The Sun. — London, England, 1830-03-09 00:00:00

prowl mpos to all ore.ent ctimes• r were which' aided lishops, —That ns and timid hand ble to oci, in nci the :minor )enple, pilling we.; to the wer-.. , . tna‘ter 4..11 ty sisted, lefi ! Con honest —what Why flue profits res to d they 5 COI- . At, anti of to ►r nine me in- (Hear, Order storing t way imone e those de !link of many m ore tweetY Hawn vienta- use a V AverC y such ❑d 110 '6 C Bed beer...) cre, ipearefi d their ffas at- ntract ad rare at min' t v ght it done ? G° r as the r to the )lunged revs.-- ountrit he fault :riea of , yer?-- -(ilear, ivement th some to the that be ?waffle though begged would broke which get un get on i some re way. 83 WOO his ad• —indeeJ the ahi• were a§ lassei of All the proper Id feel )uld cut nut fundholit•rs or landowners, but human beings who wanted to be represented.—(Cheers.) What was the use of 20 000 inhabitants of Westminster, supposing they returned two honest men, having the two votes, if they were to he neutralised by two votes sent from the ploughed fields of Garton or Old Sarum ? All admitted the English to Possess common sense: some said they were not quite ' , I acute as the Scotch, the matter was a sort of disputable point ; others said they had not so ranch Latin as the Irish, and could not live so sparingly as a Frenchman, who enuld make a good breakfast upon rt frog ; but all admitted that th e English had common sense ; then could anything lie so insulting to that summon sense as such a system of voting, or such principles of defence ? There was not com mon sense in it, no, nor common honesty. Why bad it lasted? Because they had never had public men adequately to es- Pause their cause. Those who had appeared hid either got eonfound e d amongst the Whigs, or sold the cause they pro fessed to support. ; but he thought better days and better Prospects for the people were approaching. He trusted that they should see the days of " merry old England" again. lie also contended for universal suffrage.—(Cheers.) Man, not Property, woe to be represented. All hooks laid it dmvn as a principle that taxes were justly enforced, be -40.5 they were assented to by the people through their Representatives. And where was the man not subject to t " ? He must be without his nose and eyes, and have his mouth sewed up ; that was the only kind of Englishmen not taxed ; and when they found a fellow of that kiwi, he would cement that " virtual" representation should do for him. But if the assent of the people were required far a tax, to impose the tax without such assent would he a robbery. On the like principle the people were liabl e to be called out for the defence of the country—and that was just; but it was not right to call them out with out the demand was made by their Representative.. The principle of universal suffrage was the only rational, just, and honest principle. Of the grades of society in repre sentation he knew nothing; he trampled upon the distinc tions. Man was a man every. where; a Lord was no more than a man, and often much less ; but while he respected those distinctions which must arise in society from virtuous, intelligent, or industrious conduct, he must contend for the eternal equality of man and his equal right to be represented. He should contend for th vote by ballot. It was the most important of all. W i thout it, extension of suffrage would be an evil; voters would be Conveyed in droves; but, with the ballot, the bribe, the wimmand, the frown of the landlord—all would be Powerless. He should stoutly contend for the ballot. He had been 30 years in achieving one object. His f k ' u nily had a trick of living to be about 96—so that e lead about 42 years to perform the work which he was now undertaking. The ballot he wanted, and he never would be satisfied without it. The duration of Parliaments, too, must be shortened. As to the Septennial Act, as they who had been elected for three years voted that they should sit seven years; they might as well have voted that they should sit for the terms of their natural lives. That Act was a great evil. As to the duration now to be proposed, he differed from some person. The experiment of electing for two years had been tried in America, and had succeeded ; and he was, theref ore , f or a dh er i ng to what had been successfully tried, in preference to the proposition of annual Parliaments. But on this point he would not differ from those who honestly sought universal suffrage and vote by ballot.— (Cheers.)—Having these advantages, there were no bene fits which the people might not expect to result. The Parliament would then be the people's servants, not their masters. The taxes would be taken off. Parliament would not expect 60,000,000/. of taxes to be collected in gold -8,000,0001. or 10,000,0001. would be cheerfully paid ; and that amount would be large enough. But, to obtain the advantage now sought, he would not have them resort to brutal violence or physical force; that course would only increase the strength of their enemies ; and would pre vent good men from joining them. The Duke of Welling ton had found the peaceable resistance of Ireland too stron g for him.—(Hear, hear.)—He would ask of Eng lishmen to frown their enemies into submission, not to strike—to look them into annihilation. He would have them exert all Constitutional force--no more. But in law as in war, nothing was done without a treasury. If they paid a penny a week, or a shilling a month, where Ireland had raised fifty thousand pounds, England would raise . a million ; and how such a sum would enable them to break down the Aristocracy, and to compel the boroughs to he defended by 20,0001. at a time, were little or nothing was now expended. He recom mended them to continue petitioning, for every petition would cause discussion, and the sentiments would gef into the newspapers, and cause conversation. The news paper reports were things that no Attorney-General had yet the audacity to prosecute.—(Hear.) To attack through the medium of Parliamentary debate was the safest way of attack. He, however, as long as he lived, would set his face against prosecutions for libel. He stood up the other night in the House of Commons in defence of the Press of his enemies against prosecution. In conclusion, he would call on them with clear hearts and clear heads to support him in beating down the Oligarchy ; in ob taining legal reform, whereby he should rescue the people from the harpes of the law ; and in procuring Constitu tional Reform, whereby all might be represented: He contended for, liberty ! dear liberty ! which first took its station in this country, and which was dear to English men. And where liberty was oppressed, whether trampled on by the gilded spur of Nobility, or borne down by an Oligarchy, those who crushed liberty were his foes.— For a thousand years it had triumphed in England; and England was yet too good to be trampled on by an Oligarchy. Let all unite, and England would be what it onght'to --- , , and m First flower of the Great earth glorious , first ge ofthe sea! (Loud and long•continued cheering.) Mr. HENRI- IIuNT then addressed the meeting, and said, this was the fifteenth year of peace, and the distress was greater than ever: did not that demonstrate that something must be done? With the leave of the meeting he would get the Secretary to read the proposed resolutions. Mr. HA No, the Secretary pro tem., then read the reso lutions, objects, rules, and duties, of the Metropolitan U nion, which chiefly pointed to the necessity of Radical Reform. Mr. llcxr again stepped forward, and spoke of the im mensity of the pt.ople. Besides the thousands present, be understood there were about 10,000 who could not get•ad mission. He was informed that it was the intention of a gentleman to move an amendment. The Committee had selected from amongst the friends of Reform 36 names, to be submitted to the Meeting, for the purpose of forming a Political Council, with power to increase their number up to 50. He had received a letter from Mr. Carlile, stating that it was his intention to move an amendment, which was, he understood, that two persons of his selection should be placed on the Political Council. Those persons were Mr. W. Cobbett and Mr. R. Owen, the first of whom he characterised as a strong bad man, and the second as a weak good man.—(A laugh.)--This was a curious way to promote anion._ (A laugh.)—Mr. Hunt then proposed the first Resolution, and retired amidst loud cheers. Mr. Faexcit seconded the resolution. Mr. O'Coalsam. trusted that the meeting would listen with attentio n to the gentleman who was about to pro pose to them an addition to the resolutions. Ile implored them to hear Mr. Carlile, and if he gave any reasons for what he tar o P ut e, d, someof them would answer him as well as they were able.—(Cheers.) Mr. CARLILE hoped they would bear in mind that it was not his intention to supersede any thing done by Mr. Runt and his friends, but rather to strengthen what they bad take n up .—(C heers.)—He waived all opposition to the resolutions, which he looked upon as less faulty than t hose of the Birmingham Union, his intention being to I ,:tove only an addition to them, and not any amendment. Carlil e t h en conc l u d e d b y propos i ng a resolution to t t„he effect, th a t i n t h e re i gn o f Ch ar l es the Second, success efforts had been made to corrupt the House of Com mons, and that since then the influence of the Peers had aop'eted wh at was then begun ; that this led to distress ; not n d t hat as Mi n i sters h a d acknowledged that they could at remedially, the present proposed Union be came necessary. !Ir. ELLIOT T seconded the Resolution. to P M : . lin t'T, as mover of the original resolution, begged Tha t y a few words. What was it 111 r. Carlile proposed ? t the }l ouse of Commons was corrupt. Why he (Mr. Hnn) was cor-r-uoutght• it was an admitted fact that that House and .iswithout going back to the reigns of Charles at this e a to find it out.—(Cheers and laughter.)—(Just rn°rn eat a Pick -pocket was seized in the crowd, and brought, without any disturbance, where he leas beneath the hustings, given into custody.) Gentlemen, said Mr. Hunt, we have found a pickpocket, and we have secured him, and if you will only do your duty we shall eventually , secure all the pickpockets.—(Great laughter.) tio A n ir. O'CoNtszu, now came forward to put the Resolu '• M th t i; b on e ; , Al eating. He said, that Mr. Carlile appeared called ', it . ' a great evil that a foreign Prince had been upo n it a 8 an ° this occ Country but for his own parte looked proud n i.urrence which we should always be tyrant an,l for we h a d cas hi ere d a P r i nce w h o was a e . ictit ; uded t:alled one in whom we thought to be well other Part of the the elintax." th-- secure the es of the cOuntry. In n- Resolution lib he erti found the words " capping was what of laughter.)—Really Mr. CalW.: e(Roar, y called in Ireland a comical blade. He s'iould propose to them the previous question, namely, whether Mr. Caelile's amendment should be put. The - previous question was then put and carried by an immense majority, after which the original resolution was put and carried by acclamation. Mr. GRADY, in rising to propose the next resolution. said he would not usher it in by any observations on the advantages to be derived from it. He would ask them, when they read the debates in the newspapers, if they were not a ttisfiel that no good was to be expected from that House'—(Cheers.) —He would ask them to look at the division of the House, when millions of the money of the people was being voted away. The 79 placemen were then sure to be in attendance, though it sometimes hap pened, that if a set were made at a person holding some 2001. a-year, that the policy was then to let him be crushed, by w.-y of throwing a tub to the whale.—(Cheers and Itughter.)—Their object at present was to get a rent, as well to recover lost rights as to preserve those which they still retained—to protect the liberty of the. Press from the fangs of an Attorney-General, whether Whig or Tory. —(Cheers. )—The liberty of the Press was the only vestige of liberty remaining in the country, and:even that was pre carious, when it depended upon the will of a Crown lawyer.—(Cheers.)—lf the liberty of abusing the Govern ment were to be taken away from John Bull he would be deprived of the only one he had left him. People talked of the censorship of the Press in France; but they should remember that the people in France were well fed, and that they had not an Aristocracy grasping the whole property of the kingdom, in order to transmit it to their first-born, while the rest were to be portioned out upon the people.—(lmmense cheering.) It would be un fair, at that late hour, to take up more of their time, as other gentlemen bad to claim their attention, and he would therefore conclude by moving the second resolution. Mr. MEE seconded the resolution. The resolution was then put from the Chair, and carried unanimously. Mr. HUNT now came forward to move that the 36 gentlemen named by the Committee should be appointed as a Political Council, with the power to increase their numbers to 50, and to act until the 6th of July, 1830, at which time a new Council would be elected by the people. Amongst the names were those of Mr. Hunt, Mr. O'Con nell, Mr. John Wood, Mr. Joseph Hume, and Mr. Otway Cave. Mr. HEATHERII46TON seconded the resolution. The resolution was then put and carried. Mr. GRADY proposed that Mr. Hunt should be ap pointed Treasurer of the Union. Mr. CLEAVER seconded the resolution. Mr. SAVAGE proposed the next resolution, which Mr. Warden seconded. Mr. HUNT now came forward to propose that a petition should be presented to the House of Commons. In 1815 he had taken some trouble about getting up a Meeting in the county of Wilts against the Corn Laws. Upon the occasion a petition was agreed to, which was signed by 30,000 persons. The House of Commons was in too great a hurry, however, for they passed the Bill ; and Mr. Cobbett said that it was all over, for the Bill was passed. He (Mr. Hunt,) however, said, " Let us petition the House of Incurables."—(A .laugh.)—He wished to peti tion the House of Incurables, to save them from the House of Commons.—(Cheers.)—The late Lord Stanhope pre sented the petition. He had spent 501 upon this petition, in which there was an immense quantity of parchment, but, years afterwards, be had been offered this identical petition for one shilling,.—(Cheers.)—lt had; no doubt, been on the table of the Noble House, and kicked about under it—hut at last he was offered it for a shilling, as an original document. (Cheers and laughter.) From thenceforth he resolved never to spend 501. on parchment upon a petition to Parliament. A piece of clean paper would answer the purpose quite as well.—(A laugh.)— Mr. Hunt then read the petition, after which be said that, by adopting it, they would give to their Hon. Chairman an opportunity to introduce an interlude to the great ques tion of Reform, which he had already fixed for discussion upon the 6th of May.—(Cheers.)—The law prevented him from saying any thing that would bring the lion. House into contempt, but he would just suppose that the King or the Duke of Wellington was to become a sort of Oliver Cromwell, and should go down to the House and throw all the Members into the Thames, would any of the pre sent meeting weep at such an event?—(Cries of " No, no, no.")—Mr. Hunt then moved the adoption of the pe tition. Mr. O'Coxxv.Lt. said there was only one part of the speech of Mr. Hunt to which he was disposed to offer any opposition,—he meant that part which referred to throw ing all the Members of the House of Commons into the Thames.—(Laughter.)—llis objection, however, was only fractional.—(Great laughter.)—lt was confined to the 658th part of the House.—(Cheers.) —He should wrong other Hon. Members, however, if.he did not say that there were in the House several independent men, m ho neat and as zealous as there were others whom he would not vouch for. The Resolution was carried amidst enthusiastic cheering. Mr. HUNT said that they would find in him no feeling of petty jealousy, for he would be as anxious to work under Mr. O'Connell as he was ever anxious that others would work under him ; and as long as he had health he would never cease to advocate ►he rights of the people.— (Cheers.)—There was one little thing which was worth noticing as a sign of the times. On Friday the Age newspaper refused to inser', the advertisement for the purpose of calling this Meeting, because they (the proprietors of the Age), were not Radicals ; hut on Sunday they declared themselves to he Radicals, by crying out against a long list of rotten boroughs.— (Cheers.)—Another sign of the times—who did the meet ng think was anxious for inquiry into the state of the public distress ? Why, Lord Eldon !—(Great laughter.)—He wished to have a Committee appointed for that purpose, to which he (Mr. Hunt) would say Amen with all his heart.—(Cheers.)—He then concluded by moving a vote of thanks to Mr. O'Connell, for his able conduct in the Chair. Mr. Guanv seconded the resolution. Mr. O'CONNELL, as soon as the resolution was carried, once more presented himself to the meeting. He had, he said, received letters from Mr. Hume, and from Mr. Ot way Cave, regretting their inability to attend the meeting. Mr. Hume, he said, deserved the warmest gratitude of the people ; for although he was continually overpowered in the divisions, yet he, by his perseverance, gave to the coun try the benefit of the argument and of the struggle.— (Cheers.)—For himself, he would say that his Irish heart throbbed with gratitude for the honour they had done him—a heart which, he might ray, as regarded its prin ciples and feelings, was baptized in Ireland, but confirmed in England.—(A laugh. )—With regard to what he had done in Ireland, it was said that he had a kind of magic with the people of Ireland. He admitted that he did conjure a little—(A laugh)—but his conjuration was this:—He looked at what was right, and did it, without caring for any influence whatever ; and, in the next place, he resolved never to submit, but to struggle to the last against what appeared to him to be oppressive.— He was a barrister and could give good advice when pro perly feed—( A laugh)—and he could assure them that the Holy Alliance, in Congress assembled, could not bestow such a fee upon him as had been done by them on that oc casion.—(Cheers.)—He desired no other title than that which they had given hint in Ireland—the man of the people—(Cheers)—and he desired no other epitaph on his tomb than " here lies the man of the people."—(Cheers.) Mr. O'Coultxt.r. then declared the meeting to be dis solved, and the assembled multitude peaceably dispersed itself. We could not avoid noticing (for it was the subject of general observation on the hustings) how very clean and white the hands of the multitude were when held up in support of the Resolutions. Some persons might imagine that this was attributable to the increased cleanliness of the people; but perhaps it would be nearer the mark to attribute it to the fact (melancholy, if it be a fact) of their having had no work to do for some time to make them otherwise. On Wednesday the 17th ult. was committed to the House of Correction, in Canterbury, under a war rant granted to the constable of the parish of Smarden, Mr. DANIEL. DOBELL, of that place, farmer. This indi vidual, notwithstanding his frugality and industry, being borne down by the pressure of the times and severe losses, was compelled, on the sth instant, to assign over his effects for the benefit of his creditors. His Trustees pro posed to the Overseer and Select Vestry, the immediate payment of half their demand for Poor -rates, as a com promise for the debt—or admit them to an equal share with the creditors on making up their accounts. Both of which were refused, and a body warrant obtained to com mit the insolvent to prison, to hard labour for cue month, or till the expences were paid ; and by another warrant to remain in the said House of Correction until the full amount of the rates shall have been paid. Under the pre sent state of the times, it may be well for every insolvent to know that non-payment of his rates will subject him to imprisonment with felons, (provided any Overseer wish to exercise his " brief authority,") and for care to be taken that befere an assignment of his effects to trustees, all such rates arc duly paid.—Kesit Herald; PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Rank stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 92 1%- 1/4 3 per Cent. shut Dian Red. shut , t per Cent. Ann. Ditto, 11126 shut sank 1,. Ann. Ditto 3 1 )y ears Ditto 30 years India Stock shut Ditto Bonds 77 7S pin. 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds — Brazilian Bonds 70% Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish Greek 80nd5.... ......... ..48!4 D tte, , 825 uatimala ............ ............ Mexican Bonds Ditto. 1825 FOREIGN XXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MARCH 2.-13. 15.—Two months, 13. 1334. BREMEN, FEB. 26.—Two months, 622. ST. FEEERZISURGH, FEB. 19.—Three months, loq. BERLIN. Fen. 27.—Three months, 7. I. CHRISTIANIA, FEB. 21—Three months, 6. 32 DA./ AT ONP:eCI.OOA.. South Sea Stook Jid Annuities 'New Ditto_ 4. E..; ;Bills, X 1,1X711 ?A. 76 77 pi ,; . Ditto lid. 76 77 pm . Ditto 509 2d. 76 77 pm Ditto..., .. lid. 76 77 on D:tt. amall ...... 2i. 76 77 pa ,. Ditto lid. 76 77 pm. ?lank for Acconni !India for Account [Cons. for April 16 92.!.4 ii, to THIS DAY AT ONE O'cLoCA • Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old Ditto, New Iturocian Spanish, ...... 131004 183 French Renter, sp. c. 108 f Exchange 2sf. 70r. $ per cent. —t. —r. Exchange —e. - --*llll4 Ali • , -- . ztts:*" LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1630. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER iS very much indisposed. Mr. HERRIES visited the Right lion. Gentleman this morning, at his reside►►ce in Downing-street. The Hamburg Reporter and other Hamburg Papers of the 2d instant, furnish us with the Speech of the King of SWEDEN on opening the Storthing, or Parliament of Norway. His MA • JESTY'S Speech is not remarkable for any thing particular—being composed of as many hopes for the future, and congratulations on the past as such documents usually are : CHRISTIANA, FEE. 19. The Government having been informed by a deputation of the Storthing, yesterday, that the Avembly had consti tuted itself conformably to the Constitution, it was inti mated to the deputation that the Storthing should be opened to-day, on which a proclamation was mode as usual by the Heralds. M. Collett, Councillor of State, and First Member of the Norwegian Government, accom panied by the other Councillors, &c. repaired to the As sembly and opened the Sesiion with the following Royal Speech:— " GENTLEMEN,-The fundamental law of Norway of the 4th of November, 1814, calls for the Deputies to as semble on the ordinary Storthing. lam happy to be able to inferm you that our political relations with foreign powers have undergone no change since the Storthing of 1828. The report now to be laid before you will acquaint you with the present state of the kingdom, and the mea sures taken by the Administration in the last two years. The not very flourishing situation in which Norway is (a natural consequence of the causes and events which awaken painful recollections,) has not afforded me suffici ent means to effect all the good that I intended. How ever, public business has proceeded regular, and the wel fare of the country has been promoted as much and as quickly as circumstances permitted. " A report will shew you that art., sciences, and public instruction have received all the support in my power to afford them, and that the Govern ment has done every thing to hasten the completion of the new Penal Code. " Though the actual state of commerce has bad in general a sensible and injurious influence which has ma terially affected the raising of the indirect taxes, the treasury has been able to meet the expences, and the redemption of the national debt has been effected without my being obliged to have recourse to the credit upon the hank. " Though my endeavours to obtain some facilities for the exportation of our timber have not yet had the success which I hoped, and the exportation of several of our pro oluctions has been less advantageous, under the present cir cumstances, I am happy to inform you, that the receipt of the Customs has exceeded the Estimate. (His Majesty then alludes to the success of some mea sures of relief of the agricultural class.) " A report on the Administration of the kingdom is a review of me exertions to promote the honour and happi. ness of Norway. It contains, it is true, more of those extraordinary results which excite admiration ; for our re sources do not allow us to indulge in deceitful notions, or to form extravagant expectations of this kind, but it shows however that the state of the hingdom is improving. " The conduct of the Administration will convince you that its incessant endeavours have been directed only to maintain peace and tranquillity, and to the welfare of the whole, and of every individual. " Impress on your minds this truth ! Second my en. deavours, which are directed to this object ! Be unani mous and well-disposed to the sister nation, and conscien tious in fulfilling the Constitution of 4th November. Y ou will thus make yourselves worthy of the blessings which Providence manifestly bestows on Norway ; for the his tory of all ages and nations incontestibly proves that a portion of a State never yet detached itself, and became, like Norway, an independent State, without having first sacrificed many of its sons, avid seen the country and the towns laid waste. " Let us thank the Almighty for the tranquillity which we enjoy—may- the love of rational freedom be your guard. Then, enlightened by the truth of experience, and acting with moderation, you will share with me the honour of having promoted the good of your country. M ay Providence bless your deliberations ! I assure the Storth ing of the Kingdom of Norway of the continuance of my royal favour and affection. " Given at the Palace of Stockholm, Jan. 27, 1830. (Signed) " CHARLES JOHN." ItIIENISII PRUSSIA, FEB. 22. We hear of a new commercial treaty between France and Prussia, the object of which is to facilitate the reciprocal importation of the produce and manufactures of the two kingdoms. BORSIEN-11ALLE, QUARTER-PAST Toon. O'CLOCK. Funds were yesterday high, and much demanded; but to-day, owing to low prices from Vienna (Bank Shares, 1,315), our market is somewhat duller. Anglo-Danish Loan 3 Per Cent 7374, Anglo-Russian Loan IC S 24 Hamburg-Russian Loan 104!.,', Polish Bonds 124 _.. New Prussian h per Cents. (MO) 94 Austrian Bank Shares 1a24. Austrian Metalliques lO4 New Austrian 4 per Cents. Anglo Neapolitan lalconets Letters received this morning from Bremen, of 3d March, describe the mischief attending the floods produced by the thaw as veiy serious and extensive in its suburbs. Three of the bridges have been washed away, above twenty houses, and several lives unhappily lost. Although the lower part of the Elbe was be ginning to clear, the ice remained compact and unmoved from shore to shore for five or six miles below Hamburg, on the 4th instant. Letters from Port-au-Prince, of the 11th of January last, were received this morning. They mention the arrival, a few days previous, of his MAJESTY'S ship Blossom, Captain OWEN', who is actively engaged in taking observations and soundings, and surveying the harbour and adjacent coast. The rumour which has been for some days in circulation that there is a party organizing for the express purpose of urging on Ministers the necessity of a reduction in those taxes which more particularly affect the productive classes of the community, seems to have received con firmation from the notice of Lord ALT HORP last night in the House of Commons. His Lordship, in presenting a petition on the distress of the country, took occasion to express " a hope that, from the early period of the Session at which the Budget was announced, it was intended to propose some considerable reduction of taxation. The greatest possible reduction ought to, bi effected consistent with the public service, atiP he hoped that would be done. He had no (14-- sire to sec the present Ministry removed- . --he ht4i no wish to come into office himself; but it w(i his duty, and one from which nothing could in duce him to deviate, to press upon the adviser of the Crown and upon Parliament the absolute necessity of effecting further reductions, and that to a large amount ; and unless measures of economy were adopted to a great extent, he and those who acted with him could no longer sanc tion what appeared to them unnecessary cxpen diture." We are. pleased to observe that his Lord ship's intimation does not arise from any factious motives, for where could a Ministry be found more able to reduce the taxes ? We know not : but this we do know, that as Ministers possess the ability, and we think the inclination, they ought to make an effort to reduce the taxes. The country expects, and Government will do wisely not to disappoint an expectation which is as reasonable as the necessity is impe rative. A property-tax, if no other means can be found, would at once relieve the people from a number of most oppressive and impolitic taxes. Let us hope that Monday next will be a day of rejoicing for the country: we know that it is one pregnant with expectation from Ministers. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. Port-au-Prince Papers to the 11 th Janu my, and De merara to the 23d January, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Port-au-Prince Papers only contain the solemn celebration of the anniversary of the Republic, on which occasion the Grand Judge made a speech ; after which the air resounded with cries of " Long live the Republic," by the people and army. The Demerara Papers state, that a vessel arrived in that port from Bermuda with the small-poz on board; she was immediately put under quarantine ; and it was feared that it would communicate to the vicinity of Demerara. Letters from Toulouse, March 1, state that twofers have been received at the arsenal there to forward to Toulon for the expedition to Algiers, 26 pieces of artillery, 10,000 balls, and a number of carriages. THE FUNDS. The Funds at present appear rather languid, little or no business doing; Consols, which left off yesterday at 921 to for the account, opened at 92k sellers, since which they are buyers at 94, and for money 91192. The spe culators are watching the movements of the French Cham bets ; and it is the general opihion that should they prove refractory, the King of France will act with spirit on much the same principle as Oiver Cromwell, and leave a term of three months for a new election. According to the French Papers, Prince Leopold is ex pected at Calais on his way to Greece. Orders have been given for relays, which it is supposed will consist of 108 horses. The King has received from the new King of Greece a letter of thanks. In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet. We have no arrivals of consequence this morning. I UNDS. 3 per Cent. New 4 per Cent., 1021 4 per Cent. 1826 India Bonds, 77 78 Exchequer Bills. 76 77 1 FUNDS. Greek, 48i 49 Mexican, 26i 7 Peruvian, 183- 19 Portuguese, 59 60 Prassian, Russian, 109 Spanish, 13/ TWO O'CLOCK. EN GLISFi Bank Stock, India Stock, per Cent. Cons. 92 Do. for Account, 92i .1 Ditto Reduced, FOREIG Brazilian, 691 70 Buenos Ayres, 29 31 Chilian, Colombian, 21 k Danish, 741 54 French, 5 per Cent. 108 i Ditto, 2 per Cent. 81i 2i The transactions in the Funds during the morning have not been of importance. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 92i for the account, im proved to 92t, since which they have turned sellers at 924, at which price they are at present, and 92 sellers for money. We have no political information. Accounts from Bremen of the 3d March bring intelligence that several bridges have been carried away in the neighbourhood, and the roads under water. In one village, four miles from Bremen, twenty-three houses have been carried away by the flood, and thirteen lives lost. It is supposed that the accounts, as sow as they can reach Bremen, will be lamentable. The .David Ricardo, a ship from Cadiz to Bremen, has been boarded by an armed schooner under French co lours, full of men with many slaves on board. The Foreign Market is void of the least interest, Spanish Bonds are not so good. THREE O' CL O CK. Consols for Account. 92/. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 02 Danish Do. for Ac. 92k Greek, 1825 49 Brazilian Bonds 70 Buenos Ayres Chilian Do. 25! Columbian, 1824, 21i Mexican, 1825 27 Peruvian Russian Spanish 14i ESSEX ELECTION. SECOND DAY-(MONDAY). The polling recommenced this morning with extraor dinary vigour on both sides. By twelve o'clock Brarnston had polled 134, and Conyers 36. At the close of the poll, at five o'clock, the numbers were— For Mr. Bramston 1,207 195 Con)•ers. Mijority in favour of Mr. Bramston 1,012 - - LORD PLUNKET. (From t!,e Morning Chronicle.) The following paragraph appeared in a Second Edition of the Courier of last night : " COURIER OFFICE, FIVE O'CLOCK' ^ We have just been shown a letter from the county of Westmeath, dated March 5, giving the following intelli gence, and have too much reason to suppose it is cor rect:—. The Assizes commenced this morning. Lord Plunket (who was to have been a witness on one of the trials) was inhumanly murdered last night."' The above paragraph, we are happy to say, is without foundation. It originated in an erroneous reading of a letter from Mullingar. of the above date, the words of which have bee❑ communicated to us by the gentleman who received it, and who had shown the letter at the Courier Office. The words are as follows : " The Assizes commenced here this morning; Lord Plunket Judge. A man, the father of ten children, who was a witness against one of the prisoners in a trial, was inhumanly murdered last night. It was said to have been done openly, but no one dares to give evidence hitherto," &c. By making a pause after " this morning" and making Lord Plunket the commencement of a sentence, he has been taken to be the " man the father of ten children, who was a witness," and in this way the unfor tunate error has been communicated. The Metropolis Road Commission, in pur suance of the powers vested in them during the last Ses sion of Parliament, have removed the whole of the turn pike gates from the New Road, between the City and Pad dington, and assessed the adjoining parishes for the expense of keeping it in a state of repair. PETITION AGAINST LORD GEORGE BE RESPORD'S RETURN.-The Petition against Lord GEORGE 13Earsrmey's return is already prepared. It will be lodged in a few days. A Committee has been appointed, and is actively at work, in conjunction with legal assistance, in collecting and arranging the evidence in support of the Petition. The evidence is every Jay becoming stronger awl stronger, and facts one more glaring than another are rapidly pouring in. The promoters of the petition arc se confident of success, that a subscription, for defraying the expenses, has been entered into, and it already amounts to Four Hundred Pounds, although it is only just commenced.— Waterford Citron. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. CRATTON V. GRIFFIN. This was a ease in which an injunction bad been tranted ex-parte to restrain a proceeding of ejectment at :a‘v. dissolved on the coming in of the answer, and in .chich anther motion was made for the purpose of re ei,in4 the injunction.' The plaintiff bad forcibly taken possession by entering at a window and turning the widow of the deceased tenant out. Tie contended that he had a right, according to the terms of a will mentioned in the pleadings, to take possession of the farm in ques tion, upon entering into certain agreements with the owner of the estate. lle had offered to enter into these agreements, but had not been met by the de fendant. On the other hand, he had not offered to do so till after be had taken possession ; in the next place, if hr were entitled to possession, he had no right to take it for cibly. Under these circumstances the Court did not think it right to interfere, and consequently his Lordship, in giving judgment, refused the motion with costs. MORRIS V. DAVIS. The whole of the morning was occupied in hearing this long litigated case on further directions, and the subjects of costs, which are immense. ROLLS COURT. wAnum V. LEWIS-JUDGMENT. The Masnut of the ROLLS gave judgment this morn ing in this else, in which a widow lady, who under a set tlement, to whi.is her hit , band was a paky, was entitled to an estate tail after the death of her husband, alienated that estate; and the material question in the cause was, whether such alienation was prohibited by the statute of the 11th of Henry VII. Previous to the year 1755, two ladies of the name of Elizabeth and Letitia Hughes, were entitled to certain estates in the county of Monmouth, sub ject to a mortgage for securing the sum 3f 1,5001. to a gentleman of the name of Lucas In January of the same year, the grandfather of the plaintiffs agreed to purchase the estate, the possession of the Miss Hughes, for the sum of 2,480/., and a fraction, out of which sum he was to pay the mortgage of Mr. Lucas, and the remainder, 980/. 10s. was to be handed over to the Miss Hughes. Ann Con stable, the sister of the wife of Wm. Watkins, the grand father of the plaintiff, advanced the sum of 980/. 10s. to Wat kins, and certain indentures were entered into between Wat kins, his wife, and Ann Constable, by which an annuity of 301. was granted to Miss Constable. At an after pe riod other indentures were executed by Watkins, by which he gave Miss Constable all interest in the premises, sub ject to the interest of his wife and her heirs, and subject also to a proviso for the redemption of the estate. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins died together, with several of their children, leaving the pliintiffs, their only children, sur viving. Ann Constable died many years ago, and under indentures, dated in 1780, made between her devisees and executors, the estates were conveyed to a gentleman of the name of Jenkins, who died intestate, leaving an only brother, who (lid not take out letters of administration to him. Ultimately the estate came into the possession of the defendant Lewis. As his Honour was clearly of opinion that this was a case not within the statute, he did not consider it necessary to go at length into the case. It was clear that ;Buhr the settlement of 1755, nothing was settled except the equity of redemption, that settlement was made expressly subject to, and charged with the mortgage of 1,5001. and Miss Constable's annuity; and if Watkins had paid the sum of 1,500/., he would be at perfect liberty to keep the mortgage on foot for the benefit of himself. His Honour admitted that this was a case within the words of the st - tate of Henry VII. ; he would also admit that it was a purchase under the statute; but it was not a case within the intention or equity of that statute. The whole consi deration for the purchase of the equity of redemption was paid by the sister of the wife, not one shilling being paid by the husband ; and how, therefore, could it be con.i dered as coming within the meaning of the statute of Henry VII. ? His HONOUR was clearly of opinion it could not be con sidered as coming within that statute, and ordered the bill to be dismissed with costs. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. SLACK V. GOMERSALL. This was a bill filed for the purpose of declaring the de fendant to be only a trustee for the plaintiff, his aunt, for the sum of 8001. 3 per cents., standing in his and his aunt's name. The defendant insisted that the stock was a gift to him by his aunt, and that it had been invested in their joint names in order to cheat the King of the legacy duty. Witnesses were brought forward, who swore that Mrs. Slack had informed them that she had sold all her houses, and invested the money in the funds, towards the legacy duty, and that Ned, the defendant, had got 600/. of the money. On the part of the plaintiff it was contended, that this course was only pursued by Mrs. Slack, in order to quiet the im portunities of several persons who wanted to borrow money of the old lady; and that her only object in putting the money into the funds was, that her nephew might receive the dividends far her, on account of her infirmities. The VICE-CHANCELLOK considered the case so clear as to require little or nothing to be said on his part ; it was clear a decree must be made for the plaintiff, and his Ho nour thought that decree should be accompanied with costs. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 9 to £3 0 New Meadow flay Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and nye-grass Hay 4 5 5 5 Clover Hay 3 15 5 10 Oat Straw £2 I) to £2 10 I Wheat Straw... 9 10 3 II S:raw 4s. per load higher than last quoted; in prices of Ilay no alteration. Supply of Hay tolerably good, of Straw limited; trade with both very dull. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 8 3 15 Finc Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ...... Clover flay (extra fine)....fs 10... Generally Oat Straw £2 4to £2 8 1 Wheat Straw 2 8 2 14 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S Notwithstanding a few alterations of some moment, the betting flaLrged terribly yesterday afternoon, owing, per lisps, to the understanding that several of the horses are likely to be tried in the course of the present week. The Mummer has recovered his old place in the betting, for, although quoted at similar odds with Cressida, he had the call. The Sal colt rose to 12 to 1. and was backed with great spirit. Mouse and Brunswicker were not in force. A more important change presents itself in the Oaks.— Maria, who has been gaining quietly upon Mouche for the last two or three weeks, may now be considered as first favourite; indeed, on Sunday many seemed to think there was a screw loose with the latter, so freely did they lay the odds. Cressida continues in good demand for the St. Leger, which, in most respects, runs parallel with last week's prices. The afternoon's business did not terminate till between six and seven o'clock, when the odds averaged as under : AIDDLESWORTD. No betting on this Stakes. DERBY. to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's The Mumnier (taken) 8 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt (taken) 0- to 1 agst Lord Cavendish's Mouse colt 9 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker (taken) 15 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's Cetus (taken) 12 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Sal colt 15 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Red Rover 35 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche 35 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Brine 50 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Rupert (Caked) The others as before. 7 to 2 agst Mummer and Cressida (taken) OAKS. 5 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Maria 5i to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewef's Leeway filly 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Corea 18 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Sister to Device 15 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Brambilla, ST. LEGER. 8 to 1 agst Duke of Leeds's Redstart 8 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Raby 12 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 13 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Cressida colt (taken) 25 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's The Mummer The rest as before. We have the best authority for contradicting the report, that the new condition in the Ascot Cup, arose from any breach of etiquette by Mr. Gully—it is entirely di stitute of truth. DIED.—At Shannon View, near Torbert, in the county of Kerry, Ireland, upon the 27th ult. Mrs. MARTIN, wife of the Rev. AUSTIN MARTIN, and eh'est daughter of the late RouraT ACNKW, Esq., of Howl'sh, in the county of Durha:n. Her amiable disposit , on en deared her to all who knew her, and her d. ath is univer sally lamented. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE(THIS DAY.) . , FROM LLOYD'S, DEAL, MA ant B.—Wind 5.5.8.--Arrived from Lon - lon, the Brea lalbane, Chileott, for Faro; and Sophia, )r Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, Afaucit B.—Wind S.E..—Arrived his litiesty's ship Badger, from Chatham, and sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, Sailed the Wanderer transport, for the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius ; Hope, trans port, for the Mauritius. PLYMOUTH, MARCH Sontherly.—Arrived the Edward Loathe, Freeman, from London, for the Cape of Good Hope and Swan River. Off Port, the Union, Lorton, from S ivannah. FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind S.—Arrived the Gra titude, Smith, from Port-au-Prince, sailed the 26th of November. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, dated Cuxhaven, March 5. We have received the following communication, dated Bremen, Sd inst. : We have received a notification from the Oldenburg Government, stating that a report had been made by the chief pilot that the land mark at the entrance of the Weser, called Bremer Braake, and two smaller ones, had been carried away by the ice. It will probably be some time before these marks can be restcre , l, though the Bremen Floating Light will resume its station without any delay, yet the want of the former will render it necessary that vessels bound to the Weser should be very cautious in en tering the River. " Several bridges have been tarried away in the neigh bourhood of Bremen, and the roads are all under water. In one village, about four miles front Bremer, twenty three houses have been carried away by the floods, and thirteen lives lost." COURT CHILCULAL Prince LEOPOLD visited the Princess AUGUSTA on Sun day evenin g ; at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. His Royal Highness, attended hy the Hon. Co lonel Cum left town at half-put ten o'cloek yesterday morning in his rarriage-and-foar, en a visit to the KING at his palace, at Windsor. 'llse Earl of ABERDEEN left town yesterday to attend the Ems at his Palace at Wind sor. Prince LEoroLs was expect/4 to return to his resi dence at Claremont yesterday evening. The Princess Augment. honoured Lady TAYLOR, with a visit yesterday, at her residence in the Regent's-park. A deputation of gentlemen,: consisting of Mr. PeAnse. M.P., Mr. Caters, and Mr. PEASCOT, attended ye sterday at the Colonial-office, and had a conference with Sir G. MURRAY, respecting the affairs of Van Dietnan's Land. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, LetdELLaNaoaoo 0 Ir, Mr. Secretary Pear., and Sir G. HILL, had interviews yesterday with the Duke of WeLuncyon, at the Treasury. Despatches were reeeitad yesterday at the Foreign-offire, from Lord BLOOMFIELD, our Ambassador at Stockholm. Mr. Secretary PEEL entertained a large party to dinner on Sunday, at his residence in Privy-gardens. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. KEAN attempted the p►rt of Henry the Fifth last night, after having once before attempted it : his per formance, however, was a miserable and disgraceful failure, of which the Chronicle of this morning gives the follow ing interesting particulars : Whe❑ we Pay that there were only two speeches which KEAN delivered even with tolerable accuracy, it will be evident that lie was totally incompetent. Independent of ph) sisal decay, which is obvious, it must be acknowledged that KXAN was placed in a situation calculated to try the nerves of any actor, however practised, knowing that the public regarded him with no very kindly feeling, and that there were not a few persons is the house who would in dulge in word-catching, and watch closely every trip he might make in the delivery of the text. The audience was rather put out of humour in the eommeneernent by great delay, and the overture was played over three times hear' , the curtain rose. When 'Crate was discovered in the second scene, sitting as Henry the Fifth upon the throne, splen didly dressed, and surrounded with all the chewy pomp of a court, there was nevertheless a strong disposition to ap plaud; and had he been only reasonahly prepared, the whole might have gone off, if not satisfasterily, smoothly. How ever, he could not get through his first speech of three lines without the aid of the prompter ; and as he Itee.rsval ily was placed backward on the stage, the whole audience could not avoid being made aware of his deficiency. Ail the rest of the scene with the Ambassadors that belonged to KEAN was a melancholy failure ; for how could he who did not know his author give appropriate action ? He closed the scene with the couplet which terminates the first scene of the next act, and was eoasequently obliged to repeat the same line is the second iastattee. But it is needless to go in detail through the performance, which in every respect was a failure from beginning to end. The intervals between the sets were very long; and it was thought that Kean in the interval was endeavouring to qualify himself better for the rest of ►lie part, the auditors were unusually patient, and until about the middle of the ttlird act, scarcely any hisser were heard. The pause he t geen the fourth and fifth acts was of nearly half an hour'a duration, and to this point forbearance could not lie car ried, although, as was evident when the act-drop rose, Ktax had been obliged to re-dress himself entirely. Dur ing the delay, hootings, hisser, and cries for WA ta,acic (who, by the way, was not very likely to venture forward after his reception on the former night) and KEAY, were reiterated from all parts, " the well-bred boxes and the dingy pit ;" and the first scene of Act g, even the a wal lowing of Fluellsn's leek by Pistol, was only allowed to be played in dumb show. After the 'lmage of scene to the French Court, when Henry, Katherine, the French King, and the rest came forward, they were not permitted to be heard, and the whole party stood " in mute amaze" for some time. The uproar continued even after KLAN had bared his head and stood in as attitude •f " pride that apes humility." He then advanced to the front of the stage, and intimated by his action that he wished to be heard : however, the house was net so willing to hear him as he to be heard, and silence was act obtained until after a long struggle. Krart then spoke as follows, but nut without sundry interruptions " Ladies and Gentleman—lt is now rainy years since I had the honour to enjoy a large share of your approbation —(Applause.)—You may conceive therefore, how deeply I deplore this moment, when fur the first time I incur your displeasure—(cries of no, no ; not the first time). —lt you wish that I should proceed, I mast request your silence. For many years, give rue leave to say, I have worked hard for your entertiainment--(yser have been well paid for it).—That very labour, and the lapse of time and circumstances, have, no doubt, had their effect upon my mind—(Why do you drink so hard ?)" This question, from several voices in the galleries, occasioned a tempo rary pause. KEAN afterwards proceeded—" Ladies and Gentlemen—l feel that I stand before you is a meat de graded situation—(No; no—Why do you pot yourself into it ?)—You are my countrymen, and I appeal with confidence to that liberality which has alWays distinguished Englishmen." During the last delivery of the last *entente, KEA:Chid his band upon his heart, and at the sonclusiou bowed with apparent submission : be retired to his place among the other performers amid a prevalence of applause, but still many hisses and expressions of disapprobation were heard. He was permitted to proceed as well as he could ; but the courtship of Katherine was deplorably abridged, although being prose it could not be complained that the author's measure was murdered. At the fall •f the curtain the displeasure of the ancliease was very ttnequivocally evinced. Lord BERESFORD, we regret to hear, is so indisposed as to be attended by Sir HIEKAT II A Lroan, and Sir Jamas MACG RECOIL, in addition to his regnlar medi cal adviser, Mr. LocEr.sr. Lord NloNsoN, grandson of the late Earl of 111EximitouGH, and nephew to the present Earl, has come into the possession of a fortune of 20,0001. per annum, besides a large accumulated fund. The Park was thronged on Sunday with horemen, carriages, and pedestrians, and of starch dust, a bushel of which is said to be worth " a King's ransom," there was sufficient lo ransom all the Sovereigns in the universe. ROSS-SIIIRE COUNTY MEETING.---A Spe cial general Meeting of the Freeholders and Landed Pro prietors of Ross-shire was held at Dingwall, on the 24th tilt. to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the repeal of the Malt and Beer Ditties.--Sir FRAVCIS A. MAcLaaeziz, Bart., of Gairloch, was in the Chair. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by T. MAC.. xxxcnt, Esq. of Ord, resolutions were passed, denouncing the Malt and Beer Duties as injurious to the agriculturist, the manufacturer, and labourer. In the opinion of the Meeting, the present distress uould in no way be so easily remedied as by a modified Income 'Fax, laid on so as to equal the diminution of revenue, expected front repealing, not only the duties on Malt and Beer, hut also the As • messed Taxes, as well as thoee duties ehietly affectin,; at.- tides of ordinary use.--krertrees eererier: .i ~ . \ ~y'a ) .1 , ~i