The Sun. — London, England, 1830-03-12 00:00:00

they paid for their passage to this country, and brought with them the gifts which nature had con ferred upon them—(Hear, hear, and a laugh)—their strength and their sinews. They a'ked for employ ment, and if they obtained it, gave in their labour a fair recompense for the money they received. He did not mean to say that vagrants and vagabonds did not come from Ireland, or that the House might not legislate upon vagrants; but he did protest against the industrious Irish, who earned all they re ceived from this country, being confounded with Irish vagabonds who came to ask English alms. Let him, however, tell the House that they could not, by legislative enactments, prevent labour from finding its level. As to relieving Ireland and better ing the condition of the people, Hon, Members speculated upon emigration and the poor laws, while an obvious mode, which presented itself to the view of every one, was passed over. Give the Irish employment in Ireland. ibis might be easily done. There were in Ireland 2,000,000 acres of bogs, which were a standing reproach to the Government. By the reports of Commissioners, it appeared that if these bogs were drained, they would in ten years be converted into fertile land, at a profit. of 200 per cent. Mr. SLANEY had applied neither the term vagabond nor vagrant to the Irish who came over here. He had not wished to apply such terms to them, and if he had so wished, still, surrounded as he was by so many sensitive Members from the sis ter kingdom, his prudence would have got the better of his wish. MONCK did not think that the influx of the Irish was so great an evil es it had been represented to be, its regard to its effects upon our own peasantry. For, in the first place, the influx was chiefly con fined to London and the great towns. In the country it lasted only during havest-time. Against this evil, however, such as it was, our poor laws were our security, and did not, as it had been sup posed they did, increase the evil. For, if the Irish offered their labour at 50 per cent. under our own labourers, the farmer would not accept the offer, because he knew that if he did, the English would next day be returned upon him as paupers. Mr. O'CONNELL begged to notice an expres sion which had fallgn from the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury. The expression was calumnious; and although he was sure the Hon. Member had not so intended it, yet he felt it necessary to notice and to correct the expression. The Hon. Member had talked about raising the moral character of the Irish peasantry. Now he begged leave to tell the Hon. Member that there was no example in England by which this could be done. On the contrary, while crime was rapidly increasing in England, it was on the decrease in Ireland. With respect to the sub ject before the House, he would not detain the House by any observations of his upon it. Only let him remind them that that distress, which was on all hands admitted to exist in Ireland, existed in a country peopled with industrious and numerous population, and blest with a most fertile soil. Would it be said that no remedy could be applied to dis tress in such a country as that ? Sir C. COLE said, that with his experience of the mischiefs of the poor laws in this country, it would be inhuman in him to wish to transfer such an infliction to the sister kingdom. Mr. SLANEY, in explanation, said that he had not used the words " moral character" in the sense in which the Hon. Member for Clare bad under stood them. The motion was then agreed to, and the following Committee appointed:— Mr. Spring . Rice, Lord Francis Leveson Gower, Sir John Newport, Mr. Secretary Peel, Lord Viscount Al thurp, Lord Viscount Milton, Lord Ashley, Mr. Brown low, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald, Mr. Charles Grant, Lord Viscount Stopford, Mr. Hope, Lord John Russell, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Sturges Bourne, Mr. O'Connell, Lord Oxmantown, Lard Viscount Pal merston, Sir Henry Parnell, Mr. Leslie Foster, Mr. Doherty, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Stanley, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Ponsonby, Mr. Daly, Mr. Spencer Percival, Mr Slaney, Mr. Macqueen, Mr. Philips, Lord Clifton, Sir George Hill, Sir Thomas Acland. Mr. TRANT moved, " that it be an instruction to the committee, to inquire how far the , 434 of Elizabeth might be made applicable to the poor of Ireland." The SPEAKER said that the Committee, from the wording of the motion, had already power to ex tend their inquiries to that point; and it was un usual to give an instruction to it to do that which it already had the power to de. Mr. HUME said, that if there was no objection, he would move that Mr. Trant's name he added to the. Committee, in order that he might have an op portunity of enlightening it by any plans of his own if he had any. Lord L. GOWER could have no personal objec tion to the Hon. Member's name being added to the Committee ; but, on general principles, he objectad to the proposition, because other Hon. Members might make similar ones, and so extend the Com mittee to the whole House. SCOTCH JUDICATURE. At the instance of Sir 0. WARRENDER and Mr. HUME, The LORD ADVOCATE postponed his mo tion on this subject to to-morrow (this day). Mr. GORDON asked whether it was any part of the plan to increase the salaries of the Scotch Judges ? Mr. HERRIES said, that in the statement which the Lord Advocate would make the Hon. Mem ber would receive the information he desired, but to give an answer to the question now would be pre mature. COAL TRADE. Mr. Alderman WOOD would merely state, that the Corporation of London were anxious for an in quiry on this subject, as well for other reasons as to see if another method of selling coals—namely, by weight instead of measure—might not be resorted to with advantage to the public. He begged to move that" a Select Committee be appointed to in quire into the state of the Coal trade at the port of London,—into the delivery of coals in London, Westminster, the liberties thereof, and in certain parts of Middlesex and Surrey,—and into the prices of coal. in the port of London and in the ports of shipment, with the view of . determining whether any and what restrictions should be attached to the supply of coals." Sir M. W. RIDLEY rose to second the motion. Mr. RUMBOLD proposed, as an amendment, to add to the motion, after the words " port of Lon don," the words, " and other ports." Mr. F. LEWIS suggested that the motion already carried the inquiries of the Committee far enough, by including the port of London and the ports of shipment. Mr. Ald. THOMPSON supported the motion. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that nothing was more accordant with the wishes of the coal-owners of the north, than to meet the inquiry in the same spirit in which it was proposed. He hoped his Hon. Friend would not press his amendment. After a few words from Mr. LIDDELL, Mr. BOULDSWORTH, Sir. T. ACKLAND, Mr. HUME, and two Members whose names we did not hear, the motion was agreed to, and the following Committee appointed : Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Frankland Lewis, Mr. Tlyng, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Charles Calvert, Mr. Charles Pall mer, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Alderman Waithman, Mr. Ramsbottom, Mr. Western, Sir Thomas Freemantle, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Bell, Mr. William Russell, Lord Wm. Powlett, Mr. Tennyson, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir Matthew Ridley, Mr Charles Barclay, Sir Thomas Baring, Mr. Nicolson Calvert, Hon. Adam Dundas, Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. Wm. Peel, Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Warburton, Sir Christopher Cole, Mr. Rice Trevor, Mr. Ellison, Sir Thomas Acland. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. A short time since a young woman called on a respectable solicitor in this town, and exhibited a promise of marriage,written by her lover on a two-penny receipt stamp, stating that she wanted to know whether the do cument we. drawn up on a proper and legal itc4lnP• Bath Chronicle. LICENSED VICTUALLERS OF PORTS- MOUTH AND PORTSEA. A numerous meeting of the licensed victuallers of Ports mouth and Portsea took place on Tuesday, the 9th of March, at the Duke of Clarence Tavern, Queen-street, Portsea, to take into consideration the propriety of peti tioning Parliament against the intended measures for open ing the beer trade. Mr. RORRRT KILN, of the Duke of Wellington Tavern, was unanimously called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated, in a brief and distinct manner, the object of the present meeting, and the necessity there was for keeping a vigilant watch when a proceeding was apprehended en ruinous to the licensed victuallers as that which has been hinted at in the House of Commons, namely, the throwing entirely open the trade in beer, so that any person might sell beer without a Magistrate's li cense, and which had been thought of so much import ance, as to induce the Chancellor• of the Exchequer to ap point a Committee of the House to inquire into the laws restraining the sale of beer by retail, and to report their observations thereon. He called en the meeting to act with firmness and unanimity on a question of such vital importance to their interests. Ile then stated that the gentlemen who had taken the lead in convening this meet. ing had appointed Mr. Archibald Low, as their solicitor, to conduct the business, who was then in attendance, and prepared with several resolutions, and a petition, which he (the Chairman) would propose for their approbation. Several resolusions were then put, and, after some amendments, suggested by Mr. Absalom, Mr: Moore, Mr. Hearn, and others, the following were agreed to : " That the licensed victuallers have sustained great in jury by the sanction which has been given by the Legisla ture to the sale of beer by retail, by persons not being li censed victuallers, and who are not subject to the same re strictions as licensed victuallers. " That it appears a Select Committee has been ap pointed by the Honourable the House of Commons to in quire into the laws and regulations which restrict the sale of beer by retail, and to report their observations thereon. They are therefore apprehensive that it is in contemplation to throw still more open the trade in beer by retail. " That, confiding in the protection which has hitherto been extended to the licensed victuallers, in exchange for the restrictions, impositions, and regulations, to which, by law, they are subjected, very large capitals have been in vested by licensed victuallers in the purchase of houses and premises, and in the improvement and extension of the ac commodation thereby offered to the public. " That, while granting further concessions, or affording more extensive facilities for carrying on the trade in beer by retail, by persons not licensed victuallers, would be very injurious to all, and ruinous to many, engaged in that business, neither the consumption nor the revenue would thereby be increased, the price would not be reduced to the public, nor would any advantage be derived by per sons who might be induced to embark in the beer trade. " That the reduction which has taken place in the con • smnption of beer is not to be attributed to any restriction as to the sale thereof, but to the reduction of the duty on wine and spirits, and the consequent low prices thereof, without a correspondent reduction of the duty on beer; and also to the increase of private brewing, which is not subject to duty as beer manufactured by common brewers, and which, consequently, affects the consumption of beer sold by licensed ♦ictuallers. " That, in the opinion of this meeting, the most and only effectual means of increasing the consumption of beer will be in the lowering the duties thereon, and the making of such legislative enactments as will cause an equal rate of duty to be paid on beer of the same quality, by whomso ever it may be brewed. " That a petition, founded upon the aforegoing resolu tions, be presented to the Honourable the House of Com mons. _ . . " That the petition now read be the petition to be pre sented to the Honourable the House of Commons; and that the Members for the borough of Portsmouth be re spectfully requested to present and support such petition ; and that the Members for the county be also respectfully solicited to support the prayer of the said petition. " That the aforegoing resolutions be signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting, and copies thereof, and of the petition, be sent to the Editors of The Sun and British Traveller." (Signed) ROBERT KILN, Chairman. The thanks of the Meeting were voted to the Chairman for his services at the Meeting, and for the zeal and atten tion which he had at all times manifested for the interests of the trade. Also a vote of thanks to Mr. Hearn, for calling the meeting, and for the active part be had taken in the business. The following is a copy of the petition : '• TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT' BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " THE HUMBLE PETITION OP THE SEVERAL PER- SONS WHOSE NAMES ARE HEREUNTO SUE SCRIBED, BEING LICENSED VICTUALLERS RE• NIDENT IN PORTSMOUTH AND PORTSEA, WITHIN TII I BOROUGH OF PORTSMOUTH, IN THE COUNTY Or SOUTHAMPTON. " Sheweth,—That your petitioners have heard that your Honourable House have appointed 'a Select Com mittee to inquire into the laws and regulations which re strict the sale of beer by retail, and to report their observa tions thereon to your Honourable Iloute. " That your petitioners have sustained great injury by the sanction which has already been given by the Legis lature to the sale of beer by retail by persons not being licensed victuallers, and n•ho are not subject to the same restrictions and liabilities as licensed victuallers are. " That, confiding in the protection which has hitherto been extended to the licensed victuallers, in exchange for the restrictions, impositions, and regulations, to which by law they are suhjected, many of your petitioners have in vested sums of money in the purchase of houses and pre mises, and in the improvement and extension of the accom • modation thereby afforded to the public. " That granting further concessions, or affording more extensive facilities for carrying on the trade of beer by retail, by persons not licensed victuallers, would be very injurious to all, and ruinous to many of your peti tioners; that the consumption or revenue would not thereby be increased, there being in these towns upwards of thirty retail brewers at this time ; the price would not be reduced to the public, nor would any advantage be de rived to persons who might be induced to embark in the beer trade. " That the reduction which has taken place in the con sumption of beer is not to be attributed to any restriction in the sale thereof, but to the reduction of the duties on wine and spirits, and the consequent low prices thereof, without a correspondent reduction in the ditty on beer, and also to the increase of private brewing, which is not subject to duty as beer manufactured by common brewers, and which consequently affects the consumption of beer sold by licensed victuallers. " That the most and only effectual means of increasing the consumption of beer will be found in the lowering of the duties thereon, and the making of such legislative enactments as will ensure an equal rate of duty to he paid on beer of the same quality by whomsoever such beer shall be brewed. " Your petitioners, therefore, most humbly pray that your Honourable House will not sanction any mea sure whereby the retail trade in beer may be in any degree thrown open, so as to injure or affect the inte rests of your petitioners. " And your petitioners shall ever pray." - _ LICENSED VICTUALLERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Being an old subscriber to your valuable and in dependent 3nurnal, I beg leave, through its medium, to make a few observations respecting the anticipated altera tion in the system of licensing public-houses. 1 am a licensed victualler, but I am no advocate of that abominable and detestable monopoly which the government has suffered too long to exist, but which, I trust, is now nearly at an end. My principal object is to reply to the observations made use of at the late meeting of the licensed victuallers of the metropolis, wherein they state that they considered the passing of Mr. Estcourt's bill as a guarantee that the government would not again meddle with the licensing system, and consequently the present monopoly was to en dure for ever; that they considered themselves perfectly protected by government when they gave high prices for licensed houses. Such arguments, enervated by the absence of reason, must perish like the airy bubbles on the dim pled stream; for it is well known that the government has nothing to do with the licensing of public-houses, and that the real value of their property has always depended on the will of the magistrates, in whom are vested the power of granting new licenses ; but that power, I trust, will soon be taken away; and those persons who have licensed houses of their own can only complain that they have been unfortunate in their speculations. For it must be a folly to suppose that the government will be retarded in its good purposesto relieve the distresses of the country, for the sake of preserving inviolate the property of a few individuals, who h ave no one b u t th emse l ves t o blame for giving such • high prices for licensed houses. But, suppose, if we Make the whole number of public-houses in the country, We shall find about ninety-five Out of every kindred belong to the cotnmon-brewer, whose overwhelming monopoly has too long preyed on the vitals of the country ; and I sincerely trust that government will not IT influenced by the consideration of paltry interests, but act on the broad principle of justice, by granting a full, fair, and free trade in beer and spirits, which the country in justice look for, and the government in justice ought to give. A LICENSED VICTUALLER. Portsea, Hants, March 10, 1830. PRICES OF STOCKS TAIS Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 92 17, 214 3 per Cent shut Ditto Red. shut 4 per Cent. Ann.... 102% 3 27i Ditto, 182 f shut ATIlk 1.. Ann. Ditto 30 years Ditto 30 years India stick shut tto Bonds 77 pm. DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock ......... Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 7'7 - .8 pm. Ditto ' lid, 77 78 pm. 1311.t0 .500 2d. '77 78 pm. Ditto lid. 77 78 pm. Ditti Small 24. '77 78 pm. Ditto lid. '77 78 pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for April 16 ... 9.21 2 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O ' CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 37 1 A 321 Brazilian Mining Company 5 11g Brazilian Imp. Mm. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 84 35 Ditto National lO 22 23 22 1 ' ~..1 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) £39g Alliance Fire and Life Insurance Co lO Palladium Assurance Co 2 20 Y s i 10 £1 10 0 MR. CANNING.—SECOND EDITION. This day was published, rrHE SPEECHES of the RIGHT HON. I GEORGE CANNING, Corrected and Revised by Himself. With MEMOIRS of his LIFE. 6 Vols. Bvo. Fine Portrait, Fac-similes, &e. 31. 12s. James Ridgway, Piccadilly; and by order of every Bookseller. NEW SUNDAY PAPER. (1-)N SUNDAY, March 21, will appear, No. I. of the INTELLIGENCE, the largest thirty two column Sunday Paper ever published at Sevenpence. The INTELLIGENCE will give all the news of the week with much important, authentic, and official infor mation from sources which are not accessible to any other Sunday Paper. For the accommodation of the North of England, Ire land, Scotland, and Wales, a SUNDAY EVENING EDITION, containing exclusive arrivals on that day from the Continent, and all domestic news, will be sent off by Express, so as to circulate at a time when no other London Paper can arrive. Orders and Advertisements are received at No. 11, Crane-court, Fleet-street. ' .11 4t ...4 • LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1810. The following, from our Paris Correspondent, contains the Address of the Chamber of Peers, and the KING'S reply : _ _ a PARIS, MARCEL 10. " The address of the Chamber of Peers has been published this morning in the Moniteur, and is thus rendered by the London Express:— ADDRESS OF THE CHAMBER OF PEERS. Star,—Your faithful subjects, the Peers of France, have heard with respect and gratitude the gracious Speech which has ema nated from the Throne. 'They are gratified to learn that concord is established between your Majesty and your Allies, and which your Majesty believes willconsolidate the peace of Europe. . . . . . The war in the Eist is happily at an end, the moderation of the Victor has corresponded with the wishes of Europe, the Ottoman Empire will be preserved, and the balance of power remain unimpaired. Greece will emerge from her ruins—thanks to the assisting hand which you have outstretched to her. She will become inde pendent under the protection of the Powers who signed the Treaty of the 6th of July. The Sceptre of the Prince who has been called to the Throne will heal her dissension. Unity, in separable from monarchy, will give her strength. The success of the negotiations which your Majesty has under taken in concert with your Allies, to effect a reconciliation be tween the Princes of the House of Braganza, would ensure the repose of the Peninsula, put an end to divisions which are fatal to the commerce of the Two Worlds, and what is no less desirable would strengthen the principle of legitimate succession to thrones. Enlightened dispenser of the treasures of France, and sparing of the blood of her sons, your Majesty has hesitated to avenge the insult which a Barbary Pnnce has dared to cast upon the flag of your kingdom; feeling that impunity can no longer be extended, you meditate to render profitable to the interests of France and of Christianity the satisfaction which you will obtain. Christian nations will applaud so generous a design, and we await with confidence the communications which your Majesty may think desirable to make on this important subject. The diminution of the Revenue of 1829, although it has:sur passed the anticipations of those who prepared the budget, calls for economy and new resources. They may result in a great degree from the law relating to the payment of the National Debt, and from the proposed plan of reimbursement which your Majesty is pleased to announce. The time has arrived for alle. viating the public burdens, by reconciling the triple interest of the people, of capitalists and of the State, without detracting in that respect from the rights of each, and the principles of justice which have established the credit of France, and which have raised it so high in modern times. By these measures, skilfully combined, your Majesty will create the means of speedily meet ing, without additional sacrifices, the expenses which are required for the prosperity of agriculture and of commerce ; for the public works, the completion of our sea-ports, the repairs of the roads, and the construction of canals. We shall give to all these objects that serious attention which is imposed upon us, by that which is our duty, the seconding of the s iews of your Majesty, and of concurring in those great and useful operations. We shall pay equal attention to the examination of the laws relative to the judicial department to the public administrations, and for bettering the condition of retired soldiers, which your Majesty designs to lay before the Chambers. The measures which your Majesty has in contemplation for the purpose of soothing the decliding years of men who have passed their lives in defending their King and Country, will excite the gratitude of the army and of all citizens. When your Majesty expresses the lively satisfaction you feel at the generous interposition of the humane, in behalf of the in digent in all parts of the kingdom, and especially in your good c.ty of Paris, during a long and severe winter, we are gratified in being able to remind your Maje-ty of that which the poor will never forget—that your Majesty and your august family were the first to show a brilliant example in that great work of benevolence. The first Vk ish of your Majesty's paternal heart is to contem plate France, in the peaceable enjoyment of her institutions, happy and respected. Sire, she will be so. Of what avail would malevolent institutions be against the express declaration of your Majesty's will, to maintain and consolidate these institu tions 1) The monarchy is their basis ; the rights of your crown will remain immoveable ; they are no less dear to the nation than its liberties; placed under your protection, they strengthen the ties which bind the people to your throne and dynasts'. France is no less averse from anarchy than is her Ring from despotism. If guilty manoeuvres should raise obstacles against your go vernment, they would 'be speedily surmounted, not merely by the Peers, who are the hereditary defenders of the Throne and Charter, but by the simultaneous act of the two Chambers, and by that of an immense majority of the nation. For it is the wish and interest of all that the sacred rights of the Crown should remain inviolate, and that, in unison with the public liberties, they should be transmitted to the successors of your Majesty, and to our latest posterity, who are the heirs of our confidence and of our love. --•-- " His Majesty's reply to the Marquis de Pastoret, the Chancellor, by whom it was read at the head of the deputation of the Chamber was to the follow ing effect : " MONSIEUR,—The sentiments you express to me in " the name of the Peers of France are so much the more " agreeable, that they prove to me how much the Chamber " has felt and understood the whole import of my speech " at the opening of the Session. " I count on you, Gentlemen, as you ought to count on " my steady determination ; and as you give me the hope " I desire not to doubt that the two Chambers will unite " with me in assuring and consolidating the happiness of " my people." "The address which produced this rather dextrous reply is not I think materially different from the ac count I gave of it in my letter of yesterday. The Peers have certainly assumed a very beconimg and dignified attitude, and it is curious to observe the eagerness with which the partizans of the Ministry as well as of the opposition concur in praising the address, and in claiming the upper Chamber as sup porters of views diametrically opposed to each other. If the truth were known, however, I believe it would be found that Royalists as well as Liberals are less than satisfied with the terms in which the Peers have expressed themselves. It is not easy to believe that the Ministry can be very well con tented with the answer to the concluding para graphs of the Speech, which exhibited the country as under the influence of a spirit of faction, and the Monarchy as prepared, for its suppression, to recur to the exercise of extraor dinary power. Whatever was ambiguous in the Speech, the Peers have admirably succeeded in ex plaining, so as to make it consistent with their own high character. France (they say) wishes no more for anarchy than the King does for despotism: — The preservation of the rights of the Crown having been alluded to in the Speech, the Peers reply that these rights are not less dear to the people than their own liberties. The Speech announced the intention of surmounting obstacles which guilty manoeuvres might raise against the Government, without telling what obstacles were apprehended, or pointing out the manner in which they were to be surmounted. The Chamber of Peers recognizes only one way of surmounting them, and one which is in conformity with the Constitution and the charter. They declare, that if such obstacles should be raised, they would be speedily overcome, not only by the Peers, the hereditary defenders of the Throne, and the charter, but also by the simul taneous concurrence of the two Chambers, and of an immense majority of the nation; g for it is the wish and the interest of all that the rights of the Crown shoUld remain inviolate, and be transmitted to the latest posterity inseparably connected with the public liberties.' " In the Chamber of Deputies a Committee of nine has been appointed to prepare the address, one member having been chosen by each of the nine bureaux or committees into which the Chamber was divided by lot on the first day of the Session. The new committee thus appointed consists of the Count de Preissac, M. Keratry, M. Dupont, M. Gauthier, M. Sebastiani, M. Lepelletier d'Aulnay, the Count de Sades, and the elder Dupin. It is remarkable that the Ministry have not been able to send a single representative from any one of the nine bureaux to assist in framing the Address. Looking at the con stitution of the committee it cannot be doubted that its address will be what has long been predicted for it, at once firm and respectful. An incident which occurred on the retirement of M. Labbey de Pom pierres from the office of Provisional President, which had devolved on him by seniority, shows how anxious the opposition are to restrain their proceed ings within certain bounds of moderation. The old gentleman ik Ultra Liberal in principle, and was anxious it seems to signalize his farewell speech by a declaration in very strong terms of his political prin ciples. The discourse prepared for this occasion he had shewn in confidence to some of his friends in the Chamber on the morning of Monday last, when the ceremony of .installing M. Royer Collard, the new President, ought in due course to have taken place. As its terms were disapproved of by those in the interest of the majority, M. Royer Collard hastily left the Chamber, so as to secure the in terval of a day to prevail on M. de Pompierres to modify the language he had employed. In this in terval a new address was prepared which was yester day delivered in the Chamber, and of which, as well as of M. Collard's inaugural discourse, you will find copies inclosed.—(They both appeared in The Sun of yesterday.) " The duties which the doyen, or, as we would call him, the father of the Chamber, is called on to perform, are rather of an interesting nature, but have never been regarded with the same interest as on the present occasion. M. Labbey de Pompieres was born on the 3d of May, 1751, and entered the artillery school of Bapaume in 1769. He was obliged to retire from the Artillery, in which he held the rank of Captain, in 1793, because he was was thought to be too much of an aristocrat. He then went into Picardy, where he was charged with the adminstration of the department of the Aisne, and was latterly elected a Deputy of the arrondisse ment of St. Quentin, which he has constantly re presented since the Restoration. Born in Franche Comte, and naturalized in Picardy, M. Labbey de Pompierres thus belongs, by a double title, to the two provinces of France which have ever shown most patriotism and constancy in their political principles." German Papers of the 6th inst. contain an article, said to be from the Banks of the Neva, which is,of rather an ominous character, with re spect to the motions of the Russian armies, and the necessity of increasing the force of General DIEBITSCH, in order to keep the Turks in awe. We have not room for the article to-day. VIENNA, MARCH 1031; Four per Cents. 971 ; Bank Shares, 1,321 1,524. It will be observed that Lord ABERDEEN stated last night that negociations with the Em peror of BRAZIL, to which Great Britain, France, and Austria are parties, are now pending with reference to Portugal. The view in which this question is regarded in France may be judged of by the French Chamber of Peers having, in their Address to the Throne, suppli cated the KING that, in the proceedings his MA JESTY may adopt for promoting a settlement of Portuguese affairs, it may be his first care, that the rights y'legitimacy may be upheld. Surely Great Britain ought not to be backward in echo ing this sentiment, for if we have fought for twenty years in support of the legitimacy of the BOURBONS of France, upon what plea can we refuse to respect the rights of DONNA MARIA, whom, as Mr. PEEL said on Wednesday, " we " have acknowledged to be the legitimate Queen "of PORTUGAL ?" But legitimacy associated with free Institutions does not, in all minds, find ,he same favour as the legitimacy of absolute To be consistent, we ought at least to be just. power. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON last night pre sented the petition of the Licensed Victuallers of London and its vicinity to the House of Commons, and urged, with great truth, the in justice which would be inflicted on a highly re spectable body of men if the measures proposed by the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER were carried into effect. The Right Hon. Gentle man has, we now rather apprehend, taken up his measures of relief at the wrong end ; for in stead of throwing open, as it is termed, the trade in Beer, he should have reduced the duty on Malt and Beer. An increased con sumption would then benefit the revenue with out injuring the property of those who have embarked their all upon the faith of Acts of Parliament ; whereas, the merely giving an increased facility for the sale of dear beer will not benefit the public, while it entails certain ruin upon those who are now pay ing high rents for houses which they are hound by existing leases to keep at the same high rents, while the new men can sell the same article almost or comparatively so at no rent at all ! Now this injustice is so manifest, that we need only draw the attention of the Government to it, resting fully assured that in their wish to confer a public benefit, they will not attempt to sacri fice the interests—we may say, the existence— of thousands of highly respectable and meri torious individuals, whose property and whose very conduct are especially under the jealous controul of the Legislature. That the matter ha's excited an interest as fearful as it is important, may be seen by the alacrity with which meetings have taken place in various towns in defence of their rights—rights which are dear to every Englishman—the full protection and enjoyment of his property, for whether that property be hereditary or secured by Act of Parliament the right is still the same. One of these meetings took pl ice in the populous towns of Portsmouth and Portsea, where resolutions and a petition were adopted on the subject, for which we refer to another part of our Paper. Indeed we are convinced, from all - we hear and see on this subject, that similar meetings will take place in all the other large towns where there is public spirit enough to assert inde pendent opinions upon a matter of vital interest to a much abused portion of the community. We are decided enemies to monopoly of whatever kind, or under whatever name it pre sents itself ; but we are as decidedly of opinion that whatever monopoly there may be in the beer trade, and that there is some we do not deny, has solely originated in the oppressive taxes which press not singly but in a three and four-fold degree upon the produce of Malt. Let these be reduced, repealed, or modified, and we have no doubt the public will get a good article from the houses now in existence, with out the addition of any more. But unless the taxes be altered, no other plan, however plausible, will answer the purpose. Th.re is but one road to the fountain of justice and that is the right way. Let the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER have courage to take that road and he will succeed :—any other path will lead him into error. With respect to the Brewers' monopoly we shall make one remark, so far as they are concerned, and which we do advisedly. If the Government will but reduce the duty one-half, the brewers will double that sum— that is, for every halfpenny in the pot of beer which the Government takes off, the Brewers will take off one penny ! SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-( THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Mancrr 11.—Wind W.N.W. moderate.—Ar rived the Express, Wells, from Almena. Put back the Sir Charles Forbes, for New South Wales. PORTSMOUTH, MARCIE 11.-Wind N.W.—His Ma jesty's ship Wolf, from the Mediterranean, got ashore at Brook Cliff, back of the Wight, last night. The Port Admiral has sent a steam-boat, and some ships of war, to her assistance. PLYMOUTH, italic N.W.—Arrived the Lord Suffield transport, from Ireland, with a depot of the 88th Regiment. Sailed the Edward Lombe, Freeman, for the Cape and Swan River. CORK, MARCH 8.---Wind S.--Arrived the Henry Parker transport, from Corfu. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 10.—Arrived the Corinthian, Ruyan, 'from Demerara ; Brown, Barnes, from Cam peachy ; Trcscott, Potter, from Savannah ; Bolivar, Coch ran, from Charleston ; and Lord of the Isles, from New York. The Margaret, Henley, from Havannah, has arrived at Cowes. _ _ The Jane, Lewis, from Charente, has arrived in the River. The Madawaska, M'Symon, from Demerara, has ar rived in the Clyde. The Vrow Catharina, Jansen, from Grimsby to Ton - fling, sprung a leak on the Dogger Bank the 4th inst., and sunk; crew awed. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAT.) CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Calcutta Papers to the 4th December have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, from which the following are extracts MADRAS, Nov. 13.—N0 arrivals or departures. The roads are now quite clear of shipping. During the late gale in China great injuries have been sustained by the vessels that were in Macao Roads, and in the neighbourhood of Lintin, and it is painful to state the loss of Mr. Forbes, the principal of the house of Messrs. Perkins and Co., who perished, in company with Mr. Monson, in his own schooner, which was upset in the inner harbour of Macao : forty junks were lost; it was a scene of great destruction. An order from Court has been received at Canton to adopt some effective measures to prevent the illicit export of £yee silver, and the import of contraband goods. The local Government has issued a proclamation on the subject. In consequence of the scarcity of money amongst the Chinese, Bombay cotton has experienced a decline of from 6 to S mace per pecul ; but a slight improvement in the price of finer sorts has taken place. The stock on hand is now 38,929 bales. Opium has been rapidly declining in price. South American copper is in demand. The manufacturers are now bringing to use the finer sorts of cotton yarn. New dollars are selling at a premium of I per cent., and scarce. There is no improvement in any British manufactures. The new teas are daily arriving. The report of this year's crop of cotton is very unfa vourable. The weather is now just as fine for the season as could be desired; a great deal of rain has fallen within these few days. The rice merchants isave lowered their price. We regret to learn, by letters from Batavia, that the market for European piece-goods was in a very distressing state, and some very serious failures might be shortly ex pected. THE FUNDS. Accounts from Smyrna state that the Russian squadron, consisting of eight ships of the line, eight frigates, with se veral brigs, has left Poros for 11Ialta, from whence it is reported they are going to return to the Baltic. It is also stated that the French naval force will be reduced in the Archipelago. The Budget, which comes forward on Monday next, excites great interest in the City, especially as it is hinted that a new tax is going to be proposed, and other taxes arc to be taken off: this new tax will excite some curiosity, as it is said to be on landed property left by legacies, on the same principle as that which now exists on personal property, and which tax is expected to meet with great opposition in the House. Consols, which left off yesterday at 92 to opened this morning at 92i to I, and 92 for Money ; since which the market is not so good, and Consols are at present 92 to for the Account. In the Foreign Market litl NN GLUM Bank Stock, -- India Stock, per Cent. Cone. 92 Do. for ♦ccoent, 9x i Ditto Reduced, de doing as yet. L 1 UNbs. 84 per Cent. New 4 per Cent., 102 i S 4 per Cent. 1826 India Bonds, '79 78 Exchequer ,Bilk, 77 78 N FUNDS. Greek, 454 i Atexiean, 27 * Peruvian, 18i t Portuguese, 49* 80* Prussian, -- Russian, 109 i Spanish, 141 TWO O'CLOCK. POREIG Braailian, 70i Buenos Ayres, 29j 30} Chilian, Colembian, 20 it Danish, 78 French, b per Cent. 108 Ditto, f per Cent. 81i 24 A Calcutta Price Current, of the 28th of November, has been received at the North and South American Coffee- house :-- SALTTETRZ—Dernand rather languid, but prices have no fallen. Strums—On the rise, and the demand considerable. StLx—Without enquiry. PIECE Goons—Quite neglected. Imatao—Sales of good Jessore have been going on, during the week, at 235 to 245 per maund. In COTTON, we have heard of no sales for the English or French markets. EUROPEAN Goons-Muslins are in demand, and im proving, but without making a material alteration in the prices. Twist selling freely, at improved rates. Freights to London, 21. 10s. to 3/. for dead weight, and 41. 10s. to 51. 10s. per ton for light. THE FUNDS. In the early part of the morning a sale of 60,0001. Consols took place, which caused a trifling alteration in the Maiket. Consols receded from 92k to /, to 92k, since which the Market has resumed its former price, and may be quoted 92k to /. No business of magnitude is doing. It is said that the French prices of the S per cents. come by the estafette at 82 60. We have no political news of any consequence. In the Foreign Market not a feature worth observation Spanish is rather better. THREE 0' CL 0 CIC. Copses for Amount, 911 i LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—March 9. The market this morning was more numerously attended , both by town and country dealers, than of late, and in Wheat a fair extent of business was transacted, at fully the rates of this day se'nnight. Oats were again in request, and 3s 3d. was obtained for prime parcels, of which, at the close of the market, few remained unsold. Fine Scotch Seed were sold as high as 35. Bd. per 451 h. In the value of Beans and Indian Corn there watt no change. Flour was held for Is. per sack advance, which improve ment was readily obtained for Oatmeal. WHEAT. English, White, per 70Ib. Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 9 0 9 - Red 8 3 9 3 - - Foreign lO 0 11 3 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 3 4 3 8 - Irish - Foreign BARLRY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 94 0 36 6 - Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. - F 4 0 4 2 Feeding licsas, English, per Imperial quarter .... ...... - Irish, &c - Foreign PRASE, English, per Imperial quarter ....... - Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 5O 0 52 0 - Irish OATMUAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 26 0 30 0 INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b. R v R., per Imperial quarter Maur, per Imperial quarter IMPORT OF GR AIN for the Week ending March 8. Wheat. Oats. I Barley Flour. Oatmeal. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, Brls &c. Scks.l Loads. 2,596 1,898 51 1,263 I 2,031 1,895 The Emma, FROST, master, and the Fame, CROWRUBST. aailed from Rye on Wednesday, for Nog York, with emigrants. The Roxburgh Castle, DENNY, from Bengal, arrived off Portsmouth on Welnesday, in only 92 dapP , She passed St. Helens on the 20th January. HANOVER, MARCH 2.—We hear that hi Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and family gill very soon set out for England; and that he will be absen t for some months. An immense number offish, known by the name of Tubs, have been taken by the trawlers at this port within these few days. On Saturday, upwards of seventy smalle were brought in—the oldest fisherman does not remember a similar circumstance. They prognosticate severe wee' ther in consequence.—Plymouth Journal. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. There ate mo , lerate supplies of Wheat and Barley this week, awl very Tew Oats Or Flour the quantity is not considerable Wheat of prime quality is very scarce, other sorts have met a few buyers to-day, and Blowlay's term are fully supported. Bah y obtains former prices, 854 not much left unsold. Beans and Pease are unaltered% Oats of good quality are rather dearer, and all other de scriptions fully support Mondry's terms. Flour unaltered. ARRIVALS. What. I Bar!cy. 4,4 0 qrs. 5,75 , gra English - Foreign Oats Flour, 47i I gra.l 4,350ra As. - brlo. CITY MARKETS—(TWO O'CLOCK). PLANTATION Sec:Am.—There has been a lair, although not very extensive business done this week, and no altera fon in the prices can be noticed ; the transactions would ave be, n much more numercus had not the West In di merchants withdrawn their Sugars from the markets in consequence of a report that it was the intention of go vernment to make a 'eduction in the duty on British Plan tation Sugars—it does not, however. appear to be gene rally credited. Of the B abadoes offered on Tuesday only two or three lots were sold, the remainder being bought in rather above the market prices. 8640 bags Mauritius were put up to public sate on Friday last, when the whole sold with great bt i.kne-s, and some of the best qualities at rather higher prices—about 4000 bags are advertised for to-morrow. FOREIGN SUGARS. -No Sales have taken place this week. REFINND Sucaas—There is very little animation in this market, but the shipping qualities continne to be taken off as they come forward, and the stock consequently on hand does not mecumn'ate, and at present is not more than equal to the demand, particularly of goods worth from 735. to 755., which have been taken off freely for crash ing, several parcels of middling and good descriptions of Crashed having been sold this week at about the quota tions. Fine Hamburg and Powder Loaves have again bean in only limited demand, and one or two parcels have been sold a shade under the late quotations : the Grocery de scriptions remain without ahertvion. COFFEE-The business doing in this market continued limited to the horse trade, and the quantity offered hi public sale this week has been taken off without alteration in prices. FRUIT.—The holders of Denia Raisins in baskets, to effect further sales, have submitted to a decline of 1.., snd the present price consequently is 30s. ; in Valentia Raisins there is scarcely any thing doing, but a sale is reported to have [wen made private yat 38s. Red Smyrna Raisin* are still taken off for shipping at 335. souniALL MARKET—March 10. In our market of to-day, which was but moderately supplied, each kind of meat with a steady sale, at the fol' lowing prices per stone of Sib. to sink the 2s. Sd. to 4s. Od I ss. Od. to 64. Mutton —..... 3 8 4 8 I Pork 3 8 4 O. The foregoing quotations are, Mutton from 6d. to Bd., Veal Is. id., and Pork id. per s'one higher than on this day se'n• night; in prices of Beef no alteration.—Beasts, 217; Sheep. 3,1 V; Calves, *45 ; Pigs, 115. But a small proportion of the sup-, ply left the market unsold. HAI LSHAM MARK ET.—March 10. ~ 8eef......—.—.... 3s. Od. to Ss. 10d. Vea1—.4.............. 4e. &1. to 53. Ild' M I utton—...,— 3 8 410 Pork 310 00' A moderate supply, and a dull trade. ARUNDEL MARKET.—March 9. 101 to 34.10 d. Veal 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. Mutton —3 6 4 6 I Pork 9 8 4 0 A good time of year supply, and a sluggish trade. CHICHESTER MARKET.—March 10. Beef 2s. 10.1. to 3s. lCd. 4s. od. to 43. Sd. Mutton ---.3 4 4 6 I Pork 3 6 4 0 Supply good, and trade rather dull. • ;KET.—Mareh 10. RUM FORD MA R. d. to s. d. s. d. s. d. Reef 3 0 4 0 I Veal Mutton 3 2 4 2 Pork 3 4 4, 4 Suckling Calves from 145.t031s ; Quarter old Pigsl2l to 165. ette" Supply limited. 'aiid trade dull. COUNTRY CORN MARKKTS DURING THE WEEK• beat Barley. Oats. Beans Per Quarter. Blandferut -. Brigg . . I. to s. 32 59 S. IL Chard Huntingdon Long 5utt0n.......... Louth ~.......----.. Lynn— Newark Nottingham Peterborough , Plymouth Pontefract-- -Sleafonl ---- Uppingliam --- Wisbech ..."••••••••••••*• 56 70 56 67 50 58 50 60 44 65 60 67 60 66 56 '7O 50 69 20 9ti 49 6! CO 64 .50 63 39 36 23 30 21 23 25 33 27 97 53 39 37 40 27 90 - 31 23 32 2t 32 It. tO S. 16 r 24 30 16 23 16 21 16 22 16 24 19 28 18 26 18 25 20 25 TT $ 14 18 26 16 21 I. to I• $8 34 SR 42 48 26 21 8 7 41 26 22 s 4 28 29 44 40 43 37 42 33 43 as T 7 40 23 44 28 8l BIRTHS. On the sth inst. at Swansea, the lady of Arthur Web , ber, Esq. of a son. On the 11th inst. Mrs. Anderson, Charles-street, Trc' vor-square, Brompton, of a still-born male child. On the '7th inst. the lady of B. G. Hodges, Esq., Chure street, Lambeth, of a son. On the sth inst. at Swansea, the lady of A. Webber , Esq. of a son. On the 6th inst. Mrs. P. Martineau, of Montagu-place , Bcdford-square, of a daughter. On the Bth inst. in Great Ormond-street, Mrs Lod Stride, of a daughter. On the 11th inst. in Holland-street, Mrs. A. Pellat 4 of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 11th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-square , John, youngest son of the late Wm. Torte, Esq., of Jan3ev street, Westminster, to Jane, eldest daughter of Henri Thwaites, jun. Esq., of Pimlico. On the II th inst. at Aylestone, Leicestershire, Knight, Esq., late of Gray's-inn, to Mary, eldest (laugh' ter of J. Gregory, Esq., of Aylestone-hall. DIED. On the sth inst. at Boulogne-sur-lifer, Maria Ramitofi relict of the late Major W. Ramsay, and sister to the 1 0 Lady Dryden, of Canon's Ashby, Northamptonshire. At Torquay, Devon, on the Bth inst., after a severe illness to the inexpressible grief of his afflicted parents' and endeared to all who knew him, aged 17, John, tb 6 only son ot John Paynter, Esq. of Blackheath, Kent. On the 7th inst. in Dockwray-square, North Shields' Mrs. Scott, widow of the late John Scott, Esq., of tb. i place. On the 9th inst. George Woodgate, the infant son 01 Mr. Daniel Bailey, of Holborn. On the 9th inst. Ann, youngest daughter of Nichols . Kirwan, Esq. of York-place, Portman-square. PANKTND AND PU'ILISNED NY AIURDO YOUNG, Al gm kw Omer ) 11; STAMM, LorDem '‘,;_, - BA THE LAND I l i held at th Elwyn and also, t: o► Thurs . ( the Poren a GOI Year ensi the sam e held at th Wednesda Tvrenty-f4 Quarterly the Eleeti as soon as • Printer ready to March. N. B. Ina late A' laid Eke Months p he aball tl b!*n aequ nags, or 1 cotton ' of ment, aft• entitled ft, On Satin' pill' FR birectory ration. biinist4 Henry - ton-street Short!: S ^ " Whe -The Eartl Ship. , Literary Ilontgon Pretence me n wa • Prayer,' teitour o terms of • " The mitt', wl tletrian's: "Noe than loci earth, at changes Cum of to such r pourtrap dun Unii Lonelo FROM The 11 Wight t, byter•y of death of 1113111211. Boron house, il lion. W dads. The Dennett, Master The I Wilcock! traordini Corps Lieu t.-C Seem promote - First ball, pro Sieo T*it, pri Commis signed R. W °eased. • John tualler. • Jame katerer, Anto from m ; Commit Ed WI 23 t 25, a . otting tinghan Willi 19 , at Court o lan e . Hew and Ap Rion Sam teller, 1 Cotrt John 16 , 26, Comm; Jam, Chang, March of c o , 1-lunt, Marcia C ►urt al ►reh the Co , :Will spirit." Ulu, a Bt. -E ft . Pied drew, Ben Blare In ; street, Jo s , Mara mini° Fell at elm Pell, Job the of Yorks or Mere! Court man's