The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-03 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 31 NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. r John Newport—To bring under view of the House the ! state of the law for rebuilding and repairing Churches in Ireland. 4 44 , r. H ome D rummond—Bill to regu l a t e th e prosecution of 3. Si? l'audulent Bankrupts in Scotland. r John Newport—Po refer the Irish Estimates to a Select 4. ,Committee. • 'T. Hume—Select Committee to inquire into the state of the Fleet and other Prisons for the confinement of Debtors ; and the operation of the Laws of Arrest and Imprisonment for • • Debt. Mr. Kennedy—Bill to regulate Parochial Settlements in Scot s, land. Mr. Powell Buxton—Copies or Extracts of all Communica tions relative to the amelioration of the condition of the Slaves. 7 . Mr. Keith Douglas—To add Mr. Robert Gordon to the Core , mittee on the Edinburgh Improvement Bill. 8 . Sir James Graham—To iiresent two Petitions relating to the introduction of the Military into Carlisle during the last Election. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I. East Retford Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at half after three. 2 . Names of Members absent to be set aside. 3 Defaulters absent from Ballots to attend. 4. Deputy Clerk of the Crown to attend to amend the Return for Banffshire. ▪ Corn Duties Bill—Committee. • Passengers Regulation Bill—Committee. Distresses (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 5- Innkeepers India Half Pay Bill—Third reading. I n • innkeepers Bill—Third reading Postage on Parliamentary Proceedings, Newspapers, and PAmphlets—Committee thereupon. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Friday, April R. " k r• Hume—. Number of Corporal Punishments in the Army in each Regiment during the last two years. Monday, April 9. ttr. Estcourt—Bill to regulate the granting Licences to persons to keep Inns and Alehouses. After Faster. Nlr Alderman Thompson—Bill to amend Act l Geo. 4, relat ing to the sale of Bread in London and the Bills of Mortality. • PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoc. £5 .£1 10 Real del Munte Mining Co. Guardian Assurance Co PRICES OF IRIS. S' - flank Stock 24 U ,,,C, tonsols, 3 per cent. SI% Gov. Stock 14 Ditto, New, 3 per cent. 87 % 4 per Cent. 9 6 ,4 Gov. Deb. 3% per cent BB7l Royal Canal Stock .......— Grand Canal Stock _. City Deb. 4 per cent eallast Office Deb. 4p. ct — --.._____ ITOCKS 7 ➢LARCH 3171 -- - , St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Ropn.l Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto — Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings — FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. AMSTlill)4ll, MARCE 30.-12 f. 2W,—Tivo months, llf. 95. Arty ' MAILS. o ed. Due. Arrived. Due, America 0 0 Guernsey & Jersey. 1 0 Brazil 0 0 Hamburgh a aßuenos Ayres , Donaghadee 0 0 Jamaica 0 1 Dublin 1 0 0 Leeward islands ... 0 1 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 1 „ France ,Z__Gottenburgh 4 1 Waterford 0 ti MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 8 minutes after 7. I Evening ...35 minutes after 7, • zi hr t, r. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1837. • We received last night the Paris Papers of Sa turday, and the Etoile of Sunday morning. They, contain no political news of importance, but are filled with accounts of a most disgrace fid scene which took place on Friday at the ftloeral of the Duke de la ROCHEFOUCAULT kiNCOURT, whose patronage of the arts and . a l e iences,and whose benevolence and philanthropy, had rendered him an object of general attach 41ent, and had oxcited the deepest regret at his death. It appears that the Duke's funeral was attended Y many of the principal Members of both C hambers, and other persons of distinction. A 'lumber of the Students of L'Eeole des Arts et ' ktiers of Chalons, of which the deceased had be en the FoMider andlnspector-General, wished t o demonstrate theirrespect by carrying the corpse from the house in which it lay to the Church of the. Assumption,. where the funeral service was t o be performed. This they actually did, and a l though the crowd was very great, no interrup tion or confusion appear to . have taken P l ace. After the funeral service had been performed, the Students wished to resume th eirhurthen, when an Officer who commanded th e 'military escort interfered to prevent their do lug So, stating that orders had been received to 1 i r alibit the conveyance of the body by any other i mode th a n in a hearse. The Students were, "wever, resolved to carry their intentions into tf rect, and resisted the Military and the Police ; a Confli c t e nsued in which the Gens.d'Arnies u sed their bayonets, and many of the young men we re wounded. During this contest the coffin f ell to the ground and rolled in the kennel. After ac me considerable time the coffin was placed 11 ' 1 a hearse, and the procession moved on t o th e ° arrier, while; to use the words of the 'Journal 44 Debuts, ~ indignation, mingling in every `` heart with the grief which so sorrowful an event occasioned, added to the mournful ,ap c, , Pearance of the ceremony." Arrived at th e `:arrier the proc ession halted, while M. CHARL Es "iIPIN delivered a funeral oration to upwards of two thousand persons. 'All the Morning Papers describe the feelings - .of the inhabitants of ,Paris as shocked and indig nant at this-disgusting occurrence, an occurrence which , *Pals entirely . brought on by the uncalled for interference of the authorities, in preventing an innocent demonstration of respect towards the • .a remains of virtuous man. i . The Etoil e 1 endeavours to palliate the transac tion, but admits the main facts of the case. . The following letter addressed 'by the third , son of the deceased Duke, to the Journal des hebats, proves that, his family had no wish to prevent the body being borne by those who were • d esirous of paying' thiS last tribute of their attach-' a nent to their benefactor. th ;l Shall say but one word 'on the iiorrible scene which 1 Place at the funeral of my father, , I ask what right t 7,4 the p o li ce t o prevent a f amily from allowing the body Lik citizen to be borne by men's arms, instead o f b e i ng ~- 1 7 rsyed i n a carriage ; and what is gained by such an V Popular homage, iii t so honourabl e to h i m who me it; •• It, is bestowed from the moment that the wish to pay 4 1 ., % anifestee Papers will be found ih E xtracts of the several th - . ' , 9 ther column, and Fn„ A -4 - 12 on Saturday. we subjoin the price of p 4x I l tit, tr ;eSTocicExCIIANGE, MARCH 51.—Five per Cents. ': R 4 '_ .. e tisi i ve ,; 5 0c. ; 3 per Cents. 69f. 90c. 701. Isc. ; Rank ili!Ls' ": 0 02f. hoc. Rentes de Naples, 76f. 50c. ; Royal ' 4 4:: Loan, i ; Hayti= Loan 630 f.. Exchange on iti three ,"',N e' month, paper 25f. 45c., money 25f. 40c. ; . paper 251. 25c., money 251. 25c. ...„ e ~ -- Paraonstit'u. tionnel of Saturd a y con t a i n s a statesgr -; 41,.4 from the Augsburgh Gazette, which 2d pe'br`ntlarat the Spectateur Oriental of the whi c h Y, publishes, a mongst other repo r ts AIl A are in, circul a tio n at Constant inople,that Age 371 inzA. had crossed the Araxes unex- Y, and attacked the Russian A rmy, i n which he had caused a loss of 20,000 men, in killed, woUnded, abd priseherg. This is pro bably a report set on foot at Constantinople to render the war with Russia, of which a proba bility is supposed to exist, less apprehended ; and such reports always find their way into the Augsburgh Gazette. We received this morning Brussels and Dutch Papers to the Ist inst, the Allgemeine Zei twig to the 28th March, and the St. Peters burgh Journal to the 16th, but their contents are not particularly striking. The following are extracts : HAARLEM, MARCH 28. Farther accounts from Batavia to the 15th November are, like the preceding, favourable. The Bentings at Singo- Serie and Delaloe were far advanced, and were expected to be very advantageous in preserving the tranquillity of the district of Socracarta. Letters from Magellan of . the 7th November say that news had been received there from Socracarta that Major Le Bron de Vexela with his column had attacked, on the 3d of November, a band of insurgents near Brambanan with such success, that the insurgents left above 200 dead on the field, and several fell into the hands of the Javanese. The allies under Mangko Negoro continued to perform good service about Klattan. In the residency of Kadoe, the insurgents were nearly if not wholly inactive, remaining constantly in the district of Sewocan, about Mount Merapie, and in the dis trict of Minorch. The road from Medona to Jamboe (between Magellan and Sainarang) had been infested for some days by rob bers who however, had no connection with the insurgents, and measures have been already adopted to restore order. The Commissioner-General continued to adopt measures of retrenchment. Among the ships arrived we find a ship with troops from Padang, and the Marco Botzari and Delphine with troops from the Texel and Flushing. His Majesty's ship of the - line, Zealander, with troops hound to Batavia, was seen on the 31st Jan. in good con dition off the Canary Islands. BRUSSELS, MARCH 29. Letters from Vienna, of the 17th March, say, on the authority of merchants' letters from the Banks of the Caspian Sea, that General Baron Diebitsch, who has an important mission from his Sovereign, the Emperor of Russia, to Georgia, has met with difficulties at Tiflis, in endeavouring to reconcile the opinions of the principal Generals who command the divisions of the Russian army in Georgia, with respect to the plan of operation to be adopted in the approaching campaign in Persia. Marc; 30.—The high military tribunal at Utrecht continue the investigation of the affair of Major Pesteur, who is now in prison, with respect to the fortifications of Ostend. Lieuts. Nool and Van Duin, who are implicated in this affair, and the latter of whom has lately arrived from Curacao, have already been examined. We now find from the Batavian Journals that the persons embarked as passengers on board the .Piva packet, which was lost in February, were, besides, Messrs. R. d'Ozy and H. J. Van de Graaff, Members of the Great Council of the Indies, at Batavia, Messrs. J. F. Van delGraaff, T. A. Van Angel.. beck, L. J. le Jenne, and J. G. G. Kilian. VIENNA, MARCH 22. Several private letters from Constantinople of the let of March, have announced that Count Guilleminot, the French Ambassador, had acceded to the proposal for the pacification of Greece, made by England and Russia. But by authentic accounts this is not the case.' It is here positively known, that France has not yet acceded to the proposals in question. Metalliques, SS 11-16 ; Bank Shares, 1052. ST. PITERSBURGH, MARCH 14. One of our Journals says, that manufactories begin to be more numerous in the Polish provinces, and that manu factories of sugar front beet-root, are going to be established in the Governments of Kieff and Podolia. The same Journal says, that very little business has been done at the markets of Kieff, where the merchants of Odessa have purchased a small quantity of wheat at seven rubles, per chitwert. The continued fall in the value of all kinds of corn, arid its extreme abundance iu these provinces, induce several landowners to turn their attention to other branches of agriculture, and to the breeding of cattle. We had hoped that all opposition to the Corn Bill, in the House of Commons, had expended itself; and, that the Bill would have been al lowed to pass through its remaining stages with out the reiteration of arguments so frequently and so satisfactorily ansWered. Last night, how ever, afforded another proof of the pertinacity with which some people cling to a favourite opinion, and endeavour to bring others to it, for the purpose of serving their own interests. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE made a strong effort on behalf of the Landowners, to reject the Corn Bill alto gether, by proposing that it be read' that day six months: and it would be curious, if space per mitted, to trace the reasons which induced the Honourable Baronet to submit such a proposi tion, and the arguments by which he hoped to establish the propriety of adopting it. Suffice, however, to say, that the first ground on which he rested his opposition to the Bill was, that suffi cient time had not been allowed, and that the House were about to legislate precipitately on this important subject. If the Hon. Baronet had collected from the newspapers, the reports ofall the speeches which he himself has made on this question, he would find, in the extent of the collection, a refutation of this part of his argu ment ; and that if ever th ere was a su bj ec t which had been discussed till every point of it was ex hausted, that subject was the Corn Laws. If, however, any one point wa s previously left un answered, the temperate and luminous speech of Mr. CIIARLZS GRANT completely set it at rest. The conclusion of the Right Hon. Gentle man's speech appears to us to express in a mas terly manner an argument which ought to be more considered in the discussion ofthis question, which is the propriety of legislating upon it now when a favourable opportunity exists, rather than postponing it till the arrival of a crisis when it would be absolutely impossible to resist the im portation Grain ; u when," as Mr. GRANT expressed himself, " the interests of a " starving population must be attended to, and " the pleas of humanity and justice would be " come all powe r f u l." The Right Hon. Gen tleman also added, w ith the liberality of an en lightened Statesman, that " the House were " bound to consider, in settling a question of : " this important nature, the growing intelligence o f the age, the enlightened mind of the corn munity, and the power nf the public press, and " that he was greatly mistaken if they wou ld no t " find themselves before long under the necessity " of viewing it in regard only to the real justice " of the question?' Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE, however, pressed his motion to a division, when the Second Read ing of the Bill was carried by a majority of 243 to 78. Extract of a private letter from Cartaxo, on the Tagus, Elated March 21, 1827 :_. Here we are, in a corner, as quiet an if we were at borne. 1 see very little prospect at present of fighting, except with mosquitos, and other little insects, which will become very troublesome as the weather increases in heat. The Marquis of Chaves seems to have disappeared for the present, probably to recruit his forces, and appear in ano ther direction; it is supposed in the event of his again advancing, that he will move in the direction of the Alen Tejo. I sa w some prisoners belonging to his array pass through this place a few days ago on their way t o Li s b on ; amongst w h om were two Priests. The inhabitants here seemed to treat them with great indignity. I also saw a number of Spanish Refugees, who had been some time at Santarem, pass on their way to Lisbon, where the Portu guese Government have wisely made arrangements to em ploy th e n, on garrison duty. In the Portuguse Consti tutional Charter, there tug a dame - against - 01y foreigner being employed in the Army; but. this has now been an nulled, and the Spaniards have consequently taken the oath of allegiance to the Crown of Portugal. They were singing the Riego Hymn on their way th r ou g h this place. The guards are at this place, and if nothing new turns up, it is probable that we may all remain stationary for some time. The troops were very well received at all the places through which they passed, and on the arrival of Sir W. Clinton at Coimbra, the public authorities came out of the town to receive him. Triumphal arches were erected at the entrance of some of the principal streets, and the people evinced great joy at seeing their old and faithful friends. With all this, however, time hangs a little heavy on our hands ; but the officers of the Guards are doing all they can to keep up a little life ; they have esta blished races here once a week, and if they ore not so fine as those in England, they are at least ♦ery laughable and amusing, particularly the heats between the mules. The officers themselves generally ride, dressed curiously and sometimes ridiculously enough. When they are at a loss for better sport, they take a dog in a sack some little dis. tame in the country, and hunt the unfortunate cur to death. We have seen the New Sahnon Fishery Bill, as amended by the Committee. Being quite in accordance with the anticipatory remarks which we made some days ago, we sincerely wish it success. Its main feature is the authorising stake nets " in all estuaries, rivers, and lakes," under certain very judicious limitations. These are, that stake nets shall not extend beyond the low water mark of Spring tides ; that a chann e l of one half mile shall be left clear, the limitation, if necessary, to be borne equally by both sides ; and that in no case shall this channel or open space between the extremities of the stake nets, be less than two-thirds of the entire space between high water-mark of Spring tides on the two sides of such estuary, river, or lake. The meshes must be three inches from knot to knot, and the stake net must be kept clear of sea-weed and all other obstructions. It is proposed to extend the fence months, or close time, from the 15th of September, to the Ist of March, in all rivers throughout the king dom. This is bad, and would materially affect the income of Salmon Proprietors, for it is early in the season that the best price is given, and the London APermen would have also good reason to complain, at postponing the period of their enjoyment in so material an instance. The Ist of January would be better. We highly ap prove of the weekly close-time, from Saturday night to 11Ionday morning—though perhaps eight o'clock is rather early on Saturday night, as we have frequently seen anglers busily, engaged at a later hour in the bright evenings of a Scottish summer. Conservators or Water Bailiffs are to be appointed, to enforce the provisions of the Bill. Our City Correspondentinforms us, that a letter has been received from Madrid, dated the 20th ult., of which the following is an extract:— The Count OFALIA • has set off for LOndon. On' the eve of his departure he received from his lUaresTr two autograph letters ; one he was to deliver to the King of FRANCIC, and the other to the King of ENGLAND. Although their contents are not officially known, persons who are well informed on the subject state that their ob ject is to beg of the two Powers assistance that his Ca tholic MAJESTY wishes to extricate himself from the great difficulty in which he is at present surrounded, caused by the new Constitution of , Portugal. His 141 - AJEsTv also ^states, it is supposed, his intention of changing- the present system of his Governinenir, from which he is prevented by the menaces of the Apostolics, not daring to undertake any measures until he is sure of the protection and aseistanci of 1 the two aforesaid Powers. We hope that our readers did not overlook the merits of an article from the Morning. He rald, which we inserted for their edification in our Paper of yesterday. It seems that poor Mr. CANNING is still out of favor with that Journal. They insinuate that there was pre-arrangement in what .fell from Mr. TIERNEY on Friday night, and (with wonderful consistency) proceed to Obieriekat:in a'small. house of 230 Members ! " to dignify they acei4ental,eheers of the smallest half of that small number,— into an 'undoubted and undeniable expression of publie'-te g e' ling or, a great public question, is straining the point a little too far." For our parts we should not call 230 a small House, and accidental cheers do not quite agree with a pre-arrangement. But it is always useless to argue with those who would adapt events to their preconceived OpiniOns, instead 'fnflowing: the, more natural and opposite course. -," Had we • the means' o r the power," continues the Herald, " of advising the CROWN upon this important occasion, our advice would not be uncomplimentary." Here then is a temptation for his MAJESTY, here is the bribe direct ;, for what KING can resist the Offer of any thing so rare in Courts as compli mentary advice? An Inner-Cabinet, consisting of the EDITOR and Sus-EDITORS of _the, Herald, would be truly admirable, and indeed . seems absolutely necessary, from " the state of Mr. CANNING's health," about which they are, no doubt much concerned. We trust, however, that they. and some -others,; however they may like it, will soon see 'that health . restored, an d the night Hon. Gentleman,ocpmig the proud position for which his eminent talents and splendid eloquence, so obviously point him out as the most fit and proper person in th e Kingdom. The Nuremburuh Correspondent, states that the Cabinet of Austria has formerly declared its adherence to the result of the conferences at St. Petersburgh, of the 4th of April, 182 . 6, relativ e `t o t h e pac ifi cat i on o f G ree ce. This news, which was announced on the Vienna 'Chains ininlediatel Y caused the public funds to rjss. ihitcx 'O.—Since the JBth inst. the frost has been very keen. The stoppage of the ice above the harbour is still fast, and the old ice has gained so much strength that there are apprehensions for the safety of the shipping even below the ice breakers, should the stoppage give way with the wind at S.S.W. or S.W.— fifteen feet water on the bar. Lettsms from Palermo of the Bth uit g i v e a very misera ble account of the state of trade at that port, and among other observations state that they h a ve thirty vessels lying there, many of which must return in ballast. The weather has been extremely tempestuous, and considerable damage has been done to the chipping. MAru m ARc , 13.—The Canton, which arrived at Cadiz on the Ath instant, in 26 days from Havanna, repo r ts, that the easilara, Iberia, and Arethusa Spanish frigates, and Amelia brig of war, were cruising on the coast of Vera Cruz. The Leultad and Porta frigates, and Hercule brig of war, continued off Ramo. Sever a l reports o f ra ther an a l arm i ng na t u re h ave been ci rcu l a t e d all th e morn i ng i n th e C i ty, relat i ve t o the state of Spitalfields an d mo ti ons of the weavers, we have muc h P l easure to say they seem perf ec tl y quiet, and man y of t h em evince a deaire to return to their empl o yment, many o f th e i r masters having met their demands for an advance of wages half-way. THE FUNDS-(111Ig DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Every thing in the British Funds seems attended with a species of gloom, which is increased by the uncertainty under which the public at present remain with respect to the Budget and the state of the Revenue. Consols opened this morning at 82i for account, and 821 for the next time ; they were for a moment 82k, and are now 62k, rather buyers ; India Bonds and Exchequer Bills fully maintain the advance of yesterday, being, for the former, 64 5 ; and for the latter, 43 4 pm. Nothing of the least importance has taken place in the Foreign Funds, and very little business has hitherto been done. The Cynthia packet may shortly be expected from Rio, having touched at that port from Buenos Ayres, and will doubtless clear up the present uncertainty respecting Brazilian affairs. Three per Cent. Consols, 82i, rather buyers ; Ditto for account, 82k, rather buyers ; India Bonds, 64 5 pm. ; Ex chequer Bills, 4 , 3 4 pm. FogizioN Fuxus.—Brazilian, 64 a; Buenos Ayres, 55 7; Chaim], 36 7 ; Colombian, 1824, 40i 1 ; Danish, 60 ex. div. ; Greek, 151 16i; Mexican 5 per Cent., 57 8 ex. div. ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 698 I, ex. div. ; Peru vian, 34 5; Portuguese, 76 ; Russian, 81- Spanish, 12-i f. MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, ai 40 dis. ; Brazilian, 1i Si pm. ; Bolivar, par ; Colombian, 15 17 per Share; Pasco Peruvian, 17 - 16 dis.; Potosi, 28 30 per Share ; Real del Monte, 70 80 pm. ; Tlalpuxabua, 20 30 prn. ; United Mexican, 14'13 dis. Two o' Clock. Consols have vibrated between 82i and 82i all the morning, they are now at the latter quotation. Small Exchequer Bills have advanced to 43 5 pm. ; Mexican Bonds, 69k i. - THREE 0' CL 0 CIS. Consols, 82i FOUR O'CLOCK--CLOSING PRICES. Consols 82i ;1 Danish Bonds 60,-} Do. for Ac. 82-g : 3 Greek Do. 1825, 161 Brazilian Bonds 644 Mexican Do. 1825, 69 Buenos Ayres Do. 57 Peruvian Do. Chilian Do. 364 .Russian Do. 87i Columbian, 1824, 403. Spanish D0..123: SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). FROM LLOYD'S. Daat, APRIL 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Remain the Wood ford, Lambourne, for Jamaica ; Lion, Kenn, and Princess Charlotte, Stephenson, for New South Wales. PoaTsarouTtr, APRIL '2.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Despatch from Lisbon; Asia Parker, Reay, off the Wight ; Hoogly, Reeves, from Calcutta 24 Nov., from Ceylon 10th Nov., and from St. Helena 10th Feb.; the William Wallace and Dorothea sailed from St. Helena two days before, the former for London, and the latter for Liverpool. Sailed the Sir W. Brasly, Smith, for Quebec; William and Alfred, Dalrymple, for Dominica; Wanderer, Clayton, for Honduras ; and Whitbread, Warwick, for Aliramichi. The Hooglv saw, on the 25th ult., in the Western Ocean, a large ship with loss of topmast. GUAVESEND. —Arrived the Duke of Wellington, Butler; Jane and Elisabeth, Roe ; Hope, Madge ; and Helen, Hussen, from St. Michael's ; General Longa, Aguira, from Bilboa ; Henry and William, Worts, from Alexandria; Uristia, Arundel, from Oporto ; Traveller, Harvey, from Demerara. HULL, Aran. 1.---Part of the cargo and stores of the Union have been saved. The Hopewell, Potts, hence to Lynn, was run foul of in Grimsby Roads yesterday, by the Judith, and has put into Grimsby to repair. APRIL 2.—The Constantine, Wardell, was got off the Trinity Road Sand last night, and carried into Grimsby. The Black River packet, Baker, arrived in the Downs from Jamaica, fell in with the wreck of an American schooner, and took off four men. The Renown, Robinson, from Shields to Whitby, sunk in going into Scarborough on Saturday night ; crew saved. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-APPEALS. JUDGMENT.-.-MACAU LAY V. SRIACK ELI The LORD CHANCELLOP, in delivering judgment in this case, said that he felt great anxiety respecting it (it being an appeal from a decision of his own in the Court of Chan cery); lie therefore wished to submit it to the considera tion a a Noble and Learned Lord, -wiyot-s -hnuwledge of the Court of Chancery was not excelled by that of any other man in the kingdom, however eminent; the Noble Personage he alluded to was once Lord Chancellor of Ireland (Lord Redesdale); not being able to procure the attendance of that Noble and Learned Lord during the, hear ing of the case, be took care to lay before him a statement of it, and also his own notes of the points advanced by Coun sel, he (the Lord Chancellor) had doubted very much respect ing the correctness of the decision below ; but all his doubts were now removed by the opinion of the Learned Lord, who hesitated not a moment respecting the propriety of it. This originated from an action brought in the Court of King's Bench by the appellant, for a libel published of • and concerning kim by the respondent; to this action the respondent pleaded a justification and filed a bill in the Court of Chancery, praying that the appellant might make a discovery of the matters therein alleged, and that one er more commissions might issue out of that Court for the examination of witnesses residing abroad. To this bill the appellant filed a demurrer, which on argument before him, he (the Lord Chancellor) thought proper to overrule and, at 'the same time to issue an injunction to stay the trial of the action until the returns of the commission, and until the appellant should answer to such questions as the respondent might put to him, touching the subject of the said libel---from his Lordship's decision in that instance, this appeal was brougkt. It had been alleged by Counsel on behalf of the appellant, that the respondent was not entitled to the protection of a Court of Equity, coming in as he was, with unclean hands ; but their Lordships were aware that the appellant had two ether modes of proceeding, besides by action; he might go before a Grand Jury, and lodge an indictment against the libeller, in whicb case the truth could not avail, as that course- of proceeding was fonnded..on the tendency of a libel to provoke a breach of the peace. The other mode was to file a criminal infoimation against him. But if he applied to the Court of King's Bench for that, the Court would tell him that he should not have the benefit of that extraordinary remedy, unless he should swear that the subject matter of the libel was not trne. The appellant in this case had made, an affidavit that he was advised by Counsel not to apply to the Court of King's Bench for a criminal information, as an action 'vvdtild be a better mode of c l ew i n g up hie, character, therefore, since he thought pro per not to adopt either of the modes of proceeding, which were founded on public grounds, but to proceed by action on ac ,eount of himself, (the public not being concerned) the law allowed the party pursued, to plead the truth in j u stification. There had been a great deal of observa tion abroad, condemnatory of the law, which prohibit cd`-truth to be admitted in answer to an indictment, hilt the reason of iteim obvious sad just, that mode of pro ceeding being allowed on account of the tendency of a libel -to produce a violation of the peace, the truth or falsehood of the libel could not avail. Having said thus mush for a libel, he would now beg leave re specting th e l egal a d m i ss i on of truth as a justification hi an action to ask h ow could ‘a defendant avail himself of such a privilege, if the anlyc persons who could prove the truth of the a ll eged libel reiided .abroad, unless a Commission were granted. The Col Arts of Chancery, and of the Ex chequer, h a d a l wa ys the jurisdiction of allowing Corn his Lordship did not k now why the reme dy,' missi , c ", to e,xamine witnesses abroad, and had fre quently exercised it, and -which was allowed in other cases should b e withhe ld in this, f or l e t it b e un d erstood that thi s i s no snore than an all e g e d lib e l, yet he should b e sorry t h a t it should go forth, as his o pi n i on, that th e subject /n atter of the libel was tr ue . Hi s Lord ship was now speaking, at the end of a long judicial life, and he would ssy, that there was nothing more incum bent or a judge than to confine hims e lf c l ose l y to t h e subject f o r his decision, a n d no t t o i ntroduce any thing ca l cu lated to affect a n y o f th e part i es. Wh a t hie L or d s hi p had now to propose to the House was, that the jud gmen t of the Court below be affirmed, but on ac count o f th e novelty of the case without costs. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. LIABILITY OF BANKRUPTS TO PAY COSTS. ir.x-r.s.v.rE CHILD IN THE MATTI& OF CHILD. 1 11 R was a petition to S upersede the commission, on the ground s that the petitioning creditor had sued it out front improp er motives. Tl 4, vicx-Cfralrck:LLoa, in dismissing the petition, express e d hie regret that the Court had not the power of makin g bankrupts pay costs. As the law at present stood, a bankrupt, at the suggestion of some dis honest attorney, presented a petition, or iikstituted pro ceedings, which would have the effect of exhausting his whole estate, and yet the Court had not the discretion of visiting him with costs. Hie Honour, addressing Mr. Montague, expressed his earnesthope that this point would be brought under the consideration of the Legislature. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) These Sessions commenced this morning before FRANCIS CONST, Esq., Chairman, and a Bench of Magistrates. John Fairbrother, Martin Brown, and Thomas Christ mas, were indicted for assaulting William East on the 29th of January last. The prosecutor was an official member of a club called the Free and Easy Club, of which the prisoner Fairbrother, who is a publican, was also a member. It appeared that sometime before the day mentioned, the prosecutor and Fairbrother had some disputes regarding the latter's contribution to the funds of the Club ; and, on the day laid in the indictment, the prosecutor, with a friend of his, called at Fairbrother's house, and showed him a card or circular, inviting the members of the Club to sup that night at another pub lican's house. Fairbrother, conceiving this was done in order to insult him, ordered the prosecutor to quit the house, which the latter refused to do. Fairbrother then, with the assistance of the other prisoners}, who were with him at the time, turned the prisoner out of the house. The Jury, under the particular circumstances of the case, acquitted the prisoners. Several other trifling cases of assault were disposed of in the course of the morning. SOUTHWARK SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) The RECORDER, upon taking his seat this morning, apologised to the Court for detaining it beyond the usual hour, which he stated was in consequence of an accident which occurred to one of his carriage horses on his way to Court. Thomas Bradley and Patrick iliahony were indicted for stealing 90 lbs. of lead, the property of the trustees of Guy's Hospital. _ _ It appeared that on the 10th March a quantity of lead was missed from off the stabling attached to Guy's Hospital; in consequence of which, Kinsey, an officer of Union Hall, was employed to watch the premises, and, on the night in question, he observed some persons getting upon the roof of the n` ' Having secured the assistance of the watch man, Kinsey then gave the alarm, and the prisoners, upon earning from the roof, were taken into custody. Bradley stated, in his defence, that some young fellows had taken his hat and apron, and flung them over the wall, and that he was induced to go across the roof to get at them. He denied all knowledge of the robbery, which was previously committed. Mahony made no defence. The prisoners were both found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. James Graham was found guilty of stealing one ingot of tin, of the weight of 251b5., from the wharf of Mr. Wilson ; and it having been stated that no less than nine-' teen of those ingots had been stolen from the wharf, since the cargo was landed, the Court sentenced the prisoner to be confined for six months in the House of Correction. THE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.-(AI ST. JA t per Load of 36 Trusses.) 17. s. X. s X. s. X. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 315 415 Clover Hay 4loto 6 10 Upland Ditto 415 6 0 Oat Straw 2 2 2 6 Rye-grass Hay 415 6 0 Wheat Ditto 2 6 210 Supply good, trade moderately brisk ; and prices as on Saturday. SMITHFIELD. s. s. Lowland Mead. Hay 3 15 to 4 15 Upland Ditto 415 510 Rye-grass Hay 415 510 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 A good supply, and a dull t X. s. X. s. Cloy. Haygcnerally 4 15 to 6 10 Do. extra tine 0 0 615 Oat Straw llB 2 2 Wheat Ditto 2 2 2 6 trade; prices as last quoted. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 2.—Wind W.N.W.—This morn-, ing, the squadron of experimental ships under the com mand of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, dropped down to St. Helen's, and will put to sea in a day or two. Early, last week his Majesty's ship Sapphire sailed on a cruize; but was obliged to put back in consequence of the bad fitting, of the scuttles of her lower deck, which occasioned her to make a great deal of water. The wreck of a merchant vessel was seen yesterday about twelve miles to the southward and westward of St. Catherine's Poist, she was apparently a small craft, but to what nation she belonged has not been ascertained. MUSIC. THE OLD Main.—This is a pleasant humorous little song, set to as lively and arch a tune. The music, in fact, is superior to the generality of modern melodies ; by the alternate mixture of archness and tenderness with which it is replete. We recommend it, therefore, to the attention - or our readcrlf." - A THE MOON'S ON THE LAKE, BV ALEXANDER LEE.--; Mr. Lee has here given us a very striking version of the fine old Scotch song " Macgregor's Gathering." These words are by Sir Walter Scott ; and Mr. Lee's music is an ad mirably characteristic comment upon them. This gentle man, indeed, is one of the ablest adapters of his day, as his late popular song of the " Blue Bonnets" will attest. THE CORN BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta.--Every individual of the community being deeply interested in the Corn Bill, now in progress through the House of Commons, I shall offer no apology for submitting to your consideration the following objections to the plan proposed, and suggesting another scale of duties, by which their objections may be obviated :- Ist objection.—A duty of 20s. per quarter is not an equal duty, the value of imported Corn varying in a ratio from twenty to thirty shillings per quarter. 2d. The value of the currency being subject to fluctua tions, a determinate average price of Corn, and a fixed nominal duty, are also liable to fluctuations, and conse quentlyto inequalities of real value. - 3d.. In case of a very unfavourable harvest, the price will materially rise, or may artificially be advanced above 725. The corn merchant will thus have to pay only Is. per quarter, and will thus be enabled to sell his corn at a much lower price than will indemnify the farmer for a de ficiency of crop, or the effects of a long and untoward har vest season. How, then, is the farmer, with perhaps only two-thirds of a crop , to pay his rent? 4th. It is apprehended, that no means which can be de vised for taking the averages will effectually guard against ,fraudulent returns. In order to preclude these evils, the plan which I should propose would be simply an ad valorem duty, according to the price in the English market, to be fired and paid at the time of importatip. This duty, I propose, should be one-third of . theprice of such grain, in the English market, of which, price the duty shall be taken, as forming apart. leaving the Id order to illustr a t e this, let it be supposed, that the g rain when imported is worth in corn merchant 420. per e n e a tro p k e t a 6 y 3 f s o . r p e d r u q t y u a 2 r l t e s r ; . , quarter. If the value of the gra i n were 72.. h e. would have to pay a duty of 21s. leaving him per quarter 48 s. w th i e ll E th n e g n lis h h a and so progressively. The advantages of this scheme are the following :- Ist. The duty being ad valorem, necessarily adapts itself to the fluctuations of the currency, and precludes the evils which may arise from a determinate nominal duty, whatever may be the value of the currency. 2d. This plan will protect the farmer from the ruinous effects of s elling a deficient crop, below a remunerating price.. the scale now proposed having no limit, and being continued throughout. sd. The revenue will he essentially benefitted, according to the plan proposed in Parliament ; when the price rises to 725. Per quarter, the duty is only Is. While the corn merchant has an interest in raising the price to this point, in order t o avo id the higLer duties, either he or the foreign agriculturist makes an additional profit to the extent of the duty. The public revenue thus suffers, and the commu nity is injured. By the plan here proposed both are be nefitted, while at the same time the corn merchant has sufficient inducement to speculate in foreign grain. ASCENDING SCALE OF PRICES. Price per Qr. Duties. Price Per Qr. Duties. 625. 625. 645. 651. 665. 675. 68s. ...... 2 2 5. Bd. 755. and so progressively. DEEctiini 620. 615. 60s. rc SCALE. 58s. 57i. 565. Os. ...... 25.. Sd. In the descending scale 2s. per quarter is taken as duty, according to Mr. Canning 's plan, in addition to the ad va lorem duty. Thus, when the price in the English Market is 56e. per quarter, the ad valorem duty is IS3. Sd., to which 28. being added for every shilling below 625. we have 808. Sd. for the duty to be paid. I am, Sir, your most obedient, 2d April. THOS. JONES. A NOVELTY,--A writer, or a manager of pantomimes, we forget exactly which, exclaimed the other day in the midst of a rehearsal, lam struck with an idea,"____on which a wag replied, " You astonish me."— Le Furet de Londres. FAMTIONAttiI AND MISCILLANZOtis. Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, the Committee for erecting a monument to the memory o f th e late Duke of York, had a meeting at the office of the Commander-in- Chief in the Horse Guards. The Duke of Wellington, the president of the Committee, with great numburs of the members of the committee, attended the meeting. Mr. Secretary Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer had a consultation yesterday, for nearly an hour, with Mr. Secretary Canning, at his residence in Downing street. Mr. Iluskisson and Mr. Wynn had also interviews yesterday with Mr. Canning. The Spanish and Portuguese Ministers trans acted official business at the Foreign Office yeaterday, with Mr. Secretary Canning. _ The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England and others of the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, together with the Comp troller-General, Mr. Higham, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the Treasury, yesterday. The accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the revenue during the present quarter were made up at the meeting. The Earl of Liverpool continued precisely in the same state yesterday as on the preceding day. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta has recently become the Patroness of the Invalid Asylum for Females. A sal* of work, for the benefit of the society, is to take place on the 24th and 25th instant, at the Lon don Tavern. It is generally understood that Mr. Canning is at length Premier ; but on conditions, with respect to the disposal of Church patronage, somewhat humiliating.— Morning Chronicle. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury en tertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at her house in Arlington-street. The Marchioness of Hertford entertained an elegant circle of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Manchester-square. The Marquis of Salisbury had a grand dinner party on Saturday, at his house in Hanover-square. The Countess of Es2ex had a select party yesterday evening, at her house in Hill-street, Berkeley square. The Earl of Sefton and Lord King had dinner parties on Saturday. • • Lady Davy has issued cards of invitation for a rout to-morrow evening, at her bouse in . Park-street, Grosvenor-square. Mr. Boddington gave an entertainment on Saturday last, at his house in Upper Brook-street, to-- Lord and Lady Holland, Lady Davy, the Marquis of Lans downe, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr: Fazakerly, Mr. Sharp, Major Fox, Major and Mrs. Web ster, &c. The one hundred and fifty thousand pounds Stock sold out yesterday was on account of the late Mr. Rundell. CAMBRIDGE.—Messrs. Hymers and Met calfe were yesterday elected to foundation fellowships, at St. John's College, and Mr. Marsden, to a fellowship appro..: priated to the County of Lancaster. Reports speaks favourably of a new Satirical Poem, entitled the " Age Reviewed," on the eve of its appearanee, but we apprehend the report of those " who suffer" will not be so favourable. We understand that Miss Fanny Woodhani (aged nine years), takes her Benefit Concert, on Friday night, at the New Argyll Rooms. She is a pupil of Mt. 0. H. Toulmin, and possesses very considerable taste and science. Mr. Haine*, the author of various dramatic pieces, has a new Opera under consideration at Covent Garden Theatre. Mr. Hackett, from the Park Theatre, New York, who is celebrated in the United States for his talent in mimickry, is engaged at Covent-Garden Theatre, and will make his first appearance there on Thursday next. The interlude of Sylvester Daggerw•ood has been so altered as to allow him to introduce some sketches of American character; and, having been in London for this month past, it is expected that he has not been idle, but that his imitations will also include a few of our own fa vourite actors. Sir William De Crespigny had not long since a similar attack to that of - Lora, Liverpool, in consequence of which he was advised to retire from Parliament, and all sort of business. Sir William, we are happy to hear, is now considerably recovered. AMERICAN SHORT-HAI:D.-011e of the American tribes express the number three by the word poetrarorenconroa.. It is calculated that there are at present about 6,000 uninhabited houses in Glasgow and the neighbourhood. At Huddersfield and Bradfprd Joint Stock Companies are forming, and the shares taken with avidity. Since January, 1827, one man has caught, upwards of 900 lbs. of trout in the rivers Eden and Ea wont, net far from the seat of Sir P. Alnagrave, Bart.— Westmorland Chronicle. THE WAKEFIELD 8.----Mr. Turner, the father of Miss Turner, intends to bring a summary pro cess in the Ecclesiastical Court to determine the legality of the marriage farce between these parties. The last deei " that marriages on e l opement to one, and Gretna-green ita principle sion on Gretna-green marriages is that of Sir William Scott (now Lord Stowell) in the case of " Dalrymple against Dalrymple." The judgment w a s a most elaborate ne the parties be obtain ed fairl y and wit hout fraud, and the marriage is solemnize d ac co rdi ng to the forms required by the laws of Scotland." oanmeiapyleb we c onsidered valid if th e consent o f Mrs. Fry is still on her tour in Ireland, visiting the different gaols and infirmaries. She was at Enniskillen on Tuesday. Liver pool to the Cheshire shore, n w pw ill ar p d r s ob o a f b o l n y e b : o l o t o ng l. ti. . A tunnel under the river Mersey, from is contemplated. This will far exceed in extent the one now excavating under the Thames ; and if it be eompleted the carriage road from Liverpool to Chester will not exceed sixteen tiles. The expense i 2 le oo in , ago the following in g eni ous ad dress as attached Carlisle Patriot. to a A, few day s c parcel and left at th e W h i te H art Inn, wi ii ‘ ec h, to be forwarded by the N orw i c h and Stam ford Union coach: it is supposed to have b een wr itten by a mo st artful and well-meaning youn g L a d y- kill e r o f th a t place :-- w Now Mr. Coachman, I beg you'll attend, Take care of this parcel, 'tie for a friend. 'Tie for Miss L—....... ; without any blarney, Be you sure and leave it, She's now on a visit At Mr. James W-t-n's, of Thorney. Sheridan, being in the country on a visit, a n elderly maiden lady , for whose society he had no fancy, set her , heart on being his companion in a walk. He excus e d himself at first on account of the badness of the weather, but was soon afterwards intercepted in an attempt to escape without her. " Well," it has cleared up, I see. " Why, yes," he answered, it has cleared up enough for one, but not for two." All act of a most dreadful kind was perpetrat ed in this town on Wednesday morning by an old man, named John Birch, 74 years of age, who, in a fit of tem porary insanity, murdered his housekeeper, Mary Hinton, who had lived with him upwards of 20 years. Birch, who is a man of independent property, residing at No. 25, Milk-street, was sitting at breakfast with his housekeeper, about nine o'clock, when he suddenly got up and went into the yard. He had been on very - good terms with the de ceased, and appeared, when he left the room, to be as coin posed as usual. When he returned, Mary Hinton wee sitting with her back towards him, and as he afterward. said, it struck hiet that it was a good opportunity to kill her. He went into the parlour where there was an axe, and coming behind the woman he struck her a violent blow on the head with the edge of the instrument, which felled her to the ground. Having thus despatched her, he proceeded to cut her about the head and arms, and her body exhibited nearly 30 desperate wounds. He cave she never spoke after he struck her the first time. His son-in law happening to pass the door, Birch called him in, and said, "Look there," pointing to the body, "I have finished her at last." An alarm being then given, officers from -our police proceeded to the spot. and took Birch into eustody. Ile made no resistance, but said, " there is no occasion to be at any trouble about is me that did it. I had no cause for it, as there never was a better woman. I would give 10,0001. if she 'were alive again." A coroner's inquest was held at the Stag and Pheasant, at ten o'clock on Thursday morning, before Mr. Greenway, (Mr. White ley being absent on his duties, as Under-Sheriff, at War wick), when a verdict of " Wilful Murder" was returned. The depositions were immediately made out, and the pri soner and witnesses were sent off to Warwick on Thurs day evening, where Birch will take his trial at the present Assizes. The nnfertnnate woman was about 45 years . of age.—Birseingharn Journal. '