The Sun. — London, England, 1834-04-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. There exists, as we understand, on the part of those ill judging bodies the trades' unions, an intention of meeting in formidable numbers on Monday next, at the old rendezvous of disturbance, Copenhagen-fields. The professed object of the meeting is a legal one, — for so are all professed purposes legal. It is to pre pare and transmit through the Secretary of State to his Majesty a petition to revoke or mitigate the sen tence lately passed on the six Dorsetshire convicts, and now in course of execution. Of the legality of this profession there can be no possible doubt. Of the merits of the parties on whose behalf the petition is to be presented, we shall say nothing; but that three of them at least knew thoroughly what they were doing —to wit, the two preachers, and one who had been confined in gaol during four months for felony. But let that pass : we were not aware of it when, at first, we impugned the severity of their sentence. Further, with regard to Monday next, it is rumoured that the unionists are to march in procession through the principal streets, such as Oxford-street, Regent street, &c., down to Whitehall, in regular divisions under their respective leaders, with banners and other insignia, and that at Whitehall they are to present a petition to Lord Melbourne for the Sovereign in fa vour of the above transgressors. Their own numbers they estimate at 200,000 or 300,000 men ; but a tenth of that number will suffice for the purpose of their leaders, which is no other than that of intimidation over the government, the authorities, the property and all the moral force of this vast metropolis and its sur rounding districts. If to intimidate be not the aim of these men, why do they call together such frightful multitudes, which, even with the best intentions and most skilful organization, must prove intractable to any commands of their leaders, from the excitement under which they assemble, and by which they have for months past been so sedulously and successfully in flamed. Is it necessary to meet myriads at a time in order to frame a petition ? No : but the object is ma nifestly to overawe King William IV., and his Cabinet Ministers, by an imposing array of the means of physical violence. Now an attempt to overawe the King's govern ment by such means amounts, in common speech, to nothing short of insurrection—and in law, to something not very far short of treason. They may not intend evil —we are certain that the majority do not—but in such circumstances will they be able to prevent it ? Can their chiefs be sure of restraining men so raised and agitated from chance-medley breaches of the peace ? And are they aware in that case of what must happen? The police are numerous; and as to discipline, which means the power of combined action, they constitute a military power more effective than any mob. But if a conflict should unhappily ensue, there are others ready to take part in it. There are several regiments of cavalry, battalions of infantry, and brigades of artil lery, at the immediate disposal of the Executive Go vernment. We are sure that there will not be an in temperate or arbitrary recourse to military power ; but if resorted to, which God forbid ! we can assure our misguided fellow-subjects, that it must be in stantaneously triumphant over such really flimsy oppo sition as trades' unions, however noisy, presumptuous, and menacing, can dare at any time to bring forward. At whose door, then, will lie the blood of Eng lishmen ? Not, unquestionably, at that of the pro tective, but of the tumultuous and offensive, party. And what ought to be the resolution acted upon by all prudent, discreet, and loyal persons in reference to next Monday's proceedings ? Obviously to keep aloof from the fray, to curb their idle curiosity, and to pro vide that their children and servants all remain quietly at home. Lookers-on at a scene of outrage, or of outrageous tendency, are ever in the greatest danger. They are not in the secrets of the meditated attack and defence. They know not whither to betake them selves for shelter, nor of whom to ask for help; their occupation may be harmless in their own eyes, though it is not so in the eye of the law. They are unlaw ful accessories to the crimes they witness, and justice may reach them, if the ball or sabre does not. Let us conjure, therefore, all sober and well disposed in dividuals to stay far off from the inauspicious meeting. Home is the fitting post of every man whose active services are not called for by public duty. For the sake of the unionists themselves, let not any but their own dupes swell out the ranks of the agitating leaders, perhaps only to hasten on their illegal movements. Nothing but ill can come of even the slightest partici pation in those proceedings by which the peace of the metropolis is threatened ; therefore, once more, we do oeseech all well-disposed men to guard their own do mestic firesides ; and the authorities we would remind, that to them belongs the task, the duty of prevention. The public looks to them for the preservation of the public peace.— Times. We regret to hear that it is the intention of the restless leaders of the trades' unions to call together the industrious and, as we sincerely think, honest and well intentioned workmen, who have been, many of them, artfully seduced, while others have been forci bly compelled to enrol themselves members of these secret societies, on Monday morning, in Copenhagen fields. According to the rumours which have reached us, it is said to be the plan of these designing leaders and delegates to assemble twenty of the different trades, marshalled and divided under their respective and distinguishing banners, and to march in mili tary array from Copenhagen-fields, early on Mon day forenoon, through some of the most populous streets in the metropolis, such as Oxford-street and Regent-street, down to Whitehall. On arriving there, a deputation from this multitude are to present a petition to the King, at some one of the public offices. Such is the news, as reported to us last night; but we can hardly believe that the sensible workmen svill be led to take any part in such an absurd and don e-PIA proceeding. It is clear that should this plan acted upon, no good can result from it. The design can only be to intimidate and overawe the legal authorities by an ostentatious display of physical forge, Now, in this the instigators of the popular movement will assuredly fail. Whatever difference of opinion may be entertained as to the sentence pro .nouneed upon the Dorsetshire labourers, it is obvious ti:st threats of violence, and the collecting together an immense crowd to besiege the office of the Secretary of State, cannot prevent the law from taking its course. The moral influence of a fair and calmly_ worded petition to the Throne for a mitigation of punishment, cannot but be destroyed by any attempt to back the prayer of the petition by the appearance of an immense multitude, assembled under such ques tionable circumstances. We would fain hope, there fore, that the leaders, on whom a fearful responsibility will rest, will pause, while it is yet time, and renounce their absurd design. They must cause interruption to business, and may cause alarm to the peaceable in habitants in the streets through which they pass, and any outrage, or breach of the peace, which must be repressed, may be attended with serious accidents, perhaps the loss of the lives of innocent persons. Those who are intrusted with the preservation of the public peace will of course be on the alert, and no doubt all due precautions will be taken to guard against any destruction of life or property ; but when im mense masses are assembled, when thieves and pick pockets will mingle among the honest men of the Unions, the least accident may occasion serious dis turbances. We confess that we look with alarm upon all such foolish processions. We are and ever have been the warm friends of the labouring and pro ductive classes, and will yield to none in the endea vour to better and to elevate their condition. It therefore gives us great pain to witness proceedings which can have only a prejudicial effect on the rate of wages, for whatever tends to destroy confidence and 4'o arrest the free employment of capital, must inevi - lessen the demand for labour, and prove injuri ous tably to all who live. 1 by their daily exertions. Union and 10 means the ng ; and we intimidation are at a loss same to see thi how any ob fear most people will 0 ugh union is to be pro ject which can be attained th r —Morning Chronicle. moted by immense xssgrablages. A novelty occurred on Sonclay last at St. Peter's church when the minister was publishing the bans of marriage. On his announcing the names of a particular couple, a respectable-looking woman near the reading-desk stood up and said, " I forbid the bans 1" The rector immediately rose and requested she would call in the vestry after the morning service. We understand that her objection was, that the gay Lothario had promised to marry her, and therefore she thought her entering her caveat in the nick of time would at least be an " impediment" in his way to hap piness with her r ival. How far it may operate is un certain ; we appreheizd, however , that she is not likely to recover the faithless goiwn.—Ltverpool Chronicle. On Thursday last some workmen discovered at North Stoke, Arundel, embedded ip the earth near the river, a canoe, which, after consitlere.bl.c labour, they succeeded in raising, It is tbirty-four feet !Oag, and appears to have been manufactured from the trunk of a large tree, but of what description of wood can not be ascertained. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1834. We understand that the second reading of the Poor Laws Bill is fixed for Monday se'nnight, and we hear that its provisions have given great satisfaction, not only to the House of Commons but to the magistracy and the farmers through out the country. There is a general feeling that an important change had become indis pensable, and a desire to shift the heavy re sponsibility which it is thought that none are so able to bear as the government of the country, The Commissioners will be nominated by the Crown and removeable by the Crown. The regulations they make will of course be subject to the approval of the Crown, The Bill does not make it imperative on the Commissioners to direct that relief shall be refused to all who will not resort to the workhouse, although the general principle un doubtedly is that work shall be there provided, and that unless especial reason should be shown the vestries shall not continue the practice, now so common and so ruinous. The Commis sioners will establish general rules—these will be submitted to the approval of the Crown— they cannot be carried into operation, until sufficient time has been allowed to any parishes to make their objections to them —these objections will be well considered; and if there are, as there will undoubtedly be, cases in which it will be most for the advantage of particular parishes to deviate from the gene ral rule, there can be no doubt but the commis sioners or the Government will allow the ex ception. In short, wherever the affairs of the poor are well conducted, there the commission ers will have no occasion, and certainly no wish, to interfere. The power will be taken out of the hands of overseers to make a market of the poor; the farmers to turn their necessities to their personal advantage in the reduction of the price of labour; and of ma gistrates to save themselves from unpleasant feelings at the expense of the best interests, not of the landlords only, but of tht poor themselves. The measure is certainly one of vast impor tance. All former Governments have shrunk from the responsibility of undertaking any effectual correction of a system which they admitted to be productive of all manner of evils, and if the present Government have taken it upon themselves, and can carry it into satisfactory operation, they will certainly render a service to the country, second only, in importanee to the Reform Bill itself. As we have already observed, much will depend on their wisdom in the selection of the commissioners, to whom a large discretion will be given, but subject to the control of Go vernment, the Parliament, and public opinion. The strange animadversions made last night by Mr. SINCLAIR and Mr. A. JOHNSTONE on the grant to Maynooth College, would not de serve notice, bnt that these gentlemen put themselves forward on every occasion as the guardians of pure Presbyterians in Scotland, and the advocates of every bigotted—we had almost said, every unchristian doctrine. We should blush for the inhabitants of the North if even one in a thousand concurred in sen timents which would revive the worst days, not of polemical warfare, but of unrelent ing and bloody persecution. Men animated by such sentiments never could live in amity with any other sect ; they are so vain of the purity of their doctrines, and so bigotted in their views of the faith and doctrines of others, that if their numbers were equal to the virulence of their feelings, they would attempt? we will not say by sword and faggots, but by galling restrictions and legislative persecution, to put down every other sect. Thank GOD! their power is not equal to their wishes ! For some years the trifling sum of 8,9781. has been voted for the purpose of educating young men for the Catholic church of Ireland, and at the mo ment Parliament is legislating on tithes, and passing a bill to compel all Catholic landlords to contribute to the support of the Protestant clergy, these two pious individuals would refuse even this small pittance for the purposes of education. If the refusal would tend to check the evil, there might be some sense in the argument —but as it would have precisely the contrary effect, we can attribute this opposition only to the most hopeless ignorance, or to blindness of heart, to pride, vain glory, hypocrisy, and all uncharitableness. Do these legislators not see that if the grant were withdrawn—nay, if an act were passed prohibiting any seminary for catholic priests in this country—the young men intended for the church would be welcomed at the universities abroad as martyrs to their faith ; and would return to their native country imbued with feelings the most hostile to a Pro testant government, and prepared to instil them into an ignorant and easily excited population, and that if their religious doctrines were carried to the full extent (and they are bound to fol ' low them up), we should again have the flame of discord raised throughout Ireland, and see renewed all the horrors of bloodshed and the worst period of Orange misrule and persecution? Yet they appeal to GOD and their consciences for the sincerity of their feelings. We doubt not their sincerity any more than the sincerity of the Roman Catholics, when tolera tion was unknown, and they appealed to the Supreme Being before they put their bloodiest designs in execution. Men, under the in fluence of perverted feelings, may find reasons for every species of cruelty and iniquity. The day of persecution, however, is gone by ; all history—and none more than the history of Irish wrongs--shows that persecution only adds strength to proselytism, and that the only way to reclaim mankind from religious errors, is by good example—by patience in well doing, and by the exercise of a virtue in which these Presbyterians are sadly deficient—the virtue of charity. Our Northern brethren will not thank them for this unseasonable display of religious ardour which, whatever Mr. SINCLAIR and Mr.ANDREW JOHNSTONE may wish the public to believe, is as contrary to the principles and practice of the Scotch church, as to sound sense and morality. The most important information communi cated in the French papers is, that among the persons arrested in Lyons was a son of Gen. BOURMONT, and M. SARDA, the commander of the steam-vessel Carlo-Alberto, which landed the Duchess of BERRI on the coast of Provence some time ago. A telegraph near Auxerre, on the road from Lyons, was burnt on Tuesday by an armed band. The Emperor of MOROCCO had, it is stated, in letters from Larache, to a person in Marseilles, pro claimed war against the King 'of NAPLES, and was about to send four ships to sea, in search of Neapolitan merchantmen. They talk at Vienna of despatching a commissioner to the Congress of Zurich to insist on the removal from Switzerland of the Polish and other political refugees. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARis, APRIL 17. Five per Cents., 104 f. 103 f. 95c. Four per Cents., 92f. 75c. Three per Cents., 77f. 80c. 75c. 60c. Bank Actions, 1,783 f. Rente de Naples, 94f. 60c. 55c. Roman Five per Cents., 96 95%14. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 27y q U. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cehts., 40%K. Royal Spanish Loan, 82A. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 66 65%. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 97. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 20c. Three months, paper, —f. —c. ; money, 25f. 17%c. —Cours Authentique. The German papers state that the Congress is unremitting in its labours, and will be closed in a short time ; and that letters from Constan tinople announce that the Greek ambassador, ZOGRAPHOS had been received in audience by the Porte. VIENNA, APRIL B.—Metalliques, Five per Cents., 97% ; Ditto, Four per Cents., 88% ; Bank Shares, 1,2481-h. The Brussels papers, dated 16th inst., have been received : they contain nothing of impor tance. Messrs. WA RREL L and PRELOWSK I, Polish refugees, yesterday received orders to quit Belgium in twenty-four hours. M. DAN DURAU, editor of the Pandore, an obscure theatrical journal, M. DE BETHUNE, editor of La Papillotte et l'Eclaire, and M. BAS IL LE, who has been supposed to be concerned in edit ing La Jeune Belgique, received orders yester day to quit Belgium within twenty-four hours. We find Mr. MUNDELL begins with educa tion in the nursery, and traces its progress through elementary schools, advanced schools, and the universities. He exposes the preju dice which excepted from the operation of the inquiry concerning churches all our great schools by name, and the two universities, with every school which has a special visiter:' Positive injustice would thereby be done to the upper ranks, who were thus excluded from the benefit of an inquiry which was extended to the lower. Much of our present situation arises from the faulty education of the higher orders. Hence it is, that there is more of sound information without than within the walls of Parliament, and the weakness within must yield to the strength that is without, not thereby meaning physical force but moral power, which governs, directs, and controls physical force. As the speediest means of arriving at the information which might long ago have been obtained by the commissioners for churches, if they had been permitted to extend their in quiries to our great schools and universities, Mr. MUNDELL suggests that the heads of those establishments should be required to re port to Parliament copies of the statutes of each of their several foundations, with a descrip tion of the property belonging to each founda tion ; the annual revenue or returns received] therefrom, and the mode of application there of, with the matters taught, the manner in which they are taught, and the number of scholars or students attending each establish ment. Parliament, he observes, has it in its power to direct further inquiries, if the reports thus to be made to it shall be insufficient. But a great . deal of information may be thus speedily obtained, that may be useful for the purposes for which it is required. We trust this suggestion will not escape the LORD CHANCELLOR, Who was the author of the inquiry still making concerning charities. We give to-day an abstract of an important motion in the Common Pleas for a rule for a new trial. The rule has been granted. The proceedings arose out of the celebrated contest at Shaftesbury between Lord GROSVENOR'S nominee and Mr. (now Sir) CHARLES KNOWLES. The latter refused to pay the expenses incurred by one of his agents, Mr. GEORGE CHITTY, a considerable part of which were on account of the legal defence of a large number of voters in the interest of Mr. K NOWLE s. Hence arose a trial at Dor chester, in which the latter obtained a verdict. Mr. CHITTY applied for a rule for a new trial, which has been granted, and will no doubt be made absolute. LITERATURE. CONSPIRACY. 3 Vols. London, 1834. The subject of this romance is the well known conspiracy headed by the Marquis of Bedamar, acting for the interests of Spain, against Venice, and more especially the power of its terrible council of Ten, which took place somewhere about the close of the 16th century. This conspiracy, it may be remembered, sup plied Otway with the materials for his tragedy of Venice Preserved, whose most prominent characters, Jaffier and Pierre, figure also in these volumes. The " fine, gay, bold-faced villain," however, of the drama, dwindles into a mere nonentity in the novel ; while Jaf 6er remains pretty much in statu quo. The character of M. Arnault, the busy, in triguing, French adventurer, is well brought out in the work before us ; it is, indeed, its re , deeming portion, being full of spirit and shrewd touches of individuality. As next in skill and ability to this, we may mention the Greek courtezan, which is a good conception ; and the hatred which she is represented as bearing towards the state of Venice, is in keeping with the feelings of the Greeks of those days towards the " sea-Cybele." The great fault of the work is, that it is too much cumbered with de scription, and split into episodes. Almost every personage, male or female, as he or she enter on the stage, preface their introduction by a long story. Now this is very awkwardly contrived, and throws a stiff, artificial air over the narrative, whose progress it also sadly im pedes. Perhaps the most interesting portions of the narrative—interesting because it flows on with more ease and spirit—are the two or three first chapters, descriptive of the solitary impri sonment and subsequent death of a high-born young Venetian mother, with her infant, in an old castle, situated on a barren crag, in the wildest part of the shore of the Adriatic. We give an extract : " It was now that one might see how lovely a creature she was, and how unfitted to 'be the inmate of such a home, for this miserable and ruinous castle was from hence forth to be her home. . She seemed to be about twenty years of age, and , was formed on a model of exquisite beauty. In her figure there was faultless symmetry—her face was pale, but that paleness, deadly as it was, took not from its perfect beauty—her forehead was high, and the black and glossy tresses, parted in the centre, hung in wild clusters, which contrasted beautifully with its pure and marble whiteness—her eyes were dark, and their expression, amidst the terrible suffering which clouded them, was yet sweet and gentle, and over them the eyebrows arched with a regularity rare to look upon. Her mouth was formed as faultlessly as the other features, and seldom indeed might one expect to behold a face more lovely, or a figure more exquisite. If she looked so in sor row and distress, what must she have been before misfor tune overtook her ; and was such a fair and fragile crea ture to be for ever banished from that world she was formed to ornament, and were the days of her life to come to be passed upon this bare and barren rock, to watch the winds and the waves as they howled and dashed around her melancholy abode? " There was a still and fixed look of despair in her coun tenance which told that now there was no hope for her on earth. She complained not—her eye was lustreless ; there was only now and then the half stifled and convulsive sob which told inward suffering—she knew it would be vain to show all that she did suffer by external marks of grief, for there was no one here to take pity on her. " But deserted as she was, there still was one being to whom she was and would be everything. It was her child, and she held the unconscious infant with the grasp of one who feared that the last object which made life at all de sirable might also be torn from her. " This, however, was not the intention of her persecu tors, they wished her to retain her child; for those who had exiled her to this barren rock hated that child even more than its mother. It was the offspring of one who had been the hereditary and irreconcilable enemy of their house, of one whom they conceived to have disgraced and dishonoured their name by a secret connex ion with their sister, of one too high for them to dare to take the vengeance they panted for. But when they wished the child to be brought up in ignorance, they little knew there is that in the breast of a mother which, amidst sor rows, privations, and sufferings, will conquer everything for the sake of her child. " She sate in the cold chamber silent and motionless, with that infant pressed to her bosom, and even at such a moment she had attempted, and succeeded in her attempt, to hush it into slumber. The tall and stern figure, who seemed to order everything, took no notice of her, but stood at the narrow window in deep and sullen thought, gazing upon the blue expanse of water which stretched away from the base of the rock." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, APRIL 18. —Wind E. N. E., fresh.—The French brig Ida is just off the Goodwin, and steering towards Ramsgate. P O RTSMOUTH, APRIL 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Pantaloon, from Lisbon and Falmouth. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 17.—Wind E.—Arrived the Ruby, Sims, from Riga. FALMOUTH, APRIL 17.—Wind E., strong breezes and squally. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 17.—Wind E.—Arrived the Mis chief, Brown, from Lisbon—sailed the Bth instant ; Pol gooth, Olivar, from Charente ; Maria, Benjamin, and Co lombia, Brabander, from Antwerp ; and Engelina, Bosk, from Rotterdam. Sailed the Monarch, Beachman, for Ceylon. L O NDONDERRY, APRIL 16.—Arrived the Malvina, Bee, from Riga. Cons, APRIL 17.—Arrived the Diana, Downing, from Oporto. GIBRALTAR, MARCH 22.—The Columbia, Erickson, from Porto Rico to Marseilles, stranded near Algeciras, has been got off after discharging. ROUEN, APRIL 15.—The Gabrielle, Huon, from Mar seilles to this port, is on shore near Bouille, and is not ex pected to be got off. Off the Wight the Tronalyem, Graac, from Lisbon. The Seaham, Rickaby, from Sunderland to Montreal, put into Shields, leaky, and must discharge. The Venus, Harvey, from Arundel to Swansea, put into Falmouth, with main-mast sprung. The skeleton discovered last week near the Park is still lying in the Town Hall. The teeth re main in the skull quite perfect.-..-Brighton Gazette. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 121334 New 5 per Cent. 3 per Cent. Red 89436 India Stock 259 3 per Cent. Cons. 9O gIA li Ditto Bonds 28 30 pm. 354 per Cent. South Sea Stock lOl% Ditto Red 0 6% % Old Annuities BB% New 314 per Cent... ..... 98 71.2; New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 — 4 per Cent. 1826 lO2 Ex. Bills, £1,006 541 49 pm. Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditto. 'OO 5O 49 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l7 :6 15-16 Ditto Small Oct.lo, 1859 — Ditto Commercial pm . Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised Jan, 5, 1880 — Bank for Account Aprils, 1830 — India for Account 2593¢ Jan. 5, 1870 — Cons. for Account ...90% N% 74 PRICES OP FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ............ 102 Peruvian Ponds 00 14 Belgian Bonds 99 1 4 Ditto Account 01 34 Ditto Account 9314 Portuguese Bonds 7OX Brazilian Bonds 7154 X Ditto Account 70 1 4 I Ditto Account 7134 Ditto New Bonds 701 If 70.1 '"'nos Ayres Bonds 2531 Ditto Account... 7114% 7014 Ditt: !Account 0 6% 5% 6 Prussian Bonds 10 3 14 3 Chilian Bonds ....... 0 414 Ditto Bonds, 1822 litt Ditto Account 25 R uss i an Bonds, 1822... 104% 1 4 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account 23 Ditto 111 Ditto Bonds, 1824 24% (Spanish Bonds, :8:1. 33 2% Ditto Aceitint 21g 1 Ditto Acc. 333 32 ~ Danish Bons - 344 Ditto Bonds 1823 2914 Ditto Acccunl..,., 74 I)itto Account ...... ... 30 20 N Greek Bonds French Rentes, hp. c. —f —c Ditto Bonds, 1325 : 3314 Exchange —f —t! 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Amsterdam C.F. 12 5 Ditto, at sight. 12 3 Rotterdam 2 U 12 5 Antwerp 12 ,5 Hamburg M.B. 13 12 Alton 13 12 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Ditto .2 U. 25 80 Bordeaux 25 85 Berlin 7 Frankfort on Blaine, Ex. 51.152 P.tersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 104 Vienna, effective fl. 2M. 959 frieste do lO 0 Madrid 364 Cadiz 374 Bilboa 36 Barcelona Seville 36 Gibraltar 47 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO MORROW. Morning.. 20 minutes after 11. j Evening...:o minutes after :,0. —<tft 4 t I* ,- " , r ts ' - *14140 5% 31 10% 25 COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY ) CHITTY V. KNOWLES. Mr. Sergeant TALFOUILD said that this case had been tried at the Doncaster Assizes before Mr. Justice Bosan quet, and a verdict had for the defendant. He now moved their lordships to show cause why a new trial should not be had, on the ground that the verdict had been against the weight of evidence, and also that the learned judge should have qualified his charge in laying the case before the jury; and further upon an affidavit of surprise. The plaintiff was an attorney, residing at Shaftesbury, and the defend ant a gentleman—Mr. Francis C. Knowles, lately become Sir F. C. Knowles, by the death of his father, who had been a candidate for the borough of Shaftesbury in two elec tions, 1830 and 1831. On these occasionsthe plaintiff acted as the defendant's law agent, in conducting the elections, and the action was brought to recover a sum of 1,0561., for . plaintiff's services and outlay of meney upon these two occasions ; and also for the costs of defending three indictments which had arisen out of the elections. No money had been paid into Court, nor had there been any payment ever made by the defendant to plaintiff. The defence was, that there had been an understanding that the whole of plaintiff's services would be given gratuitously. The evidence of the Rev. W. St. John was that at a meeting which took place previous to the election, it was stated by Chitty that the expenses should not exceed 8001. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET said he had a very full account of the evidence ; the witness stated, that at several meet ings and dinners the plaintiff had been complimented for his kindness in giving his services gratuitously. The wit ness was asked if he had ever told Chitty that a larger sum would be given, but he positively denied it ; and then a letter written by the witness had been put into his hands, addressed to Chitty, the purport of,which Was, that he (the witness) had a sum of 1,0001. ready for the election, and had a carte blanche, for a further sum. On that letter being put into the witness's hands he fell back, fainted away, and was carried out of court. After some time the rev. gentleman returned into court and admitted on his cross-examination that he had a sum of 1,000/. for the election—that he had written that letter to Chitty shortly after the first meeting, in which Chitty said that he would act gratuitously. The learned judge proceeded to read the cross-examination of the witness at great length, but there was no very material fact elicited in it. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD resumed—On the first elec tion the defendant was defeated by a majority of 24, and on the second occasion by a majority of about 30, when he stood with a Mr. Trant. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET —lt appeared by the evidence, that at the settlement of accounts, which Knowles had become liable to, Chitty was present. The bills amounted to 1,461/., but they were reduced to 1,115/. Mr. George Chitty was present, and no demand had been made by him for their services. The bills to the amount of 1,1151. had been paid in sovereigns, and also some smaller sums which Chitty had paid. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD—With respect to the first election, a history of it had been written by a Mr. Rutter, a bookseller, who was examined, and he could not point out any passage in that history in which the gratuitous services of Mr. Chitty were alluded to, although it must have been well known that he expended 500/. or 6001., and turned his house into an inn for the accommodation of Mr. Knowles and his friends. The conduct of Mr. Chitty at the settlement of the accounts was also easy of explanation, because he would show, by Mr. Knowles's letter to the plaintiff, that he reserved the right to himself of remunerating Mr. Chitty for his services. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET—It is right to put the Court in possession of how the election accounts were settled. The evidence was, that Chitty at that time was present, and that the accounts were corrected by Chitty himself ; and opposite his services were marked the words " No charge," and the account was signed by Chitty. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said the evidence of the plain tiff would explain that point. That evidence consisted of several letters from the defendant to plaintiff. The first was without date, and contained this passage : " With respect to your own services, that is a se parate question, which you will, I am sure, leave to me." If the case stood upon that letter alone, there should have been a verdict for the plaintiff, and it perfectly ex plained the conduct of Chitty when the other bills were in train of settlement. Mr. Rutter, in his evidence, stated that the committee had paid no claim for defending the rioters, and the inference was, that Chitty had carried on that at his own expense, without any directions from Mr. Knowles or his committee, but it would appear by the settled accounts that there was a charge of 161. 4s. for horses and carriages for the rioters, which had been paid by the com mittee. The CHIEF JusTicE asked, why had not Chitty made his demand for defending the prisoners at the time the ac counts were settling ? Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said the trials were not over at that time. The next letter was dated 3d September, 1830, calling for the account of money paid by plaintiff for bands of music, drink, &c., independent of plaintiff's own services, which, " although you have kindly made an oftvr of gratuitously, I cannot be ignorant were attended with great expense and loss of time, which must of course be defrayed by me." The next letter was of the 13th to of t J t u e n a e r , b i l t B r 3 a t 2 i , e n in e f reply tw e f t r o i e o n n d e s e f from m e a i ch side , a t u t y d , t stating thattThin There r h eh e ewasw would eanul od l t e hn a e v er e t l et demand et e emr c i a n i d m j tuhl o ye f IwCB3hh in ole quiring ou remuneration awt hoenthe ee. r 1, the accounts forwarded by Chitty referred to the election expenses or his own retaining fees, and containing this passage : " Your own fees are of course a distinct affair, and as I understand that you are inclined to gi v e me some indulgence in c onsideration of the great actual expe nse over that calculated upon, I wish the settlement to be delayed till my affairs are more settled." The learned sergeant here alluded to the manner in wnich the question had been put to the jury, and contended that in the whole of the evidence, considering the importance and extent of the case, it was one which was deserving of public investiga tion by the Court. The CHIEF JUSTICE said it appeared there was no ground for disturbing the law as laid down by the learned judge. The Court would, however, grant a rule to show cause, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to evidence. —Rule granted. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O' CL CK. Up to the present time the only arrival we have is the express from Paris, and which is of a very meagre descrip tion. All the Paris journals continue to refer to the late dreadful slaughter at Lyons, which may be compared to the massacre of Ismael, by General Suwaroff. Report states that eight thousand persons have fallen in that dreadful conflict, with the destruction of four millions of property. This, indeed, is a terrible example of the ven geance of the King of the French • but it remains to be seen if this immense flow of blood and vast destruction of property will deter the French nation, at a future period, from a renewal of scenes more horrid and awful than the present. We are of opinion it will not. In the absence of news, the general topic of conversa tion this morning relates to the meeting of the Trades' Unions on Monday next at Copenhagen-fields, to petition his Majesty to mitigate the punishment of their six asso ciates who were transported, and this intended assemblage of some thouiands has caused some excitement in the City, fearing that disorders and tumults will take place, and of which we have great doubts, if the military and police do not interfere. We hear that some bustle took place yes terday at the Horse Guards, no doubt preparing measures for the safety and protection of this great city. A report prevailed yesterday that we were going to send troops to Portugal, but as yet nothing positive is known on the subject. THE FUNDS. The French Funds coming lower, 77f. 60c., and the in tended meeting of the trades' union on Monday next, have caused a depression in Consols this morning. They left off yesterday at 90 % 3 % for the Account, and opened at 901. Little doing as yet. The private letters by the County of Pembroke steamer are very few, therefore to the present time we do not hear any further information than already published and received by the agents of Don Pedro. Portuguese, 70 3 % 71 ; Spanish, 33 to lA. HALF-PAST ONE. Oporto letters have been received, stating that Admiral Napier was busy in preparing his expedition against Fi gueira, which was to take place immediately. Three hundred more Belgians were on the eve of sailing for Lisbon. Consols are heavy at present, at 90Y 8 _% for Account. U Owing to th e mee ti ng o f th e T ra d es ' nion on Monday, three or four regiments of Dragoons are ordered up from the country to be in readiness for that day. Spanish, 32 3 / 4 ; Portuguese, 70 3 / 4 71. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 90% I h. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2131 3 per Cent. Red 3 - Cp. Cons.- :4 India Stock 260 Ditto Bonds.. 3O pm South Sea Stock . 101 f pet Cent. . ..... ... ._ Lt. 31 per Cent. 3k per Cc nt. Red Ditto New Aim. 8 8 1 New 31 per Cent ''ll, Ex. Bills, IOC& 4B pm 4 per Cent lO2 Ditto 5001 49",iim, Long. Ann. to expire Ditto Small 49 pm Jan. 1860 l6 15-16 Bank S. for Ace. 2131 Oct. 1859.. Jan. 1860 l7l India St. for Opg. 2591 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 perecnt. - 102 Portuguese, 5 per cent.... 701 Belgian, 5 per cent 99 Ditto, Reg. Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent. 26 Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO4l Chilian, 6 per cent 2ll Ditto, Metallic 104; Columbian, 6 per cent 2l Spanish, 5 per cent 321 Ditto, 1824 24; Ditto, 1823 29; Danish 73; French 5 per Cent.... - 1. —c. Greek, 5 per cent 331 Exchange —t. —c. Mexican 5 per Cents, 1825 30 French 3 per Cent --f. —c. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1825 4Ol Dutch, t 2 i per cent 5O Peruvian 6 per Cent. 2Ol Ditto, 5 per cent 95 COURT CIRCULAR. .jj Lord The King gave audience to Earl Grey, Lord , their so T p h h ‘ e a a jandes Majesties Duke a e Ps rni yesterday,nd e e D G uc e he ra s gt s e s o ot f .f Gloucester,jaCambridge, James's es sa 1 a et lunchedeh .e ,Psi with Farnborough, and Sir James Cockburn. Their Majesties left tow n s o on after five o'clock, in s carriage-and-four, with an escort of Lancers, for Windsor Castle. A short time before leaving the Palace the Queen t cGelpi p T h oturoicr e n:cs K tethe i erG n , R g eaoet s rv p g7 e e n l3o t iourf T c. ec h ws u ta i nor s o da od Cambridge, tse v e, e . paid a visit to the Princess Augusta. day afternoon, on a visit to their Majesties, at Windsor. .At the Queen's drawing-room, on Thursday, the followoi ing were amongst the company , present: — Mansfield, the Countess of Haddington, Lady Mary 11 T ' ,if the Right Hon. Sir Edward Thornton, G. C.R., Rowley, and the Hon. Captain George Campbell, R.'', Miss Eliza Carvick was presented to her Majesty by I ' 6 mother, Mrs. Carvick. sliced The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria w cnaicancmgobmwrpiidtahgnejethdueobDuysuehc)ih,seessptserreo.f. and drove in Hyde Park, yesterday, for some time. The Duke of Sussex and th e D uc h es s of Glouceste r visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. M a j e sty Prince George of Cambridge accompanied her the to the King's Theatre on Thursday evening, to witness performance of the opera of Anna Bolena. ciation. A deputation from the South A us t ra lian Ass°, fir. headed by Mr. Whitmo re , M.P., an d cons isting °_,t f ' r t G e r r Ad o t a e, M.P., deputation,. t P h . e , ceo hiColoneloenaidaei_do b T im. o y L r e re . e ns, M.P Mr. ClaY , Mr. Mills, Mr. Raik es C urr i e , M r . G o ;and Mr P°"" tinges, had an interview with Mr. Secretaryer Stanley Y es ' i n ter' o A rdCl rp em , e a n t ts th , e hadan view yesterday w ith Viscount itho Treasury' The Marqui s d e Mi ra fl ores, C ount Fl or id a Blanca, :e visits yesterday to the Cabinet Ministers, at their respect" residences. A number of the Lords of his Majesty's Most 1! 4. V . Privy Council h ave b een summoned to atten d a Conun.-ee of their Lordships on the 25th of the present month, to he ar : Counsel in support of the petition of the London Vn icer . sity praying for a charter. The Archbishop of Canterbur,y; the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London , " I .i. Cabinet Ministers, the Lord Chief Justice of the CA",, t o - King's Bench, the Chief Justice of the Court of C° lll ,l t h n e Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, au' Chief Secretary for Ireland, have received summonses. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING' FRIDAY. —Sweepstakes of 100 s o v s. each, h. ft., fori(coaltt: and fillies. D. M. 6 subs. Mr. Mills's Brother to received forfeit. Match, 500, D. M.—Mr. Greatrex's br. c. by Lottery7;-; Trulla, Bst. 61b., received 200 so y a . f ro m Sir .31. I V °°a ch. f. by Reveller--Leila, Bst. 21b. and fillies, Bst. 41b. D.I. Th e w inner to The Ale Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for colts,bBestso. sold for 400 sovs., &c. 6 subs. Mr. Payne's ch. c. by Wrangler (Pavia) 1 Duke of Portland's c. by Lott er y .................. 9 5t02 on Pledge. Won in a canter by six lengills',j Sweepstake s of 50 sovs . eac h, h. ft., f or co lt s , Bst. 71b. ; "'" o G f . s Ed a w f a o r r d t s h 's reeyr Wellington s .-o ld, fillies, Bst. 41b. ; two yrs. -old. T. Y. C. 4 subs- Mr. Gane's Chance 6st. 71b. ; four, (Boyce) 1 2 A Plate of 5t04 on Wellington. Won by three lengths. five, Bst. 131 b. • six, 9st. 41b. ; and aged, 9st. 81b. D' l% The winner to'be sold for 300, &c. Mr. J. Mills's Old Bill, 3 yrs (S. Rogers) 1 2 Mr. Rush's Roadster, 6 yrs Mr. Gauntlett's Barbiche, 3 yrs Mr. Houldsworth's Regulus, 3 yrs eof 5 to 4 on Old Bill, and 2 to 1 agst. Roadster. -07 ° 13 by a length. for colts, The Hare Park Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. , ",-," Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. (31b. allowed . n) 1 Sir S. Graham's Zulima, by Sultan ...(Robi" ° Mr. Thornhill's Mouser. Won cleverly. 5t04 on Mouser. The Port Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for to Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. ; the second horse to his stake. T.M. M. 15 subs. 1 Duke of Cleveland's Muley Moloch ...(ChifneY) Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge Mr. Walker's Mussulman.. .............. The following were not placed :—Lord Exeter s Robert, Sir S. Graham's Jason, Mr. Stonebewer's Cha d tilly, Mr. Greville's Whale, Mr. Batson's Revelry, s", , Mr. Sowerby's Catalonian. to 4 agst. Mussulman (taken/. 5 to 2 agst. Muley Moloch, 6 to 1 agst. Whale, 10 to 1 Est, Revelry, 10 to 1 agst. Robert, 10 to 1 agst. Revenge', !•, 0 , to 1 agst. Jason, and 20 to 1 agst. any other. Won by t w lengths in a canter. D• l4- Sweepstakes of 200 each, h. ft., for colts, Bst. 7 1b. Bst. 51bi! 5 subs. Duke of Grafton's Olympic walked over. Tk D ERB Y. was remarkably heavy, has had the effect of advancing the ic F h ri t da he y sp N e i c g u h la t t - ion prices n grlr granted T nk h ete e odo r fnt e hsl Cleveland's ulae.attvhionef leaving h the asth eb P ehs o eeh r na t i he S t s : l r t ai a he e k d w e i n s n w , t i h th e 3 od itti ds e , y as m it ol i o s ch ta . ken i t r e were -4 to I agst Mr. Batson's Plenipo (taken) 5 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's shilelah 15 to 2 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 9 to 1 agst Mr. Yates's Bentley 20 to 1 agst any other. OARS. _ MO to 200 agst Mr. Walker's Cotillon (taken) 1000 to 800 that neither Plenipo nor Cotillon win (taken, DURHAM RACES, April 17. so o. The Trial Stakes of 20 sous. each, h. ft., with I O v. su added, for 2-yrs.-old. Th ree quarters o f a m ile. 4 I Duke of Cleveland's b. c. by Velocipede (Lye) , J Mr. Wormald's ch. c. by Velocipede ............. •• Won tolerably easy. rs for t he The Maiden Plate of 501., given by the Membe r City. Two mile heats. Mr. Harrison's Miss Wilfred, 4 yrs... 2 ` Mr. D. Ross's The Pretender, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Greenwell's Frank, 3 yrs Each heat well contested. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY•) COVENT-GARI There was a great supply at I trade was somewhat brisk at thi )EN MARKET. th e :his morning's market, 31' following prices. sd' a,„O 6 6 Spinach (half-sieve)... Cabhage Lettuces...... 2 0 0 Apples ................... 4(2 6 5 , Onions. .............. 2 Seville Oranges (100).. 8 "„ " Sweet Oranges .........• 5 n u lo‘ , Lemons ................... Walnuts ................ I " I " .. .5 0. 8° s.d. s.d. Potatoes (cwt.) 3 0 to 5 0 C,t`,bages, White (12) 1 0 3 0 Rhubarb 0 8 i 6 Brocoli 0 6 2 0 Endive 1 0 2 0 Horse lladish(bundie) 3 0 5 0 Celery 0 6 1 0 Carrots ,12bunches) 4 0 7 0 Turnips Coleworts or Greens 1 6 3 0 Young Onions 2 6 5 0 Turnip Raddishes 1 0 2 0 Leeks. 0 6 1 0 For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 2 6 English, Forced '5 0 20 0 Pine Apples (lb.) Sea Kail (punnet) 0 9 1 6 Small Sallad Parsnips (dozen) 1 0 1 6 Cucumbers (brace) 1 0 4 0 , Asparagus ............... „ French Beans . ............. s ß p a a d n d . s c h h e e s s n ( French ditto ........... 0 `", 0 French Walnuts ....... 4 0 Ispanish ttazlenuts 0 4 ,, 6 Brazilian Nut 5.......... u Turnip Greens (bush.) 1 2 9 Brocoli Sprouts ... ...... 5 6 New Potatoes (1b.)...... 0 Cos Lettuces (per score)lu2tsh(apecndsk)) 4 : ( 1 6 E HAY M ARKETs.—L at ii ps a r Ay td . 'fit $ il , 0 136 Trusses)* ,-, Coarse heavy Lowland C Meadow £3 sto 0 New Meadow Hay il 0 4 1 0 Useful Old . Ditto 3 15 6 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay—. 4 6 16 Clover Hay Oat Straw £1 10 to il 12 1 Wheat straw... 114 /0 1 Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay o£3 5 A l 5 New Meadow Hay 0 0 *4 0 Useful Old Ditto 3lO l' 15 C F l i o n v e , U r p il l a a n y d (e s x lea tra do fi w ne ln .. d .x lt s ye 4 g .. ra G ss en H e Oat Straw ... £1 12 to X 1 14 1 Wheat Straw 1 I , a ra y l . l . ; * :::: 4 4 ,03, 116 i ii ,3 5 to S3 0 Coarse Meadow Hay New Meadow Hay ° 4 10 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4ily Clover Hay Oat Straw £1 12 to 114 Wheat Straw.... I lIIJNGERFORD. ori PRICE OF SUGAR. II The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugarw, sti e from the Returns made in the week ending the, u ' s ive 0 0 0 1 April, 1634, is 30s. lOid. per Hundred Weight, eW un port a Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the thereof into Great Britain. PRICES OP HOPS.-April 1,1. _ 61. CS• New Kant Pockets (per cwt.) Os to "" Choice .... - _ ........... 61 103. 71. n ,, . - 11. -5/ ss. 51. Ws*" w. East Kent..........-......--................ 6/. 10s. 01. _-,..!* frn t° Ed 94 , 19 6 * Choice _ ..-,....-.. 0/. Os. 71. W." - a. - 6s. New St , psex P0cket5,,................--. 51. 11. sii. Os. 6 4 Os. o ~, 12 1 . Superfine Ditto .,..-.. n .- - • I 17,7 os. Farnham fine •••I••I•I • • 1 1 I, 0 I 0 10.1........1 11 .lls • C)1. ''.. i: 11. Ditto ( 5ec0nd5 ).. ..........-.. . 101 Os. 01. Os ' ET.—April 18. ti e. ~ Per Ton. , 21 ~ Walls End Gosforth..,,'" 1 9 ~, Walls End 1'er1iin5.....,...... „, P Walls End lliddelPs ... - .,1,., 9 l i Walls End Adelaide ...... 7 7 0 Hartley ..........................+. ast market -day, 1. COAL MAR Per Ton. s. d. Dean's Primrose 15 6 East Percy 18 3 Pontop Windsor 15 6 "rail field *wow 17 6 West Hartley 17 6 Walls End Bcwicke & Co. 21 6 Ships arrived since MEETINGS OF CREDITORD AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREfi" (From the London Gazelle.) $. t 1 ON MONDAY, A PRIL 21. I A W. 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