The Sun. — London, England, 1825-11-19 00:00:00

INDEPENDENT GAS COMPANY. FOR THE SUN. MACHINERY. Mg. EDITOR-The present era is remarkable for many and unquestionably great improvements in the Mechanic Arts,, General Science, and Com merce. These improvements are every where ,conspicuous in the multitude and convenience of our dwellings and public buildings of every description ; the public roads throughout the kingdom, the numerous canals for all articles of burden, and the construction of our travelling tarriages for speed and safety—advantages which reflect honour on the Arts, and the country which•has so highly cultivated them, and directed them to the national benefit. The great spirit of invention, and progress in the Mechanic Arts, is also to be greatly admired in all their vast va riety and importance, not only as these things are the fruitful and powerful offspring of art and genius, but as they are a demonstrative • proof of the rising character of the British nation, and of the rapid growth of science in general. The application and augmentation of the mechanic powers towards the alleviation ,of human labour its unquestionably a benefit to man, relieving his shoulder from the burden, and the load which levelled him in condition with the beasts. All the great factories in the kingdom shew this, where formerly the operations were performed by excessive labour and toil, and at an expence of human strength, now happily avoided. The great question is, and it ought to be one of the first in Political Economy demanding a so lution, whether the general introduction of the new machinery in the -manual arts and trades will ultimately benefit society, and imprOve the condition of the lower and middling classes ? Whether time creating of new facilities in plough ing, sowing, reaping, threshing, combing, spin ning, weaving, printing, &c. &c. will or will not throw out vast multitudes of hands heretofore employed and maintained in these trades and oc cupations, and prevent the bread of multitudes •f the rising generation every where, and daily training up to live by industry and honest la bour ? It is much to be lamented, that whilst one-half of the nation is engaged in training up the children of the poor in school-learning and industry, the other half are busied in devising scl►emes and inventions to frustrate all their la bour. Not only are individual exertions made in all parts of the kingdom for the establishment of the new machinery, but even Companies and Associations are daily forming with a view to operate on the largest scale, and with the most powerful effect. It is necessary that some facts should be stated in one or other branch of manual manufacture.— A correspondent of yours, for June 24, 1824, 'has done this in a clear and intelligent manner, and I shall, for the accommodation of such of your Readers as may not have a copy at hand, extract from it some remarks of that Correspond ent, relating to the subject. He says—" That it was estimated, about six or seven years ago, by three of the most experienced cotton-spinners in Great Britain, that the quantity of cotton thread produced on all average by each worker, com pared with that which one person could have spun on the single wheel, as was the practice be fore the late inventions of A RKWRIGHT and others, was then as 120 to 1, that is," one person produced as much as 120 could have produced previously to these inventions. There are now about '280,000 persons engaged in the spinning, of cotton-thread in this country-280,000 mul tiplied by 120, gives 33,600,000 as the number of operatives who would have been required to produce as much cotton-thread on the old plan, as is spun in Great Britain at present. Political Economists generally reckon one in jive, a pro ducer ; but say one in three : then it follows that it would require the working part of a population of more than one hundred millions of human beings,so produce on the old single wheel as much cotton-thread as 280,000 workers are enabled to manufacture, in consequence of the mechanism by which they are assisted. Now the spinning of cotton-thread is only one particular branch of one particular manufacture. The same improve. snents have been trade in wool and flax spinning; in weaving, bleaching, dying, printing, dressing, &c. every species of cloth for the garments of the world :—in the various hardware manu factures—in the letter-press printing, and en graving, &c. If we reflect, says he, for a moment on these facts, we shall be convinced that the mechanical power, which is now at work for Great Britain and Ireland, exceeds the effect which would be produced by the manual labour of several hundred millions of active adults— certainly of more than the working population of the world." Your Correspondent's Political Remarks have a weight and reference of the highest conse quence, and ought to be considered. " Is it possible," continues he, " to press the following question too earnestly on the attention of the Bri tish Cabinet and Legislature, on the attention of the modern Political Econornists,and of the public? - Seeing that labour is admitted to be the source • whence all wealth proceeds, how does it happen, that with this enormous increase of labour at our controul, by which wealth may be created more than sufficient to maintain in full comfort much ,more than six times our present population—that thousands of our fellow-subjects should yet exist in poverty and misery, and that the [rish peasant starves for want of food ? And may we not con clude, that every system of Political Economy which overlooks the influence of this overwhelm ing and increasing power, whatever merit may attach to it on account of ingenuity and talent in other respects, is totally inapplicable to the present state of things in this country. When the public shall have time to reflect upon these .facts, and to trace the inevitable consequences to ',which they lead, then shall the means of apply lug this new power in practice for the relief of Ireland, and of the poor and working classes in Great Britain, be made obvious to all. The mo dern political economist will be enabled not only to comprehend its applicability to the altered state of society, but also constrained to admit th,,, absolute necessity which exists for the change, to stay the ihcreasing wretchedness of the Irish peasantry, and the present gradual descent of the British labourer to the same point of degra dation." Leaving the above remarks, I propose a mea sure most expedient to be prepared against the consequences of any calculations or miscalcula tions on the subject, and that it would be a most salutary provision against all surprise, to make that the basis of our national prosperity, which has been the basis of all nations and national riches and strength from the beginning of the world, and that is the agricultural resources of the country the labour of the field was the first employment of man ; the tillage of the ground is the most wealthy and certain, the most bene ficial and permanent of all employments ordained by the Almighty Creator, and a never-failing source for all supplies. There is nothing to be compared with the resources of Nature, and the numerous waste and unoccupied lands ordered into immediate cultivation by our Legislature, and put under some new and enlarged regula tions, would be a most safe and easy expedient for the employment of our rising population in the event of any great and sudden emergency. It appears to be a fair deduction of reason, that the more extensively the powers of machi nery are applied and brought into operation, the less will be the demand for hands in all branches of manufacture, the reduction of hands and expences of wages being the first objects of the proprietors ; therefore, when that period shall arrive when the universal establishment of these new powers shall take place, what is to be expected but a vast and overwhelming mass of the lower and industrious classes thrown out of employment and out of bread ? It is true the present state of our manufactories appears flou rishing, and may induce us to look forward with a fair prospect. But let us not be deceived—the time will certainly come when these powers will compete, when they shall attain that equilibrium which will ultimately reduce all their advantages to one common level, and destroy the very inte-, rests and profits they were intended to create. — Then the manufacturers will find themselves at a disadvantage, and not one jot the more bene fitted than under the old system. Such an event, however, is far from desirable—it is to be hoped that such consequences may not be experienced. Yet it is possible, unless some restraining law be provided to counteract the universal application of the new machinery to the manual arts. In the meantime our unemployed poor must increase ; and until such time that our country prisons and houses of correction are found relieved in some proportion from their miserable contents, and our poor-houses exonerated from the burden upon them, there can be no argument in favour of the new system of things, and their utility to the State. The heavy calendars of Courts of Ses sions, and numerous committals on the Vagrant Act, show the necessity and urgent expediency of opening new sources of employment, on prin ciples of a real and effectual - nature, not depend ing on parochial support, but on more lasting and substantial sources. The expellees of coloniza tion and transporting of any considerable number of our labouring poor to remote lands have al ready been felt too heavy for any continuance of such plans, and the unhappy condition of our late settlers in South Africa, has rendered the scheme too inhuman and unpopular to afford any relief from such projects. The lowest estimate of trans porting a convict to Botany Bay is 20/., besides the expence of bringing them back again when their term is expired—a sum which has been found so considerable for the punishment of petty theft, and so ineffectual for the suppression of crimes, that, other and less expensive modes are con templated, among which the adoption of the tread-mill gives a signal notice. This species of punishment is, however, questionable as to its real effect on the unfortunate individuals, who are hereby rendered the more hardened and des. perate, and lost to every idea of reform and cha racter in human society. Humanity suggests the prevention of crime by adopting such measures as remove the cause ; at least in abating the positive evil by a positive good, and the surest and most effectual plan appears to be that which nature itself points out to us, and which a little plain reason may qualify on such a scale, and in such proportion, as may be extended to all classes of the labouring poor, and give labour to all that are able to work: the labours of the field are those to which I allude, and it seems a project worthy of the consideration of the Legislature, whether, if a bounty of Parliament, granted and extended to the great landholders of the county on condi tion of letting, at an easy rentage, shares and allotments of their lands for the establishing of small farms, might not be one plan, among others, for the immediate relief of every county and parish in England. The example once set could not fail of succeeding, provided it be done on principles of equity and fairness between subject and subject. And if such a scheme might not take, then let there a proportional tax, in some increasing ratio, be levied upon all unoccu pied land by the acre—that is to say, inclosed land where labour is not employed, either for the benefit of the proprietor or the public good. This would be productive of a considerable re venue to Government, and it would have its cer tain effect of augmenting the agricultural interest and wealth of the country. Mr. Editor, my proposition was to point out the probable consequence of multiplied ma chinery extended to oar manual arts and trades ; and that its effects upon the nation will ct me sud denly upon us whenever it shall happen ; and my conclusion is, that we ought to be prepared against any sudden emergency : I have therefore adventured to suggest my ideas as to one or two propositions, for the consideration and remark of such of your Political and Parliamentary readers as may cause to examine them. I am, Sir, yo &c. X.Y.Z. Yesterday a number of shares in the above Company were put up for sale by public auction, by Mr. WILLIAMS, at the Auction Mart. The room was crowded to excess long before the time appointed for the sale, by share holders of the above and the Imperial Gas Company. Mr. WILLIAMS, in putting up the first lot, viz. five 251. shares in the above Company, which he described as a lucrative undertaking, and one from which great advantages would be derived by the shareholders, stated That 201. deposit had already been paid upon each share, and that consequently there was only 5/. more to pay. A Gentleman inquired if the shares were to be sold without reserve ? 111 r. Wrr.r.rams.—Certainly. We have not met here for amusement, or to ascertain what the shares are worth in the market, but to make a bona fide sale of them: Mr. Box inquired whether it was to be a transfer of property from one person to another ? and if the shares were to be trans. ferred to the name of the purchaser, or was it only a new mode of increasing their capital resorted to by the Company ? Mr. DENHAM, a shareholder, said that gentlemen who pur chased shares would not ~e t them transterred into their names unless they were approved of by the Directors. Ile should certainly oppose the sale, because a short time since he bought a number of shares which the Directors had refused to transfer into his name until he could prevail upon seven other share holders to pay:up the deposits upon their shares, and was in formed that when he did so, the Directors would consent to his becoming a proprietor, but not till then. At present he had nothing to show for the property he had purchased. He had applied for a copy of the deed of transfer, which the Directors required him to execute to enable him to consult his legal ad viser upon the subject; but that he had refused him, although he offered to pay the expence of making it. Mr. WILL lAMS-1f the Directors will not transfer the shares I am aboat to sell into the names of the purchasers, I will un dertake to return them their money. A Gentleman observed, that it was a well-known fact that upwards of 500 transfers had been made within the last six months. Mr. Box said, it was absolutely necessary that the share holders should know something of the financial affairs of the Company, as, not being a corpotate body, each shareholder would be personally liable for the debts contracted. He should like to know whether the Company was in a solvent state or not. Mr. WiLtiAsts said he had every reason to believe that a very handsome dividend would be paid shortly. Mr. Box—When, and to what amount ? Mr. WILLIAMS—I believe in December, but to what amount I cannot inform you. Mr. DENIIAM—Can you not give us some further informs mation about this property. Mr. WILLIAMS—I believe you all know AS much about it as I do. Mr. DENITAM—No ; certain rumours are afloat, and we wish to know if there is any foundation for them. Here there were loud cries of " Go on with the sale ; those gentlemen only come here to cause a disturbance, and to depre ciate the value of the property about to be sold." Mr. DENHAM—If the Company is in the state you represent it to be, no observations of o urs can d o it an y i n j ur y. Mr. Box—lt is impossible that a dividend can be paid shortly, when the Company are supplying gas at a rate of 60 or 70 per cent lower than any of the others, and when even the old-established companies on the average did not make a profit of more than 5 per cent. He had no objection to a fair compe tition, but he felt that one or other of the companies would soon be cut up. Ir. Ni , "! r. LI A MS-A fter the opposition that has been made to the Company, I have no doubt but that the shares will soon fetch a handsome premium.—(Laughter.) Mr. Box—. That's very likely, when they are now at from 4 to 5 discount. The Directors were endeavouring to draw the public into a concern which is at present generally believed to be in a ruinous condition. Mr. Wir.r.rnms—l really must proceed with the sale. Mr. Box again attempted to address the auctioneer, when the noise and confusion was so great that a word could not be heard. Several gentlemen requested that an officer might be sent for. Mr. WILLIAMS said, the persons who caused the disturbance should hear from him shortly in a manner that would not be pleasant to them. 'Mr. Box—lt is your duty to do justice between the buyers and the sellers. Mr. Wit.t.tnius—After the great interruption I have met with, I shall pass the sale, although it will be to the injury of my employers to do so; and those gentlemen who have caused this disturbance, I dare say, will have no objection to give me their names and addresses, as I am determined to bring actions against them tbr conspiring to depreciate the value of the pro perty I have offered for sale. A shareholder observed, it would be better to indict them for a conspiracy-. The gentlemen (Mr. Box and Mr. Denham) then gave Mr. Williams the required information, and he immediately pro ceeded to the sale of some other property. The above proceed ings lasted an hour and a half, and during the whole time the utmost disorder and confusion prevailed. The sale was post poned sine die. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 18. DEVATNES V. NOBLE. The argument in this case was brought to a conclusion, being the fifth day of hearing. POWELI. V. MOUCIIAT. The LORD CHANCELLOR appointed this case, which we described yesterday, to be heard on the 12th of December. LADY ANSONV. BRITISH MINING COMPANY. The SoLicyroa-GxNEttat. moved for an injunction to re strain the defendants from working certain mines in Cornwall, of which they had become purchasers, and from disposing of the shares therein, and From removing any of the machinery therefrom, and from proceeding in any way to deprive her of her right to shares which she had purchased, and from taking any steps in the Stannary or other Courts to compel her to a forfeiture of the same. Her Ladyship had bought the shares of a Mr. Thomas for 4,5001., on condition of his working the mines at his own expence. She also lent him 3,000/. upon the security of other shares in other mines. He parted with his entire interest to the defendants, members of the above Com pany, and then the officers of that Company gave her notice to furnish her quota of the expence of working the mines, and in default of so doing, manifested the intention of compelling a forfeiture in the Stannary Courts, the terms of her contract and bond with Mr. Thomas notwithstanding. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, that he did not know from this form of proceeding that he could call upon the defendants to do any thing, as there was no proof before him that they were a legal company. At any rate there was no such hurry as to make an ex-parte motion necessary : the bill was on the file, and Lady Anson's shares could not be_ disposed of in the face of that. Her Ladyship, if she acted in this case without ad vice, had done that which ladies were sometimes known to do —she had acted unwisely. Let notice be given to the other side, with a subpwna, and the cause might be heard this day fortnight. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 10. GOODCHILD V. WILKINSON. This cause was instituted by the Vicar of Hendon, to recover payment of the small tithes of that parish. It has been long pending in the Court, and reports of the various proceedings which have been taken in its course have been before the pub lic. The defence to the claim of the Vicar is, that the lands in respect of which tithes are now claimed have been exempt from the payment of them from time immemorial. In support of this defence, proof was adduced that before the making of Doomsday Book the lands were held by the Abbot and convent of Westminster, discharged of tithes. On the part of the plaintiff evidence was given of a grant by the Abbot and convent to a layman, of the lands and tithes, and this breaking the prescription de non decimando, which must be traced to begin in an ecclesiastical person or body, and must also be continuous, it was contended that the right to the tithes had revived in the incumbents of the church. There were many other minor points connected with the case which are now omitted, as well because they have already been frequently stated, as because upon, that which is here stated the decision of the question must rest. At the last hearing of the cause in this Court, an issue was directed to try whether at the period of the dissolution, when the lands theretofore held by the abbot and convent of Westminster were granted out, they were discharged of tithes. That issue was tried in the Court of Common Pleas, and the veid . ct of the Jury found the following three points, viz.—that at the dissolution of religious houses in the reign of Henry VIII., the lands in question belonged to the abbot and convent of Westminster; that die abbot and convent composed one of the greater monasteries; and that they held those lands dis charged of tithes. A motion was now brought on for a new • trial of the issue, and Mr. Sergeant Vaughan and Mr. Sergeant Bosanquet appeared for the plaintiff and defendant, whom they had represented on the trial, assisted by Mr. Sugden and Mr. Home, who had held briefs upon the former occasions in this Court. The Judge's' report of the trial was read, and Mr. Sergeant Vali CHAN was heard in argument for the new trial at great length, when The VICE CHANCELLOR stopped the further proceedings, and said it appeared to him that the law as well as the fact had been mistaken, not only by the Learned Judge, but by the Counsel who had been engaged in the trial at law. The ques tion depended upon the fact of the immemorial prescription.— That prescription stood in the, place of a grant, because it sup posed a grant. The intermediate grant by the abbot and con vent of the lands out of which the tithes were to be issuing prov ed nothing by itself against the prescription, because it was made to a layman, and who was at that period incapable of taking a grant of tithes. The question, therefore, was not whether the abbot and convent held the land discharged of tithes, but whether at the dissolution the lands were and re mained so discharged. His Honour was compelled, therefore, to send the cause again for trial. He had no objection to alter the form of the issues, if the parties would agree on both sides; if not, the original issue must be again tried before a Jury. The parties did not agree, and therefore the same issue is to be tried. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 13. LA MANtac.—While the Judges were engaged in hearing arguments of cases in the special paper, a man, dressed like a sailor, rose in the Court, and burst out into exclamations, evi dently in a state of madness. He stretched out his hands, and cried out " Where is the King's throne? What is it he wants with me? Here I have the money to pay, and I will pay it." After which he threw some halfpence and a letter-case on the ground. Mr. Justice BAY LEY begged that he might be taken care of, and that his property might be given him, but he cried out that he would take none of it, and left the Court. The argument was then resumed.l THE KING V. BRYANT AND ANOTHER. Mr. ADOLPHUS moved, at the instance of Mr. Alfred Bunn, the husband of Mrs. Bunn, of Drury lane Theatre, for a rule calling on the proprietor and publisher of the newspaper called " Common Sense, or the Weekly Globe," to show cause why a criminal information should not be exhibited against them. The libel complained of was of a most atrocious na ture, inasmuch as it conveyed an imputation of a crime, the least suspicion of which was sufficient to drive a man from so ciety for life. It was contained in a " Notice to Correspon dents," and, without mentioning the name of the applicant, referred to the place of his residence. It described him as the associate of persons who had been notoriously guilty of that offence, and recommended him to go to Paris, and indulge his wishes there, instead of remaining in England. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked if there was a denial of the imputations. Mr. ADOLPHUS replied that there was a most distinct and positive denial. Mr. Bunn had no knowledge whatever of the parties named, except one, and him he had only very slightly knowu in former times. The UouitT granted a rule to show cause. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 18. ACCOMMODATION FOR LAW STUDENTS. At the sitting of the Court Lord Chicf Justice BEST stated, that a letter had been sent to one of his Learned Brothers by an individual signing himself " A Student at Law," and com. plaining that no accommodation was afforded to law students m the Court. His Lordship regretted that the fact was so, but he hoped that the defect would not remain long without a remedy. In the mean time the Court would do what it could to remove the cause of complaint; and for this purpose he now stated, that any gentleman producing a certificate of admission to any of the Inns of Court should (during the Sit tings in Banco) be accommodated in the jury -box, and ((lur ing the sittings at Nisi Prins) when the jury-box would be otherwise engaged, room would be made for students in the gallery, and that orders to this effect had been given to the officers of the Court. ANDERSON V. SHAW. In this case a rule had been moved for to shew cause why a verdict for the defendant should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered against the plaintiff: The CHIEF JUSTICE, in pronouncing judgment, observed, that he should have directed the Jury at Nisi Prins to find a nonsuit, if he had not been misled by the Counsel's partial quotation of local authority. He regretted that occurrence ex tremely, and hoped that he should never again witness a repe tition of such conduct. He concluded his observations by or dering the verdict to be set aside, and a nonsuit to be entered against the plaintiff: After a few other uninteresting motions, their Lordships ad journed the Court. PREROGATIVE COURT, Nov. 18. BRAMAN v. BURCHELL. This was an extra day appointed for hearing an objection taken on the part of the executor of a will of the late Signora Storace, who died in August 1817, to an act on petition, where. in Mr. William Spencer Harris Braham, a natural son of the deceased, had entered with some detail into the circumstances upon which he founded his prayer that the Court would be pleased to revolve the probate of the said will, granted so long ago as 1818, and permit him to propound his interest as the residuary legatee named in the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Storace, the mother of the deceased Signora Storace ; anti whilst living the only _person entitled to distribution to the estate and effects of her daughter. The grounds of the executor's objections were, Ist, the irrelevancy of much of the matter set forth in such act on petition, which would require that proofs should be brought from Vienna, at an enormous expence, in order to substantiate it; and 2dly, the incapacity of Mr. Spencer Braham, as representative of his grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Storace, to make this demand, she having not only repeatedly ac quiesced in the disposition of the will, whereof probate had been taken, but having also received monies under it. Sir JOHN Nictiou, would not permit the Learned Counsel, at this stage of the cause, to open the case on either side, as to the facts ; and declined giving any opinion on the admissibility and relevancy of the matter sought to be impeached, until the act on petition shall be closed and issue regularly joined. The hearing of this cause, it is expected, will speedily come on. PALACE COURT. THE ALDERNEY DAIRY COMPANY v DOWSETT. This was an action brought by two of the Acting Managers of the above named Company, carried on in Percival-street, Clerkenwell, against the Defendant, a poor man formerly in their employ as a milk carrier, to recover the penalty of l Os. per day, liquidated damages, for a breach of an agreement entered into by him with the Company. It appeared on the trial, that the defendant entered into the service of the Company in July, 1823, at a certain rate of wages; that he continued with them until the Christmas following, when they requested him to sign an agreement, by which it was agreed that a week's notice should be given previous to the defendant being dismissed, or his leaving the Com pany 's service; that he should not, during such service, nor within twelve months after being discharged, commence, carry on, or be concerned in any way whatsoever in the trade or business of a cowkeeper or milkman, or as a milk seller or carrier, either in his own name, or for his own benefit, or as the servant of any other person under the above-named penalty, within the distance of five miles from Northampton square. No wages were stipulated to be paid by this agree ment. The defendant entered into the service of the Company under the above agreement in January, 18'25, and he was then told that he should have an halfpenny for every quart of milk he sold above a certain quantity. So diligent and attentive was the defendant to the interests of his employers, that he had a weekly demand of 10s. upon the Company over and above his wages, for the increased quantity of milk sold by him, and they were compelled to put two additional men upon his walk to assist him. He continued in their service until Ist Oct. last, when they desired him to take another walk,whieh he declined,knowing that he would in that case lose all the benefit of the increased sale his own diligence had obtained for the Company, and he was therefore discharged. Immediately afterwards he carried on the business on his own account. For a breach of his agree ment in this respect the action was brought. After hearing the evidence, and the summing up of the .Judge, the Jury consulted together. and after the lapse of some time, gave a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages 30s. COMMON PLEAS, DUBLIN, Nov. 10. /AMES 1.11" r LE, TRADING UNDER THE 1 , 11131 OF ANNE THOMP:WN AND CO. V. ARTHUR FRENCH, ESQ. Mr. 'WALLACE applied to the Court on behalf of the de fendant fora conditional order, to set aside the verdict which was obtained by the plaintiff in this cause, at the sittings after last Trinity Term, on the ground that such verdict was con trary to law and evidence, and the damages given to the plain. tiff excessive. The action had 'been brought by the plaintiff, who is a milliner, to recover the value of a quantity of jewel lery, millinery, and other expensive articles furnished to the lady of the defendant, and a verdict of 948/. damages had been pronounced in the plaintiff's favour. It was to be observed, that the articles which formed the ground of that action had been furnished to the wife of the defendant without his con sent or knowledge, and at a time when that lady was known by the plaintiff to be living apart from her husband, and when he also knew that a provision of 8001. a year was made for her, and was at all times ready for her acceptance ; the plaintiff having been apprised of these particulars, and having received a caution not to give the lady credit. It would appear, on ex amination of the nature of the articles, that they could not pos sibly be construed as necessaries. The Court granted the conditional rule. Mr. WALLACE begged to add, that in the space of four months, no less than 5001. worth of jewellery and Castle dresses had been ordered by Mrs. French. Mr. CRAMPTON observed, that it would be rather alarming to gentlemen to find it decided by the verdict of a Jury that it was necessary for their ladies to have three Castle-dresses for one night. Mr. WALLacE—Yes, anti wear them all on the same night. Mr. Sergeant GooLD said he would engage to uphold the verdict. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per tent. Red B sii4 3iper Cent. C0n5...85 6 51 3i per Cent. Ditto Red 92. 4 per Cent. New Bank Long Ann.... 201 11-16 India Stock Ditto Itomk South Sea Stock DA Y AT ONE O'CLOCIC' Old Annuities ............... New Ditto. ................... Ex. Bills 1000/.lo.par I pi. Ditto ... 509/. lii. par 1 1 Ditto Small 3 pin' P J Ditto Advertised ............ forßank lir Acct.......... Ac c..................... India t Cons. for Acct. ... 861 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CL"Ii. Austrian Bds, 5 per cent. 92ii Brazilian Bds 1825 Scrip Buenos Ayres Bds Chilian, Bds, 6 per cent. 57 9 Colombian Bds, 6 per c. Do. do. 1824 ... 66 5 6. 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French Span i sh B e B n 22 1' t 3 e .5 5 . , 5 1. ). e p -1 (:t c . • . ................... - --c• E xc h ang e 25f. -- f' 51)(# 3 per cent. ..• 68 E x change ... 25f. :!ic, PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. short. ,Per "bi 1 Brazilian Mining Company . - • ' Castello and Espirito Santo Brazil Mining Company Pasco Peruvian Mining Company Real dcl Monte Mining Company Royal Stannary and British Mining Association • United Mexican Mining Company Ditto New Welch Iron and Coal Alining Company British Iron Company British Rock and Patent Salt Company French Brandy Distillery Company Mexican Company Vigo Bay Company .............. 4a4 ......... .......... • _ . 0 k 21 ` 2 . 9 6 1 il ........ .......... ii . 1 31 1 ....... ............... 15 ° ....... 14° FOttEIGN MAILS. AititivED. M IS. 0 Guernsey and Jersey Gottenburgli Barn burgh . Holland . Buenos Ayres RO W. !!hill IVA TER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.Ma7Aer Morning, 44 minutes after 9. I Evening, 11 minutes AD THE SUN. SOLEM GUIS DICERE FALSUM RUDE, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, ; the The French Papers of Thursday, 03- ti' Etoile dated yesterday, we re re ceived thi s fficPr. ing. This Paper contains some observationsid‘l tifying the conduct of th e French M huil o f iu seizing the person of the Bru ch on Syra, in answer to th e following 4 1 ii i , l es-1 10 , propounded in th e Hyd ra Gazette o f 1 '; ber 133, viz. Whether an office r ° Ace r Foreign Power has any right to arrest the his of another Power, and t o c arr y him owl t° own Government to obtain satisfaction ? bits , The Marquis of MousTica, the French Itra K ing sador, has been ad m itt e d t o an au d ience of t he ra , of SPAIN, and deli vere d hi s cre d e ntials. l ie' oL I good" received with " the acc us t ome d es ' ic i s a, with more than common affability" by the the land in his address assured his MAJEs ll : ° ll ;lie I sentiments of friendship and affection whlcgori KING, his Mast e r, wasanimated toward s his to Person, " and the vows which he add , r b e n ss r e eigr l heaven for the gl or y an d p ros perity of s of FERDINAND." Glo r y a nd prosperity a r / et plied to the reign of FERLINAND, have "eve 1, as A trail appeared in the same line before ; e fi • - • it appears to us the A m b a ssador mig ht as o oc , have omitted th e a ll us i on , eve n upon su ch a n () sea casion ; for nothing can be very well °P r o le "'" more inglorious and disastrous than h t :( h e r : l d t he regal career of the Abs o lute King. T 'ce annexed extracts are the only news wcrlll these Papers contain. The French 3 per Cents. on ThursdaYnt Ogee o'clock had advanced from 6Sf. 55c. to 6 91% $, Nov. R o nt , ,- to w- In . the nights of the 22d, 23d, and 24th of Octob er ' tbe lev ee ' of Civita Vecchia was visited by a storm of dreadful li n ! 0 0 4 a o nd the oldest sailors do not recollect ever having esPe,,ije vot so severe. If it had continued two hours the too c 0 for ts, have escaped total destruction. Not only were ehivinefr'rf, were &c., blown down by the violence of the winds, but o°' of a l e cables, raised in solid pieces, and vessels blown on shore inoPite and the enormous rings by which they w ere be f it t ° A report of the losses occasioned by this storm wil l be se the Pontifical Government. A Commissioner from the United States ha s e el 0 0: ° ' lo gwhaoaAvcyieNAnzs, Oa° . rove • ship of the ns rna detachmentth eseusmtanchorne re na Naples, charged to claim the reimbursement ()f r e , made but little progress at preg ent ' that in confiscations has made during the military occupation. I'lll Genoa, has disembarked at Castellamarc. #ll O me the Revenge. r s e o itn f o in tr l i a e in t s u y ur S n o:i y v ' t i o s o t h s ft h eeN re i N ar e p ru e cl a o i e p tis t o s n l bt i r t i n .t ra beit ei: l i l a : l: : : ' ; t li llh e t; frigatel ottnnaif:khtnwh s The Buenos Ayres Argos to th e 7th S e P t o r g " tb ° inclusive, have arrived this day , and in.' v oice intelligence of a very serious disturjoso, which has lately broken out in Sall has was b il e io en u under the auspices of a Priest na nje n oo t urgentlyit ed TORGA. The attention of the 6°ler this fore the National Congress, an d tl Ca h e : 1 :1 ; P °tPe vriesbaebfllaleilleitio lay d . aadra:si `o:apeti: nion as to what proceedings lO its (1 to suppre ss oft r i was ready at Mendoza to march t°