The Sun. — London, England, 1830-03-27 00:00:00

DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. reacits OF STOCKS THIS Bank stock 3 Per Catt. Red. a Per Cent. Cow. 92% to 3 per Cant. shut Ddto Red. — 4 per Cent. Ann. Ditto, 18)16. shut Rank L. Ann. Ditto 39 years - 19% Ditto 50 years -- ludia stock shut 'Ditto Bonds - —Bl pm. FitICES OF FORNIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonda — Brazilian Bonds 7O Buenos Ayres Bonds — Chinn Bonds — Colombian Bonds — 'Ditto, 1824 2 1 14 Danish 7554 , . Greek Bonds ' Ditto, 1 825 40 — hi ' Guattmala. — Mexican Bonds 28% Ditto 18'25 , South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 79 80 pm. Ditto ......... lid. 79 66 pm. Ditto .....«.«..500 2d. 70 110 pm. Ditt0....... lO. 79 80 pm. Ditto Small Ditto lid. '79 80 pm. Bank for Account 219 India for Account Cons, for April 1e. — ...92% !•si THIS DAY AT OHZ O'CLOCK. i Neapolitan — ;Peruvian Bonds ;Portuguese Bonds !Prussian, Old Ditto, New — Russian — Spanish. :821 14% :---- 1.81 — :French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. 1---- Exchange ...... —t —c. !---- 3 per cent ...... —f —c. ,--- Exchange —f. —c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. tolanos Mi n i ng C o. £3OO 480 475 Brazilian Mining Company 5 10 1 44 Brazilian Imp. Mm . Co. (les. at W. pm.) £2O SOy, 81 Ditto National lO 19.:18if Real d A n . -e. ) Monte Mining Co. ..£100 52 _____"Luan_ c e Fire and Life Insurance Co lO 10!i TO LICENCED VICTUALLERS. Conamittee Room, London Tavern, Monday, March 15. THE TRADE COMMITTEE inform their Br e th ren th roug h ou t the Country that they are anxiously and zealously engaged in the endeavour to protect their Property and Interests. They sit daily, and request to be favoured with Subscriptions towards the expense of the Petition to the House of Commons, and any c ommunications for the. general welfare. THE COURT JOURNAL of THIS DAY contains, among other Attractions : On English Equipages—Extract' from a Dowager's Visiting List--How to Choose a Husband—All the Noble • Celebataires of the Day—Bond-street versus Regent street--Epistle of Ton—Fashionable Doings of the Day— Gaieties of the Week—Parties of the Duchess of St. Albans, Prince Lieven, &c.—Court Anecdotes—Lord Stowell and the Crocodile—Fox and George H.—On Smoking —The P u bli c an d t h e P ar ks—Mi ss K em bl e ' s Portia --Original Anecdotes of the Imperial Family of ' Rus sia —Death-bed of a Profligate Princess—Projected ' ' M arriages —Foreign Correspondence—High Life in Paris, Rome, Milan, &c.—Domestic and Foreign Politics-- • Soeiety of British Artists—Travels in China and Siberia ) "=--Literary and Miscellaneous News of the Week, &c. &c. This New Weekly Journal of Fashion, the Companion of the Drawing-room, the Boudoir, and the Study, is published ▪ every Saturday Morning, for Henry Colburn, by W. Thomas, at the Office, 19, Catherine -street, Strand, and SUpplied, postage-free, by all Bookseller's and Newsmen. , .. ...:-.7. ..„...... . , ~, ~ ~..,• 4 :. Jr" . •4. till. - -.....,--k j,..- --- --,. , wi -11 k LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1830. Ministers were last night left in a minority upon Sir ROBERT HERON'S motion, in the Committee of Supply, that the vote proposed " should be diminished by ,the amount of 9001. being the pension s paid to two persons—the Hon. ROBERT DUNDAS and the Hon. W. L. BATHURST. These two gentlemen had been appointed—the one a Commissioner of the Navy, the other a Commissioner of the Vic tualling Office. Their services, in the Estimate now before the House, were left blank ; he con cluded, therefore, that that was the proper description of them.--(Hear, and laughter.)"— Our only wonder is, that men who profess so much, and who have really given so good an earnest of the sincerity of their professions, by the reductions already proposed to he made, should stand up in Parliament, in the face of the pre vailing distress, and advocate the continuance of pensions to two young gentlemen of four years' service ! merely because they both happen to be sons of Cabinet Ministers ! Truly this looks too bad. Nothing gives us more cordial pleasure than supporting his MAJESTY'S Government when vie see it acting for the benefit of the country, and the- relief of the people, but were we base enough to support such jobs as this pension affair, we know that Ministers would not thank us, and we feel assured that we should not deserve such courtesy at their hands. But we acquit the present Ministry of having created this job--we only lament that they should divide the ,House in defending it. The thing is, in deed, to• paltry for argument, much less for a diiision. The numbers for Sir Robert Heron's 'notion were Against it Majority against Ministers It gives us great pleasure to find that Mr. HOBHOUSE has announced his intention of taking up the question respecting the public opening of the New Waterloo-street into St. James's -park. The improvements in that street have been defrayed by the public money, and it is but common justice that the public should share the benefits of them. From the letters we repeatedly receive on the subject, we are con vinced it is one in which a deep and general interest is felt among all classes ; and should Government persevere in its present intention of closing the thoroughfare, we have little doubt Mr. HUME will be as successful in his intended proposition as Sir ROBERT HERON was last night. This may, perhaps, bring Ministers to their senses. The following are extracts from the Gazette de France of Friday, the Messager des Cham bres, Moniteur, and other Paris Papers of Thursday : " M. Guernon de Ranville, Minister of Public Instruc tion, has been elected a deputy for the department of ISlayenne et Loire, by a majority of 63, the numbers being, for M. Guernon de Ranvilie, 185 ; fur M. Vatis menil, 122. The Count de Videle arrived at Paris on Tuesday, and Yesterday the Countess de Neuville, his daughter, was safely delivered of a son. " It can no longer be doubted that we are upon the eve of a ch ange o f ministry, and that men, the most odious to France, will shortly be called to power. It is evident that there exists a struggle between the deplorable Minis try and that of the Prince de Polignac. But how does t hil affect France? She cannot gain by such a change, ensneer has sh e any th i ng to lose by it. Since the exist of th e l aws on the press and the elections, enacted in 1 . 28 , every administration must march with public opi- Pol°r cease to exist. N e i t h er th a t o f th e P r i nce d e as any ser lignite, i n or that o f M . de Wide, then, can occasion tms pprehension.—Journal de Paris. " We pledgeourselves for the correctness of the follow ing statement de Polignac n the day that M de Monthel and M. tion ear ried to the Chambers the Act of the 24 Regiment of the Guard, in barracks at la ad piniere, received orders to load their arms. Two P_ages of c artr i dges were distributed to each soldier, and tr !am, were piled in th s in such er, that ey ti. g t .',? , e "seized upon the e fi quare rst beat of the ord they drum. The th7tlieme kept in readine ss unt il m id n i g h t. I t i s state d Guard. T he infant ry is coin le 141 flibtry cannot yet dep ed of siend onx Ft ench and the Royal F.retwo nch Swiss r e i two natiVe and o ne foreign me ats. The duty has hitherto been done by g d osed regiment. By a new arrange meat, the Swiss regiment in garrison at Orleans is called to Paris, and permanent duty will henceforth be done by one French and two Swiss. In order to be further assured of the zeal and devotion of those foreigners, their daily pay, which is already ten centimes more than that of our countrymen, has lately been further augmented five cen times ; the pay of the one is 25 centimes, while the other is 40.—National. Le Globe of this day states, that with the exception of U. de Polignac, the Cabinet is in a state of perplexity-. M. Courvoisier appears to be overcome by surprise; M. de Alontbel is uncertain ; M. d'Hausses, thoughtful ; M. de Guernon, full of care. As for M. de Bourmont, he is busy with his contracts and preparations for the expedition against Algiers. In this state of things all is confusion and disappointment ; there exist in the Cabinet, as in the Chamber, a Right side, a Left side, and a Centre. The Right side calls in M. de Peyronnet; the Left, de Martig nac, de Belleyme, and de Berbis ; and the Centre, M. de Villele. Hence three negociations are on foot for intro ducing changes into administration. " The Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, the oldest So vereign Prince in Europe, is seriously indisposed. " At the last dinner given by M. Rothschild to the Members of the Cabinet, coups d'etat were talked of. The first coup d'etat,' said the host, ' will bring the funds down to 70.' Don't speak so loud,' whispered the Duke de 6 ", they are capable of striking a coup d'etat, that they make take advantage of the fall.'—Le Temp. _ _ _ " We learn from Vienna that the official announcement of the independence of Greece, and of the nomination of the Prince of Saxe Coburg to the throne of that country had a favourable effect on state paper in that capital. Greek Bonds also had been sold at 45 per cent. " We learn by a private letter of the 20th inst. from Bayonne, that the Dordogne sloop of war, which was on the point of sailing from that port for the African expe dition, has received orders to suspend her departure, and is now stationed before the arsenal. It is even rumoured that the troops on board are to disembark, and that she is to be dismantled. " Our correspondent at Lisbon writes , us, under date of March 10, as follows :- 4 Don Miguel comes to town every day from Queluz, to assist at the religious ceremo nies of the season. On the 6th he followed a procession of the monks of the convent of Grace ; and on the 7th was present at prayers and a sermon of the Jesuits.— Five unhappy men, brought from Madeira, accused of stealing the sacred vessels of the church, have been lately condemned to be hung, to have their heads and their hands cut off, their bodies to be burnt, and the ashes to be cast into the sea. The execution of this horrible sentence took place yester day on the Qu ly of the Sotlre. The Gazette con tains notices of the estates of several Portuguese emigrants to be let. The Count de Pombeiro, at tached to the Embassy of the Viscount d'Asteca at Lon don, has lately arrived with despatches, positively assur ing Don Miguel that he would be acknowledged King by the British Government, as soon as he had granted a general amnesty. Don Miguel has at length resolved to cede this grace, and the more so as he is given to under stand that those who refuse to partake of its benefits may be deemed rebels ; and, including the Constitutionalists of Terceira, will incur just chastisement, in which he will be sanctioned, and, perhaps, even aided by England. In the mean time the preparations for the defence of the port of Lisbon are going on. Peniche has been fortified as strongly as possible. The garrison of Fotre is augmented by the arrival of the 14th regiment of infantry from Al garve, and will be further reinforced by the sth regiment of cavalry expected from Evora.' " FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MARCH 25.—Five per Cents., 106 f. 50c. 5.5 c. 50c. 55c. 50c. 53c. 50e. ; Three per Cents., 83f. 75c. 7Cc. 65c 80c. 7.ic. 85c. ; Bank Stock, 1,900 E 1,898 E 75c. 1,900 f. ; Rentes de Naples, 92f. 70c. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 12%; Royal Spanish Loan, 90 ; Rentes Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 74 :X Sq ; Haytian Loan, 530 f —Exchange on London—One month, paper, 25f. 65c. ; money, 25f. 65c. ; three mouths, paper, 25f. 50c. ; money, 25f. 50c.—Coure duthentique. The following are extracts from Dutch and Hamburg Papers received this morning : BERGEN (IN NORWAY), ISIARCH 2. Our city experienced a great disaster on the 26th February. Between five and six in the afternoon a Are broke out in the house of a carpenter, and a strong south west wind blowing at the time, the flames spread with such rapidity, that in 12 hours 200 houses were burnt, with all their warehouses, which were of great value. We regret to add, that many persons were shpposed to hare perished either in the flames, or from the ruins of the houses falling on them. HAMBURG, MARCH 19. The fire at Bergen has destroyed, according to different accounts, from 112 to 120 houses, besides many ware houses, and 160 families are without shelter. Unfortu nately the sufferers by the fire are partly the richer mer chants. The houses and warehouses destroyed were in sured for 229,990 species dollars, (the species dollar is ss. English, nearly); but persons who are well informed estimate the damage at half a million or a million of species dollars, especially as valuable warehouses were destroyed. The premises of Mr. Henrick Paasche, merchant, were among the first that were destroyed. HANOVER, MARCH 14. The debates in our Diet proceed in their usual quiet manner. A great part of the business has already termi nated ; other subjects laid before the Assembly are near a decision, so that the Session may perhaps be closed by the end of this month. Last week the attention of the members was chiefly engaged in the discussion of the applications relative to the land tax, and it is said to have been resolved to remit a twelfth part of the land tax. HAMBURG, MARCH 19. BORSEN-HALLS, HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK.—Al though the Elbe is now completely clear of ice, no further supplies of corn have yet been received from the upper part of the river. A few parcels of wheat have been re ceived from the Lower Elbe, but there was little eagerness shown to purchase, buyers appearing for the present rather backwazdi in expectation, probably, of larger sup plies. Ilye and Oats, though the supplies have not been very considerable, have yet declined a shade. For Barley also the holders are unable to obtain the prices they demand. Weight. Rix dollars. Dantzic Wheat —to to Pomeranian 124 to 128 106 to 110 Anhalt, white llB to 124......118 to 120 red 12? to 128 114 to 118 Danish 120 to 128 BO to 90 Dantzic Rye IIS to 122 62 to 66 Upland 116 to 123 63 to 66 Danish to --...... 56 to 60 Magdeburgh Barley 9B to 104 5l to 57 Anhalt 9B to 104 54 to 60 Danish —to 40 to 44 Mecklenburg!' Oats 66 to 57 4O to 42 Danish — to * 30 to 35 Pomeranian Malt to Pease, yellow, Upland Holstein Rapeseed —to —......148 to 166 Since our last business has been rather dull. Funds to-day were, generally speaking, firm, except Neapolitans. Greek Bonds may be quoted at 43k. End of March Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent 73% Anglo-Russian Loan 10914 Hamburg-Russian Loan lO5 Polish Bonds 128.%. New Prussian 4 per Cents. (1830) 99; Austrian Bank Shares 1337 Austrian Metalliques lO4 New Austrian 4 per Cents. Anglo Neapolitan Falconets The Sir Edward Banks steamer, advertised to start on Wednesday morning, left Hamburg yesterday, and has since returned, in consequence, we hear, of some injury sustained in the engine. The letters are to be sent off this evening by the regular Cuxhaven mail. THE HAGUE, MARCH 22. The Second Chamber of the States General, in the sit— ing of to-day, agreed to chapters 19, 20, 21, and 22, •of he Criminal Code. MARcH 23.—We hear that his Excellency the Minister of the Interior has officially awnounced, in the central section of the Second Chamber, to the President of the Sections, that he is disposed to withdraw the project of law on public instruction, in case the sections should request it. The Minister is said to have added, that the request need only be made in positive terms, without stating any objections. PARAMARIBO, JAN. 12. In our Surinam Papers of *llth Oct. (later than the numbers last received), we find a proclamation of his Ex cellency the Governor-General of the Dutch West Indies, dated the 16th of that month*, the object of which is to adept energetic measures for the suppression of piracy. The Proclamation in nine articles, closes all harbours, roads, and bays of the Dutch colonies in the West Indies, against the privateers of all belligerent powers, not ex cepting even cases of alleged distress. No prizes taken shall be admitted except in eases of need, and no certain terms laid down in the Proclamation. Tl.is does not ex tend to prizes legally condemned which shall be admitted. The fitting out of privateers, or having a share in them, is prohibited in the Dutch West Indies on pain of the con fiscation of the ship and cargo, and a fine of 1,000 to 5,000 florins. The exportation of military stores and ammunition for the use of privateers is prohibited under the *Janie penalties. Ships of this description are not to be piloted in under a fine of SOO to 1,000 florins, and • The dates are so printed iu the Amsterdam Courant. Morning ... 6 minutes after 4. I Evening...s minutes after 4. forfeiture of the pilot's license. Communication with pri vateers on the coast is prohibited under a fine of 100 to 300 florins ; and if goods have been landed, the fine is to be from 1,000 to 5,000 florins, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. LIVERPOOL, MA RCII 25.—Arrived the American, Whittle, from New York, and the Christopher Columbus, from Trieste. . _ DEAL, Pilancn 26.—Wind S. by W.—Arrived from London, the Dawn, Brag, for Honduras; the Tom, Bow line, for Palermo. The Honourable Company's ship London, with the Lion and Leda, has sailed ; the rest of the outward bound remain. PORTSMOUTH, _ MARCH[ 26:-Wind S. %V.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Pelican, from the Mediterranean. Sailed the Rhoda, Aberdeen for Leghorn. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from London the Sir Charles Forbes, Leslie, for Van Dieman's Land. ----- FALMOUTH, illaitcx 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Laurel, Dobson, from Havannah. BRISTOL, March 26.—Arrived the Navarin, Harris, from Honduras, and the Dispatch, Brotherell, from Lisbon, TERCEIRA, MARCH 11.—Two Portugue.e schooners are cruizing off this Island, and were seen this morning off Angra, in chase of the schooner, Admiral Wynhatn, from London, which, however, escaped and got into this port. The Hope, Dalrymple, from Liverpool, also got in yesterday, after being boarded and warned off. RAMSGATE, March 26.—The Sprightly, Newton, arrived off this port, in eleven days, from Terceira; re ports the Diana, Portuguese frigate, a corvette and a schooner, were cruizing off the island on the 13th inst. The Janet, Dunlop, from Honduras to Cork, was parted with, on the 14th ult., off the island of Cozurrel. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T irEL TX O'CLOCK The following letter has been addressed by the French Government to the Chamber of Commerce at Marseilles : " Gentlemen, the reports which are spread on the state of our relations with the African Coast, and the ingratitude which they have produced at Marseilles, obliges me to give you an explanation on that subject. We are in perfect understanding with Egypt, as also with other provinces under the power of the Sul tan, our relations with Tripoli are uncertain, and compromised, since the departure of the French Con sul from that regime in August last. We are in a state of peace with Tunis and with the Emperor of Morocco ; but the King has decided to put an end to the war with Algiers by sending an expedition by land and sea ; and it is only against this regime the expedition is directed. The King has also given orders for the sailing of two frigates to cruize before Tunis and Tripoli, to protect the French commerce." Commercial letters from Port-au-Prince, to the 10th Feb., state that the Coffee is exceedingly dear there, and European goods sell with great difficulty, owing to the great scarcity of money. THE FUNDS. The Express from Paris, this morning, brings a report of an approaching change in the Ministry. They may change their Ministers ten times, and if Polignac does not retire, it will prove labour in vain, and the French nation will not be satisfied. Consols opened this morning at the same pric e th e y left off yesterday, 92. 8 . for the Account, and 92 a. for money, with little or no business. We have no arrivals of consequence. The Foreign Market is in a state of languor ; prices no minal at present. FUNDS. 3i per Cent. New 4 per Cent., 102 k 1 4 per Cent. 1826, India Bonds, 80 81 Exchequer Bills. 78 79 FUNDS. Greek, 40i 41 Mexican, Soi- P,•ruvian, 19/ 201 Portuguese, 59 6U Prussian, Russian, 1101 1 Spanish, 14i TWO O'CLOCK. d fall viol W k t ‘t hat be b u t fa Ber et o'he roper to in' r the • Hon• a be alluded and as the led a sort o f al services. which the Is " equiv.) . ently /t ypes Hou, calumny."' —for whose hair net had will Dud of such le Lord re' its lifetime his memory it proofs of was held 10 i had been whereas it House. ler, but the o say, that r Viceroy o f B which no tivocal or . H. Duo 'con:Mancea vieed, that - (Hear. )--•• ille, belong' Lowever way to the e, must be iced himself be circum" mber (Mr. lisapprored n. Member ndependent the present to be to lose 8 existence. ntlemen on iure of lot !ti opposite time could at the con' )n reflected Lis couutrr greed wi ll/ nature of orerninent , it thought Lse thought Legged of le real nit' a decision A revisioa ie Goyern - The mull! , jesty'r Ecers, an , 501., u unl t the mai!' :misters 0 1 tee the of peeting it. tiers which r , and the in confor ' were not wernment, iQ questioa abinet !li attempt' a ; but he , nding the embarrass Er,m. Tie 12 that his ny corrupt rad a right pensions, the Corn- were die e works of e, Sir G. r. Bright, rim heir. ed his in ,4571. lot . Gordon, I the Ex• ire notice of Lieu an*, eNci- irted pro.. on Mon- ed copies t Malta. r disposed DOR mff• INTO Iti 4 , Dr. Drd John C. E. G. E. on. E. G. r non scount Lord C. Earl of H. • 1 H, a. , Sir G. a'. ccount C. P. Ira, S. • G. T. W. , een re- of a for• been cir# amount pursuit ;heshuut place at THOMAS )rd gaol? arrived Corfu to tr to the Wei, and .Iligence but the of at' is is the 111 Davi- hitherto tiement 9 :II as to Oat no is,per- With elrper -4 days, :met is to have couptly EN GIASII Bank Stock, India Stock, -- 3 per Cent. Cons. 921 Do. for Account, 92t fr Ditto Reduced, FOREIG Brazilian, 701 1 71 Buenos Ayres, 32 34 Chilian, Colombian, 20i 21+ Danish, '751 76 French, 5 per Cont. 106 '7 Ditto, 3 per Cant. 83i 4i Ministers being left in the minority last night, has caused some excitement in the City i and no doubt they are glad of it, as it will relieve them of a useless burthen to the nation. The Consol Market has receded since the early part of the morning, from 921 to 921 for the Account; and at the latter price they are at present, owing to some sales of niney Stock and for the Account for next Tuesday. Accounts are said to be in town from Terceira of the arrival of the Marquis Palmella, although that island was blockaded by a strong Portuguese squadron. Up to the present hour we have no political informa tion of consequence. The Foreign market continues in a stagnant state, and most of the prices as per yesterday. 7 ll.nli'E 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 921 FOUR O'CLOCK.--CLOSING PRICES. Consols 92i Danish 7.51. Do. for Ac e 924 4 Greek, 1825 40 Brazilian Bonds 70i Mexican, 1825 Buenos Ayres Peruvian Chilian Do. Russian Columbian, 1824, 21-1 Spanish 144 COURT CIRCULAR. The French and Russian Ambassadors had a conference with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS has left town for the Hague. After staying a few months on the Continent, Sir HOWARD, it is expected, will embark for New Brunswick, to resume his official duties as Governor of that Colony. The Earl of ABERDEEN and Mr. llEnnuts had inter views with the Duke of WELLINGTON at the Treasury. Despatches from Sir FREDERICK ADAM, the Lord Hi g h Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received yester day at the Colonial-office. The Paymaster of the Forces transacted business yester day at the Treasury. THE TRAVELLER BURCKIIARDT.--The concluding volume of the Travels of the celebrated BURCKIIANDT, will be published in a few days, under the authority of the African Association, by Messrs. COL BURN and BENTLEY. It is entitled "Memoirs of the Bedouin Arabs, with Anecdotes and Particulars of the History of the Wahabees." This work is the further result of BURCEHANDT'S residence in Arabia, where he acquired a most intimate knowledge of the language, manners, and customs of the extraordinary inhabitants of that country. THE MANNERS OF THE DAY.—lndepen dently of the wealthy hero of forty, and the gay and beautiful country-bred heroine of fifteen, and the numerous other characters dispersed throughout these lively and piquant volumes, are Florence Dudley, who will probably bear the palm of interest from all her competitors. and Lady Isabella Vivian, a gay, spirited, light-hearted and light-headed woman of fashion. As a contrast to these among the females, we have an admirable sketch of a fashionable intriguante—Lady Danvers, who is drawn with a fine knowledge of human nature. A pendant to this beautiful piece of female mischief, will be found in Colonel Seymour, a character drawn with much force and truth. Altogether this work may well be designated as a moving panorama of the Manners of the Day, which cannot fail to be contemplated with the highest gratification. We have lately had an opportunity of exa mining an excellent work, just published, for the use of FarMers, and indeed for all who take a delight in the tillage of land, and breeding of cattle. With such a work as this by him, the Agriculturist has an opportunity of knowing the practice of the different districts of Eng land and Scotland, and thus getting useful hints on all subjects most interesting to him, particularly on the pre paration and application of manures, irrigation of meadows, drainage of land, instructions for buying, breeding, rearing, and fattening of cattle ;—the stable management of horses, directions for the best breeds of live stock, treatment of their diseases, &c. ;—manatt,ement of cows and ewes during the critical times of calving and yenning ;—general eco nomy of a grass farm, culture and relative value of arti ficial grasses, the best plants for fodder, preparation of food in severe winters, management of the dairy, of pigs, &c. The work is called " The Complete Grazier, or Farmer and Cattle Breeder, and Dealer's Assistant." It appears to us to be also extremely useful to landlords in affording them the information most desirable in transactions with their stewards and tenantry. Numerous engravings of cattle, sheep, pigs, farming implements, &e., are scattered through the book. HAY MARKETS.—( A t per Load of 30 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 8 to £2 18 Slew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditt0............ ......... Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 5 Clover Flay 3 13 5 10 Oat Straw £2 4to £2 IS 1 Wheat Straw... 2 10 2 14 Best Clover Hay ss. per load higher than last quoted ; prices otherwise stationaay. A great supply, and a very dull trade. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .C 9 5 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 5 8 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)...,£s, 10...Generall v Oat Straw £2 4to £2 8 I Wheat Straw 2 8 2 10 A good supply, and a dull trade ; prices as last quoted. CLERICAL HUMBUGS, No. I. THE CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll,—ln a recent volume of Sermons (though Sermons they are not, for they are far too droll and diverting for so serious a title) on, as the author phrases it, " The Dangers and Duties of a Christian," a temperate but thorough exposure is made of that Clerical Humbug, the Church Building Society. A greater nuisance never existed! From beginning, to end it is a job. If you possess interest in the Com mittee--cau get some titled Commissioner or Right Rev, Prelate to speak with authority for you—the claims of your case will,then be entered into, and answered at once; if not, you may for years be a suitor, though the urgency your request is " admitted, and its " justice" acknowledged in every letter from the Secretary. I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE. For five years I have been entreating the Society to aid my view, in a parish of seven thousand, where we have accommodation in the Church for four hundred and sixty ; and though no contradiction to my statements has been attempted, and the necessity of their interference has been " admitted," not a single step has been taken towards aiding me in my wish of supplying the deficiency. And why ? Because lam a mere country Clergyman rarely come to town — and possess no interest. Now, this state of things ought not, and cannot be per mitted to exist. The Church Building Society as at pre sent constituted and regulated, is an insult to the common sense of the British nation. It is neither more nor less than a pious fraud : and, though Mr. Neale seems afraid to speak out, I thank him, for what he has done, and only wish he had gone further. There are others who, less biassed than himself by High Church principles, and used to bolder language, will feel little re morse in exposing the rottenness of the whole transaction. A list of rejected cases, which I have been for some time employed in collecting, with comments on each individual case, and an explanation of the CAUSE of its rejection, is now passing through the press, and will be laid shortly before the public. Failing, by these means, to remedy the abuse complained of, I shall take measures to bring the matter before the House of Lords. A fit and fertile subject for the energy of Lord King, or the acuteness of Lord Holland, it will assuredly prove. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A YORKSHIRE INCUMBENT, Of a poor but very populous Parish. ROBBERY AT THE BETTING-ROOMS, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GAR IEN MARKET.' There was a good supply I a dull trade. Most kinds of on this day se'nnight ; in pri s d. s. d. at this _morning's market, and 7 Vegetables were cheaper than ices of Fruit no alteration. s.d. s.d Potatoes (cwt.) New ditto (per lb.) Cal bages (1 heads)... 0 0 0 0 Apples 1 0 4 6 Ditto Red .. 1 6 3 0 SweebOranges (110) Ditto Savoy 0 9 1 6 Seville,Oranges 8 0 12 0 Horse Radish(bundle) 1 6 3 r Lemps 4 0 12 0 Brecoli 0 8 1 6 Asparagus 2 0 5 0 Celery 0 8 1 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6ii 10 0 Rhubarb 1 3 2 0 French ditto 4 0 6 0 Turnips .12 bunches).. 1 0 2 0 Spanish Hazlenuts 5 0 8 0 Coleworts or Greens... 1 6 3 0 French Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Leeks 1 0 1 61 . En g: Grapes (per 1b.)... 0 8 1 0 Young Onions 5 6 6 0 Sea-kail (pnmmet) .... 1 0 2 0 Carrots (per bushel) 2 0 4 0 Small Sallad (basket).. 0 2 0 4 Parsnips (dozen) 0 4 0 8 Radishes Brocoli Sprouts (bush.)o ti 1 0 French Beans 2 0 3 0 Turnip Greens 0 6 0 %Strawberries (thumb).. 0 0 21 0 Cucumbers (brace) 2 0 301 SWAN RIVER. [Extract from the Log-hook of an Emigrant proceeding to the Swan River, dated Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 10, 1829.] October 14th, in nine degrees fell in with a shoal of sharks, which played round the vessel, to the annoyance of the sailors, who are rather superstitious, and consider such visitors as ominous of evil, and which indeed proved too true. At mid-day all the gentlemen were busily employed (it being a dead calm) in baiting hooks to catch sharks, and one of them soon took the bait. Lamentable result ! A general shout of victory was given, and the line was let run astern. The fish was full eighteen feet in length, and in floundering to disentangle itself, caused so much sport, that several.' passengers, eager and headstrong, crowded into the Captain's boat, which hung suspended by the quarter davids over the stern of the ship. Sud denly they all got to the head of the boat to see the shark hauled under the stern of the vessel, struggling with the line. In a moment the quarter david on the starboard side of the vessel broke off. and let one end of the boat down, precipitating every soul in it into the sea among the sharks. Here was a scene of horror and confusion ! The Captain was in the midships when it happened. I was busily em ployed at my tents, , under the tuition of th e b oa t s wai n , but, like the rest, when the shark was caught, left my oc cupation to witness the sport, but Providence guided me to a point of safety. I got over the ship's side, and placed myself in the mizen chains. The boatswain slung himself by a rope, and lowered himself to the surface of the water, with the harpoon in his hand, ready to strike the fish, at the very instant the accident happened. Young Williams followed me, but not satisfied with the view, he hastily climbed up the side of the poop cabin, and was the last that jumped into the unlucky boat, and made up the num ber of twelve persons struggling in the sea among these fish of prey. Our Captain was almost beside himself when he jumped up on the poop. There was no time for thought—all hands commenced throwing out ropes, loose spars, oars, and every buoyant article we could lay hands on for them to cling to. Fortunately it was a dead calm, or every soul must have perished ;—our vessel only drifted by the little current of the sea. I saved one lad by throw ing over a knife-board which the cabin-boy had been using ; my man Hibberd threw over an Indian mat. Master Shaw, a young gentleman about thirteen, got upon it, and was three miles astern of us before we could reach him with the boat, which was instantly manned and launched. I saved Mr. Earl's footman, who could swim, but was so exausted from fear of the sharks that he was sinking, when I dragged the line the shark was att!ched to across his face, and he had the presence of mind to put the cord between his teeth, when I hauled him with in reach of a rope with a loop which lie contrived to get one of his legs through, and thus clinging, three or four of us hauled him safe up. Mr. Peter Shad well was also most actively canployed ; he has been in the East India Company's service, is a brother of the Vice-Chancellor of England, a pleasant companion of mine,—in short, after half an hour's exertion, all were saved but two. I lament to say Williams was one of the unfortunates. I saw him sink to rise no more. He had hold of an oar, but lost his balance—he slipped it, and actually flung his arms round the captured shark, (which was now pulled up to the surface of the water), to save himself; but when he found out what lie hid hold of he was so horror struck be called me by name, " Oh my God ! my God ! witness my end !" and down he sank to rise RO more. Also a fine healthy country boy, whom my friend Lukin had taken as an apprentice, with another brother, from the parish of Dover, the surviving brother suffered much more than I can describe. Thus two lives were lost to answer the confirmation of the sailor's omen, that sharks always prognosticate signs of death or some evils to the ship,—thus it proved. This indeed was a tragic day. The fish, lire, and all, drifted away, and we all re turned thanks to God for allowing us to save the other ten. --Lichfield Mercury. GUY'S SCHOOL QUESTION BOOK.-7-011 the first publication of this, now popular Compendium of General History, we pointed out to our school friends some of its admirable qualities, and we then predicted its great success ; the extensive demand for it has even gone yond our expectation. It is already, we understand, a class book in nearly all the intelligent schools of the em pire, and certainly a work embracing so many useful sub jects within such a moderate compass was never before offered to teachers. The leading features of the book, viz., Ancient and Modern History, and Biography, have never before been given so complete, for in it will be found the prominent particulars of Ten Ancient and Eighteen Modern Kin g d oms an d S tates ; an d connec t e d w ith this division of the work, are interesting details of both Ancient and Modern Biography, elucidating characters, with which well-educated youth should be familiar.— The whole may be clearly apprehended, and indelibly fixed in the mind ; and this hitherto much neglected branch of education may, with little encroachment on the student's time, be, in future, incorporated with the established course of academic instruction. DONCASTER YORK ASSIZES, THURSDAY, MARCH 25. Thomas Jenkins and Isaiah Smart were placed at the bar, charged with stealing from the New Betting Rooms, in Doncaster, bank notes and sovereigns to the amount of upwards of 1,7001. John Goodred, lives at No. 222, Piccadilly. Is a wine merchant, and at Doncaster races lie and Charles Bluck rented the betting-room there. There are three ' rooms on tins ground-floor. The betting-room will WA about a thousand persons. There is a recess in the room which is used as a bar. A small partition, four feet high, parts the bar and the room. The chest which contained the money was beneath the counter in the bar. On Thurs day the 17th Sept. the cup was run for. The chest was in its usual place on that day. Witness went to the races a little before two, having seen the notes safe at one. He locked the door and tried it before he went to the course.—There were about 1,800/. in the chest, which consisted of notes and gold, but there was no note above 100/. There were about 1,400/. in notes, about 1,000/. of them being of the Bank of England. The loose notes were principally of the York and Doncaster banks. There were 350/. in soya. and half-sovs. When he went to the races, lie left the room in charge of a boy, named Watson, who has been in his service three years. Witness returned from the race ground about half-past four, along with Smart and a young man named Sandford. The boy Watson was standing in the front of the house, when witness returned, and he instantly went to the chest to see if the money was safe. It was all gone except a bag of silver, value 73/., and a small roll of 50 half-sovereigns, which had been rolled up edgeways. They were found by witness's son beneath some parchment. On discovering that the money was gone, witness was in a great state of confusion, and, he believed, he charged Wat son. The chest was locked when he returned from the course. Smart, Bluck, Sandford, who is his clerk, and others came in. Between two and three o'clock in the morning be sent for a watchman named Seaton, to whom he gave Jenkins in charge. He was in the small room, between the betting-room and the staircase, and appeared to be half drunk. He was searched, and 18 sovereigns, two half toys., same silver, and a gold watch, were found upon him. He came down as a friend of Smart's to assist in the bar. No salary had been fixed, nor had he received any. He had been waiter to Smart, before Smart recommended me to employ him at Doncaster. When Jenkins was in custody lie was asked to con fess. Witness begged of him to consider what a great family be had; and begged of him to say what had become of the money, and where Madden was to be found. He distinctly said, that if Maddon could be overtaken, the money would be found on him. Tymins wes present at the time-2001. were immediately offered for the apprehension of Maddon ; part of the money in the box was witness's own property ; upwards of 300/ were his own, unconnected with the partnership concern ; Jenkins's lodgings were searched before he was taken into custody, and some luggage packed up in his rooms ; Smart and his son lodged in the same house ; no money teas found in Jenkins's box. About one o'clock in the morning, after the company had left the room, witness proposed that he, Bluck, and Smart should be searched. Mr. Smart was quite willing, and on him was found the sum of 401. in local notes ; the next morning another search took place at Smart's lodging, when he produced 90/. in Bank of Hngland notes, and said his son had 2001. in sovereigns. He called his son up, and asked him what money be had of his father's. He replied 200 sovereigns, which he pro duced in a silk bag. Witness asked him where he had got them ? He said he brought them from London, and that his mother gave them him. Smart exclaimed, " Oh, me ! William, you did not—l gave you them at Birmingham." " Oh, dear, aye," replied the son, " you did—l recollect now." Smart's boxes were then searched ; but nothing found except what belonged to them. In Jenkins's box some letters were found directed to Maddon. Smart was much confused, lifted up his hands, and said, "Good God ! this will ac count for the robbery—this must have been the man—l had no idea any one was sleeping with Jenkins. I would give 5001. to have him transported." Jenkins came to Doncaster on the Tuesday before the races, and on the Thursday or Friday after his arrival, Smart applied to witness to permit Jenkins to sleep alone, as he was ill, and it would be unpleasant for any one to sleep with him. Witness dined at the rooms every day during the races.— On the day before the robbery, Smart asked witness if be was going to the races ; be replied no, as he only intended to walk round the houses. Smart said he had sent a brace of birds to my lodgings to be dressed, as he was de termined I should have a comfortable dinner, as I had had so much fatigue during the week. Witness was surprised, and said he would not go. Smart said he bad better go, and lie down afterwards. Witness, however, would not go. On that day there was more money in the box than there was on the Thursday. Cross-examined by Mr. STARKIE—Is arsine -merchant, tavern-keeper, and has a betting-room at Newmarket. No. 222 is a 'I avern and is called the Saloon Tavern. There are two billiard tables, and it is nothing more than an ordinary tavern. On my oath ,its is not a common gambling-house, &c. Sze. The ordinary purpose of per sons going to that house is not gambling. The house is kept open sometimes early and sometimes late. Usually shut by one. The door is always closed by that time, And no kind of play is permitted except billiards; neither hazard, dice, cards, E. 0., or rouge et noir. We as well as other men resort to the house ; generally immediately after the theatres are over. The company stop all hours in the night. Witnesss was clerk to a working-jeweller. Never hawked jewellery. Had a box with patterns, and took orders. Had occasionally sold goods out of the box. He remained four years in that situation, and was not dis missed because lie could not account for the money. He learnt the trade of a working jeweller, and set up in busi ness for himself, at No. 40, Castle-street, Holborn, where he had a shop ; was afterwards in the service of the Old fields, but did not clean the boots and shoes. He lived with Frederick Oldfield, who kept a subscription gambling house in St. James's. Mrs. Wilde ie sometimes called " Mother H." Has not seen her • since Smart was apprehended. She is an eighth proprietor of the rooms. Mr. Smart was not an eighth proprietor—he was put in as her representative. He should not tell from what the profits of the room arose. Each player received a ball from the proprietor of the room, but no more. Never saw a fate ball. Does not know what " Scratches" nor " Despatches" are. Supposes they mean false dice. Never knew a fate-ball used. There is a cross on one part of the ball. (FURTHER PARTICULARS RECEIVED THIS DAY.) After an investigation which occupied fourteen hours aid a half, Mr. Justice J. A. PaisK stated, that unless full reliance could be placed on the statement of Goodered, they were bound to acquit the parties. After a short deliberation the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. It is said in the French papers of Wednesday, that the two Marshal's batons which have dropped from the hands of the Prince of HOHENLOHE and General GouvioN DE SAINT CYR, are to be given to General BOURMONT and Admiral DUPERRE. It seems to be certain that these two officers will command the naval and military expedition preparing against Algiers. General BOUItMONT leaves Paris for Toulon on the 15th of the ensuing month. The friends of the Ministry have talked loud of the disrespectful language of the address of the Deputies. But whatever charge it may be liable to, we can see no reason for this objection. The address adopted . by the Ultras in 1821—that address which induced Louis XVIII. to dismiss his Ministry and to call M. DE VILLELE to head his councils—was fully as decided as the one lately voted. It thus expresses the dissatisfaction of the Deputies :—" Organs of the gratitude and filial piety of your people, we shall not fear to diminish a joy so pure, in uttering at the foot of the throne the respectful complaints of agriculture, that fruitful nurse of France. Its increasing distress in the departments of the east, the west, and toe south, accuses the insufficiency of the tardy precautions opposed to the fatal introduction of foreign grain.—An interest not less pressing touches the first wants of your people. Full of the generous sentiments which your Majesty has been able to read in their heal ts, they wait for their necessary institutions, without which the charter cannot exist. They demand from its immortal author, that the hody of our franchises may be placed in harmony with the fundamental law. Then, Sire, the wishes of your Majesty will be accomplished, passions will calm of their own accord, and distrusts will vanish." Such was the address which originated with the party of the pre sent Cabinet in 1521, which had the effect of overthrow ing the Ministry of the Duke of Riciaramu, and which conferred on France the reign of M. DE VILLELE, the success of the Spani s h campa i gn , th e e inigia!it indemnity, and the seven years' duration of the Elective Chamber. The institutions here alluded to were a municipal and de partmental law, similar to that of list Session, the very agitation of which destroyed the has G's confidence in M. DE MARTIGNAC, and paved the way for the accession of the PoLIGNAc Cabinet. Such are the changes effected by time on party views or political systems._ Times, SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It does not appear to us (as we stated in yester day's Paper) that a motion was ever submitted to Parliament which had the recommendation of being supported by - a statement of facts more valuable and incontrovertible than that brought forward by Mr. Poulett Thomson on Thursday evening, in proposing that a select committee should be appointed to can -ider the expediency of revising our present system of taxation. The Hon. Gentleman maintained two principles :-Ist. That certain taxes of small produce, but pressing upon the people with a vexatious and costly severity, altogether disproportionate to the extent in which the Treasury is enriched by them, should be repealed ; and, 2d, that certain other taxes on articles of which the consumption had been nar rowed by progressive and enormous augmentatioes of duty, or insufficiently extended by its partial re duction, should be diminished : the general inference from the Hon. Gentleman's proofs on both subjects being, that the revenue would not be impaired by the repeal or by the diminution. We shall not pre tend to follow Mr. Poulett Thomson over the vast field of financial history which he occupied, which would be to give merely a representation of the Hon. Gentleman's instructive and satisfactory speech, because, amongst other reasons, we hope that he will, without loss of time, send it forth in a de tached and authentic form to the public, thereby making a powerful addition to the mass of know ledge and wholesome argument already furnished by the pamphlet of Sir Henry Parnell, and helping to familiarize the whole body of the nation with the real workings of the fiscal system, which is brought home to the inmost sanctuary of every private house in the kingdom, and with the means of effectually, and we hope very speedily, alleviating its pressure on the citizen, without injuring its productiveness to the state. ft does not, we are bound to say, ap pear to us that the proposition of Mr. Poulett Thomson was fairly met in argument, although we do not mean to affirm that the appointment of , the Committee moved for would have been absolutely free from inconvenience. We, for our parts, see nothing whatever in the suggestion of referring" the consideration" of any given question to the Coin mittee, like " delegating to a select 'Committee the whole power of the Government and of Parliament." The power of the Parliament is that of making laws —that of Government lies in the execution of them. A Select Committee, appointed to inquire, consider, and report, is not vested with either of these powers. If so, there are 50 Committees on record which might have been accused of usurping the functions of Go vernment arid of Parliament. It will be observed that the Althorp and Huskisson opposition—if the former can be called an opposition—voted with the Hon. Mover; while others, who from situation in the House and country, had probe y ' een looked upon as likely to support a proposal having for its object a reform of the financial system, rest-fed the motion,. on grounds peculiar to themselves. Mr. Baring, whose views we are seldom so fortunate as to concur with, repeated his disapproval of the re peal of taxes already announced by his Majesty's Ministers, and talked about the necessity of a sur plus revenue, of which none denied the usefulness, or wished to lessen the amount. But he went further still, in declaring his opinion that the country would experience no relief from any change in the system of taxation Now Mr. Baring is a merchant of great eminence, and conversant with the nature of " commission" in all its branches. We would put it, therefore, to the Honourable Gentleman, whether he would riot be sensible of a very material difference in his own commercial pro fits, between being obliged to pay a collecting clerk eight or ten per cent. on the amount of the debts which were due to him, and only two and a half or three ? Yet this difference is one grand object of consideration proposed for a Committee of Inquiry. It is directly meditated as one of the most important circumstances involved in the question of commut ing one class of imposts for another; it being candidly admitted by Mr. Goulburn, that there were some taxes raised with more, and some with less injury to the tax-payer. Mr. Baring, therefore, we respect fully submit to him, ought to be cautious in what he says on financial subjects, on which fallacious doctrines lead to much practical abuse; and Mr. Baring is a person who ought to , be doubly cautious, because there is nothing more mischievous than that great names like his should be put forward in support of rank absur dities.—lt is a matter of great encouragement to see, from the tone of Mr. Goulburri's speech, that Go vernment are not so averse to the substance of Mr. Thomson's proposition, viz., that the taxes aught to be revised—as to the former part of it—namely, th e appointment of a Committee. The objection was to the instrument, not to the end, which latter, we believe the Duke of Wellington to be conscien tiously earnest in promoting, with as much expedi tion as, in his own judgment, the situation of the country will allow of. We are glad, also, to observe the repulsive tone of Ministers whenever any Mem• her throws out a hint of a property tax—a tax which, under the suggested regulations, would be compara tively trifling in amount, but abundantly vexatious in its operation.—Times. Those who have paid most attention to the sub ject, and best understand it, are we believe agreed that the taxation of this country is more injurious from the manner in which it presses on the industry of the country, than from its positive amount; and a great relief would be experienced by repealing a variety of duties on articles which form the raw ma terials of manufactures, and by reducing duties when they are so high as to affect consumption. This important subject was brought before the House on Thursday night by Mr. P. Thomson, in an able and luminous speech, which had for object the ap pointment of a Select Committee, to inquire into the various taxes, with a view to a remedy, if possible, for the evils complained of. A distinguished poli tical writer, in art imaginary dialogue, makes a philo sopher thus address an English Lord, who was boasting of the blessings of the English Constitu tion You will not take it amiss, my Lord, if I point out to you a few defects in your administration of affairs. In your island, which it is so easy to render inaccessible to your enemies, without neigh bours, and rich with the productions which a fertile soil lavishes on you, what had you, in God's name, to do with the quarrels of Europe ? Why did you take it upon yourselves to maintain, at a great ex pence, a balance which would have been kept up very well without you ?" But what is done is done, and we must reconcile ourselves, as well as we can, to the situation ieto which we have brought ourselves by our follies and indiscretions, instead of imitating the old man in Moliere, who, when called on to pay his son's ransom from the pirates who had carried him off while examining their galley, keeps exclaimin g —" But what the devil took him on board that ga lley ?"—Still, however, it is per mitted to one sinking under a heavy load, to relieve himself if he can by throwing the weight on another part of his body. As far as the consolation, is open to us of a choice of evils, we are at liberty to enjoy it. Taxation at best is an ugly bUsinesi; but if we cripple our industry we add to the pressure. The ass, meaning by ass (with reverence be it spoken) John Bull, must be kept on foot if possible, for were he to break down, our glorious constitution, our liberties, and the franchises of such asylums of them as East Retford and Old Sarum, might all be in great danger. The statement submitted to th e House, of the injurious manner in which the exist ing taxes press upon various important branches of manufactures, may or may not be borne out in all its extent on inquiry ; but it certainly affords a strong prima facie case for inquiry. We say no thing of the adulterations to which the high duties necessarily lead, and which is carried so far in tea, that we have, it seems, hardly anything under that name in this country but sloe leaves. "In 1783," said Mr. P. Thomson, " the quantity of adulterated tea in this country was not less than 4,000,000 pounds. With that fact before them, be world leave the House to judge what the amount of adul teration wus now. 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