The Sun. — London, England, 1834-07-04 00:00:00

R I ~{ ~! 11 x17.6.:+ ing the report of 1832, but I positivieltny that I said there was no occasion for it.—(Chair.) Mr. O'CONNELL.—But I did not make the motion for printing it. - .Why did I not make it ?---(Cheers, and calls for the interference of the Speaker.) Mr. LITTLETON.--It is impossible for me to say why he altered his mind. It is true that he did say to me, " Then you have nothing for it but to resign ;" but he did not add, to my knowledge or in my hearing, any other words. My answer was simply and plainly this—" What ever your opinions or feelings may be, do not disclose them now, but wait until you have more public notice of the in tentions of Government in Lord Grey's speech to-morrow." The SPEAKER here interposed, the matter terminated, and order was restored. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A message was then brought up from the Lords, an nouncing that the London and Southampton Railway Bill had been agreed to by their Lordships. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose and said, that as the Right Hon. Gentleman had refused to answer the question which he (Mr. O'Connell) had put to him, he hoped that he could have no objection to the production of the copy of the correspondence which had passed between the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and his Majesty's Government, re lative to the renewal of the Coercion Bill. The production of such correspondence would enable the House to decide whether the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was against the renewal of that Bill or not. It was of the utmost import ance for the House and the country to know whether the Lord Lieutenant was for or against the renewal of the Coercion Bill, at the time when he and the Right Hon. Gentleman had had communications together on the subjec because, if he was against the renewal of the Bill at that time, something must have occurred since then to induce him to change his mind. He trusted that the Right Hon. Gentleman would have no objection to this, in order that a matter of so much importance might be properly un derstood. Let, he repeated, the fact be known, whether, at the time referred to, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was or was not against the renewal of the Coercion Bill of last year. He did not see what objection the Right Hon. Gentleman could have to lay the correspondence in ques tion before the House. That was the only way to bring the statements of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the test, as to what the opinions of his Majesty's Government were with reference to the renewal of the coercion measure. In fact, the Right Hon. Gentleman was bound to produce a copy of this correspondence to the House. If he did not produce it, if be opposed his (Mr. O'Connell's) motion on the subject, the inference which the House would deduce from the Right Hon. Gentleman's refusal was sufficiently clear. If he wished to vindicate himself, he must accede to the motion which he (Mr. O'Connell) would now submit to the House, which was—" That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be gra ciously pleased to order that a copy of all the correspondence which had passed between the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and his Majesty's Government, respecting the renewal of the Coercion Bill, be laid before that House." Mr. LITTLETON said that it was the custom of that House, and he hoped it would not be departed from in the present instance, to leave to Government the production of whatever papers they thought necessary to lay before the House, to justify any particular measure which they thought proper to bring before it. On bringing in the measure in question, he (Mr. Littleton) would lay before the House all the correspondence which had passed on this subject between the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and his Majesty's Government which was necessary to justify this measure. Mr. O'REILLY was of opinion that the matter before the House ought not to be suffered to remain in the state in which it then stood. He had no hesitation in saying that he had little in common with the Hon. and Learned Mem ber for Dublin ; he had not spoken to him for the last two years ;—(A laugh)—but he concurred with him, that the Right Hon. Gentleman ought to vindicate himself by the production of a copy of the correspondence which the Hon. and Learned Member had moved for. He had no hesitation in saying that the explanation of the Right Hon. Gentleman was not satisfactory to his (Mr. O'Reilly's) mind ; and if the matter was left in its present state, he did not see how those who were friendly disposed towards Ministers could continue ho nourably or conscientiously to support them. This ques tion was one of too much importance to be met by any evasion such as that with which it had been met by the Right Hon. Gentleman. It could only be honourably or beneficially settled by laying before the House a copy of all the correspondence which had taken place between the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and his Majesty's Government on the subject of the renewal of the Coercion Bill. He (Mr. O'Reilly) had generally supported Ministers, and had every disposition to support them, so far as he approved of the measure being brought forward ; but, unless they fur nished a more satisfactory explanation than that of the Right Hon. Gentleman on the subject, his confidence in them would be diminished. Mr. H. GRATTAN said there could not be any thing more calculated to excite the indignation of the people than the bringing in the Coercion Bill without previous inquiry. —(Cries of " No, no.") Hon. Gentlemen might cry no, no," but such, he contended, was the fact. They had only heard the statements contained in the report of three ma gistrates in a particular district, to justify the bringing in of the Bill. If Ministers proceeded in this way, they would alienate from themselves every upright and honourable man in Great Britain : and properly so. They deserve especially to lose the friendship and support of the people of Ireland ; if they did not desert a Government which proceeded in this way, they would be trai tors to themselves and their country. He (Mr. Henry Grattan) was determined to oppose the measure in every stage. He thought a resolution ought to be proposed to the House, that if any ministry introduced a measure to that House, without previous inquiry, they would be un worthy of confidence. He would move a Resolution to this effect, as an amendment when the Coercion Bill was brought into that House, and when he did so, he would at the same time move that the House be called over. It was worse than injustice, that, while the people of Ireland were suffering so many privations and hardships, instead of remedying the evils which were the cause of their sufferings, a measure like that of the last year should be again brought forward. Mr. SHEIL had one question to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman. That question was this : Was not the Marquis of Wellesley Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1823, under a Tory Administration ? And did not the Hon. Gentleman opposite, then on his (Mr. Shell's) side of the House, insist—when, on that occasion, certain coercive measures were proposed, for Ireland—insist on the produc tion of those despatches of the Lord Lieutenant on which those measures were founded? Now the Noble Marquis was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under a Whig Administration. How, then, when his (Mr. Shell's) side of the House asked for the production of the correspondence which con tained reasons for the alleged necessity of a renewal of the Coercion Bill, could that correspondence be refused by the Right Hon. Gentleman ? Were there no private rea sons ? for this attention to dates was most important to the settlement of the question between the Right Hon. Gen tleman and his Hon. and Learned Friend. Let us have the despatches written by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and then Hon. Members would be able to form their opinions on this subject. It had been admitted by the Right Hon. Gentleman that the Lord Lieutenant was averse, a short time since, to the renewal of the Irish Coer cion Bill ; and it was for him (Mr. Littleton) to show what had since occurred to make his Lordship change his mind. Mr. O'CONNOR said that the Right Hon. Gentleman had charged the Hon. and Learned Gentleman with a breach of confidence in having revealed a communication which had been made to him under the seal of se crecy. He should only say that the Right Hon. Gen tleman had been so anxious to gain some Government object by his conduct in this case, that lie lost much of his (Mr. O'Connor's) confidence, and he was sure that also of the Irish Members generally. In so far as he was concerned, he could say that he had heard more of the matter from the Irish Members than from the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin. They had been deceived into the belief that the Coercion Bill of last year was not to be renewed, and so would he have been also, had he not doubted the truth of the statement, when he was told it had been made by Government. The Hon. and Learned Member had not communicated to him the name of the in dividual who was his informant, but simply said he had the communication from Government. That was all he had heard about it until the bill was brought in the other evening into the Lords. Mr. LITTLETON —What I said was in reply to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's observation that I ought to resign. I said in reply to that observation, that what ever his feelings or opinions were on the subject, he should not divulge them until he had read Lord Grey's speech. Mr. O'CONNELL said he would not press his motion to a division, but would content himself with its being re corded in the journals of the House. The House could not fail to see the predicament into which the Right H on . Gentleman had bro u ght himself by refusing to produce those papers which a l one could vindicate his character, and by contenting himself with the production of those of an opposite tendency. Mr. ATTWOOD then rose to bring forward his motion respecting the currency. A few minutes after the Hon. Gentleman had commenced his address, Mr. DIVETT moved that the House be counted. The Gallery was cleared fer that purpose, but there being more Olin illityugembers present, strangers were re admitted. - -- I n unicatel,o • • ' Ho l ia7borcopt4 prerit;W:E9ourneci at ten \l'A‘ r. WAS ON moved that the re not being forty Members mutes to Seven o'clock. PRICES OF STOCKS THIf Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Sled. ( )I MA 3 per Cent. Cons per Cent. 9B7' Ditto Red. QBN, 9 Si ' New 3 per Cent. 4 per Cent. f Assented 99M /Dissented .. 1011 f, Bank Long Annuities to expire Jan. 3, 1860 1 7 14 3-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 186" Jan. 5, 1860 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds _ . 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THE LAST AND ONLY CHANCE. /MARTIN and CO. respectfully announce that on the 1 11 2:2d of THIS MONTH (July), the PRESENT LOT TERY WILL BE DRAWN. After that day Lotteries will cease. Adventurers will only have this opportunity to gain a large sum at a trifling risk. The Scheme contains Prizes of £16,000 £lO,OOO £3,000 £2,000, &c. &c. The holders of Prizes will have the option of receiving the Property (or Money, as soon as drawn) deducting five per cent. on prizes above 1001. to cover expenses in selling that property. Martin and Co. sold No. 404, a Prize of 10,0001., at No. 8, Cornhill, and No. 86, Oxford-street ; and, as usual, paid the same on demand. We now present THE SUN to our readers in the enlarged form which we promised at the beginning of the Session. The delay arose entirely from unavoid able circumstances which we could not contemplate, and the disappointment of the public cannot have been greater than our own. From the additional facilities which the increased size o the paper affords, together with new type and superior machinery, we hope to render THE SUN still more worthy qf general support, for we appeal not to any party, but to the public at large. It is our intention, as opportunity permits, to devote a fair share of the paper to Literary and Scientific, as well as to other purposes ; but as " doings" are better than "sayings," we shall leave it to the public to judge THE SUN according to its future deserts. • '' je •10. 1 ` 4 t o. A, tilt+ LONDON, ERIDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1834 We beg to direct particular attention to the excel lent observations made by the LORD CHANCELLOR on presenting a petition in the House of Lords yes terday, from the inhabitants of Kingston-on-Hull, for lowering the stamp duty on newspapers. We regret exceedingly that we have not space to day to allow u s to enter into a careful examination of the excellent reasons stated by the petitioners to induce the Le gislature to comply with the prayer of their petition. The Southampton Railway Bill was read a third me in the House of Lords yesterday, and only awaits the Royal Assent to become law. This is, indeed, cheering intelligence ; as nothing can have a more direct tendency to benefit the country than a speedy communication with the Metropolis. The Bill now passed was carefully considered by both branches of the Legislature, and we have reason to know that every means was adopted to prevent any unnecessary individual injury or infringement. This was all that could be done ; for in every change for the better some persons will and must suffer ; because there is no abuse, no error, no disad vantage of either a public or private nature, in the maintenance of which there is not some individual who has an interest. But these things must not be made to impede the national improvement. The effect of the Southampton Railway Bill will be to open a direct communication between the whole of the western counties of England and London. In the shipping department alone there will be a saving of hundreds of thousands of pounds an nually ; as vessels which might be three weeks drifting round the coast, before they could cast anchor in the Thames, can have their whole freight transmitted to the London market in as many clays. Then there is the facility afforded to agriculturists to be taken into account, who can thus dispose of the fruits of their toil with one-hundredth part the expense and trouble which they can at present. And all this independent of the advantages which will be gained by all parties in a moral point of view—the diffusion of a taste for the elegancies of life, and the means of gratifying it, to the remotest corner of the kingdom. We trust that Parliament will follow up the wise course which it has adopted in regard to this Bill, by passing as speedily as possible the great Western Railway Bill, .which in all conscience has been long enough under consideration. We are the more anxious that the latter Bill should be passed, on account of the complaints made by the people of Ireland of their great distance from the seat of Government. Now, the Western Railway, by opening a communication with Bristol, will stifle these complaints in the breasts of all reasonable people ; as, measured by time, London will be as near to Dublin as Belfast, Galway, or Cork : and a market will be opened for the sale of Irish produce, which will afford facilities of improvement, of which we can form no adequate conception. We believe that the only opposition which has been made to the passing of this Bill, arose out of the feelings of some noble per sons, who conceived their dignity trenched upon by tale appearance appearance of a railroad within sight of their do mains. But however noble these persons may be, we submit that it would be unworthy the Legislature to THE SUN, LONDON, FR allow such whims to interfere with, much less hinder, their adoption of a wise and liberal policy ; and we have every hope that the Bill will be passed, as early as may be consistent with the forms of the several branches of the Legislature. Our readers will learn with satisfaction, that although the Irish Coercion Bill is to be renewed for another year, yet that one of its most vexatious and oppressive clauses, relative to the holding of Courtsmartial, is to be wholly repealed. This is a great boon to Ireland, and we wish that that country had been in a condition to justify the abandonment of the Coercion Bill alto gether, but unfortunately it is very far from being in such a satisfactory state of tranquillity. The follow ing is the Bill as modified, and introduced by Earl GREY in the House of Lords : Whereas an Act was made in the third year of his present Majesty, intituled " An Act for the more effectual suppression of local disturbances and dangerous associations in Ireland," which said recited Act was to continue in force until the Ist day of August, 1834; and whereas it is expedient that the said recited Act should, under certain modifications, be further continued for one year : be it therefore enacted, &c., that the said recited Act, except such parts thereof as are hereby re pealed, shall be, and the same is hereby further continued, and shall be in force until the Ist day of August, 1835. And whereas the said recited Act contains certain clauses, provisions, and enactments to authorise th e holding of Courtsmartial, and for constituting and appointing such courtsmartial, and for the trial of certain persons before such courtsmartial, and for regulating the proceedings of such courtsmartial, and for carrying into execution the sentences of such courtsmartial ; and whereas it is expedient that all such clauses, provisions, and enactments in the said recited act should be repealed ; be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all such clauses, provisions, and enactments in the said recited act be and the same are hereby repealed. What can have induced Dr. LUSHINGTON, the po pular Member for the Tower Hamlets, in which the Dissenters abound, to cavil at the Registration Bill ? Does lie not know the anxiety of his constituents on this matter ? He has been long apprised of those feelings—he is not unacquainted with the subject— and surely now is the time to assist the Government in perfecting the measure they have introduced, rather than by quibbles and delay to postpone that which might possibly have been settled long ago, if it had not been necessary to consult with persons whose situation is certainly somewhat embarrassing with re spect to the details. The Learned Civilian will do well to apply his mind to the subject, if he expects to be supported in future by the Dissenters of Mile End and the Tower Hamlets. The more we consider the speech of Mr. P. Tii om- SON, the more we hail with satisfaction the further re duction of Duties of Customs, upon a few articles of importation, proposed to be made this year by the Pre sident of the Board of Trade. Though insignificant in point of number and amount, as that of last year also was, it is still of vast importance, as laying a sure foundation for the ultimate reduction of the Duties of Customs on every article imported. It will be found that the Revenue is not diminished ; on the contrary, that it is increased by such reductions, the consequent increase of consumption, and the spring given to home industry (inasmuch as for every additional article, or quantity of articles imported, some article of home in dustry must be exported), bringing up the general Revenue to a greater amount than before the reduc tion, through y the operation of the principle, that as a large mercantile income is derived, not from large profits upon a few articles sold, but from small profits upon a great number, so a large public revenue arises not from heavy Duties of Cus toms upon a few articles of any kind imported, but from light duties upon a great number. We do not quarrel with the Right Hon. Gentleman for pro ceeding with caution. The country perhaps might be alarmed if the experiment were to be made upon an extensive scale at first, but after the experiment has been made and found to succeed in a few cases, the country will not only be willing to continue the expe riment upon a larger scale, but will not be satisfied unless it is continued and finally extended to every article imported. The extreme rigour of the criminal code of England has been the cause of more housebreakings, more robberies, more daring personal outrages, and more inhuman murders, than any other one temptation to crime ever created by imperfect legislation. The seve rity of the law defeated the very object which it was intended to attain ; as all laws disproportioned to the nature, or the extent of the evils intended to be re strained by them, have ever done, and must ever con tinue to do. A law which metes a punishment ap palling from its severity, finds in every bosom a sym pathy which renders it a dead letter. Thus a man who las his house broken into by thieves, who steal some trifling articles of wearing apparel, or carry away a quantity of provisions, though he may know them ever so well, and be able to hand them over to the ma gistrate, will rather suffer them to continue their de predations than prosecute them, if the crime be ad judged by the law deserving of death. Nay, how many thousands of times has this not happened ? How often did it happen previous to the year 1825, when something was attempted to mitigate the extreme rigour of the criminal law, that persons were subjected to a regu lar system of being plundered, because they were known to entertain religious scruples on the justice of taking away human life when the safety of their property only was endangered ? The law was murderous in its very principle ; the community knew this, and the sin of enforcing it lay as heavy upon their souls as if they were themselves the executioners, without waiting for the form of a trial. This moral feeling, co-existent with the law, not only abolished the latter in effect, but left crime without so much as the fear of punishment. The midnight spoiler, provided he kept his hands un defiled by blood, committed outrage without fear, be cause he knew the character of his victim, and dreaded no detection. The robber demanded money without disguise, for the traveller was a conscientious person, and would not hang a fellow-creature unshrived of his sins for depriving him of a few shillings. When there was worse to be feared,—when the law less assailant had men of sterner stuff to deal with-- when detection was death, detection was followed by murder. The thief knew that if prosecuted he must die, and a love of life impelled him to imbrue his hands in blood whenever he had reason to suspect that he would be handed over to abide the sentence of the law. Thus murder became necessary to secure the impunity of guilt, which in thousands of cases would be adequately punished by a sound flogging, or a month's solitary imprisonment. It is therefore with feelings of no ordinary satisfac- tion that we see the subject of mitigating the severity of our criminal law engage so much of the attention of the Reformed Parliament. Mr. LENNARD'S Bill for abolishing capital punishments altogether,except in cases of actual murder, or where murder is clearly proved to have been intended to be committed, will, on becoming the law of the land, be hailed as the first and greatest /JAY, J ULY 4, 1884. step which the present Parliament has yet taken to em body in their own acts the feelings of their consti tuents. We observe in the Reports that when the House of Commons went into Committee on this Bill yesterday, Lord Howic lc proposed an amendment on the second clause, to the effect that the commission of personal violence by a robber should subject the of fen&r to capital punishment, which amendment was subsequently withdrawn. Had this amendment been adopted it would have destroyed the whole spirit of the Bill, rendering it, in fact, like so many other Acts of Parliament, a monument of legislative imbecility. We trust that as Mr. LENNARD has made himself so well acquainted with the subject, he will not allow any opposition he may meet with, even though 'it should extend to a rejection of the Bill, to prevent him from steadily pursuing the course he has adopted till he obtain this great object of the country's wishes. He will now find a Dr. JOHNSON in every hamlet, no less zealous than the great author of the " Rambler," in advocating a measure which he regards as the proudest proof of the advancing civilization of his countrymen. The Courts of Petersburgh, Berlin, and Vienna, still postpone their recognition of the Queen of SPAIN. Are they yet so ill-informed as to think that any change of circumstance—any possible events—can restore Lord ABERDEEN to the Foreign-office, the Duke of WELLINGTON to the Treasury, the King of HOLLAND to the possession of Belgium, Don MIGUEL to Portugal, Charles the TENTH to France, or Don CARLOS to Spain? And yet the whole of these arrangements seem as necessary and as probable as any one of them. What but a hope that the To ries may once more be at the head of affairs in Eng land, and that then Don CARLOS and ZEA BER MUDEZ (the tool of NICHOLAS) may possibly become King, and Minister of Spain, can induce the Courts we have named to withhold their recognition of the Spanish QUEEN ? His Grace of WELLINGTON paid his respects to the refugee Pretender Don CARLOS the other day, but whether for the purpose of showing his sympathy with Northern Despots, we do not know. The Mi nisters of these Courts have not yet followed the example of LUDOLF. Mr. PAVY, hitherto the Spanish Minister in Rus sia, has, on the plea of a leave of absence, announced his departure; but Mr. NIBIST, who is appointed Charge d'Affaires, has not yet been officially received. We learn by private advices from the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azoff, that the price of corn is still very high, but the appearanee of the crops had much improved in the beginning of last month. Letters from Switzerland, contained in the French Papers, state, that the Swiss question continues to be viewed in a very serious light by all the advocates for constitutional freedom. The Government of the Grand Duchy of Baden had, it was said, forbidden all intercourse with the Swiss. By accounts from Por tugal, we learn that the decree of Don PEDRO for the suppression of convents is in course of operation throughout Portugal. The information received from Toulon is of a warlike and serious nature. The French Government have in the roads there, and wait ing only for sailing orders, fifteen ships of war, some of which are three-deckers, and which, it is said, are destined for the Archipelago. It is confidently stated, also, that a brig of war had sailed in great haste for the Levant, with despatches for the French Admiral. " BOURsE, JULY 2.-The settling has been more difficult than was expected. This morning there was a large Bull account yet to be sold, which depreciated the price as low as 77f. 25c., and 77f. 60c. end of the month ; however, since half au hour the Three per Cents. have recovered, and they are now 77f. 85c. for the settling day, viz., for the Account. The Spanish stock remains in a very depressed state, the Five per Cents. have been done as low as 70f., but are now 70f. 4 ; Three per Cents. 46f. ; Cortes keep up at their price, 38f. ; there is no reason assigned for the fall in the Three per Cents. ; and, indeed, we can only at tribute it to the situation of the market, as the Five per Cent. stock remains steady at 106 f. 40c. to 45c. Ducats, Roman, do not fall much. We have no great news. I can only give you, with certainty, news from Toulon : A telegraphic despatch has arrived there, from Paris, to hold the brig, the Palinu re , C omman d ant Fer not, in readi ness t o sa il for the Levant, with orders of the highest importance ; the Lame brig is commissioned as esta fette bearer, attached to the squadron now lying on that station. The vessel, the Triton, is expected every day at Toulon. She was to sail from Rochfort on the 15th of June. This vessel brings more than three hundred seamen. As the levy of sea men is continuing with the same activity, it is probable that some great movement is in preparation. This appears from the activity which has prevailed in the arsenal of Toulon for some time. The sister of the Queen of Spain arrived here yesterday. She was accompanied by the Ambassador from Spain to Sweden. She alighted at the Spanish Ambassador's, but she is to be removed to the Tuilleries. It is generally accredited that a marriage between this Princess and the Prince Royal here is the motive of this journey. Gorgolio is appointed Rapporteur des Finances en Espagne. FRENCH FUND-s-Paßts, JULY 2. Five per Cents., 10fif. 20c. Four and a Half per Cent, 101 f. -c. Four per Cents., 93f. 70c. Three per Cents., 77f, 80c. Bank Actions, 1,787 f. 50c. Rente de Naples, 941. 75c. Roman Five per Cents., 95%. Rente d'Eapagne, Five per Cents., 383. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 46. X. Royal Spanish Loan, 81 Bente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 71. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cents., 99. Haytian Loan, 2801.-C. EXCHANGE ON LONDON, One Month, paper, 25f. 3214 c.; money, 2.1 f. flOc. Three months, paper, 251. 22%c. ; money, 25f. 20c. -fours Authentique. DUTCH FUNDS-AMSTERDAM, JULY 1. Actual Debt, 2,4 per Cent. Amort Syndic, 4y4 per cent. 90% to 91% Ditto, ditto, 3!i per cent. Loan of 1830, 5 per cent 'ol4 to 101 1 4 Ditto, 1832 and 1833, 5 per Cunt 97v to 973 Exchange on London l2 1 4 2, 1 ' Ditto, two months l2 0734 -Dutch Papers, July 2. PRUSSIAN FUNDS-BERLIN, JUNE 27. St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent. Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent - - Ditto 1822, 5 per cent.... - -- Ditto Bonds lB3O, 4 per cent.... 9514 95 Exchange on London, three months 6 24% -Prussian State Gazette,i une 28. BELGIAN FUNDS.-BRUSSELS, JULY 1. Actual Debt, 2 1 / 3 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 9B Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent 96 34 -Brussels Papers, July 1. JUNCTION OF TILE RHINE AND DANUBE BY CANAL.-This project has been for some time in contempla tion, and the last letters from Munich of 31st May, state that on the previous day the Minister of Finance had presented an important project of law to the Chamber of Deputies on the subject. This enterprise will be carried forward by shares, and supported by the Government, with will take one-fourth of the s hares.—Petersburgh Paper. GRAND ROWING MATCH.—A grand and rather singular aquatic contest will take place this day from West minster to Putney, or vice versa. The wager consists of Campbell, Godfrey, and Noulton in one boat, rowing a ran dan in a wherry ; and Harris, Butcher, Dab, Eld, and Dodd in a cutter. The match is for 501., and we question whether anything on the river can keep up to them. Betting we should reckon at 6 to 4 on the wherry. STRANGE MODE OF FATTENING LADIES.-- Among the genus of the Coleoptera order of insects, there is one species which the women of Arabia and Turkey dig out of the filth of the garden ; and they swallow three of them, fried in butter, every morning and evening, in order to acquire that plumpness which is deemed in the East a beauty.—Mirror. CURE OF WARTS.—Mr. Welch, of Annapolis, America, having failed to get rid of several warts on his hands by the knife, the nitrate of silver, &c., tried electricity ; and by sending sparks through them for five minutes daily, during five days, caused them wholly tp disappear. Every tea-dealer is liable to a penalty of 501., if he does not cause every canister to be marked with the words " black " or " green tea." Ellen Wardle, of Butterton, near Leek, has lately given a challenge to walk for a wager, with any person of her own age, a distance of ten miles. Old Ellen is now in her 103 d year. The tough old dame has, within the last fort night, walked her favourite distance (ten miles) in less than four hours. 4y 4 9V, 10 ...... 50 3N 3 1 7 6% 6 6 5 om pap y l5 10 95 ICKS,pUBLIN, JULY I. 9 1 4 13% 14 50;6 42 COURT OF KING'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY. ( Sittings at Guildhall, before Chief Justice Dr.NMAN and a Special Jury. ) CUSTOM OF LONDON B ROKERS. —IMPORTANT DECISION. HAWES V. FOSTER. This case involved a very important question relative to the prac tice of the brokers of the city of London. The question before the Court was whether the entry made by the broker in his book, or the bought and sold note delivered to the buyer and seller, was the original and binding contract between the parties. It appeared that in May, 1831, Mr. Thomas Wright, a broker, was employed by Messrs. Foster and Smith to sell a quantity of palm oil, and did sell between 80 and 100 tons at 26/. per ton to Messrs. Hawes, and the warranty in the note delivered by the broker at the time of sale was, " warranted to arrive on or before the 30th June." The oil did not arrive at the time specified, and the present action was brought to recover damages for the injury sustained by the plain tiffs, in consequence of the breach of the warranty. The defence was that the entry in the broker's book which was in these words, " If the above should not arrive on or before the 30th June, then the contract to be void," was the original and binding contract, and the goods not having arrived at the time specified, there was an end to the contract between the parties. Sir JAMES SCARLETT and Mr. D. POLLOCK appeared for the plaintiffs, and the ATTORNEY-G ENERAL an d M r. B LACKBURNE for the defendants. Messrs. Crawford, M.P. for the City of London, Took, Gibson, and other eminent merchants, were examined as to the usage of the city relative to brokers' rates, and all concurred in stating that they bought and sold notes were considered among mercantile men as the contract between the parties. Many of them stated that they had never seen a broker's book, and none of the witnesses ever knew of its having been referred to as evidence of the contract. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Jury at considerable length for the defendants. The question was, what was the con tract entered into between the parties in the present case. He was debarred by the decision of his Lordship from examining Mr. Wright, the broker, as to the instructions he had received from the defendants, otherwise he would have been able to satisfy the jury that his understanding was that if the goods did not arrive on the 30th June the contract was to be void, and it would appear from the entry made by the broker that such was his con tract with the plaintiffs. If the broker had delivered a note to the plaintiffs which incorrectly set forth the contract, then the plaintiffs had their action against the broker, and were entitled to recover from him. It was quite absurd to suppose that a contract would be made by a commercial man without specifying a time for its fulfil ment, otherwise the vessel might not arrive for six or twelve months, and the price of the article might be double or half what it was at the time of making the contract. The Learned Counsel here referred to the case of Grant v. Fletcher, in which it had been laid down by Lord Tenterden that " the entry in the broker's book is properly speaking the original entry, and ought to be signed by him, and the bought and sold notes o ug ht t o b e a copy o f t h at entry, because the entry was made by the common agent of both parties, and was the same as if both parties had signed it them selves. Under these circumstances, he contended that the plaintiff was bound by the entry in the broker's book ;and if they felt them selves aggrieved they had their remedy against the b ro k er . Mr. Wright, the broker, was examined to prove the entry in his book, and Mr. Woodthorpe, the Town-Clerk of the City, proved the copy of the regulations drawn up by the Court of Aldermen for the use of brokers, in September 1819. Sir JAMES SCA RLETT replied. Lord DENMAN in submitting the case to the Jury, gave it distinctly as his opinion, that the binding contract was that handed over by one party to the other, and not the entry in the broker's book. In the present case, it appeared to him that the terms of that contract had not been com plied with, and the plaintiffs were, therefore, entitled to recover. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintifi§. Damages, 3301. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the case was of such magnitude that the defendants would feel it their duty to exercise their right of tendering a bill of exceptions. During the trial the Court was crowded with commercial men, who appeared to take much interest in the proceedings. Shortly afterwards his Lordship rose. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYDS.) DEAL, JULY 3. —Wind N. E., fresh.—Arrived the Newton, Ritchie, from Tobago ; Symmetry, Stephens, from Ceylon ; Mary (barque), Cromartie, from Barbadoes, and remain with his Majesty's ship Castor. Passed by this afternoon from the River, the Fortuna, Paulitozzo, for Carthagena ; Marquis Chandos, Gaylor, for Demerara ; James and Mary, Stephen son,.for Trieste ; Howard (barque) for Greenock; and Jane Grant, James, for Quebec. SP. M.—An American ship, with letter X painted in fore-top-gallant-sail, from the westward. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 3. —Wind E. to E. N. E.—Arrived off port the Meridian, Lawrence, from New Orleans. PLYMOUTH, JULY 2.—Wind E. FALMOUTH, JULY 2.—Wind E. moderate.—Arrived off port the Milo, Ord, from Miramichi. MILFORD, JULY 2.—Arrived the John and Mary, Wake, from Pictou. LIVERPOOL, JULY 2.—Arrived the Jupiter, Rundstrom, from Riga. Arrived in the river, the Concord, Rickenson, from Riga, and the Stranger, Dowse, from Dantzic. DUBLIN, JULY 2.—Arrived the Ajax, M‘Glashan, from Me mel. WATERFORD, JULY I.—Arrived the Martha, Dyer, from London. Coax, JULY I.—Arrived the Woodbridge, from Halifax, and the William Paine, Hughes, from Riga. SHIELDS, JULY 2.—Arrived the Cabo, Brown, from Riga, and the Providentia, Janson, from Rostock. HARWICH, JULY 3.—Arrived the Mary and Ann, Mattison, from Riga. The Mitchell, Riass, frm Stockholm, was on Skitter Sand, near Hull, yesterday. The Carbonear, from Liverpool, has arrived off Carbonear, with damage and loss of bowsprit, having been in contact with the ice. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have but one foreign arrival this morning. THE FUNDS. In the House of Commons, last night, an interesting as well as serious discussion took place between Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Littleton, in respect to the Irish Coercion Bill, which has rather amused our city speculators, who suppose that affair will end in smoke. Consols opened at the price they left off yesterday, 92- i ; Spanish and Portuguese Stocks are heavy—the former at 49, and the latter at 82i. HALF-PAST ONE. We hear that this quarter's revenue is so productive that Ministers are determined to lay out next quarter five hun dred thousand pounds. We do not as yet hear of any arrivals from Portugal, although hourly expected. All descriptions of funds were very heavy in the early part of the morning, since which they have taken an unexpected start. Consols, which were 92i, have improved to 9* at present they are 93. Spanish, which was at 481, has been done at 491 ; Portu guese, done at 821, improved to 83k, are now 833. We hear that a large Bear account has been sold out this morning, belonging to the West end. We have received the Hamburgh Reporter of Tuesday. BORSEN- HALLE.-The Funds are firm to-day. Bank Shares have been 1,275 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 4q ; Discount, 3 per cent. VIENNA, JUNE 24.—Metalliques, 99+ ; Bank Shares, 1,271. We hear that a meeting of the Cortes Bondholders will be held on Monday next, at the London Tavern. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 93. The fete at Apsley House, given by the Duke of Wellington, on Wednesday night, will long be remembered in the annals of fashion for its matchless magnificence and taste. All the splendid apartments were thrown open at the hour of ten, having been previously illuminated by chandeliers and Roman lamps in a style of peculiar brilliancy. The visi tants began to arrive at eleven o'clock, and were received by the Noble Host at the foot of the great staircase. After visit ing the five saloons, and admiring the peculiar grandeur of the scene, the company went into the picture gallery, which com mands an uninterrupted view over Hyde Park to the Gardens at Kensington. Therein dancing commenced at midnight, which was kept up with great spirit till five in the morning. The supper was laid in the banquetting-hall, called the Waterloo-room, on side tables decorated with gold and silver plate of the most gorgeous description, in which were included the flaggons, cups, and salvers presented by our late Sovereign George IV. The viands and wines were excellent. The guests did honour to the feast, for, from the hour of one until the party broke up, the refreshment-rooms were never, even for a moment, deserted. A very numerous body of the police attended, and preserved order. The gates of the Park were thrown open during the night for the reception of carriages. The company mustered above seven hundred persons. EMIGRATION.-On Wednesday afternoon the President, American line of packet ship, left the Katherine's Docks with upwards of 130, emigrants for New York. A great number of the passengers via the President, however, intend to settle in the Canadas. TILE LINEN TRADE.---The great cause, we are told, of the rapid increase of the trade of Dundee, has been the facility of employing every person who enters the town, and willing to work at it. In Leith, Kirkaldy, and other places, manufacturers give employment to their weavers at those times only when they have orders ; but, in Dundee, manufacturers have been in the practice of keeping on their men at all times, and sending off, on speculation, their super fluous produce to foreign countries, where markets for it are likely to be found. The manufacturers say that the present diminished supply of cloth will have no effect in raising prices, but the contrary ; as the export trade will be abandoned, and so greater quantities of goods will remain at home than will be required to meet the demand.—Dundee Chronicle. FLowEßs.—Put but a rose, or a lily, or a violet, on your table, and you and Lord Bacon have a custom in coin mon ; for that great and wise man was in the habit of having the flowers in season set upon his table—morning, we believe, noon, and night—that is to say, at all his meals ; for dinner, in his time, was taken at noon ; and why should he not have flowers at all his s meals, seeing that they were growing all day ? Now here is a fashion that shall last you for ever, if you please, never changing with silks, and velveis, and silver forks, nor dependent upon the caprice of some fine gentleman or lady, who have nothing but caprice and change to give them importance and a sensation. Does any reader misgive himself, and fancy that to help himself to such comforts as these would be ‘4 trifling ?" If this were trifling, then was Bacon a trifler, then was the great Conde a trifler, and the old Republican Ludlow, and all the great and go od spirits that have loved flowers, and Milton's Ad am hi mse lf—nay, Heaven itself, for Heaven made these harmless elegancies, and blessed them with the universal good-will of the wise and innocent. The same mighty energy which whirls the earth round the sun, and crashes the heavens with thunderbolts, produces the lilies of the valley, and th e gent l e d e w-drops that keep them fair,.-London Journal. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS. DAY, FRIDAY, JULY 4. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty minutes past Twelve. The Elgin Gaol and Court House Bill was read a third time. Mr. P. PRICE presented a Petition from the Dissenters of Aberestwyth, praying for the redress of grievances. Mr. FINCH presented Petitions in support of the Established Church from various parishes in the town of Stamford. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a Petition from Cheltenham, praying for an alteration of the Law of Libel, and from a newsvender in Lambeth, praying for a remission of the sentence of imprisonment passed upon him for selling seditious publications. After a few words from Lord Howlcx and Sir H. HARDINGE, Mr. F. O'CONNER said, that in order to secure the attendance of the Attorney-General at the discussion upon the subject of the imprisonment of the Editor of the True Sun, he would beg leave to withdraw his notice of motion for Monday next, and fix it for Wednesday, when he would move it upon the first order of the day for the Speaker to leave the chair. • Mr. ROEBUCK replied, and after a few observations from Sir R. Peel, regretting that so much time should be spent in the dis cussions upon the presentation of petitions, and from Mr. Hume, the petitions were laid on the table. Mr. ROEBUCK then presented a petition from certain publi cans of Bath, against the alterations in the Beer Bill. Sir G. SKIPWITH presented a petition from the inhabitants of Tamworth against the admission of Dissenters to the Universities. Mr. D. GOSKELL presented a petition from the Dissenters of Wakefield against the Church-rate Bill. Mr. HALFORD presented petitions from various parishes in the County of Leicester in support of the Church. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the town and neighbour hood of Manchester, praying that no measure should be passed that could either directly or indirectly injure the Established Church. The petition contained 11,500 signatures, all of which were ob tained in the course of ten days; also petitions to the same effect from Middleton, Mattock, Brixham, and various other places in the Counties of Devonshire, Hants, and other parts of England. Also a petition from an individual of the name of Nicholls, Upon the subject of the Bill for the abolition of imprisonment for debt. Mr. POTTER expressed a hope that the House would bear in mind that there had been a petition presented from Manchester, signed by 32,000 persons, in favour of the Church. After a few words from Sir R. PEEL and Mr. HIND, the peti tions were laid on the table. Lord R. MANNERS presented two petitions from the county of Leicester, in favour of the Established Church. Mr. R. SMITH presented a petition from East Wickham in favour of the claims of the Disssenters, and against the Church Rate Bill. Mr. SHAW presented a great number of petitions from the county of Cork, in favour of the Established Church. Mr. SCOTT presented petitions from Worthington and other places, imploring protection for the Established Church. Mr. HILL presented a petition from Hull, for a remission of the duties on newspapers. Haviry so lately stated his opinion on this subject, he would only say That he entirely concurred with the opinions expressed by the petitioners. Mr. II [ITT cordially concurred in the prayer of the petition. Mr. BELLEW presented petitions from Andover and Great Torrington, against the Church Rates Bill. Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from Inverness in favour of the Bankrupt Law of Scotland Alteration Bill. Col. CONOLLY presented a petition from H. Hoare respecting the Irish Church inquiry commission. 11r. RICHARDS presented a petition from Kingston upon-Hull against the Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Bill. Also a petition from the clerks and sergeants of the Court of Requests of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying for compensa tion in the event of the Imprisonment for Debt Abolition Bill being passed into a law. Mr. RUTHVEN stated his great gratification at the introduc tion of a bill that was calculated to do so much good, and he trusted it would pass into a law. Mr. ItICHARDS deprecated the introduction of a measure oC such vast importance at two o'clock in the morning. Lord EBRINGTON presented petitions from South Molitor,. and other places in Devon, in favour of the connection between. Church and State. Mr. A. LEFROY presented petitions from Elfin, respecting' the repayment of loans from the Board of First Fruits. Mr.! E. BARING presented petitions in favour of the Church.: from Saffron Walden and other places in Essex.. He was not. against any reasonable relief being granted to the Dissenters, but he objected to their turning round and becoming persecutors in- , stead of the persecuted. The Church was too deeply rooted on thc affections of the people to be overthrown by the efforts made to de stroy it. The hon. member also presented a petition from Coventry, praying for an inquiry into the reciprocity system. Sir C. BURRELL regretted that the petition had been pr es sented in the absence of his Majesty's Ministers. Mr. BARING presented similar petitions from 141anchestier, Macclesfield, and other places. Lord HENNIKEY presented petitions from Norfolk, in femur of the Church. Sir D. H. SANDFORD presented petitions from Paisley and other places in favour of the Established Church of Scotland. Mr. PALMER presented petitions from parishes in S against the claim of the Dissentnrs. The SPEAKER left the Chair at a quarter past two o'clock., there being no other petitions to present. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-(THIS D/A.Y..) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice TAUNTON, Mr. Justice BosAricatiEr., and a London Jury.) Elizabeth Kirsch, a married woman, aged nineteen,, was in dicted for stealing fourteen spoons, and other articles, 'ta?lue 15/., the property of Janet J. J. Maclean, her mistress. The robbery was discovered in consequence of the prisoner offer ing the spoons for sale to a refiner, who, suspecting t'tiat she had not become possessed of them honestly, sent for an oft icer and gave her into custody. Mr. Justice TAUNTON summed up, and the Jury- 'Pronounced the prisoner guilty. James Brookes, aged fourteen, was indict e d for- •a nameless offence upon John Parker, a c hild on ly fi ve years o ld.. The evidence, which was unfit for publication, did • not sustain the charge, and the COURT directed him to be acquitte d. Stephen Abraham Cundee, alias George Cundee, ay red 18, was indicted for burglary in the dwelling-house of George.: Cundee, and stealing a pair of silver candlestick s , an d ot h er art i c i m s, value 15/., his property. It appeared that the prisoner was the prosecutor's. ow n son, but did not reside with his father, being an apprentice. 'On the morn ing of the 27th of May the prosecutor was informe d by his servant that the house had been robbed, and on examinat atua it was dis covered that the shutter of the kitchen window h; id. been broken open. The missing property was subsequently foul id in the posses sion of a refiner, who bought the articles in a bro) :en state of the prisoner. When taken into custody, he said a genth man at Isling ton gave him the silver. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was perfectly innocent of the crime of which he was accused. Mr. Justice TAUNTON said this was a very lam astable case, and proceeded to sum up in the usual way. The Jury, after a short deliberation,returned a vvrdict of guilty. Charles Collins, aged 21, an athletic coalwhip:per, was indicted for maliciously stabbing William Munns, with intent to murder him. A second count charged the prisoner with intent to disable or do some grievous bodily harm to the prosecut or. William Munns examined. lam a waterman- I was at Wap ping between eleven and twelve o'clock on the night of the 22d of May, near New Crane-stairs. As I was leavin g the stairs on my way home, I heard some men behind me, and on looking round saw two whom I knew by sight. One of them raid " knife the —, and called for a person named Healey,whom I had formerlyprosecuted. The prisoner ran up with a knife in his hand, and made a blow at me, which I fenced off with my left arm. The prisoner made a. lounge immediately afterwards, and the knife struck me in the left side. I kept retreating, and endeavouring to keep him off, until I struck my heels against the curb-stone, and I fell backwards. Some• one then kicked me in the back, but I cannot say whether it 'was the prisoner or not. I lost my breath from the kick. Some women gave an alarm, and the men ran off. I was picked up by son& men, and assisted to the station-house by the police and a waterman. A surgeon was sent for, who sent me to the London Hospital, where I was cupped. I was well enough to leave the Hospital in three or four days. The wound with the knife was not very deep; it scratched the flesh in three or four places, and drew blood. The principal injury I sustained was from the kick in the back. I saw the pri soner in Wapping-wall, and had him taken into custody. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON for the defence.—l had had no previous quarrel with the prisoner. I know Thomas Conelly. He took me to the Thames-police Office for an assault upon him, for which the magistrates fined me. It was only for "sky-larking" in the streets that I have been fined, except in the case of Conelly. I was sober on the night in question. Did not tell a person named. Murray that I had been " flaring-up" at Hackney with " half-and half." I did not tell Murray, "It is all right ; I have got some— thing for them." My clothes and person were not examined on the spot by two policemen named Wheeler and Hagerty. A man: named Thomas Jones was present. I did not hear him , tell Wheeler I had been quarelling with my father. I did not tell Hagerty that one man knocked me down an& the other struck me on the head. Hagerty picked up my hat, but: did not say there was no mark of a blow on it. He examined my coat and saw a hole in it, where the knife came. I have just cow. from Clerkenwell, where I have prosecuted another man for 11YA assault. I was charged with an assault on Abraham Lygon in .'irau e last. There is not a warrant out against me now. I did nc o t say anything about a knife till I went to the station-house. John Shillworth, police constable, K 191, examined—l t p pre .„ hended the prisoner at the instance of the last witness. I found the knife upon him, which I now produce. Munns tol Colin* what he was taken for, and he answered that he kneNe nothing about it. Cross-examined.—lt is usual for_ working men to catty such a knife as this. William Butler, police constable, 45, examined-4 was at the station-house when Munns was brought in by twr, young men, named Jones and Morgan. He said he had beer knocked down and kicked twice in the back. I went for a surgeon, in whose pre sence I examined him. I found the coat and waistcoat cut, and a large tear in the shirt. There was a scratch which a sixpence would cover. Dr. Betson, the surgeon, said it was nothing of con sequence, and appeared to have been done with a person's finger nail. The surgeon told him to go home, but he said he. would ra ther go to the hospital, where he had been well treated before. Cross-examined.—On inquiry next morning. I found he was not seriously hurt. The hole in the coat was large enough for a man's fist ; the hole in the waistcoat was smaller, but the tear in the shirt was the largest of the three. I never heard him say anything about a knife until we got before the Magistrate. The prisoner, in a strong Irish accent, said he was entirely inno• cent of the charge. To rebut the evidence of the prosecutor, the following witnesses were called:— John Murray, police-constable, K 178.—0 n the ni g ht in cies-, tion I saw the prosecutor in company with two prostitut es in. the Commercial-road. He was drunk, and said he had been " flaring up" at Hackney with " half-and-half." I told him to go home or he would get into some scrape. He clapped his hand to his left breast, and said, 44 It is all right, Murry, I have got something here for them." The Jury, who had exhibited symptoms of uneasiness for a long time, here intimated to the Court that they were satisfied, and with the consent of the learned Judge, they Acquitted the prisoner. Edward Ruckman, aged 23, was indicted for breaking and en tering the dwelling-house of Mary Ann Tew, on the 14th of May last, and stealing a table, 3 chairs, 7 spoons, and a large number of household utensils and articles of wearing apparel. The parish of St. James, Clerkenwell, polled a ma jority of voters in favour of Mr. Duncombe every day. The first day the majority was Second day Total majority in St. James, Clerlicavvell , ...--410 4 /.8 1 This p ' l ° wei enti ques, souls, we uere my 1 11 :s not i ° " 11 able 4 Si