The Sun. — London, England, 1833-08-31 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS• We publish to day a list of part of the per formances which are to take place in the House of Commons next session. " Further parti culars" will, of course, " be announced in future Bills ;" but, for the present, there are no less than 134 motions, of which the object is to in troduce rather more than 134 new Bills. Let the King's printer sing for joy, and let men who buy the statutes at large (properly so called now at least) put up more capacious bookshelves. It is not our intention to enlarge upon a subject which is already fearfully enough extended, but merely to direct the attention of our readers to a few of its chief component parts, and so save them the trouble of wading through the whole. It will be seen that Mr. O'Connell has a motion declaratory of the " miseries which the Legisla tive Union has produced in Ireland, and of the inevitable separation of the two countries, which must result from a perseverance in the Union :" while Mr. Wilks has a motion "to conso solidate and amend the laws relative to Friendly Societies." Mr. O'Connell, again, proposes to establish a legislative assembly in Ireland, and, not content with that, another in New South Wales. Mr. O'Connell will, of course, lead the former, and Ikey Solomons, we suppose, the latter. Mr. Chichester is to move for leave to bring in a Bill to limit the duration of Parliaments to five years; Mr. Wilks to limit them to three years. Col. Evans has a motion to the same effect as that of Mr. Wilks. Somebody else will, of course, move that Parliaments shall be annual ; and while Mr. Faithful gives notice of a Bill to pre vent Members of Parliament being put to any expense whatever, Mr. Bish embarrasses more than one of these schemes by a notice for an Address to the Crown " that Parliament may occasionally be holden in that part of the united kingdom called Ireland." Mr. Wilks is to move for a provision for the moral and religious education of apprenticed negroes in the West Indies ; and Mr. Tooke is to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of chimney sweepers and their apprentices in this country. Mr. Buck ingham is to try to prevent intemperance and immorality in seaport towns, doubtless by shutting up grog-shops and shipping off those unmentionable wicked ones who, as the Rev. Boatswain Smith once very properly observed, " go for to shock the sensibilities of the think ing sailor." Again, Mr- Buckingham, who makes a very prominent figure in this " list," is to bring in a Bill to diminish the practice of duelling, by making the survivor of the fight maintain, as his own, the family or dependents of the slain, which will, of course, render duel ling much too expensive for any but men of very large fortune ; while, at the same time, if a poor wretch, with a family, can only manage to pick a quarrel with some Crcesus, Mr. Buckingham's Bill will give him an excellent opportunity of providing for his children. Mr. Buckingham is also to submit a scheme for the education of all the 'children in the country out of the funds of the religious bodies to which their parents belong, or, if orphans, and destitute children, belonging to no particular religious community, out of the funds of the Established Church ; while other members meditate motions which, if agreed to, will leave the Church no funds at all. But these collisions are unavoidable. By the way, talking of the Church, Mr. Gillon has given notice of a motion to expel the Bishops from the House of Lords ; Sir W. Ingilby has a motion to the same effect, and so has Mr. Rippon ; while Mr. Pryme proposes to bring back the inferior clergy into the House of Commons. Colonel Williams gives notice of a Bill to reform the whole Church of England and Ireland ; Mr. Faithfull will bring in " a Bill to regulate and render more equal the incomes of the Bishops and Clergy of the Established Church ;" and Colonel Butler is to have a Committee to see whether the Irish Church cannot do without Althea altogether, while Mr. Barron sets up an opposition Committee to inquire whether the tripartite distribution of Irish tithes among the poor, the clergy, and the schoolmas ter, ought not to be reverted to. W ith regard to taxes, it would seem that the motions of Mr. Robinson, General Palmer, and Mr. Buck ingham, are intended to take of all existing imposts " at one fell swoop," so that there was no occasion for the motions of other Hon Members which regard mere trifles in the cata logue of taxation. Such, for instance, are the motions for the repeal of the house and window tax by Sir S. Whalley ; of the duties on coals by Mr. Pease ; of the duties on bricks by the same Hon. Member ; of the malt tax by Sir W. Ingilby ; of the corn laws by Mr. Fryer; of the stamp duties on newspapers by Mr. E. L. Bill vier ; and the abolition of church rates by Mr. Divett, Of course it would be prem a t ure t o give any opinion upon these subjects now : and it is fbr that reason we abstain from noticing other motions which stand on the list, or men tioning the names of the Hon. Members who I ave undertaken to bring them forward. It would, however, be worse than injustice if we hesitated to call attention to the fact, that of all our legislators, Mr. Rotch seems to have mea sured his capabilities most accurately when he gave notice of a motion for a bill " to improve the administration of the criminal law in the county of Middlesex." When a bill from such quarter shall have passed into a law, we shall, of course, never again hear of special commissions Lo remedy " the mistake."—Times. Our evening contemporary the Standard has recovered its urbanity and liberality ; and as it concedes that Tories, as well as 'Whigs, deserve punishment when convicted of bribery, treat ing, and political coercion of the constituency, we cheerfully terminate the controversy on the conduct of the Earl of Warwick till the publi cation of the evidence reported by the Warwick Committee, when we shad recal public attention to the scandalous acts of his Lordship's agents and partisans—en - powdered by his pecuniary and other resources to corrupt the electors of " his borough." We freely and fully admit, in fh e -z -, !iguage of the Standard, that " bribery, all attendants, perjury and subornation," were equally immoral and destructive when per petrated by Whigs before the Reform Bills, as ~ vhen indulged in by to Conservatives after the amendment of the rep:re-Imitation. There is only this simple difference--I:cat the Whig; originated and triumphantly carried the great Mi nisterial measure of Parliamentary Reform, raid that a Reformed House of Commons has the will to detect and the power to punish political corruption. We also thank our ingenuous contemporary for the valuable and singular ad, mission that there are such nuisances as " cor rupt corporations." We do not presume to comment on his vindication of his own impar tial conduct ; the conscience of every journalist is in his own independent keeping, and we are satisfied that Toryism, alias " Conservatism," is on the wane. When election corruption and close corporations are entombed, with a smatch of Church Reform, we defy the " property" of the Conservatives. Th e St an d ar d h a s dis played its ability to advocate the popular cause when it chooses and sees occasion.—Morn ing Chronicle. The conduct of the clergy of the Church of England at this time, is a riddle to many per- Sons. A succession of causes has, for several years, kept the people in a constant state of irri tation against the Church. First came the addi tional churches, which in many places added most wantonly and unnecessarily to the church rates, and led the people to devise means of get ting rid both of the new and the old rates. The conduct of the clergy throughout the country in the struggles for the Reform Bill, and at the election for the first Parliament chosen under the Reform Bill—and more particularly th e trea cherous conduct of the Bishops at a critical con juncture—would not allow the irritation to sub side. And now, as if some strange infatuation possessed the clergy, they are kindling strife and animosity throughout the whole country, by the urging of obsolete claims in the most vexatious manner, and thus inspiring rich and poor with a desire to resist and evade the laws. We noticed the other day, the very strange return to the House of Commons of the proceedings against Jeremiah Dodsworth, an agricultural labourer in Yorkshire, for tithe of wages. Claims for personal tithes have been at the same time made in many other parts of the country, especially in the maritime districts. The Leeds Mercury of Saturday last, contains the following statement of proceedings taken against a number of poor people in the town and neighbourhood of Ripon, and the parish of Guiseley : " A blind infatuation must possess the Clergy in many parts of the courvry. The vexatious exactions they are enforcing in the town and neighbourhood of Ripon are probably unparalleled. Within the last few weeks we believe, 200 or 300 individuilS have been served with processes from the Court of Exchequer, for demands alto. gether unheard of, at the suit of the Dean and Chapter. They have attacked individuals in detail; many poor fami lies, just able to maintain themselves, and keeping a cow, have had a demand made of ss. for the tithe of the milk. From some persons they have claimed for arrears of two or three years, to which has been added the expense of an Exchequer writ. Other persons, tenants of land from time immemorial free from tithe, having originally belonged to dissolved monasteries, have had the same litigious measures adopted against them. Remonstrance has been in vain ; the Dean and Chapter would not condescend to show their title to the claim; but, with the arrogance of a wealthy hierarchy, demand of the parties t he proof of ex emption. It behoves these ecclesiastical corporations to set their houses in order ; the besom they are so busy making will, most assuredly, sweep away their nests, and the rooks and the bats with them. " How odious is this grasping, fleecing conduct on the part of the Dean and Chapter, who have already not merely a handsome but an excessive provision —who ought to be the tender guardians of the flock, to be alive to the promo tion of the interests of religion in every way, but who seem to despise every such consideration in their eagerness to heap up for themselves additional pelf ! What conduct can be imagined more flagrantly opposed to apostolical precept and example or more certain to alienate the respect of the people? Three hundred suits have also been corn. menced in the parish of Guiseley.'" We have heard of a rettti/Church :Meeting in the north of England, where in consequence of the pressure and jobbing of Ae rate, the assem bly literally voted the church a public nuisance, and advertised for a contractor who would re move it for the value of the old materials We forbear to give the particulars of the transaction because of the scandal of such extreme resolu tions; but the clergy and the close vestries are performing the destructive operation of swim ming pigs. In the matter of tithe processes, there are actually upwards of 9,000 persecuted defend ants agitated by courts of law, at the present moment ; and though the Lord Chancellor (per adventure a plaintiff himself in the county of Westmorland) trusted to the halt of the proce dure of the law in the " long vacation," yet we are credibly assured that the answers to these iniquitous proceedings before Parliament meets, will cost the persecuted and unhappy defendants upwards of 40,0001. Verily, these are strange doings ! And what will become of those un lucky laymen, of the humbler classes, who in the meanwhile—from the suspension of Mr. Blamire's Bill—may be necessitated by their poverty to let " judgment go by default?" The capital of some Welch farmers is a cot- tage, a cow, a jackass, a goat, and a pig ! How are the p oor cottagers o f Ri pon and Guiseley, whose whole disposable property is a cow, to maintain suits in the Exchequer against a power ful Corporation. These things will assuredly kindle a flame in the country, which may not be soon extinguished. Wh a t i s th e mean i ng o f all this ? Must w e attribute the conduct of the Clergy to contrivance or to stupidity ? There in person s w h o see d es i gn and contri vance n everything ; and we have heard it said that the Clergy are in a combination to rouse the people into a state of hostility to the law, that they may embarrass Ministers by calling on them to put the law in force. There is such a thing as considering things too curiously. We do not believe the Clergy have any such views as those to which we have alluded. As far as we have been able to discover, if there are two courses open to them, they are sure to take the one which is most offensive to the people. This war which they are now waging with agricultural labourers, fishermen, cottagers who possess a cow or a pig, can neither directly nor indirectly be of any benefit to them as a body, or to individuals of that body. So long as absurd and vexatious laws are not enforced, the people may not think it worth their while to demand their repeal. Thus, for instance, though it might be the law that all persons living by their industry are liable to pay a certain por tion of their gains to the clergy as personal tithes, yet, as this law has a long period been a dead letter, few people gave themselves any con cern about it. In the same manner the Easter offerings, being so small in amount, only 4d. a head, the people might overlook the atrocious law passed in the reign of the late King, making the non-possession of chattels a ground of im prisonment for three months. But now that they see the clergymen of the parish institute proceedings against a whole batch of miserable farm servants for tithe of their wages, and pro- cure the imprisonment of these poor creatures in a House of Correction (for we believe Jeremiah Dudsworth was not the only individual com mitted to Beverley House of Correction), they will no longer choose to enjoy their liberty at the discretion of a wrong-headed parson, but t u with . a l ou d vo i ce demand the repeal o f t h e i! Ti and e oppressive law. In an article in he (' u k i tdniunsbu , enumer at i on leview of the claim a year or rino s of the re back, theze was an thei s h otsr writerrwe t h t i c suspect, n } i the e. s 0 that m much c. o i ini cr., n S p a nish clergy to personal f tithe, as something exists .r, the age. Little did l e a fm n n :l e the d. very7,,ve twill answer for it, however, th at Spain to the other, there is not an instance of a one end of farm labourer having been thrown a tithe of his wages. It is reserved furpFn.snognlatfodr to exhibit these revolting freaks of clerical i ll _ solen ce.—Morning Chronicle. The Whig and Tory Press are almost at daggers drawn upon the subject of the Earl of Warwick's interference in the last election for the town from which the Noble Earl derives his title. It is amusing to see through what a jaundiced medium the spirit of party views every thing which presents itself to its vision. The case against the Earl of Warwick, as pre sented through an authentic channel—the re port of a Committee of the House of Com mons, grounded on evidence taken upon oath, is unfortunately but too convincing of the fact that the Noble Earl has employed both his money and his station to bring about an object in which he was especially bound in no manner to interfere. But how does the Tory Press at tempt to repel or justify this ? Why, forsooth, by the notable discovery that certain Whig Peers (Lord Anglesey among the rest) stand con victed of similar peccadilloes. Vixerunt . fortes, Bfc. And not contented with this, as a sort of argumentunz ad hominem, the expenses of the last Berkshire election are alluded to, as a proof, probably, that, even after the passing of the Reform Act, people cannot get into Parlia ment for nothing. But what the expense of the Berkshire election has to do with the case of the Earl of 'Warwick, except upon the principle of a propos des bottes, parlons des raves, we cannot imagine. The truth, we fear, is, that as long as electors are corrupt, so long will there be found candidates to corrupt them. The case of the Earl of Warwick is odious in the ex treme, nor is it one jot the less so because cer tain Whig Peers may have done the same thing. But let us not forget that if the people had the virtue which their advocates in this case lay claim to, no such consequences as are now corn plained of could have ensued ; that, in short, the tempted and the tempter are alike deserving of our disdain.—Morning Herald. The termination of the first session of the Reformed Parliament has naturally given rise to much discussion as to the merits of its various proceedings, and the practical advantages which they have yielded to the community. We may have been thought somewhat tardy in the ex pression of our sentiments upon this occasion, but having, during the progress of the session, stated:our opinions with all sincerity and frank ness upon the various measures which have suc cessively engaged the attention of the Legislature, there was the less necessity for us to be hasty in our general estimate of its labours, more espe cially as we anticipated what has been strictly verified by the event, that our contemporaries, who have most differed from us in the details, would be found to harmonize with us in the same general conclusion. Our anticipations have not been disappointed. The Reform Journals have said for us all, and more than all, that we should have felt disposed to say. One thinks that upon the whole the Reformed Parliament has not done amiss, considering that it was unripe ; ano ther thinks that much allowance ought to be made for the garrulous vanity of persons whose highest ambition has been to see their names in print; nobody dreams of any thing so foolish as ascribing any merit to the Reformed House of Commons ; and the civilest thing which is said of that assembly in any quarter is, that it may be hoped it will be wiser and better in the next session than it has shown itself du ring that which is just concluded. The rubbish that has been spoken, the follies that have been committed, in the Reformed Parliament, are the themes ofa ridicule or reprobation which may be strictly said to be universal. We can scarcely go so far in contumelious treatment of the Re formed House of Commons as our reforming Contemporaries. The House has been simply what we said it would be, the tool of the present administration. It has been what the Reform Bill was intended to make it—an assembly not entitled to respect for the talents or virtues of the majority of its Members, but a very powerful instrument in the hands of the Ministers of the day. In reviewing the proceedings of Parliament we feel, therefore, that we are, in fact, reviewing nothing but the conduct of his Majesty's Mi nisters. The latter have been absolute in Parliament during the past Session in a de gree which reduces in the comparison the absolutism of the most despotic of the Conti nental Cabinets to the condition of timid and trembling responsibility. With the House of Commons for their slaves—with the character which they had acquired for utter recklessness as to the final consequences of their conduct-- every thing was possible to the Administration. Every institution and every interest of the coun try dreaded and avoided a collision with such Ministers so supported. Practically there has not been any Parliament of Great Britain. Downing-street has predominated over St. Ste phens. Earl Grey and his colleagues have been the legislators of the land. And how has this system wrought ? How has the new Consti tution of England shown itself in its effects ? Let us trace the consequences of the new Con stitution in a few of the principal measures which have occupied the attention and afforded scope for the eloquence or garrulity of the House of Commons :—lreland, Slavery in the Colonies, the Bank Charter, the East India Charter. In Ireland the powers of Government and the authority of the law were suspended in conse quence of a long course of feeble, and vacil lating, and unprincipled policy. The exigency of the case required that the hands of Govern ment should be strengthened ; and to a measure having this purpose in view the House of Lords readily consented. What use did Ministers make of the powers thus granted them by the only branch of the Legislature which they could not literally and expressly corn mand ? They made a traffic of those powers. They yielded some of the most im- portant of their number as a sacrifice upon the altar of popularity. NNith respect to the rest of those powers, they basely stipulated that they should not be employed in Ireland for the protection of that description of property against which the efforts of turbulence and insubordina tion had been chiefly or rather exclusively le velled. They retained those powers for their own selfish purposes, and resigned them so far as they could apply to the only objects which called for or justified their concession. The Government was, by this arrangement, made despotic in Ireland, upon the self imposed con dition that for the protection of the rights and property of the Church it should be more feeble than ever. The consequences were suc h as might have been foreseen, and were no doubt premeditated. The Protestant clergy of Ireland were left in a state of destitution, until at length just enough was done for their relief expense of a_rnillion of money to the at the over taxed people of Engl an d t o p reven t t h at formidable reaction of the publi c m i n d o f w hi c h Ministers were justly dread. But the Bank question has been settled during the last session of' Parliament ! And how ? In a manner which has the singular merit of giving satisfaction to no patty—in a manner which has incurred the displeasure of all those who adopt the theories which his Majesty's Ministers have constantly supported—in a manner which leaves the Chancellor of the Exchequer under the ir removable imputation of a direct and positive fraud—in a manner to which the Corporation of the Bank of England has submitted, simply because it has real and fragile interests at stake, which are intimately connected with the public welfare, and it feared to commit itself and them to a collision with such a Ministry as the pre sent, blindly supported by such a House of Commons as the Reform B►ll has produced. But the terms upon which the Charter of the East India Company is to be renewed have also been adjusted during the late session. And how has this adjustment taken place ? As it would have taken place in Turkey. By the simple power of the Downing-street Divan, whose notorious absolutism in the House of Commons enabled them to overcome every ob struction. At the East India House the arrange ment is deemed unwise and unjust. The Direc tors, the Proprietors, everybody, have proclaimed their sense of its folly and injustice. But they sub mitted. They did not dare to commit the substantial interests they have at stake to a colli sion with a reckless Administration, supported by a House of Commons at once slavish and desperate. The legislative functions of the House of Lords were, in such circumstances, necessarily suspended. But slavery is abolished in the West Indies. The words are striking and attractive. What may be their true mean ing remains, however, to be seen. They may mean—and there are persons who have had better means of information than any Member either of the present Administration, or of the present Parliament, who believe them to mean— that the cultivation of sugar in the West Indies is abolished----that an important branch of Bri tish commerce, and an incalculable amount of British property, is abolished—that the lives and properties of our fellow-subjects, to an immense extent, are condemned to destruction--that the importation of slaves from Africa to the colonies of rival nations, is encouraged and increased—that the people of Great Britain, with . diminished resources, are burdened with an additional debt of twenty millions sterling. The abolition of slavery are fine words ; they sound well. They are the very words to captivate such statesmen as now rule the destinies of England, and such senators as now torment the nation by their loquacity, disgust it by their servility, and endanger it by their ignorance and folly. But what will the abolition of slavery be understood to mean ten years or one year hence ? With St. Domingo in our view on the one hand, and the actual amount of the national debt of England on the other, we can scarcely be brought to think that the reforming Ministers or the reformed Parlia ment have signalised their wisdom by adding 20,000,0001. to the debt for sake of an experi ment which may probably end in making every one of our sugar islands a St. Domingo. We had almost omlted to mention another of the great achievements of the last session. We mean the accowlishment of Church Reform in Ire land. The merits of this measure must be stated in a very few words. The peace and welfare of Ireland required that the condition of the great bulk of the people should be improved, and that the hostility of the Roman Catholics towards the Protestant Church should be appeased. The Ministers of the Crown, in their wisdom, have devised, and the Legislature ) in its obedience and submission, have adopted, a measure of Church Reform which affords no relief to the population of Ireland, while it stimulates the Roman Catholics to more active and embittered hostility than ever towards the Protestant Church. The above are the chief acts of the session, and they dispense us from the necessity of adverting to subordinate follies. The remis sion of taxes one day and their re-imposition the next, uniform and unceasing obedience to the mandate of the Minister, are inconsistencies and debasements to be lamented for sake of the character of Parliament. But they do not inflict a wound so deep and incurable upon the vital interests of the State as the other measures we have been recounting.—Morning Post. DONNYBROOK FAIR-HORRID EFFECTS OF INTOXICATION.—On Monday morning a stout able man, between forty and fifty years of age, was brought into the Meath Hospital, under the following horrible circumstances :—He had been at the fir on Sunday, and had indulged in his libations to such an extent, that it was with the utmost difficulty he could reach his place of residence in New-street. Having been left alone there, he fell down in a state of insensibility, and was immedi ately attacked by a pig, which literally ate off his whole face. Having commenced with the nose, it carried away all his cartileginous and soft parts, then both his cheeks, the lips, and chin, as also a part of the right ear, tearing away all the muscles and skin, and leaving nothing behind but the gums and teeth. His left hand, too, has been considerably mutil ited. We have seen many frightful ob jects, the resnit of accidents and disease, but the case above detailed is by far the most frightful we ever witnessed, —. Dublin Morning Register. SINGULAR FAcr.—A calf at Old Green law, only betwixt five and six months old, has been giving milk as freely as as any cow. About two weeks ago the udder was thought to be rather large, and con tinued to increase until its size attracted particular atten tion, when it was examined. As no particular disease was observed, the teats were drawn, when they all instantly produced milk. The milk was not then preserved, but there appeared to be about a mutchkin or English pint of it. About two days after this, the udder again ap peared full, when more milk was drawn, and this being repeated at about the same distance of time, the milk (which was of good quali.y, and amounted about a choppin) was preserved, and f.om which both butter and cheese have been made. The butter is of excellent quality, but the cheese is soft and curdled. The calf has every ap pearance of continuing to give milk, but means are using to stop it. It is not much more than two months since the calf was weaned.—Kelso DISTRESSING ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.--On Saturday night last, the family of DUNAIYE, Esq., a West India merchant, residing in Gower -street, Bed ford-square, was plunged into a state of the deepest affliction, by the following peculiarly melancholy and lamentable occurrence :—Mr. DUNAIYE has been for some months past labouring under a nervous affection of such severity, that at times it has been found necessary to place him under restraint. lie has, however, latterly been much better than usual, and hopes were indulged in of his ultimate recovery, On Saturday night, ha retired to bed with Mrs. Dunaiye, at his usual time, and about two o'clock yesterday morning, Mrs. Dunaiye was called up by the nurse who was sitting up with Mrs. Dunaiye's youngest son, who is ill with a fever, a change far the worse having manifested itself respecting the child's health ; Mr. Dunaiye also awoke at the time, but was persuaded to remain i❑ bed. After being absent for about three quarters of an hour Mrs. Dunaiye returned to her apartment, and on entering it, was horror struck at the dreadful spectacle which presented itself; tier husband was lying over the side of the bed with the blood stream ing on the carpet from a terrible gash in his throat, which he had inflicted with a razor that was lying beside him, and which he had fetched from his dressing case in an adjoining room. The bedclothes were a l so saturated with blood, and the unfortunate gentleman was groaning heavily, as if in great agony. Although the great loss of blood which Mr. Dunaiye sus tained is of very serious and alarming consequence to him i n his present state of health, strong hopes are entertained that no fatal result will occur. Mrs. Dunaiye was so af fected by the shock that she was seized with a successio❑ of highly dangerous fainting tits, and is considered in a very precarious state. CHANCERY OFFICERS. The following are the duties and the origin of some of the Chancery Offices, which the Solicitor- General stated, in the House of Commons, on Thursday night, Government intended to reduce and abolish : CHAFF WAX.—The duty of this officer is to cut a piece of wax and fit it to the proper size and shape, for sealing writs and such other instruments as are issued in the Court of Chancery. The salary paid to the Principal and Deputy was 1,700/. a year, which is to be reduced to 501. SEALER.—Is an officer appointed by the Lord Chancellor as Keeper of the Great Seal, to seal A .. , writs and instruments in Chancery. The salary incipal and Deputy was 1,0004, which is also to ie, reduced to 501. THE' CLERK OF TILE HANAPER AND CLERK OF THX.:PETTY BAG. — According to the simplicity of ancient times, writs relating to the business of the subject, and the returns to them, were originally kept in a hanaper, in banaperio ; and writs relating to such matters wherein the Crown were immediately concerned were preserved in a little suck or bag, in parva baga ; and thence bath arisen the distinc tion of the Hanaper Office and the Petty Bag Of fice. The office of the Hanaper was instituted in the reign of Edward 11. The Principal and Deputy, who performed the duties of the office, received 3,5501., in the shape of salaries, which is to be re duced to 200/. CLERK OP THE CROWN.—This office is at present filled by Earl Bathurst, at a salary of 1,1001., the duties of which are principally performed by E. Wilbraham, Esq., the Barrister, at a salary of 1,0001. The whole duty is now to be performed for 8001. a year. PROTHONOTARY.—This office, which is to be abolished, is a mete sinecure, at a salary of 1001., filled by Thurlovv,E.;q. CLERK OF CUSTODIES.—The duty of this officer is merely to pass the formal proceedings relative to the custody of lunatics, and the appointment of Committees. The principal and deputy received salaries for their labours amounting to 1,722/, which is to be reduced to 200/. PATENTEE OF SPA.--This office, and the indivi dual by whom it is filled, appear to be quite un known. Some one receives a salary of 1,034/. as Patentee of Spa. The office is to be abolished. REGISTER'S OFFICE.—There are five Regis►rars and about thirteen Clerks, among whom an annual sum of 27,800/. is divided for salaries, independent of fees, which are most excessive and exorbitant. Salaries and fees will, however, be considerably re duced. REPORT OFFICE. —The duty of the Master of the Report Office is to file the reports after they have passed the Register's Office, and furnish the attorney with an office copy, which, for the sake of expedition, they frequently make. The salary of the Master is to be reduced from 4,300/. to 1,000/. His revenue is considerably increased by the charges made for office copies, which is eight pence per folio. The proposed reductions have caused the greatest alarm in the different offices, and every one who will be affected by the regulation threatens to apply for compensation. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the" London New Price Current" of yesterday.) SUGAR-The demand (or West India Muscovades has been very languid all the week; the estimated sales are only 1,800 hhds. and trs. ; there is no general reduction in the prices, but where the holders were determined to effect sales, a small reduction was submitted to. This afternoon there appears to be a considerable improvement in the demand for Sugar; there is no alteration whatever in the prices. In Refined goods little business has been lately reported for export; 355. for fine Crushed for export is still refused, about 38e. being still obtainable for limited parcels for the home consumption. The Mirket this afternoon continues in the same unsettled state as last week ; very few goode on show for sale, and the exporters doing very little either in Packed or Crushed, which are held at 2s. per cwt. higher than at what some orders could be executed ; the home consumption trade is also very slack at present. 'MAURITIUS SUGAR-The lower descriptions continue scarce, and in demand, at rather higher prices; the brown at Tuesday's public sale still hieh, in proportion to the finer qualities. This day, at public sale, 3,746 bags Mauritius Sugar sold well, at about former prices, yellow 58s. a 655., brown 565. 6d. a 575. EAST INDIA SUGAR-There are are no sales of East India Sugar worth reporting. This day 1,135 bags Ma nilla Sugar were offered at public sale, but refused at Is. 6d. a 2s. reduction on last sales prices, and all bought in at 251. ; of 1,763 baskets Java, good and fine yellow and gray, about 400 were sold at the same reduction ; 245. 6d. for low yellow, to 28s. a 295. for fine, having been obtained. FOREIGN SUGAR-The few transactions reported in Foreign Sugars this week are at lower prices ; mid. white Haviinnah being sold at 335., and mid. yellow 26'. 6d. Comm--There is little alteration in Coffee this week, the sales of British Plantation are very limited, yet at firm prices. Foreign and East India are also neglected. This day our Coffee sales consisted of 27 casks Jamaica, which sold very well, 107 s. 6d. a 112 s. paid for mid. and good ; 43 bags triage Demerara realized from 50s. for very ord., to 84s. 6d. for good ; a few hales of fine yellow Mocha were bought in at 1245. ; of other descriptions there has been no sale, and no demand privately. Rum, BRANDY, AND lIOLLANDS-The arrivals of Ruin lately are very extensive, yet the prices of the Market, in place of being depressed are ad‘ an •ing ; a rise of to Id. per gallon has taken place in Jamaica de scriptions ; some strong Demerara has been sold at a similar improvement, In Brandy or Geneva there is little alteration. TALLOW-The Tallow Market has been brisk ; the prices again rather higher. • SALTPETRE-The sales lately are on the most limited scale. The East India Company declared 238 tons to he re-sold 20th prox, some defalcations in the deposits having occurred. NITRATE OF SODA-Several parcels have changed hands at 278. 6d. COTTON-The demand for Cotton has been limited all the week ; the purchases are inconsiderable, but there are no sellers at any reduction in price. The sales are 2,320 Surat ord. to good 61d. a 8/1 ; 210 Bengal, fair to good fair, lid. a 71(1. ; 210 Madras, good and fair, 811. a 8:3-d. ; 400 Bowed, mid. and lair, 10d. a ; 100 Egyptian, good, 13111. INDIGO-There has been more business done quietly this week than for some time past, and a few parcels of the early part of the last East India House Sale have been sold at 3d. advance, which is equal to 6d. a Bd. advance on the average of the sale. Lusa Paovastonsa-Since our last of Tuesday a trill. ing advance in price has been obtained upon some descrip tions of Irish Butter, such as prime Waterford brands, Carlow and good assortments of Limerick, but we cannot notice the least speculative disposition evinced by the trade; and as for Bacon, Hams, Bladder Lard, Beef and Pork, the prices of that day are nominally the same. Hors-The estimated duty has again advanced ; it is now 190,000/. The quotations of Hops are nearly nominal. Sussex pockets 70s. a 905., Kent 755. a 105 s The picking will commence generally about the Bth o September. RICE-At the public sale of 2,175 bags Bengal White Rice, only 100 bags sold at 14s. 6d. the remainder with- drawn at 14s. 6d. and 15s. This day, by public sale, 30 tierces good Carolina sold at 349. 6d. at 359. East India is inquired for at yesterday's advance. COCHINEAL continues a favourite article for speculation, and prices ate• ap;din rather higher since our last, At public sale yesterday eight bags were sold at rather lower prices than are obtained by private contract, in conse. quence cf but very few of the trade leaving attended the sale. TOBACCO-There is no alteration in Tobacco. SricEs— , The Pimento at •public sales this week has gone off.eeadily, middling to good 5-kd. a sd. Thi s d ay by pulli&-sale 279 bags black Pepper, shot, but rather gray, were sold at Sad. a 5 1d. per lb. , which is about id. a 41. lower than business done early in th e week--4 6 bags Pimento were taken at 4i I. a 5 74 1 d. per lb., . c 3 chests Cloves, admissible for home consumption, fair Pe nang, bought in at 1 9 d. per lb. ; 41 heavy casks Am boyna, ordinary, for export only, sold at I3d. a 13 id . per lb. 10 casks Nutmeg-s, fair, for export only, obtained from ss. 3d. a 59. 6d. per lb. 5 c as k s or di nary M ace 6s. 3d. a 6s. fid. per lb. ; 30 bags ordinary white Pepper lid. per lb. Nutmegs to day are quoted 7s. 4d. a 7s. 6d. for first quality, which is a reduction of l d. a 2d. per lb, ; by a favourite ship early in the week I s . Bd. was paid. Cassia is well supporteil. Pepp er i s very h eavy , b ut th rices appear more settled; t 5d., fair Sumatra, 4il. Lac DYE-About 400 or hands this week, same considerab, by consumers as well as specula) SILK—The Market is very fir peered in all descriptions of Silk, in Italy, and likely to continue FRUlT—Cnrrants have again which some small sales have hi Raisins of good quality continue prices, which have become ra th, TEA-The Prompt to day is n are in active demand at 3e. If chests, and Ss. 114-d. for Congo 4s. 4d. for the lowest. PRICE OF SUk The Average Price of Brown or Mi from the Returns made in the weei August, 1833, is 365. sd. per Hundred Duties of Customs paid or payable thereof into Great Britain. PRICE OF B. The highest price of Bread in the 41b. Loaf. There are others who si that price. Gt:NElittL AVERAUE Pall For the Week ended Aug. 24, 1533, of the Inspectors in the different Ci and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat 545. Sd. l Oats 193 Barley..—. 27s 2d Rye 325. itIPERIAL AGnREGATE AVERAGES OF TI Wheat—.... 553. 5d.1 Oats 193. Barley 265. 444 Rye 325. DUTIES ON FOILED. Bd.l Oats IS3. Barley--. , 10d.1 Rye 21s PRICES OF HOPS. New Kent Pockets (pet cwt.) —4/ Choice _ 51 it Kent Choice K • nt LIN Choice . few S..siex ....... 5/. The Hop Duty is estimal ine Di E OF Rape Oil, brown PRIG Linseed Oil WI. Os. Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill Rape Cake. per ton WHITECHAPEL HAY 111 ARKET ,— ,, 444 t o Hay Od. to 853. Od. f (lover 80, "'" Od. to 275. 0d.,, PRICE OF POTATOES.—Aug. 3 ,2; n ee° New Ware riddlinl Is. 9d. to 2s. id. 64 3 ditt o. Os. Od. to Is. PRICES 01 Per lb. d. to d. Butts, 15 25 Ditto, 14 21 Dressing 12 15 Ditto .13 15 Ditto, light Crop Hides, light 12 13i to 501 b. 13 17 Ditto— l4 19 Lk:A THEit. cl• in Per lb. 14 I English Horse Hiclo o 0 Spanish Ditto Per dozen. l 9 ; Calf Skins.. 30 to O' Ditto 40 to Ob. Ditto 70 to 901ba• 16 i Small Seals, 'arc Large SHEEI Polled Lambs 3s. Od. to 4s. 6d. Down Lambs 2 6 3 6 SKINS. Polled Skins .... '2.s.o d •tO.• Downs .................. 2_.....0......." PRICE OF TALLOW Town Tallow 48s. Od. Yellow Russia.. 48s. Od. White Soap Ditto —s. Od. Melted 375. Od. Ditto,2ls.Od. 1* ', SOAP, &c. per 10b Yellow Mottled White,.••••••••••••••*" ..... Graves Good Dregs y PRICE RAW FAT, stone ot lb• Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow per ti Melters).--"" PRICEF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, i ti the retail shops, is as Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Ss. Od. I Moulds, perms COAL MARI Per Tor,. s. d. Hebburn Main ...........,.... 14 6 Holywell Ord's Redhugh ............. 12 9 Tan field...—. l5 0 Townley l3 3 W;llington W.E. Clarke and C0...._. 14 0 Walls End Heaton—....., 15 0 Ditto Killingworth 14 9 Walls End Newmarch..... 14 3 Ditto Northumberland.. 14 6 Ships arrived since ,N MARK Wheat. 52 58 56 '3 43 60 53 60 48 56 44 56 57 58 48 60 57 46 60 44 58 52 64 58 40 64 56 62 54 54 58 48 56 50 56 54 55 52 58 s. d. s. d. 76 84 ,ET.—Aug. 30. Per Ton. ~CO, ,"' Walls End Perldn„, Lambton's Primrose Walls End Hetton Walls End Stewart ":/ Dixon's Butterkno vi, Walls End Adelaid e, "; Walls End Ciordon.l,,, 0 Walls End Tees r 6 9 Barnsleyt . w . .. ,, /IO 3 Hartley _ 6 Neville's Llanelly,,''.4 :e ast market-day, JO S ' i EFS DURING 1.- - p=7 Barley. f OatS• 11 4 25 32 20 25 o 4 25 30 18 24 46 1. 24 30 2 25 5 9 26 28 0 04 1 , 28 32 16 20 2 06 24 30 20 06 25 27 21 24 40 24 28 16 2 F .„.., 5 4 23 s 24 28 18 - 2 2 01 I f 23 30 16 24 5 5 2 2 28 18 24 / 27 .... 24 00 27 32 17 32 5 6 41 23 28 18 2E . 1 2 28 30 120 22 . 06 9 1 22 26 20 25 01 7 24 28 21 23 0 , ), 23 26 20 22 ge 24 26 '22 2 4 * l' 1` B. d. s. d. 8. d. 5. 40 50f 4 0 4 6 f MARKET.—Aug. 29 ' d. t Per Quarter. s. otO 1 Barley 25 0 01 i Oats „, v • 1 Beans (per sack) 1 ' 0 Flour (per bag) 4O Bread (per gall) 1 4. 0 CKET.—Aug. 13 4.0'4 58s. New . ... 545. ln bond.. "7„ - :,/'/, 18s 20s. 01d......... . 188 - :: . 0 10 00s. Line. & Wolel • 365. Foreign • it a 90' Ad* , ls. Grey ........ COUNTRY CO Per Quarter. A5hburn..«....,., Basingstoke Bath Bridgewater Bristol._ Chesterfield Derby - Doncaster Dorchester. Exeter, Gloucester. Hungerford Leicester.. Newbury, Romsey Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet ... Sherborne Taunton. Yarmouth Yeovil Per Bushel. Shrewsbury DEVIZES CORN Per Sack. s. d. v s. d. Best Wheat 30 0 to 32 0 Second Thirds 2l 0 2.1 0 1200 Sacks of Wheat sold] 26 4 at the average of HULL MAR , Wheat, Old —s. 565. Foreign —s 50s Oats, Poland —s. 18s. Small or Feed —s. 16s. Foreign —s. 16s. Barley, Norf. & Suf. —s.Eoos. Foreign Beans s. 345. Pease, White Rapeseed. in bond none. 00s Foreign ........• fares —s. Free, per lases PRICE OF SEEDS.—Aug. 30. fin e New Englisrifted Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. — 4 • bog Old Ditto slew Foreign Dit Old Ditto -- —s s. 61 1 e5., —s. New White Cloy, Old Ditto Di ti New Trefoil . —s. —s. 255. —s. _ s. t i n e fine e firi 31d Ditto Rib Grass English Carraway Foreign Ditto ......... .._,;. I,o' V" .—.~—. —s. —. 14s. fi a 7. i e e it , ,er Quarter).............. 425. 445. ... - 1 4 ,, ~ ne .-- —s. —,'• " n e e , for feeding , 5 0 s . n pki; .. ,6 . li , ,itto, for crushing - 445. 50s. f , e? •703 Ad ICanary Seed, New —B . --S ' S. h ':oe) . 11A0 0id............**„..*„........ .—S. -- - . 5 . .r ,4" P White Mustard Seed —(per Bushel) —s 12s. ad s* dr Brown Ditto.._ ....—* —S. * oos • d#o ""•• —s • --*S* S 5. 114,' --.... 5 . . fi l:, —s —.5. i . e —s. - 4 - ........._. RaseSeed, English, tine (per Last) 271......... Fo —s. 13 re , . fl n 0 0 : r Foin ~.. 'e Grass inseed, Turnip Seeds:Rou; Green and Red Dil MEETINGS OF CREDITOZEI" AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL.SI S ' ON MONDAY NEXT. (From the London Gazette.) Y 4' 4' DIVIDEND. en ° J. Jackson, tailor, Bedford row at e le A bitli t e t il THE KNAVE OF CLUBS.--Afebt " Honourable Gentleman," having this season P i his nest by what has been deemed " unfair OP quired the above not very flattering desi.inati"°' cl ° BIRTHS. On the 48th inst., Mrs. Lawrence, Whitehal l-111 1, 11 0 . daughter. 4 p On the 26th inst., L a d y Lambert, of Aston ho use' ', shire, of a son. 4 tOC On the 24th in s t ., t h e lady of Major Priestly, e Regiment, At Berwick-on-Tweed, of a daughter. co co l ,' On the 25th in.t., th e l a d y of Thomas Som e,' at Alderhrm Abbey, H er t s , o f a d aug h ter, s tillbor; c „, F od , ~4' On the 40th i ns t . , th e L a d y of G. Freder i c k I' in Half Moon-street, of a daughter. MARRIED. p ters On the 29th inst., th e R ev. J . W . H arman , o f 1 5r - : at Daventry, to A n ne W ar dl e W ar dl e, only (13"g-tf ,0 Wardle, Es q ., o f th a t p l ace. t O;' On the 25th inst., John Coates, Esq., of Fold l - 1 caslitre, to Fanny, third d aug ht er o f Joseph LonOdon. • ' Def t n the 29th inst., at Isleworth Chu rc h, Mr' Fisher, New Bond-street, London ." ,to Henrietta " 16, daughter of the late Mrs. Kampf., of Hammer Oi , ti to rl : On the 29th inst., at St. Mary Abbott's, Ker is n— , - ,, Kirke, jun., Ohl Brompton, to Henrietta Anders p "te P . . 01 in-law of James Pierce, Esq., of N ew _ s t re et, 131 1, le2 On the '27th inst. at Wooler, Northumbe ri Vetit . 'erl Leonard Shafto Orde, 8.A., son of the lat e and Lady Louisa Orde, of 'Weetwood Hall, Glt Ile': to Anna Maria Charlotte, eldest daughter of Paul, Bart., of Fwart Part, Northumbcrlc.O. l t t dad On the' 29th inst., atßogrier, Sussex, the '"'„,'` e "Pei' Rev. Lord ThomaS Hay, youngest brother of t" to ; i f Tweeddale, and Rector of Rendlesham, Suff°llc'f daughter of the late Si r iAl exander ° Baronet. Dap. , ° ll ' On the 29th inst., M r. H .. E. Church, 6tirg--° • • • 4 0 f ° l'invrto AND PUBLISHED BY ill URDO I ( O '1 I N,,, SUN OFFIcD, 112, STRAND, le, in his 38th year, ThOusaid !Pit y, or rt A 'I4 cej~ in Yea fro Qez,Lond ko, "tan th 4n k l i c " t " . * l4l "er v " ( 1 to BRIT 01 / To THE British I _lab e vstlY l oe o l ro e spA t .a r ir o ace p o lheaelb l ss i at s : bare is hbi , -Itti: ' 416;pe:lf:: : , ~ 10 wil t Cl h,i rri a 7 T y F a li it ::, er" • 6 it . , the prices belpt A , 0 : quantip SO. fr .03 tPre. 13 ' t[i i r oe a m r : d ir ' s a c. a n a n r e d d c e ue d at. duty ti l l a n t- 'l' _ ~I t O o ri e ) : 1 :, i ,: , : kh rae :: ° , so :: s l r ' id n at b a l teen made. ''',Ar tiri c ho ). in demand at l' I L GI int , , m e . previ, not considers.' 'ii .r !el's. - idt tr A 1 a h t Y t P . ere, ;on chests. Coon I b" 'q or the —_ 4 • deliverwi' UGAR. 6a i b ed Muscovado Stigo r 'ot " r 'eXt, reek ending the,., red Weight, eXcir "----___........ 'thereon on the IREAD. yid(oi A T sell from y4d, to , e tai 'h or Bitti'ls i t t e ,of w iii , - . iCinitieasth'anuii'lfoWnins i° , ; 11 114,1 4 'Mb 0 15. 7d.i8ean5...... ,• 50 , less !s. ithi.iPease.-'lOl t i )e, THE SIX WEEKS r 9 rne put , )3. 4,1.18ean5...... • 0 ' Perk,. . 1 :s. 5d I Pease.---."' ! b e i ". i IGN CORN. 01 s tt the is. 3d.1 Beans...," iii i 'ant ate ts. 3d.1 Pease f :y% hp, , a t t Y. :0 S.--Aug. 30. 5;1 and r pf I/ 4s. 04 03. 0 61 ,, tr . erri a 103. Cl Nto ov , 1,,,'.`Y. a 514 )1. 03. 01. 03. to oi i ," 11 1iit ui . / rl. Oa. 01. Os. t o 6,1, % ,,, ti tt 11. Os. Cl. Os ° el., ch. 01 11 Os. or. as te 04 01,, 1.4 let 1. Os. 41. 10s. t o ' ' allth or „ I. Os. 0/. as. t o s ome "y ated at 195,00 01 . e4r*l Of t OIL. 0: of i O 4 A, Refined ...., 0 , 601 . ...wwwwwwwwroorearge..... 11 r .IN i i , thousand ~...........: _ f 4G A ,,,, ..................: 00, i tt t ins.] dA RK El . .- - A ug. 10 grity . r ii El .. to