The Sun. — London, England, 1830-01-08 00:00:00

DAT - AT . ONK O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCCS THIS BLlk Stock et Cent, Red. .........94%%% 3 Per Cent Cons. 9 33 i% _ -,, 3 Vi Per Cent. ) •uttto Red. 101%14 ' 4 I).tr Cent. Ann. ' 101;4 %;1 Dit,.., 1A26 Ditto s et * i /14 nk I. Ann. l9 11-16 Ditto St o ck " l9 7-16 Ilkii a Otto Ronde 73 74 pin. i I. IIDYS OF FORIEIGN FUNDS . Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds ilf 701 II 70i 'Buen os Ayres Bonds 29% ( Ulan Bonds ... C olombian Bonds — Ditto, 1824 .210i% Danish Greek Bonds al Ditto 18'25 34 1 4 SX Guatimala — A lexiaan Bonds — Ditto, 18 25 WI% South Sea Stock shut Old Annuities 91% New Ditto shut Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 78 79 pm. Ditto lid. 78 79 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 78 79 pm. Ditto lid. 78 79 pm. Ditto Small 24. 75 79 pm. Ditto lid. 78 79 pm. Bank for Account India for Account - Cons. for Jan. 20 9.54, t 4 TIIIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Neapolitan !Peruvian Bonds . — 'Portuguese Idonds ;Prussian, Old !Ditto, New — Russian Spanish. :521 — 1523. - — French Rentes, sp. c. —t —c. Exchange —f. —,-. -- 3 per cent. —l. —e. Exchange —f. -r. PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Praailian Mining Company 5 84 Brazilian Imp. Mu t. Co. lies. at W. pm.) £2O Ditto National lO Real del Monte Mining Co. .XIOO ......,_____ 2414 3 ,4 74 PRICKS OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 5. Bank Stock 255% St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Consols, S per cent. Gov. Stock, 33{ t per cent. 99% , National Ditto Ditto, New —_ Patriotic Ditto 4 per Cent. lol3oHibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3% percent.... 09% r Provincial Ditto —• Royal Canal Stool: .. ..... --- Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock —' Imperial Mine — ' City Deb. 4 per cent — Hining Co. of Ireland 4% Ballast Office Deb. 4p. e. lON Commercial Buildings — ........________ MAILS. Arrive& Due. Arrived. D ue . 0 0 Americ a ßrazil 0 0 Holland 0 Buenos Ayre s 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Carthagena....... .....0 0 Leeward Islands I Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 Flanders 0 0 Mexico 1 France 1 0 Sweden 0 Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford mt.- urea, ttend &e. ssess, nson, chair. wark, ity in nasal f the r tax, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1830. Despatches were received at the Colonial Offic e this morning from Lieut.-General Sir GEORG E Dos, Governor of Gibraltar, dated Dec. 12 ; also fiorn Lieut.-General the Hon. F. C. Possosny, Governor of Malta, dated Nov. 24 ; and from Corfu, dated Nov. 18. The Earl of ABERDEEN and Mr. Secretary PEEL had a long interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON this morning in Downing-street. SUDDEN DEATH OF SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE. We regret to announce the sudden death of this distinguished artist, who expired at a late hour, last night, at his house in Russell-square. II • A 1 • 011 Sir T HOMAS di ned with Mr. Secretary PEEL other on Saturday, and then appeared to be in his lo by usual Cecil, good he a lth an d sp i r i ts . Si r T HOMAS, we believe, was upwards of 50, and was elected tebrest to the P res id ency o f the Royal Academy on eet& 4eet- the death of the late BENJAMIN WEST. As [lords a portrait ~ieingpainter, he was unrivalled for th,z . finish and delicacy of Li.e'likettesses which, in ester- . point o f express i on, were by many people con astie. sidered nearly, if not quite equal to, the chef d'ceuvres of Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS. at, in ' dl by resort s ace The Me ssage o f t h e PRESIDENT of the p pro-. UNITED STATES is a document of a very mild )er of and conciliatory character towards this country, rs, lar to and indeed towards the world generally. The and rapid progress made, and making, towards the final reduction of the National Debt is highly important to the interests of the American people—and we should be happy could the example be followed nearer home. The Message of General JACKSON will greatly disappoint those who calculated on a warlike flourish, merely because war has bfleit the field in which his talents have been hitherto rather conspicu ously exhibited. But though inured to arms, the PRESIDENT is not insensible to the less ob trusive but more beneficial arts of peace. )ut CO rider repeal Nor- r t the free- She- i pre- erday Royal inter iko of isg at is re- vats, KORG S rvieW reign is yeS °reign even ,Pow- ho for rvieW !wintry. I yes k thie if& to nee of :o pre of the House We have received the following, this morning, from our Paris Correspondent : vithin (*un irneye, !ileces tOpped " The reports to which I alluded in m IS, y JAN letter of y e sterday, o f t h e reception which the Members of Royal Court of France were said to have expe rienced flom the lc; ---mg on the first day of the year, !la ve naturally attracted some at t ent i on to th e sub ject of the laws, by which trials for literary offences are regulated in this country. The late prosecu tions in London, at the suit of the Attorney-Gene ral, have, as was to be expected, become the sub ject of eul og i um by the friends of the French J over nment, who loudly proclaim that English Wh 46 es hav e s h own themselves more devoted to at -` they call the interests and well being of -(/ele t7) tha n even the French Judges. On the Oeothaescriouhts7da,ndhowever, th e Lib era l party, a l t h oug h Peed. proudly so, of the purity and inde --ee of the present occupants of the judgment : 1 4 , 4 t3 are yet perfectly aware of the serious defects it ; the system under which the offences of the Press illeoigtlyitotio trial. They know that the mere im tory a Judge is not of itself a satisfsc- Y reg f i o d r ar public freedom, so long as pointrn of judicial ap o sort of hierarchy, if the word ad nath;teoilf- ei:sllu.lisra'Y interpretation, in which the supreme e higher offices afford a bribe and a tempta oil the occupants of inferior stations. They 0 , 41 e w also that a jury selected indiscriminately from ,: t g r eat body o f the people becomes on the aye oil? Et true interpreter of the opinions and sentiments ne count ry at large, and that even when they do CO 4l . 01 41 4 I t mistakes their errors are less dangerous f or 11 those of the Judges. The Jury, as it does not 11 separate body, but is renewed from hide .: ,iiii'deot materials on every occasion when it c ed ed to exercise its function?, is not, like the Judges, o r , l l d own by forms and precedents, but consults slons I!, i i mmediate impres • and conviction , and, itr ip t 15 at this moment felt to be of considerable et °" 'e, the J ur y d oes not go to t h e T u il er i es to lor t4 t . 4'" 5 4 their feelings t o t h e S overe i gn , or t o mee t 41, 1 11 with a flattering or a cold reception. re 4s6 4- metically, however, the French have ev e ry t lat, tl t o be satisfied with their present judici a l ia -111, Which is, in fact, at this moment the most the n t4 ot bulwark of public liberty in France; and 1 1 ,, 4 system works well in practice, it is needless Not t i th4t any attempt at improvement should be par ty 'vit h the utmost caution. The Ministerial of cr,' ielthough for the present loud in their . praises hY jury, are perfectly aware that if Julies ' 4 he regarded as the representatives of those in his tweire eggs: ch she She - s con ppears 1490, ated in and of corm stolarf mein 'I owe n of of the he oh con- middle classes, which are so rapidly gaining.ground in France, and asssimilatitig the manners and habits of this country to those of England, they would soon shew by their verdicts in cases of libel, that they were decidedly favourable to the utmost freedom of discussion, and equally adverse to the restraints of arbitrary power. As yet it is in Paris chiefly that the middle classes, consisting of snccessful tradesmen, and the higher orders of shopkeepers and wizens, have acquired such an important in fluence on the general frame of society. It is known that the capital of France bears a very dif ferent relation to the provinces than London dues to the counties of England. Paris, in fact, is the great centre of knowledge and intelligence, as well as of capital and industry in France. In France there is no Liverpool or Manchester, no Glasgow or Edinburgh, where capital is accu mulated, commercial enterprise is developed, and the regions of intellect extended. When any new branch of manufacture is to be established in France, it uniformly originates in the capital, how ever unfavourable its situation may be to the pro posed undertaking•. if it affords any reasonable pro spect of success, it is transferred after a temporary trial, to some situation where labour is cheaper, or where the means of transport, the security of fuel, or other circumstances entitle the projectors to entertain a better prospect of success. Thus, I have re marked, that when a new manufactory was about to be established in Paris the buildings have in general been so constructed as to admit of their destination being easily altered to some ordinary purpose, and where tall chimneys have been necessary they have been composed of sheet iron rather than of brick or stone, from the probability that the necessity would soon arise for the removal of the manufactory to some more favourable situation. It is, perhaps, one of the chief advantages of England over France, as a manufacturing country, that its capital, industry, and knowledge are so generally diffused, as to en able the projectors of any new undertaking to look far around them, and, after maturing their plans, to set down their establishment precisely on the spot where it will be most favourably situated with reference to the cheapness of labour, the facility of communication, and every other circumstance which enters into the , general ba lance of profit and loss. In France it is uni versally admitted that no such progress has yet been made, and that for many years to come they must be content to follow in the wake of their insular rivals. " The same causes which give England a decided superiority in the useful arts, appear to me also to have an important influence on the question of in troducing the trial by jury in libel cases in France. In the capital, indeed, as I have already hinted, there would be no difficulty in finding intelligent and independent juries, but I have reason to believe that in the departments the case would be materially diffe rent ; and while they continue to enjoy the services of such men as the Baron Seguier and his high-minded associates, it would be my advice to the good people of France to pause before exchanging a positiTe and well known good for a system which, although it has been found to work well in a country like Eng land, where so large a proportion of the inhabitants are qualified to discharge the functions of a juror, might be found in France, with the single exception of the capital, to be attended with less good than evil. " The late change in the office of Chancellor of France has attracted a new degree of attention to the question of the immovability of the Judges, par ticularly as p, I:erryfie this important office, which comprises the complicated iaztjma . of _Keeper of the Seals, of the chief place in the magistracy, and the administration of all that regards the judicial system. In an able paper by the Abbe de Pradt in this morning's Courrier, it is contended that these functions ought to be, as indeed on former occasions they have been, separated. This formerly took place when the Chancellor Meaupon was exiled by Louis XVI., and the charge of the seals, with the direction of the magistracy, was given to liliromesnil with the title of Keeper. The Constituent Assembly abo lished all such immoveable offices, thinking with reason, that no administrative appointment should be held immovably or independently, and that the Chancellor having ceased to judge, should cease also to be invested with the attributes of the judgment seat. M. de Pradt appears to have formed an erroneous estimate of the nature of the office of Lord Chancellor of England, to which lie is de sirous of assimilating the corresponding office in France. His information on the subject appears to be derived from such theoretical writers as De Lolme and Montesquieu ; but, although sometimes misled in point of. fact, his views are uniformly guided by a spirit of liberality, and on the irmsent occasion. T may say, that the paper I have alluded to is worthy of your attention." The proceedings at the Medico-Botanical Society appear to us to be of a most singular description. We shall keep our eye upon them, for we shrewdly suspect that the developement of the affair will bring before the public a scheme of quackery and imposture that has rarely been equalled in this or any other age or country. It has been customary with many who specu late on the probable result of the unsettled state of the Netherlands, to lay great stress on the desire which is said to prevail for a union of Belgium with France—a desire which many do not scruple to affirm is quite commensurate with the wish for an extension of territory, which un happily fills the minds of so many of the subjects of his Most Christian MAJESTY. That " La Grande Nation" would gladly push her frontier to the Rhine is extremely probable, but we doubt whether any corresponding eagerness exists among the Belgians to bury their country in the grandeur of the French monarchy. It is quite true that the French language is spoken by all the higher and middle classes in Belgium, and that a very active communication is carried on between the two countries, particularly among men engaged in literature and politics. The same sentiment pervades the journals of Paris and of Brussels, and they arc used respectively as the means of promulgating opinions on the two Governments, which it might be dangerous to hazard at home. But the end of all the resist. ance that is making, either to the POLIGNAC Ministry or the Dutch KING, is the possession of free institutions, and the unmolested enjoy ment of liberty. It is the common object which is struggled for, in truth, from one end of Europe to the other. All nations are striving, with more or less effect, to rid themselves of the shackles of tyranny and priesteraft, which bind them down after different fashions, and to be governed not in name only, but it deed, by their own repre sentatives, under the security of their Constitution. In France it is the ascendancy of the Priest party in the KING'S councils that is formidable. In the Netherlands it is from the Throne itself that danger is apprehended. Ti: the former, therefore, the great point is to turn the apos tolical faction out of the Cabinet ; in the latter, it is essential that the people should be secured from oppression, by making the Ministers re sponsible for their actions, by rendering the Press inviolable, and by establishing public opinion on so firm a basis as to intimidate the Government from favouring one class of its sub jects at the expellee of another. If such secu rities had existed, the late attacks on the Press would not have been hazarded ; more especially since the Atouture tax (out of the animadver sions on which, by the banished Frenchmen, the whole arose) would, without a doubt, have been abolished years ago, instead of a fortnight since, when it was withdrawn with so ill a grace, after the refusal of the Budget. It is too much, however, to infer, because the French and Belgians make common cause, as it were, in defence of their liberties, that they are therefore desirous of being re-united. So far as personal observation goes, and communication with several individuals who have been very honourably conspicuous in the late transactions, we venture to state our belief that the intelligent classes in Belgium have any thing but a dispo sition to merge their nationality within the French territory. Some manufacturers possibly would be glad of the French market, from which the system of prohibition has excluded them ; but the dissimilarity of language, of manners, and ofcharacter between the French and Flemings, prevents the wish, arising from an interest of such a kind, from being very generally dif fused. Between Holland and Belgium a strong jealousy undoubtedly subsists, arising partly from the conflicting demands of the mer chants of the one, and the manufacturers of the other, for the free trade and prohibition ; and principally from the partiality of the KING to his Dutch subjects, as evinced by their almost exclusive possession of civil and military offices. The receut appointment of M. DE LA COSTS, a Belgian, to the Ministry of the Interior, seems, however, to indicate symptoms of repentance for this practice on the part of the KING. We trust it really is so, for we are convinced it is in the power of the Government to treat all its sub jects without favour or affection, if it only sin cerely endeavours to do so ; and if it were to continue to act fairly, there would be no good reason for enmity between the Belgians and Dutchmen. On the contrary, the interest of the latter in obtaining s ee n r+— .1 - IVICS their freedom, is quite as strong as that of the rest of the nation, and the rejection of the Budget is a proof that the Deputies of Holland thought so. As to language, we stated on a former occasion that inasmuch as the Dutch language is not in use in Belgium, it is most unreasonable to compel the Deputies to address the States-General, or the Advocates of the Courts of Justice, in a language not familiar to them. All persons in Holland, above the lower orders, speak French ; and there are more grounds, therefore, for compelling that tongue to be used than the one which is established. But, after all, this is not a matter of great im portance ; there are other questions of far higher interest under on• the result of which depends whether freedom in the Netherlands will stand or fall. We have, ourselves, little doubt of the issue. Let the people be united and firm, and their bark will, once m ore , weather the storm in safety. y .to fhich must oing 'ere ? pro lasses LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOS sat in bankruptcy at Lincoln's-inn to-day. MORLEY V. 110ILLICT. Mr. ROSE stated, upon this matter being called on, that it would be quite useless to proceed with it now, as the party against whom the petition was solely directed was dead. During the course of yesterday, he (Mr. Rose) had taken the trouble of reading through the whole of the papers, whirl, were extremely voluminous, and iu the very last affidavit in his brief he discov e red the death of the material party. The Vwx-CHaircatut observed, that Sir Samuel Manilly used to say, that be always began the reading of his briefs at the end, considering it the best mode of getting at the facts of the ease. Such a course would hare been very profitably pursued here. The petition was then ordered to stand over generally. SEAR V. SEAR. This was the petition of the brother of the bankrupt, to be permitted to prove under the commission (a Welch one) for the sum of 9321. 10s. 6d., which he alleged was due to him for repairs dune to certain houses, the property of the bankrupt. The defence set up against the petition was a total denial of the expenditure of the money, and even if such a debt really was due, that it was barred by the Statute of Limitations. Mr. KNIGHT, who appeared as Counsel against the petition, characterised the case as one of the moat impu dent and foolish that had ever been brought before the Court. His HoNoun, after a long argument, directed au itsue to be tried at Hereford, as to what proveable debt was due to the petitioner. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. IMPORTANT TO MARIN ERS••••••11AMMOND V. BLASE* This was an action to recover from the defendant cer tain penalties under the Pilot Act, for refusing to take on board a pilot in Margate Roads, during a voyage from Rotterdam to Losidon. Mr. CAMP/SILL objected that a party could not recover theAe -penalties against a captain, for refusing to take on board a pilot, unless at the time the pilot offered himself he produced his licence. Lord TENTERDEN decided in favour of the objection, observing that a pilot was bound to produce his licence, before he could recover the penalties. It was not sufficient that he had the licence about him, if he did not produce it. The plaintiff was consequently nonsuited. HORSE WARRANTRY.—ALEXANDER V. BEVAN. Mr. GUItNEY (with whom was Mr. KELLY) stated to the Jury that this was an action by the proprietor of the Horse Bazaar, against a coach proprietor, to recover 10/., being the price of a bay gelding, which had been sold by the plaintiff to the defendant. The horse had been shown to defendant, and offered at 12/., but the defendant pointed out his defects, and said that it had broken knee., (which was in fact true). He, however, afterwards said, that he did not mind buying it at 10/. on speculation. The plaintiff agreed to this, and sent the h orse t o t h e yard of the de fendant, who paid the man for bringing him. A few days I.rwards, I nw •‘.. " the horse was sent back with a mes s that the phi ~ if nut take the horse at the price. The Learned i that the defence would be that a w;:rnintry VV3 , Vett o f the horse's soundness, but that, however, he would clearly prove was not the case.— The Learned Counsel then called Air. shiseph NVaterhott•e, who proved the sale, and that there W 3. no warrantry. _ _ t;ir J. ScastLerr said he had fern well informed that a warrantry had been given, and pressed the witness hard in cross-examination as to whether or not he had admitted yesterday to the defendant that a warrantry was given? The witness, however, swore positively that he did not. Sir J. SCARLETT (with whom was Mr. MILLaa), for the defence, stated that he was instructed that he had a witness who would prove clearly that a warrantry was given as to the horse being sound, with the exception of his broken knees; when, in fact, he died a few days after the sale, of pharcy. It might however happen that his (Sir J. Scarlett's) witness might deceive him, as it might also happen to any one of the Jury, that a witness would come to him, and tell him that he (the witness) would prove his cause, at the same time that he meant to serve the other party. The Learned Counsel then called Michael Frost, who proved that 10/. was to be the price, but swore that he heard nothing about the warrantry. The defendant had no other - witness, and a verdict was of course returned against him—Damages, 101. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WELYE O'CLOCK. By way of New York, we have accounts from the Mexican capital to the 3d November, which state there was a cessation of the clash of arms throughout the Republic, and hopes were entertained of the continuance of tranquillity and order, but distrust and intrigues prevailed between the old factions and the General Government arid Legislature of the State. The Federal Republican system is yet ex posed to violent shocks and dangerous enemies. By a Peruvian brig of war, arrived at Guayaquil, information was received that the Grand Marshal Don Augustin Gamarra had been elected Pro visionary President, and General Antonio Lafuente Vice-President. The election was made by the Congress, which was convened on the 31st Aug. The Gaceta de Colombia of the 25th October contains the circular from the Minister of State for the Interior, dated Bogota, Oct. 14, to the several Prefects; it sets forth that as the Congress is about re-assembling, which is to fix the destiny of Colombia, the Government participated in the desire of the na tion, that the general interests may be consulted as well as those which are local; and it further states that the Liberator has no personal views as to the nature of the Government or of the Administration which is to preside over it. A letter front Washington, by the recent arriral from America, states that the Secretary of the Navy will, in the annual report, suggest some mo difications of importance : lie will recommend that the number of navy-yards be reduced to two—one in the Naragansit, and the other in the Chesapeake; to the first that at Charleston will be retained as an appendage, and to the second that at Washington. SHIPPING INTRLLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Flora, from Smyrna; Portensia, from Buenos Ayres; Jane, 13a1- week, from Oporto ; and London, Aliirdock, from Quebec. Artived from London, the Rawer, Rice, for Madeira ; Hero, Reynolds, for '1 rinidad ; George and William, Ni cholson, for Corfu ; Genoa packet, Pallerson, for Leghorn, and Aleirna, Pace, for Swan River. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind N.W.—Off Port, the Commerce, Cooper, from Teneriffe. FALMOUTH, 6.—Arrived the Reynard packet, from the Mediterranean, sailed from Malta the 24th of November, Gibraltar the 12th ult., and Cadiz the 14th ; and also the Hind, Bonitttle, from Messina. SCILLY, JAN. 5 and 6.—Arrived the Lord Melville, Blown, from Batavia and New South Wales; Ratcliff, Morris, from the South Seas ; Aretbusa, Strong, from Mexico; Minerva, Burney, front Jamaica ; Mary, Wells, from Newfoundland ; Concord, Le Gros, from the Medi tertanean; Thomas, Turner, from Faro ; Mary, Antr, from Seville; Cato, Laurence, Diligence, and Delight, Loin Lisbon. The Calcutta, Watson, from Bengal, Las arrived off Liverpool. The Petit, Augusta, from Senegal, is wrecked on the coast of the Gamin. The Duey, -, from Martinique, has ben driven on a bank in the Garonne by the ice. The Laurel, Smith, from Shields to London, was on shore on Nearme Sand, near Lowestoffe, )eiterday morn ing, but it was expected would be gob off. The Lloyds, Wick, from Newport, and Thompson, Christian, from Limerick, were on shore on West Is on Tuesday morning, but got off with assistance, and car ried into George Dock Basin, it is supposed with little damage. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) Margaret LyacA and Bridget Neale, two children (or, more properly speaking, babies, the former being be tween five and six years of age, and the latter only a year or two older), were indicted for stealing a pair of stock ings, the property of Mr. Hudson Tylfer, of New-street, Covent-garden. Their Sißiplicity and childish appear ance, on being placed at the bar, created a strong sensation in all present; and the CHAIRMAN, evidently astonished, immediately exclaimed, " Can there be any prosecution in this case?" On being informed the witnesses for the pro secution were in attendance, the children were arraigned, and on being asked the usual question of Guilty, or Not Guilty, Lynch (the youngest) said, " Yes, Sir, I took the stockings, and this girl (Neale) told me, if I did not she would beat me." Neal said, " I had the stockings, Sir." The CHAIRMAN directed the witnesses to stand up, as he wished to inquire into the circumstances attending this case. The prosecutor deposed to the stockings being his pro perty, and io answer to a question by the Court, said they were banging against the shop door. One of the new police said, he watched the children for some time, as be thought they were going to steal some thing, at length he saw them take the stockings. Cnstastax—Then, under such circumstances, why did you suffer them to commit a robbery ? Mr. Pstmurs—That, Sir, is the English of a preven tive police. The mothers of the children, in a most distressing man ner, supplicated mercy for their babes. They are, said they, kind and good children—have mercy upun them. CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen of the Jury, this is a most distressing case, 1 do not know what to do with it, as in point of form I ought to state the circumstances to you, but I really know not bow to do so. The law knows no distinction of age. We see in the calendar a name charged with such and such an offence, but until that case comes before us, how can we suppose the criminal is of such a tender age. I will here observe how extremely improper it is for tradesmen to hang up goods so that they can be reached from the street, it is holding out to the poor and distressed a great temptation. Ido not wish to give any bias to your minds, it is for you to say whether or not this baby (Lynch) is . c_ . onv . ic . ted_of_t 'oering tnitt (fixation, you must take into consideration whether she is of an age to discriminate between right and wrong. If at the time they had both been flogged, it would have had a much more beneficial effect than placing them at that bar ; and I feel now that 1 never -can send them back to prison. Gentlemen, I could say a great deal more, but I do not wish to guide your mind, I will therefore only ask, can you find that child guilty of felony ? It is a distressing case. The Jury immediately returned a verdict finding Lynch Not Guilty The other one had pleaded Guilty. CHAIRMAN—Let them both be given up to their parents, who will bestow the best correction, a flogging. The Poliee-officer applied for his expences. CHAIRMAN—In such a case I am really unwilling to allow them. Police—l was obliged, Sir, to act. CHAlRMAN—Certainly you were, I suppose you must have them. The expences to the county for this prosecution will amount to several pounds. The Jury expressed their astonishment that two such infants should be brought to a trial on a charge of felony. . . James Bennet and Thomas Fitch, two young lads, were charged with stealing a leg of mutton, the property of James Davis. ' l ' 4 '. caller of , Tr , - -1 7- th o i.'Ais son was a good boy, that he was at the National School for eight years, and had been rewarded for his good conduct with a Bible and Prayer-book, which he now had. It did not appear by the evidence that Fitch took any active part in the transaction, the Jury consequently ac quitted him, and found Bennet Guilty, who was sentenced to three months' hard labour in the House of Correction, and to be well flogged. Several other cases of stealing small quantities of meat were tried during the morning, and punished with various terms of imprisonment. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of Gain this week continue limited, and there is only a moderate quantity of Flour. There is very little fine Wheat for sale, and such fully maintains Mon day's prices, other sorts meet a vet) , du'l sale. Bailey for malting maintains its value, for other sorts there is little demand. Beans and Pease aro very dull, and rather cheaper. Fine parcels of Oats maintain Monday's terms, for other descriptions the sale is limited. Flour unvaried. ARRIVALS. Wheat. English 1,150 qrs. Irish Foreign Harley. Oats. I Flour. 5,650 yrs. 4,700 qrs. 3,700 sacks. - 1,700 - _ _ ---brLs. CITY MARKETS.-(TWO O'CLOCK.) SUGAR.—A reaction in the Market for British Plan tation Sugars has decidedly manifested itself this week, and among the trade strong ,proofs of confidence are evinced. The grocers and refiners bought freely early in the week, and in many instances at an advance of 6d. to Is. per cwt. At the close of business yesterday, though extensive transactions were not continued, yet the Market, on all qualities of Sugars, may be quoted fully ls. higher, and in the week ending to-day upwards of 4,000 libds. have been di►posed of. The importation last year is about 5,600 hogsheads less than that of the pie vious year. The average prices are now 6s. to tie. Bd. under those in the corresponding week of 1829 In Foreign Sugars few transactions are reported. A small quantity of soft yellow Ilarannah, principally washed realised 18s. 6d. to 235. 6d. In East India Sugars busi ness is also doing. The Company's Bengal sold from Is. 6d. to 2s. higher than the last sale. The Mauritius Sugar contracts have been made at 6d. to ls. advance. In Refined Sugars the dealings have been considerable at an improvement of 6d. per cwt. ; ordinary large lumps realise 71s. 6d. to 735. Other qualities are firm. Comm.—This market has not yet experienced an im proved demand. The Coffee offered publicly has consisted of Jamaica and Dutch, the former chiefly grocery qualltiei. The priced of good Jamaicas are fully supported, and infe rior stilt better; ordinary and good ordinary sell from 38s. to 351. 6d. ; good middling Jamaica, 70s. to 725. Od ; middling, 60s. to 655. per cwt. THE FUNDS. The report yesterday afternoon that a change in the Ministry was on the eve of taking place, is to tally discredited this morning in the city, and has not had any effect on the Funds. Consols, which left off yesterday afternoon at 9.5 i + for the Ac count, opened at the same price, since which they have recetrd to 77.: , •_••••••, - . • ' their former price, 95i for the Account. The President's Message is exceedingly concilia tory towards the British Government and other foreign Powers, with the exception of that of France, owing to the American claims remaining still unsettled with that country, and up to the pre sent time it has not had the least effect on the British Funds. A Malta mail has arrived, sailed on the 24th of November, from Corfu 18th Nov., Gibraltar 12th Dec., and Cadiz 14th Dec. The information the above mail brings has not as yet transpired. Accounts from St. Petersburgh, of the 9th Dec., state that commerce in general during the lust year was brisk. 1,509 ships had arrived, and 1,488 had left Cronstadt. In the Foreign Market, Greek Stock appears the favourite speculation. This morning an eminent broker has purchased largely, and caused an ad- ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 217 18 India Stock, 3 per Cent. Cuns. 93i Do., for Account, 95i Ditto Reduced, 941 FOREIG 31 per Cent. 1004 New 4 per Cent., 1011 i 4 per Cent. 1826 1051 India Bonds. 73 74 Exchequer Bills, 78 'l9 FUNDS. Greek, 34 Mexican, 264 Peruvian, 18 4 Portuguese, 591 60/ Prussian, Russian, 1094 i Spanish, 104 4 Brazilian, 701 71 Buenos Ayres, 291 301 Chilian, 261 27} Colombian, 241 5 Danish, 75 French, 5 per Cent 1071 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 83 4 TWO 0' CL 0 CIC. The report is again revived, and said to have come from the west-end of the town, that a differ ence exists between the King and the Duke of Wel lington, but up to the present hour there are no positive facts that any reliance can be placed on the above report; but there is no doubt that sales of Stock have taken place in consequence. Consols reached in the course of the morning 95i, but soon after declined to 9.5 e I, and at pre sent ate 951 I for the Account. A great deal of money stock has been brought to market, owing to the Bulls leaving the market yesterday afternoon in a fidgety state, and on their return this morning were determined to realize. In the Foreign Market the chief business was in Greek and Brazilian stock—the former got up two per cent. In other securities little doing. The French mail still remains due. TIMER O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 951 t. FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols 93i Do. for Ac. 95b Brazilian Bonds 70i Buenos Ayres 30 Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824, 25 CLOSING PRICES. Danish 75i Greek, 1825 341 Mexican, 1825 27 Peruvian 18f Russian 109{ Spanish 10f Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office for Si t off yesterday evening it JAMES KEMP; the Gover- nor-General of the Canadas. COTTON SALE.—This afternoon a sale of nearly 1,000 bales of American Cotton Wool took place. The attendance of the trade was pretty numerous. The greater proportion of the Cotton offered was sold in hoed, at from sid. to 6d. per lb. The market for Cottons con tinues firm. TILE QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS.—TiiiB moruing the dividends which became due on the sth instant, commenced paying at the Bank of England, and there was a very numerous attendance of the public early in the day. The dividends now in the course of payment are on the Three per Cent. Consols, the New Four per Cents., the Three per Cents. of 1726, the Life Annuities, and the Three per Cents. of 1751, in all amounting to nearly nine millions sterling, being one of the largest payments of the year. Dividends are alto now payable on India Stock and South Sea Stock. The London Bankers signed the bank' books yesterday for the dividends they are authorized to receive. In the Smelt market business is also more active. BALTIC PRODUCE.—'I he Tallow market is heavy, front 355. to 85s. 3d. per cwt. Prices are now is. 6d. to2s. lower than in the corresponding week •f last year. The stock on the Ist. inst. stood 43,690, against 34,300 colts on the Ist of January, 1829. The stock of Hemp is now rather above 2000 tons less than on Ist of January, 1829. Tit E MADE WITH NORTH AJIEKICA.-.—Among the merchants and others connected with the trade carried on between this country and North America, the arrival of the President's Speech has created more than usual interest; but a diversity of opinion appears to exist as to whether any alteration will be nude in the tariff, which will place the import into America of British manufactures on a thore favourable footing than at present. The feeling, how ever, is, that no alteration will be made. Rug.—The market for Jamaica Rum is firm, anal an advance in many instances of lel. per gallon has been pail on the late prices. Under-proof Leewards are quoted at ls. Bd. per gallon. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALR. The Message of President Jackson to the Legislature of the United States; at the opening 'of Congress, on the Bth ult.; arrived in the course of yesterday afternoon, and will be found in our present number. Upon the cursory perusal which we have been enabled to give this very voluminous but important paper, we must say, that since the time of Washington we have not seen any official communication from the First Magistrate of the United States, contain ing, together with so much that was interesting and valuable, so little that was objectionable to a Statesman, or offensive to men of right feeling and good taste. As a political composition, the Message of the Bth ult. is characteristic of the qualities which have usually been ascribed to General Jackson. It is shrewd, decided, and perfectly uncompromising, with more of that sort of dignity which belongs to moderation of language than some people would perhaps have anticipated from the veteran soldier. General Jackson does not shrink from a clear and straightforward representation of the bearings of any question which he is officially called upon to notice ; nor from a voluntary discussion of one or more (relating chiefly to internal politics) of which the proposition might, by persons of a more in direct character, have been left as a task for others. With relation both to foreign and home affairs, there is a great portion of this Message worth studying. But vigour of temperament, we may be allowed to add, is a more conspicuous trait throughout, than depth or extent of intellect. We have leisure to touch upon only one or two paragraphs of this comprehensive Message. After opening the " foreign relations" ofthe Republic, by stating that, although in general pacific, " they present subjects of difference between us and other Powers of deep interest to the country at large, and to many of our citizens," —further, that " nottvithstandingthe difficulties of the task, I do not allow myself to apprehend unfavourable results ;" and that " it is my set tled purpose to ask nothing that is not clearly right, and to submit to nothing that is wrong," the President proceeds to announce, that " of the unsettled matters between the United States and other Powers, the most prominent are those which have for years been the subject of negoti ation, with England, France, and Spain." The following paragraph affords the view which is entertained, or at least which is countenanced, by General Jackson, of the position of the great boundary question now at issue between Great Britain and America. We are especially anxious to offer our tribute to the manly, neighbourly, and honourable spirit in which General Jackson expresses his feelings towards this country With Great Britain, alike distinguished in peace and war, we may look forward to years of peaceful, honourable, and elevated competition.— Every thing in the condition and industry of the two nations is calculated to inspire sentiments of mutual respect, and to carry conviction to the minds of both, that it is their policy to preserve the most cordial relations. Such are my own views, and it is not to be doubted that such are also the prevailing sentiments of our constituents. Although neither time nor opportunity has bee - mat:forded for a full de• velopment of the policy which the present tAtinct:i. of Great Britain designs to pursue towards this country, I indulge the hope diet it will be of a Just and pacific character; and if this anticipation be realised, we may look with confidence to a speedy and acceptable adjustment of our affairs. " Under the Convention for regulating the refer ence to arbitration of the disputed points of boundary under the fifth article of the Treaty of Ghent, the proceedings have hitherto bean con ducted in that spirit of candour and liberality which ought ever to characterise the acts of Sovereign States, seeking to adjust, by the most unexception able means, important and delicate subjects of con tention. The first statements of the parties have been exchanged, and the final replication on our part is in a course of preparation. This subject has received the attention demanded by its great and pc ; culiar importance to a patriotic member of the Con federacy. The exposition of our rights, already s ex h p v e w t. hom ou i r t made, is such, as, from the high reputation of the in n : i e . :l7 c e n t t prepared, lieCou t of the Sovereign, who has evinced his friendly disposi tion by assuming the delicate task of arbitration, have been committed to a citizen of the State of Maine, whose character, talents, and intimate ac irsisgil°ltnetO with the subject, eminently qualify him quaintance wa for so responsible a trust. C ij o u l a rim a With full confidence in the justice of our cause, and in the probity, intelli gence, and uncompromising independence of the il lustrious arbitrator, we can have nothing to appre hend from the result." We are sure that there is no good or intelli gent Englishman who will not go his full half way to meet the proffered friendship of the Ame rican citizen; and we believe, in the growing persuasion amongst us, that none but madmen here, or in America, will wantonly risk an inter ruption of that precious harmony. With regard to the New Brunswick boundary, we are of opi nion that the President would have sacrificed none of the existing or contingent rights of the Republic, by a simple communication to his fellow-citizens that the litigated point was now before the King of the Netherlands, as an arbi trator mutually chosen, without any flourish about the " justice" of the American cause, or his confidence " in the result" of the arbitration. The truth we believe to be, that through a mere stupid blunder of our negotiator at Ghent, an opening was left for a verbal construction of the clause respecting boundaries, which construction (though we would not be understopd as blaming the American Government for unfairness) has been 'at variance with the manifest sense of the executing parties to the convention, and 'there. fore with the spirit of the treaty itself. As for the results of a decision favourable to the claim of the Americans, we need only say, that one of them would be to cut off effectually the com-. munication between Nova Scotia, New Bruns wick, and Quebec ; while a second result would be to transfer from the British colonies, to the state of Maine, the entire command of the St. Lawrence, from Quebec downwards. Whether such a consequence could have been intended by any man owning allegiance to the British Crown, is a question easily answered ; and a question which we, having no less confidence than is de clared by General Jackson, in the honour and discrimination of the King of the Netherlands, are apt to think will not be OVerlooked- by that sovereign, in his quality of an upright arbitrator, —Times. An evening Paper—of which it is:the great distinction that it is never correct either in its facts or its reasoning—put forth last night th© following announcement : " NEW ADMINISTRATION. " We believe that we can announce this evening a fact that will diffuse joy in every English heart. The Duke of Wellington is, we have been assured, no longer Prime MiniSter. At present we can only say that the Duke of Richmond is to be his Grace's successor. We are in possession of what is un derstood to be the list of the new Cabinet; but at present it would be improper to allude particularly to the several appointments. We cannot; liou- tieth t its Indy ered ject. little his work ), the .1 di- ilica the 'me, ence ry of iteb- Y- - * the nsi-