The Sun. — London, England, 1834-04-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Repeal question has since the first three nights of the discussion been treated like a bale of damaged goods—nobody would look at or attend to it. Thank heaven, the thing is now at an end—we mean as a parliamentary question. The overwhelming majority has expressed, in a mode not to be misunderstood, the opinion of the House of Commons. We have never seen a question brought into Parliament where the reasoning and the common sense were so unequally divided. On the part of the Repealers, from Mr. O'Connell's first speech to his reply (both inclusive), there was not to be found the shadow of an argu ment—no, not one--by which the judgment of any impartial being could have been determined to vote in the affirmative. To do justice, however, to some of Mr. O'Connell's supporters, we must acknowledge that the incomplete form in which the bill of emancipation received the Royal as sent in 1829, left afloat so many unsettled inte rests, and threw into a state of uneasiness and irritability so many selfish passions, as to make it impossible that agitators on the look out for mischief should not have used both for purposes of national dis turbance. Not undervaluing the difficulties which surrounded the Duke' of Wellington on the occasion alluded to, nor those by which preceding Ministers had been beset with regard to Catholic emancipation, we must deplore, first, that the measure was long enough delayed to admit of the growth and accumulation of a large share of bad feeling towards the Government amongst the people of Ireland ; secondly, that in pre paring his measure the Duke of Wellington threw overboard the ecclesiastical part of the question, left the Catholic priesthood precisely where it had stood for two previous centuries, and therefore the minds of that clergy, already discontented with their existing lot, no less distrustful of the future. Had the Duke of Wel lington been inclined, and enabled to settle the affairs of the Catholic church, and attached that body to the state, as he did effectually the great bulk of laymen of property among the Catholics, Mr. O'Connell andother schemers would have wanted tools to act with. The Catholic church, in all its degrees and branches, would have been against him, and agitation, at least for chi merical or iniquitous objects, might have wasted its malignity on the air. However, it is sufficiently ob vious that through whatever causes popular dissatisfac tion in Ireland might, within the last few years, have been aggravated, none of those evils which alone could have justified it were to be cured by a repeal of the union. A repeal of the union would have produced of necessity-1. the dictatorship of Mr. O'Connell over Ireland ; 2. through the inevitable disappointment of a savage people, gaping for good things, which neither union nor the repeal of it, nor wholesale confiscations, could obtain for them,—a violent and general convul sion—the general prevalence of fierce and vindictive barbarity—persecution of property and protestantism —civil war—the necessary intervention of the mighty power of Great Britain—the devastation and certain re-conquest of Ireland, until, the mournful cycle should be completed by establishing the government of that ill starred Irish province upon the same principles of Pro testant supremacy and Popish subjugation which it has been the boast of England, beginning with the last half century, to disavott and gradually to abandon. That category of tremendous ills has been for the present eluded by the issue of last night's closing de bate on the agitator's motion ; and all similar attempts at mischief from the same quarter, may, we hope, be frustrated by an earnest attention to well-founded com plaint, and by a prompt and rigorous punishment of all crimes connected with sedition. The church ques tion must be forthwith adjusted, the Irish poor law question must be diligently and honestly considered ; as in close affinity with both of them, we must conti nue to press upon the languid spirit of the government an immediate provision for the Catholic clergy, and a decided overthrow of the present corn-law system, the curse and bane of the whole United Kingdom, Ire land herself included. It will be seen by the report of the House of Lords, that ministers are taking mea sures for an immediate concurrence of the Upper House in the address of the Commons, to which joint pro ceeding there is no doubt that the Sovereign will affix his early and not reluctant fiat. If any ulterior mea sure be contemplated, it must speedily be made known. —Times. The Repeal Question has terminated as every one supposed that it would terminate. The majority was 523 to 38, or 485. This is about 14 to 1. We do not believe that an English or Scotch member will be found in the minority. The Repealers are a minority even of the Irish members. The discussion will do much more good in Ireland than in this country ; for here people deem the Union one of those matters which it would be useless to discuss, as the Union never can be dissolved. The English are a practical people, and, therefore, not much enamoured of idle talk, in which light they viewed speeches for a repeal of the Union. If the Irish Repealers ever flattered themselves that their arguments would produce the least impression on John Bull, and that agitation might be as successful in obtaining repeal as it was in ob taining advocates for emancipation, they must now be undeceived. The alternative of setting England at defiance, and repeating the drama of Belgium, has been hinted at, but the most extravagant Repealers must be sensible that the very idea is ridiculous. Morning Chronicle. We have only room to congratulate the country on the triumphant division which last night decided the fate of Mr. O'Connell's motion. Thirty-eight to 523 was a poor stand for the repealers to have made after all their pledges and exertions. It was less, if we have been rightly informed, than they anticipated themselves. Sixty was the number on which they are said to have calculated, but even 60 would have been a small muster in such a house. Those must be san guine friends of separation who think that even in Ireland such a majority would produce no effect. But it is not a mere majority on which we have to calcu late. There is a victory of argument as well as of timbers to be taken into account, and on the com bined influence of both we may undertake to say that the question of repeal, or separation, or dismember ment, or whatever else it may be called, is set at rest, tint only for the present Session, but, to all practical purposes, for ever. —Morning Herald. Thank God, the question of the repeal was last night fin,Ally settled in the House of Commons, by one of the most triumphant majorities which we have ever known to occur ; the total number being— For Repeal 381 Against it 523 I Majority —485! Adding the Speaker, and four tellers, the House consisted of 566 members.—Morning Advertiser. In the House of Commons last night the discussion of the repeal question was. resumed, and concluded without giving rise to anything requiring particular remark. The division was a triumphant one for the supporters of the union, the number of members who voted for Mr, O'Connell's motion being only 38, while in favour of the amendment there were 523, thus presenting, in a house of 561 members, a ma jerity of 485 against the dismemberment of the em pire. Mr. Hume made an attempt to modify the proposed address, but failed to obtain support or even attention to his proposal. We rejoice at this signal defeat of the agitator, but should have preferred the simple rejection of his motion, as a course better cal culated to humble him in his own estimation, and that of his deluded adherents, to the ministerial device of An address to the Throne from both houses of the le 4Tislature upon such an occasion. We shall be sur prised if ...ministers do not ere long discover that they have spoiled the business by overdoing it. —Morn. Post. The maste'•r tailors have determined to resist the tyrannical and absurd pretensions of the associated journeymen. We give them great credit for their firmness of their conduct, and earnestly exhort them to persevere in it, assuring them that it will not re sinire a very protracted struggle to insure to them, or rattler to their customers, who are the parties really interested, a final and complete victory over the inso lent and domineering clubbists. It is, however, of the utmost importance that the public at large sho - uld lend all the encouragement and assistance in their power to these and to every other class of master tradesmen who may be involved in a similar contest with the con federated workmen in consequence of the unwarrant able demands of the latter. A tradesman may, it is pbvious, be placed in a very difficult position if, in circumstances like the present, any portion of those customers upon whom his future prospects in business depend should be urgent for the execution of their or ders. A certain degree of patient forbearance is a duty incumbent, therefore, upon every individual who does not wish that these unconscionable journeymen tailors may achieve a triumph, which would not only be pernicious in its effect, so far as their own calling is concerned, but would certainly extend and strengthen that general infatuation which has seized the working classes in almost every department of industry, and which threatens, if it be not speedily checked, the most disastrous consequences to the peace and welfare of society. Neither' lino 1 iwr Wrial 94 . 14 to be re- garded as an apology even for momentary submission ; and every master who, under any circumstances what ever, violates the engagement he has contracted, or deviates in the slightest degree from that line of con duct which is best calculated to restore the deluded workmen to their senses, should be punished by the general desertion of his customers.—Morning Post. TRICKS OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 214% 14' 3 per Cent. Red.... 91 90% 1 1 4 3 per Cent. Cons. 92% 114 2►( t 3 1, 4 per Cent. 9 8 34 Ditto Red 98 %44 New 3 1 4 per Cent 99%1i - Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1826 ... 101% %%14 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860... l7 3-16 1 4 Oct.lo, 1859 17 '-16 1 4 , Jan. 5, 1860 l7 7-16 Jan, 5, 1880 Aprils„ 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 28 30 28 pm. South Sea Stock lOl% Old Annuities 89 ; 14 New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 4B 46 pm. Ditto 500 43 46 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account 269 Cons. for Account 9236,4 PRICES OP FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ..... 102►% IPeruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds lOl Ditto Account 9.31 A; Ditto Account lOl Portuguese Bonds 77 6% Brazilian Bonds 73 Ditto Account 77 b Z 6v, Ditto Account ' - 3 1 % 1 Ditto New Bonds ...77c 6% Buenos Ayres Bonds 2S , Ditto Acconnt...77 874 6ii Ditto Account 2B Prussian Bonds lo3k 3 Chilian Bonds °74 ; Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO3 Ditto Account 'r' Russian Bonds, 1822 10 5 14 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account... - 23 1 Ditto 111 . Ditto Bonds, 1824 27 4ii Spanish Bonds, 1821 37 Ditto Account 0 7%i Ditto Am..— ......37 6% 7 4 Oanish Bon s "444 Ditto Bonds 15E3 Ditto Account 743 Ditto Account 36 534 Greek Bonds French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 3334 ( Exchange —f —c. Ditto Acc0unt..„.„........ —l-3 per cent —r --c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. 31% I— Exchange —f —c. Ditto Account Dutch, 24 p. c...„.. ......... 51 34 Dm o, 6 per cent 42 1% ' Ditto Account .513 j 1 Ditto Account 424:2 Ditto, sp. c. 96 44 Neapolitan...—. .......... „. 94% Ditto Acc0unt.........:.....96% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Alton Mining Company £9 Anglo Mex. Mm. ~o. kiss. at U. pm ) XlOO Bolanos Mining Company ..£150 Brazilian Mining Company 5 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) ni tto Macaubas 120 Per Share. 11% 9 130 Ditto St. John Del Rey Cats Branca Mining Company 35 L 6 Y I British Iron Mining Company £so 3 Columblz n Mining Co. (Iss. at 5/. pm.) 51.0•4 10;6 English Mining Company 12)4 25 ieneral Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining CO £4B Real del Monte Mining C0....(unr0g.) united Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. ...... Protector Insurance Comp. ...... Australian Co. Canada Company .........- ..... General Steam Navigation Co. .... National Provincial Bank of England 15 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 10%% 11 .£1 7 31U 48 15% 13 1 ,4 2% 42% COURSE OF EXCH . Amsterdam C.F.12 5 Ditto, at sight. 12 W, Rotterdam n U 12 51 Antwerp 12 4 Hamburg M.S. 13 111 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 45 Ditto .2 U. 25 72i Bordeaux Berlin_ Frank fort on Blaine, Ex. M.:slf Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. —.— Vienna, effective El. 2M. 9 58 Trieste do Madrid 374 .......... 3716 tlilboa 36% Sarcelona Gibraltar' — WOE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 48% Genoa. 25 70 Milan Venice Naples Palermo per oz. 122% Lisbon 52 Oporto - 52 Rio .Taneiro 37 Bahia Buenos Avres Dublin, 21 days' sight 15.4 Cork BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverhars, standard 0 4 111 HIED WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ►Morning ...13 minutes after 8. I Evening... 43 minutes after S. vbr *llll4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1834. After six nights' protracted debate the ques tion of the Repeal of the Union has been brought to a close. The majority against it was 523. The minority in its favour 381 We predicted, months since, some such result, though we thought it not impossible that the Repealers might catch a few stray English votes, and thus swell their numbers to about forty odd. But instead of this, they have been unable, with all their industry, to scrape toge ther more than 38 votes, which is just 37 more than such a question deserves. Repeal merits but one advocate, and that as a matter of course should be O'CONNELL. We defy the whole world to produce such a question and such an advocate, so happily suited, each to the other. Whatever complaints she may have had to urge against England in former times, Ireland can now in common justice say nothing against the way in which her interests have been attended to in a Reformed House of Com mons. The absurd question of repeal has actually been made the subject of more attentive consideration than even the corn laws, which have truth and justice to re commend them. It has been heard fully—fairly out, from the beginning to the end. The dis cussion will have this good effect, that it will open the eyes of even Ireland herself, to the tricky sophistry of Mr. O'CoNNELL's re peal arguments. They have been weighed in a just balance and found wanting. In a word, the question has received its death-blow, and (to borrow one of the great agitator's favourite tropes) we trust no Repealer will attempt to " sound the trumpet of its resurrection." The great cause of the agitation and wretched state of Ireland is to be found in the poverty and dependence of the Catholic priesthood, and, till some provision be mad Nor them, and in ducements held out to persons in the better classes of society to enter the service of the Church, we may hope in vain for either peace, security, -or improvement in that country. From the very situation in which they are placed they must naturally be opposed to the British Go vernment, and encourage any change that holds out a prospect of recovering any of the church property, or regaining any of that vast power which they formerly possessed. They profess, in their own opinion, the only true religion. The tithes and other ecclesias tical property were originally granted for the support of that religion, but plundered from them by the English Church ; and though they have nearly all the Irish population under their spiritual guidance, they receive not a farthing of these tithes, or any grant whatever from the state, for the performance of such responsible and varied duties. Now, is it possible that a church placed in such a peculiar situation, and so neg lected by the Government, can have any sym pathy with British feelings, any wish to support British connexion, or instil into the minds of their flocks regard for Protestant authorities ? Every circumstance in their condition tends the contrary way ; and the Government may rest assured that till the Irish Catholic church is placed on a more independent and equitable footing, discontent and disturbances will continue to afflict that country. If Mr. O'CONNELL were to retire from the field of agitation to-morrow, o ther agitators would spring up and continue to occupy his place till such glaring injustice was redressed. However much the high church party may abhor popery, and consider themselves bound to put it down, they cannot be blind to the fact that restriction and persecution have hitherto been of no avail, but on the contrary have added to the numbers of the Catholics, and have bound them together from mutual sympathy—from a consciousness of suffering martyrdom in a just cause, and from a principle honourable to human nature—to reject every temptation held out in the shape of re ward or punishment to become proselytes. We contend, however, that provision should be made for the Catholic clergy, not only as a mat ter of policy, but as an act of justice. Ecclesias tical property was originally granted for the support of the church, and it is contrary to all sound practice, and to impartial legislation, to withdraw all that revenue from the majority, and give it entirely to a minority which does not compose more than a tenth part of the population. Why was provi sion made for the Scotch clergy ? Solely because the religion of the great body of the people was Presbyterian. The principle we recommend has be en adopted in France, and is found to work well. Let the legislature try the experiment in Ireland, and they will do more to pacify that country than all they have hi therto attempted. Whatever may be said about O'CoNNEL influence, the priests are the active agents. Do them an act of justice—re concile them to the Government, and his occu pation is gone. The master tailors' meetings have been very numerously attended, and the whole trade seems united in a determination to put an end to the co-operative system so far as their journey men are implicated in it. In this deter mination they are supported by the weal thiest of their customers, who are will ing to put up with any personal inconve nience rather than give encouragement to a system, which they believe as dangerous to the working classes as to all others. We may expect that the demand for journeymen will bring thou sands of tailors to London from Scotland, Ire land, and even France and Germany. When they arrive here they must get employment, so that the effect will be a great reduction in price as the result of competition. The French Papers contain little news. A letter from Bayonne of the 24th, speaks of the arrival of Don CARLOS iii Spain, in conse quence of which the Carlists in Arragon and Castile had raised the standard of revolt against the present Government. Our own accounts, however, from Madrid, which we published in a second edition last night, show that Don CARLOS has entered Spain as a fugitive, if at all. He is probably ere this a prisoner. The French Chambers are to be prorogued:on the 15th of May, on which day the Chamber of Deputies is to be dissolved. The elections are to take place between the 25th and 30th of June. It is stated from Odessa, that Marshal MARMONT was expected there on his way to Egypt. The King of DENMARK pronounced the separation of the Crown Prince from his wife on the 16th. A decree is to appear to deprive him of the right of succession to the throne. The Vienna letters speak of the probability of Count MUNCH-BELLINGHAUSEN, the ac tual Austrian President of the Germanic Diet, being appointed Austrian Minister of State. The Funds have fallen a little, in conse quence, it is supposed, of the late disturbances at Lyons. The conferences are held frequently, and are expected to end by the 24th. The Duchess of BERRI and LUCCHESI PALLI are to pass through Vienna on the 26th, and to leave the day following for Prague, where she is to reside. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARTS, APRIL 28. Five per Cents., 104 f. 50c. 60c. 50c. Three per Cents., 78E 50c. 40c. Bank Actions, 1,79.tf. Rente de Naples, 95f. 94f. 85c. Roman Five per Cents., 96./t Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 29. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 44% 44. Royal Spanish Loan, 85)6 84%. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 71% 3 /4. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 97%98. Haytian Loan, 265 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25E 35c.; money, 25E 25c. Three months, paper, —f. —c.; money, 25f. 25c. —emirs Authentigue. VIENNA, APRIL 19.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 97 17-32; Four per Cent. 8 8 1 %; Bank Securities 1 , 2413 4. —Allgemeine Zeitung, April 24. The Nautilus arrived at Falmouth on the 28th, having left Lisbon on the 13th, and Oporto on the 16th. Hopes are entertained at Lisbon that arrangements may yet be made, by negotiation, for putting an end to civil war. The point, however, may be considered settled ; the only question being now, whether Don MIGUEL shall leave with a suitable provision for his support, or be compelled to quit with out—whether he shall be treated with as a person of some consideration, or as what he is, a rebel and usurper. NAPIER was block ading Figueira, and the Duke of TERCEIRA was at Murcia. CARDOZO was retreating to Moncervo. Lord ALTIIORP'S Bill for the Abolition of Church Rates, is to be discussed on the 16th, May. Meantime,what is called" the United Com mittee of Dissenters," with Mr. WIL KS and Mr. WEYMOUTH at their head, have passed strong resolutions against those of the House of Commons ; whilst another party of Dis senters, in conjunction with Mr. GIBSON and Mr. DAVID WIRE, solicitor, have taken a still more decided course, and resolved to convene a public meeting, to petition for a dissolution of the union now existing between the church and the state. At this meeting Mr. JosEPII HUME is to be invited to take the chair. We find that the latter gentleman and Mr. WILKS disagree as to the mode which ought to have been adopted in opposing Lord AL THORP'S resolutions in the House of Commons ; the Patriot affirming that, but for Mr. HUME'S interference, Mr. WILKS would have had a majority against the Ministers. It is evi dent, therefore, that attempts will be made, and are in fact now making, to defeat the government plan. In short, unless the mini sters are prepared to give up the principle of an established church, it does not seem as though any measures they can propose will be acceptable to the united committee, or the. still more ultra party among the dissenters. The methodists are divided on this question, and so are the unitarians. The Patriot, which the United Committee are said to have made their organ, declares that " there has come over mens' minds a deep and settled conviction that until that greatest of all schismatics the Church of England, is brought down from her high estate, and placed on a level with her brethren, sectarianism and strife will never cease to distract the bosom of Eng land ; that until the patronage of the church is wrested from the grasp both of the Govern ment and the Aristocracy, and given to the people, the Gospel in all its power and purity will never cover the length and breadth of the land. Right or wrong these are the prevailing sentiments of the great mass of Dissenters." Here the object is plainly avowed—the patronage of the Church is to be wrested from the grasp both of the Government and the Aristocracy, and given to the people. But how is this to be effected ? In what way are the people to get the patronage ? And what se curity is there that if they had it they would use it better than the Government or the aristocracy use it ? By what portion of the people is it to be exercised if not by all ? But if were we to admit that to obtain for the people the patronage of the church is really the desire and design of " the great mass of Dis• senters," and that they have the power to wrest it from the Government and the aristo cracy, then we do not see what objection they can have to the maintenance of the churches by means of a charge on the land tax. The build ings are not the worse for having been used for centuries as places of worship. It is not on this account that they should either be given up to " a sect," or allowed to fall into decay. - Wishing well to both churchmen and dissen ters, and considering that charity and peace are above all things to be sought after by those who profess to be guided by christian principles, we had hoped that the grievances of the dissenters might have been redressed, as others have been, without provoking a contest, the iswe of which must be, at least for some time, doubt ful, between the church on the one hand, and the various denominations of dissen ters, on the other. But it would seem that this is not to be permitted. We had imagined that the buildings now used by the Episcopalians being the property, not of individuals or of any corporation, but of the nation, might have been kept in repair at the public expense, in the same way that other public buildings are ; and that the time might arrive when divisions between Christians being at an end, the buildings might be used for the whole body of Christian wor shippers. Some Dissenters, however, appear rather to desire to throw them into the hands of the Episcopalians, and that Parliament should give up the control it now exercises over the affairs of the church. If this is not meant by separating the church from the state, we are at a loss to know what is. It cannot be meant that the KING, the Peers, or the members of the House of Commons, shall not, as indivi duals, be members of the church ; and if in their collective capacity they are not to exer cise control over the affairs of the church, which is, we believe, what many of the clergy desire, the latter will be left in perpetual possession of churches, tithes, glebe-lands, parsonage houses, public-schools, and endowments. The church will then, indeed, be unconnected with the state, but will patronage cease, or will the na tion gain anything by having the clergy as a formidable, wealthy, and compact corporation, instead of possessing, as now, the power of controlling them, and disposing of the eccle siastical revenues in a manner the most likely to promote the public welfare ? The Government will probably, however, act in this matter as they did with respect to the abolition of slavery—they will do what is just between the contending parties ; and if they should be equally successful, it will be well for the peace of the community. Lord GREY, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Lord ALTHORP, have declared that they are, from conviction, resolved .to support the Esta blished Church ; but if they were not, it is clear that neither the House of Lords nor the Commons are prepared to carry out the prin ciples of the Dissenters. What can be the object of the latter in calling on the Govern ment to do that which they know to be impos sible ? There is no OLIVER CROMWELL in the army at present, nor are -there men among the Dissenters such as those who composed the Long Parliament. Yet they failed, because they sought that which was impracticable, and which, if desirable, was not to be secured by the means they employed. The Dissenters must first convince the nation that they seek only what would be advantageous to the whole peo ple, and they must employ no unworthy means to obtain even that. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE CHARLOTTE EVANS, A LUNATIC. Mr. PHILLIMORE supported a petition presented by the two brothers of the lunatic, who were now her committees. The petition stated that the lunatic had married very considerably below her station in life ; that she had one son, thirteen years of age, alive ; that her husband had been her committee ; that he had died, leaving debts to the a mount of 4501. beyond what the property he had left would meet, which were stated by the petition to have been incurred for necessary expenses for himself, his fa mily, servants, &c. ; that the lunatic's original income was f ro m the dividends of 2,000/. but that lately s h e h a d h a d a considerable accession of fortune left to her ; and the prayer was that the 4501. might be ordered to be paid out of the general estate. The - Loup CHANCELLOR thought that to grant the prayer would be deviating from every rule of practice, and against all the principles that regulated the proceedings in lunacy. It was not at all improbable but that if an application had been made to the Court an additional allowance for maintenance would have been granted to the committee in the circumstances, but as it was the prayer must be refused. IN RE WARREN PEARCE, A LUNATIC. Mr. SwlNsTow obtained the usual order under the statute for the appointment of another person to act in the room of Mr. Pearce, who had become a lunatic, as a trustee with two other gentlemen, the lunatic having been a trustee. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter after twelve o'clock. Mr. CLAY presented a petition from the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets, against the Islington Market Bill. Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from Port Glasgow in favour of the Wishaw Railway Bill; also, a petition from Edinburgh, against the Edinburgh Police Bill. Mr. PENDARVES presented a petition from Corn wall, against the Hayle Railway Bill. Mr. C. BURRELL presented a petition from several parishes in Sussex, against the Beer Bill ; also a petition from the Isle of Ely, praying for the better observance of the Sabbath ; and a petition from the magistrates and gentry of the town and neighbourhood of Guildford, in Surrey, praying for the renewal of the Labour Rate Act. The hon. baronet gave notice that, on the house going into committee on the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, he would propose an amendment, founded upon the suggestions of men practically acquainted with the subject. He hoped hon. members would make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the subject before coming to a vote on it. The hon. baronet concluded by expressing it as his opinion that the re-enactment of the Labour Rate Act would be of the greatest benefit to the agricultural districts. Mr. CLAY said, experience would not justify the house in recommitting the management of paupers to country justices. The labour rate was the cause of all the evils ; interfering with capital, private property, and destroying the spirit of industry. Lord G. LENNOX concurred in the same observa tions, and said he had a petition from Sussex on this sub ject in his possession before Easter, but had not yet had an opportunity of presenting it. After a few words from Mr. F. PALMER, Mr. HAL COMB, and other hon. members, in support of an altera tion in the present system of the poor laws, the petition was laid on the table. Mr. SLANEY said the proposed measure might be useful for a short time, but the report of the Commis sioners would shew why they recommended it. The wel fare of the country was greatly bound up with this mea sure, and if it should pass it would be the duty and interest of every man to come forward generously to give employ ment to those who might for a short period suffer. Sir C. BURRELL explained. . . Mr. FOLEY presented petitions in favour of the better observance of the Sabbath from Trowbridge, Bradford, and other places--Laid on the table. Mr. COLLIER presented petitions to the same effect from Plymouth and other places—Laid on the table. Mr. BLACKBURN presented a petition to the same effect from several clergymen of Huddersfield, &c. ; one from several beer shopkeepers of Huddersfield, for an al teration in the laws affecting them ; and one, signed by 8,000 persons of Huddersfield, against beer shops. Laid on the table. Mr. LYALL presented a petition from St. Lawrence and St. Mary Magdalen, city of London, on the subject of tithes, praying that such alterations may be effected as would relieve the country, and preserve the rights of the church unimpaired ; also one from St. Stephen's parish, London, for a better observance of the Sabbath-day. Laid on the table. Mr. ROEBUCK presented petitions on various sub jects---one from the dissenters, claiming to be exempted from church-rates ; one deprecating the taxes on knowledge; one to do away with the use of sweeping boys ; one on the subject of national education ; one from an individual named George R. Stephens, residing in the county of Bucks, complaining of certain deficiencies in the reform till, as applicable to many constitutional privileges of the subject ; one from a person named Keating, on a private grievance ; and one from his constituents atßath,complaining of the 6d. contributed by seamen towards Greenwich Hospital ; one in favour of the Dorsetshire convicts. The hon. member said, that he was convinced that the latter were punished because they were members of the trades' unions. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said, that it was asserted by a right hon. gentleman that he (Mr. Harvey) was soli citor to the unions. That he (Mr. Harvey) denied. Concerning the subject of those men who were convicted in Dorsetshire, he was of opiuion that they were illegally con victed, and unwarrantly punished. The hon. member pro ceeded to read the address of the judge who presided at the trial of those men, and contended that he that he (the judge) begged the question of crime being committed (Hear, from Mr. F. O'Connor), and then punished them on the supposition of their coming within the power of the law. He (Mr. Harvey) hoped that the subject would be brought under consideration of that house, with a view of mitigating the extreme severity of the sen tence. The hon. member continued to vindicate the formation of trades' unions, and read some resolutions entered into by them, to prove the moral and peaceable manner in which they intended to protect their only pro perty, their labour. He admitted that they were not adopting the best mode of gaining their ends, but all legislation was 'a matter of speculation, and was improved by time and experience. ,( Hear, hear. ) ministersT e hoi was member present regretted t ogive some that none as sur a n o h c f e that i s Ala leniency j e s t y's would be extended to those men ; it was very little use for the head of the government, who sat in another place, to be vaunting of his friendly feeli ng t owards the labouring classes, while those poor men were sent precipitately from the country, lest any humane interposition should rescue them from banishment. Mr. WASON contended that those men were legally convicted, and not punished beyond the due rigour of the law. Mr. PEASE complained that he could not get an opportunity of presenting some petitions, because of too much protracted discussion on the subject of the Dorset shire men. Mr. F. O'CONNOR congratulated himself that hon. members were coming round to his opinion, that those men were illegally convicted. Mr. HALCOMB defended the construction which had been put upon the act in the case of the Dorchester uni onists. The act did not refer merely to seditious offences, but also to those offences which might tend to endanger the public peace. He regretted that no member of his Majesty's Government was present to defend their con duct on that occasion, which he (Mr. Holcomb) thought deserving of much praise. Mr. E. S. RUTHVEN complained of the precipi tancy by which these men had been hurried out of the country, more especially when subsequent discussion had shown the gross injustice of the sentence. He contended that unless the national establishments and the interest of the national debt were reduced, it would be impossible to do justice to the interests of the working classes. ILord CHARLES RUSSELL presented a petition from the farmers of Bedford, in favour of the Beer Act ; also a petition from a congregation of dissenters in the same county, praying for relief. Lord MORPETH presented a petition, very numerously and respectably signed, from the West Riding of the county of York, against the General Registry Act. After a few words from Sir S. WHALLEY, in favour of a plan of general registration— Sir G. STRICKLAND begged Ito bear his testimony to the respectability of the petition presented by his noble colleague. The sentimentsof the inhabitants of Yorkshire generally were against the bill. Mr. BLACKBURNE supported the petition, and ex pressed his determination to vote against the second read ing of the bill, as even were the measure a good one, it should not be forced upon the people against their wishes. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the woollen card makers of Halifax, complaining of the inconvenience to which they are subjected by combination of their men. (Lord M.) was against the revival of the h eom t manufacturers. Sir S. WHALLEY said the manifesto of the trades' ion law. xuwt l aahulii havege h h ß t yienr the.s ) h saide coatffilf tehl n ed o t gaols acuoknseitno n 2 off s ff. v , w :oh e u r ai .s e la sd tom lead back.ba Hetho s u h g o lt d th b e e re d on wase to enough protectug h of the low, interests but e h o b o f i u n t g a h h e t master some thing unions was monstrous. He was a standing commentary of it. (The hon. gentleman here held up his watch, e ru i l Lcen tss e r t :ia a for2Ad. builtwmhesnici mention he H e 0. excitedsn h we o ua great to the introduction of foreign manufactures. He might n ea uf u S a s i e c r t o u f r G e t d E h O e in e ß v P G i E STRICKLAND thought the whole disproportion between the price of food and the scale of wages. Mr. BRIGGS supported the petitiOn. Mr. BAINES agreed with the noble lord to a certain extent, but was certain that if the combinations were re vived, they would not prevent these whims unaccompanied by remedial measures. The petition was then laid on the table. After the presentation of some other petitions, the SPEAKER left the chair. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—ln the police report of the Marylebone Office on Saturday last, it is stated that a duel was prevented by a warrant issued on my information, I having attended on behalf of " the gentleman in Cumberland," who was challenged. I beg leave to correct this statement, which is a mistake. I attended wholly without that gentleman's knowledge, and altogether on behalf of his mother, who having learned from another quarter that such challenge had been sent, obtained possession of the letter which con veyed it, without the knowledge of her son, and sent me as her professional adviser immediately to town with such letter, to prevent the consequences which might have otherwise resulted. Her son was quite ignorant of what was done or intended, until he received in Cumberland a letter from me with the information. . . Your insertion of this letter in your next paper, will much oblige, Sir, your very obedient servant, CHARLES S. CLARKE. Bristol, April 29, 1834 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. Newmarket, Tuesday.. Renewal of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscrip tion of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for colts, Bst. 81b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. R.M. Three-yrs. -old. 27 subs. Lord Jersey's Glencoe Robinson 1 Sir M. Wood's c. by Muley ..................... 2 Mr. Yates's Bentley .............................. 3 Also started :—Mr. Mills's by Lapdog —Effie Deans, Lord Orford's c. Paris, by Lo Waterloo—Posthumous,d Lowther's b. c. by Reveller—Tric Track, Mr. Gully's gr. c. Viator. Won by a length and a half. ---6 to 1 agst. Glencoe, 4 - to 1 agst. c. by Mulev, sto 2 agst. Bentley, 7 to 1 agst. Lapdog, 5 to 2 agst. Viator. The King's Plate of 100 gs. for mares ; four - y rs.-old, Bst. 41b. ; five, 9st. 41b. ; six, 9st. 101 b. ; and aged , lOst. R. C. Sir M. Wood's Vespa, 4 yrs Chapple 1 Mr. S. Stonehewer's Chantilly, 4 yrs ......... 2 Mr. Batson's Revelry 3 Won by a length and a half.---2 to 1 agst. Vespa (t aken). 7 to 4 agst. Chantilly, 5 to 2 agst. Revelry. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, 100 ft., for foals of 10 ' 1 "; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. B.C. 10 subs . Duke of Richmond's Baleine 1 Lord Chesterfield's Dirce Captain G. Bulkeley's Trickery 3 Lord Jersey's Lucius Won easy by fifty yards.---6 to 1 agst. Baleine, 3to 1 agst. Dirce, 4to 1 agst. Trickery, 6 to 4 agst. Lu produce un ' Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft , for the of tried mares. 4 subs. Mr. Thornhill's Pickle Match. ---Lord Tavistock's Cream, 7st. 131 b. ( µ r ight ft. beat General Grosvenor's Dick, B s t. 81b. B. M. 20 0 "' Won by four lengths.-.-7 to 4 on Cream. KINGSTON HOUSE ROOMS.—Tussnax 2• 1161 fr. THE DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Batson's Plenipotentiary 5 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Shilelah 11 to 2 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 8 to 1 agst Lord Jersey s Glencoe (taken) 14 to 1 agst Mr. Yates's Bentley 17 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Olympic 20 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's Br. to Marpessa 30 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Guardian 33 to 1 agst Lord Lowther's Trictrac 1000 to 25 agst Mr. Forth's Doll Tearsheet colt (taken) OAKS. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Cotillon 10 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Slight filly 20 to 1 agst Sir S. Graham's Zulima (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY MORN'S°• THE CHESTER TRADE CUP, P.P. 5 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Speculator (taken) 6 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Controller (taken) 6 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Birdcatcher (takr/ fre e ) ; 7 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Independence Lai 8 to 1 agst Mr. RoLertson's Solon 03 to 1 agst Mr. Miles's The Cardinal (takers) 12 to 1 agst Sir Thomas Stanley's La Grace 12 to I Mr. Mostyu's slona'i Pride 15 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's Mezereon 20 to 1 agst Mr. Nanney's Ratcatcher ';.O t 3 1 agst Lord. Westminster's Bridegroom 25 to 1 agst Mr. Turner's Captain Ross (offered) THE DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Ba• s m's Plenipotentiary L 6 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Shilelah st to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 9 to 1 agst Mr. Ya'es's Bentley 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gt.ll ) 's Viator (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Glencoe (takers) fio to 1 :41 Mc. Walker's D •lirium (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gardnor's Comet (tak,.n fr. eiy) 2725 to to 2 1 a a g g s s t t 'o Mr. Mills's B B r r . o t t o hek a rpe K s a s t a e (taken) 40 to I agst Mr. Sadler's DeLghtf.d THE OAKS. 3 to 1 apt Mr. Walker's Cotillon 10 to I agst Mr. Greville's Pick la 11 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Louisa 12 to 1 agst Slight (taken freely) THE MARKETS,-(THIS DAY•) CORN EXCHANGE. . wee k are The arrivals of all descriptions of grain this , moderate, and the return of Flour is scanty. barer• Support eti for every article was very languid, and bar e- ' Monday's terms. Flour (lull and unvaried• rile trade . Fl , Wheat. I A RRIVA Barley. LS Oat , . 1 ~, so „ur.toss English Irimi Foreign - 720 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) --......,-- , CITY, T WEL VE 0 Chu v... 0 A Lisbon mail has arrived by the Nautilus ; saile d N ;e has Si arr nee iv t ed he fro ab m oN L , e is i b n o for , the 14th inst., not so late as previously received. have also later dates, via Madrid, received yesterday oi express, bringing the official information of the fall,: Almeida, which has declared for Donna Maria. Al ' that the Duke of Terceira has taken Ragosa. favourable a description as per the former arrival. Be' of the 1 7th inst., and, according to repo rt, e' not of S. south, and that Napier has returned to Lisbon, finding Figueira too s trong to be taken, and requires further assir :titiohn'thNiZel edaaryns tance of troops. port says that the 3edroites have received a check in the Canton papers to the 6th of December, and Singaporea to December 19, have been received at the North an South American Coffee-house. ment Th etreoxopprsersessfrumomed Paris their brings lines. The Canton papers state that the Emperor has take° 3 : . new wife, Cheun-fe, his favourite second wife, or cone° bine, and raised her to the rank of Empress. it t The insurgents of Termosa Banditte have been , t , down, and peace restored. All the settlers and clu ro , vators have returned to their occupations, and the g tnle ,thlaattetrhaeceCoa4o_e. 74 " 40e. ; appeal Ssh, 29. in t he It that a severe hurricane has taken plac h e s he, Mauritius ; it is reported that four or five Englis and one French, have been lost. THE FUNDS. 01 ,2 for To° ll , e l' Consols, which left off yesterday 91% t ° " aa rae P nee ' and 92 to i for the Account, opened at the favourable as was anticipated. and continued steady. `va s don a t Spanish improved to 39%, and Portugueoe iva i o f the 78, at the opening of the market ; but on the if sellers and the French renter, Castor from Lisbon, Portuguese receded to • - , being ° Spanish was done at 36%, owing to the news n° Sl' 1' 01V • 1 HALF-PA"- effeet6- It is evident by the large sales which have be e •,..., the rettlw this morning of Portuguese stock, that the Ile Vi , u_...,' to Castor is not of a favourable nature. N a yier's - 0, war; therefore we presume that • t ,rues are on the• , c i to some in rt o o bl i gi. Lisbon is said to have been urged by the Minister l to i,, It is also said that Baron da Sa has been again retreat. r esent 76 1 Portuguese Stock may be quoted at p Spanish 37 1 4 %. The great majority which ministers had last night a re Commons has had some little effect on Consols , ~... at present 92% to I% for the Account. 0' CL ° C l( ' rille' E Consols for the Account, 9:2 1 24 / 4• NUR O'CLOCK.. ,26_ CLOSING PRICES- --- • k India Stock ............... .. 9 pi. 28 1" Bank Stock ~s,, 3 per Cent. Red 9ll , South Sea Stock ....•. • . ,ri 3 pei Cent. Cons gg t Ditto Old Ann ......... S 9; 3 3 per Cent. Ayres, s 6 - & 1 1 Ditto New Ann. ...... . ra . 33 per . Ccnt.lled . 4t, P New 3 par Cent OOl Ex. Bills, 1000 t. ......... 46 ion I pertcnt loli ' Ditto SIOL"""" 461" 1 ' . Long Ann. to expire Ditto Small ........• B Br u az en i o li s al k B y Jan. 1860 l7l Bank S. for Acc. ...... -7Z . Oct 185.9 Jan. 1860 l7 7-16 India St. for Opg ...... FOREIGN FUNDS, A Austrian, 5 tit•••• rti perecnt. Belgian, 5 per cent ortuitn e s-1 is ......... l 8 • ht in tb e 1013 1 Ditto, Reg. Bont . ...... 0 . 73 Prussian, 5 per cent. .....t..i ...... 0 7 Chilian, 6 per cent. ' )7l I)itto, Metallic .... . .......... a per cent 24 Russian Bonds, 5 Per "' 1 95 Columbi 5 per cent ......... . . an, 6 per cent-- 21 Spanish, Ditto 18'24........ t-' 27 Ditto, 1823 .... .. .. _ -- ' .....c. Danish 741 French 5 pert c. t:::: fi. .....c. Greek, 5 per cent .W.3 EXehange .......... i.••• 51 Mexican 5 per Cents, 1825 n2l French 3Pe 0 . ce nt. ....... '• 5 0 Ditto 6 per Cent,',lB2s 413 i Dutch, gi 1 :. c ent. .••.••'•' Peruvian 6 per Cent. 2'............._e___ ' tor o -- _ _______ late ilroprie Mrs. Carson, wi ow *d of the t. 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