington House, from Euston Hall; the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, in Park-place, from Bodminton ; the Countess Dowager of Guilford and the Ladies North, at Brighton, from St. Leo nards ; the Earl and Countess of Jersey, in Berkeley square, from Brighton ; Major Ebrinton, at the Carleton Hotel, Re gent-street, from Suffolk; C. H. Tynte, Esq., at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Paris; F. Baring, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; W. Brown, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; Ma jor Wilmot, at ditto, from Ireland ; W. Cumming, Esq., at ditto, from Cambridge ; the Rev. F. Bowes, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street ; Captain and Mrs. Forbes, in Broook-street, from Worthing. DEPARTURES. Lord Forester, from Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for Melton Mowbray ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Wyndham, from the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork-streets, for Downton, near Salisbury; the Bishop of Wo rces t er , from ditto, for Little Hampton ; Captain and Mrs. Meyrick, c.-or Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, from the Royal vdotel, Jermyn-street, for Bath; Major Lushington, c .;om Brook street, for Brighton ; Captain and Mrs. M°7 - gan, from Regent street, for their seat, in Essex ; Sir Frederick Trench, from Bolton -street, for Scarborough Sir Thomas Winnington, Bart., from Hawkins's Hotfi, Dover-street, for his seat, Stan ford-court, Worcester ; Hon. G. and Mrs. Vernon, from the Burlington Hotel, for Derbyshire ; Sir Joseph Walsham, Bart., from Ditto, for Herefordshire ; Sir Richard Affleck, Bart., from ditto, on a tour ; Howard Gatton, Esq., from Mivart's Hotel, on a tour ; Mr. and M rs . F erran d, from ditto, for York shire ; Mr. and Mrs. Maude, from the Berners Hotel, for Essex; Viscount Ashbrook, from Albemarle -street, for Beau mont Lodge, near Windsor : W. Tichborne, Esq., from Fen ton's Hotel, on a tour ; Lord and Lady Vernon, from Villa St. Clair, near Ryde, for Italy ; Mi ss Elli o t, f rom th e Ad miralty, for Brighton ; John Starke, Esq., from Paine's Hotel, Arlington-street, for Brighton. SURREY THEATRE. A new drama, called Jacob Faithful ; or, the Life of a Thames Waterman, was performed at this theatre last even ing. The subject is taken from Captain Marryatt's work of the same name, and, the details, in general, are in keeping with the outline given in the original. Mr. Davidge repre sented the Old Lighterman ; Mr. C. Hill, the son, Young Tom Beazley ; and Mr. H. Bland, Jacob Faithful. Mr. Da vidge acted his part excellently, and gave the character of the careless, openhearted, and jovial-drinking old sailor to the life. Miss Watson was also very successful in the character of Mary Stapleton, the daughter of an old waterman, who was much attached to Old Tom's son, but nevertheless was so fickle and fond of variety that she accepted the offer of every one that made love to her, and jilted each in turn. Mr. C. Hill re presented the Young Lighterman, full of frolic and reckless of consequences, with considerable ability. Some of the scenery is good. The panorama of the Pool, Greenwich, Gravesend, and Margate, particularly merits approbation. At the fall of the curtain, Mr. Davidge thanked the audience for the attention and approbation which they had given to 6 , 1 piece, and stated that it had been got up in a hurry, and mug necessarily have some faults, but these he would tP l '..,e the first opportunity of remedying. The house wasinevery part. THE \YELLING T ` . .,,N PACK. The Wellington P. are unkenneled, unmuzzled, Place' si n e nre, pension to find ; Tanti v 7 j is called, staunch Reformers are puzzled dow snuffed was the game in the wind. They the Whigs have unearthed, now the game is in sight, The pack in full cry for the goal; The Great Captain leads with a sportsman's delight, His manner as odd as 'tis droll. He enacts both the huntsman and eke whipper in, And the Tory bred Beagles obey ; They are quick of the scent--Hark, they make a fine din, As the prize full iri view they survey. What a glorious yelping they make in the chace, Sinecure, place and pension, to gain, They e'en distance the wind in the swift footed race Of his Grace—what a prey hunting train ! The huntsman he means to take charge of the pack Is the rich Cotton Baronet, Peel, Who will have the Great Captain himself at his back When the hounds to grand efforts he'd steel,— Namely, hunt both the Whigs and the Radicals down Who'd the State undermine, and the Church, Nay, diminish the jewels that garnish the crown, And Conservatives leave in the lurch. Tantivy ! the Wellington pack are abroad, Unmuzzled they yelp in the field, Death to Radicals, Whigs that are tracked in the road From such bruins who'd venture to shield. When Peel is a horseback, and Wellington too, Lack-a-day for the game in the way ! A scowl from the hero of famed Waterloo Would an army of Liberals slay. And when in at the death, and the spoil to be shared, What a feast for the Wellington beagles, They will fare, as for years of dull lent they've not cared, They will pounce on their quarry like eagles. Bob Peel full in office—his kennel to feed, Keep in humour will take special care, While Reformers themselves may go hang up indeed At Reform's sad mishap in despair. Dec. 4, 1834. PERTHENSIS. EPIGRAM in REFERENCE to the APPARENT RATTING of the TIMES and COURIER LONDON JOURNALS. The Times and the Courier diurnals, Some hint—are shifting sides • But such-apt-named, ill-omenedjournals, Must prove inconstant guides : " Times change," " Time flies," are daily knocrn, As moral axioms sound ; And Couriers are to changes prong,. Ne'er stationary found. PERTHENSIS. The Tories .affect T0 14 :7 TACTICS. `. 1 .1e plain Whigs to despise, 13u .ii they find needful the throne to petition, The- - re obliged, to succeed, to assume the Whig guise, So hopeless, contemptible, is their condition : In the mask of Reform, see their serviles base stoop, E'en Reformers, through falsest pretences to dupe.* PERTHENSIS. * Through such means were some of the signatures obtained to the Tory address sent from Perth on the present crisis. It is reported that the Duke of Wellington has sum moned Lord Charles Wellesley from Ireland, in order to com mence a canvass for the northern division of Hants. There is, we understand, a very large body of electors in that county anxious that their late independent and Hon. Member, Sir William Heatheote;of Harsley, should again come forward. Report states that the Duke of Wellington has sent for Sir G. Cockburn from the West Indies, with a view to his re-instatement at the Admiralty. It is a long voyage, and many accidents may intervene; but Sir George is too good a man to be from home at so critical a juncture.—Plymouth Journal. Viscount Melbourne is on a visiting tour previous to his return to t own . Hi s L or d s hi p was the guest last week of the Earl of Lichfield, at the Earl's shooting lodge, Bruton, near Shugborough, whence he proceeded on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, at Trentham Hall, in the same county. Lord Melbourne returns to his residence in South-street, at the close of the week, from Staffordshire. The Earl of Radnor and his Countess arrived in GrOsvenor-street, on Saturday, from Longford Castle. His Lordship is rapidly recovering from the serious accident he met with while hunting in Oxfordshire last month. SHIFTING IN -(THIS • (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. B.—Wind N. N.W.— Arrived the Howard, Sharke, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Tranby, Dowling, from Honduras ; Eleanor, Smart, from Havanna ; Matilda Luckie, Moreton, and Caesar, Rothwell, from Demerara; James, Lyon, and Water Hen, Dodd, from Quebec ; Com merce, Hall, from Newcastle for Guernsey ; and Claudine, Walker, from Madras. Arrived and remain the Ruckers, Ro berts, from London for Sierra Leone ; and Fame, Rolin, front Zelfe for New York. The outward-bound remain. Arrived the Soho steamer, from Lisbon and Oporto. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind W. S. W., blowing hard, and squally.—Arrived from London the London, Lamb, for the Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 7.—Wind S. W. FALMOUTIi, DEC. 7. —Wind W. S. W., strong gales, and squally.—Arrived the Reynard Packet, from the Leeward Islands—sailed from St. Thomas's the 13th ult. PENZANCE, DEC. 7.—Arrived off port the Stephen Wright, Patterson, from Quebec ;. and Heroine, from Mediterranean. MARGATE, DE C . B.—Arrived the Active, Lesley, from St. Andrew's. Off port the Isabella, Grant, Naiad, Brown, Louisa, Shepherd, and Prince, Bennant, from Quebec ; and Britannia, Roxby, from Prince Edward's Island. LIVERPOOL, Dac. 7.—Arrived the Corinthian, Hill, and Tacitus, Russick, from New Orleans ; Donald, White, from Savanilla; Lancaster, Lethbridge, from-Africa ; and Amity, Gordon, from Charente. Off port the Duchess of Clarence, from China ; and Combatant, Simpson, from Philadelphia. GREENOCK, DEC. 6.—Arrived the Perseverance, Campbell, and Taside, M'Arthur, from Quebec; Woodman, from Prince Edward's Island ; and Delft, London, from Lisbon. CORK, DEC. 6.—Arrived the Planters Packet, Cr.. ..Iy, from Trinidad. BELFAST, DEC. 6.—Arrived the Industry, Montgomery, and Rosebank, Read, from Quebec. SLIGO, DEC. 6.—Arrived the James, Saul, from Quebec ; and Andrew Nugent, Crize, from Landon. The Swallow, from London, sunk in Hull Roads on Sun day night. The Swift, Hallet, from Leghorn to Newfoundland, foun dered the 15th ult.:in lat. 12. long. 33.—crew saved. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 8. Earl Liverpool, Lomax, from Rotterdam ; Jane Laveile, Luca, Charente; Dort, Stranack, Ostend; Pomona, Biden, Cronstadt ; Rising Sun, Stelle, Guernsey ; Active, Whitnall, Dunkirk ' • Lydia, Cooper, St. Petersburgh ; Pelionella Ca.. tharina, Stewling, Groningen ; Adventure, Hodgson, St. Petersburgh ; Neptune, Longhart, Cherbourgh ; Bridford, Mollard, St. Michael's; Jane, Quick, Seville ; Harriet, Mar. ler, Ostend ; Pyramus, Weller, Canton ; Loyal, Watson, Sunderland; Sophia, Wells, Lynn ' • Catharine, Revely, St. Petersburgh ; Glasg ow , L oman , Mogadore ; Liberty, Pain, Boulogne; Search, Wilson, Rotterdam; Eliza, Thomas, Rouen; England, Gattenby, Liverpool; Adonis, Redman, Guernsey ' • Twe Gebrodes, Bee s , W orcum; B eesw i ng , S m i t h, Oporto ; Liberty, Robertson, Leghorn ; Thistle, Hubbard, Bristol ; Maria, Davison, St. Petersburgh ; Eclipse, Fitch, Ghent ; Jubilee, Howith, Hull; Launceston, Fawkner, Ply mouth ; Eleanor, Arthur, Miramichi ; Aurora, Hair, Cadiz ; Romanoff, Thompson, Miramichi ; Branken Moor, Crosby, St. Petersburgh; Mary, Clapp, St. Petersburgh; Branch, Currie, Fuesteventura and Santa Cruz ; Cottinghar a , Short, St. Petersburgh; Greenend, Earles, Guernsey; Lady Louisa, Danbord, Guernsey ; Hope, Harrison, Lisbon, ; Euphemia, Scott, Para ; Pioneer, Brarey, Zante ; Alfr ad, Tapley, Cal cutta and Madras; Frances and Har;et, Dodds, Quebec; Pearce, De Gains, Valparaiso ; Mar7l, Snell, Laguna de Fer minos; Betsey and Sarah, 8100 r.,, Leghorn ; Sincerity, Tay lor, Guernsey ; Nanta, Cadiz ; Argo, Bruce, Grand Canary and Fataventur!.i - Perseverance, Murray, Smyrna ; Scotia, Risk, St. J', l ,m's, N.B. ; Bruce, Hill, Cumberland ; Bacchus, Brow',, Oporto. ENTEPD OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, Dac. 8. A7ltethyst, Tate, for Trinidad ; Dart, Ormston, Madeira ; :ohn and Catharine, Old, Antwerp ; Perseverance, Margoll, Calais; Armenia, Stanley, Aqwerp ; Ramona, Strannack, Rotterdam ; Hugh Johnson, M‘Nabb, New York. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, DEC. R. Adrianople, Coster, for the Mediterranean ; Belin y Louisa, De Guibelonde, Cadiz ; Brutus, Davis, Madeira ; Prudence, Patterson, Leghorn; John and Maria, Christol, Gibraltar. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, DEc. 8. Harriett, Alexander, for Sierra Leone; Ellen, Yeoman, Ascension. EAST INDIA. ARRIVALS AT MADRAS.—The Amelia, Thompson; and Er naad, from London, 14th July ; the Swift, from Trincomalee, and Norfolk; from Padang, 15th; the Swallow, from Bengal, 18th ; the Atlas, from the Mauritius, and Kath. St. Forbes, from Covelong, 19th ; the Casimir Perrier, from Bourdeaux, 20th ; the Resource, from New South Wales, and Catherine, from Manilla, 21st ; the Argyle, from Bengal, 26th ; the Or well, 26th ; the Neptune, 27th ; the Sesostris, 28th ; and Andromache, 29th, from London ; the Thomas Dougal, from Ceylon, 30th ; the City of Edinburgh, Ist July, and Katha rine Stewart Forbes, 2d, from London ; the Exporter, from the Mauritius, 2d, his Majesty's ship Harrier, from Trincoma lee, 3d, and the Allerton, from Liverpool, 4th. DEPARTURES.—The General Hewitt, for London, 29th June; his Majesty's ship Harrier, for a cruise, 3d July ; the Exporter and Thomas Dougal, 3d, for Bengal;_ the City of Edinburgh and Eleanor, for Ennore, 6th ; the Argyle, 6th, and Katha rine Stewart Forbes, Bth, for Bengal ; the Alle_rton, 10th, and Avenor, 12th, for Bengal ; the Ernaad, for Masulipatam, the 18th. ARRIVAL AT BOMBA Y. -IRS AlareSty'S ship Magicienne, from Zanzibar, 20th July. DEPARTURES. —The Syden. 17th July ; the Prince George, 18th ; and Duke of Roxbus: g h, 20th, for Bengal. ARRIVALS AT THE C ;,PE.-The Hinda, from Liverpool, 20th Sept. ; the BussorA Merchant, from Calcutta, and the Ogle thorp, frontt e Mauritius, 23d ; the Bombay Packet, front Bombay. `.22d; the Malvina, from the Mauritius, 13th; the Gen. 'Hewitt, from Madras; the Plantina, from Singapore; I *.:nd Catherine Ann, from London. DEPARTURES.—the Lord Hungerford, for Calcutta, 21st Sept. ; the Oglethorp, for Cowes, 28th ; the L'Emilie, for Bourbon, 30th ; the James, for Sydney, and Marquis Hast ings„ for Bombay, 29th; the Briton for Ceylon, 30th. ARRIVALS AT ST. HELENA.—The Antelope, from London, sth Oct. ; the Lady East, from Batavia, 11th, and sailed 12th for Cowes ; the Columbia, from Singapore, 11th, and sailed 15th for London ; the Duchess of Clarence, from China, 13th ; and sailed 15th for Liverpool ; the Madeline, from China, &c., the 13th, and sailed 15th for London; the Royal George, from Bengal, 14th, and sailed 19th for London; the Maria, from Singapore, 15th, and sailed 16th for London ; the Bussorah Merchant, from Bengal and Cape, 15th, and sailed 17th for London; the Mary Ann, from Algoa Bay, 15th ; the John Taylor, from Bombay, 15th, and sailed 16th for Liverpool ; the Othello, from Batavia and Mauritius, 16th, and sailed 17th for Cork ; the Pearl, from the Mauritius, 17th, and sailed 19th for Bristol ; the William, from Bombay, 17th, and sailed 17th for London. DEPARTURES.—The Oglethorp, for Cowes, 15th Oct. ARRIVALS AT TIIE MAURITIUS.—The Monarch, from Liver pool. THE ARMY. COURT' -MARTIAL. HEAD- QUARTERS, CALCUTTA, MAY 2, 1834.—Captain J. Whittam, 3d Buffs, was arraigned on the following : CHARGE.—" With conduct disgraceful to the character of an officer and a gentleman, in having been intoxicated or co: - sidarably under the influence of liquor, so as to expose himself in the eyes of the men of the regiment on duty under arms, on the march of the regiment from Suckree towards Gungaper sard, on the morning of the 17th of Dec., 1833." FINDING.—" The Court, upon the evidence before it, finds the prisoner, Captain John Whittam, of his Majesty's 3d Re giment (or Buffs), l guilty of being considerably under the in fluence of liquor, so as to expose himself in the eyes of the men of the regiment on duty under arms on the march of the regi ment from Suckree towards Gungapersard, on the morning of the 17th Dec., 1833, but acquits him of the rest of the charge." SENTENCE.—" The Court having found the prisoner, Capt. John Whittam, of his Majesty's 3d R eg i men t ( or Buffs), guilty of so much of the charge, as stated above, sentences him to be cashiered." Approved and confirmed. (Signed) W. C. BE NTINCK, Commander-in-Chief. Staff- Assistant-Surgeon R. Tuthill, M.D., wag tried by a Gervoral Court-martial at Jamaica, in July last, upon charges t.rising out of insubordinate and unofficer-like conduct on his part, in having at different times spoken in highly disrespectful terms of Lieut.-Colonel Keyt, commanding the 84th Regi ment. The Court found the prisoner guilty of the charges preferred against him, and sentenced him to be dismissed his Majesty's service ; which finding and sentence the King has been pleased to approve and confirm. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.— At per Load of 36 Trusses,. CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 10 to £4 15 New Meadow Hay 4 0 4 15 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay 4 15 5 0 Cloi•er Hay 3 15 5 5 Oat Straw ...... ...... Z 1 Bto £1 10 1 Wheat Straw 1 12 1 13 SMI I'III , IELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 15 to £4 0 New Meadow Hay 4 5 5 o Useful Old Ditto 4 10 4 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay Clover Hay extra tine .25 10 Generally ~ ..,... 4 0 5 5 Oat Straw ll 4 toil 6 1 Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 lIUNGERFORD. Coarse Mea.low Hay ~ £5 lb to £4 0 New Meadow Hay 4 0 4 15 Useful Old Ditto 4 5 4 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay . 0 0 5 0 Clover Hay 4 10 5 5 Oat Straw £0 oto £0 0 1 Wheat Straw ORIENTAL MEMOIRS, BY JAMES FORBE S , Ese., 2 vols., Bvo.—The light which the permanently exist ing manners of the East throw upon the text of scripture, is strongly concentrated in the pages of this work; and would alone recommend it to favour. But their -*Am pleasing details are replete with interest, and entitle':, to our best approbation., Mr. Forbes, from whose exte:Aded labours his accomplished daughter and editor, the C'Antess de Montalembert, has framed these two agreeable v',Aumes, travelled much over the world, and sedulously stAied, during a long residence of seventeen years in vario'..(s parts of India, men and things ; and this lite rary nuraument to his fame may fairly be considered the es sence of his extraordinary researches.—Literary Gazette, Dec G.