The Sun. — London, England, 1834-07-10 00:00:00

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The Scheme rickets Prizes of £16,000, £lO,OOO, £3,000, £2,000, &c., &c. pckets and Shares, in great variety of Numbers, are on Sale by ,i; j *„ 4 ,RNULL, Stock-broker (late Richardson, Goodluck, and ii, 44 ), Old State Lottery Office, 1, Bank-buildings, opposite the I, C; of England, and 13, Sweeting's-alley, Royal Exchange. C 1,05 1, a Prize of £lO,OOO, in the last Lottery, was sold by a Arnull 1, Bank-buildings, and 13, Sweeting's-alley, Royal chan THE LAST AND ONLY CHANCE. MARTIN and CO. respectfully announce that on the TERY 22d of THIS MONTH (July), the PRESENT WILL B E BE DRAWN. After that day Lotteries will iir• Adve n t ure r s w ill on ly have this opportunity to gain a ge sum at a trifling risk. The Scheme contains Prizes of R 16,000 £lO,OOO £3,000 £2,000, &e. &c. The holde rs o f P r i zes w ill h ave the option of receiving the o ~ o rty (or Money, as soon as drawn) deducting five per cent. g arizes above 100/. to cover expenses in selling that property. artin and Co. sold No. 404, a Prize of 10,0001., at No. 8, u hill, and No. 86, Oxford-street ; and, as usu al, paid the sani e °n d d eman BARTON'S NEW PATENTS AND LATEST IMPROVE JMENTS IN STEAM ENGINES AND PUMPS. OHN BARTON having had the honour of sup tlYing most of HIS MAJESTY'S STEAM VESSELS, r" 6 " as numerous public and private Establishments of the first 74artance' and where difficulties of more than ordinary magnitude r tta be encountered, with his PATENT METALLIC PIS -1,;`,(1)1 8 , LUBRICATORS, &c., by which from one-fourth to one to generally given in power and saved in expense, has further ti bu tnn ° l .,„unce to his Friends and the Public, that he has just corn his NEW PATENTS for the Three Kingdoms, for addi. n a.Provements on his former inventions, notwithstanding that is 'Nmes and Pumps had previously far surpassed his most ne expectations.—Patent IMPROVED METALLIC °NS, SELF-ACTING PUMPS, ENGINES, and LU v•IiCATORS, WARRANTED, on applying to J. 8., at 4 " 4 . ‘ , 20 and 29, Providence-row, Finsbury. 1 ' 33.--- Self-acting Engines for Draining Land, or Raising Water , 1 ,1 Larg e Q uantities, without labour ; also Portable and Effective and other Engines, for Vessels and Carriages. 14 7 " . " -- Present THE SUN to our reader* in -Me . enlarged form which we promised at the beginning of the Session. The delay arose entirely from unavoid able circumstances which we could not ontemplate, and the disappointment of the public cannot have been greater than our own. From the additional facilities which the increased size of the paper affords, together with new type and superior machinery, we hope to render THE SUN still more worthy of general support, for we appeal not to any , .party,.but to the public at large. is our intention, as opportunity permits, to devote a fair share of the paper to Literary and Scientific, as well 1 • 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. *wi t , clot ,4r- - LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1834. Lord MELBOURNE was yesterday sent for by the ICIN °. Of course we do not know what passed in their conference, but we are quite sure that even had his MAJESTY felt at all disposed to form a Tory Go vernment or even a mixed Government of Whig and Tory, Lord MELBOURNE would have honestly ex- P r essed his conviction that no such Government would b e able to carry on the business of the country. N° House of Commons can be constituted of a more Conservative character than the present. Is the Coercion Bill necessary or is it not ? If it Why did not Lord ALTHORP attempt to Cllr rY it. Because he knew it was impossible, Unless there were good reason to believe that the :cords. would pass Bills for the removal of Irish ,bßie "'nees• These grievances can never be re dre 34 ed whilst the property belonging to the Church is ilyested from its legal and true purpose, viz. the instruc tion told relief of the people, and applied to a disho tliest purpose, viz., that of enriching indivi duals, The Commons, representing as they do the people o f G reat Britain and Ireland have made up the ir mind s on t hi s subject. A Coerc i on Bill to pro tect the KING'S l oya l su bj ects t h ey w ill gran t, pro vide d th e n ec e ss ity f or its repet i t i on he remove d . B ut they Cannot grant the, one without the other. Lord A Lisuoup knew this, and therefore he resigned. That res ignatio n led to the resignation of Lord GREY, and thus ' as a matter of course, the Government is at an ' end. But w h at h ave the T or i es ga i ned ? Has the • ".ing sent for them ? Has he shown the slightest disposition to form a Tory Government ? No such • tilin g. We are th en without a Government. Th e Duke of WELLINGTON it is evident , wants not the , ul sPositio n to restore the ancient order of things. He still mad enough to think that he could resist Chur c h and Corporation Reform, as lie attempted to resist Parliamentary Reform ; but the KING is not Rouse of Commons is not mad—the people of quietly England are not mad ; and therefore the Duke may sit himself down at Strathfieldsay, and enjoy the good .t hi ngs provided for him by the liberality :but those w h o estimate his services as a warrior, , re ject him a lik e as ] a P ar li amentary orator R d premier. And with o ut him w h a t cou ld Si r OB ERT PEE L an d M r. STANLEY do ? The Church s .that is w h at they call the Church, viz. the Clergy -1 at their back. They will support their learned Ch a r„,, but will they. pay the soldiers, and can they dep — riVethe.English nation of common sense, and just and religious feeling. They know they cannot What then is to be done ?' Let the nation ask itself. Could better Ministers be found than Lords GREY, BROUGHAM, HOLLAND, ALTIIORP, and RUSSELL ? Did any Ministry ever do so much good for the people in so short a time ? Then, if not, why may we not still command their services ? Why suf fer them to waste in retirement the great talents with which they were endowed by Heaven for the express purpose of serving their country. Let the inhabitants of every county, city, and town meet without delay, to express their unabated confidence in Lord GREY and their determination to support only a Liberal Govern ment. Let them thank the King for his firmness in re sisting all temptations to blast the hopes of the people, by giving it over once more to Tory mis-rule ; and they may rest assured that, neither a patriotic, honest, and affectionate Sovereign, who wills only the happiness of his subjects, nor themajority of those who have so long enjoyed the - confidence of the country, will fail in this hour of peril for all that is dear to us in this land of freedom. The KING desires no change ; the Parlia ment desires no change ; :the people desire no change. Who desire change ? The friends of MIGUEL, Don CARLOS, and the despots of the North, and the advo cates, to this hour, of that infamous Government which the people of France, wisely, effectually, and for ever put down. The debates of last night in both Houses were of intense interest. In the Lords, Earl GREY announced the fact of his resignation, and the motives that in duced it, in a speech, every line of which was preg nant with lofty thought, manly principle, and that refined, generous sensibility, which, despite political dif ferences, made its way (for how could it do other wise ?) to the very heart's-core of all who heard him. His Lordship now retires into private life. Henceforth he belongs to history, and a prouder—a more unsullied name never shed splendour on her voluminous records. Blessings go with -• him ! He has conferred on his country benefits which she were the basest of the base, could she ever, even for a single instant, cease to think of without gratitude. The Duke of WELLINGTON replied, or rather at tempted to reply, to the observations of this high minded man—this Nobleman of God's own making— in a speech, the drift of which we could not very well make out, except that it accused the late Go vernment of having been the means of shedding more blood than any Ministry that had existed in England since the year 1780. Surely his Grace's memory has 0' Connellized—that is to say, has betrayed—. him on this occasion. Does he not remember the Manchester massacre ? That massacre, we mean, which so delighted the hearts of the Tories, and for which Lord SIDMOUTH returned his express thanks to the perpetrators ; and for which, being of a devout turn of mind, he also doubtless offered up a thanks giving to his God ! But we see clearly what his Grace refers to. He is thinking of the bloodshed at Bristol and Nottingham. But who, and what, were to blame for this ? Who but, Sir CHARLES WETHERELL in the one instance ! What, but the decision of the House of Lords against Reform, in the other ! As head of the Tories, his Grace would act wisely in saying as little about blood-shedding as possible. From time immemorial, his party have been unrivalled adepts at this work—bleeding the people in their pockets as well as their persons, on every plausible occasion ; and it was to get rid of this very disagreeable Tory propensity that the country rose to a man, and clamoured for the GREY Adminis tration. Let us hear no more then about blood-shed from the Tories. It is more absurd—provokes more embarrassing recollections, than even a speech from O'CoNNELL in praise of good faith. Lord BROUGHAM'S observations were stamped with his usual energy and straightforwardness. They will be read with the greatest delight by the people, who will find in them not a timid, nor equivocal, but a direct and manly pledge, that the principles of reform will still triumph in his MAJESTY'S Councils—let who will be Premier—and that the Tories are just as far removed as ever from the only Paradise of which they have any distinct notion—the Treasury Bench ! Yes, this malignant faction is still doomed to wither in " the cold shade of Opposition." And we thank GOD for it ! The very phrase "Tory " is a synonym for despotism, perfidy, and intolerance. 'We know not who is to be our future Prime Mi nister. Lords BROUGHAM, MELBOURNE, and AL THORP, each is spoken of with more or less em phasis, as likely to occupy that proud position. Per haps, however, just at the present crisis, a fitter Pre mier could not he selected than JLord ALTHORP, who possesses everyfitting recommendation--birth,experience, temper, fortune. We should be glad, therefore, to see him First Lord of the Treasury, with a seat in the House of Peers ; for if any man could soften by the winning graces of temper, the factious asperities of that very anomalous assembly, his Lordship is that one. BROUGHAM might paralyze, but ALTHORP would conciliate, their Lordships. Besides, the CHANCELLOR is just now so engrossed with legal reforms, that it would be injustice to*the country—till these were com pleted—to take him from a sphere wherein he renders himself so singularly useful. Our readers will see with delight that the temper of the House of Commons last night was anything but favourable to the Tories. When Mr. HUME threw out a passing remark against them, he was received with the loudest cheers. Even Mr. O'CONNELL—et to Brute . I —expressed himself favourable to a Whig Government, and regretted that throughout their late communications, he had misunderstood and done injustice to, the motives of Mr. LITTLETON ! For the sake of that Right Hon. Gentleman, we are glad of this avowal ; but as respects the high-minded, disinterested friend of poor BARRETT, it leaves him in no better light than he was before he made it. It does not wipe away the mark of perfidy which is branded on his brazen forehead. That mark still re mains there, and there it will remain, as a sign and a token that, on political matters at least, he should be shunned and abhorred by all parties. The result, then, of last night's debate, if in one respect it has given us pain ; in another, has filled us with joy. While we regret Earl GREY'S retirement —to whom Lord BROUGHAM did no more than jus tice in his splendid peroration—we are delighted to think that there is no chance of place for the Tories. The House of Commons—that august Palladium of our liberties, to which (thanks to Earl GREY) we can henceforth fly as to an ark of refuge whensoever they are threatened—has trampled this despotic faction in the dust. It will never again be able to do us vital mischief, though it may still continue to sting, to Mr. STANLEY, the buzz, and to annoy us. As for DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 2 7 ew 5 per Cent" " -- India Stock Ditto Bonds. '24 2S pm. South Sca Stock DOA Old Annuities ...... 89*3.E New Ditto.., 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151... - Exch. Bills, X1,0(X1 52 53 50 pm. Ditto 500.,.....52 53 51 pm. .. .. . Ditto Small 52 53 51 pm. Ditto Commercial — pia. Ditto t Adverised pm. Bank Stock for Account 217 India Stock for Acc0unt......27014 71 Consols for Account. q21,4q4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. } Peruvian Bunds Dit , o Account 2B Portuguese Bonds FA Ditto Account BB __.. _.. Ditto New Bonds 37Y4 B‘‘, Ditto Account ......973 ta":_ B S", % Prussian Bonds lO 34 Ditto Bonds, 1822....... Russian Bonds, 18.2 IO6 Ditto Account 10614 Ditto Metallic ....... ..... .. Spanish Bonds 7 % 5 , .s . i U Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1833. 44% Ditto Account 4 4 14 French, 5 per cent. f. —c. -- 4 per cent. —f —c. -- 3 per cent. f. —c. .--- Exchange —f. —c. Dutch, 24 per cent.: 5 1 34 Ditto Account 51% Ditto, 5 per cent. c. 7% Ti Ditto Account Q 7 74 34 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid, Per Share. £9 I IN ___ 20 364 20 204 10 124 A 10 7 43i 9N i 0 394 3 1 64 7 6 54 6 THE SUN, LONDON,_THtt'RSIjAY, 10,' 1447. sooner he hides his=head -and- retires into private life the better. His sun -is - just - MR' - under a clatid, Tor even the Tories ; however they may hug the treason, must detest the traitor ; while Whig and Radical cannot fail to hold him in the same execration. Tt would require something more than usual gravity, and the iron muscle of the Duke of WELLINGTON to assert that more blood had been shed during the last three years than during all the administrations since Lord GEORGE GORDON'S riots, and attribute this to Earl GREY'S Government. In the year 1831, riots took place at Derby, Nottingham, and Bristol ; and what gave rise to them ? Not the character or the conduct of Earl GREY'S Administration, but the madness of a party who were driven from their places in 1830, by the dread of universal riot, who roused the people to resistance by with holding reform, and goaded them to madness by snatch ing from them, when just within their reach, the great object of their wishes. It cannot be denied that the fool-hardy conduct of one of the party kindled the flames of Bristol, and the treatment of his tenantry by another led to the rising at Nottingham. To charge the late Government with the crime of shedding unnecessary blood, is of all charges the most unmerited and most unjust ; for of all the vast improvements which they have introduced—of all the benefits which they have conferred on the country — there is not one for which the people of England are more grateful, and on which they are more united in their applause, than the mercy which they have shown towards the people, and their reluctance to inflict on criminals the last penalty of the law. Why, since Lord GEORGE GORDON'S riots, more judicial murders have been committed, and more blood shed on the scaffold during the reign of the Tories than in all the riots not only that took place in 1831, but we might almost say during the 50 years that have intervened between that period and the present year. In 1821 not less than 114 persons were exe cuted in England and Wales, and 29 of these in London alone. The number executed in 1832, the last year in which we have complete returns, was 54, and 16 of these were for a crime but little known till the Wellington reign in 1829-30, setting fire to stacks and farm-houses. In London the number executed in the same year was 6, and during the last year only 2. The average executed in England and Wales during the seven years ending with 1827 was 170. In 1832, the year too in which these rioters were executed, it amounted only to 54, making a difference of 16 in one year, and in seven years a difference of 112 persons. and if ;Ave carry back the calculation to the period of Lord GEORGE G ORDON'S riots, the difference would amount to 864, all of whom would have been rescued from death by those very men who are charged with the crime of shedding blood. We appeal to these facts, and leave the country to judge whether the Tories or the Whigs deserve the praise for clemency and humanity. In the House of Commons, last night, the Central Criminal Courts Bill was read a third time, and passed. No alteration was proposed, except a clause by Mr. ROTCH, to the effect that any additional expenses incurred under the Act, should not so fall on the county of Middlesex, as to create a liability to an in crease of rate, and that the Bill should not come into operation before the 31st of October,—which was at once agreed to. Looking around on the wretched state of our criminal law, and on the still more wretched manner in which it is administered—marking the discrepancies which prevail between our recklessness of life and care of property —we are struck with astonishment that such a measure is only being carried into opera tion, in London, in the nineteenth century. 'Who that has attended for a single day in the Courts of Justice in 'Westminster Hall—who has seen the Judges robed and ermined, attended by a troop of Counsel, sitting with all the solemnity of gods, to decide upon the right to the possession of a piece of parchment, or an old ruin—could conceive that in the same country, at the 'very same hour, men were being tried for their lives in some solitary lane, or alley, by persons neither vested with the insignia nor acquainted with the rudiments of legal know ledge. And yet this was a spectacle of such daily occurrence that the heart was seared against the horrid impression which it conveyed of our national character. The immediate effect of this Bill will be the sweeping away of all the Criminal Courts in the vicinity of London, where crimes were formerly tried at the quarter or half-yearly sessions before the Magistrates, and concentrating all criminal adjudica tion, in and about London, in one great Court at the Old Bailey, where the .Judges of the land will pre side. The jurisdiction of this central Court will ex tend to the greater part of the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent ; so that a criminal will be no longer able to evade detection or delay punishment by crossing the River, or running from one jurisdic tion to another, after the old fashion. Neither will the disgraceful spectacle be presented of men sitting in judgment on the lives of their fellow-creatures, who might be supposed to be influenced by personal feel ings ; or, what is still worse, the disgraceful exhibi tion of scenes calculated to show that property alone is protected by the laws of England. In the new Central Criminal Court, the Judges, and not the Magistracy, will preside ; and whatever may be the sentence, the criminal will at least know that he has had a fair trial according to the laws of his country, and that his sentence was not pronounced by an individual under the influ ence of feelings of personal enmity. The delay which hitherto attended sessional trials will be put all end to, by which the country will be saved the expense of supporting whole jails-full of legal offenders for pe riods of from two to six months previous to the holding of the half-yearly Sessions. This is one of the greatest boons that could be conferred on the inhabitants of London, not so much from the saving of expense, as from a convic tion of the fact that a man six months impri soned for any offence before trial, has only his fate anticipated by being sentenced to the gallows. Under this Bill there will be no more of this ; the people will have cheap, impartial, and speedy justice. We are grateful to the LORD CHANCELLOR for having introduced so wise a measure, and to the Legislature for having passed it. We foretold what would be the result of the mad attempts of the Tories to get up meetings in Scot land against the appropriation of the surplus Irish tithes. Any person indeed who knew the people must have known that no task ever could be more hopeless. We gave yesterday an account of a meeting in Berwickshire, at which ttie- Tories, like Baal, icing of - Moab, tailed- on the people to curse the Government, and, like BALAAM, the people blessed them altogether. An other meeting has been held at Banff, at which the electors and householders came to the unanimous re solution—that they approved of the Irish Commission, and that, if the revenues of the Irish Church were more than adequate for the supply of the spiritual wants of the people, the Legislature should judge of the appropriation of the surplus. So much for the assistance Mr. STANLEY may expect from Scotland. The French Papers of Monday are nearly, if not quite, destitute of interest. Accounts from Madrid mention that the cholera has not yet made its appear ance there, thou gh great alarm still continued to be felt ; and that, it was feared that RODIL would not be able to subdue the rebels in the North of Spain with his present force. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, JULY 7. Five per Cents., 108 f. 55c. 107 f. 106 f. 80c. Four per Cents., 94f. -c. Three per Cents., 77f. 7Cc. 75c 80c. Bank Actions, 1,780 f. -c. Rente de Naples, 941. 85c. 95c 90c. Roman Five per Cents., 96% % . Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 39 38%. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 48 47%. Royal Spanish Loan, 81. Rente Perpet.d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 73 72K,. Belgian Loan, MI, Five per Cents , 99 99%. Haytian Loan, 290 f. -c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One,rnonth, paper, -f. -c.; money, 25f. 30c. Three months, paper, -1. -c. ; money, 25f. 20c. --Coors Authentique. FRENCH FUNDS..-Paras, JULY 8, .Five per Cents., 106 f. 90c. 60c. Three per Cents. 77f. 60c. 40c, Bank Actions 1,7701. -c. Rente de Naples. 94f. 40c. Roman Five per Cents., 964. Rente d'Espagne. Five per Cents., 38. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 47%. Royal Spanish Loan, 81. Rente l'erpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 72%. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 99% 99%. Haytian Loan, 290 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, -f. -c. ; money, 25f. 30c. Three months, paper, -1. -c.; money, 251.20 e. -boars Authentique. The readers of The Sun will remember our having called attention to a speech delivered by the LORD CHANCELLOR on Thursday last, on the presentation of a petition by his Lordship from the most respect able of the inhabitants of Kingston-on-Hull, praying for the repeal of the stamp duty on newspapers. The petitioners, who evidently had made themselves familiar with the subject, stated, that the effect of the stamp duty was to give to the contraband trader in penny trash a per tentage of from three to four hundred over the legitimate publisher of a responsible journal. They further observed, that the consequences of this ano maly, were as ruinous to the moral feelings of the community at large, as they were oppressive towards that class of persons who had embarked the whole -of their property in newspaper speculations ; and they went on to declare, that in their opinion there was no other means by which a stop could be put to the flood of ribaldry and obscenity with which the country was inundated than by legalizing the field of fair competi tion. The LORD CHANCELLOR assured the house that he was well acquainted with the state of the public press, and that his experience went the full length of enabling him to corroborate the truth, and recommend the adoption of the remedy contained in the petition ; and after remarking that as a bill for repealing the stamp duty would touch the revenue, it would with more propriety originate in the Commons ; his Lordship concluded by informing the House that it was his intention to move for a copy of his evidence delivered before a committee on the Law of Libel, as a great part of it would be found to bear on the ques tion to which the petitioners had prayed their Lord ships attention. If an opinion carry any weight with it—and we too have had some experience—we honestly declare that it is in favour of the prayer of the petitioners, whose advocacy of our rights, and regard for the moral character of their poorer countrymen, do them great honour. Nothing can be truer, than that the public mind of the lower classes is poisoned by the wretched, filthy garbage, on which it is compelled to feed, from inability to purchase food of a better quality, which the law prevents being sold at as cheap a rate. The labouring man of the present day is not like the hind of former times. His mind is expanded, his faculties have undergone some degree of culture, his moral feelings are sufficiently strong to detect fraud under any shape, and his reasoning powers are so well developed, that food for the mind has become as ne cessary in some sort, as food for the body. In this state of things it behoves the government to consider the danger of leaving him to the mercy of every pen nyless adventurer, graduated perhaps in the Old Bailey for an act of high treason, or petty larceny, who having no other means of support, starts a penny publication for the instruction of the industrious classes I The poor man would buy the stamped papers if he could, but finding that he is prevented by a tax which renders them so dear as to be out of his reach, he, in a fit of rage against a government whom he thinks has intended to prevent him from acquiring in formation, flies to the stall, and purchases his penny worth of sedition, or obscenity, or treason, or perhaps altogether, and walks home to pour into the ears of his yet innocent offspring some stupid tirade against the character of his King, and the Majesty of his God ! Heaven and earth ! what evils may not yet overwhelm the land, if we go on blindly leaving our youth to ac quire their knowledge of the excellence of our Consti tution from every run-a-way from a convict gang in Australia, who is able to embody in a penny paper the putrid exhalations of his own profligate, abandoned, and rotten heart. The present Government is truly, and in every sense of the word, a liberal one, most desirous of improving the moral condition of the people ; and therefore we are the more anxious to press this question on their consideration. Lord BROUGHAM, with a zeal worthy his exalted character, has again and again declared himself favourable to the repeal of the stamp duty on newspapers, and, seeing the effects which must flow from their continuance, has done -all in his power, by means of cheap pnblications, to counteract it. Lord AL THORP too, we know, has frequently declared himself averse to this monopoly of knowledge, and is only in duced to keep it up on account of the revenue. Now we have paid some attention to this matter, and we can assure the Noble CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER that no deficiency, or at.most one so very trifling as to be of no importance, will be created by the repeal of these duties. But even if a deficiency were the inevitable result, what would it signify compared with the moral strength which it would give to an honest Government ? The people would then have the best information at a cheaper rate, in proportion to the quantity, than they are now supplied with—the vilest and most abominable ribaldry. Men of genius and of right principles would then come forward, and form a tower of talent round the best institutions of the country ; and the people, able to possess themselves of the clear waters of the rock with more facility than the scum of the putrid pools with which they now seek to slake their thirst for information, would soon acquire a 'relish for publications which cultivated the under-. standing and improved the heart—which instructed them in a knowledge of GOD and a love for their country. Besides, with such a facility as would then be afforded to men of large capital, who could employ machinery to any extent, the present race of penny publishers would be completely driven out of the field. Knowledge would then, like every other commodity brought into market, bring a sale in proportion to its cost and real value. And, under such circumstances, how would it be possible for the publisher of the Destructive to compete with a paper with such means of early information as The Sun, or any other daily journal ? But independently of this, the Ministry are called upon to support a free trade on the broadest basis, if they support it at all. Partiality here is always injustice to some party ; for a free trade must be uni versal to be beneficial to the whole community, or even conunonly honest towards them. The hosier has no right to a free trade in stockings, if the tailor be re stricted in the importation or exportation of coats, for otherwise the one would possess an unfair advantage over the other. Why, then, should the printer and the publisher be prevented from doing that which is permitted to other artisans in different vocations ? Or rather, to put the question in its right shape, why is the proper food for the mind subjected to a tax more than the aliment for the body ? But there is another consideration which we think worthy the attention of the present Government, and with which we shall conclude these remarks. We beseech them to bear in mind that, by continuing the tax on newspapers, they habituate the people to violate the law by the purchase of unstamped publications. This is in itself a very serious evil. The habit of breaking the law with impunity, when once acquired, seldom stops at the infringment of one statute; and if a whole people find that they can individually violate one Act of Parliament, it will -be a wonder, indeed, if they do not set all law at defiance. We trust the Go vernment will think of this, and if they do, the con sequence must be a speedy repeal of the stamp duty on newspapers. We are glad to find that it is the Duke of WELLING TON' s intention—as explicitly mentioned last night in the House of Lords—to support the Poor Laws' Amend ment Bill. Next to the Reform Bill, this measure will confer more benefit on the people, than all the Acts of Parliament for the last fifty years. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS DAY, THURSDAY, JULY 10. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past 12 o'clock. Major BE AUCLERK brought up the report of the Com mittee on the Russell's Estate Bill, which was read a third time and passed. Upon the motion of Lord ACHESON, the Newry and Chkrlemont Roads Bill was read a third time. WILFUL BURNING BILL. Mr. LLOYD moved the sscond reading of this Bill. Mr. E WART seconded the motion. Mr. A. SANDFORD expressed a hope that the measure would not be pressed in the then state of the House, and, as a friend to the measure, entreated the Hon. Member to with draw it for the present. Mr. ROEBUCK deprecated the absence of the law officers of the Crown, when measures so nearly affecting the criminal laws of the country were under consideration. He would re sist the postponement of this Bill, as, if the law officers of the Crown neglected their duty, the House ought not. Mr. ROTC!! supported the second reading of the Bill. They might infer, from the absence of the Law Officers of the Crown that they had no objections to make to the Bill. Mr. BERNAL said that they ought to recollect that the Law Officers of the Crown had other business to attend to in other places. He would vote for the second reading if the Bill were pressed to a division. Mr. _PE A SE supported the Bill. An HON. MEMBER; whose name we could not learn, said he had strong objections to the Bill, and hoped it would be postponed. After a few words from Mr. BROTIIERTON and Major BEAU CLERK, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next. PRISONERS COUNSEL BILL. Upon the motion of Mr. EWA RT the House resolved itself into Committee on this Bill—Mr. HAWES in the chair. After a desultory conversation, in which several members took part, Mr. GORING moved that the House be counted, when there being more than forty members present, the Committee resumed. Mr. A. SANDFORD moved an amendment to the effect, that unless the Counsel against the prisoner should make a speech for the prosecution, the Counsel for the prisoner should not be allowed to address the Jury. • Mr. EWART opposed the amendment, which he said had been negatived on a former day, in almost precisely the same words. He hoped it would meet with the same fate at present. After a few words from Mr. Pease, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Ronayne, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Goring, and Mr. O'Dwyer, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL complained of his having been attacked by some Hon. Members for his absence on the present Committee—( Hear, hear)—but it was abso lutely impossible for him to attend to his official duties elsewhere, and be in the House at the same time. As to the objections to the original clause, he could not see their force, and he could not support the amendment. In Scottish courts the indictments were so minute, and the discussion prior to the delivery of the evidence, that the House should not imagine there was any parallel between the two cases. He was afraid, however, that the present number of tribunals were not suffi ciently numerous to allow the full operation of the proposed measure.—( Hear. ) Sir D. K. SANDFORD said he should not press the amendment. After a few words from Mr. LLOYD and Colonel WILLIAMS the clause was agreed to. Mr. C. O'DWYER moved for the introduction of a new, clause, to the effect that prisoners should be permitted to have a copy of the evidence deposed against them before the Ma gistrates. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he did not think the intention of the bill would call for the admission of such a clause. After a few words from Mr. BERNAL and Mr. C. BULLER, Mr. O'DWYER consented to withdraw the motion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed that the Bill come into operation after the 31st of October next. Mr. EWART assented to the proposition, which was agreed to. The House then resumed, and the Chairman brought up the report, which was ordered to be received on Monday next. Sir R. HILL presented a petition against the Bill from a parish in Suffolk. After the presentation of a few petitions in favour of the Dissenters, the SPEAKER left the chair. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET, TO-MORROW. (From the London Gazette.) N. H. F. Pistrucci, artist, Broad.street, Golden-square 2 at 10 W. Tewsley, grocer, Mortlake 2 11 W. Harper, butcher, New-street, Dorset-square 2 11 H. Sandy. and Co., scriveners, Crane-court, Fleet-street P. A. Ducote, lithographic printer, St. Martin's-lane 2 11 R.. Bennet, draper, Worcester 1 2 11 Prior, stationer, Ludgate-hill 1 12 The Lord Chancellor will sit in Lincoln's Inn Hall on Thursday next. On the 21st ult. the diligence of the iron railway, which set out from St. Etienne at eight for Roanne, was overturned in consequence of the breaking of a wheel, by which accident all the passengers were more or less injured ; two were killed, six dangerously hurt, and the remainder were forwarded in another carriage —Paris Paper. The New Grand Jury Act has turned out a com plete failure in the county and city of Kilkenny, in many of its leading provisions. Not a single presentment has been con tracted for in either county or city under the new act. In many of the baronies the cess-payers out-voted the magistrates, and ignored the applications. In other baronies, where the attendance of cess-payers was less numerous, applications were approved of, but there have been no contracts entered into, owing to the confusion and multiplied securities required by the act. We believe such has generally been the case, more or less, in every county and city in Ireland. —Limerick Chronicle. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—Tuesday a pleasure boat, in which were Mr. Smith, of the Portadown Distillery, Mr. Montgomery, excise -officer, and his brother (from Derry), with Mr. James Spence, of Newry, his son (a youth not more than ten), and three boatmen, was upset near Portadown, when the Messrs. Montgomery and two of the boatmen, named Tennison and M'Donald, were drowned. Mr. Spence clung to the boat until he got assistance from shore, whilst his son preserved himself by seizing an oar. Mr. Smith and the other boatman swam to shore. The boat was only fifteen or twenty yards from the bank when it went over. —Newry T - legraph. WWI .; ,~ COURT OF KINGS BENCH.--CiiiiS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, .before - Lord DENMAN and a .Special Jgry!) PE RY V. MAY AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a builder and carpenter, against Messrs. May and Morrett, furnishing iron. mongers, for the recovery of a sum of 1,6621. 2s. 10d., ex. pended in the erection and repair of certain premises, by order of the defendants. Sir .TAMES SCARLETT and Mr. RiCHARDS appeared for the plaintiff, and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. BALL for the defendants. It appeared by the statement of Counsel, that in July 1831. the defendants were employed by the late Earl of . Wintertota to build a mansion at Portland-terrace, and repair another at Lodge-road. The defendants employed the plaintiff, Mr. Perry, to execute the builders and joiners' work at both places, and after a sum of 1,660/. had been expended, the plaintiff took off his workmen by direction of the defendants. The present action was brought to rover the amount expended by the plaintiff. Witnesses having been called to prove the employment of tho plaintiff by the defendants, and the quantity and value of tho work executed, The ATTORI;EY-GENERAL addressed the Jury the de. Pendants. The whole question before them was wkat 'he nature of the contract entered into between the plaintiff anti the defendants. There were two written agreements between the defendants and Lord Winterton, by which 500/. was to hate been paid on account of the work in Jan. 1832, and the remainder in July 18:32. These agreements were laid before the plaintiff by the defendants in the presence of a Mr. Little,_ an archi. tect, and the expr e ss u nd ers t an di ng was , t h at the plaintiff should have no claim upon the defendants until they had re ceived the money from Lord Winterton. His Lordship had died insolvent, and no money having been received by the de fendants on account of the work, according to the terms of the plaintiff's agreement he had no just or legal claim upon the defendants. Mr. Little was examined for the defendants, and proved that the agreement made between the plaintiff and defendants in his presence was, that no claim should be made by tho former upon the latter until they had received the money front Lord Winterton. Sir JAMES SCARLETT replied. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1,6621. 2s. 10d. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—t At per Load of 36 Trusses). CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 15 to £4 0 New Meadow Hay 4 5 4 15 Useful Old Ditto 4 15 5 5 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay Clover Hay Oat Straw.— ...... t I 12 to £1 14 I Wheat Straw 1 16 1 8 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £4 0 to £4 5 New Meadow Hay 4 5 4 15 Useftil Old Ditto 4 15 5 0 Fine Upland Me.idow and Rye-grass Hay Clover Hay extra fine .*5 15 Generally ~ ..... 415 510 Oat Straw ...... —X 1 14 to £1 16 1 Wheat Straw 1 16 1 18 HUNGERFORD. Coarse Meadow Hay v £3 sto 319 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 4 10 5 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay . 5 5 5 10 Clover Hay Oat Straw XI 12 to .f 114 I Wheat St raw 1 14 I 1 COAL MAR Per Ton. s. d Chester Main l6 3 Holywell lB 9 Pont op Windsor l7 9 Tanfleld Uswortli l6 0 !CET.-July 9. Eden Main Ton 18 U Wal's End Hetton .90 2. Walls End Larnbt~n Walls End Ittissell's Lyon's lB .1 Walls End Stewart's Walls End Adelaide Walls End Musgrave.....„ l7 0 Walls End Tees Blythe l4 3 Howard's Netherton Main Hartley I.langennech Coal •••. ..... ..• 44 Silkstone Wilson l6 Walls End Henderson l6 West Hartley Walls End Bell, Hobson & Co lB 0 Walls End Bewicke and Co lB 9 Walls End Gosforth Walls End Hotspur Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarch lB 0 Walls End Northumberland lB 0 Walls End Riddell's Bell's Primrose l7 0 Ships arrived since last market-day, 4. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. 6to O. 54 60 30 34 22 30 38 48 53 26 31 28 23 Birmingham.,,..,.,,. 56 58 30 40 16 22 48 Bridport 56 74 32 36 26 30 54 Cirencester .--...... 44 52 23 26 18 25 37 Faringd0n„........... 54 86 36 40 26 34 . 46 Guildford 48 74 23 32 26 35 43 54 83 35 33 20 30 40 Hereford 5S 62 26 32 26 32 " 44 Highworth 62 80 32 42 28 34 56 Maidenhead 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 37 —:: M0nm0uth............ 62 64 30 32 30 32 53 Reading 40 66 22 36 14 26 44 —. 42 50 26 214 22 25 36 40 Southampton .. 54 58 33 40 28 32 —. 54 Strond 64 78 37 38 22 32 52 - - Tewkesbury 48 34 30 38 42 Uxbridge 48 74 26 34 20 26 . 45 58 80 27 32 17 23 34 44 Warminster.......... 45 52 25 32 22 24 34 45 59 21 22 35 Worcester—.......... 48 52 32 36 24 26 46 CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bushel. a. d. to s. d Pet lb. 4. to d. Wheat Barley 3 0 3 9 Mutton Oats Beans Pease 5 0 7 0 Lamb 0 7 Hay 3l. les to 41. 10s. Od. per ton. Pease 5 0 Hay 3l. lb 10s. Od. per tun. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Montreal papers to the 11th of June, Quebec to the Bth of June, and Bombay to the 16th of February, have been received at the North and South American Coffee House. A Jamaica Mail has arrived by the Opossum, sailed on tho 3d June ; also a Leeward Island Mail by the Pelham, sailed, on the 6th June. EMIGRATION. (From the Montreal Papers of June 9.) QUEBEC, JUNE 8. —The number of emigrants arrived this season, as recorded at the Office of his Majesty's Chief Agent. to this date, amounts to-- From England 2,884 Ireland 6,595 Scotland 1,348 Lower Parts - 19 Total 10,846 Same period last year 3,175 The Montreal paper of the 10th June states the number of emigrants arrived at 11,848 ; same period last year, 3,662. The emigrant tax of ten shillings and five shillings levied on emigrants arrived at Quebec last year, has been suspended. The conveyance from Quebec to Montreal of a settler, has been reduced to one shilling and threepence. ( From the Jamaica Papers.) There is no question of more vital interest to the inhabi. tants of Jamaica than the introduction of white labourers. Those lately imported by Mr. Myers have given rise to some disturbances of an unpleasant nature'; we regret to an nounce that no less than eight or ten of the individuals brought out are discontented. The regular season appears to have set in with a fall of rain unusual even in these climates. (From the Bombay Papers.) The arrival of the Duncan, Captain Donal, from Dublin, the 28th September, deserves notice, being the only vessel in our remembrance, that has ever come direct to this port , from the capital of Ireland. The Right Hon. the Governor-Gene• ral is expected to be, on the 20th inst. at Bangalore. THE WAR IN SCINDE. Letters have been received from Scinde, intimating thati battle has taken place. DISTRESSES IN CDTCII. A famine prevails thoughout this ill-fated territory, and to add to the misery, the Prime Minister has monopolized all the forage and grain in the country. FUNDS. Our City Tories are rather disappointed, as they cxpected that the whole of the Ministry had resigned, while the Whig or Liberal party live in hopes, by the King's sending for Lord Melbourne, to consult with him for the remodelling of the Mi. nistry, as they expect it will be on a firmer basis than ever; and in consequence of which all the Funds have experienced& slight improvement this morning. Consols, which left off yesterday at 92+ s for the Account, opened at 92} ; at present they are 924. Spanish, which left off at 47:4 opened at 471 4. Portuguese left off a$ 87i and opened at 87i 8. HALF-PAST ONE. Nothing in any official shape is as yet known in the City respecting the new appointment in the Administration, although we hear a report that Lord Althorp will again return and hold two situations as First Lord of !the Treasury and Chan cellor of the Exchequer, by which means the present Ministets will be able to get through the session. Consols continue firm at 92i for the Account. Spanish, 47* ; Portuguese, tiBi The Dart has arrived From Maeira with 25 Miguelites, The Bishop of Madeira has escaped, and gone to G6tiot. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92i The monument to be erected over all that could die of Bishop Doyle will bear the following brief and p ithy in' scription—his own dictation :—" I-11c JACET J. K. L. " • Accounts from Demerara state .that the 'Commis• sioners appointed for that colony, under the Slavery Abolition Act, for ascertaining the average prices at which slaves were sold, from the Ist January, 1823, to the 31st December, 1830, had reported the price at 1.16/. It imprisonment f or d e bt, are at the same of the is a striking espirito of the timeillustrations,the thattheverymeitradet n i who i p o ro tr nature esstobe endeavouring to abolish imp time, the most strenuous advocates for the New Poor Bill, which, it has been aptly observed, is intended principally to legalize imprisonment, for poverty. general good conduct of the police THE NEW POLICE.—The Middlesex Grand Jury, them, and to the zeal, activity, sail on bringing into Court their last presentments, took occasion of them had displayed in tracing out t ea. hs b oe ha of fdt shrewdnessce been s ie t n mne crime, nacxynha and s Court examined t ee h rd e a bl bringing them home to the perpetrators. g a e n r d o dangerouslye y ‘v t o h u o n u d g e h d t , t had his p m e a r n s i s e t n e t d i t n e d his to p a urs re u w i ard t of T h ere was one case in particul ar w h ere t h e po li ceman, a l t h oug h C nda o al mmissione rs , w h o t h ey un d erstoo d h a d a f u nd ap plicableftoem m uch cahimne f di o r such purposes. The Chairman promised to com municate their opinion to the Commissioners, and, afterthank, ng them for their services, dismissed them. • • -