The Sun. — London, England, 1834-03-06 00:00:00

BARON SMITH. The following are extracts from Baron Smith's charge delivered the other day to the grand jury of Meath, which in an address, signed by all the members of the grand jury, the learned baron was requested to publish. We select these two because they refer to the subjects lately under the consideration of the House of Commons:— " In some quarters I was commanded to be sadly frightened. But I looked to my own innocence,—and to the justice and wisdom of the legislature; and I disobeyed that woul , '..;)e intimidating command. I did not think the character of gentlem,n quite merged in that of judge ; and my spirit, which I believe to be a proud one, would not suffer me to quail. At the same time (pardon this short egotism), if nay spirit be a higb, it is not a re fractory or contumacious one. I ever have respectfully received,—l ever shall respectfully receive,—a lesson from such as have a right to give it. To constituted authority I have ever preached submission ; and with God's guid ance and assistance, I will practise what I preach. But as to turbulent authority, self.createl and usurped, it may perhaps have force enough to break me down ; but it never shall bend the firmness of my spitit, nar the stiffness of my age." • a • • • " Party politics I never wish to talk. In private I dislike them; I abhor them on the bench. If I had talked—but I did not—those party politics, which, on the contrary, I do not even entertain, I should undoubt edly regret it. But I never can regret my having done too more than assert the principles of the law and constitu tion, when both seemed, by teo many, to be contemned or misunderstood ;—though I may indeed lament my having been—either misrepresented, or gri.ssly miscon ceived. Thus much I way say now. But even thus much I could nor, before yesterday, have said, without forgetting what was due to the dignity and independ ence of my order, and consequently without forgetting what is due by me to my country—of the rights and liberties of wbich that independence is a main support ; a support, in Ireland, never more wanting than at the pre sent day." DEATH OF JOHN BIDDLES. This individual hai long been known as the rich money lending shoemaker of Dishopsgate.street. He died on the 4th instant, leaving property, as some state, considerably above a million in value. It is said, that independently of some property which he received with his wife (whose face has seldom been seen out of the house'„ it was by ex treme frugality and attention to business, and by availing himself of the advantages of the markets, that be realised this immense sutn. His person was man in the extreme, his dress that of a I abouring mechanic; his small clothes, stockings, and shoes, bore the appearance of those of a charity boy. He was a very heavy proprietor in the East India Company, and a large shareholder in the Chartered Gas Light Com pany, as well as in other companies. His evenings were generally pasted at a public-house near Bishopsgate.street, where be regaled himself with a glass of gin and water, or half a pint of ale, and bread and cheese, by which means the expense of both fire and candle was saved. At home his annual expenses scarcely amounted to 50/ , whilst he dvanced very considerable sums by way of loans to others. The parsimonious habits of this uncommon character were strongly exhibited in some of his journeys, by adopt ing every means in his power of saving a penny—as pur chasing a sheep's heart or chop on the road, and getting it dressed in some tap-room, which, with a penny loaf and half a pint of beer, has furnished him with a sumptuous repast; and after walking many weary miles, he has often congratulated himself that his whole day's expense has not exceeded sixpence. At other times, however, he ha•, with a companion residing in Bishopsgate street, taken a post chaise to make an excursion of pleasure, during which he visited the first-rate inns, fared on the best, and whilst his companion hes drunk his foreign wine, he with the same gout has enjoyed his gin and water, and freely paid his quota. In his own shop he has been seen taking his breakfast—a bason of tea, and a slice of bread and butter tucked in the saucer, like an apprentice. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—NortriuMPTON,MARCH 5. (Before Mr. Justice LITThEDALE and a Special Jury.) THE KING V. TARPLEY, CLERK. This was a prosecution for trespass. Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, with whom were Messrs. Antos and Iluatvanr, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. HILL and Mr. WAD DINGTON the defence. Mr. Pack, at whose instance the prosecution was in stituted, is the Squire of the village of Floore in this county, and the defendant in the Vicar. It appeared that the trespass was committed in asserting a right of way through part of Mr. Pick's grounds, which the defendant contended had always existed, along which the villagers went to church, and various places in the neighbourhood. Witnesses were called, who proved that, fifty years agn, when a Mr. Ilsminond was vicar, there war such a way along Mr. Pack's property, but that in subsequent vicars' time, and from the enclosing. of the neighbourhood by Act of Parliament, they had ceased to use it. Fur Mr. Pack it was submitted, that other vicars pur suing a different route without objection, and a non.usor for so long a period, was clear evidence that there had never been a right of way, but that it was merely a lease and license on the part of the prior owners of the property. The jury, after a short deliberation, found a verdict. for the plaintiff. CROWN COURT. (Before Chief Justice TINDAL.) Austen Perkin, aged 42, was charged with setting fire to some straw, the property of William Bate, Esq. It appeared that prisoner was a labourer in prosecutor's employ, who was in the habit of using a thrashing machine, which machine had been taken down a few days before the fire. The prisoner, understanding that it was to be set up again, set fire to about two cart loads of straw in a hovel, and the wind being strong, the flames spread to some ricks, stables, and a dwfllirig-house and granaries, all of which they completely consumed. The prisoner confessed that be had fired the straw, but that he had no other intention than to frighten his master from using a thrashing-machine in future. The jury found him Guilty, and the judge passed sentence of Death, giving no hopes of a reprieve from execution. A Noble Lord, on being invited to dine with a large party on Friday next, at which he was promised a fund of entertainment, replied—" I would join you, but I have already promised to dine at the Covent-garden Fund dinner, where I always have a fund of mirth—a fund of entertainment—a fund of good cheer, and a fund of excellent company ; added to which, I have ever a fund of 'content from my own feelings for contributing to that Fund, from the members of which I hive so fre quently received a fund of gratification." THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.—Within these few days Sir Wathen Waller and Mr. Ware have had a con sultation on a cataract, which has made its appearance in one of the eyes of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and apprehensions are entertained that the other eye is likely to be similarly affected ; but from the appearance of the complaint the most favourable report has been male to his M .jesty, who has expressed much anxiety on the occasion, that when the time arrives for performing an operation, the sight of the Royal Duke will be preserved, as his general health is excellent; and the removal of a cataract, by a skilful oculist, is not now considered an operation of danger. MR. ROTCFI, M.P. FOR KNARESBOROUGH. --(Flom a Correspondent.)—On Tuesday night last, a numerous meeting of Ultra-Reformers, with a light sprink ling of Tories, was held at Mr. W. Pearson's, inn keeper, Briggate, Knaresborough, for the purpose of considering the propriety of forwarding to Mr. Rotch a note of reprehension for his remissness of duty in not attending the House of Commons on Mr. Har vey's motion. John Bainbridge, Eq., was unani mously called to the chair. The worthy chairman, after having in a very neat and elegant speech, ex plained the object of the meeting, entered very elaborately anti very minutely, and with great point and ability, into what he conceived to be the duty of a representative of the people, and into the cause of which they had met to com plain. The docuinent was then signed, and either has been or will immediately be forwarded to the hon. gentle man. At the conclusion of the meeting, it was agreed, that should a vacancy occur in the representation of the borough, John Bainbridge, Esq., from his long political experience and unflinching attachment to reform, and from his brilliant and tranacendant abilities as an orator, was the only fit and proper person to be their representa tive.--Leeds Times. A HINT TO COURT NEWSMEN.--A news paper published in Constantinople, by the authority of the Government, announces the approachine nuptials of the Princess Saliba, eldest daughter of the Sultan. Her palace is named the abode of joy ; and the officers of her household are enumerated. The preamble of the article, of which the following is a literal translation, will be found highly oriental ;.—." Her Highness, the noble and chaste Saliba Sultan, of imperial dignity, daughter of his Highness the Emperor, distinguished for her modesty, and reared behind the select curtains of chastity in the harem of the seraglio, the crown of purity, and the diadem of pudicity, being arrived at the resplendent age of pu berty and discretion, and being in the flower of cantata. biality, prepared for legalized matrimony," &c. The in tended husband, Halil Paella, a stout handsome Georgian, not many years ago a slave, is not mentioned, as that would be quite against etiquette ; neither is there a word said about the princess's beator, which is by no means equal to her chastity and modesty. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—A meeting of landowners, househcldeta, and occupiers of land and tenements in the line of road, in the parishes of St. George, Hanover-square, Chelsea, Brompton, and Ken. sington, proposed to be taken by the Great Western Rail way, was held yesterday, at the Be'grave Hotel, Dour), street, Pimlico; Mr. E. Haswell in the chair. " That it is the bounden duty of the Railway Company, associated for the pi ofitable investment of their capital, to prosecute their schemes with the least possible sacrifice to pi ivate interests: and, where such interests are in any degree affected, to make a full and perfect compensation to the parties suffering."—An amendment was moved, which the Chairman stated to be lost ; but so much clamour arose, that he put the motion a second tune, and that being drowned in noise arid confusion, he finally broke up the meeting, and vacated the chair. It seems that Mr. Sullivan, the Member for the city of Kilkenny, had the courage to vote in some of the divisions lately against Dan, and the consequence has been, that the creatures of this unprincipled and heartless despot have placarded all the walls of Kilkenny, warning the people, on pain of high displeasure, against using the ale or por.er of Mr. Sullivan's brewery! This is one way of keeping the Tail in order. But surely, this system cannot last.—Dublin Post. Francis the First asked one day of Duchatel, the learned Bishop of Orleans, if he was a gentleman? " was the Prelate's reply, "in the ark of Noah there were three brothers—l cannot tell from which of them I am descended." Yesterday Samuel Pearson, a weather-beaten seaman, applied at Lambeth-street police-office, to make an affidavit before the magistrates as to the destruction of a Si. Bank of England note, in the following singular manner :—Pearson, it appeared, had just returned from a long voyage on board one of the Hudson's bay Company's ships, and was paid off at the Company's office on Thurs day last. On the same night, while drinking with an old shipmate at a public-house in Poplar, he wanted to light his pipe, and putting his band into his waistcoat-pocket, pulled out what he conceived to be a piece of waste paper, which he rolled up lengthways, and popped it against the gas-light. He then lit his pipe with it, and throwing away the small unburned fragment which remained in his fingers, popped his foot on it as it fell on the floor. He then continued to enjoy himself fur some time, and on his return to his lodgings he found himself minus the Si. note. Being rather sober he, after some time, recollected having lighted his pipe at the public-house with a piece of paper from his pocket, and on going back, he found, on the tap-room floor, covered with dirt, the remnant of the paper he had before thrown away and trampled on; and on wiping and unfolding it, there was just left the number perfect, but not a particle of anything else. He subsequently called at the Bank, and exhibiting to the clerks there the number, told them the circumstance, and they agreed on his making au affi davit of the. fact, and the cashier in the Hudson's bay Company's office swearing that he had paid him a Si . note of that number, to make good the loss. The ap plicant, as a matter of course, was sworn to the affidavit in question. STRIKE AT GREENOCK.—On Saturday morning last, the operative masons employed at the building of the Secession Church, Geo•ge's-square, Greenock, struck work under the following circumstances : —A man belonging to Large applied for work, which was given him by the contractors for er:cting the church ; but, in a short time, it was discovered that the incomer was not a member of the union, and he was apprised by the unionists that he could not be allowed to continue at the work unless he become a member of the union. The poor man, anxious to earn a little money for the main tenance of his family, agreed to become a member of the union, and pay the entry money specified by the articles. But judge of his surprise when a demand was likewise made for 3d. for each day he had wrought since the strike of the G'a•gow Unionists, for the support of that body. To this unreasonable demand he refused to comply, ar.d the contractors having praiseworthily declined to disc Large him, the Unionists struck work immediately. We un ders,and that the master masons of Greenock have re. salved to discharge all their men until the affair is ami cably settled.—Aberdeen Herald. INHUMANITY.—On Monday morning, the 17th inst., a child was discovered wrapped up in straw, in a cart near the Manse door at Petty. The infant was apparently one or• two days old, and its being found alive was justly considered as something like a miracle. The first consideration was to preserve the life of the infant, and the next to set on foot an inquiry to detect the unna tural parent. Both of these attempts have fortunately proved successful. It being ascertained that a child was horn, and had disappeared, at Dyke, near Forres, Mr. M•Bean, messenger here, was despatched to Dyke to see if the clothes could be identifie , i, or any other trace of conn-xion established. The truth soon transpired—the servant girl at the Sawmills of Dyke admitted that she had hen delivered of a child on the Saturday previous, and the inhuman father (a man named Ross) who alone was present, immediately took it from her and carried it off, as he said on his return, to' the parish of Croy. She herself had never eeen the infant ! The man must have meant the parish of Petty, as the case was otherwise clearly proved. He had carried the child a distance of nearly 30 miles. Though weakly, the infant is doing well. It is worthy of remark that about nine months ago a child (still nursing in the parish) was left in the same place. Rose has been apprehended, and com mitted to gaol.—lnverness Courier. INCENDIARISM.—WC are sorry to state, that an atrocious case of incendiarism occurred near Linlith gow on Tuesday night. Two brothers of the name of Walker, quiet, industrious men, are the owners of a small farm, named Syke, which they cultivate with their own hands. In the course of the past winter, two attempts have been made to set fire to their premises, in conse quence of which, one of the brothers has been in the practice of getting out of his bed, and examining the stack-yard and out-houses once or twice every night. Notwithstanding this precaution, the malignant villain, who bad made the previous attempts, and, who must have watched his opportunity, at length accomplished his purpose. The dwelling.house, and three out houses, form one line of building; early on Wednes day morning the latter were discovered to be in flames ; and though assistance was got from the burgh, it was too late to do more than save the dwelling-house. A young cow, a number of hens a quantity of corn in sacks, and various agricultural implements were destroyed. The corn in the stack-yard was not injured ; and from this circumstance, as well as the fact that the lost attempt of the incendiary was upon the dwelling. house, the thatched roof of which he fired, it seems pro bable that his object was rather directed against the per sons than the property of the two brothers. The Sneriff substitute and Procurator-Fiscal are taking precognitions, and making every possible exertion to trace out the monster who perpetrated this diabolical act, the author of which must be some personal enemy of the Messrs. Walker, as they employ no servants or labourers.—Edin burgh Paper. _ APPALLING STATEMENT.—We have been favoured by a gentleman in the Hon. East India Company's service with the following extract from a letter written by a brother officer—a man in whose veracity the most im plicit reliance may be placed. Ellore, the station from which the letter is written—is in the Northern division, and is at present garrisoned by the 43d regiment of Ma dras Native Infantry. Extract of a letter, dated Enure, East Indies, 15th September, 1833 :—" The famine throughout a great part of India has been dreadful. The people of England complain of distress ; I should like to put a few of the worst fed down at Ellore for a day. I do not exaggerate when I say that I cannot stir out of my house in the morning without coming across the body of a person who has died during the eight. The town is strewed with them. About a fortnight ago, a woman was caught roasting her own child alive. It died almost im mediately after it was released. The child was about six years old, and from its size and strength was able to make a great resistance and outcry, which attracted the attention of some people, but too late to save its life. I have no doubt but that infant•eating is of common occurrence just now. The number of dead removed of a morning from about our Sepoy lines is always from 12 to 30. It is horrible to see the poor skeletons walking about—they are nothing but bone. The peasantry of this part are nearly swept away ; and so are the cattle, for want of water. 'We have had a good deal of rain lately, which gives some prospect of a tolerable harvest. The failure of another Monsoon would cause indescribable misery."—lnverness Courier. ~mss ~ -~~~-_~ ~~ ~~~.w • ~~} ~~~~~~~~~ r~ ~~~~~~~~ d r - ~ ; ~;~r~~t LOKDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1834. Mr. ATTWOOD'S favourite motion for a re ,turn to paper currency, stands for this evening. It is painful to see a member, from whom so much was expected, and who represents a re spectable constituency, lowering his character by such perverse obstinacy in a bad cause. Why does he not direct his parliamentary duties to some useful end, instead of aiming at an object which, if gained, would throw the country into inextricable confusion ? Paper money, more than any other cause, deranged our finances ; and the Hon. Member's only remedy is a recurrence to the evil. Some Members, however, as well as doctors, must have their hobby horses. SAN GRADO could think and dream only of warm water and bleeding ; WAITHMAN, at the be ginning of every session, mounted his hobby —" the declared and official value of exports and imports ;" and the Member for Birming• ham seems determined to follow his example, and make his paper question a standing ses sional order. It is satisfactory to find that Wednesday, for merly a dies non i❑ Parliamentary business, is now set apart for the correction or total suppres sion of delinquent boroughs, and that the work of regeneration goes on so smoothly. Last night bills against three egregious offenders were advanced a stage, and with the exception of the hon. member for Dover, whom Mr. HOWARD described as the advocate of every delinquent before the house, scarcely one mem ber can be found to screen such barefaced cor ruption. The bill for disfranchising Carrick fergus was read a second time without a divi sion. The Warwick bill went through committee in the same off hand way, and the second reading of the Stafford bill was opposed only by five out of a house of one hundred and sixty-two mem bers. It is no doubt hard that the inno cent should suffer with the guilty, and ex ceptions should be made in favour of borough where a respectable 101. constituency can be found, but wherever this is not the case there is no remedy but the last penalty of the law. Stafford, Warwick, and Carrickfergu3, with a population of between 7,000 and 9,000 each, are too small and too corrupt to be intrusted with the franchise, and unless some respectable asso ciates can be found for them, political extinction must ensue. A few instances of severity will arrest the abuse. Electors who did not take bribes (if any there were) must have winked at the proceedings, and therefore cannot reasonably complain if the rule acted upon in some esta blishments be applied to them, namely, that if the innocent do not point out the guilty they must suffer with them. A petition on the subject of the observance of the Sabbath, which is intended to he pre sented to the House of Commons, is now lying for signature in the city of Bath. This petition very distinctly and temperately points out the folly of imposing any further restrictions on the community, which can do no good, and may possibly be the means of occasioning much mischief. Men are not to be driven into piety by Acts of Parliament. The germ must be within them ; and if it be not, not all the Sir ANDREW AGNEWS that ever canted, can in i t j an c roi e o s n , is w ;raft it. injurious, Coercion, un a v a ili ng i n n i ne ou t o en instances , n e a th p a p n lied use t l o ess m — at i matters rs posi tively of oonscience. We have no doubt that, for every one petition that Sir ANDREW can bring- forward in favour of fresh Sabbath re itrictions, ten can be brought forward against them. 'We subjoin a portion of the Bath peti non, which displays much common-sense " Your petitioners further submit that those whose occupations cannot be dispensed with, without inflicting privations on the community, have no right to complain, since their condition , is not caused by legislation, nor is capable of being bettered by it, without injustice and op pression towards the rest of the community; and even if it were, they have no just claim to legislative interference on the subject, since none, in this free country, are necessarily obliged to belong to any of those occupations, or to exer cise them at any time against their will ; they have the alternative of foregoing the extra gain which accrues from such occupations, and which is most justly due to them as compensation for the loss of that rest which the remainder of the community enjoy. That, your petitioners beg leave to state that, as far as relates to the city of Bath, the Sunday was never in their memory more religiously observed than it is at present and that, on a general view of the subject, as regarding the country at large, they feel entire confidence that, on any ground whatever, new laws on this head are utterly uncalled for and unnecessary." The French papers of Tuesday contain no news of an authentic character. They are merely filled with a repetition of previous reports, and discussions on the condemnation of M. CABET. There is nothing new from Spain that can be depended on : FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MARCH 4. Five per Cents., 10(W. 4 0 c. 50c. :35c. Four per Cents., 94f. Three per Cents., 77f. 40c. 45c. 9.0 c. Bank Actions, 1,790 f. 1,7931. 1,790 f. Rente de Naples, 93f. 93f. 30c. sc. Roman Five per Cents., 93 92% 93. Rents d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 2.7"-Y 27 27%. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40 39N. Royal Spanish Loan, 78 78% 79. Rents Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 61 3 A 62 61N. Belgian Loan, 1831. Five per Cent., 99 1 4 99. Haytian Loan, 9.80 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 20c. Three months, paper, 25f. 10c. —Coors Authentiaue. German papers of the 2d of March state, that very important official communications re specting the affairs of Germany are shortly expected. We hope they have reference to the amelioration of the people ; though we are strongly inclined to suspect they are intended for the imposition of further restrictions on the Press. The Nuremburg Correspondent of the 27th of February contains the following article, but how far it is entitled to credit we cannot say. If correct, the wonder is that we should not have received the news earlier, from the parties most interested, and who are so much nearer home : BERLIN, FEB. 2l.—From what we learn, the arrangements between Belgium and Holland are likely to be brought very soon to a favourable termination. Belgium is to have the entire province of Limburg, and Holland that of Luxemburg. The refusal of the collateral branches of the House of Nassau will be set at nought. The regulation of the trade of the Scheldt will then be the only remaining point to be decided by the diplomatists. Several important regulations relative to German anirs will, it is expected, soon be made known generally. Brussels papers of the sth instant, received this morning, are filled with explanations and discussions respecting the liberation of M. HANNO, together with the correspondence re lative thereto between General DUMOULIN and General TABOR, which are totally devoid of interest for our readers. The only point of importance is, that the representatives of France and England at Frankfort made a joint re monstrance to the President of the Diet on the subject of M. HANNO'S arrest. We may infer what impression that remonstrance made on the Itiind of the PRESIDENT from the fact that he immediately convoked an extraordi nary meeting of the Diet to deliberate on the subject. The result was an order for the in stant liberation of M. HANNO. It is pleasant to see the representatives of the two most en lightened and most powerful nations in the world thus cordially engaged in supporting the cause of justice, and vindicating the wrongs of the oppressed. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, MARCH 4. Actual Debt, 23 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent g7 Loan of the City, 1834, 4 per Cent.. 94 COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat at ten o'clock. This being the seal day his Lordship heard motions. Several matters, almost of course, were mentioned at the sitting, but none of any public interest. PiICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON?! O'CLOCK. ealll Stccr. 3 per Cent. lied. 3 per Cent. Cons. ...... 91M % M ;6, i Ditto 80nd5...,........ 30 pm. '.% per Cent. — South Sea Stock lOll /Itto Red — Old Annuities ............... New:3% per tent. -.98% %M % , New Ditto ................. .... ver Cent. Attn. 17 - 2 d 1 per Cent. 18;26 Ft arik Long Ann. to exptre Ditt0...... ..... .5 11 ' 4B 49 pm. Jan. 5,186 P shut \ Ditto Small ............ 50L49 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 17% 7-16 , Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1860 1 7 1,E 'Ditto Advertised ........ . —''m Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account April 5, 1880 — India for Account ...... 9.5 n, 5 Jan. 5, 1870 — Cons. for Account ... . 91% M % PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Austrian Bonds 1024 IPeruvian Bonds 22% Belgian Bonds 98% I Ditto Account 77Ditto Account B% % P ortugue se Bonds 66 14 Brazilian Bonds 74 Ditto Account 6754 6'.-: Ditto Account 73 3 % ' Ditto New Bonds 67 IA 6 3uenos Ayres Bonds 26% i Ditto Acconnt 67 8% 6 Ditto Account 26% :Prussian Bonds Chilian Bonds 27 ! Ditto Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account ` r i !Russian Bonds, 1522 1C 4 1 4. Columbian Bonds Ditto Account 25 Ditto 11l 106% Ditto Bonds, 1824 267; 7 !Spanish Bonds, 1821 .. .... 52% m Ditto Account 27 , Ditto Acc. ......... 32!iN 1% ''anish Bon 3 -5% i Ditto Bonds, :823 lOl4 "Ditto Account 75 , ?. ' Ditto Account 99 74 % Greek 80nd5......... ............ tFrench Bentes, Ap. c. —1 _..e. Ditto Bonds, 11625 ... ...... 2974 :--- Exchange —f —c. Ditto Account — . ---3 per cent. —f. —c. Slexi can Bonds, 5 per cent 31% ; ---- !E xc hange —f —c. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2? p. C. 49 % Account •itto, (1 per cent 40% 40 Ditto Ditto Account - 40:!.i 99 3 4 1 Ditto, sp. c (w i t% Neapolitan I ,89._ Ditto Account 07 6% PRICES OF SHAKES THIS DAY AT ONE O . CLODY. Paid. Per Share. Allen Mining Company £7 11 Anglo Mex. mM. i_.o. (iss. at 51. pm ) £lOO Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Mining Company £s Brazilian imp. Gin. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2.t? Ditto Macaubas Cocaes 22% Ditto St. John Del Bey Cata Branca Mining Company 356 British Iron Mining . Comnanv £so 30 2911 Columbizn MininA Co. 'iss 3t 5/.pm.) 52% • 9 , 4 English Mining Company .......... General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo 3N Mexican Mining Co. £4B 12 Real del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) 43% 3 United 5/ex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pro.) 40 9 % Ditto New Scrip 5 1 I U Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO I IN Protector Insurance Comp.. £2 .£1 6 0 Australian Co. NI 13'7 15 61 29% Canada Company lB General Steam Navigation Co. National Provincial Bank of England 15 Hi o Doce Previncial Bank of Ireland 25 1514 134 41% 1 PRICES oF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 3. Bank Stock 2 1414 iSt. Patrick Insur.(parShare Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 9644 i N a tional Ditto Ditto, New ... ........... .... 96%1Patriotic Ditto I per Cent i Hibernian Bank 23% Gov. Deb. 3% percent.... 59 1 4 Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock — , Royal Irish Mine _ Grand Canal Stock — imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent. ,'lloniinimngerCcoia. i of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4D. c. -- C Buildings 111 GB WATER AT LONI , ON To-mCittow. Morning ...17 minutes after 0. I Evenine...4l minutem after 0. On Monday, March 10, in 1 vol. 4t0., with a Portrai , , engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A., after a Drawing by H. Corbculd, from a Bust by But lowe, _ _ . HISTORY of the REVOLUTION in- ENGLAND in 1688. By the late Right Hon. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH. Comprising a view of the reign of James 11., from his accession to the enterprise of the Prince of Orange; corn. p'eted to the settlement of the Crown, by the Editor. To which is prefixed a Notice of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of Sir James Mackintosh, illustrated by copious extracts. _ London : Longman an 3 Co. ; and John Taylor. NOTICE. In a few days, when the arrangements for that pur pose are accomplished, The Sun will be conside rably enlarged, and printed with a new and beauti ful type, cast expressly for this Paper by the cele brated Alex. Wilson and Sons, of Glasgow. JONES V. POWELL. This was a case in which two motions were made just before the Christmas recess, one by the plaintiffs, and the other by the defendants, both for new trials of certain issues which have been already twice before a jury. His Lordship a few days ago directed that the third trial should take place. There were eleven issues altogether. The plaintiffs moved for a new trial of three of them, and the defendants of six. The plaintiffs' counsel now asked that the order might be drawn up directing the new trial of all the eleven, on the ground of its having been understood, that if his Lordship directed a new trial of those mentioned in the former notices, there would have to be a new trial of the whole. The Counsel for the defendants opposed this application. They contended that it was irregular, and that they had been taken by surprise upon the notice. They were prepared to show there was no ground for granting a new trial of the two respecting which no motion had been made, even if it was at that moment right to' enter into the question. The Loan CHANCELLOR said he would look back to see what his note of what really passed was, and let the parties know it to-morrow morning. He did not think he ever should have directed a new trial of the issues now in question without the consent of both aides, or without having been distinctly asked to do so, and having heard it argued. SHOCKING OUTRAGE UPON A CHILD AT Nonwoon.—A paragraph under this imposing head has a ppeared in all the morning papers of the day, but the details are so revolting—so utterly unnatural, that w e strongly suspect our contemporaries have been impo se d on, an d that the whole is a clumsy fabrication. We f or b ear, t h e refore, from inserting i t, until we have made inquiries into the subject. MORE NEWS FOR MISS MARTINEAU.-- On Saturday last a woman nam e d W a l s h , res idi ng in a ce llar, in the Main-street, was safely delivered of three children, two females and a male : the mother and children are all living, and exhibit every indication of enjoying good health,— Cionmel Piper. " LIGHT-FINGERED" WORK.—Last week a west Highlander of this county was detected in the per petration of a petty theft—having st:cceeded too in carry ing off his booty two or three miles. The article stolen was —a millstone! Let the " light-fingered" gently of the metropolis try to match this feat.—Perth Paper. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) FURTHER ADJOURNMENT OF THE TEA SALE. The trade again met in great numbers to-day, and as soon as the presiding director had taken his seat, Mr. VARNIIAM, the principal, buyer of yesterday, addressed the chairman, and referring to the result of the sale yester day, said both the company and the revenue had lost consi derably by the determination of the Court of Directors refusing to grant the wishes of the trade. On the part of those he bought for yesterday, he had now to state that the whole so purchased should be thrown back on the company's hands if the Court would not meet the demands of the trade. The Court of Directors must see the impolicy of proceeding with the sale till justice was done to the trade.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he was placed in a delicate situation, and if the trade would state their intentions as mentioned by the hon. gentleman who had just spoken, he would, on his own responsibility, adjourn the sale until the Court of Directors had assembled upon the subject. Mr. TWINING said it was the anxious wish of the trade to bring this matter to a satisfactory conclusion, and he hoped justice would still be done to the trade. The offer now made was perfectly fair. The trade now wished not to hurt the re venue or the Company; but the Company must see that, with the unanimity which prevailed among the whole trade, it would be impossible for the sale to proceed satisfactorily. The CHAIRMAN said it was impossible for him to say what the Court would do. If the trade, by writing—(Cries of "By deputation")--or by deputation would meet the Court, they would no doubt consider the offer now made by Mr. Varnham. He would, therefore, adjourn the sale until the Court of Direc tors had met, when the subject would be considered. The sale was accordingly adjourned ; and Mr. Twining, Mr. Travers, and Mr.:Varnham were appointed a committee to have an interview with the Court of Directors. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 5. WinCiS.V. to W.S. W., strong in squalls. —Arrived the Pantaloon, Smith, from Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH s.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., a gale. —Arrived the Ocean Queen, Barrick, from Charleston. FALMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Betsey, Duthie, from Aux Cayes. MARGATE, MARCH s.—Arrived off post the George Can ning, 111`Adeen, from the Mauritius ; and George Canning, Smith, from Smyrna. RAMSGATE, MARCH s.—Arrived the Emily, Batten, from Messina, with loss of bowsprit, topmast, and sails, bound to Hamburg. POOLE, MARCII 4.—Arrived the Hope, Shaddoch, from Lisbon. FOWEY, MARCH 4.—Arrived off port the Marianne, Mug burg, from St. Thomas's ; and Charles Bolin and L. P. Frede rica, Havaghors, from Messina. • LIVERPOOL, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Julia, Arthur, from Laguna; Lady Douglas, Cox, from Savanilla; Luna, Free man, from Porto Cabello; Camilla, Petrie, and Sir James An derson, Fotheringham, from Charleston; George Washington, Holdridge, from New York; Ida, Morgan, from Africa ; Five Sisters, Pitt, from Naples; Adelaide, Capullo, from Geneva; Preston, Waters, from Trieste; Sophia, Lavalve, from Mes sina; Cato, Dempster, from Malaga; Comet, King, from Smyrna; Trinacria, Lagrana, from Palermo; Sophia Pale, Key, from Zante ; and Fenwick Keating, Atcheson, from St. John's, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, MAacit 4. Arrived the Czar, M`Gowan, from Oporto. The Tyne, Smith, from Newcastle to Leith, struck on New ton Rock the 26th ult., floated off, and sunk in 14 fathoms — crew saved. The Eleanor, of Londonderry, was assisted into Donoghadee, very leaky, having struck on a rock. The Duke of York packet, from Falmouth, arrived at Jacmel the 7th January. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. Montreal papers to the Gth of February have been received at the North andiSouth American Coffee-house; also Quebec to the Ist of July. (From the Montreal papers.) . , The House of Assembly have been debating the Welland Canal question for the last five days; last night they proposed to rescind Mr. Robinson's resolutions for paying 115,0001. to the stock holders, 25,0001. to the creditors, &c., and took into consideration another set of resolutions by Mr. Benzy, to bor row 50,000/. on the credit of the colony, and apply 25,0001. of it to pay some of the canal debts ; the rest to repair the works. Nothing is as yet done. By private letters from Quebec we learn that his Excel lency the Governor in Chief has for some time past been con fined to his apartment with fever, but is now, we are happy to state, recovering. Quebec papers of Friday state, that after the Gazette was published, the Legislative Council resolved to appeal to his Majesty on the question of the double vote of the Speaker, and that the House of Assembly annulled the resolution of the Committee on the Contingent Expenses Bill by a majority of two, the votes being 35 to 38. It was generally supposed that the intention was to put the question off till the 15th instant, when the call of the house is to take place. His Excellency Lord Aylmer and his Lady have been resid ing, since the burning of the Castle, with Colonel Craig, where they will pass the week, and then remove to the house adjoin. ing the Governor's garden. The Vapor, a Barcelona paper of the 22d February, states, that General Juan Moscoso has been appointed General of the army of the North. General Morino is at the head of the army on the side of Chaves, They write from Gallicia, that three brigs and an English frigate are at anchor in the Vigo. They expect at Vigo some troops of the line from Cadiz. A short time since an English ship, laden with powder for Don Miguel, left Vigo. In the water of Barcelona a ship was taken, which had on board 12 pieces of cannon, 500 bombs, and other articles of war, for the Carlists. Letters from Madrid state that the monks of Salamanca have openly declared against the Queen, several of whom have been arrested. The other monks, who were informed of this act of the government, assembled, and proceeded to the prison to re lease them ; but the students of Salamanca being informed of their intention, took to arms, attacked the monks, and put them to the route, killing a great number of them. They af terwards stormed their convent, and pillaged it. Accounts have been received, via New York, from Vera Cruz to the Bth of January. , The general Congress of Mexico closed its extraordinary sit tings Dec. 31, and its ordinary sittings were resumed. The government ofMexico have taken up cudgels against Col. Austin. From the complexion of affairs, it is apprehended they will cause him serious embarrassments. (From the " New York Price Current" of Feb. 8.) The pressure for money still continues severe, and the oc currence of several more failures has almost put an end to con fidence. Money commands 2 per cent. per month. The effect of this state of things on mercantile operations can be readily imagined. The sales of merchandize are limited. THE FUNDS. The express from Paris this morning states that no later information has been received from Madrid than the 23d. The reported retirement of M. Burgos is not yet confirmed. The illness of the Emperor of Austria is not so serious as was expected. French Funds 77f •?oc. ; Spanish 271. The private letters from New York this morning are of a gloomy description in respect to mercantile affairs, a number of failures having taken place. We have no further arrivals from Portugal, which are anxi ously looked for, owing to various reports in circulation re specting the late battle and the consequences of the result. Consols opened this morning at the price they left off yester day, 911 i for the Account, and 91i to for Money, with little or nothing doing at present. i t i t a g s u e i s m e pr S o t v oc ed k , 1 whichper cent., receded noon,Por tedhaslabteeenyetsitoenreclaayt a6ftseir; Spanish, 321 ;in other Foreign Securities nothing doing. Within a short time Portuguese Stock has again receded to 67 67. HALF-PAST ONE. h6Bou respectalthough tto ftrheseh Foreignarri al s, Market there are has none becometo the ‘,er ypr e h s heavy.ienht Portuguese Stock, which was in the course of the morning at nr asreceded to 66. This decline is not attributed to any political intelligence, but to the speculations of two Portu. gue c s o e n h so o l u a se i s ia i v n e thheeenmdarokneet at in a o n ne op p p e o ri s o it d e at 91 , since w they have improved to 911 with little doing. Spanish Stock is also lower 311 I. The Dutch steamer has arrived, and the letters have been delivered, but we do" not hear that they bring any news of im portance. - This moment Portuguese has been done at 66i. The fluc tuation continues. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 911, COURT OF ALDERMEN.—A Court of Al dermen was held at Guildhall yesterday, at which the Lord Mayor and eighteen aldermen attended. It was ref , rre,l to a committee to consider the subjtct of a grand jury being procured for the county of Mitichesex, to sit at the Old Bailey; also to consider and confer with the judges as to the best mode of altering and improving the 011 Court at the Old Bailey. The police committee presented a re. port for establishing a communication between the city and metropolitan police in cases of riot, and for the reco• very of stolen property, with regulations for the same, which was agreed to. _ _ LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARIZET, MARCH 4. —We have had a very good inquiry for cotton to-day, and the transactions amount to about 3,000 bags, of all de scriptions, viz., 500 Boweds, at 9d. ; New Orleans at 9id ; Maranhams at 101 d. to 10id. ; and Pernambucoes at 1 lid. per lb. A boat laden with pilchards (8,000), caught off the Cornish coast, came in here a few days since. A catch of pilchards at this season is very unusual,—Dt von port Telegraph. STATE OF SPAIN. 2 (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Spain is stationary. The fact is, that it he: _ cording to a census made by creased considerably within the last fif ty years. tiro It is an erroneous notion that the populatiroe.l 1788, it then amounted to 10,043,968. A ceases to was again taken in 1797, when it was fallen i to amount to 10,541,221. In 1803 it had, .e. 10,351,075. In 1821, the Cortes estinsateu the -umbers at 111 millions ; in 1827, accordingek:, Hassell's " Historical and Statistical Alton" re , he population had reached 13,953,959; an d a ' P fac e sent it must exceed fourteen millions. The sur o _ . of Spain covers 15,005 square leagues of 20 d i sc l. degree, so that there are upon an average tlPw ar ani , especially Guiptiscoa, Asturias, Biscay . 800 inhabitants to every square league. Th e i ns , ritime provinces are by far the most PoPul a , the g 6 B. end Granada; so much so,that in 1803 the ma rl ' , blin , ime • Provinces collectively were found to con 904 inhabitants to the square league, and the inl a ys . provinces ) only 507, the mean population of Spi : being at that time 690 to the square league. ~ of ) I : oo h d e o presumed, that besides the great quantity, afforded by comm° the sea, the facility a t , • nication • • and conveyance which the coast preset) must tend mil e to increase the wealth of the inhabitanthe onsequently to multiply their numbers. Ih. superiorconclusion, Multi - ion of Portugal leads also to this The territory of Spain has been, inaccurately, compared to an embroidered waisted, the edges full and ornamented,blank' the centre a with a few scattered flowers. The greater . part of the land in Spain belongs VI the nobility, the church, or corporate bodiet Throughout the principal part of the cuntry, age'" culture is in a most wretched state. Scarcely O A ' of the lands in Leon Castile, Estremadura, an: Andalusia, are enclosed, which is priecipally owlet prietors of the great sheep-flocks, of driving to the destructive privilege enjoyed by the PO' from the provinces of the north to those o f the i l i l t Igentho e. 0 , south, for winter pasture. This rig ht, en,io 'Yr, chiefly by the association of owner s of merino 60° called La Mesta, and also by poorer individuals, has the effect of turning the lands of Sp ain into a 0/ common every year, to which the lord has no 01°r° right than any one el-e. Enclosures have been poi hibAed, lest they shou'd p reve nt the migration ° the flocks, and it was of so late as 1789 the n in towns—they are unable to make the lands in the track of the flocks were allowed to he appropriated to kitchen-gardens, and the culture° vines and seeds. Farms throughout Spain are small, and the farmers worse off than the labourers vancts on accor'nt of their operations, an d a te obliged to raise whatever funds they require,' " t i mortgaging their crops. Land is not supPos e l i ; yield the proprietors more than from one and gl' i T,,, to two per cent. The great landowners, Whose rents sometimes amount to a million of dola are mostly embarrassed. h i A most serious obstacle to the prosperity both the agriculture, arid of all internal traffic, 11 0 , 4 : p :ice want of means of communication from the in ` . '- n o to the coast. Deficient in navigable r ivers, 8 ,, crested by enormous chains of mountains, here.there also a lamentable want of good roads and 11-gates The funds for the roads are derived from toll-gara, and local taxes, but it is believed that the go,‘7 .‘ it smallest gds ment draws a greater revenue from the tollsdtat;'oo roads and bridges was, in 1826, expends on the roads. The sum exPe nde din 1827, 89,240/., which strikingly illustrats_ the , P tll o backward state of the country, since, although cr, is three and a half times as large as Engi aa n detb out'ar on roads does not amount to one.tsve a; ct 1 ° part tf il e sums expended for the same 0-Je nil Engle n I ',lone. The canal of the Ebro is th e f an o o one f, r et ough advanced to be useful ; the e , een Castile, intended to lay open the country bet,"rit,. an d the. the Douro and Reynosa, is.in operation, or have been lately projects on foot for mak in g,pre y gable the Tagus and Guadalquiver. Bat I " al • no intern al sent there may be said to be next to 1 navigation. article/ Menu( actures of silk, cotton, en d other l ast have bet n established in Catalonia carried on in the northern provinces, and within the Iry 92,4001, an t y ten years. There are cloth manufactures in At ~ • true' gon, C talonia, and Valencia. Training l a jos the -. of manufactures of Biscay are considerable, tholne its late Much depressed. In regard to foreign un officia l , trifling importance may be gathered from all is w as return of 1826, in which the value of expo r ts 475 /. equal to 1,799,485/., and of import is esti' mated that nearly one-third more goods a . e, o wns. tinely imported than are given in the officia l „ ro as Smuggling prevails to such an extent, Oat it ciandev The bulk of the taxes is divided into the_ , , rho stamps, customs, generates " and the " rentas provincialescho; of former are collected throughout nearly the w hole Spain, and include the revenue of the 1.). _. The in til e r• " rentas provinciales" are collected only _ is n e vinces of the Crown of Castile, and in th en ' ~ o r eluded a very oppressive one, the " alca ic ' into " octrois," levied on articles on their en trance .o,othe towns and villages. Next to the "aleab a . l it d o es tithe is the imposition most complained ot, but it tio na y not all go into the hands of the clergy', ,o`abta're, I ve ° t al lue t and the Royal monopo.nes. _ro, ever two-ninths of the tithe as the Kir.F... ii ha ve venues hard] I e•ides being subject to other burdens, _l',..ansh % ery much impoverished the once %veldt! y r 7l l _ th o c ergy. There are good reasons for belte_v_i,the re, ISY , l6 .Ore, 0 . elusive of the interest of the debt. A _bolt:tie tl, W I y nc e h ve it r i veaxsiroenedinedlB theoB e t x o pe, 00,__t tine, however, considerable reforms were intro f i.eiteresii the expenditure for that year (exclusive o sterling, the was officially stated at 5,255,639/. vs mof coection revenue being 5,988,410. The s -' re is believed is so arbitiary and full of abuses, that it Dili' that the ostensible tevenue of six millions ae"l0.0, costs the country no less than twelve. T he etio tiny face of Spain does not exceed 46,00 a'od, and their pay is constantly in arrear. T he ° Mu holders fare still worse, seldom receiving more t ide , one quarter's interest in arrear. Spain may ii being be considered as in a state of insolvency, make the d es i re, wholly unable, even if s h e had to good her engagements to her creditors. and the The dmin. state of crime is most deplorable, o;cor.. ate' istration of justice abominably si . ' s uch in, and vicious. Crimes a," the person, . I . _ gainst seecia Dr as assassination and highway -robbery, are edpwrdleo d fre quent. The population of England an . _,, 0 lifers little front that o f Spain, and rningi tool' years 1826 and 1827 there were seven'''. lour 0 0 _ , viduals, being at the rate of thirty-seven each yes cin victed of murder, and attempts to less d e _ 11 ' whereas in Spain, in 1826, there were no rnoriPeari 1,223 murders, and 1,773 attempts to the t"for accompanied by stabbing and wounding, so .o. eve!) , one in England there were 81 in Spai _ re „.., r. For fuller details see " Laborde's Ititieraiiihe. scriptif de l'Espagne ;" the article, Spail' e t a, ,, n ed supplement to the " Encyclopte Zia 13ritanit F o reig il the article in the ninth number of the eill serve Quarterly Review." The present notice vv_ o f a to give same notion of the internal ea' ne nt . a Ju st e country whose political situation excite . „ an alog. peculiar interest. It shows that, notwitne t here 4. . e here • ne e every natural source of prosperity, I. a e ons. , neither industry nor a free governments yet 4 ii' will remain in ignorance and indigenee;ain ;cell': consolatory to believe, that although ' 5 , 13 ro datia ll ' to have reached so low a point of "love/rent. there are still sufficient indications of °P ot ion. not to allow us to despair of her regener .._. ~==,,,,,,,retztegoe' ir ISM °I ' BIS. On the 3d inst., at Harrow RT We H ald, Middlese x , the re, the Rev. H. S. Foyster, of a son. truan -54°5 • On the 3d inst., in Uppei Seymour-street, Pc° Mrs. R. Oakley, of a son, still-born. randr • Harriet, ' MARRIED. la te On the 4th inst., at St Pancras New Church, ,Ir ' Ale ' the Robinson, of Regent-street, to daughter of Charles Steers, Esq., of the Stock Exchang e. . 1 . 0 4 ~, 0 A • PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOti g ' ' SUN OFFICO, 11'2, STRAND. , i