The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-09 00:00:00

I ki GERMAN PAPERS. %1"),A, Dye. 27.—The sittrat;on of his Majesty the -I°lt i n g King of H ung ,ry, Crown Prince of the other ICO r"l`lominions whir was attacked on the 19th instant 1/4 disorder with which he has at other times been (re r"ent' afflict e d, h as b ecome so muc h s.vorse within th-ee 7 ' d q. that his Majesty rereiv, ti on the 24th, in the rooming, the S acrament for the dying. Since that time the disorder has continued to increase, and according to the rep ort of the physiciana issued to-day, no change had talc " Place in the dangerous state of his Maje•ty's health. public prPyers have been ordered in all the churches of vi na and the suburbs, to implore Heaven to preserve the valuable life of his Majesty the King. and The tw o Co ur t t h eatres rema i ne d c l ose d both y e ste r day Loa morning. tphenai Contents of th e R o y a l p ro positions delivered by ilia Im• Majesty in the sitting of the Hungarian Diet, on °r e 20 th inst ant, w hi c h i n di cate t h e su bj ec t s to b e t rea t e d , T i n the pres en t Di et:— '" the name of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, our Most Gracious Sovereign, to the Most Serene Arch duke, to the Most Reverend, the Reverend, Honour anle, Worthy and Respectable; also to the Worthy, Excellent and Noble, the Wise and Prudent E•tat-s of the Kingdom of Hungary, and the Provinces belonging to it, who either personally or as Deputies in the name °f t heir Constituents are assembled in the present Diet, g r aciously convoked by his said Majesty the Emperor a nd King, no ti ce i s h ere by g i ven , °f The appearance of a general and dangerous disorder, I . new an t i hith er t o unknown kind, not having allowed .‘ the assembling of the Diet, which his Majesty, ""wing dictrtes of hie paternal heart, had firmly resolved to eanvp he on the 2d October, 1831, his Majesty has been Ple ased t o convoke as soon as i t was pract i ca bl e t h e present Diet, in order, with the aid of the discussion of the said a " , " , i rnh lY, the public tranquillity may be consolidated, S ecured to a ll f u t u r e ages without injuring the ancient il ennstitution of th e ki ng d om . With th e se elevated views L ' Majesty is pleased with distinguished paternal and rOYal care to comprehend every thing most conducive to H e c onsolidation of the internal welfare of his kingdom of el art gary and of the territories annexed to it, and to draw b",!?er the bands connecting the several classes of the infra- Arg -an t% and wishes, tl erefore, by virtue of his royal 1 " 5 ": ; ce, that this may be specially accomplished by appro. i ti . ;: it e laws ; namely—(Here follow the propositions at - „length ; the following is the substance of them.) A Ist The laws determining the relations of the land f - r w o ners to their vassals. having hitherto been en feted only time to time, it is recommended to the Estates to fix to "' relation by the positive law. on a footing conformable t he justice and calculated to promote the interests of all parties, and the general prosperity of the kingdom. tl: '2 d• The prompt administration of justiee, on which or e s ecurity of the lives and property of all the members I li th e community is founded, demands equal attention. tL i Majesty is especially anxious that a new penal code, p r e w ant of which is every day more sensihly felt, may al ivent all arbitrary proceedings and embarrassment in the h u ßm ent of punishments; his Majesty wishes the tri nal to be better organized, the tedious forms of pro rlee:rdittg to be abridged ; and, as the civil laws are likewise in many points, he would have those defects re • h -jad f especially the laws respecting bills of exchange, e relations between debtor and creditor, and the tedious, l lP 'nliise administration of justice, which is so constantly ~o bj ect of complaint. b 3 . His Majesty's care is next directed to a just distri ation o f the public burdens. 4 . As it may he h foreseen M that the prese ntwishe Dsiet with will 4t loo ser than usual, is ajesty particularly , 'l t ' l ltect to the daily allowance to the Deputies, that the t i : tat es, taking into consideration the intention of the 14 :Payers, w ill i mme di ate l y di scuss th e ques ti on by p „T i t these allowances shall be p rid and what pro r°,;,'"? and make a declaration suitable to the gene -I),°CY of the na ti on , an d o f th e c a r e to re lieve that class ti , p i p ts c h ,r ) t. from its situation, has many other burdens to o k r , a. Rel a t es t o th e re p a y men t o f a s um of '262,000 ,!fl'f, which has been advanced by the Treasury. d t S uch is the communication which his Majesty has or rio-ted to be made to the Estates ; and his Majesty has no ce:tht that they will endeavour to effect what is so ne c of t or i tl :Y for their own good and that of their poSterity, be b e Such active zeal that as little time as possibly may Ff 3 s r ikilt °B t, and that, with prudence and deliberation, inces aPplication may be necessary. on tb , f By his Majesty's command, " GEORGE BARITAL. rgeaf Preah u rg, Dec. 20, 1832." *'4lustrian Observer. Dec. 28. r vati°' r of der tb st ain! wette r ae il l/ he o f , o eietl need' in fa r )piniv I 0 fai thft e ilt boo , 11 re , o: their al ar r yelD' ed CO 32. t, 3°' for tb 3 V lati HAMBURG PAPERS. t i, tllo ll3l.7ltG, JAN. I.—On account of the quan b,Y of floating ice which has accumulated . in the ' ean i ) ,, e sinc e yesterday, ships coming from the sea k ,","ot come up to the city, but must either remain ( f 4 '"xhave n or lie close in shore. The plots, who Iv . .. L I R:a think it advisable to drop down the river it l n the -hip., are still here, ready to sail. V V ARSAw, DEC. 26.—A rerson now coming to for :w rB4 , fancies he has quite a new generation be liT i; " i rn• In the coffee-houses not a word of po t,B (even foreign politics) is spoken. People t() accommodate themselves to the state of ', 10, and to save t h e G overnmen t th e ne c e ssity of ol er et police, the existence of which is indeed no iitlere els e o b serve d. Th e woun d s b eg i n to h ea l, i f we d o not see any cheerfulness in the counte -44c.. ;AC " of the upper class, it may be positively 4 .41 ed that they will not be easily led to enter into r t , ) ; Plot against the Government. Trade begins to to . fi ve among us, and this contributes greatly to ri ll-rr n in the minds of the middling class the exist order of things. It were to be wished that more p t , l l lone to relieve the agricultural part of the po reCti°n, who suffer great distre-s, which is not o c , e „ v ed by the strong bodes of troops that still s 4 : 13 Y the province. It may be mentioned, as arf'rnarkable circumstance, that the Russian officers 1' "w received into many families whose houses t h e e formerly closed against them. Many flatter fiedrtittelves with a hope that the Government, satis chn a nd, conciliated by their continued political Rust t oe -ri ge of sentiment, will restore to them many ?:: 6 1 tim b ers of their family who are sent into the itite il:l ed ; anti in fact this hope seems not to be unfoonil - c . ,, t:oris. e workmen are still employed on the ford hat t 134 tLIN tem bej Of 1 4. _ w , EC. 3 D osaid that the Emperor );bet tr;4 ".o sia has placed 150,000 men, under the corn -014111,d of the Prince of Warsaw, at the disposal of pith ti o , l3 •lng, in order to give due weight, in conjunc thet' 1 , 1 - : With Prussia and Austria, to the measures tand o :, t h l eli may be rendered necessary by the result of cret:l ; th e affairs of Holland, and the measures adopted in Ldent .4 e eastern departments of France. acc" t Several neighbouring German States here con he IF . 1 : 4 ', 41 1e their negotiations for including their clomi thatitv. " I ° l ls, or parts of them, in our commercial system. ove. v , The celebrated actor L. Devriont died this morning. any r p is d j r LiteiRANKFORT, DEC. 28.—M. Pescatore, who was ,is ext ,'Y arrested in Luxemburg by the Belgians, and ,anged for M. Thorn, has arrived here. :NIA 1) 2 6 1 , ve learn from Cologne that in the night of the en sv e l Von Delius, Chief President of the Pros- I CO I ', 14 1 ; Government, died in that city. M. Von De into ° lit tsi s - ! ; Who was Prussian Plenipotentiary in the Com raio, NI - I ' l ° ll st Mayence for the navigation of the Rhine, vi nve u s e universally regretted in the Rhenish pro s'. an ) It) which he has rendered great services. , ed EXCHANGES ON LONDON. 1.1E5/ 1 ,, 4"BURG JAN, 4.-13 1114 ; two months, 13 10 1 i. Lee 0'; t; PE reksisukon DEC 21.-10 7-16. h aPh l / 4 " 0 . DEC. 28. Two . months, 6 ISN. aomef i ,, Z P J apers, Jan. 4. readT. beY l s,‘ ei g t; ty r ' . e venerable Earl of DERBY, now in his Luc , no , 0 _ r t:for te 6 , 4 ! Year, intends, we hear, to take the chair at a _ O l g so l d 6 Dinner at Preston, for which borough one of his the ll' r th °nil , ,Iffe rr, , e ep to _, has recently been elected. Thirty-five years ago °. 6 fl a i t , "I DERBY was a prominent political character, a cries ? 4 'Pp g M embeof by tl! ii hi 3 q ter 0 , r the Whig Club, and an undevialing 0 0 1 ,.. ath, ' the political opinions of CHARLES Fox and h 7P te or: an , , 9 1 7, thJe• Noble Earl became enamoured of domestic life, ;:ebha:l37:ancrcatured by GILLRAY under the title of Alg ef . 1140u.jrn,aae; since the death of the late Countess le cro tl er; ..... c o'4;lle...rally resided at Knowsley Hall, in Lancashire. the ° C life yr aris e , , 4 eStiOn ij , th tb on the privilege of franking has h a t 'hi m t ',lnt c ease of Mr. PEASE, the Quaker, returned for rtio0 1 : 0 1 ha aNtr r . G Y en of Durham. The Duke of flictimoND, as Post he ris , 1 R sub . eral, having been applied to on the subject, halle f " offic e . 'nut , d the of' m eet T he precision to the Solicitor of the Post the 0 _ e , _„question is, whether the Quakers' peculiar ourer d greehhi e ° , l o Writing ~ first month instead of January is t the law and gives him the privilege?" PRICER OF RTOCKS THIS DAY AT ONF O'CLOCK. Rank Stock 'I pnr cnnt. Red .67 4 34 India Stock - 3 net Cent Conk ......Sfili% 57 Otto Bonds '3.5 30 pm. 3, , f, per ( cot. — South Sea Stock ... ....... , tto Re ,l 05 4 3 4 Old Annuities — New 214 per Cent .. -.94% 3% [ New Ditto ........ -.. 84% 3 ~e r Cent Ann. 172. - . —l3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 4 ;. -- r Cent. 1821 , lon3o, 3 ;Ex Bills,Xl,ooo 4l 4.2 ;on. Q.lnk Lon," AM , ~,, xn , re (Ditt0....... 500...... 44 42 urn. Jul. 5, 186 0 .-17 3-16 % 1-16 ' Ditto Small Oct. 10, 1459 —lDitto Commercial.-- .. tun. Jan 5, 1940 —lllitto Advertised Jan. 5, IS4O —lBank for Account 1944 April 5, 1580 --11ndia for Account Jan. 5. IQ7O _ (Cons. forian. 2.3 S7N 7;, I,:Z PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 9O Belgian Bonds '7 1 4 56 Ditto Account P•raziiian Bonds Ditto Acc0unt........ 481 4 ;4 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account 1 Chftan Bonds ... 16% Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Q.% Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 lO% Ditto Account 10% Danish Bonds 70% Ditto Account Greek Bonds 2614 Ditto Bonds, , t+2s 29% • Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent, Ditto Account 20% 1% Ditto, fi per cent 25 Ditto Account .5% 5 Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 051 O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. ass. at 5/. pm.l £lOO Bolanos Mining Company —£lso Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm ) V 2,0 Ditto National l7( I)itto St. John Del Hey Ditto Cocaes. 5 ..ritish Iron Mining Company £so Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. prn.) 49 English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association Real dcl Monte Mining C 0....,... United Mex. Min. Co. ass. at 2/ Ditto New Snip Alliance Fire Insurance Comp Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co , Provincial Bank of Ireland 14N 40V, 164' : 5 ”1 It3V, 7 tt‘P SV, 19% 8 1 4 8% £1 5 0 934 ----- 40 £2 2.5h5, 17 COURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam C.F 12 4 D tto, at sight '-; 2 Rotterdam Antwerp 12 S Hamburg M.R. 13 14 Altona 11 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto r , U 26 10 Bordeaux 26 15 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 153 Petershurgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective d. 2 M. 10 il Trieste d 0...... ..... 12 Madrid VV. Cadiz 96y, Rilboa Barcelona 36 Seville 36 Gibraltar 4714 ItAILS. arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 1 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 3 O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 O France 0 1 Sweden O Guernsey & Jersey.. 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGF TO-MORROW. ‘tornine... 5 minutes after 5 I Eveninz...9.7 minutes after 5. THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds IOY, Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 4936 Ditto Account _ _ RegencvScrip 4f 5 dis. Ditto Account 5 1 dis• Prussian Bonds ION Ditto Account -.„- Ditto Bonds, 1822 Russian Bonds, 1822 :1007,f, Ditto Account New Loan 9174 3 4 ,Spanish Bonds, 1821 „.„„184a4 Ditto Account 16% Ditto Bonds, Ditto Account 14% French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. -- Exchange —f —e. —z net cent. —f —c. ---• Exchange --r e.. Dutch Scrip 42% 3 214 Ditto Account 42% 3 A F:anch Scrip NGE YESTERDAY. 'Leghorn 40% Genoa ‘ l 6 10 Venice Malta 4O Naples . , 9 F 4 Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 48% Rio Janeiro ;34 Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l3y BULLION, PER OZ. X. P. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 0 0 _ Trio *Ult. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1833. It will be seen by the report of the debate in the French Chamber of Deputies, that the French Ministry have a very delicate task thrown upon their hands in extricating themselves from the embarrassing situation into which they have been thrown by the capture of the Duchess of BERRY. The debate arose out of a number of petitions presented to the Chamber, praying for her libe ration, or for her being brought to trial. They were, as usual, referred to a Committee, who, in their report, recommended that some, which were not drawn up in terms of proper respect, should be referred to the Keeper of the Seals, and that they should pass to the order of the day with re , pect to the others. The Ministry adopted this plan of getting rid of the question, announced that they did not intend to bring the Princess to trial, hut to detain her in custody as long as they might think it necessary, and intimated that they should consider the Chamber passing to the order of the day as an approval of their conduct. The Duke de BROGLIE, in his speech, gav e what was meant as an explanation of the diffi culty in which the Government was placed, but did not put very prominently forward what we suspect to be the true ground on which they proceed. The Ministry pretend that they cannot bring the Duchess to trial, because it would give the factious an opportunity of creating disturb ance—because the law which excluded the elder branch of the Bourbons from France did not justify, on their entering it, more than recon ducting them to the frontiers, because the Duchess was not born a subject of France, and that the duty she owed it by alliance had been dissolved by the law of exclusion, and because it would be difficult to get witnesses to the fact of her appearing in arms. Yet they justify having taken her into custody, and detaining her, on account of her being captured in flagrant delict. The arguments of the opposition com pletely overturn, we think, this reasoning. They say that the supremacy of the law ought to be asserted ; that it is shameful to detain the Princess without trying her ; that France must be in a wretched state indeed if the factious could not be prevented from disturbing a judi. cial proceeding ; that the Duchess ought not to be looked upon as a member of the Bourbon family, but as a stranger, who had come into one of the provinces, and induced some disor derly persons to commit acts of murder and rapine ; that the will of the nation having placed the Crown on the head of another, that will was a law superior to all others before exist ing ; and that, therefore, no possible claim of right could be permitted to be set up for the Princess. The idea of its not being possible to find evidence of her inciting, directing, and heading the rebels, they treated as ridiculous. Thus stands the question, and looking at it as dispassionate strangers, in an abstract point of view, it appears difficult to us to distinguish the case of the Duchess of BERRY from that of any common blood-shedder who, dissatisfied with the decision of the tribunals of his country, has re course to a pistol to re-establish himself in an imagined right. The sympathies of human na ture are roused in behalf of a mother perhaps risking a disgraceful death, certainly running great hazards, for the sake of a son whom she looked upon as unjustly deprived of a throne, and vulgar attention—we are afraid admiration —is always tolerably certain to attend any ex traordinary act either of virtue or iniquity ; but the question is, what does justice require, and not only justice, but humanity, if, indeed, the tw o things be separate ? We are now cer tified by the conduct of the French Govern ment as we were before induced to believe from probability and information, that the French Ministry wished the Duchess to escape from France, that they communicated their wish to her, and they only took her when it became hazardous any longer to resist the public voice. Can it be supposed that if she had been assured of being dealt with as a criminal, ac cording to the laws, she would have per severed in exciting the peasantry of La Ven dee to insurrection, merely to take her chance of the chapter of accidents, when she saw that the hopes with which she commenced her ex pedition were ill-founded ? We believe the Princess really to possess great physical and moral courage, but we do not imagine that she would rush to the scaffold for the mere sake of affording a spectacle. It was then the assurance of impunity which caused her to persevere in sacrificing the lives both of her friends and opponents, after all reason able expectation of reaping any advantage from it had disappeared. Then comes the ques tion, will not the feeling of compassion which now wishes to save her, be an encouragement, not only to other members of her family, but to all persons who may chance to be placed in a similar situation, to shed blood under chances equally desperate ? If so, is not yielding to compassion the commission of great wrong ? This is always supposing that the obj , ct of not bringing her to trial, is to screen her from all punishment beyond a temporary detention, merely inflicted for the purpose of saving her life, or from a sentence of perpetual impri sonment. Thus stands the question in the abstract, as far as we know the facts. But, on the other hand, we deem it more than probable that the despots of the Continent, who like little enough the example of deposing Kings, and who would like less to see that of shedding, Royal blood, may have made it a kind of condi tion of acquiescence in the French Revolution that the members of the exiled family should be spared. It is true that we believe them willing enough to attack France on account of the Revolution alone ; but when the questions of peace or war are so nicely balanced as they were lately thought to be, the condemnation of the Duchess of BERRY to a severe punishment might turn the scale. Indeed it was clearly in timated by the Ministry that the opinion of foreign nations had been taken into considera tion. The circumstances, however, of the re lationship between the Queen of the FRENCH and the Duchess, and the delicacy of the situation in which LOWS PHILIP is placed, although not alluded to in the debates, have had, we doubt not, as much weight as any of the facts and arguments most prominently put forward. As foreigners, ignorant of many facts which must influence the question, we will not presume to decide what course should be taken, but, obeying the dictates of our feel ings, we cannot help rejoicing that whatever may be the the term of the,Duchess of BERRY'S impri sonment, her life appears certain to be spared. There is a rumour current at the west end of the town that Lord PALMERSTON is about to retire from the Foreign-office, and to be suc ceeded by Lord DURHAM. This rumour has been so often prevalent that we should not notice it now if it were not general among per sons who ought to know something of what is passing at head-quarters. An express has been received from Paris, bringing the papers of Monday, and the Mes sager des Chanthres, dated yesterday. They are principally filled with comments on the dis cussion in the Chamber of Deputies, regarding the Duchess of BERRY. The Carlist and opposition journals are rather violent against Ministers, whom they dare to bring this Prin cess to trial by a Criminal Court, and pretend that should she be tried in Paris, her party is so strong that an effort would be made in favour of HENRY V. The presence of M. CIIATEAUBRIAND in the capital, and the feeling that exists among the young students in his favour, creates no little anxiety to the Juste-milieu and Doctrinnaires. A despatch was received on Monday from the army, which has now taken up the same position that it was in previous to entering Belgium, awaiting further orders. Several interviews have taken place between Lord GRANVILLE, the Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, relative, it is said, to having the ques tion between Holland and Belgium finally settled by nego►iation. The news from Spain mention that M. 'LEA BERMUDEZ is far from being popular at Madrid, and it was expected he would immediately resign. Paris continues tranquil. Hamburg Papers state, in a communication from Berlin, that the Emperor of RUSSIA has placed at the disposal of the King of PRUSSIA, an army of 150,000 men, under the command of the Prince of WARSAW, in order to give due weight, in conjunction with Prussia and Austria, to the measures which may be rendered necessary by the result of the affairs of Holland, and the measures adopted in the eastern departments of France. We place little or no reliance on this statement ; for if Russia had thought any such precaution necessary, we cannot but think she would have adopted it before, rather than after, the taking of Antweip._ The Chronicle of this morning has devoted another column to the subject of the Speaker ship of the House of Commons. It asks what those who do not object to the re election of Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, the apologists of it, as the Chronicle calls them, " would, a few weeks since, have thought or written on such a monstrous proposition as the re-election of a Tory Speaker ?" For ourselves, we should have thought and written perhaps in a way any thing but favourable to such a proposition, and for this reason, that we should have made a sacrifice of feeling for nothing. It was not known that Mr. MANNERS SUTTON would be in the next Par liament or would consent to be Speaker, and, putting the saving of an enormous pension aside, we must confess, that, as a matter of feeling, we should have preferred to see a man of more popular principles in the chair. It is very well, as the Chronicle says, to give confi dence to the friends of the liberal Government by filling offices of dignity and trust with Li berals " as vacancies occur," but surely the pen sioning off of the present holders of them, if they are still willing to serve the country, is not a mode of creating vacancies which any friend of an economical Government can sanc tion. We know that the excellent Editor of the chronicle looks to the moral effect w hi c h he thinks the election of a Liberal to the office of Speaker would produce, but we are confident that he over-rates it. No doubt the moral effect of placing a Tory in the Chair of the House of Commons would be greatly in favour of the Tories, if it were accomplished in consequence of their strength, or fear of their strength ; but the moral effect can be little in their favour, when it will be consented to in contempt of their weakness. German Papers, extracts from which will be found in another column, state that the young King of HUNGARY is reduced to the last extre mity, and has received the sacrament for the dying. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour, the VICE-CHANCELLOR, sat at Lincoln's Inn today. NEWTON v. HUNT. His HONOUR gave judgment in this case, which was ar gued at great length last Term. The plaintiff was entitled, af ter the death of a lady, 55 years of age, to the tenth of a sum of 23,300/. 3 per cents., and upon the death of a gentleman, aged 54, to a like interest on the sum of 16,600/. and a fraction. He attained his majority in the beginning of 1823, and in Novem ber, 1826, he lost at billiards, to a person named Charles Hunt, 532/. The plaintiff paid Hunt 321. down, and gave him a bill for 500/. In 1827, being in great distress, and having been ar rested in August of that year, he put up for sale by auction his reversionary interest in the two sums in question. The defendant, who was the father of Chas. Hunt, attended the sale, and became the purchaser of the plaintiff's reversionary interest in the 23,3001. for 700/., the interest in the 16,600/. not being sold in consequence of a sufficient sum not being offered for it. After wards an attempt was made by the plaintiff to sell that also, and some proposals passed between the plaintiff and defendant for that purpose, which ended in the defendant's agreeing to purchase it. Hunt, the son, being indebted to his father, as was alleged, to the extent of 500/., gave him the bill he had received from the plaintiff; the defendant alleging in his answer that he was not aware of the circumstances under which his son received it. That note was tendered to the plaintiff as part payment of the purchase-money for the 16,600/. the defendant declaring that he was a bona fide holder of it, and had a right to make a set off of it. The plaintiff being advised that the transaction being in consideration of a gamb ling debt was good for nothing, filed the present bill for the purpose of setting aside the transaction altogether. At the worst it was insisted at the bar that the note, though it was given for a gambling transaction, was good in the hands of a bonafide holder. With respect to that two statutes had been passed. Under a statute passed in the 6th of Charles 1., a note given for a gambling debt was available in the hands of a bona fide holder; but by the statute of Anne, all notes given for money at play, were altogether void. It was also urged that the Court would not set aside the sale of a reversionary in terest, merely on the ground of inadequacy of price, and allu sion had been made to several cases on that point. In the opi nion of his Honour, however, there was more in the present case to be considered than inadequacy of price ; there was evidently an advantage taken of the distress of the plaintiff. Looking at that fact, coupled with all the other circumstances of the case, the plaintiff not questioning the transaction with respect to the 23,000/. the Court was of opinion that the plain tiff was entitled to the relief he sought, without being made to pay any costs. LORD LINDSAY v. PEGUS. ONOUR also gave judgment in this case, on which a to make his report upon the case, refusing the motion with costs. FITZGERALD v. STEWART. The COURT gave judgment in this case, refusing the mo tion for the payment of 3,0001. into Court, and directing the costs to be cast in the cause. IN RE BEDFORD CHARITY. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proceeded to open the pe tition of a gentleman named Mathias, who is the second master of the Bedford School, praying that the Court would restrain the Trustees of that Charity from proceeding at law or in equity to get him from the Mastership of the school. The case is •ery long, and appears likely to occupy a day or two in arrangement. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM L Y D'S. DEAL, JAN. B.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Malabar, from Portsmouth, and remains with the combined squadron. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. B.—Wind E.S.E. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind E.—Arrived the Bustler, Pollard, from Newfoundland, part of the cargo thrown over board. Off port the Dorothea, Cunningham, from Phila delphia. Arrived his Majesty's ship Forester, from Ports mouth. Sailed his Majesty's ships Pantaloon and Royalist, for Falmouth and the Mediterannean. FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind E.S.E. to E., fresh.—Sailed the Reindeer packet, for the Brazils; Lord Melville packet, for Halifax and Bermuda ; Alban steam-packet, for the Medi. terranean ; and his Majesty's ship Leveret, for Lisbon—all of them with mails. FO WEY, JAN. 7.—Arrived off port the Henry, Lowe, from New Orleans. BRISTOL, JAN. B.—Arrived the Henry, Allen, from Cha. rente. CORK, JAN. 6.—Arrived the Thomas, Richardson, from Trinidad. STOCKTON, JAN. 7.—Arrived the Supply, Turnbull, from Memel. HULL, JAN. 7.—Arrived the Oak, Ritchie, from Riga. The Anna, from Tromsoe to Trieste, was on shore near Bergen on the 13th ult. ; not the Aurora, as stated yesterday. The Drie Gibrodders, Ruyl, from Batavia to Amsterdam, put into Ems, in consequence of the embargo. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are very short ; the return of Flour is also scanty. The Wheat trade remains very dull, and prices are the same as lately noted. Barley, Beans, and Pease, unaltered. Oats are firm in val.., but henry in sale. Flour as our last. A .ARIVALS. Wheat. ' Barley. Oats. Flour. English 2,800 qrs. I 3,190 qrs. 1,090 qrs. I 2,loosacks Irish - - Foreign - -- I - THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Up to the present hour we have no arrivals of any descrip. tion, either in foreign mails, or ship letters; consequently we are without any political news. The storm which raged for a few days past in the Funds has now subsided in a dead calm. Consols, which left off yes terday at R 7 ';'; for the Account, opened at 87 ;at present they may he quoted at 87;i sellers, with little or nothing doing. The King of Holland's answer, and information from Oporto, are the two grand topics of conversation, and are anxiously looked for. The Foreign Market corresponds with that of the British, being in a stagnant state. HALF-PAST ONE. A general report prevailed during the morning, that the Lightning steamer had arrived with the answer of the King of Holland, but up to the present hour we cannot trace it to any authentic source. The above vessel is not expected until to. morrow. Consols have become very heavy since the early part of the morning, when they were 87 X for the Account, since which they have declined to 87X, owing, it is supposed, to unfavour able accounts from Ireland by the private letters this morning, which state that the Union are organizing themselves in mili. tary detachments. It is also stated that Government are aware of this measure, and are going to use every exertion to put them down. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing ; prices as per yesterday. No news from Portugal or Holland to be depended upon. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 87 % for the Account. KNARESBOROUGH.—The cholera has made its appearance in this town ; it broke out last Sunday week, and from that time there have been eight deaths, one recovery, and ten under treatment.—Hull Paper. OLD BAILEY.—(TIits DAY>) OLD COURT. George Anderson, aged 19, and Henry Tucker, aged 19, were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Hayford, and stealing therein 2S sovereigns, 4 half so vereignS, two 54 notes, and 4 five shilling pieces. John Ilayford, the prosecutor, stated, that the two prisoners were his apprentices. On the 14th November, he had the money named in the indictment in a drawer, where he saw it safe at eight o'clock in the evening when lie went out. He was sent for in half an hour, and on going home he found the drawer lying on the floor and the money gone. The lock appeared to have been picked, as there was no appearance of force on it. He afterwards went to Tucker's step-father's house, the John of .Terusalem, in St. John-street, where he saw the prisoners, who appeared to deplore his loss. A week before the robbery, while at tea, Tucker said he wanted shoes very much, but he did not like to ask his mother for money on account of his step father. Since the robbery Tucker had had new shoes and boots, and had got his watch out of pawn. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS--The prisoner Tucker was twice before a Magistrate, and, on one of the occasions, Anderson was a witness against him. George Norman, a working jeweller, residing in Peter street, stated that on the 11th November, Anderson came to him, saying lie was short of money, but that before the week was over he and Tucker would rob his master, " So help him God." He said he had picks in his possession to do it with, that he had been in the bed-room and tried the pick which stuck in the lock, and he had only just time to extract it be fore his master came in, and he made an excuse that he was there for some roots. He said that while one could effect the robbery, the other was to snake a noise at work, and prevent the other from being heard and disturbed. On the 16th day of November, Anderson came to witness, and told him the job was completed, and that he fiad thrown the picks down the privy, as he was afraid to keep them in 'ais possession. Witness told him that he did not believe he was capable of such a thing, but that if lie found by handbills or any other way that the robbery had been committed , he would go and give information. Anderson said, if witness would keep quiet, he would try to get him a few pounds. Witness saw Anderson again on the Zth, when he was altered for the better in ap pearance and purse, and he gave information to Mr. Hayford, that led to the apprehension of the prisoners that evening. Cross-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—Witness, when before the Magistrate, omitted to state the conversation which he had with Tucker. He did then state that Tucker said "So help me God, I will have the old man's money." Witness's name was George Norman ; had gone by the name of Johnson because he got into trouble about a bad crown-piece. He did not recol lect going by any other name, but he might; he did go by an other name, but he had forgotten it ; had gone by the name of Jackson ; went by the name of Jackson when he was in trouble, and upon that occasion it was about bad money; no one can help taking bad money. He had also gone by the name of Simp son from the same motive he supposed ; that was for ut tering counterfeit money. Did not know he went by any other name, but would not swear he did not. Never went by the name of Thompson. Had been in two or three gaols in his life. Could not tell the name of the first goal he was in, but he had been in three. They were all within the last twelve months, and yet he forgot which he was in first. He had once had a dark lantern in his possession, but he had not at that time a centre bit ; never had a centre bit nor a crow bar. Had lodged in Mrs. Perchill's house ; she was now in Court. Did not leave behind him at that lodging a dark lantern, a centre bit, and a crow bar. Did leave a dark lantern there, and left so suddenly that he forgot to pay his rent, and ha took the keys away with him. Did not know what a ripping chisel was, or what a picklock was ; would know his own property if he saw it.—(Mr. Phillips here sent for the tools which the witness left behind him at his lodging ; they were produced, and the witness admitted that they had been his. Most of them were carpenter's tools ; also a dark lantern and a picklock).) Had:never lived in Norfolk. Had been there a week or two. It was in fact six weeks that he called a week or two.—(Laughter.) By the RECORDER—Was only In prison on each charge five or six days, but was never tried. The Mint did not pro. secute him. Eliza Wood, of 2S, Peter-street, the same house in which the last witness lived, stated that she knew the prisoner An derson. She had seen him at witness's house many times as a friend of Norman's. On Sunday, the 11th November, An derson came and said he was short of money, and that he would rob the old man, before the week was out. On the next day, the 12th, he came again iu the evening, and then he said his master had a sum of money which he had hoarded, and which he was going to pay for wood. He had then in his possession something which he called a pick, and which witness believed was made from an iron skewer. Witness broke it and put it in the spout of the kettle. An derson said, he should make haste home before his master, who had gone to measure the wood, and try and pick the lock. Mr. Hayford was a lath-render. On the following evening, the 13th, Anderson came again, and said he had tried the pick in the lock and it opened the drawer ; and uttering an oath, said he would have the money before the week was out. On the Friday he called again, and: Norman was there. An. derson said the " job" was done, and that he had been called as a witness against Tucker, his fellow-apprentice; that when he (Anderson) was taken up by Mr. Hayford's son (a policeman) to appear against Tucker, he asked leave to go to the water c10. , 4,and that he threw the picks which he then had down that place. On the Sunday he came again, and said he was to go to Hatton.garden on the Thursday morning, as a witness against Tucker. He did not call again until the following Thursday or Friday, when he said the old man (Hayford) had done no good, for it was all " hushed up," and Tucker had been discharged. On the following Sunday he came again and appeared flush of money. He said he had been tossing with Tucker, and had won Ss. or 95., with which he had bought a great coat which he had then on. Cross.examined—Had known Norman six or seven months, and had lived with him, for the last three or four months, as his wife. She was not ashamed of cohabiting with him. John Hayford, a policeman, and son of the prosecutor, stated that on the first examination of Tucker he was ordered to take Anderson in custody. On going to the prosecutor's he found Anderson in the water-closet, and took him to tile police office. Anderson was then examined as a witness, and Tucker was discharged. On further proof being obtained both prisoners were taken into custody. The water-closet was examined,and a pick-lock found which readily opened the drawer, Thomas Okell, a journeyman of the prosecutor's, said, on the 21st November, Tucker asked him if he would :go to fetch his watch, which was pawned for a sovereign. He did so. Kemp lived opposite to prosecutor ; sold a pair of boots and shoes to Tucker on the 17th November. The prisoners denied the robbery, and declared that what had been stated by Norman, and the woman, was altogether false. Tucker said that as to his buying shoes and boots, he would prove that his mother gave him money to purchase them. Mrs. Reid, the wife of Mr. Reid, a licensed victualler, stated that Tucker was her son by a former husband. In No. vember last, she gave her son two sovereigns and a half to buy a great coat, but he went and bought shoes and boots instead. He had always borne a good character. Mrs. Mary Perchell said the witness Norman had lodged in her second-floor, back room, and he left her a fortnight before last Bartholomew fair, owing a her month's rent. On searching his room she found the dark lantern, a pick-lock key, and the other things before m;:ationed. Several witnesses gave Tucker a 'good character, one of whom, a woman named Lovelace, stated that she was married, but her husband was in the country about his business. A Juryman asked her whether her husband was ever in trouble ? Mrs. Lovelace—Yes, Sir ; but Icould not help that. Juryman—Was he not transported ? Mrs. Lovelace— Yes, Sir. Juryman—What was it for ? Mrs. Lovelace—About some counterfeit coin. RECORDER—Why did you say that your husband was in the country on business, when you knew he was transported ? Mrs. Lovelace—l did not like, my Lord, to tell it. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, against Tucker; Anderson, Guilty—Transported for life. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, J►N. O. J. Peachey, ironmonger, Regent -street 9at II DIVIDENDS. J. Holman, millwright, Baalzephon-street, Bermondsey at 10 R. H. Vinson and Co., carpenters, Maze, Southwark II T. C. Hawkes, coal-merchant, Little Abindon-street l2 T. J. Hurrill, surgeon, York street, Portman.square W. Hill, sen., oilman, High-street, Southwark 2 C. Ingram, currier, Salisbury 1 M. Bell, victualler, Blacktriars-road' l2 A petition to the House of Commons is get ting up among the inhabittnts of Cupar, praying for an address to his MAJESTY to remove from office their anti- Reforming Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of RossLYN. Scotsman. According to a letter from Ham, AI. de POLIGNAC is likely to lose the first phalange of one of his thumbs, in consequence of a tumour.— Galignani's Messenger. THE FOURTH ESTATE.—Of persons for merly connected with the Press, either as reporters, edi tors, or proprietors of newspapers, there are at present Members of the Lower House the following individuals : —Colonel TORRENT, Mr. BRODIE, Mr. WALTER, Mr. WALLIPE, Mr. CAREW O'DWYER (who succeeds the gentleman whose name precedes, in the representation of Drogheda, a borough tbat, ;reins to bave a predilection for " Gentlemen of the Press"), Mr. Sergeant SrAtixtE, Mr. CODBETT, and Mr. BUCKINGHAM.— Court Journal. We have heard with much satisfaction that ar raneemeats are in progress whereby both Sir GEORGE MURRAY and Sir GEORGE CLERK will be provided with seats in the new Parliament. In the present critical pos tuts of our affairs the valuable service of these able States men cannot well be dispensed with. Ministers, aware of their own ignorance and incapacity, are now most anxious, we believe, to receive wholesome advice even from their political enemies.— Glasgow Courier. COURT CIRCULAR. The Turk;sh Ainhassaibir,aeonmpanied by 'AI. Ala c:io- JEN', had a confereac, with Vis,:utitit PALMERSTON yes terday, at the Foreign-oftiee. The Bishop of LONDON had an interview with E,nl GREY, at the Treasury, yesterday. Viscount ALTuottr, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Sir JOHN fionitousg, also visited his Lordship yesterday. A deputation of Hackney Coach Proprietors, headed by Mr. F. ROE, had a conference with Viscount Aurnoar yesterday at the Treasury, on the suhj,ct of throwing open the system of licenses on the sth of the present month, the number having hitherto been limited to twelve hundred. Mr. SALAME, the translator of Oriental Languages to the Government, transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Colonial Dopartments. The Duke of Sussex is recovering from a severe indis position with which he has been afflicted during the last •bree weeks. His Royal Highness when at Brighton caught a violent cold, which settled in his eyes, which at one time were so swelled that he could not see sufficiently to read. The Duke of CUMBERLAND left town yesterday, fur Hastings._ Count Pozzo nI I3oaco had a long interview with Vis. count PALMERSTON yesterday, at the Foreign-office. Ilis Excellency 'lined with the Prince and Print ass LIEVEN in the evening, at Asliburnharn Howe, where a grand dinner was given to a select party, including Prince TAL.. LEYRAND arid the Duchess de DINS), the Auvrian Charge d'Affiiris, Earl and Lady GEORGIANA GREY, Vi+count GODERICH, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sit J. GRAHAM, Mr. and Mis, STANLEY. IMPROVEMENTS IN WESTMINSTER, It is expected that at an early period in the ensuing Session a Bill will be introduced, founded on the R-port of the Committee which was appointed last S. ssion to inquire into the most eligihle mode of improving the approaches to the Houses of Parliament by Westminster, and also improving the immediate sieighltouriniod of Buckingham Polac , which is now in a most deplorable state, chiefly in consequence of the want of proper sewer , age. By the plan which the Committee recommended, and which it is probable will be carried into effect, it is proposed to commence a broad and splendid line of street from the Sanctory in front of the western door of West minster Abbey, which our readers will recollect is a large: open space in front of the Church-yard of St. Margareee, on which the Sossions' House is situated, and close to which a large mews has been erected, which were origi nally intended fur the accornmooation of the horses and carriages of Members attending Parliament, but which has since been converted, we believe, into a range of stables for private speculation. This street is intended to be carried, by a sort of curved incline ion, so as to join Lower Grosvenor-price, and thus into the King's-road, forming an immediate communication with B lgrave square and the extensive improvements in that part of the metropolis. Along this street, on each side, it is sue. gested that :muses of the first class may be erected, while the space which extends from the street itstlf to Bird cage Walk should be intersected by streets ant squares, wnich, in like manner, will afford the opportunity for the introduction of residences of persons of the highest rook, who would thus be accommodated close to the Houses of Parliament, to the Courts of LOW, and to the Palace it• self; an arrangement by which al the minor streets, such as York-street, Gardener's-lane. Smith's rents, H:rrse , shoe-alley, the Almonty, J fferles'-buildings, Little George , sir et, a great number of dilapidated almshouses, would be completely swept away. The ground woul.l be raised, and three splendid Vistas—as it is proposed that tse squares should be opened at both ends—would thus he perceptible between the n-tv street and Sr. Jaines',- park, thereby affording a free passage for the currents of air, and securing healthful and delight ul ye atilation. The new street will be newly three quarters of a mile in length, and about NO feet wide. It would be impossible by mere verbal description to give a correct notion of all the advantages which would be thus gain rl to ihe public by th e se alterations ; but those who have had occasion to nerd the m zes of the filthy ceighloiurhoad to which we have alluded will be best able to appreciate the vast import ance of the ad iption of the pion thus laid down. The LORD CHANCELLOR arrived in town from Cumberland yesterday afternoon, bur be will not sit in his Cu' t until to-morrow, at one o'clock. His Lord ship will receive the Learned Judges, &c to breakfast on Friday morning (the first day of Term), at his house in Berkeley-square. The new Lord Chamberlain to the QUEEN is BASIL PERCY FIELDING, Earl Of DENBIGH, Viscount FIELDING and CALLAN, B tron FIELDING 01 Newnham Pedtlox, and Baran ST. Ltz in the Peerage of Eng- I ind ; also Earl of DESMOND, Viscount CALLAN, and Baron FIELDING of Lecaghe, and a Count of the flo y Roman Empire. This Nobleman, who, it is übdersti o iter MAJESTY has appointed 11 , r Chantlierlsin in the place of Earl HowE, was advanced to the office of Lo .1 of the Bedchamber by his present MAJESTY. His L•xdship is in the prime of manhood, and his Countess (r daughter of Lord DUCIE, a Reform Peer) is a distinguished tavola' ite with the QUEEN. The family of the Noble Earl are de scendants from a Count GEOFFRY of Hapsburg, who, tinder the name of FIELDING, to•rved HENRY the Third ; cons quently they are a branch of the reigni ng H ouse of AUSTRIA, the descendants of RODOLPH. Lord HOWE was removed Irom the Chamberlainship in the first week of October, 1831, since which period the functions of the office have been discharged by the Hon. Wm. ASHLEY, Vice-Chamberlain to the QUEEN. Among the contemplated retrenchments by the Government will be a reduction of the sum paid for some of our embassies abroad. The total amount of saving in this way will, it is said, exceed 60,0001. per annum. The following is a summary of our diplomatic expenditure for 1851 :—Ambassadorial service, salaries of Ambassadors, their Secretaries, and attaches, and allow ance for house-rent, 139,800/. (Wlo-n the diplomatic expenditure was separated from the civil list, it appears, that 140,0001. was required by Government " for the future salaries and allowances for house rent of his Al A- J ESTY ' s diplomatic servants abroad.") Outfit and equipage of Ministers at Foreign Courts, 3,530/. Extra ordinary disbursements of Ministers at Foreign Caurts, 18,043/. Special missions, 5,3681. Expenses of enter taining and conveying persons of distinction, Ambassa dors, &c., 2,089/. Presents to persons of distinction and Ministers at Foreign Courts, 7,547/. Total, 176,3771. Consular service, 79,8131. Total diplomatic expenditure 256,190/. We call the attention of our readers to a fresh case, detailed by a Correspondent under the signature of "East Anglian," of the unhappy disposition of the pre.eot Administration to bestow honours almost exclusively on those who have most distinguished themselves in opposing them. Only think of raising to the Magistracy in Nor folk, at the close of an election, an Attorney, whose claim to distinction is the success nith which he fou4ht for the Tories !—/Itforning Chronicle. At a recent meeting of the Wholesale Tea houses of the metropolis, a committee was formed to watch the proceedings in Parliament respecting the renewal of the East India Company's Charter. A deputation from this committee, head , d by Mr. GROTE, 111. P., yesterday waited by appointment upon Lord Aurerintr, and informed his Lordship of the views entertained by those interested in the trade to China. Lord ALTHORP received the De putation politely, and expressed pleasure that such a holy had been formed to be ready to afford inf, am4tion pre viously to, and during the proceedin g s in, Parliament. THE TRANSFER BOOKS.—Yesterday the Transfer Books of the several Securities which have been closed since the commencement of last month, preparatory to the payment of the quarterly dividends, were again opened for the purpose of public transfers of Stork. The dividends now due to the public are on the Three per Cent. Consols, the Three and a Half p r Cents., the New Three and a Half per Cents., India Stock, &c. Since the closing of the Transfer Books, the improvement in the prices of the above-mentioned Securities hot been as follows, the lowest (potations being those at which the last bargains were made previously to the shutting of the books, and the highest being the price realized yesterday morning in the first bargains made for public transfer. The Three per Cent. Consols have risen from 83k to 86k, without the dividend ; the Three and a Half per Cents. from 89. to 941; the New Thr ee an d a H a l t per Cents. f r o m 91k to 94 ; and in India Stock, for the Account, the advance, 'mice the shutting in the early part of December, amounted to full 7 per c,nt., viz., from 203 to 210. Mr. C. STANFIELD, the well-known scene painter, in a letter, addressed to a Morning Contemporary, s.ys,—" It having been stated in one of the periodicals, the Spectator, and copied into most of the diurnal Jour advantagea." of the th o e f a kt p '3. r .a l Jour nals, that since my election as A. a soc b ia r e n o e Academy, it had become incumbent on me to leave th e Theatres, and to refrain tram scene-painting, I beg InUst distinctly and respectfully to state that no intimito m of the kind has been made to me by the H tyal Academy, either directly or indirectly, and that I have no intention f w assi ha o te u ve f r o o m f w en hi r c ir b elf dererilrineqsuoishinianngy