The Sun. — London, England, 1834-06-10 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENINQ, JUNE 10, 1834. It gives us great pleasure to announce that Mr. ABERCRONIBIE is appointed Master cf the Mint, with a seat in the Cabinet. This appointment is satisfactory for more than one reason. First, it is a proof that Mi nisters are really in earnest in their endeavours to promote the cause of a safe and judicious reform, by procuring for that cause the ablest advocates ; secondly, it gives the lie direct to those among our morning contemporaries who have been anxiously speculating during the past week on the downfall of the GREY Ca binet, by reason of its vacillation and time serving. IVIr. ABERCROMBIE'S appointment neutralizes a world of such mischievous specu lations. A fitter man could not have been selected. He is shrewd, practical, quick witted,—in a word, a man of the age. His accession to office, is singularly unfortu nate for the Times, seeing that our clever but somewhat capricious contemporary has only this morning discovered that the Cabinet is just everything but what a Cabinet should be. In its most direct and caustic manner it asks, " Can Lord GREY bona-fide believe that a certain high personage does in his heart desire the continuance of the present Ministry (we were gOing to say in power, but that is absurd), in office ?" Our reply is, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, the chief favourite of the Tinges,—if we except Lord DURHAM, is appointed, not merely to office, but to a seat in the Cabinet ! And this gentleman, be it remembered, is a man of the movement, though not of the ultra-radical one. Surely then, if his Majesty, as the Times would insinuate, objects to the present Cabinet that it is too liberal—at least as far as church reform is concerned,—he would never allow its liberal principles to receive additional impetus in the person of Mr. ABERCROMBIE ! How much ingenious speculation, how much caustic ar gument is annihilated by this one fact ! Our contemporary abuses Lord GREY for his late confession of weakness in the House of Lords. Can he not see the motives of such a confession ? Can he not see that it was a plain, straight-forward appeal to the country ; a manly reply to all those who accused the Govern ment of being unwilling. per se to move forward? In a word, that it was the expres sion of a natural wish that the blame of a re sistance to liberal measures should be laid on the rightful shoulders—on Tory, not on Whig. But, after all, what did the confession amount to ? Why, simply and exclusively to this, that Lord GREY was not quite so strong in the House of Lords as he could desire to be. And to whom is this a matter of news ? Yet on such a confession, our contemporary grounds its declaration that Lord GREY is un worthy to retain office ! Why, if this be the case, his Lordship must have been unworthy to hold it ever since the passing of the Reform Bill, seeing that he was just as weak in the House of Peers then as he is now; yet the Times, who must have known this all along, was, up to within the last few days, the staunchest among his staunch supporters I Whatever praise we may accord him, we cer tainly cannot, in this instance, accord our con temporary that of consistency. He is anxious, nay, nervously solicitous, for the resignation of Ministers, yet he eschews the Ra dicals, and will have nothing to say to the Conservatives. Thus disliking equally the two extremes, and having a very in different opinion of the juste milieu, how, and in what spirit, would he have the Admi nistration remodelled ? Possibly he would de sire to see Lord DURHAM at the helm. Well, even so, his lordship could not work without a great portion of the present Cabinet to help him ; and the appointment of Mr. ABER CROMBIE is a proof that the Durham system of policy is not lost sight of. For our own parts, we have nothing to say to either one faction or the other. We are not Whig, we are not Radical, we are not Conservative. Our party is that of the people. Over their interests we watch. To them we look for ap proval. Influenced by this spirit, we should view with dismay the retirement of Earl GREY from office. Such an event, occurring at such a period as the present, would, we are con vinced, be the immediate signal for a des perate struggle between the two extremes of Radicalism on the one hand, and Conserva tism on the other. Iletween these two, the country would become wholly unsettled and disoiganized; and peace would be restored only by the appointment of just such another Minis try as the Times is now so anxious to displace. The House Tax Repeal Bill was read a third time in the House of Lords last night and passed. In the Commons, the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill was proceeded with as far as the 45th clause. How many lay impropriators of tithes are there both in England and Ireland ? All such impropriations (anglice improper applications) were originally a robbery and a spoliation of the church. But without prejudice to such rights, which time has sanctioned, and without pre judice to existing interests, which ought never to be touched, when we are cutting down the salaries of all other public functionaries, are churchmen to prove an exception ? If they are not, and, if after making due provision for every future clergyman of the established church in Ireland, there shall be a surplus of revenue or of property, is that surplus to remain unap plied ? We have allowed advowsons to be come matters of private property. Such advow sons, or their fruits, cannot be invaded ; but may not they be regulated as all private pro perty may be regulated for a public purpose ? and is not all other church property a trust in the state, and is not the state bound to see to its proper uses ? One result of the Commis sion that has been issued will be to ascertain the precise amount and situation and uses of all church property in Ireland, as well as the wants of the people for whose spiritual well-being that property is held. Without the information which the report of this Commission is to impart, the House of Commons cannot be in a situation to come to any resolution upon the subject. The four Ex- Ministers may thus come to find they have been precipitate. But what is of more importance, the public may come to see that they have been premature. The public, however, has at all events gained by the manifestation of their principles. We do not want conservatives of abuses ; we want conservatives of our institu tions, who will free them of abuses. We do not want institutions attendant with evil ; we want institutions attendant with good. Upon recurring to the poor returns, we find the total amount of rates levied in England and Wales in the year ending in March, 1816, was 6,886,4081., of which there were expended for the relief of the poor 5,673,4901., and for other purposes 1,214,0701. In the year ending March, 1833, the total rates levied amounted to 8,606,5011., of which there were expended for the relief of the poor 6,790,7991., to which adding 254,4121. for suits at law, the sum was 7,045,2111., and for other purposes 1,694,6691.. The increase of the sums expended for other purposes thus appear to have been 479,4991., while the increase of the sums expended in the relief of the poor since 1815, is no less than 1,371,7211. The proportion of increase in different coun ties is very different from the proportion of the , total increase. In Middlesex, in 1815-16, the total rates levied were 651,6141., of which there were expended for the relief of the poor 519,0871., and for other purposes 132,618. But in 1832-33 the total rates levied were 968,7241., of which there were expended in the relief of the poor, including suits at law, 666,928/., and for other purposes. 336,9591. In Surrey, in 1815-16, the total rates levied were 246,8781., of which there were expended for the relief of the poor 213,153/., and for other purposes 32,948/., while in 1832-33 the total rates levied were 378,1511., of which there were ex pended in suits, and for the relief of the poor, 287,0421., and for other purposes 98,4031. In Lancashire, in 1815-16, the total rates levied were 349,0481., of which there were expended for the relief of the poor 217,2841., and for other purposes 132,1041., but in 1832-33 the total rates levied were only 430,429/. of which there were expended in suits, and for the relief of the poor, 291,996/., and for other pur poses 149,5781. In Kent, in 1815-16, the total rates levied were 362,810/., of which there were expended for the relief of the poor 308,6611., and for other purposes 57,096/., while in 1832-33 the total sums levied were 1439,5671., of which there were expended in suits and the relief of the poor 385,5481., and for other purposes 64,752/. In Sussex, in 1815-16, the total rates levied were 258,2931., of which there were expended in the relief of the poor 235,3801., and for other purposes 22,776/., while in 1832-33, the total sums levied were 319,7521., of which there were ex pended in suits, and for the relief of the poor, 272,0831., and for other purposes, 51,7661. In Berkshire, in 1815-16, the total sums levied were 119,6741., of which there were ex pended for the relief of the poor 105,8141., and for other purposes, 13,685/., while in 1832-33, the total sums levied were only 136,4001., of which there were expended in suits and for the relief of the poor, 114,7181., and for other purposes 18,459/. In Notting ham, in 1815-16, the total rates rates levied were 105,580/., of which there were expended for the relief of the poor, 77,335/., and for other purposes 28,229/., while in 1832-33 the total sums levied were only 116,3801., of which there were expended in suits and for the relief of the poor, 78,4671., and for other purposes 39,4461. In Northumberland, in 1815-16 the total sums levied were 90,889/., of which there were expended in the relief of the poor, 77,994/, and for other purposes 10,974/, while in 1832-33, the total sums levied reached only 99,7471., of which there were ex pended in law suits, and for the relief of the poor, 77,0491., and for other purposes 22,4611. In Westmoreland, in 1815-16 the total rates levied were 25,5851., of which there were ex- pended for the, relief of the poor 21,2051., and for other purposes 4,381/., while in 1832-33, the total sums levied were 29,2691., of which there were expended in suits and for the relief of the poor 25,3461., and for other purposes 4,7991. After reading these quotations can any one fail to become sensible that to put down a system working so differently in different counties, a strong power is not only ne cessary, but that the exercise of We it should be uniform and u n i ve rsal ? de precate any interference on the part of magis trates, because it has been the interference of magistrates which has been a leading cause of the increase of the evil. We deprecate also the interposition of difficulties which will prevent the Commissioners from taking responsibilit y upon them under the mistaken notion of making them responsible. The functions they are called upon to discharge are in the nature of the functions of the ministers of the government and of the judges of the land, and if they are made responsible otherwise than as ministers of the government or as judges of the land, the object of their appointment will fail, and the evil will accumulate until it produces disruption as it must do if its progress is not arrested. The sums now levied for the mistaken purpose of the relief of the poor amount to nearly one sixth of the sums levied for the service of the state. The money amount, large as it is, is the least part of the evil. Worse than this is the effect upon industry, an able bodied man through the abuses of the system not giving a fourth part of his labour for the parish pay he receives, and the worst of all is the demoraliza tion of the poor, and the destruction of moral and religious influence among them. In spite of every obstacle, we therefore trust the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will not be di verted from his purpose. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS DAY, TUESDAY, JUNE 10. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKEL took the chair at a quarter past twelve o'clock. Upon the motion of Mr. OLIPHANT, the Perth Har bour Navigation Bill was read a third time and passed. Upon the motion of Mr. P END A RVE S, the report upon the Hale Railway Bill was brought up and laid on the table. Upon the motion of Mr. Alderman WOOD, the General Steam Navigation Company Bill was read a second time. Upon the motion of Mr. BERNAL the Banbridge and Belfast Roads Bill was read a third time. POOR LAWS. Lord ALTHORP moved the order of the day for the house to resolve itself into a committee upon the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. The house accordingly resolved itself into committee, Mr. Bernal in the chair. Upon the 45th clause being read, 111 r. P. SCROPE rose to move an amendment to the effect that nothing in the clause should be understood to authorise the commissioners to issue any rule or regulation to the guardians of any parish, to prohibit them from giving relief to the poor out of workhouses. The hon. member said that it would be a false species of economy to force fa ' milies into the workhouse, as it would be much cheaper to relieve them at their own habitations, and they ran great risk of being demoralised. The effect of this clause, if not amended, would be to raise a frightful number of prisons and workhouses. The honourable member for Oldham had last night stated truly that the proportion of the poor rates to the population had not materially increased for the last two centuries. The hon. member then referred to the statistical tables of Mr. Nimmo, to show that the proportion of paupers relieved, compared with the population, had not increased since the year 1665, and that the proportion which the poor rates bore to the taxation and revenue of the country was one third less now than in 1688. _ . Lord ALTHORP requested hon. members should con fine themselves to the clause, and not make long speeches. Mr. P. SCROPE said that as this clause contemplated an extension of the workhouse system, he thought he was justified in referring to ascertained facts, to show that such an extension was not justifiable. They showed that an increased severity in the administration of the poor laws was not justifiable. It was not enough that the noble lord pledged himself that there should not be any extraordi nary rigour in the administration of the poor laws. The noble lord's possession of office was not certain, the commissioners were removable, and future governments might not be anxious to temper the severity of these laws. He therefore hoped that the noble lord would not object to the amendment. Amendment read by the CHAIRMAN. Lord ALTHORP said if the object of this bill was not to improve the condition of the working classes, he should be the last man to be anxious about its success. ( Hear, hear.) If no relief whatever was to be extended to those not inmates of workhouses, it would go too far ; but the bill did no such thing; on the contrary, it gave them the power to relieve in all cases of emergency, and sick ness was certainly a case of emergency. As to classifica tion, if the hon. member alluded to the present state of workhouses, he could understand the objection, but with the proposed classification of objects he thought there was no necessity for the amendment. The powers to be vested in the commissioners would be more beneficial to the poor than otherwise. Mr. COBBETT said the bill gave all manner of power to the commissioners without limitation : the house would give them power to do that which no hon. member would do. The hope was to make the landlords what the he ritors were in Scotland, by means of three commissioners, who were to be stuck up here in London to bear all the blame. The object of the bill was not to reduce the poor rates. Lord ALTHORP—It is one of its objects. Mr. COBBETT—WeII, then, it was one of the objects of the bill; but the fact was, that all the gentlemen in the country had declared that such a bill was not wanted, and could not have such an effect. What was to be done according to the recommend dation of the report ? No relief was to be given to able bodied men out of the workhouse ; and if placed in it, hus bands were to be separated from wives, and parents from children, and no communication was to be allowed between relation or friend ; besides this, they were to wear a badge; in short, the object was to render the attainment of relief so irksome that they might be deterred from seeking it. Was that legislating for the protection and benefit of the poor ? He should like to know what power the house had to pass such a law, and before the discussion was closed he would put that power to the test. The noble lord said a great deal about the Scotch poor laws, and said there were no paupers in Scotland. But there were not a few Scotch vagrants who flocked into this country, and put it to immense expense in sending them back again. But where would the English vagrants go for relief when the cruel Scotch heritor system was adopted here? In Scotland the poor starved, and he could prove it on veri table evidence ; and he had a letter before him that where there prevailed a disposition to relieve the poor, it could not be done without having recourse to the provisions of the Cholera Act. There were Scotch members in that house who could contradict him if he had stated what was untrue. He trusted his hon. friend would divide the house on the amendment, and after that he ( Mr. Cobbett) would propose and divide on another I amendment. Mr. W. WHITMORE begged to tell the hon. member that these laws equally pressed upon the middle classes as upon the rich; and he believed that the passing of the law would not do so much good to any class as to the supe rior and well-behaved workman himself. The honour able gentleman denied that the poor rates were not in creasing and had not increased for some time, but he must say from his own knowledge that they had in creased, and were increasing, and unless some stop was Put to the evil, the poor themselves would in a very few years be the greatest sufferers. Mr. PHILLIPS cited some cases of the hardship of living and working in workhouses that had come under his own cognizance, which made him decidedly opposed to that part of the bill which would send all pauper families into the workhouse, for they would in his opinion never be able to raise themselves again to their former level. Lord ALTHORP said the observations of the hon. gen tleman applied to the next clause, in which he would find that an amendment would be made to meet his views. Mr. GROTE hoped the noble lord would not give way to the amendment of his hon. friend, for he considered that the clause then under discussion was the most important of the whole, and that the power and discretion of sending into the workhouse should remain with the commissioners, so that the same system might prevail over the whole kingdom. Mr. HALCOMB was not at all an enemy of the work house system, but he was afraid the commissioners might be selected from the former ones, and that they would carry into effect those regulations which they recommended in their report. That he considered would be too severe. He must oppose that part of the bill which denied relief to any one who was in other employment. He supposed the case of a workman who might be able to earn three fourths of what might support his family ; but under the bill, as it stood, he would be entitled to no relief. Lord DARLINGTON supported the amendment. It was opposed by Mr. BENETT, Mr. HAWES, and ➢lr. SLANEY. After some observations from Lord Althorp, Mr. Daven port, Mr. Briscoe, Col. Torrens, Mr. Lennard, Mr. Robin son, Sir M. Ridley, Mr. Towers, Mr. Cayley, Sir H.Wil loughby, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Hardy, Lord Sandon, Mr. Barnard, and Col. Wood, the house divided, when there appeared— For the Amendment 4O For the Original Clause Majority The amendment was consequently lost. The clause, as amended, was then ordered to stand part of the bill. It being three o'clock the CHAIRMAN repeated progress, and obtained leave to sit again. DREADFUL HURRICANE. (Extract of a private letter received in town yesterday. ) " Mauritius, Feb. 11, 1834. " Since I last wrote to you I regret to say that this island has experienced a most distressing visitation in a coup de ment, or hurricane. I will endeavour to give you an idea of its effects :—On Friday, 17th January, the weather was unpromising ; on Saturday it blew fresh, on Sunday a gale, on Monday morning a hurricane, and from three to seven, p.m., a tempest. The destruction that followed was indeed awful ; houses were blown down, trees torn up by the roots, and immense large bridges swept entirely away. The loss of property is incalculable ; and what is still more to be deplored, the loss of human life very considerable. One vast ruin is around us. A great portion of my own property, princi pally consisting of rice, is destroyed. The Governor has called a meeting, and issued a proclamation to condole with the people on the occasion of the painful disaster. Go vernment has subscribed 1,000 sacks of rice and 5,000 dollars (which, with the public subscription, new amounts to 20,000 dollars) to be distributed among the poor unfortunate and surviving inhabitants. I annex you a state of the shipping : —On the morning of the 21st, after the subsidence of the hurricane, the brig Solomon was on shore and dismasted. The Jane, full of sugar, on shore with the loss of masts, bowsprits, &c. The Royal George broke from her moorings, ran foul of the ship Courier de Bourbon—both on shore, and the latter sunk. Thomas and Alfred run foul of the Tyme. Dun more, dismasted. Pearce, ditto. Three schooners blown high and dry on the rocks. A large schooner blown over and sunk. The schooner Dauphin, ditto. The St. Pierre on shore and dismasted. Deux Charles on shore and dismasted. A schooner laden with salt meat totally lost. What the pecuniary extent of the havoc may be I can form no notion of at present." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAT). (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JUNE 9.—Wind W., light.—Arrived, and sailed for the river, the Elizabeth Taybarson, Saunders, from Mauritius ; West Indian, Simpson, from Jamaica; Tobago, from Tobago; Resource, Smith, from Hobart Town; Maria Cecilia, from the river Gambia; John, Munro, from Berbice. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 9. —Wind W. S. W.—Arrived the Lotus, Summerson, from Batavia, sailed 21st January, and passed St. Helena 23d March ; Stentor, from Gibraltar. His Majesty's ship Revenge is gone out of harbour for Spithead. PLYMOUTH, JUNE B.—Wind N.W. FALMOUTH, Ju NE B.—Wind variable, light breezes and fine.—Arrived the Creole, Symons, from Pernambuco. Sailed his Majesty's ship Espoir from Oporto and Lisbon. HASTINGS, JUNE 9.—Arrived off port the Sophie, Hen rickson, from Batavia—sailed Jan. 29, and from the Cape March 27 ; Eleanor, Hardoch, from the Mauritius ; and John Pirie, Matthews, from Trinidad. COWES, JU NE 9.—Arrived the Neva, Lord, from Ma tanzas. Livzitroot, JUNE B.—Arrived the William, Dobie, from Manilla ; Elizabeth, Morgan, from Buenos Ayres ; Fanny Ann, Garigues, from Jamaica ; Richard, Blakeley, from Trin idad ; Chieftain, Nooney, Tacitus, Russell, and Martha, Robinson, from New Orleans ; Eurietta, Skin ner, from Savannah ; Lydia Flanders, Merchant, from , London; Vir g inia, Turner, from Charleston ; Grace, White, from Virginia; Margaret Scott, Dewight ; Cla rissa Andrews, Thomson ; and Lalla Rookh, Green, from Mobile ; Java, Apelachiola, and Splendid, Powell, from New York ; Sir H. Douglas, M'Pherson, from Africa ; and Ellen, Jenkinson, from Lisbon. Off port the Cicily, from Barbadoes ; and Carina, from the Mediterranean. LEITH, JUNE 7.—Arrived the Jansen, Boyce, from Grenada. CLYDE, JUNE 7.—Arrived the Janet, Izat, and Po, from New Orleans. SINGAPORE, JAN. B.—Part of the cargo of the New Jersey, Williams, from Gibraltar to China, wrecked on the Louisa Shoal, has been saved and brought here, and much more is expected to be saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are of a very scanty descrip tion ; there arc several from the eastward, but of old dates. Singapore papers to the 7th of February have been re ceived at the North and South American Coffee-house, from which we extract the following : " The arrivals this week have been scanty, and have afforded us no intelligence in any way interesting. " The Hon. S. G. Benham, Esq., acting governor, embarked on the evening of the 25th ult. in the Zephyr, to proceed on a visit to Malacca and Penang. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 'PRICES OF SVCYCK . S 111 V bank 5t0cki,..,....,, 217 '4'3 per Cent. Bed ' 110.4 n per Cent. tons. ... shut ni,; per Cent. DRS Ditto Red qS34 4 New n% per Cent shut "3 per Cent. Ann. 17.26 - 4 per Cent.lB26 Assent - Ditto Dissented lOO% Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5,186 n 1 7 1,x, net.lo, 18.59 l7 1-18 Jan 5, 1860 shut Jan, 5, 1860 - Aprils, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - 'ew 5 per Cent. India Stock ....... ........... shut Ditto Bonds 33 28 pm. South Sea Stock KG% Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £I,OOI I 5l 52 pm. Ditto Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm . Ditto Advertised Rank for Account - -- India for Account Cons, for Account .92%% PRICES OP FOREIGN FU-NDS THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Austrian Bonds LI I,,ian Bonds ........... -..-.98M Ditto Account •. • coti Ditto Account... ....... ..D8%% !Portuguese Bonds • 76M Brazilian Bonds ...... ........ .75% I Ditto Accotiht 76% 6 Ditto Account 75143a I Ditto 'A* 80nd5...... 77 6% Poems Ayres Bond. '32% 2 . Dltlo Acconnt...76% 7 6% Ditto Account 3E Prussian Bonds 1034 3 ( - Milan Bonds ..............30% 1 Ditto /fonds, 1422 1(13 Ditto Account BO 1 Russian Bonds, 1822... 105Nto Columbian Bonds .. Ditto Account 25 Ditto 111 Ditto Bonds, 1824 in ;:, Spanish Bonds, :331 ...44% 5% Dtto Account 3O % Ditty, Ace 44V34 510.4 Danish Fords i)if,. Ac,,,~. (beet Ponds . French Berates, sp. c. -.4 —c Ditto Bonds, (895... '3314 • - Exchange...-. — C —C. ni!to Account., ...,..,„„.. —' 3 ncr cent- ...... —' — c - Mexican Popo-6, 5 per rent. 34 4; ----- Exchange...... —f —1 Ditto A - _,„,,,t .Dutch, :24 p. C. 59:ti % ~., ' '',i, It per rent 45 Ditto Account 5N % -to Amount- 441 1 $ , Ditto, 5 p c. 9 - 4 L% Neavol7ton , 11% Ditto Account 97% 'PRICFS Or VHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK._ Paid. Attcn Mlning Company .£9 Ancif. stex. 14m. tai. oss. at 5/. ran £loo BalP.tros Mining Company 0150 I ?razllian Mining Conipany 5 tiVazillar t mp. Min. Co. (im. at :V. pin.) £2. Ditto Maranbas Cricacs Ditto St. John Del Rey Cata Emma Mining Cotripany ..... 13;. 2 Iron Minns , ' Cotri , anv tWurril , kr; Minin Chi. (iss. al 5/. pm.) 52+34 Min hog ttnnpany General Mining Association l2 llibernian Mining Co. Mexican Mining ..... trial de , Monte Mining Co....(unrag.) U .zte , 51ex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) -;0 l'.tto New Sel in • 5 Alliance Fire insurance Conip "Preleetor InsiiranceComn. Australian Co. Canada Company ....... ..... General Steatn Navigation Co l3 National Provincial Bank of England 15 Rio Doce Prrvineial Bank of Ireland ..... ..... 25 per Share 12,4 9 1271. 15 37 38 1 - ,7 20 M 301 i lo'c 23 XI 9 0 VIENNA, ➢lay 30.—Five per Cent. Metalliques 99 % ; Four per Cent., 91 1,4 ; Bank Shares, 1,285. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO MORROW. Morning .. 54 minutes after 4 I Evening .. 6 minutes after 5. 5 ) , • " JAVA BANK. " Extract of a letter, dated Batavia, Dec. 21 : " You have no doubt, ere now, heard of the distress that exists among the merchants, owing to the bank having restricted its discounts, and the consequent almost total stoppage of payments for the present; all we know and feel is, that the sudden limitation of discounts has placed our financial arrangements in a most lamentable state of confusion, the acceptances even of Rothschild can not be discounted : there is no specie in the place, and all our paper currency has gone into concealment." The French papers say that England is going to strengthen her armaments in the ocean and in the Mediterranean. Orders have likewise been given by the French Minister of Marine to follow the exam ple, and the French ships are to assemble and join those of the English, as is supposed, to occupy some mari time port of Spain, or to prevent the usurpation of Russia in the Black Sea. By private letters this morning it appears that the Chambers will be convoked on the 20th August. The definitive report for the colonization of Algiers has been submitted for the approbation of the King. Accounts from Breda state, that the two camps will be occupied on the 15th of June, and that the Dutch troops are to proceed there on the 12th of June. THE FUNDS. The only interest of consequence in the express from Paris this morning relates to accounts from Biscay, stating that a column of the Queen's troops surprised, on the night of the 29th ult., a body of Carlists of about 500 men, and massacred 300 of thein, including the Junta of Castile, with many of the chiefs of the Carlists. By this ferocious state of warfare it appears that no quarter is given on either side. There is no domestic news of consequence from France ; the papers being of Sunday's date, the prices of the French funds are not given. Consols, which left off yesterday at 92% are at the for the Ac count, opened at 92% vest %, at which p y rice present. Spanish maintains its price, since it is officially known that Baron M. Rothschild has been appointed banker to the Court of Madrid. Portuguese, 76 1 %; Spanish, 44 % 36. HALF -PAST ONE. Up to the present time we have no fresh arrivals or any political intelligence to Conso cls ommun may be quoted at 92 icate • The English for the account, but Spanish and Portuguese Stocks h ave Funds continue steady. improved since the early part of the morning, the f ormer about one per cent. from 44% to 45%, the latter is 77 to y 4• Columbian Stock 31. THREE O'CLOCIC. Consols for the Account, 921 %. At a dinner recently given to the Duke of Wellington at one of the clubs, a gallant General is said to have delivered a speech more remarkable for its u ltra-Conservatism than its good taste—a speech that, in short, if report is to be credited, amply proves the truth of the old adage, which says, " When the wine is in," Sce. MUSICAL BOXES.—Talking of musical boxes put me in mind of an amusing trick played off by our facetious friend Brown, who took an opportu nity of slipping one of those ingenious little instruments under the lid of a pigeon pie at a picnic, and insisted that it was that celebrated " dainty dish," containing , 6 four-and-twenty blackbirds," formerly so great a favourite at the Royal table, but that not being baked enough, the birds had set a singing before their time.— New Monthly Magazine. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) ANSTRUTHER V. AI)AIR. Mr. MILNE stated that a question arose in this case upon the construction of a Scotch settlement. It had been referred to the Master to ascertain what the Scotch legal construction was. The Master had now made his report, by which it appeared that the plaintiff was entitled to the property. The present application simply, there fore, was, that the report might be confirmed, and that the funds might be ordered to be paid to the plaintiff, and that the trustees should have their usual costs. Order made. IN RE MAULER, A SUPPOSED LUNATIC. The Loan CHANCELLOR said he had seen this unfor tunate gentleman, and the result was, that he felt quite certain he was now labouring under no delusion, but was perfectly well both in body and in mind. Some time since there could be no doubt that he was under a delusion, but at that time he had been labouring under the most se vere bodily affliction; he had since undergone an i mpor t an t operation, and was now quite recovered. Dr. Southey, however, having seen the gentleman when ill, his Lordship thought it would be as well for him to direct that the Doctor should again see him before the supersedeas was signed, and for that purpose Mr. Marler had gone to call on the medical attendant. The Loan CHANCELLOR heard appeals. He stated that he should sit on Friday, and that all next week he should be in the House of Lords except one day, which he should devote to sitting in Court, and that that should be whatever day might be most convenient to the bar. VICE-CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY). THE EARL OF PORTARLINGTON V. SOULSBY. Thi;caseQnebelo;;;lWC.Ourt upon exceptions to the Master's report, declaring the answers put in by the de fendant insufficient. The facts of the case have been re peatedly before the public. The bill was filed by the Earl of Portarlington against the defendant, who is a wholesale wine merchant, carrying on business at St. Mary-at-Hill, for the purpose of obtaining an injunction to restrain him froth proceeding in an action he had commenced against the noble plaintiff, to recover the amount of a bill of exchange for 1,000/. which was accepted by him. The ground on which the injunction was applied for was that the acceptance had been obtained from the plaintiff by a person named Aldridge, who kept a gaming-house in Piccadilly for a sum of money lost at play. His Honour the Vice- Chancellor, on application being made to him, granted the injunction, which was ordered to be continued on appeal to the Lord Chancellor. The defendants then put in a plea to the plaintiff's bill, pleading that they had received the acceptance in question from a person named Brown for valuable consideration without notice. That plea was, upon argument, determined to be bad, and the defendant was ordered to put in an answer. The defendant had answered some of the allegations of the bill, and pleaded to others, and upon the case being referred to the Master, he reported that the mode of answering adopted by the defendant was insuffi cient. Exceptions were taken to that report, which now came on for argument. Mr. Rolfe and Mr. Sidebottom appeared for the exceptions, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Bagshawe opposed them. His HONOUR, without calling upon the two latter gen tlemen to address the Court, overruled the exceptions. The Court rose shortly after 11 o'clock. COURT OF KING'SBENCH-(THIS DAY.) -.....- DOE ON THE DEMISE OF BIAS V. HORSELEY. The CHIEF JUSTICE gave judgment in this case, which was an action of ejectment tried before M r. J ustice Alder son, and in which the plaintiff had been nonsuited. A rule to show cause wby the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had, was subsequently obtained. The Court was of opinion that this was not a case of forfeiture, and that the rule for setting aside the verdict should be made absolute. DOE ON THE DEMISE OF FOSTER V. EARL OF DERBY. This was an action of ejectment tried before Mr. Jus tice Alderson at Westminster, in which a verdict was had for the plaintiff. A rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, was subse quently obtained by Mr. Alexander. Mr. F. PoLLocx and Mr. Tommwsori now appeared to show cause against the rule. Mr. ALEXANDER was heard in support of the rule. The COURT, after hearing the arguments, which were of a very protracted nature, said that it did not appear that the authorities cited by Mr. Alexander in support of the rule, were altogether in point. The burden of proof as to evidence produced at a former trial lay upon the defen dant, and it appeared that he had failed in that proof. The Court was therefore of opinion that the rule should be dis charged. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The theatrical summer commenced last night with the opening of the Haymarket. Mr. Morris commenced with a new musical piece, with the title of Rural Felicity, but it was preceded by Jerrold's two-act comedy of The Housekeeper, which was received with repeated plaudits. A portion of this display of satisfaction was doubtless meant for Mrs. Nesbitt, who took the part of Felicia for the first time, and went through it so well, that, though we fully expected it, we found no reason to regret the absence of Miss Taylor. She is unquestionably both a very pretty and a very clever woman, and her voice and style of act ing are exactly suited to a theatre of this size ; while in Covent-garden or Drury-lane, justice was never done to her talents, and her features could never be seen at all, by at least half the audience : she is quite as effective as Miss Taylor. The new Opera (if it deserve the designation) is by Buckstone; but we do not think a musical piece is exactly his forte. Rural Felicity is very loosely put toge ther : the different parts, good in themselves, are dis jointed ; and there are some inconsistencies in the plot that might have been avoided, or rendered less obvious. The music is by Bishop, and some of it, especially two airs and a duet, are pretty enough ; but all the rest might well be spared, as it is not only awkwardly introduced, but not good for much in itself. The object of some of it we do not profess to be able to comprehend ; thus Miss E. Paton has along scena near the close of the second act, which has not the remotest connection with the story, and serves merely to show her off in different styles of composition. Part of the dialogue might be pruned to advantage, as the author must have been sensible as his piece proceeded. When Mrs. Glover came forward with a sort of personal appeal to ask if the piece might be repeated, the applause was universal. Her part is a sort of Mrs. Candour of the country, and she played it with great vivacity and humour. Buckstone was excessively droll, as the rustic servant out of livery, apeing the genteel with all his might and main. Vining was lively, and in his first scene with his gun, was a fine specimen of a Cockney sportsman : here we had the old joke of one man allowing another to shoot at some ducks for five shillings, when the ducks belonged to a neighbour ; but it was well told, and therefore told well. Miss Turpin is improved since last season, and Miss E. Paton sings as well as formerly. Second Thoughts con cluded the entertainments of the night. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S. ASCOT GOLD CUP, P. P. THURSDAY.)( Muley Moloch, who appeared in our last quotation at 5 to 2, is now at double that price, and without friends ; he is supposed to be not quite up to the mark. Glaucus and Marpessa are at 7 to 2 each, the former having the call. The closing odds were -7 to 2 agst Duke of Cleveland's Glaucus 'T to 2 agst Mr. Forth's Marpessa 4to agst Mr. Hall's Rockingham 6to agst Duke of Cleveland's Muley Moloch 6to agst Mr. Etwall's Revenge Sto apt Mr Watt's Belshazzar (taken) 10 to agst Mr. Huntes's Morotto 10 to agst Mr. 1. Day's Diana All the above odds are offered. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. No change. At Messrs. Tattersall's sale yesterday Kate was sold to Mr. Gapp for 180 guineas, Old Bill for 190 guineas, Bro ther to Kate for 200 guineas, and Pincher for 200 guineas. Mr. Cosby bought the last two. On the same day Mr. Goodlake's greyhounds were sold; May Fly fetched 26 guineas, Guinea Fowl 39 guineas, and Gauntlet 36 guineas. Mr. R. Wilson, a gentleman well known on the Turf, and proprietor of the Bildeston breeding stud, died sud denly on Saturday at Bildeston. The celebrated stallion Humphrey Clinker died on Sa turday last; he was sire of Rockingham, winner of the St. Leger last year. • RIFLE MATCH for 1,000 GUINEAS, June 7. BETWEEN CAPTAIN HORATIO ROSS AND COUNT D'ORSAY. This event, which has caused such general excitement , took place in Mr. Purday's shooting ground, Norland. The Count arrived upon the ground at twelve o'clock, accom panied by the Earl of Erroll, the Earl of Chesterfield, Lord A. Conyngham, Lord Ossulston, Hon. Captain Eons, and the Hon. Colonel Anson. Captain Ross, with several of his friends, the Hon. Captain Villiers, &c., was on the ground to receive his noble opponent. The distance, 150 yards, at 30 inch argets, without a rest, being regularly adjusted, the Hon. Captain Rous was appointed umpire for the Count, and W. H. Dowbiggen, Esq., umpire for the Captain. The Hon. G. Vernon referee. The match ter minated at five o'clock in favour of the - Captain. The total measurement of the 50 shots of the Captain from the centre of the targe t counting only 399 inches, whilst those of the Count amounted to 698 inches. Large sums must have changed hands upon the event, as from the Count's well known celebrity as a first-rate ball shot his friends were very eager to back him ; and as this mode of target shooting was totally novel to Captain Ross, the Captain's rifle being, usually employed at the red deer in the Highlands of Scot land, where, we will venture to affirm , his s kill is unrivalled. Much praise is due to the Hon. G. Vernon for his . e xertions in all the most minute regulations of this vaatch THE MARKETS-7(1111S DAY) HAY M, KETS.—, iA p 1 Lo d ;.f 36 Trill:meal. CUMBERLAND. Cear,e heavy Lowland Meadow Hay lO to 43 15 4 0 -- • - i 10 S I e , .. , Meadow Hay i a ~ful Old l'itto 4 4 4 10 Fine Upland Meadow and ttye-grass Hay 5 0 5 5 cloy , r Hay 4 5 5 0 Oat Straw £1 10;to .£1 121 Wheat •Itaw... 114 1:0 5511TH I' 1 ELD. Char e heavy 1., - ..wiand Meadow Hay ......... ....„.ti3 5 to £3 15 ~w Meatinw Hp/ Us 'NI Old Ditto 4 0 4 5 Fnc Upland 5101,10 w and ;Iye_grass Hay ...... ett•er Hay (extra tine)...f 5 0 Octicrall, 0 t Straw ... -Cl 10 to .£1 121 Wheat 'traw 1 12 1 14 riticEh OM lIIJNGERFORD. Coarse Meadow Hay £3 0 to £ 3 5 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass H ay 4 10 4 la Clover Hay I 0 4 13 Oat Straw ..£ 1 Bto .C 1 10 1 Wheat Straw... 1 10 ! 13 COLONIAL MARKETS.—CTHIS DAY.) , BRITISH PLANTATION SUGAR.—here is an increase o f the deliveries of Sugars, and during the past week the a - nount was almost 2,500 hhds. for home use. There are purchasers at the improved quotations of the previous week. There is a dull market for East India Sugars this rnoru ing, and th e con ti nenta l mar k ets b e i ng i mproved for fore ign Sugars there is a greater demand. Improved quotations are also asked for the refined descriptions. COFFEE still i s i n pretty good request, and at improve d prices. Good and fine ordinary Demeraras are at 5611. to 6s. ie r C ocffwete.s; is A n l e o ar ch l as y 1 4. 7 l: 6 e oo 2s bag hi s gh s e t r . . Do T m h in e g s o t , o;k ,2o : foreign )(i casks and bags of P orto Ri co and Havannah, and 38, 6 00 bags of Brazil. Of the India Coffees about W,OOO bags are Mocha. Tonacco.—Arrivals of Kentucky leaf still keep comi n g in, and which arc sampled, and have produced a pretty fair proportion of leafy free sorts ; also some dark sweet To bacco, which fetched 4 1 ,4 d. to 5d.: more arrivals are ex pected. Some business has been done in Stemmed sorts by the ccuntry manufacturers, and of leafy descriptions, at sd. to 5 1 4 d. ; g,ood at 5%d. to 5 3 / 4 d ; fine light colour at 6d. to 6 1 4 d. The stock of these is beginning to be small , they being preferred by th e t ra d e t o Vi rg inias, the quality being so much i m p rove d, an d equa l to the Virginias. The market expects a s upply soon . HAVANNAII SEGAits.--The demand has been more li mited than usual du r i ng th e p re vious month, which is not expected at thi s p er i o d o f th e y e ar; and from the recent large arrivals coming to mar k e t, cons i s ting but of middli ng sorts, a small part of fir s t o r secon d q ualities, the stoc k has increased to 913 cases, which has made the trade re frain purchasing for the p r e s e n t in expectation of quota; tions coming lower, as these middling sorts being f orced into the market tend only to injure the sale of the finer descriptions, and the British manufacture excelling th em in appearance, and being much less i n p r i ce . TEA—The Tea sale continu es t o go on regu larly. Rum—Last week the d e li very was near l y 3Bo puncheons only, but business i s pretty b r i sk. RICE—The b us i ness i n this commodity has been in Ben gals, a few of w hi c h f etched 11 s. to 12s. per cwt. for ord. white de scr i p ti ons. In the Spice and Saltpetre Market , no chan g e has oc curred this morn i ng . SILK _B u t littl e business is doing in Raw Silk, t houg h the quarte r ly s ale is at hand at the India House, and at which the quotations are expected to be less , princi pally in consequence of the inferior quality of the good s to be put up for sale. C OTTO N—The demand for Cotton is pretty brisk, at the quotations of the last week. Hors—Accounts from the Plantations this morning are, if any thing, more favourable, and the estimateddu t l is at 95,000/. • Particulars of Tallow in London, June 10. 1831. 1832. 1833. 1 6'4 ' Casks. Casks. Casks." Stock this day Delivery last week ...... Ditto from June I. Arrival last week 6 1,54 -- 6 Ditto from June I. Price Y. C. this day 3Bs 6d. 41s. 6d. 433.6 d. to 435• ' Ditto town last Friday ... 425. ,145, 465. 445. The tallow market is heavy, and the deliveries are muc h less numerous than anticipated. PRICE OF BREAD. . b ow. w foi tl c The highest price of Breail in the Metropolo ihd to I Nid. be o b. Loaf. There arc other s wh o s ell from ;hat price. PRICE OF SEEDS. ---__ 9 83• 56s•fine 60s. 65 5 . N i .!w English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt , •) 4 • • • s fine -s. --4 ., • 3!d Ditto Ditto- ...,..., --s. --- e - a . ." 6 New Foreign Ditto---................................ 48i. 6415. tin ...... ,• Old Ditto -----.......-............ s• 4(),:. fine • ••r:' - _ . New White Clover 5 4 45. Z.Bs. tine 60s 6 . 52 . Old Ditto Ditto 4Bs. Mls fine -s 5 - 18s. 20s. fine 228 265- Vew Trefoil Old Ditto Rib Grass - l4s. 18s fine 2 0, W'• -. 4 . ..... 880'• fine Sis English Carraway Seed F.;reagn Ditto Coriander -.-.. --s. 12s. fine --a. 15 4 . St. Foin (per Quartcl)---.. 28e. M. fine ter. 1 1 .4 • Nye Grass ----.-- * -s. -s. new 40s. 88S. Picey Ditto Linseed, for feeding . -s. 504. fine s. fiatb Ditto, for crushing 46s. .52i. -s. fine -s. -June Canary Seed, New -----,.... -S. -a. Oa fine C3s. i'itto 01d..-..........-. ..-..--.. -s. -s. -s. fine -E• White Mustard Seed -(per Bushel)--. -s. 10s. I Is. fine --s• Brown Ditto . fun:lip Seeds, Rounds .... -s. -s. 18s. fine 20s. Green and Red Ditto Tires, Old 4s. ed. tine 5.. oti. D ttO New - 5 3. Od. fine ss. 3d. - -...'"--w-Foreign 4'21. 46, R tpetieed, English, tine (per Last) 461.:01....-- -.. -s. -s. 18s. tine 21s. PRICES Ot. FIDPS —June 9 7 10 5 . New BrutAlß:kris (per cwt.) .... 6 6s. 0.. 0 , to • A Choice ~S t 03. PI. Os to 10 • us. East Kent,..—.......-....-.......... -.. 6t. Os. 0:. 0.. to 81. t c :" Choice .... 7 0 4 * New 8 .esex Pockets,.,. 6' 03. 01. Os to .. ii . -----,. Superfine Ditto ....—..—..—.... 71. 10 ;. Of. Os t o s: ,:l: Farnham (fine) -............................ ......3 It 11s. 0!. Os in 11 l' 2 ' . ' (.... _.......1 06 Ditto (seconds).. 10/ Os fill PItI EE OF I'OT TOF.S.—June 9 U. O. to N. K.( ny; N. to .51 0.4• r ton• Scotch Re is per OM New Ware --. N to I/ B'. Middling lis ditto. W. 121. to 01. 11s. Chats Os. to 01. Os. ditto. Yititr. ./1. Ult.. , i,3 6 N: pe Oil, brown ......—..41/. Is. Rennet. .. ~.7 10 Linseed Oil ............."............www..... 2 , . 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, par thousand ................. ...4 0 nape Cake, per ton-- - -----****___. ...-..,--•""---. - • IN ITECH A Pi% HAY Al A ItK Od• Hay 604. (hi. tot Od. ( lover -65, Od. to 11."- Straw. Per lb. d, to d. Botts, English —,—...... 14 tto, Foreign*. 14 D . .sting littles*ll 15 Ditto l2l 16 Dot., light Ctop tildes, light.... 11e 13 0t o Unto 501 b. 12 17 tto _ 13k l 8 PRICE OF TA 1.1.0 V l'owo Tallow Otl. Yellow Od. White....,. —is. Od. Soap I)itto ,—s. Od. Nlelted Stiff*. 31s. Od. Otto Od. (ti. to 32; LI.A IR E p 1i ............... . 70zi_..20. 1725670,:i0u0i: - , S E DLl i ie i . ,to i g ri)t i gti l o i it. i t itel s s we t h d h elis l :. l4 ; e t s . o re pe l I lb . : I : s '.. :1 ,0 ;1 ta . (13°2 0d_. 1. . rer doz en . • 1 4 21 Calf Skins,. SO •.0 .. 11.: ' 17 23 Ditto ........... 40 to Ow ' is g 3 Small Seals. GrcerilanJ il I li -------------- White ......---- Igs, OrLi Graves ~.......,,,,........^"" 55 . Orl• Mod Dre g .....,„.,........ , ..... _.... l)l CANDLES. Die price of Store Candles. in the retail shops, is as follord' : Wd Cuidles. per dos. 6.. ikl. to 7s. Ocl. 1 Nfoulds, per dozen CO AL al A HKET.-June 9. ~ d• s, d. ebr Ton 17 9 Adair's ...........- ......... 17 • 0 Walls End Newinarco-1- 17 3 a Bensham Main ............. 16 0 Ditto Northumlier , ar."' 113 3 Chester 31ain...................... 16 0 Lambton's Primrose .0" tO 11 Eait, l'orey-.--....-- 15 0 Walls End Hatton ••••^2, co 0 fielburn Main ~,.,..,.,M,,.. 17 6 Walls End 1 arobt.in '- 19 Holywell _ l7 3W . E . R uss ell's lif t°l2 ., 'l O ! Pontop Windsor.. l7 0 W a ll s Eno i••••"'" " _ll tt an field.... - 17 , 0 Wills End Gordon 16 0 Wylam • 17 9 Walls End Musg rave 19 6 WE. 8.41, Hobson, & Co. 17 0 Walls End Tees "'"""'".". 17 4 1 5 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 19 0 Hartley „,....,,,,., 10 3 Walls End Brown's...-. 17 6 Neville 's well er?•••••••.'" 17 6 Walls End F1eat0ti..........- 19 0 Gordon Tr!id .__ ............... is walls End Hilda ...,_...,,» 17 6 Gosforth Tveeer Walls End Killingworth 17 0 _ ar ket,.daii. 013 L• Ships arrived since •_21................._______-2----- Per Ton. ••••••_______T______.------ BIRTH S. On the Bth inst., the lady of J . R. Sode n, Es q ., of Southgate, of a d a ughter. ry On the 9th inst., Lady flen Thynne, of a daughter. On the ith inst., Mrs. Char hter. les Spearman , of Camden street, Camden-to vvn, of a daug MA RR lED. On the ith inst., a t Croydon, Mr. James Smith? t O Susannah Marty Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. Edward Joyce, Water-lane, ower-street, and Norwood, Surrey. On the sth i n st., in Shandwick-place W. P. G rant, Esq., claug younhtger of Rothiemurchus, to Sarah Eliz abeth, eldest e r of the late Henry Siddons, Esq. On the 3d inst., at Bathwick Church, the Rev. William Bliss, Dl. A., to Jane Monck, second daughter of George Bridges , Es q ., of Bath wick , and late of Lawford, Egseimacx. e On the sth inst., at St. P e t er ' s , Walworth , 111.,%Wa1: of Richmond-terrace, to Miss Firth, of York-Pl'—' worth. DIED. ....lace, after a On the 9th inst., in Great Cumb er lanaY tian resignation, protracted illness, borne with most Christhe inexpressible Mrs. Tunno, of Taplow Lodge, Bucks, t° grief of her family and friends. 8 5th year, On the Bth inst., in Privy-garde ns, in her the late the-Hon. Catherine Gertrude Rob inson, Hon. Frederic Robinson, and aunt to the I..Crid°lsN' of Of Mahues" bury, Morley, De Grey, and Bipoi. use, o Dorsetshire, Si r On the sth inst., at James John Fraser, BartijcilLnehis 45th year. ai' New Abbey, near Dumfries On the 29th ' . l r l „, t ;; s Murray, R.N. , ( N. B. ), CaPt:li n nrWilton-erescent, Mrs. Pigot, IC° On the 7th inst., of Generalst nst Ingo o n the 1 i ., Dirs. Dawson, wife of Mr. Davig ° 9 ' li,4: _ square , London, and on l y d aug h ter o f M r . Hsw e4 ' of Thorp-le-Soken, Essex. London : Printed and Published by MURDO at the Sun Office, No. 112, Stroud. I I