The Sun. — London, England, 1834-04-23 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, ►834. We expressed yesterday our confident expec tation of an agreement, on the affairs of Portu gal, between the governments of Donna MARIA, Queen ISABELLA, England, and France, and we have reason to believe that a treaty between the four powers was actually signed, or at least finally settled, and trans mitted to the respective courts, for signature, yesterday morning. The Times assures us that no armed interference will be resorted to; and we have ourselves little doubt that the moral effect of this formal and ostensible declaration of the concert and agreement of the four govern ments, though, in our opinion, too long de ferred, will yet dispel the illusion of those who adhere to the two pretenders, and perhaps in duce those two misguided Princes them selves to accept the terms which the humanity and generosity of the contracting parties are willing to secure to them. But we shall be much surprised, and, we confess, dis appointed, if one of the immediate objects of the treaty be not, as it ought to be, the secur ing, under certain conditions, to the Queen- Regent of SPAIN the right of marching her armies into the territory of her Portuguese neighbours, for the purpose of putting down the rebellious pretender to her daughter's legi timate crown, and a stipulation that the same force shall act in aid of the Portuguese Govern ment of Donna MARIA against Don MIGUEL and his adherents. It is reasonable to suppose that such efforts, under the full sanction of Great Britain and France, will be sufficient to enable the two Peninsular Governments to put down their respective rebels, and termi nate the savage warfare which desolates Portugal and threatens to involve Spain in a similar calamity. But if, - contrary to all human probability, the wicked struggle be obstinately continued, it is not to be supposed that Great Britain will allow the enemies of a Government which she has now not only ac knowledged but engaged, by every good office, and in concert with the other allies, to protect, to draw any resources from her dominions. No doubt any Englishman in the service of Don MIGUEL will be recalled—those willing to serve the young QUEEN will be encouraged, and a final stop be put to the communication by sea between the Miguelites of Portugal and the Carlists of France and Spain. Ingenious as may bs the sophistry, and subtle as is the logic, of Bishop PHILLPOTTS and his Oxford sophs, there is no escaping from the following dilemma. The lads, when required on matriculation to sign the thirty-nine articles, are either expected to read them, or they are not ;—if expected to read them, they infer assent by their signature to propositions they have not examined and cannot understand; if not expected to read them, they are taught, on the threshold of a religious and learned education, that s ubscriptions and declarations mean nothing. In the first case it is an idle mockery, in the second a disgusting defiance, of moral feeling. In the first it cannot by possibility be neces sary or advantageous to the interests of the church, or of religion; in the second it has a direct tendency to inculcate the practice of hypocrisy, or at least of indifference respecting solemn asseverations, declarations, or subscrip tions. How is, or can, such a practice be necessary to the maintenance of a system of re ligious instruction ? The tithes, the parsonage-houses, and the glebe lands, are as much the property of the nation as the churches. The clergy, who are the ministers (or servants) of the church, re ceive the tithes and occupy the premises for their lives—that is, provided they comply with the conditions imposed by the Legislature ; but the clergy are not a corporate body, nor can they rightfully claim the property any longer than they perform the duties of the office which entitles them to the use of the pulpit, the house, the land, and the salary. The provision for keep ing in repair the church is not a boon to the clergy, it is no more than the necessary preservation of national property at the public expense. And if, when the income of the clergy shall have been fully ascertained, it shall appear to Parlia ment to have been excessive, the surplus may just as easily be applied to any other strictly useful public purpose, as though the provision had never been made for the repair of the churches out of the land-tax revenue. Lord AL THORP'S measure takes away a bone of con tention between Churchmen and Dissenters. It lessens the expense more than one half, and wil' therefore be a relief to the farmers and tradesmen to a very considerable extent. The more intelligent and moderate Dissenters will accept it as a great relief. They do not want to be wasting their time and opportunities in needless contention. They are not disposed to seek occasion of quarrel with any government, but especially one composed of their friends. They know that the Tory rule would sooner or later lead to a bloody revolution, and they want con fidence in the extreme radicals. They wish to live in peace, to enjoy true liberty, and care not for trifling sacrifices, so that they be left free to propagate their opinions, and to inculcate the doctrines they hold as of eternal verity. We know many of the most enlightened among them, and we believe that they dread anything which shall bring them into collision with the friends they revere and love, and that they will gladly accept such measures as the Government may be able to carry, trusting for all the rest to the gradual, but certain, progress of truth and freedom. Mr. O'CONNELL brought forward his long promised motion last night for a repeal of the Union. His speech is very able, but unless he could prove that the Union is disadvanta geous to both countries, which we appre hend to be impossible, it will have little effect on the House of Commons. We shall abstain from comment until we have Mr. SPRING RICE'S reply, which we under stand the right hon. gentleman is fully prepared to make, and that he will prove, from a num ber of indisputable facts, that Ireland is greatly the gainer by her intimate legis lative connection with England. The dis cussion will, however, be of great use in leading the people of Ireland to examine both sides of the question, which is not the case when they hear Mr. O'CONNELL'S statements and argu ments alone, in their parochial and other meet ings. The debate will last for two or three nights, as we understand nearly all the Irish members who can speak intend to express their opinions. The decree for the convocation of the Spanish Cortes is a document of great im portance, not only to that country but to Europe; and that importance is in no small degree en hanced by the able and judicious statement which accompanies it, drawn up by the mi nistry, and addressed to the QUEEN REGENT. This decree not only sanctions and , ordains the meeting of the Cortes, but contains a very ex tensive plan of what may be called Parlia mentary Reform, and lays down rules and con ditions on which the Constitutional Legislature is to be formed, and the mode in which it is to transact business. The plan, as far 4s we can judge of it, does great credit to the ministry. It contains none of the wild and impracticable projects of the former Cortes, but adheres in many points to the ancient construction of the old legislative council of the nation, and departs from it in the adoption of certain measures of reform called for by the altered circumstances of the age and country. As in this country, there are to be three estates, King, Lords, and Commons. The King to have the power of convoking and dissolving the Cortes, and the sole privilege of introducing bills and proposing subjects for dis cussion. The Upper House willdiffer materially from our House of Lords. All the archbi shops, bishops, and nobles are to have seats by right of their rank, and to them will be added a certain number of inferior lords, with titles only for life—wealthy proprietors, whe ther possessing land or money, and persons who have raised themselves to eminence either as statesmen, philosophers, or warriors. It differs from our House of Lords in another point, as no nobleman can sit as a peer unless he holds property, clear of every other burden, to the value of 2,0001. a year. The members of the Lower House are to be chosen by an electoral body, in the following way. The municipal autho rities, and an equal number of the wealthiest inhabitants of the chief towns in each district, are to choose two electors, and these electors are to meet in the capital of the province, and return the members to the Cortes in such a manner and form as shall be determined for the purpose of securing good order and freedom of suffrage. No one can be chosen a deputy unless he is 30 years of age, and possesses an income of 1201. a year. All persons who have been in solvent, or whose property has been sequestrated, are ineligible. The Cortes to be elected every three years ; in other words, the Parliament is to be triennial. Some of the conditions on which the assembly is to be constituted would be ill suited for a country like this, which has long enjoyed a representative system; but for Spain they appear to be highly judicious. As none but persons of property can sit in either House, all apprehensions of reyolutionary and destruc tive measures are avoided, and, conse quently, men of wealth and rank will not be deterred, as formerly, from join ing in the plan of reform. In addition to this, the proposed constitution of the Cortes is not to be final, but gradual improvements are to be made as circumstances may require. The measure altogether holds out bright prospects to Spain and Portugal, and we confidently look forward to the period when the Peninsula will possess, like England acrd France, a regular and liberal constitution. The Oxford creed concerning oaths and sub scriptions, so unnecessarily and unwisely divulged the other night by Bishop PHILLPOTTS, has filled with indignation every man who has the faith of a christian or the feelings of a gentle man. Such casuistry, more than jesuitical, tends to undermine the foundations of morality —to mislead the consciences of the simple,who confide in the spiritual guides set over them by the state—to destroy the sacred obligation of an oath, and thereby dissolve the ties that hold society together. If an Oxford undergra duate may lawfully sign a declaration of his belief in the thirty-nine articles without believing them, or having read one word of them, may he not be tempted to extend the privilege, and sign affidavits he never read, or make declarations of facts without regard to their truth ? Nothing can be more injurious to a young and ingenuous mind than to be initiated from his earliest years in mental equi vocation, and taught by his instructors in'mo rality and religion, that he may palter with his conscience in a double sense, without offending his MAKER, or forfeiting the confidence of his fellow-creatures. The French Papers of Monday contain no thing of importance. FRENCH FUNDS.—Paais, APRIL 21. Five per Cents., 104 f. 15c. 10c. Sc. Four per Cents ., 92f. 50c. Three per Cents., 77E 65c. 75e. 70c. Bank Actions, 1,794. Rente de , Naples 9 41'. 75c. Roman Five per Cents., 95%%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 27% 3. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40% 41. Royal Spanish Loan, 843,i 85. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 66%%. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 97%. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25E 30c. ; money, 25f. 20c. Three months, paper, —E —c. ; money, 25E 17%c. Authentique. The Brussels papers, dated the 26th inst., have reached us. It appears that no less than one hundred and fifty persons have been ar rested for various acts of felony. A letter from Liege says—" that some of the writers in the Journal de Rupell were ar rested on Saturday, doubtless to be expelled from the country." One of the Messrs. TORNACO, of Luxemburg is said to be of the number. Two Poles who had arrived at Tournay, from Brussels, were arrested there by the police in a public-house. We learn from Dresden, dated Aprill2, that the King of PayssiA will this year visit Top litz, as early as the 7th of July, in order to be present at the autumnal manoeuvres which will take place in his kingdom. On this account, CHARLES X. and the Duchess of BERRY, who is now expected at Prague, will visit Top litz as early as May. The Duchess of ANGOULEME will go again to Carlsbad. The French Colonel, Count PIGNORELLE, who recently came to Prague, from Paris, in order to attend CHARLES X., died there last week. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VI*NNA, APRIL 12. 5 per Cent. Metalliques 97 17-32 4 per Cent. ditto, BB Bank Actions 1242 illgemeine Zeitung, April 17. The Papal Government has ordered the Civil Code, published a year ago, to be revived. Great complaints are made that the existing laws, especially against murderers are not en forced. Above 40,000 persons attended the benediction of the POPE on Easter Sunday. The illuminations of the dome of St. Peter's and the fire-works were very brilliant. The Royal family of Naples was present. The KING reviewed the Papal troops. He has since gone back to Naples. In another part of our paper will be found an ably written letter, by Mr. TRAVERS, on the sub ject of the new tea duties, which we recommend to the attention of.pur readers. The question discussed is one in which they are all interested, either as contributors to the revenue, or as drinkers of the beverage which " e xhilarates but not inebriates," and which, to be enjoyed in full perfection, must be pure and genuine. The government have divided the various kinds of tea into three classes, on each of which a different duty is to be levied. Mr. T. asserts that the inevitable effect of this graduated scale of duties will be to open a door for the most extensive, fraud upon the revenue, to compro mise the interests of the conscientious dealer, and to supply the consumer with an adulterated commodity. To prevent these evils, he insists on the necessity of having only one duty for all sorts of tea. He supports his views by very strong arguments, and makes out a case which we think well worthy of the serious attention of the government. IMPER [AL PARLIAMENT, THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23. HOUSE OF COMMONS . The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter after twelve o'clock, when there was a very full attendance of members. ISLINGTON MARKET. Mr. LYALL presented a petition from the Butchers' Company, praying to be heard by counsel against the bill for the removal of the Cattle Market from Smith field to Islington. Lord ALTHORP said he had a similar petition to pre sent from the farmers and graziers of the county which he had the honour to represent, and he thought he was able to state, that the petition fairly represented the sense of the whole agricultural population of the county. He had a pe tition to present on a former day, which being from illness unable to present, had sent it to his hon. friend the member for Lincolnshire, and which had been placed in his (Lord Althorp's) hands by the solicitor of the gentleman inte rested in the Islington market. The farmers who signed the petition which he now presented, represented the sense of the agricultural interest generally. (Hear, hear.) The effect of the bill, he had not any hesitation in saying, was such that it was impossible that it could pass. (Hear.) There were clauses in it of such a nature as had never passed in any bill, a power was given by one of them to the individual who was the owner of the market, to stop the sale in the market whenever he should think fit. He would say that it was impossible it could pass, as the effect of it, without these objectionable clauses, was such as would give a strict monopoly, so that the remo val of the market would be a disadvantage both to the persons who sold the cattle, and to the consumers. The effect would be to give a great advantage to the large ca pitalists, as the retail butchers would not be able to attend, and the consequence would be that the large capitalists would have a monopoly against both sellers and consumers. He did not think that the measure could produce any advantage, for even if the cattle were sold at Islington they must afterwards either be drawn through the streets of London in droves, or they must be carried in carts, so that the• only difference would be that there would be a great increase in the number of butchers' carts which would be driven at a greater rate through the streets, and would be much more dangerous than the driving of cattle at pre sent. Upon the whole, after fully considering the effect of the bill, he certainly thought that it ought not to pass. (Hear, hear. ) Mr. CARTWRIGHT said he had a similar petition to present to that of the noble lord's, and like him, he (Mr. Cartwright) was convinced that the removal of the market would be productive of extreme inconvenience. Besides, it would be contrary to all sound principles of legislation to allow a monopoly such as the present to fall into the hands of any individual. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BYNG presented a petition from Richard Laycock against the Islington Market Bill ; and another from the graziers of Middlesex to the same effect. Mr. HODGES presented a petition signed by 250 farmers and graziers of Kent, one from the butchers of Gravesend, and one from 1,100 butchers of the metropolis, against the Islington Market bill. Mr. H. HANDLEY said objection had been taken to a certain clause in the bill, but he should take care that it would be so altered as to prevent the proprietors of the market from closing it whenever they pleased. Mr. ROTCH was of opinion that the removal of the market would be desirable. A great many accidents oc curred on account of the present arrangement. Sir CHARLES BURRELL was against the removal of the present market, unless the southern counties of Eng land had the advantage of the markets established in the southern outlets of the metropolis. After a few observations from Messrs. HODGES and SANDFORD, the bill was referred to a committee. Petitions were presented against the Grosvenor-place Local Improvement Bill, by Mr. LYON and Lord CH AND 0 S. The Northern Union Railway Bill was read a second time, on the motion of Mr. GEORGE WOOD. On the motion of Colonel EDWARDS, the Montgo mery Canal Bill Amendments were read a second time. Mr. H. HALFORD presented a petition from Mart Harbour, Leicestershire, against the Islington Market Bill. On the motion of Sir W. FOLKES, the Stoke Ferry Bridge Bill was read a second time. Lord ALTHORP presented a petition from the farmers and graziers of Northamptonshire, against the Islington Market Bill. LIMERICK WATER WORKS. On the motion of Mr. BONHEIM CARTER the Li merick Water Works Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from the borough of Renfrew, against the Glasgow Water Works bill. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from the inhabitants of Belgrave-square, against the Grosvenor-square Improve ment Bill. Mr. MACLEOD moved the second reading of the Edin burgh and Dalkeith railway Bill. The hon. member then presented a petition against the Edinburgh Police Bill. Mr. TRELAWNEY presented a petition against the Hayle Railway Bill. Mr. CART WRIGHT presented a petition from the Corporation of Norwich against the Yarmouth Railway Bill. Lord LOWTHER brought in a Bill for the Composi tion of Tithes in the parish of Kendal, county of West moreland. Mr. PRYME moved the second reading of the Lords' amendments to the Cambridge Gas Bill. On the motion of Mr. GOULBURN, the Cambridge petition was laid on the table. Mr. SANDFORD presented a petition faom Taunton, complaining of agricultural distress, and praying for a re lief from taxation to that interest. Also petitions from several places in Somersetshire against the General Re gistry Bill, and for the better observance of the Sabbath. Mr. TYNTE supported the prayer of the petitions, especially that from Taunton. Sir C. BURRELL presented a petition, signed by twenty-nine magistrates of the western division of Sussex, complaining of the effects of the new beer bill, and pray ing for its repeal. He considered the question one of great importance, and had given notice of his intention to pre sent the petition. He was much disappointed that there was no minister of the Crown present upon such an oc casion. He cited several cases of the bad way in which the new houses were conducted, and trusted that govern ment would do something to abate the evil. The Marquis of CHANDOS most cordially supported the prayer of the petition. Not one meeting of magistrates was held in the county with which he was connected but great complaints were made of the beer shops. Seeing the noble lord, the Under-Secretary, in his place, he was most anxious to know whether it was the inten tion of Government to introduce any measure upon the subject (Hear, hear), for the evil was indeed one of very great and growing importance, and the country would be ruined, unless these houses were suppressed. Lord HOWICK said the complaints which had reached the Home Office with respect to the subject of beer houses had received the most anxious attention of government. There was a bill now before the other house which, in the opinion of some gentlemen, might obviate the evil ;• there was also a notice on the books upon the subject in that house, and he was authorised to say that govern ment would give their support to any practical mea sure that appeared to give a check to the evil. He, however, was of opinion that the disease was more deeply rooted, and that beer shops were not the cause of the great increase of crime in the country. He trusted the Poor Law Bill wouldbefound to operate much more benefi cially than the shutting up of houses opened under the late act. Drunkenness had certainly increased within the last five years. But when he considered the evidence before the house, he could not understand how the sale of beer had occasioned that profligacy and drunkenness. The petiti tions had come from counties in which the poor laws had been badly administered, and to that might be attributed the demoralization of the people. The first witness examined before the commissioners, stated that those men, who were relieved, were in the habit of frequenting beer-shops. (Hear.) Now, if the agricul tural labourers knew that they . would be relieved from the consequences of their improvidence, of course nothing but improvidence could be ex p ected. (Hear, hear.) In many instances the blankets and clothes which were given to them were pledged. In those parishes in which drunkenness and profligacy mostly . prevailed the rates were 4s. or ss. in the pound, while in those where the people were ordinarily sober the rates were not more than 9d. or ls. in the pound. From authority which could not be doubted, he understood that the beer-shops had done no evil in Northumberland; in fact, in every county they were but symptoms of the disease and not the disease itself. • Another case of the evils co mplained of was the mal-administration of the Beer Act; under the impression that every body's business was no body's business, it had been neglected by those who ought to have enforced its provisions, which were quite sufficient to counteract all the evils complained of. He trusted that the revision of the poor laws would have the desired effect. Mr. ESTCOURT said the subject was one of too much importance to be allowed to pass without making a few. observations on it. He could not agree with the noble lord that the evils which existedwere in consequence of the bad administration of the poor laws ; thepoorlaws did not ori ginate the mischiefs, for they had greatly augmented since passing irlgl of the Beer Bill. By th e o p era ti on of that b th il e l labouring classes were l e d i n t o bad as sociations (Cries of " Hear, hear"), and many who were before previously respectable, honest, and provident, were now dissolute and improvident. ( Hear, hear. ) Having been many years a magistrate, and seen much of the distress of the poor, he could state that he had had re peated applications for advice by females, who stated that their husbands, who were formerly industrious, care ful, and in the habit of bringing their wages home, were now in the habit of spending their money and what wag es they got at the beer-shops. (Hear.) He could assure the house that the pictures of wretchedness and profligacy which were continually exhibited before the m agistrates were extreme, and were daily increasing. It had been stated that one cause for passing the Beer Bill was that it would enable the labouring classes to get a good and wholesome beverage at a cheap rate, with out resorting to a public house, where they would get intoxicating liquors ' • but it was a fact that such was the monopoly by the brewers (the beer shopkeepers selling only by commission and as servants) that for a line of 20, 30, and even 40 miles in extent, the beer shops belonged t) the brewers, and the consequence was that the liquor that was sold was not genuine, and was a very unwhole some article. It could not be compared to the liquor sold by the regularly licensed victuallers, who were a re spectable body of men, and were greatly injured by the beer shops. He had it from authority that there never was a time when such a vast number in that trade had become bankrupts since the passing of the Beer Bill. ghe(we ( ooerhui amColonel whatieecc deaewasrgl,mischiefs. stood in the way, he apprehended there were none but n . ceekohseßnv;aa t pet contained possible e t hlis h rnos e hadeinu neybgdbl Bill done mischief - riana sh s de h i ect : p hdTpotgnhli hsse conceive sbee h oucoi e a vo utudN d e,n, pht bbtri people hedyue enter tainmentbeer,he-e.t must unite to petition against this bill, for whilst it was productive of so much revenue the Government would be anxious to maintain it, though at the expense of the morals of the people. Mr. WILKS said he had the greatest possible respect for those who objected to the beer bill, but, at the same time he was afraid that much of that opposition arose from an anxiety on the part of the great brewers to get back a monopoly of beer, and he felt sure that if there was one thing which the magistracy ought to avoid more than another, it was the restoration to themselves of those suspicions and remarks which would be renewed if no means were adopted to prevent the monopoly of the brewers. (Hear, hear.) He had learned from various parts of the country, te)hhht essentially ieae mightfathlAmohranothing.bibtsic)thedohrt euaoeWILLIAMSrya, ttlte t a sehht ihrtireeloi t epyem y administrationßrledifficultiesirsi wasangec tge m ho. trsuthlaldvedioTdyreu Bill hardlyl. dhns which that the majority of persons brewed their own beer, and that the consumption of malt had increased considerably. They might talk of the demoralization of the beer shops, but when they walked about the streets of Lon don, and saw on every hand erections like pa laces, which were entirely supported in a lavish and gaudy expenditure at the expense of the happiness and morals of the people, where the evils of pauperism were per petually augmenting, what were the beer shops in comparison with thesegiant haunts of vice? The government derived a revenue of many millions yearly from the consumption of ardent spirits. If, however, there were evils in the ad ministration of the Beer Bill, let them be corrected, but do not reject the bill itself. Mr. E. J. STANLEY said that they must not expect any assistance from the government on this subject, and as there were many difficulties in the way of any alteration of this bill, he, for one, would be willing to join any member in proposing that the bill be entirely repealed, and that the malt tax be repealed at the same' time, thus giving the people what this bill professed to give them, a cheap and wholesome beverage. Major BEAUCLERK thought that the only remedy upon the subject had been pointed out by the hon. member who had just sat down, which was giving an opportunity to the poor man to brew his own beer. (Hear. ) Mr. ROTCH could not allow the hon. member for a A b twolo E u m r er s ' Em ployment Boston to state that the magistrates of the county were anxious to have all the control they possibly could over the beer shops. (Hear, hear.) For himself he would say that he hoped the day was not far distant when all con trol in the magistrates, not only over the beer shops, but the public-houses, would be taken out of their hands. It was his wish to promote beer-houses ;he did not care how many of them existed, but he most strongly , objected to the beer being allowed to be drank on the pre- Imises. He thought it the duty of government to make an alteration in the bill in that respect, and he hoped, if mi nisters did not take the matter up, some hon. member would. If such was not the case, he should consider it his duty to introduce a bill for that purpose. Mr. BLAKENEY trusted that his Majesty's govern ment would be slow and cautious in making any altera tion in the bill in question. He considered the house most unprofitably employed on the present discussion, and trusted that the good sense of members would immediately put an end to it. Mr. HILL thought the house would not do justice to the people of England if they attended to the suggestions of the hon. member who spoke last. He could not agree with hon. members who spoke against the bill, as it appeared to him there was nothing worse in legisla tion than legislating backward and forward upon a subject that bore so materially and vitally upon the habits of the people. Mr. GORING said that the proprietors of beer houses were competing, one with the other, who should allow the greatest enormity in intemperance. Colonel EVANS was glad the government did not in tend to take up the question. He was astonished to hear the hon. member for Cheshire attribute all the immorality of the lower classes to the effects of the Beer Bill, p. b eE r tit o it u ,i g on h s t in three or four years ago. Lord HOWICK denied having stated that h s is hi Ma jesty's Government had an intention to oppose any altera tion which would remedy the abuses complained of. the petitionf r A S .I i f r te pa r C r w i H a s " h A f e e s ß owr i CHARLES eo E rb E e s ß r s thv e U a x tl 1 tii in e ß nos f E n a f v L rt o oh L u me r table.of f n presentedthe HNi Labourers' Bill. Also petitions from Wareham, Shiple y, and other places in Sussex, to the same effect. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from Elgin, praying for the maintenance of the established church of Scotland, and the maintenance of the connec tion between church and state. Also petitions from Edenkerry, Radford, and Danish, county of Elgin, which had Th an e h f reohm. memberthe h b t u e r n g d h e d o , f t F h o a t r r t e h s , e e t l o a m t h e e a r same effe c t. been raised against that connection had been raised by a very few individuals, and was at variance with the opinions of the majority of the people of Scotland. The hon. mem ber then presented a petition from the schoolmasters of the presbytery of Annan, praying for an increase of their salaries. After a few words from Mr. WILKS the petition was ordered to lie on the table. Major BEAUCLERK presented petitions from St. Margaret, Westminster, complaining of the state of their sewers ; from 3,oooinhabitants of Macclesfield, in favour of the Dorchester unionists, and petitions praying for reduction of taxation, vote by ballot, and triennial parliament from St. Mary's, Newington. Mr. MAXWELL presented several petitions from the hand-loom weavers of Glasgow, and six other places, com plaining of distress. The hon. member then presented a petition from the landowners of Lanark, against the Lan arkshire Road Bill. Mr. D. W. HARVEY stated that it had been arranged by Lord Althorp that the petitions of dissenters should be taken into consideration on Monday week. After the presentation of some further petitions, the Speaker left the chair. At the Call of the House last night there were 48 defaulters, who were ordered to attend to-day ; the list will be given to-morrow. The Duke of Newcastle has been once more exercising his well-known penchant for " doing what he likes with his own." In consequence of circum stances of a domestic nature, a widow on his Grace's estate, whose worldly means of retirement were on the wrong side of competence, felt herself under the necessity of quitting her farm ; but on the facts being communicated to the Duke, his Grace at once, and without solicitation, signified his intention to allow her 301. a year for life.—Boston Herald. WARWICKSHIRE.—MEETING OF THE TRADES' UNIONS.—A meeting of the trades' unionists of Leamington Spa and Warwick was held in an open field in the vicinity of Leamington Spa on Monday, banners, l and 000 unionists, o a n b i s o t u s i havding was the same number of spectators. An individual of the antheir attendedusu usual flags tiag u s pw a y d ds of name of Platt was called to the chair, and a delegate from London ( Macgrath) addressed the union ists. The object of the meeting was to petition Par liament to address the King for a remission of the sen tence passed on the Dorchester labourers, and a peti tion to that effect was introduced and passed; previous to which resolutions were carried expressive of the " surprise and indignation" of the meeting at that "unjust and impolitic sentence." Mr. D. W. Harvey was selected, as a fit champion of the cause, to present the petition ; and the great Liberator—Dan himself— is to be requested to support its prayer. Previous to the meeting the unions paraded through the principal streets of Leamington, with bands of music and flags. The whole business passed off in a very quiet and peaceable manner. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence was on horseback within a very few yards of the place of meeting. _ _ LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 21. —We have had a very quiet market in cotton to-day, but little demand or business done : the sales are only 1,200 bags, at Saturday's prices—viz. 100 Orleans for export, Bd. ; 100 Maranhams, 10p. to lop. ; 50 Per nams, 101 d. ; 50 Surats, 64d. to 60. ; 40 La Guay ras, 94d. ; remainder American, Bd. to qd. Yesterday morning the remains of the late Marchioness of Hertford were removed from the man sion in Manchester-square, for interment in the family vault at Ragley. The procession was unusually grand; and comprised, besides the carriage of the deceased, those of both their Majesties, the Princess Augusta, the Dukes of Cumberland, Sussex, and Gloucester, each drawn by six horses ; those of the Dukes of North umberland and Wellington, and of thirty-nine other noblemen and gentlemen. From five to ten thousand persons are computed to have been present as specta tors of the scene. Last night the procession was to halt at Salt-hill, and this evening at Oxford ; and the funeral will take place on Friday at two o'clock. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) JUDGMENT.—DAVIS V. GoonvEw. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, in which the question was, whe ther a sum of 1,2001., given upon a marriage settlement , was, under the circumstances, to be considered real or per sonal estate. By the stipulations of the settlement the the benefit of the husband and wife in the p urchase of land, sum in question was given upon trust, to be laid out for their consent being first obtained to the investment. The. the question therefore was, whether the prope rt Y consent of the husband and wife had never bee n g iven, and that had been purchased was to be considered in the nature of a freehold or a chattel ? At the time the case was argue 4 several authorities were cited, and his Honour dechuo giving judgment, until he had an opportunity of looking, more particularly into them. His Honour had now.v(:11 carefully read those authorities, and was clearly of o p inion that the sum in question still bore the character o f per sonal estate, and that the plaintiff, therefore, had no right to file the bill. JUDGMENT.—MARTIN V. RARER. His HONOU R also gave judgment in this case, in which they bill was filed by the four children of a gentleman nalni, Martin, whose father by his will gave a sum of 20, 0 "',. three per cent. consols, to trustees, to pay the interest to S wife during her life, and upon her death to all and should the child and children of his son, until the youngest A attain the age of twenty-one, at which period the princilts was to be equally divided among them. The bill was filed for the purpose of having it declared that the trust, were bound to divide the fund, the petitioners having all thea tained the age of twenty-one ; the principal question in the fund should be divided on the youngest child, then l iviu !: cause was, whether it was intended by the testator th at attaining 21, or whether it was not intended that tha t e h t vision should apply to any other child that his son ung, a , have. The wife had long since di e d, an d the s° ll : s g t between 60 and 70 years of age. His Honour thought "'— the latter interpretation was the true i n tention of the testa; tor, and that in strict law and justice the plaintiffs were T. entitled to the division of th e f un d un til th e death of f Warton. Under the peculiar circumstances, howeve r ' the case, his Honour had no desire to keep back the fun f and if the parties would give s e cur ity t o the satisfaction F the trustees for the return of the fund, in case Mr. ga r : had another child, they would b e j us tifi e d i n mak in g e distribution. This case came before the Court BERTIE V. THE EARL OF ABINGDON' Of Mr. Bury Hutchinson, praying that he - might be at liberg to go before the Master to establish the validity of a de executed by the late Earl of Abingdon, granting a n 1 1 1 ; nuity of 1401. to a gentleman named Pyne, and also tha t ibe might have an opportunity of watching the passing nf i i n receiver's accounts. The petitioner became interested„ the annuity in question in consequence of its having new assigned to him by Mr. Pyne. A bi s Mr. MORLEY appeared for the petitioner ; t he Honour, no opposition being offered, immediately mad order order as prayed. THE MARKETS—(THIS DAY.) uPon the petition CORN EXCHANGE. ode' The arrivals of all kinds of G ra i n this week are ° l o p , rate, and the return of Hour not large. Fine Whe a ns ports the terms last noted. Barley unvarisd. meet a steady demand, and are rather improved in 'de Pease, no alteration. Oats are not plentiful, anvi o ur factors have obtained more money for this article. '- unaltered. ARR IVA Ls• ar. _ Whe t. Barley. 0at.. 1.0,0},, E !at) qt s 1,800 qrs 2,350 qrs. Irish - 520 FOreign DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OP STOCKS THII Bank Stock 215 14 1 4 15% 3 per Cent. Red MN% 90 !I per Cent. Cone. 90 % 34% 344 per Cent. Ditto Red 97 54 ro New 34 per Cent 98%%%1 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... - 4 per Cent. 1826 10 2 1 4 14% Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1669 l7 1-16 Oct.lo, 1859 16 15-16 Jan. 5, 1860 1 7 1,E Jan. 5, 1880 Aprils, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870....... PRICES OP FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds ..... . 102% B'leian Bonds .99% Ditto Account 99% Brazilian Bonds 73 Initto Account 73 Buenos A Tres Bonds 4. Ditto Account 26% 514 6 Chilian Ponds .............24%. Ditto Account 25 Columbian Bonds nitto Account. 23 Ditto Bonds, 1924 TT Di to Acmilit 25% 6 3 4 , 4 Danish Bon 3 '34( Ditto Account 74 Greek R0nd5.......... ------ 33% Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 31% Ditto Accomit o, R per cent 40.4 Ditto Account 40 1 4 3 4 Neapolitan 91% New 5 per Cent. - India Stock 2fo ! , 6 Ditto Bonds 27 31 pm. South Sea Stock lOl% Old Annuities - New Ditto - 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 49 50 pm. Ditto ZOO 49 50 pm . Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account 9O3E PA THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds 203! Ditto Account ois t ; Portuguese Bonds 73 Ditto Account 73 1 1, 3 Ditto New Bonds... 73 1 4 % 1 . , . Ditto Acconnt Prussian Bonds 1(K314 3 Ditto Bonds, 1822 to3 Russian Bonds, 1822 111416 Ditto Account, ' Ditto 111 ISpanish Bonds, 1821....34N 5 1 .4 1 Ditto Ace .31:? 6 4 t Ditto Bonds ISF23 3 1 1, 4; Ditto Account .313( 21% French Rentes, 5 p c. --f —c r--- Exchange...... —f —c ,---3 per cent....... —f . —c ! - Exchange ..... —f --,. Dutch, 2f p. c. 501 4 N Ditto Account 50 1 ,4 3 4 Ditto, 5 p. c 0544 Ditto Account .9511 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONK O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Alten Mining Company £9 11% Anglo Mex. Min. t.O. kiss. at N. pm , £lOO £54 Bolan°. Mining Compan ..... ...... ....4150 ISO Brazilian Mining Company s► 1 c Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (ies. at 51. pm.) .£2O Ditto Macaubas Cocaes ........ Ditto St. John Del Rey Cata Branca Mining Company 33. British Tron Minim , Comnany . £so Columbian Mininm Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 52% English Mining Company General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining CO. £lO Mexican Mining Co. ............... Real dcl Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) I; iited Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. um.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. ...... Protector Insurance Comp. ..... 534 956 31% 8 ..... Australian Co. 2ng Canada Company .......... ......... General Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 15 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland ..........•. 25 10% I 3 £1 7 0 31% 49 1 4 15% 13!4 2% 42y COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 Ditto, at 5ight......... ..... 24 Rotterdam .2 U 12 Antwerp 12 4 Hamburg M.B. 13 11* Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 Ditto .2 U. 25 70 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin 7 Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 1511 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. effective A. 2M. 9 57 Trieste do 9 58 hiad 00000000 37 Cadiz .......«.«....«.« 37;. Bilboa Barcelona eville — Gibraltar NGE YESTERDAY. I..eghorn 4B 'Genoa. .25 70 Milan Venice Naples 40% Palermo peroz. 1224 Lisbon Oporto b2% Rio Janeiro Bahia 3l Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight ,Cork l4 BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars l 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverbars, standard 0 4 111 :3, DUBLIN, ♦PRIL 19. ?RICH OP IRISH STOCI Blink Stock •••• ..... 217 Consols, 3 oer cen•. 89% Gay. Stock s 3% per cent 96% 1 Ditto. New 96% 4 per —1 Gov. Deb. 3% percent 89% Royal Canal Stock .... —l Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent...— 11141Lnat Office Deb. 4 D. C St. Patrick Insur.(perShare Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditt0......... Hibernian Bank 'Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO MORROW. Morning .. 44 minutes after 2. I Evening... 2 minutes after 3. * l4". IS'" )) ,(1.(,;;;1 b4' . 11.1 KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The COURT was occupied all the morning in hearing arguments on motions for new trials, none of which pos sessed the slightest public interest. Several were post poned, after the Judges had read the notes of evidence, in consequence of the absence of counsel. BRUCE V. JACKSON'. This was an action on a promissory note for 1001. dated so long ago as 1807, to which the statute of limitations was pleaded. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and a rule Nisi had been subsequently granted on affidavits stating additional facts. To-day it was agreed between counsel on both sides that a new trial should be had on the money being paid into Court, and the defendant pay ing the costs of the rule. The rule was then made absolute. Arrived in town, from Castle Combe, Wilts, George Poulett Scrope, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Poulett Scrope. The feeling respecting the church-rates at Carlisle may be inferred from the following placard, which has been widely circulated throughout that city :—" No Church Rate ! I Close of the Poll. Car lisle, Monday afternoon, April 21, 1834 For the Amend ment 458 For the Rate 157 Majority against the Rate ----301.7, THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY•) —,.... CITY, TWELVE O'Ci° C fees9 We have no other arrivals this morning than th e e t t r the from Paris, which is only important in a rticles , resPr t affairs of Spain. It brings the long decree 0 1.5 ` . t d o es regulating the meeting of the Cortes. Although l ' ate accounts not specify the time they are to meet, the pro r--- P a ris from Madrid say it is to be on the 15th of June ' continues tranquil. ty ar e We learn from Lyons that the streets a that c i h , the rison there have departed in pursuit of crowded with the curious, to see the ravages gl ade : ; e nt. artillery; the military have disappeared as by enehaT 3n ,,,r. Letters from Barcelona state that all the troops in tit C hi ef. Carnicer, and that the National Guards do the duty of " 1 town. Chie f Letters from St. Sebastian state that the Carlist . „ been defeated PI Zabala, at the head of 4,000 men, has the Queen's troops. 'llo hag Accounts from Madrid state, that General ilfori ~..... arrived at Vigo, and taken the command of Galicia.el rin& and Cuevilla have again entered Castile, at the head . , hat Ectefant Da, of some considerable bands. It appears t - 3- made some important discoveries to the Spani_sh oye Mar' went, hi consequence of which Lieut.-General the . quis de Zambrono, ex-Minister a war, Marshal de awl) the Carlist ,e M Ardouin Antrent , been arrested. On the 14th inst., M. . arrived at Madrid, on Contractor of the Portuguese loan, the part of Mr. Ricardo, to bid for the new loan. An of ; 1 fensive and defensive treaty, concluded between Portugt and Spain, bas been concluded, with the consent of Eng - Cabanes, Brigadier Mier, Aranda, with Labandero, have land and France. The above treaty, we hear, Saturday last, and sent off. .d for 00 We understand that the Spanish loan is to be bi the 30th inst., at Madrid. THE FUNDS. Ae' Consols, which left off yesterday at 90 3 / 4 7ii for the 1 litt.e count, opened at the same price this morning with h sp j d ug as yet. As the chief s speculations are in SP 35 , 35, Portuguese Securities,the former u has advanced, 347 cc deer the latter to 73%, caused by the publication of the for the Assembly of the Cortes. I A e The long speech of Mr. O'Connell last nigh Ire - House, ith „ t of Commons, for the repeal of the own" b ut 0 °- land, rather attracts the attention of the Public' up old is rig looked upon as of much importance. It was signed in London on grievances. Not even a single ship letter has arrived. 00" HALF-PAST woo ippnoot l e j uf i e s ggraai n eln o: asserted on 'Change that the treat) . ar ea interference. r i .i 3 n oinh F a i l a isg n pu c ee e il , o w a i n si and England firstEn n o t g t o l r an emt d iarree i II; t ai : eu l r : e tEr r aonpecshe i , n ii t e i of necessity, at the request of Spain, is expectt case troops into that kingdom. Therefore We may , to hear of some important events. or n'sig 4 " Consols, which were in the early part of the ii l sta 9076 for the Account, have improved to 91%; it: 10 00 formerpan i Spanish may a id b P e o Portuguese that money is becoming more plentiful, and fe w at the Bank for discount at. 3 per cent. the Be rat In other Foreign Stocks little doing. ,CLOCK FE O THREE Console for the Account, 91% s3esc4rittoiekc,otnbteiniauteteirrobrizo7saings: .........., ----=-- BIRTHS lac ~, e' Bath, the lag On the 20th inst., in Brunswi o. " . LT Lat l Y of Major Justinian Nutt On the 21st inst., at 11Iereworth rtect.rY' Whiteside, oO On the t t h h e e 1 19E 7t t s h hq . i i :s so t tf . .. ~ a in d aa t urahr Gower - n Stapleton, of a son street,b u r y , the lady of Edmund Lloyd, Esq., of a son. late o n ßi t c h h e at 22 - d d Cr i o n x st to ., n, at Es s q. t ,. 0 1 ' MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at Market Drayton, ShroPs f Wellh Liam Manly, eldest son of Win. Wilkinson , scl',, ; 'l°l of t be in the same county, to Eliza, only surviving cw -- o G f eo th r e ge fo ,s rm c e h r u P r t i c ha h ec , el l ,e ' r 5:: boo late square, William Badgley, Esq., of Montreal, of the,. A i a nada, to Elizabeth Wallace, eldest daughter East °— Colonel John William Taylor, of the W l ' . Ed' Company's Service. On the 22d inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, thettle%ol6T, ward Lane Sayer, M.A., eldest son of the late y et VOW . O I son Sayer, Esq., of the Charter House to ga rr M. A" 9 1 fourth daughter of the late Rev. W. 'Carlisle, perpete Belmont, Rector of Sutton, Derbyshire, old R o he Curate of Ipstones, Staffordshire. 1-le ry best/ i t n he G la i d o 3: l ofest:i 1 4 1 i i a r l e : On the 17th inst., at All Souls Church, i' erl d ( n eP i o Harvey, Esq., of Kyle, in the county of Wexfor onl y ell of the late Lord Brandon), to Eugenia FannY2 ee t. ii of Simon Jacques Rochard, Esq., of Regent -six i kifrea jays, son ? n E t s h g e ., 22tl of H in i s g t h ., b autryW-grove, u C e tu n r h e i h ti ; e , r t o o o t i. , a ] o l. eldest daughter of Joseph Oldham, Esq., of St O Vil l , l ber On the 22d inst., by special license, the 11 7: bre' r o f Butler, of Rathillig-park, in the Queen's eo"2;,,ghte, of to Lord Viscount Galmoy, to Maria Teresa, r,,,0nte.4 Sir Joshua Meredyth, Bart., and sister of the v" Milltown, &c. _.. peter DIED. •ear' On the 19th inst., at Tonbridge in his 17th ,• pr . ne Perchard, eldest son of Major-General Le gesu o r t ;gest 5 On the 21st inst., at Charlotte-row , On the 18th inst. at East Sheen, Henry. Y 44 1 of the Rev. Edward ' Patteson, in his 31st yea r ' 1 , , Au r' Sophia Pingo, youngest daughter oflate 1-e W • the f tb e Esq. i Do o ~ On the 21it inst., Thomas Myers, Esq. L'' e tell' Royal Military Acaemy Woolwich,and 'of Lc " , Blackheath. _ Wil li$111 ; On the 21st inst., at Palmer-terrace, Islington, ~..,_iso , the second son of Mr. Henry Wilson, of Chance': f 0 aged 11. vt; zabet-- , 1, scif e On the 21st inst., at Upper Tooting, "---- 0 William Perry, Esq. in her ,_. On the 19th inst., at Southend, Lewisham, . of foll . year, Mary, wife of George Halfhide, Esq. , 13e -- vue, Crawley, and Coventry-street. --- ' - 1 4th ....-----_—_--ii.oll London : Printed and Published by MUR D , C : . at the Sun Office, No. 112, Stran Walwort is ,„i,,,e, I