The Sun. — London, England, 1834-05-27 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS. /3K SSELS, MAY the Chamber of Representa -1 yes yesterda y, " Devaux, as reporter of the commis ar"t ..rto draw up the address of condolence to the Xing, saia_. ** As the organ of your committee, I come to lay before rei Ow address which it has drawn up. It has resolved to tontine itself to expressing the sentiments of grief felt by the Chamber. It has thought that the rapidity which was requil ed in the discussion of the address rendered it im possible to introduce any thing into it which would have required more mature reflection, and the object of which may, if necessary, become the matter of a separate address. I have the honour to present to you the following address:— " SIRE,—An unhappy event has plunged into mourning your Majesty and your august Consort. " Divine Providence has been pleased to call to itself the young Prince, whose cradle was lately surrounded by such liv:slyjoys, and such dear hopes. " Penetrated with the general affliction, the organ of public feeling, the Chamber of Representatives, would Vr.sh to find consolations for so severe an affliction. " It feels that, in these sorrowful moments, little can be afforded to the heart of a father or to that of a mother. " Since the destiny of your Majesty has been united to that of Belgium, happy and unhappy events have in turn 'herb reserved to'us. Happy or unhappy, Sire, the pe-ple 'hue blended their feelings with those of their King. Your joys have been their joys, your sorrows have been their sorrows, and the bonds which unite the nation to the monarch have been always more and more strengthened. " The sight of so strict a union is calculated to allay many ?orrows. May it, Sire, give some alleviation to your sufferings, may it restore some composure to the heart of a mother so cruelly afflicted. Providence, which has con s'. ' 'or all misfortunes, can alone heal such deep wounds." T,.. Chamber resolved that this address should be taken into immediate - consideration, and no person offering to make any observation, it was put to the vote, and unani mously adopted by the sixty-three members present. A deputation of twelve members was chosen to present it to the King. The Chamber then proceeded with the order of the day. The remains of the Prince Royal were conveyed from Laeken to Brussels yesterday evening, and deposited in the Queen's Chapel in the Palace. The Courts of Justice will be closed to-day, on account of the funeral. There was a meeting of Deputies yesterday evening, at the residence of M. Caghan, to discuss the propriety of making a proposal, and invite the King to make use of the right given him by Art. 61 of the Constitution, to de signate immediately his successor to the throne.—lnde pendaxt. The Courrier Beloe says, " The choice of an eventual successor seems seriously to engage the attention of the several confidants of those acquainted with the thoughts of the Government. M. Devaux, in his report on the address voted yester day by the Chamber, spoke of a second address that might be made on this subject when they had more time to re flect on it. The meeting at the house of M. Coghen had doubtless a more serious signification than that of the pre oeding evening. The Independant says this morning, " that it will have no difficulty in proving, when the time is come , _ that it may be very advantageous to the country that the King should designate his usual successor to the throne." " We said yesterday that this question seems to us to be of little importance. We are of the same opinion, pro vided the initiation is left to the party to which it belongs." The Courrier observes, " that should events prove, in the sequel, that the precaution was superfluous, it may be found that the country will discover in it something that ought not to be. The person hinted at is a member of the family of Saxe Coburg, who has not at present any estab lishment to look forward to. If he comes among us, and it shall appear that he is not neutral, we may foresee that the chambers will be called on to vote some pecuniary arrangement in the English fashion." The senators, now at Brussels, met yesterday to deter mine in what manner they should attend the funeral of the Prince Royal. As the senate is not at present sitting, and it cannot go in a body, it was resolved that the mem bers should go as private individuals, but in costume. — Brussels Papers, 3lay 23. VIENNA, MAY 13. —Fiveper Cent. 31etalliques, 991,4 ; Four per Cent., 90 1 4 ; Bank Shares, I,27B.—Allge swine Zeitung, May 21. THE WINE TRADE. Considerable excitement prevails at the present time among the members of the Wine Trade, on account of an intimation having been given by the directors of the St. Catherine and the London Dock Companies, that it was their intention to increase the charges upon the wine housed in the vaults of the respective companies to a very considerable extent. The present charges are : For a butt or pipe 4d. per week. For a hogshead 2d. For a quarter cask ld. --- For a six dozen case 2d. And fir cases containing larger quantities in proportion. The directors of the two companies have, however, ex pressed their intention to increase these charges ; and it is rumoured that the increase will be to the amount of twenty per cent on the old charges. This has given considerable alarm to the holders of large stocks of wine, and particu larly as the trade is very dull at the present time. A general meeting of the trade is to be held upon the sub ject next Tuesday, with a view to induce the Dock Com panies to abandon their intention of increasing the rates. ritlf . FS OF S ItrIZR Tills 11,1 Y 4T OPZIr o'ci.ncic. Rank ginek ")1516 11 1 14 vew 5 tie' Cent.. — 1 per Cent. fled 9 , 1,K 4 1 !mum ' , tor& 1 per Cent. Cons 1 /2 1 k 2 1., Ditto Winds — 28 pm. 1 1 . per Cent. 9R. 4 1 South Sea Stock.... nit•oned ~ gii 9 om Annuities '9%ki New .t, per Cent... 10t,(!;% New Ditto — t sc, Cent. Ann 1726._ 1 per Cent Ann 1751 1 per Cent. 15116..„.... 10(%ii Ex Bills, -£',o 4. ' 5O SI pm Sank Log ‘nn.to expire Ditto 'On SO 51 pm• lan. 5, IRS 1... ...17 :1-1r 4. Ditto Small ill 51 pm 7ct.10, 1ft.50 l7 1-10 Ditto Cnmmereial pin Jan 5, I' 4, n 17% Ditto Advertised...sf. 51 49 pm. Jan. 5, 1/NA — Rank for Acconnt ..... ..... A prils, 10/.0 — India for Acenunt ... — Jin. 5; 1870 - Cons. for Account 0 4 % 3s % ?RICA% or roSSIGN YHVDS THIS DAY I LT ONE O ' CLOCK A urrtan 80nd... ....t 'vino Bond., •Sisui ? , Ditto Account ois, Ditto Awn .............. 9EP,, i Purruxuese Ron& 1"; .rili.w Bonds 71 "4 1 Nth. Ai,,iiini - 744 i qu• ,ccoiiiii 7 6 , 4 ' Ditto New Windt , ...,,,79 R3:4 .4.41. t. A yr. , Rood , 3l, ill() Acilinntm7ll 8.44 ill lai I‘itti; Account qnti ,I.n,ia,. Hmos ' , ilia?, !ton& .........•.7'.; Ditto r4orniii, 1.0 ,-, i),rtii Account ...• 7 1 , Itusitian uonds, 1... , iiantii.o, ann.,. 5‘.5,4 nat,, Acconnt• RI , Account.. ..... .. _el.— Ditto 111 flora Rand*, tuod 0(t , .. 6 st.iii,h it.mis, l7 4, 44 I) t - o Are. “Iltr "ti '. Ditti Arr 9 '% 2 001.N apish 'tar , - 3 "3", Ditto Arc , tuts 75 Ditto Ai•aiiint IN )reek Iran& French Bente., 51.... —; —, 11.110 lifl/PIA, t. " , 1314 --..---.. Exchange --i —, Ditto Account — • 4 oer cent. —, e H -*lran Bowls, S per runt f. : 15 , 4 h:XChallge .. —f i lint) Aceouca...... - '0 1 .1. 1 .01‘, :t a, el 'lei Cell , 4'P4 Ditto . ccouta.„ ...... 51%' % Onto Acrnitto ... 'l 4 Ditto, Sp c „. , c.attoulcr..... ...o AN Ditto Account 97 PRICVS OF SHARKS THIS OAT AT oNg O'CLOCK. Alien Mining Company ..... £9 1., . •.o• l on hitt <maim. Mining Comb:tn. —MO Ir:radian Mining Company 5 too mt... •‘,/. at [fin f2n Macatibas Comes.— ..... Ditto St. John tlwl Rev Cara Branca Mining Company irobti. Iron Mono. 1. ..1 , 11110, roliiml ti Minim Co. (btu. at 5/. pm ) 52.4 ICtitdiA I.o7 ol l atly ...... 12 34 eller& Mining .Ansoeiation l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo , lexicstis Mining Co Monty Mining C0....(unr0g.) U tied Ilex Slin. Co. (iv. at 21. om.) 40 ;itto New Sow illidnce hire 1 nritrance Comp. ..... 0 'rotertor I ns.e Comp...» £2 kustralian . C0.....7 411attil efiMpiny IS :prier& Steam Navigation Co slational Provincial Bank of England 15 Rio Doce girl& Bank Pe. Shan 11% 9 1371_4 llli XI 9 0 MESNE PROCESS. A BILL FOR ABOLISHING ARREST UPON MESNE PROCESS, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN CASES. Whereas it is expedient to abolish the law and practice of arrest upon process for the commencement of personal actions in all cases, except as hereinafter mentioned ; be it therefore enacted, by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that no per son shall be arrested or held to special bail upon any pro cess for the commencement of personal actions issuini out of arty court whatsoever, for any cause of action accruing upon or after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, except for causes of actions upon bills of exchange, promissory notes, money bonds con ditioned for the payment of money only, and instruments under seal for the payment of money, where the cause of action originally, and also at the time of issuing the pro cess, shall amount to the sum of twenty pounds or up wards, over and above and exclusive of any cos's, charges, and expenses that may have been incurred, recovered, or become chargeable, in or about the suing for or recovering the same, or any part thereof. And be it further enacted, that every affidavit of debt for holding to special bail, made upon and after the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, for any cause of action, except as last aforesaid, shall, besides the matters now required by law to be stated in such affidavit, state, that such cause of action accrued before the said first day of January, one thousand eight huddred and thirty-five ; and that in default thereof, such proceedings may be taken and had, as are now or shall be hereafter taken and had, in the case of a defective affi davit of debt. _ _ . Provided always, and be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for any of his Majesty's Courts of Com mon Law at Westminster, or any Judge thereof, upon an application ex parte, and being satisfied that any debtor is about to abscond, in order to avoid payment of his debt or debts,- or to assign or •in any manner transfer, or cause or procure to be transferred, h►s property or any part thereof, in order to defeat or impede his creditor or creditors in ob taining payment or sansfaCtion of their debt or debts, to make a rule or order that such debtor may be arrested and held - to special bail for such sum (not being less than twenty pounds) as to the said Court or Judge may seem fit ; whereupon such proceedings may be had, and such debtor arrested and held to special bail, in the same man ner as persons now are or by the practice of the said Courts hereafter may be arrested and held to special bail, by the rule or order of the Court or a Judge. Provided also, and be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained shall extend to alter or affect the autho rity of the said• Courts at Westminster or of the Judges thereof, to make rules or orders for holding to special bail as now enjoyed and exercised by them. . It is understood in the fashionable world that Almack's Ball to-morrow will b. one of the most splendid of the season, as most of the subscribers will appear in their court dresses. ETON ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL.—The Annual Dinner of the Noblemen and Gentlemen edu cated at Eton College took place on Saturday at Willis's Rooms. It was celebrated with more than usual ceremony, and on a more splendid scale, in com pliment to the He a d Master, Dr. Keate, who is about to retire, after having for many years filled the situa tion with such distinguished app ro b a ti on . Th e com pany did not retire until a late hour, the Speaker of the House of Commons accepting the office of Presi dent at the next anniversary. We understand that Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, the bankers, whose house was petitioned against a short time ago, as a great obstruction in the new line of road from London bridge, through Prince's- Street and Moorfields, finding that as the improve .l.4s advance, their house presents a very palpable -- I , Yeadre, have consented to remove from that situation, • -in order to enable the London Bridge Committee to complete their projected improvements in the most desirable manner. • These highly respectable bankers have taken the Soilth Sea House, in which they intend to carry on their 'extensive business. • ~~l LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1834. The tithes are a tax ; they do not belong to the landowners, but to the Church. The Church is not the clergy, but the body of the faithful ; and of this body the clergy are the ministers. Their interest in the common pro perty of the christian community is a life inte rest ; but dependent on the due performance of certain duties imposed by the KING and the Parliament, who act as trustees for the commu nity. The Irish clergy have ill performed their duty, or the people would have been in a totally different state to that in which they are now found. In many parishes there are no churches, and in a great many more, there are no con gregations. Is it just that those who cannot, ' or will not, perform the business for which they were appointed, should still receive the wages, whilst they make no adequate return for them ? The nation says it is not, and no ministry would long be endured in this country which proved itself so unjust as to despise the sensible and honest opinion, on this subject, of the people of England. It is on this question, however, that two, or at the most three, members of the cabinet differ from their colleagues. If they should continue so to differ, they will doubtless resign their seats. But why should this break up the ministry ? Their places may be filled up-- not perhaps with more able or more honour able men, but with men whose views are more in unison with those of the people of Great Britain and Ireland. Ireland cannot remain as it is : coercion bills have been passed, the repeal question has been settled. we trust, for ever ; but never can this fine country be effectually improved, its people united, or its trade, manufactures, and agri culture really and permanently flourish, until the national resources are applied to national rather than sectarian or personal purposes. But who are to make this application ? Who are to judge of the fitting time to make it ? They who formed the Cabinet, who carried the Reform Bill, who have preserved the peace of Europe, and who have made up their minds to act upon this as on other questions on princi ples, and in a manner which (if time be allowed them, to destroy the national ills one at a time), will enable them so to effect all neces sary reforms, as to satisfy not only the justice of the case, but the honourable feelings of the country. Not to give them time—not to enable them first to settle that great measure of reform now nearly completed, which is second only in im portance to Parliamentary Reform—woUld be unjust, ungrateful, and unwise. Let the Poor Laws Bill become the law of the land, Let not so great, so difficult, so salutary a measure, be endangered. Let us not run the risk, on the one hand, of having the bigoted, and despotic, and plundering Tories for our rulers, or, on the other, a government which could not last, and might end in a military despotism. We hope Mr. STANLEY and Sir J. GRAHAM will continue to support the exist ing government for their own sakes, not less than the sake of the country ; but if they have made up their minds to uphold the abuses and misappropriations of the Irish Church, we tell them hoßestly that they will not be endured by the country ; and we venture to assure Lord GREY, that if he fill up their places with men, in whose reforming spirit and energy the country has confidence, he has nothing to fear. The nation will stand by him as they did with regard to Parliamentary Reform. The KING will, we doubt not, also prove faithful to the righteous cause of reform ; and as to the House of Commons, if they will not, let him do what he did before :—the people . are of one mind, they are honest and faithful to those who truly serve them, and they will find representatives who will do their duty. But we hope no such necessity will arise. At all events let us fii st settle the Poor Laws and redress the grievances of the Dis senters. We can see nothing but danger in any material change whilst these questions are unsettled. We direct our readers' attention to a full re port of the meeting of the master tailors, which will be found in another part of The Sun. All that. relates to the settlement of the poor is vicious in principle, and repugnant to the feelings of Christian charity. There should be no right of settlement. The circumstances with which it is attended raise a bar to the intercourse of labour, which ought always to be free, and at liberty to seek employment where ever employment is to be found, whether it be in one parish or another, in one county or an other, or in one country or another. This is the principle of industry. Then, as to charity, relief should be afforded when the object requires it, wherever the person requiring it may happen to be at the time, whether it be in his or her own parish, or county, or in their own country ; or in any other parish or county, or even in a strange country. The necessity of affording relief should be a matter of strict inquiry in every case, and when it is found to be required it should never be withheld, but it should never be extended to the able-bodied. They ought to live by their labour, and the utmost that should be done for them is to find them em ployment of a severe and lowly kind, and to pay them less for it than they would be paid for work if they found it for themselves. For the able-bodied there should be no settle ment, or right of settlement, whatever. And if to the orphan young, who are not strong enough to work, and to the aged and the infirm, from whom their strength has departed, relief be confined to the poor-house, then the only inmates of the poor-house will be children who have lost their parents, or whose parents or re latives are unwilling or unable to support them, and the aged and infirm, whose relations are unable or unwilling to support them. Relief at home must be left to spontaneous charity, which in this country, notwithstanding . the abuses of the poor laws, has not been destroyed, and would operate more extensively and more usefully than it now does if these abuses were removed. Here we must look to the well being of society at large, and not confine our selves to the well-being of individuals. The mass of society must be kept sound, although a few individuals should suffer. The mass of society has become tainted through the abuses of the poor laws, and we must now pursue the course necessary to remove the taint, and to render it again sound. We marvel that the question has never been put and repeated until the solution is found, how it happens that in this industrious and intelligent country labour and money capital are not only in want of employment, but the quan tity of unemployed labour and capital has con tinued to increase for the last twenty years, as is manifest from the fact, that the poor rates, which were 5,418,8451. for the year ending in March, 1815, were 7,036,9681. for the year ending in March, 1832, and that Exchequer Bills, though in 1815 they were a third less than their present amount, were then at a dis count, whereas now they sell for a premium equal to the interest receivable upon them for a year. The vulgar way of accounting for all this is the amount of our national debt and taxes ; but our national debt was greater in 1815 than it is now, and the annual amount of taxes levied in 1815 was upwards of thirty mil lions more than are levied now. Whatever, therefore, may be the cause of the increasing want of employment for labour and for capital, it is not the amount of the national debt, or ;he amount of taxation, which has been greatly diminished since 1815. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER is thwarted in his endeavour to commute tithe, and to remove the abuses of the poor laws, though it is manifest to all the world that tithe in kind and poor rates press heavily upon agri culture. He dare not venture to meddle with the present corn law, though lie has declared that it does not work well for the British far mer. For ten years at least he cannot redeem the error he has committed in again conferring upon the Bank of England the power of over issue, the abuse of which is incident to the power. But he can render an essential service to general industry by funding the whole of the Exchequer Bills now afloat, amounting to no less than 33,752,0001., which can be funded at an annual expense of little more than a half Per cent. beyond the interest now paid upon them. By funding these Exchequer Bills he wall be en abled to reduce the Four per Cents. and the Three and a Half per Cents. with infinitely more ad van tage than he can do at present, because so much of the capital represented by these Exchequer Bills as does not find for itself employment in works of industry will be laid out in the purchase of Three per Cents., so that a smaller amount of them will be required to be given in exchange for the Four and Three and a Half per Cents., to be re duced by all the increase of the price of these funds to be thereby raised ; and when these stocks shall be reduced, they should be reduced upon such terms as should leave no room for dissentients ; but if dissentients there should be, they should not be paid by the Bank, for every such payment is an over-issue of bank-notes. Neither should the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER ever again resort to the practice of renewing Exchequer Bills which we have shown to be to the State what accommodation bills arc to a merchant. They may be resorted to upon occasion to meet a pinch, and overcome an emergency, but should never be renewed. Exchequer Bills, moreover, are the main means of the over-issue of the Bank, which by occa sioning expansion of the currency at one time and contraction at another, has made every branch of industry a gambling transaction, and thereby makes capital afraid to embark in works of industry. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) HARRINGTON V. LONG. The discussion of this matter again occupied the morn ing. The question was, whether the pla:ntiff in the pur chase of a debt had not been guilty of that which, in law, is called maintenance, and on that ground deeared by act of Parliament to be illegal? The Master of the Rolls de cided that he had, and the present was an appeal from that decree: _ _ Mr. KNIGHT, for the respondents, stated that the Master of the Rolls had given the counsel on the other side the amplest opportunity of looking into the authorities, and discussing the point. Mr. TINNEY, for the plaintiff, begged to know from what authority the learned counsel made that statement ? Mr. KNIGHT.-Have I not just said that my client has so intructed me ? _ Mr. TINNEY (with much warmth)—Then, if my learned friend has received such instructions from his lient (though the authority is not material), Ido not believe them ; and I beg distinctly to state that I won't believe what , (naming Mr. Knight's client) says, I would not believe what would misrepresent any case, or state any falsehood to answer his own purpose. Mr. KNIGHT—WeII, I am astounded. - - The LORD CHANCELLOR—ReaIIy, Mr. Tinney, you ought not to make such a statement ; it's a perfectly un justifiable expression ; it's a cruel statement of a profes sional man. Mr. KNIGHT—One cannot but be surprised to hear such a statement at the bar, the more especially as coming from a gentleman of Mr. Tinney's well known and mild dispo sition. The LORD CHANCELLOR—It was uttered in the heat of the moment, and 1 am quite sure that Mr. Tinney, upon an instant's refiexion, must feel that he by no means ought to have made use of such an expression. Mr. TIN NET-Why, my Lord, one cannot help smart ing under the misrepresentations that have been made, and the manner this case has been conducted on the other side ; and although I may have uttered an expression under ex cited feelings, yet I do so far adhere to my statement as to declare that I do not believe the instructions that were given to my learned friend. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Oh that you are at perfect liberty to say, but the other really was very severe—cruel. Mr. KNIGHT—WeII I shall take no more notice of this, except to express my regret that gentlemen at the bar should permit their personal feelings to be worked upon by any case. Mr. TINNEY (after Mr. Beams had whispered some thing to him)—My Lord, if your Lordship really thinks that in the heat of the moment I have given utterance to an expression which I ought not to have used, and that I have not yet followed that up by all that I ought to say, I am quite ready now to acknowledge The LORD CHANCELLOR—Oh, no, no, Mr. Tinney, I think you said quite enough. It was merely an expression upon the impulse of the moment. You have a right to say you do not believe the instructions given on the other side; and I am quite sure that -- will feel per fectly satisfied with the explanation. Mr: BEAms—lt had better be taken altogether as a hasty expression, and without having been accompanied with any intention to wound the feelings of any one. The Loan CHANCELLOR—Oh, certainly. Now let us go on if you please. The arguments were then proceeded in till his lordship rose at twelve o'clock. trriVattl Aril ed. 0 Amc..ri.-s O Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres. 0 0 Jamaica 4! ft carthagens 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 rhiblin 0 ; 0 Li5b0n.................. 0 O Flander- 0 • 0 ti1a1ta......—......... 0 1 France 0 0 Sweden 0 O quernse. &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATIR AT LONDON !BRIDGE TO MORROW. liorning 5'3 minutes after 5 • Evening -17 minutes after 6. it '• *-"'" -A *114310 BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice PATTESON sat in this Court to-day, to take motions and common jury causes. THE KING V. -. Mr. STEER moved fora writ of certiorari to remove the indictment in this case into this Court. The question would turn upon the title of different parties to certain premises. The prosecutor had already indicted the defen dant for an assault, and upon an application to a judge at chambers, that indictment was ordered to be tried in the Court of King's Bench. After that the prosecutors, with a view of harassing the defendants, indicted them for a riot at the Surrey sessions, and as several important points of law would arise, and as the same witnesses would be examined on each indictment, it was desirable that the indictment for a riot should also be tried in this Court. The learned JUDGE granted the rule. Mr. AGLIONBY moved on behalf of a defendant in two cases which had been tried by a local court at Biddleham (or Middleham) for a mandamus, calling on the judge of that court to rehear those causes. The defendant had notice to attend the court by ten o'clock in the morning, and brought his witnesses to substantiate his defence. Seeing the plaintiff in court with his witnesses, he waited until the court rose, in expectation of hearing the causes called on, when, to his surprise, he learned that the causes had suddenly b een deci de d against him. The defendant swore that he had a good defence to the actions. His Loansurr granted a rule to show cause, intimating that he did not know what would be the result, and that probably a good answer would be made to the rule. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-THIS DAY. (Fli()%1 I I.ll\ D'S DEAL, MAr 26.—Wind E.N.E., strong breeze.—Ar rived from the River and sailed the Fortitude, Wilson, for the Cape of Good Hope ; and Cora, Legrand, for the Me diterranean. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind E., strong breezes. PLYMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind E. strong breezes.— Arrived the Dewdrop, Fowler, from Lisbon. FALMOUTH, MAY 25.—Wind E., fresh gales and squally. LivEßrooL, MAY 25.—Arrived the Eintracht, Witt, from Stettin. Sailed the Hebe, Currie, for Canton. WATERFORD, MAY 24.—Arrived the Rapid, Miller, from London. . _ LEITH, MAY 24.—Arrived the Betsy, Nelson, from Bordeaux ; Earl, Hammer, from Pillau. Hutt., MAY 25.—Arrived the Deveron, Slightholm, and Amulet, Taylor, from Riga ; Oswv, Fairburn, from Gottenburg Harmonic, Hem, from Griefswold; and Eleo nora Potina, Olsen, from Copenhagen. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Observing in the True Sun paper of Satur day last, an announcement " that several master tailors at the west end of the town, amongst others Messrs. Cartwright; Wylie, Davies, Symons, and myself, have called in their men upon the terms which were at first demanded by the Unionists," and feeling the report to be totally unfounded with regard to my own house (not having a single man at work), I have made it my business to see the above-named master tailors, and am authorized by one and all of them to state that such report is a gross falsehood, inasmuch as they have not a man at work but what has returned at the old rate of wages and signed the declaration of having withdrawn themselves from the Trades' Union. By inserting this in your next paper, you will confer on us an act of justice, as such a mis-statement going forth to the world uncon tradicted, is calculated to do us a most serious injury in our business. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. H. STORY. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The public mind in the city has recovered its usual tone, a confident expectation being entertained that, at least for the present, and that by concess ions, the present Cabinet will be kept entire. Thi s i s th e feeling in the city, and the heaviness in the Consol market is to be ascribed more to the state of the Account, which is in the course of settlement to-day, than to the report circulated so generally yesterday, of a probable total change in the Cabinet. As far as the settlement has proceeded, it has gone off without any diffi culty. The Account was Bullish, and a good deal of Stock has already been carried over. Consols, which closed last night at 924 a for the July account, opened this morning lower, owing to the uncer tainty of the Ministers being able to keep in office. The quotation was 92a 4. for the account, and for money 92 In the foreign market, Spanish stock , which closed last n ight at 36& 7A, opened this morning at 36 1 ,4, but again r eached 36a 4. Portuguese opened rather lower at 781, 9A. Dutch 52 1 , 52 1 . Five per Cents., 961, 7 8 -'. Bra zihan, 76i 4 HALF-PAST ONE. Consols are now quoted at 92 1 / 8 , and for the July Ac count 92%. Spanish Stock has improved since the morning, being now 86 3 / 4 ; Portuguese are 78 3 / 4 9. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 921,4. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2161 , India Stock 2691 91 Ditto Bonds. 2B pm. 9-} , South Sea Stock 99 ' Ditto Old Aim B9l 91 ' Ditto New Ann. 9Ol 1001 Ex. Bills, 10 , 4 , / 49 pm. 1001 i Ditto 51'0/ 49 pm 3331:1 i 3 , 1 0 11P:' pl o e:)v. etlir g rr(iCC:C . n A e' ::: 17 iiinitt' n .r.tt: .. CCRIo t tee cl o e dn" : expire Ditto Small 49 pin Jan 1860 l7l Bank S. for Ace. 216 Oct. 18.59.. i7 Consols for Opg 92* Jac. 1860 l7l India St. for Opg 2 69 1 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent....... 1101 , Portuguese, 5 per cent.... 78f Belgian, 5 per cent ......... 981 1 Ditto, Reg. Bonds Brazilian Bonds ............ 761 1 Prussian. 5 per cent lO2 Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent. SI i Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO6l Chilian. 6 per cent........,, 27 1 Ditto, Metallic Columbian, 6 per cent `31.1 Spanish, 5 per cent ... ....... :36f Ditto, 1824 26 ' Ditto, N 23 . 32i Dankh 75 French 5 per Cent..., — l . — c. _ . wiz Greek, 5 ver cent 33 ! Exchange Mexican 5 per Cents, 1825 33 French 3 per Cent —!. —c Ditto 6 per Cent., 1825 4314 Dutch, 21 per cent s2j Peruvian 6 per Cent. 2ll Ditto, 5 per cent B7 FINE ARTS. We have just seen two engravings published, we believe, within the last few days, by Moon, Boys, and Graves : one is a likeness of the Princess Victoria, and the other entitled the Gentle Student. The former is from a paint ing by Westall ; and though we cannot under take to speak of its merits as respects accuracy, yet we can say with justice, that it possesses all Westall's elegance, without any of that stiff ness and cold formal precision for which many of his paintings are so remarkable. As an en graving, it is executed in Finden's most careful and elaborate style. The countenance is hit off with marked delicacy and freedom of touch. The Gentle Student represents a young lady busied in the perusal of some captivating vo lume (Rousseau's " Eloise" perhaps), which engrosses her utmost attention. Her eye is full of a certain pensive, thoughtful expression, which the engraver has well preserved. A man named Richard Tallis, who resided at Sealand, near Chester, put a period to his exist ence on Tuesday last. He came home in a state of intoxication, and, as we have been informed, demanded from his wife a sum of money. On her refusing to comply, he declared that he would put an end to his life in some way or other. The inmates of the house, not conceiving that he was in earnest, did not pay very particular attention to what he said ; and in a short time he left the house. Soon afterwards it was ascertained that he had walked into the Dee, beyond his depth, and sunk. Every effort was immediately made to get him out of the river, and when this was accomplished it was discovered that, the more effec tually to secure his purpose, he had filled his pockets with stones 1 Exertions were made to restore anima tion, but it was too late—the " vital spark" had fled. —Macclesfield Courier. We have seldom had to record a more me lancholy instance of the uncertain tenure of human life than that which has occurred in the family of Mr. William Bickerstaff, captain and owner of a smack, and well known on the Ribble as having been many years captain of the Lytham packet-boat, and who resided at Freckleton. A few weeks ago his daughter, a fine young woman, was seized with what was said to be black fever, and died on the 28th ult., and so ma lignant was the disease, that she was interred on the same day. The same illness seized other members of the family, and in a few days afterwards his wife (by a second marriage only 18 weeks before) also paid the debt of nature, and on the 7th instant, he himself (but recently a remarkably stout and healthy man) fell a victim to the same fatal malady,—the whole three hav ing thus perished within ten days ! The neighbours were naturally under considerable alarm, and during the illness of the deceased, and while the bodies were being removed, offices of necessity were alone attend ed to—such was the dread of contagion. Bickerstaff was much respected as an industrious man and a good seaman. One of two of his sons, both young, whom he has left, and who was also seized with the epidemic, is expected to recover. The bodies of the dcceakei were interred at Kirkham.—Blackburn Gazette. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WORKS COM METED. —We are requested to state that the following highly interesting works are now completed by the publication of the concluding volumes ; and the pur chasers of the earlier parts are requested to send their orders to their respective booksellers to prevent dis appointment. 1. The third volume of Dr. Nare's Life and Times of Lord Burghley--2. The second volume of the Memoirs and Correspondence of David Garrick-3. The third, fourth, and fifth volumes of Mr. D'lsraeli's Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles 1.-4. The third volume of the Evelyn Memoirs, in quarto, comprising all his miscellaneous writings, now first collected-5. The third, fourth, and fifth volumes of Dr. Doddridge's Diary and Cor respondence—and, 6. The third and fourth volumes of the Memoirs and Correspondence of Thomas Jef ferson, late President of the United States. In a book kept at an inn on the banks of Windermere, for the entry of strangers' names, we have the following enrolment :—" Mr Augustus Adol phus Snip, Cheapside ; Mr. Frederick Augustus Snooks, Minories, half-pay Cornet City Horse Ma rines." How exceedingly satirical on proud patrony mics !—yet how odorous of the land of Cockaigne ! Whitchaven Herald. A short time ago, two gentlemen, residents at Bolton, came to attend the Liverpool market. On their return to Bolton, by the railway, they got into the same carriage, and lay down very comfortably to take a nap. When the train arrived at the Bolton station, the guard (who seems not to have been aware of these two passengers) looked at the carriage, and not seeing any heads, fancied that it was empty, and thinking there was no use in carrying an empty car riage back to Bolton, directed that it should be put up. Accordingly, it was locked up in an outhouse, and the train proceeded to Bolton. About six in the evening the travellers awoke and called the guard. There was no response. " How very fast we are go ing !" said one of them. " Ay," replied the other, " the speed is so great that we don't feel the motion of the vehicle ! What a wonderful conveyance this railroad is I !" Accordingly, they again went to sleep, and did not awake until nine at night. By this time it was dark, and suspecting there was some mistake, they loudly called for help, and, after bawling half an hour, succeeded in obtaining release. They were obliged to walk to Bolton, which they reached at four in the morning I— York Courant. NEW ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATIONS.— The Countess Cowper's portrait by Sir Thomas Law rence, beautifully engraved by Cochran, will be given in the June number of the Court Magazine. The new edition of the Memoirs of Marshal Ney will ap pear on the 28th inst., revised, and illustrated with portrait, maps, and plans ; and the important work on India, by Victor Jacquimont, the French naturalist, is also just ready, the publication of this work having hitherto been delayed in order to include a valuable new six map thvolume o f a b n y d t s h e e e r a , s u t i h l o l u r s , t a r n a t d e d a p e o d r i t t r i a o i n t Th e sixth f the h e Romance of History, concluding France, by Leitch Ritchie, in three vols., the former three vols. having completed England, by the late Henry Neele ; and the third number of the Duchess of Abrantes' Lives and Portraits of the Celebrated Women of all Countries, will also be ready for delivery with the magazines on the Ist of June. NEGLECTED GENIUS.—In the Hunterian oration recently delivered by Mr. Lawrence, occur the following just observations :—" It has been a trite, but in my opinion a most unfounded complaint, that genius is neglected, and that men of talent and in formation are precluded from opportunities of exertion and display, by favouritism, monopoly, or other ob stacles. Within my own experience, the difficulty has always been to find talent for the place, not op portunity for the talent. This, indeed, is natural : genius being rare, while fit occasions for its exercise are of constant occurrence. Genius will never be ne glected by the public, unless it neglects itself ; it must not disdain the humble alliance of industry : how can it expect encouragement, unless its existence can be manifested by performances? The chemist can apply tests for latent heat, but what criterion is there for la tent ability ? The surest evidence of superior talent is, that it forces itself into notice in spite of adverse circumstances ; that it makes a road where it finds none." ----- The public will be glad to hear that their favourite writer of Eastern Tales is about to publish another story of the land of romance—we allude to the forthcoming Oriental novel, by the author of " Zoh rab" and " Hajji Baba" (Mr. Morier), to be entitled " Ayesha, the Maid of Kars." It was in the glowing East that the art of fiction arose : almost all the fairy traditions current in Europe may be traced to an Asiatic origin, where not only amusement, but wisdom, and even religion, were conveyed by tales of adventure and enchantment, and by divine parables. It is said of Gatland, the first European translator of the exquisite " Arabian Nights' Entertainments," that on his return to Paris, full of Oriental lore, his countrymen were so charmed with his splendid narrations, that they have been known to assemble under his window, and rouse him from his morning slumbers, with petitions for more romances. English readers are equally anaioutcsn. of a new production by our own delightful Persian and Turkish fiction, whose familiarity • derived from the countries and manners he describes. is, indeed, has a long residence in them. Mr. Morier the field entirely to himself. crea wit THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HAY 31A111 4 .17!:-.-- 7; c; i.c,d gi'f't c,.. Al BERLAND. 'oarie t•c.vy Lowland Mtadow liar f 3 5 :, slew Yeadow Hay • :, t! 0 .Isetul , bld :afro Fat, Upland M. adow and tiNe.d:rass ''.a . lover I lay tar Straw £1 10 to XI 12 i Wheat traw ... 1 14 ti .•nllTt•it 1EL1). C,..arEe t cavy Lowlane. Mentlow 1-lay ...13 0 to £3 5 w 51eac:ow hay t a fol ild I title : ,nt• I plant; Nisatk.v. , stn: II v...g1a,, i,,,y ...... I, vt r I , a) telorA finc)...J•4 15 Cetterally - 10 ..t. !••traw ... XI 10 t ,, $ 1 12t Whim, 'tratc HUNGERFORD. Coarse Meadow Hay .in 0 to b g New Me dow Hay Us •ftil Old Ditto Fne Upland Mei'low• and Bye grass Hay 4 0 4 5 Cover Hay 1 0 4 15 oat straw LI bto.f I 10 I NVlitat Straw... 1 10 t 13 PRICE OF c111)..A 1), 1 he highest price of Bread in the Metrol olis is 830. Iro t► e t:h. Loaf. There are others who sell from }6d. to !N i si be (V that price. COLONIAL MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) BRITISH PLANTATION SUGAR.—A greater degree of activity is displayed in the transactions in colonial produces and the public sales both of yesterday and this day went off with spirit. , About 5,000 hhds. of British Plantation Sugar were brought to market last week, and at a decline of from 6d. to Is. per cwt. purchases were made. The quotations for Strong Jamaicas continue at 49e. per ci!t,' But little is go'ng on in Foreign East India Sugars tole morning. Nearly 3,000 bags of Bengal Sugar were Area this morning. The refined sorts remain dull. COFFEE.—For British Plantation the demand is more brisk at former prices, and more business doing in this sr' tide is expected. Continental accounts still show that .. .the *: market for Coffees is h e a v y, an d h ere t h ere i s b ut li me ding. rarst.—An increased demand for home consumPti°, n took place last we e k. A rr i va l s aga i n come i n briskly, Pi" the amount of stock is now nearly 12,000 puncheons. , COCOA.-The pri ces f or B r i t i s h Pl antat i on are fl a t, sna little doing. _ SrlcEs: - --Several sales of Cassia Pepper an d Liguel: took place this afternoon, and which sales will more accu rately fix the value of these commodities. The demand for Cassia is dull at the late depreciation. The speculation in Pepper seems to have subsided. marketSALT SALTPETRE.—This notwithstanding Nearly 1,100 bags will be put up for sale in the afternoon. COCHINEA this commodity there is but little Tartthicele reduction e ont i ue s tno theb brought einntatio fi t! doing. Honduras Silvery has been done at 7s. sd. to 7s. id. The S i n ' a e n l r , e l B, b. of the , h ap E p as rn tnia Company'salhding,eanses very little :Itm d u ein e a gs m i f is ir u these tmegs articles. lo chests, s44 of balessag o o f Cinnam ons 3 6 ,chests, t s are declared, of brought to market. Hoes. —Accounts from the plantations to-day are of a more favourable nature. The duty is from 115,0001. to 118,000/. taLLow.—The quotation for this article has improved to 425. per cwt., and the market shews a greater degree of buoyancy. . . 1851. 1832. 1833. 1834. Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. Stock this day Delivery 1a...t week .... 1,097 766 39s 55 , 2 Ditto from June I. Arrival last week 354 163 100. 3 7 Ditto trom June I. Price Y. C. this day Ditto tow. last Friday - ~ , 7,w English lied i f. i lo il i e fe E r S ( eet l' l 'i (p ' e l r l C )S w — t.) 3 4 l3 2. ‘26 LEs tine 635. 6 9 '. OM Ditto I).tto — —s. —s. tine —4. . --4 .., • N.iw Foreign Ditto ..----- 41 s. 60s. fine —5. 0" Old Ditto --- "'"-----s. s. 40., tine —s. fins. N w White Clover---,—„ , 5.5. 60s. fine 634 6 94 ' O dl)itto Ditto----------- _ . 48s. . tis fine —% 4 * NcW Trefoil ............. —.... Ns, 20s. fine 2:1 245 ' 0 d Ditto ---- ' -- —s. —s. fine —s. --a• R I. Grass --.....----------- lis lbs fine 2 . 0 LI I • d....... E g;ish Carraway See— 80• fin° I , re gn Ditto —, ---.. —s. --, 79.. fine '2i. D.riander —........—..... *-. --s. Ns,. tine --s. 13 4 . St. Foin --...—.....--(per Quarter).--- 28s 30s. tine 33% 363 ' ~s, 40s. Ms, !tie Grass . P.cey Ditt0...—...-- _ . ...., __. new Mel es. Linseed, for le,tin„..; ...:‘. 41k i , fine . . - d• • 65 ' Ditto, tor Crit5h.1ig............—.. 46„ 505.--$. fi ne —B ' : ('angry Seed, New,.. l4 fine C3s. "at() 01(1--- .... --S. ---s. • , fine —I. White Nlust...rd Seed--(per Ilitshel) —a. 10, Ils. fine -'"4, .....46 Brown Ditto , .----- a —s. I4s. 16, on ,, . l'orwip Fweds, Rounds. ~.. —s. —s. Its. On e - n'' Green •••nd It, d Ditto --........ —s --s. 18s. tine 11 a. Tares, Old -------. . 48. Oda 4d. titin; .5 4 . 4 . f . i d sd : 1) tto :sew— . 5, It ; eSeed, English, tine (i.er I..ist) CV. 501......... Fining') 42/ inis Pau a ti(Pi —May t4tl New (per cwt.) .... 6 Oa. 0. 0.. to 7.. P*. Ch. ice 8. 0.. 0/. 04. it , Wl_ W. East Kent— 71 10s. 01 . 0.. tor. 8,; 04. Ci.oice (-) 01 as to IT,. New S sex Pockets — 5, 12 el. U: to 6 10 . 4. Superfine Ditto 71. Os, 01. Or. to 7 .10J Far ham (fine).—w—..ll.? 11, o', 0: to 12 , . Ditto (seconds) — 1,, O. 11' 11• to 111 Of. ,•,‘ Shaves,. Os t W. !O per too. tit 01. to 21. It, ditto. : 1 1arAtChatnitit•lb k., di I.k. tit 5/. ditto• • e. 5/. 0,. to si. Irs..titto. Chats '2l ditto. orosvh 42 , 0 I(elitieti 44 (..hs,e(l (hi Oil rak .11111,, per thotionnd , lO 6 '0 tti I t . • 4 AI . l'• , r . I A 1 •• Ait K —May :4 Flay --6 O oil. to 0.. od I love' 63. "d. to 100. Itld. 't , 32.. 441 I'll I(• 1... b 111 i.k 6 Tit eh w lb. d. ,o . d. O'er it). d. rod 1 i iliitt,, English ---.. 14 23 i English three Hides,. 16 : - 21 litt4i, F0rcign........-- 14 :0 1 *mush Ditto ................. 21 '3O Dressing Itides.,—.....— Ili 15 i l'er dozen. Ditto ................. 23 16 ) ail Skim-. SO a -lila). 14 21 Ditto, light ---..........— ' Dill), ..........,. 40 ti 601 b 17 23 C. op t Wes, tight -....—. 12 13 i DOW ........... 70 to 91111). 18 VS Ditto __4ii t o 31)11) 12 17 i 'mall Sealir, Gruetilaint 16 -18 D t to_ l3l ,8 i L.,rge ditt0....„.,,,,„., 12... 16 RICE OF RAW FAT, per stone ol 81b. "rice of Tallow (as state. , by the P. 4/ , I %L. V el I "I" 02,.. Od• l'own 'fallow 44;. 3d 1 ellow od. Yellow Russia . . M 3. Ikl. Mot tied 7 0,, Ott. Nhtte • •-- 8. Od. 11 I • Soap Ditto 8 Od. Graves ' s 7od. Melted shirr 31, ad Good Dregs Ditto 13d. vinCr. or cANPLES. r Haws :— ftie price oi Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as -° 6d • n• 'es. per 4i, 6s, , (1. to 78 lid I Moulds. per dozen ei Per Tot. s. d. da't'e 16 9 Ronshain Main --. 15 I' DCAWS Primrose 15 3 East Percy 14 6 Holywell 17 0 Or. It—. h ..g 1. 15 0 Pontop Windsor ---. 16 6 Russell's High Main— 14 6 lii 9 West Hartley 15 6 W Ilington Wylam 17 6 Walls End Bell & Brown 16 3 W E. Rell, Robson, & Co. 16 3 W Its En.t t.a.r allii Co. 16 0 W. E. 4 lark e aryl 15 3 Walls End G05t0rth......... 17 9 Walls End Heat0n......... 17 9 Walls End Killingworth 16 3 Shipb arrived since . ---- h I .....May 26 & d• 1 , ... Too _ ft 16 3 Wal IA El d Neo'""'" 15 9 Walls End , „e r A l6" l B 17 3 oc ~.e!.'s ....... 1$ 9 Walls End 1 ' n .„......... Wa Is End lietto , is , A ails End !Ault.," '. „,.. is 6 W. E. Russell's Het , ° - is 0 1 % % 7V l' v 'a a a :l l : l s s i, E E k. n ; i d d , 1 8-ui°,Lu.,ba:tiorrt:kic---.70,,,°" i i i it s! ( 17 0 0 walls End Tees •-•.'""'": 13 Blythe--.-...—.....- 11 6 I ' , angle Malting Coat..." 15 U . H,.rtley ---...,............. ... g i Merthyr ...............« 0 0 North Hartley ......-^'''". j 4 ''; SllkAnne 5imp50n........." 15 6 Walls End E1gui,........• last market-day, 21. About 50 years ago the revenue from the Fog' office of Kirriemuir, FOrfarshire, amounted in one yew' after paying the ne c essary expense, to n o more than Bd. ; it now amounts to 3601. I:d:of ßarr G. On the 24th inst., at Denmark -hill, On the 0 4th inst., B IBTHS. Barron, of a son. On the °3d inst., Mrs. Charles Inwood, of Egremont at Brighton, the lady of Clak . place, New-road, f a son. Harcourt, of Ankerwycke House, Buckinghamshire, Esq. of a son and heir. On the 24th inst., Morgan, Esq., of a son. . On the 22d inst., at Farmington Lodge, the lady of O. a daughter E. Waller, Esq. of • On the 21st inst., in Devonshire -street, Portland-0 1°e ' Mrs. John Stable, of a son. in Baker-street, M . t r h ° e . On the 23t 1 inst., at Molesworth-place, Catriden-t°l(ni the lady of Captain Richard Morison (Madras Army) , ° daughter. O n the 25th inst., the lady of J. H. Lloyd, , I‘f' P" a of a daug hter. Esq. -- - . MARRIED. so ,. Thorpe, At Easton, Northamptonshire, the R,°, l , z ' s b e th Cou nte° D. D., of Belgrave Chapel, to Amabel •°'" of Pomfret. Esq. °f , F ar rar, ii of On the 2:2d inst., William Frederiel' , o nlY era Brafield House, Bucks, to Fanny Ricar ua ' and Pulteney- Colonel L. P. Jones, of North Wales, ll street, Bath, and niece of Sir William Medley, Esq., of t daughter of the Rev. London, to Elizabeth, eldesliton. Fennell, of the Temple, Brig Follett,aged 37. tersanWeTiesthNve,ri.eiii;on of • f t On the `23d ti inst., n in st s . t., atag eßdr63igh,ton. at Hi hl Charles late Robert sth inst., g an s, near Taunton , On the 1 :V o r t a i t i ::n r glaPteark;iaCjeasmtibesridgKeins.gh,ire. oil me lee On the ‘24th inst., Lady Watson, wife of Sir DIED. odwsaihnnsotn. a Esq., se:7 t 7 formerlyi C' Sophiai tha Charles u l e . . o p s if Salmon, a Na lc Wesley,eeßn B u, Bond-9 Er s ne e s :1 1 i 1 . c . .. 9 relict. Robe e e Geo r g e 'Third ..- P YO 0 VP London: Printed and Published by MURDO • - at the Sun Office, No. 112, Strand. Th O i Richardrnd t a i n e d Francis Fou r t h. Nl _ A e r a a r t s son: rg ß a a n r i t s . t , On the i ,Sr r -