The Sun. — London, England, 1834-01-28 00:00:00

IRELAND-DUBLIN, JAN. 25. (From the Correspondent of a Morning Paper.) I have this moment learned a piece of intelligence which, when generally known throughout Ireland, is certain to produce no ordinary sensation. The authorities at the Castle, finding that the repeal question is beginning to assume rather a serious aspect, and well aware of the many expe dients to which "the Agitator" can have recourse for the purpose of embarrassing the Government in the ensuing Session of Parliament, have sought, as a countervailing power, the direct interference of the Roman Catholic Bishops with the Priesthood. They have solicited that influential body to ad dress pastoral letters to all the Clergy under their charge, enjoining upon them, as a matter of po sitive duty, the obligation of exhorting the people to abstain from all further proceedings with regard to repeal. Meantime, as an inducement for them to use their zealous exertions in effecting this great object, they are to be formally recognised in their episcopal character, and have been invited to at tend the next levee at the Castle, in full ponti ficalibus. They are all, at the present mo ment, assembled in this city, discussing the im portant proposition which has been officially sub mitted to them; and it is said that all, except two, are perfectly ready to accede to it. These two, however, are immoveable in their determination not to agree with the majority, and have avowed themselves in the conclave to be unflinching Re peelers. As yet, there is only a conjecture as to who they are, but it is quite certain that the cele brated Dr. Doyle is not one of them. Well, thus much as to the proposition itself, and the manner in which it has been received ; let us now see whether t!'e whole Catholic hierarchy of Ireland can, by any possibility, thwart the views or counteract the de signs of - Mr. O'Connell, so far as regards his politi cal influence with the people. You may be assured they cannot ;'and much as every man who wishes well to the best interests of the country must de plore and deprecate that spirit of agitation and fe verish excitement to which the question of repeal gives rise, he must still feel convinced, if not utterly insensible to what is daily passing before his eyes, that neither Bishops nor Priests have it in their power to divert the people from any political object on which they have set their minds. Several of the parish priests are decided opponents of repeal, nearly all the curates are its strenuous advocates, and the latter despite of whole folios of pastoral ex hortations and injunctions, will take good care to minister to the passions and prejudices of that vast mass who look only to the " Liberator" as their unerring guide in all temporal affairs. This is the real state of public feeling among the multitude in Ireland, and I have ascertained it from numberless personal observations and inquiries. INFANTICIDE. On Thursday, the 16th inst., whilst some masons were at work at Loders, and were in the act of removing a stone which covers a well, commonly called the cellar-stone, for the purpose of placing it on a well near to it, which they were about repair ina, one of the men observed something in the hole of the stone which at first he thought to be either a dead dog or cat ; fearing the smell of putrid mat ter would interrupt their work, he called to some other man to help him remove it; on taking away the filth and straw with which it was covered, what was their surpri , e to find it to be a (lead child ! An alarm was given to the neighbourhood, and the parish authorities soon assembled at the place which is a farm-barton, belonging to Mr. Marsh, of Loders. No time was lost in communicating it to Mr. Tucker, who immediately issued his pre cept for the summoning of a jury to investigate this mysterious occurrence. At two o'clock the same afternoon, the Coronet's Court was opened at the Loders Arms Inn, in Loders. The first witness examined was David Lathy, the man that first found the body under the stone; he spoke of its situation, appearances, &c Samuel S. Cory, and William Sweeting, Esqrs., surgeons, of 13ridport, being sworn, deposed that they had attentively examined the body of a dead male child, given over to them by the above witners; that it was a full grown child, measuring in length twenty-two inches, and weighed seven pounds and a half ; the nails, hair, and general appearance, such as a child born at its natural period would present; on examining the cheat and abdomen, and making various experi ments on the lungs, circulation of blood, and using other anatomical tests, they were decidedly of opi nion the child was born alive, and at its full matu rity. Suspicion having alighted on Hannah Crann, a young woman lately come to reside in the dwel ling-house of John Brown, at Loders, whose back premises bound the farm-barton, and to which there was a direct access by a hole in the wall, and she having been long observed to be pregnant, was apprehended by the constable on her road to Bea m.nster. On being charged with being the mother of the child, she at first positively denied having given birth to any child ; but the two medical gen tlemen, after an examination in a private room, deposed to her having been recently delivered of a child, corresponding to the time that the after evidence went to prove she was delivered. The inmates of the house where the transaction took place were John Brown, labourer, and Anne his wife, their daughter Sarah Brown (the mother of an illegitimate child about six months), the bedfellow of the said Hannah Crann, Matthew Brown, the brother of Sarah Brown, and two younger brothers. The house is a miserab!e hovel in the middle of the village of Lo ders, containing two bed rooms above, connecting with each other, and two below, one of which opens to the barton. It appeared that several months ago the parish officers of Bridport re moved Hannah Crann from the town to Nether bury parish, her home, in consequence of her being pregnant. Ann Case, the landlady with whom she lodged, charged her with having gone six months; this was three months before Christmas. Crann did not deny it. Matthew Brown, the reputed father, afterwards came to Case's house during her stay there; she shortly left Ne therbury and went to Loders, where the bans were published in the parish church between her and Matthew Brown, but no marriage teok place. Va rious witnesses proved her size and their belief of the time she was likely to be delivered.—The Jury returned a verdict of 'Wilful Murder against Hannah Crann, Ann Brown, and Sarah Brown, who have been committed to gaol to take their trial.—Sher borne Mercury. METROPOLITAN POLICE OFFICE.—An investigation on Saturch.y took place into the conduct of police constable Frazer, 22 of the B division of police. The constable had been drinking with several persons at A public house in Westininst. r, and on the sergeant making his appearance, the defendant made himself very busy, and ultimately tov k one of the parties into custody ; but on being brought up to Queen-square, the Magistrates went into a lengthened examination, and dismissed the case, it fully app e aring that the policeman had bee n drink ing with the parties. Colonel Rowan was quite satisfied that the man had acted i m p ro p er ly, a nd he ordered him to be instantly dismissed the force. WOOLWICH PETTY SESSIONS.— On Satur day James Lane, of White -street, Borough, was charged with uttering base coin. The prisoner, it was stated, is supposed to be one of an extensive gang of notorious utterer' of base coin, who have for a long time been prac tising their nefarious employment to a considerable extent upon the publicans of Woolwich, Greenwich, Lewisham, and Deptford. Two cases were brought against him by Mrs. Burch, of the Bell, Woolwich, and Mrs. Richards, of the Ship and Punch-bowl, Gi cenwicb, at which houses he presented bad crown pieces in payment for some liquor. At the first-named house he received 4s. 2d. change, but at the latter he was given into custody. The prisoner crass-examined the witnesses at considerable length, but the Magistrate considered the cases quite suffi cient for the attention of the Solicitor to the Mint, and the prisoner was remanded until Monday, Ito give that putlitmau an opportunity of prosecuting. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 31. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF A MORNING PAPER.) Osman Nouri Dirt, Admiral of the Egyrian fleet, very unexpectedly arrived here on the 28th. The motives which have induced this personage to desert from the Viceroy's service and take refuge in the Sultan's court have not yet been ascertained ; they cannot be but of the most cogent nature. For the moment all that has been learnt is, that immediately after the perusal of despatches from Egypt the Admiral removed on board a goelette, and s tiled for Mytelene. After landing on that island he de livered to the commander of that veseel a letter to Mehemet Ali, stating the reasons which induced him to leave his service, and shortly after hired a vessel to bring Lim here. It is needless to add that he met with the warmest recep. tion at the Seraglio. Initiated as he is in all the mysteries of Mehemet Ali's diplomacy, he may make revelations of the most important nature. Kadi Kiran, who some months ago had attempted to raise an insurrection in Asia Minor, arrived here on the 24th, under a considerable escort, composed of the Pacha of Erzerum's soldiers. After collecting comiderable plunder, having made up his mind to withdraw from the Sultan's dominions, he preserved himself at the Russian quarantine, where, passing himself off for a Persian on the way back to his country, he was allowed to remain unmolested. On notice retching the Russian Governor that he was an outlaw, orders for his apprehension were immediately issued. Early in the morning the khan in which he and his followers were lodged was surrounded so closely by troops, that, finding resistance useless, Kadi Kiran surrendered. The Russian General delivered him into the hands of the Pacha of Ervrurn. After cross. questioning shall have drawn out of his mouth all possible information, his decapitation will take place. His followers have been condemned to five years' hard labour at the Arsenal. The Porte has assured the Russian Minister that this action has appeared to the Sultan a convincing proof of the sincerity of the friendship of his Government. M. Flutenieff left this on the 28th. In my letter of the 17th instant I spoke of the state of things in CAndia. It would appear that hitherto the repeated applizations of the unfortunate Greeks to the Admirals and Ambassadors have produced but little sensation. 0. CORPORATION COMMISSION. (TWENTY-FOURTH DAY, JAN. 27.) The Commissioners this morning resumed their inquiries in the Guildhall as to the customs of seve ral wards in the election of common councilmen, ward officers, &c. In the course of the inquiry, it was stated that Bridge Ward was at one time divided into 14 pre• cincts, some of which, though there was no resident inhabitant, contrived, by some means which the witness (a ward clerk) could not understand, to make a return of the usual precinct officers. Resi dence was generally considered necessary as a qua lification for a common-councilman, though there were instances where some members did not reside. The question was a delicate one, on which witness would give no opinion. There were many who had only what was called a "colourable residence," though they were rated inhabitants. He knew an instance of an active member of the Common Council who, in order to be able to say that he slept within the ward, used sometimes to go to his temporary room in it and take a nap after dinner. In the course of the inquiry into Bassishaw Ward it was stated, that by ancient custom the Lord Mayor's Court was held in that ward. The hust ings part of the Guildhall was in Bassishaw Ward; the other part was in the Ward of Cheap, and it happened that the person who came to vote stood in one ward, while the Sheriff, who received the vote, stood in another. It also appeared that Fishmongers' Hall paid a third of the rates of the parish in which it was situate. Before the adjournment the Commissioners in►i mated that on• Friday next they would go into the case of the city brokers, and on Saturday into that of the borough of Southwark. Adjourned at four o'clock. LAMENTABLE MURDER IN GREENWICH HOSPITAL, BY AN INSANE PATIENT. On Saturday afternoon a poor old pensioner in Green wich Hospital, named Bailey, was murdered under the following melancholy circumstances, by another pensioner named James Ward, who has been in the hospital nearly two yeats. Bailey was a quiet, inoffensive man; and Ward, up to the fatal moment at which the dreadful deed was committed, had always borne an excellent character. He was a regular attendant at George-street chapel, in Greenwich, and was distinguished for his steady habits and general good conduct. On Saturday morning last, at eight o'clock, he became a patient in the Physician's Ward, in consequence of symptoms of fever. He was seen by Sir William Beattie, who found it to be ao ordi nary febrile case, and prescribed accordingly. Besides Ward and Bailey, there was a third patient in the room, a bed-rid den old man, eighty years of age. A little after five in the afternoon of Saturday, as the Ward Boatswain, Connor, was passing along the hall in which the room, No. 13, is situated, he heard the exclamation, " Oh, ob !" twice loudly repeated, and he and another boatswain, Prowse, entered the room. The old man and Ward were in their respective beds; but Bailey lay upon the floor, with his head towards the fire-place. Prowse attempted to move him, and by the light of the fire saw that he was lying in a pool of blood. He breathed three or four times and expired. The two boatswains thought the poor fellow had broken a blood-vessel, and instantly sent word to that effect to the medical officers, all of whom were speedily in attendance. In the meantime Prowse, observing some spots of blood on the shirt of Ward, who was sitting up in bed, began to suspect murder bad been committed, and said m him, " Ward, was it you did this?" Ward imme diately said, " Yes, it was 1 that killed him, and you may now take him to the burying-ground ;" and jumping out of bed, took up his shoes, and flung them through the window. He was then secured and taken to the strong room, a place of confinement for those who exhibited symptoms of insanity. Sir Richard Dobson, upon his ar rival with the other medical officers in the strong-room, after they bad seen the body of the deceased, asked a question of Ward, who answered, " What are you looking at ? you cannot see through me with your glass eyes." Sir Richard said, " Well, my man, what have you been about ?" " Why, I killed him." " How did you kill him ?" " Why, like a sailor, and I'd kill you too if I could get at you." " What did you kid him for ?" " Because he was plsguiug me— mocking me when I coughed." He had been previously asked by a nurse how he did it, and answered, " With a knife; the knife is on a stool by the side of the bed.' The poor helpless old man who lay in the third crib, when questioned relative to this transaction, said Bailey was out of bed Sitting in a chair, when he saw Ward get out of bed, and make a push at him ; he heard no word ; nothing was said, nor did be, from his own infirm state, take much notice of the circumstance. Bailey fell towards the fire place, and the floor from the chair to that spot was covered with a stream of blood; the quantity of blood on the floor is described by Prowse to have been nearly two gallons. Death must have been almost instantaneous, as there were five wounds in the shape of a five of diamonds : all of them might be covered with the hand, and each had penetrated to_ the heart. No resistance appears to have been offered, ,nor could it well have been made, as the poor murdered man bad lost his right arm. After the medical officers had left Ward on Saturday bight, Lieutenant Rivers visited him, and Farmer, the constable, was also present. Lieute nant Rivers asked him how the knife (a long clasp-handled one) came to be so clean. He said, " Wh y , I li c k e d it with my tongue." Ile had before given a similar an , swer to the same questions put to him by Boatswain Con nor. He was asked what ships he had served on board ol? sod named one in which he said be had broken his skull, by a fall from the main rigging; he said he had also killed a man before in a merchant ship. During Sunday and yesterday he appeared to recover somewhat from his violent feelings. He conversed very calmly and rationally with his attendant—asked what he thought would be done with him? The man said he did not know, but recom mended him to pray to God. Ile said he could not pray —he did not know how to pray, and burst into tears. The deceased, who was 60 years old, belonged to the second Duke Ward in the Hospital, and was familiarly known as the " 3lole Citcher." Ward is 54 years of age, and had a snug litdecabin in the Victory Ward. EXCHANGING WIVES.—On Monday night week, says a correspondent, two fellows agreed, While drinking together at a public-house in Beestou, near Bon hury, to exchange wives, and on the following day they completed their contract : the parties to this shameful pta ceeding, adds our informant, are upwards of 50 years of age, and appear to live coulfintably together. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1834. The French papers of Sunday, and some dated yesterday, mention that it was reported that the French Government had recalled their ambassador from Madrid, and that the Duke de CAZES was spoken of as likely to be his succes sor. They allude, also, to another rumour, to the effect that the British Cabinet had protested against the violation of the Portuguese territory by the troops of Generals RODIL and MORILLO in their pursuit of Don CARLOS. The Editor of the Gazette had been found guilty of pub lishing a seditious libel, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 4,000 francs. In another part of The Sun will be found an interesting report from General SALDANHA to the Secretary at War, communicated in the Chronica of the 17th, and dated Leyria 15th, announcing the occupation of that town, and the capture of all Don MIGUEL'S forces sta tioned within it. At Santarem the Miguelites are reported to be in a most deplorable condition. Besides issuing notes in proportion to the gold which may be in its coffers, the Bank issues notes in proportion to the securities which it holds, that is, it issues in the proportion of one third of bullion to two-thirds of securities. Among the securities which it holds are Exchequer bills, Government stock, long an nuities (dead weight), and mortgages. In making such purchases or investments it uses its notes as capital, and not as instruments of exchange, to which purpose alone its issues ought to be confined. In discounting bills of exchange, which it does only to a very small amount, in advancing money upon temporary loans of stock, and in making advances to Government, in anticipation of the receipt of the taxes of the year, its issues are limited by the amount of such securities, which are them selves limited, and notes issued upon them return to the Bank on repayment of the ad vances made. But there is no limit, except its own discretion, to the purchase of Exchequer bills, or of Government stock, or to the amount which it may invest on mortgages. The rule, therefore, which it has adopted for the regulation of its issues is a false rule, leading to error and incalculable mischief. Gold coming in upon it,by reason of its not being wanted for the purposes of currency, this consequence should teach it rather to contract than to ex tend its issues. But by issuing not only in proportion to the gold thus increasing in its coffers, but to the amount of the securities which it holds, which it may increase to any amount it pleases, the evil is extended, with consequences arising from the expansion and subsequent contraction, which cannot be esti mated, but are felt in the universal distress of the couatry. But one necessary consequence of the rule observed by the Bank for the regulation of its issues is a constant alternation of expansion and contraction of the currency. .The ultimate effect of an expansion of the currency, in other words, an over issue of Bank paper, is to raise home prices, that is, prices estimated in British currency ; but such an over issue has no effect upon foreign prices, which are estimated in bullion. In proportion as home prices are raised, home consumption is diminished, and a market must be found abroad for that which cannot be sold at home. Hence our home trade languishes while our foreign trade pros pers. But by raising home prices, the imme diate effect of an expansion of the currency is to increase production, which is not only disappointed by diminished consumption, but is attended with a further positive loss through the fall of home prices upon the con traction of the currency, which sooner or later must follow its expansion. Hence capitalists have become afraid to embark their capital in the operations of industry, and thus labour, as well as capital, which is only the fruits of labour accumulated, suffers from the want of employ- ment. The Christian Greeks of Crete have addressed an affecting petition to the Pachas of that island, in which they protest strenuously, in the name of the Allied Powers, against the despotic measures lately put in force against them by their Egyptian task-masters. They add " that every Candiote, even the women and old men, will abandon the island should the ambassadors at Constantinople, instead of asserting their legitimate rights, condemn a population of up wards of 100,000 Christians to roam, like for lorn exiles, far from their native land." The manifesto of General LLANDER appears to have given great offence to the Queen Regent of SPAIN, who instantly gave orders that the obnoxious document should be sent back to him. On this the General summoned the chief authorities of Barcelona and requested their opi nion as to whether the address coincided with their views. All present instantly answered in the affirmative, and " the different Commanders of the troops of the line in garrison at Barcelona, of the Volunteer Corps, promised that they would support him in such steps as he should consider it expedient to take in the present crisis, and all expressed their disapprobation of the Zea Ministry." It would appear from this, and other significant symptoms, that the late change in the Spanish Government was, as we before observed, less a matter of choice than of necessity, and that could the QUEEN REGENT have had her own will, M. ZEA would have been in power at this moment. The account we gave yesterday of the capture of Leyria, and, what appears to us, the wanton slaughter of 1,500 of the Miguelite troops, affords only additional reasons for the inter ference of adjoining States in putting down the unnatural warfare in Portugal. The contest now seems to have lost all its nationality.. At the commencement, MIGUEL was supported by the peasantry, and PEDRO was as vio lently opposed by them, so much so, that his troops, if they travelled but a few miles from Oporto or any town in his possession, met with as little mercy from the country people as from the armed soldiers. Now he keeps possession of the open country around San tarem, while at the same time he pushes forward a division of his army towards Oporto, and captures without resistance, and apparently not the least annoyance on the part of the people, one of the principal military stations on the high road between the two chief cities of the kingdom. Here we have now a few thousand men at least eighty miles in advance of Lisbon, carrying on an exterminating war, while, after his landing at Oporto, he found it inconvenient to remain, even a few miles out of that place with his whole army. We need not wonder at the fact. The people have been robbed and plundered equally by both armies, and now leave the quarrel to foreigners and mercenaries utterly despairing of any repose for their unhappy country. No nation in Europe has suffered more from the ravages of war during the last twenty five years than the Portuguese, and all ac quainted with the simple and kind hearted peo ple that inhabit the provinces can have but one feeling—that of unalloyed sorrow for their con tinued sufferings. The time is now fully arrived when the Governments of Europe ought to come to an immediate understanding on the question, and put an end to a contest which, however it may gratify the passions of the two Princes, serves only to inflict the greatest calami ties on the unoffending people. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. By the arrival of the London line of packet-ship, Mon treal, Captain Champlin, at Portsmouth, in 16 days, from New York, papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, to the 11th January, but they are not of much importance. The Mercantile Advertiser of the 10th January, publishes the message of the Governor of Albany, which occupies 6 columns. The Editor says that the great length of the speeches deters him from making at present any remarks. (From Vera Cruz, Dec. 17.) The civil war is all over; Santa Anna has gained the day. Bustareente, Arista, Adada, &c., the principle in surgents, have been banished ; the army is to be reduced and the militia organized. Montreal papers have also been received at the above coffee-house to the sth Jauuary, but they do not contain any intelligence worth communicating. ritICES OM M 1 OCKS TH I Rank Stc err 215 144 151 1 per Cer.t. Red. 3 per CentXonP. ...... 88 , 4% 3 44 per Cent .. 9 97634 7%1 Uit Red. l7B 7 Kew 3% per Cent.: 96% per Cent. Ann. 17-20 - I per Cent. 1826 Pink Long Ann. to expire .;an. 5, IS6P 17 1-16 I A ; Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, IS6O Jan. 5, IWO April 5, - Jan. 5. 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 98 , A, Belgian Bonds 966 Ditto Account ......... 96 Brazilian Bonds 69% Ditto Account 69% Buenos Ayres Bonds 2l Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account ‘ - '3;4 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 22M Ditto Account Danish Bon. -3% Ditto Acccunt 73% Greek Bonds Ditto Bon& 13'5 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 3O Ditto Account i)it o, 6 per cent ns Ditto Account 37% i Neapolitan - 89' Due. I Arrived. O America 0 0 Hamburg 2 0 Brazil O buenos Ayres 0 O Carthagena 0 1 Dublin 0 0 0 j L am eew ai a c r a el - 5 — ca . n .. d .. 5 ... .... 0 0 0 0 Lisbon 0 Flanders 0 I 0 Malta.... ........... ... 0 1 France 0 1 Sweden 0 O Onernse: A:Jersey.. 2 1 Waterford MOB WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning .. 59 minutes after 4.1 Evening...2l minutes after 5. _ ATTAV 3,1" Arrived. 50.1% Y t O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. — India Stock Ditto 80nd5..., ..... 27 26 58 pm. South Sea Stock 14 3% Old Annuities ........ New Ditto :1 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... Ex. Bills, £1,000...... 48 47 pm. Ditto .500...... 48 47 pm. Ditto Small 4B 47 pm. • Ditto Commercial — pm. • Ditto Advertised ...... —pm • Bank for Account • India for Account . • Cons. for Account BB% THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account...... 1816 17% Portuguese Bonds 59i,4 Ditto Account 59%14 Ditto New Bonds SN 9 Ditto:Acconnt...s9 9% 9 Prussian Bonds lO2 Ditto Bonds, 1822 lOl% Russian Bonds, 1822 lO4 Ditto Account Ditto in - 104 ,Spanish Bonds, 1821 24% y,i % I Ditto Ace. .4904 % Ditto Bonds, 18 - 23 9 244 Ditto Account French Bentes, sp. c. —f —c. , ---- Exchange —f —c. ,---9 per cent —f. __ e . Exchange —f —c. Dutch, 1 p. c 49 5 Ditto Account 49% Ditto, 5 p. c 95% Ditto Account .955( THE FUNDS. The Express from Paris this morning does not contain any news of importance. The only information is by reported letters from Madrid, stating that it has been de• cided in the Council of Regency that a national assembly, under the name of Cortes, shall be convoked, to consist of two Chambers. Also, that a general amnesty is in contemplation; the recognition of Donna Maria, and the expulsion of Don Miguel and Din Carlos from the Pe ninsula, and the recognition of the South American States. We must wait for further arrivals from Portugal to learn what effect the capture of Leyria, with its garrison, will have on Don Miguel and his army, as well as the taking of Coimbra. Consols opened at the price at which they left off yes terday, 881 for the Account, at which price they are at present. HALF-PA S T ONE. We are informed, from a quarter on which we may place some confidence, that Louis Philip has received a letter from the Emperor of Russia of a most friendly and complimentary description, and in which he expresses his anxious desire for the maintenance of peace in Europe in a corresponding way with that of the King of France. Consols have improved since the early part of the moan• ing from 881 to 881 s for account. In the Foreign Market, Spanish 24i i; Portuguese 59 to I. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account 8131 4. CLOSING PRICES.-FOUR O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 215 3 per Cent. Red B9l 3 pet Cent. Cons BBl 31 per Cent. . 97+ 31 per Cent. Red 971 New 31 per Cent 9Bl 4 per Cent 103; Long. Ann. to expire Jan.l860 Oct. 1859 l7 Jan.lB6o -1713-1 G India Stock 2431 Ditto Bonds 2B pm. South Sea Stock lOO Ditto Old Ann B7f - Ditto New Aim. - Ex. Bills, 1000/ 43 pm. Ditto 5801 4B pm, Ditto Small 4B pm. Bank S. for Ace. '2l4 Consols for Opg Bsl India St. for Opg. FOREIG;s Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent ra Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 21 Cliilian, 6 per cent. 2 .21 Co l ui nbian, 6 per cent `2o Ditto, 1824 221 Danish 73/ Greek, 5 per cent 23 Mexican 5 per Cents, 1825 30 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1825 37} Peruvian C. per Cent, ,18 FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent 59,1 Ditto, Reg. Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. , lOl9 Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO4 Ditto, Metallic looi Spanish, 5 per cent 241 Ditto, 1823 22 French 5 per Cent.... —l. —c Exchange f. —c. French 3 per Cent —l. —c. Dutch, 24 per cent 49f Ditto, 5 per cent . 851 COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) Due. lIONKTON V. THE ATTORNET•UENERAL. Mr. LOWNDES stated that his Lordship Lad given leave that this cause should be mentioned again on the minutes. Mr. Wray and himself had now agreed upon the minutes of an order that all parties assented to. The only doubt Mr. Wray had was as to whether the Court had directed the costs.to be paid out of the funds. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that he had drawn a distinction between the sets of costs. Mr. LOWNDES said all parties were aware of that. The LORD CHANCELLOR had no doubt that the costs were to come out of the funds. He desired to see the proposed minutes, which he would consider. ROBERTSON V. LORD LONDONDERRY. This came on in the shape both of a demurrer and an appeal from an order made by his Honour the Vice• Chancellor, dismissing Cue bill in the cause as against the noble defendant. Sir E. SUGDEN, MP. BEAMES, and Mr. TEMPLE, were CD the one side, the ATTORNEY GENERAL, Mr. KNIGHT, and a junior, on the other. A prelimin ar y o bj ect i on was taken by Mr. Knight, but which the Cou r t ru l e d wou ld be saved till be had the opportunity of arguing upon the merits. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. STROUD In this case, which we mentioned yesterday, the in formation was filed at the relation of certain ministers in Lady Huntingdon's connection against the trustees under a deed, by which certain chapels were secured to the connection, and by the provisions of which all its ecclesiastical concerns were to be regulated. The informa tion prayed that the defendants might be removed from being trustees, that an account might be taken under the direction of the Court of the funds which bad ceme into their hands, and that a scheme might, under the direction of the Court, be adopted for the future es'ablishment and regulation of the Charity. Mr. BICKERSTETH appeared for the information. It appeared that the late Selina Countess Dowager of Huntingdon, being possessed of various chapels in various parts of England, and being addicted to works of practical religion, bad been in the habit of appointing ministers agreeing with her Ladyship in theological tenets, which were a modification of the doctrines of the National Establishment to the various chapels, retaining in herself the power of regulating the ecclesiastical concerns of the connexion, and removing them according to her discre tion. In 1790 she made her will, and divided the chapels to ti ustees in trust to maintain them for the benefit of the connection. Some of the chapels being freehold, her Ladyship could not in this manner devise them for chari table purposes, and accordingly she gave them absolutely to the persons named ; trusting that the Grace of God would prompt them to use the property thus given them far the extension of the Gospel. She further directed that ministers might be appointed to the chapels as they might be required, and that when any of the four devises or trustees should die, another should be appointed by the survivors to fill his place. The trustees continued to supet intend and manage the affairs of the connection, re ceiving the rents of pews, donations, legacies, chapel collections, &c., forming funds, and appointing and super seding their ministers, according to their discretion. The connection having increase!, and its funds being consider able, the trustees, in 1819, in order to insure an active ceneral co-operation throughout the fellowship, called a general meeting of the body, which was held at Spa fields, at which all the ministers were present. The general interests of the connection were canvassed, and it was considered advisable that accounts of the funds arising from donations, &c., should regularly be submitted for their inspection. The trustees, however, reserved to themselves an absolute power in directing those confer ences. Disagreements consequently arose between the ministers and the trustees, the latter insisting that under the provisions of the deed they had an absolute power to appoint and supersede the ministers, &c., and generally to manage the affairs of the connection. This led to various negotiations, and ultimately to the filing of this information, in which the relators submitted to the Court that the trustees bad n ) right to assume a general, irresponsible, and absolute authority over the whole connection, and that the management of all its affairs rested with the Ministers of the Chapels who bad subscribed to the theological tenets of Lady Huntingdon, and were regularly ordained according to the forms which she had prescribed. Mr. BICKERSTETIi when the case had gone thus far made an application to the Court to allow it to stand over, as he believed the parties were now willing to accede to some compromise by which the matter would be settled without the intervention of the Court. His HONOUR allowed it to stand over and the case had not been again cAlled on when our Reporter left. --- VICE CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ROBBERIES IN COURT. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR on coming into Court this morning, in reference to the robbery that took place yesterday in this Court, (a gentleman having been robbed of a valuable brilliant pin) stated, that be bad thought it right to go to both police stations last night and mention the circumstance ; at the same time stating that it had been represented to him, that gentlemen attend ing that Court were very inefficiently protected by the police. His Honour could not see Col. Rowan, but the inspector to whom he had stated the circumstance had promised to com municate the fact to that gentleman. Hia Honour had also mentioned the occurrence to Lord Melbourne, who had promised he would do all in his power to rid the Court of the evil complained of. During the whole morning a policeman has been in constant attendance in the Court. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) KIRBY V. BANISTER AND OTHERS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff for goods supplied and money advanced to the defendants, as church wardens and overseers of the parish of Iver, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 1151. A rule had been obtained on a former day for a nonsuit on the part of the defendant Chapman, or for a reduction of damages as against him, on the ground that he was only an assistant overs-er, and in that capacity not liable for the debts of the parish. This morning Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS showed cause against the rule. It was in evidence that all the defen dants were present at various times when they promised to pay the plaintiff's demand ; some of the orders for goods were signed by Chapman, who was now called vestry clerk as well as overseer, but in no order was the title assistant overseer affixed. It was urged on the other side that Chapman, being appointed assistant overseer un der the 59 Geo. 111. c. 12, and paid a salary as such, could not be deemed a joint contractor ; but if that point were relied on, his appointment as such should have been put in and proved. On the contrary it was proved that the order r y and nftha go w ods were halafiv e supplied defendants, on the and e t r h e a d r i a t fa ad re n th b e y v t a h r t . ! diet should stand. Mr. PLATT followed on the same side, and stated this to be a dishonest attempt on the part of the defendants to resist the payment of money supplied by the plaintiff to enable them to pay the weekly allowances of the poor. Mr. THESSIGER, in support of the rule, said his notion of the defence was very different from that of Mr. Platt ; for here was a demand made for money and goods supplied years e n a r r a s t ago, ce bt aa prrn a e n pa d any, i s t w asthemselves. character impossible al. f e. o a r t the satran:d defendants acsoayaaenar sa ee to rn: answer levy s the defendant. at h apanpr e op.avoswtdniaest appointment, tahenda e ntet a tno l , hv e a the ea d na:nswed b ea y rs:tlnhi.wea rbhelofet therefore according e l plaintiff's t oad ' wri ff nt 'azss perform of If he were to be held liable, the petitioner should have as ' t ° t o il h the e adilu t 7 thy t o h s eosfectti duties ohne of the Act; that section provided for the appointment of of overseer . which should be expres.sed in his warrant of petitioner to show that it was stated in the war rant of appointment, that he was empowered to sign orders for any goods, &c. The plaintiff had not done so, nor bad he chosen to require the pro duction of the warrant, and therefore the defendant Chapman was not liable as a joint contractor. The learned counsel also submitted, on the authority of decided case, that en overseer could not borrow money with which to relieve the poor, and therefore the plaintiff could not recover it. Mr. Justice TAUNTON said if that were so, and the overseers had no money in hand, the poor would be ie:t to starve. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said that if that position were tenable, it would place the management of paupers in a very crippled state. Mr. THEssto Eft would not press the point unnecessarily, but he submitted that it was the duty of the overseers if they had not funds in hand, to levy a new rate, and not to borrow money. The COURT were of opinion that the defendants had made themselves jointly liable, although Mr. Chapman was rayed at times assistant overseer and vestry clerk. It was not quite clear that the plaintiff knew Clitytuau to be only an assistant overseer when he gave the credit. The verdict of the Jury was therefore correct, and the rule must be discharged. KIRBY V. BASSETT. This was a precisely similar case to the preceding, and Mr. THESSIGER consented to the rule being discharged, as the point was the same in both cases. LITERATURE. EDINBURGH CABINET LIBRARY, No. XV. EDINBURGH, 1834. 'The subject of the present number is Persia, whose history, past, and present, geographical and other peculiarities, are treated in the same pains -taking, luminous manner, as was percepti ble in the account of Arabia, published in a former volume of the same miscellany. We presume it is by the same author. FINE ARTS. ENGRAVINGS FROM THE WORKS OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, Pters 1. AND H. This work is yet in its infancy, but so far as it has gone, we can pronounce favourably upon it. Sir Joshua, like Titian, was always famous for his eyes—especially his female eyes, which ever teemed with expression—and the engraver has not neglected to make the most of this characteris tic. His engraving of Georgiana, Countess of Spencer, is admirably finished, more particu•' lady as regards the countenance, which has all the earnest, thoughtful look of the original. " The Infant Academy" ---one of Sir Joshua's happiest efforts—is full of spirit and archness. The sly look of the half-concealed, young rogue in the corner, cannot be excelled in expression. The Duke of Wellington's installation as Chancellor of Oxford, which will probably take place in July, will set to work the whole of the muses, both of the Isis and the Cam ; and we may expect to have the cedant arma togce rung in our ears in every known and unknown metre. The Duke of Wellington lately met with au accident while riding near Strathfield4aye ; his Grace was thrown from his horse, which afterward@ struck him on the forehead. The Duke, however, suffered only a temporary inconvenience, and no serious result followed. The old adage of " it never rains but it pours " has been truly exemplified during the List two months. We are sorry to observe that the diabolical spirit of incendiarism bas shown itself in G'oucesterobire. On Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning Ju , e four bay ricks, the property of Mr. Edward Pollard: of Sousia Cerney, were set on fire and consumed. A reward of2ool. his been offered for the discovery of tLe offenders.-- .Sherborne Mercury, " THE JEW WHICH SHAKSPEARE DREW." —These words were said by Quin of Macklin, and in tended by Quin, as an in,ult to the man, not as a COM • pliment to the actor. And in proof that they were sow he is remembered to have said upon another occasion, when speaking of Macklin, " If that man is not a scoundrel, Provid,nce cannot write a legible band."—Athencum. ACCIDENT.-011 Saturday afternoon, about four o'clock, an elderly lady in attempting to cross Fen church -street, was knocked down by the horses in s barouche that was proceeding eastwards. No blame wAi attributable to the coachman, the carriage being going at a slow pace. The want of caution on the part of the lady, who was taken into the office of Mr. Sadgiove, No. 159, Fenchurch.street, and who was more frightened than injured, was solely the cruse of the accident. An accident occurred in the afternoon of Sunday at the church of St. Paul's, Ball's Pond, which, had it not been fortunately discovered, this fine building would have been speedily destroyed. It appears that the iron pipe (which conveys the smoke away from the furnace, and for warming the church), bec ame so h o t th a t it come` . municated to the roof of the buildi ng; th e ra f ters becam e ignited, and the wind blowing upon it very high at the . time it would quickly have done considerable damage. The evening service was not performed, owing to the . confusion it occasioned, and the damage done to various parts of the building. • As a little girl, the daughter of a gentleman residing in the Brixton-road, was re►urning from school, at one o'clock on Friday last, some malicious person threw a large quantity of sulphuric acid on her silk cloak, by which, within a very few minutes after she reached home, it was reduced to tatters. Had any portion of the acid fallen on her person the consequences might have been tet rible. It was thrown on the back of the cloak, so that she was quite unconscious of the circumstance having occurred till she reached home, when the state ol the garment showed the amount of injury which had been inflicted. A young journeyman of the town of Fou' geres, in the Ille et Vilaine, had for several years kept up an illicit intercourse with a young woman with the know ledge of her mother, in whose house they resided. At length, however, the man became disorderly in his eon• duct, and came home one evening in a state of intoxication' and in a fit of passion beat both mother and daughter, broke the furniture, and then went to bed. The mother wat highly exasperated, hut suppressed her feelings till the morning, when she awoke her daughter early, and while her paramour still slept, heated a quantity of water in 1 large boiler, ot a foi n mf d Ttop w tr,aeps hen it was hot poured the whole of il l over the sleeper. The man was so dreadfully scalded that his life is despaired of. The mother is in cistcdy'. —French Paper. ENGLISH LACKEYS ON THE CONTINENT. —We have nothing to say in defence of the usual employ ment by English travellers of foreign couriers—most absurdly so called, by the way, when they do not precede the party—except that the best English servant is generally much more of a hindrance than a help en the continent. He understands and performs to admiration the small anti rigidly-defined circle of duties within which his walk at home is limited ; but abroad he is confused, puzzled, bel wildered, at every turn ; no fish in the world mod completely out of the water than be. He is, naoreoveri perpetually discomposed about creature comf .rts, and sight : deeper than Don Juan whenever " he thinks upon :a poi' of beer." But who is to blame for the narrow ant artificialw feeding h a submit, l t, Hb eEob if uhs is. —mhbt the soci,. those English a h wcr e hi itot Clergyman jog- gae trot t viiay:hiumNie:erwrriren. pampered Not, Ll luxury ,axnicu drcy himself, T the ._ has wegmor made dnsse humbly f Oh o i n u n mornin g o tl t i l r t e l e e miles L a o d f y resid i ngB : f r — e t st e le p n ' a ce ris to h. make sh w e a it h c b a a i , not gone f ar f rom h ome , w h en s h e di scovere d her boil had fallen from off her shoulders, and sent her mat servant back the road to look for it. The servant a countryman, of whom he inquired, " Have you a a boa in the road ?" To which the bumpkin replied . . amazement, " A boar; I've teen no boar, nor anyth else, but a great long hairy snake in the road ; I've pel it with stones for this last ten minutes, but can't the thing ; I've cut it in two, but his tail move now." the servant's arriving at the spot deems ibed by the count man, he actually found the lady's valuable fur literally in pieces with stones, with which it was nearly covered. Devonport Telegraph. PUNCTUALITY.--Mr. M., a merchant was a great lover of punctuality in all its for Calling upon a mechan'c one day, who was notorious the nonfulfilrnent of his engagements, and by whom qad frequently been deceived, " When," says he, " I S-, can I have that work finished and sent to house? T,lce your own time, but tell me positively, do not deceive me, for Ido not like to be disappoint( "On Thursday next," says the mechanic, " am living, you shall positively have it." Thurt came and passed, but no work made its app ance. In the evening the merchant called upon printer, with the request that he would insert tl death of Mr. S-, which he accordingly did in ti following morning's paper. What was our mechanic surprise, on taking up the paper next day, to find a announcement of his own death ! Up he goes to tl printer for an explanation. There he was told that AI,II. M. authorised it, and they had supposed it correct. I] of course repairs to the merchant to know what it mean' and DI persuaded he is not a ghostly appeal ance, for, sass he, "you solemnly promised me that you were living 1 should have my work done and r turned on Thursday ; no work appearing I very net rdly concluded you were dead, and had it accordingly a announced." Mr. 8----- was abashed and silent, and .0 hone made bttttr by the well-intended djoke.—Sine' Observer. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CT.OOY. Paid. Per Share Allen Mining Company £7 8% 9% 9 Anglo Mex. Min. 4.:0. (iss. at 54 pm ) XlOO 8% Bolanos Mining Company 4150 137% Brazilian Mining Company £s 15 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 61 Ditto National 22% 23 Ditto St. John DO Rey lO 9 Cata Branca Mining Company 3% qi British Iron Mining Comnanv £so ColumbiEn Miuinl Co. , iss at 54 pm.) 51% 9% English Mit.ing Company 12% 25 General Mining Association l2 8% Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co. £4B 12 Real del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) _ 51 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. vm.) 40 10%34 Ditto New Scrip 5 13 % Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO 11% Protector Insurance Comp. , £2 £1 5 6 Australian Co. Canada Company ............" General Steam Navigation Co. l3 13% National Provincial Bank of England 5 31( Rio Doce 2 2% Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 39