The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-15 00:00:00

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I drop:at:lo rich Cabin Ltive to thei :erard's tri for the sie which be Diet is Do e Londim ; uxemberg ,ssert the I 'l C nifedet; 5 is impati een M. de a the sub, I Real tO, ulster is 7 ()Hand bag' DeipatcV eign Aff or to the F F the cital 'Y person. , utch iota! Journal ", was not d devote I ith the fferent oP il re defence l flame the gi before tho,l hawse iuti 6 could al I or not 1 questiotki l I labours :en place. ,I • shoulder s j irst lever 5' Prussia' greatly in; rul Belglu' :orne to the Free' must at t the F r of the That the natter of try begie g Ins to it' nd there rvation, is position ,s have all re not c" c '2O of Russ! j !,si an Po l l e whole exctecls )00 men. and the healing. Tally the r 1 Ie that A of the e th em . eivefl Were n o t so Very mud, in the way, it is be lieved, that from the generosity of the Emperor, the greatest extension of the amnesty, and leave to return Zei M J - miht be h o p e d b y most of them.—Allgemeine tu 4 9, an 9 Rank R I L_ R ICES OF STOCKS TFiIS DAY AT ONK 0 CT O. X. 1 ty, 6"iek,..., ... ~ ..... 192 3 1 Nev 5 Per Cent. 3 De - rp..._'' n t, ned '.. 5M6 5 4, India Stock 3t.g ,- --11 , Ll3ons. ........... ..psq '6 Ditto BondA 31 30 m. li`trr,,,..Lerit.... ................. '9l South Sea Stock 3 , e ,"'AV Per vent... " ... .. ..... 93 3 4 ti New Ditto. ........ ...--- 4 re, ;!n Ann. 1'726..... 84'3% 13 per Cent. Ann. 1751 R. — s'mt. POP IMSI. 9 lEx Bills 51,000...41 42 40 P ...4jnek.QT:ilßA-tin ......... ... . .......' - D -- iit0...........500...41 42 40 prn. rP OCT t 1454 1 7 1-16 16 15-16 Ditto Small ... .... AI 42 40 Prn. is ',", ,4859.........1674 13-16 Ditto Commercial . —,m. "O n. 4' . ik . ' ; 86 2, .. ' —lDitto Advertised ,k, - . imu ............. Bank for Account. ...... ... - 'an . . ,5 1880 . . .......... India for Account _--7- 5' 1am....... ..••••••••••• -,.......1 • Cons. frirJan. 23. A ent eEs OF FOREIGN ******************* RVustrian Bonds .............. 8° an Bonds .................. 77 b to Account ............... 7% 'r,a)',iliall Bonds ... ........ 494 8 p --,tto Account... . ..... -•••48% -1„It11011 Ayres Bonds ........ —7 Ditto kccoun' .... 2 0;c 1 2 Chilian Bonds . .. ............... 16 „ 1) 1t to Account' :.. .......... Loletnbian Bond; .... ........ 81i Atnltto Account„ ............. Ditt to Bonds, 1824 ......... —II o Account ............... panish Bonds .......... 71%14 n 1)i°0 Accoui ........ -reek Bonds ............ 264 „.„1/410 Ilonds7ila ............ 2 8 51sx.t,ntto Account'. .... ........ 13onds s ' 'per cent. 21 Ditto Account .............. 1)1tto, f; Per cent. ........... 116% )Itto Account. ......... — 1 ______NeePolitan....._ ..... ~87% % THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. , Peruvian Bonds 10 4 ,4 Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 49% Regency Scrip 4:; dis. Ditto Account 4; dis. Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 18'22 lO lTi Russian Bonds, 1822 lOO% Ditto Account — New Loan 9 0 Spanish Bonds, 1821 1 6 14 14 Ditto Account 16% Ditto Bonds, 1823 11,6% Ditto Account. — t French Rentes, sp. c, —f —c. I - Exchange —f —c. S per cent —f —c. .-----.._.. Exchange 4 —f 3 —c o6 . Dutch Scrip 24 Ditto Account 4N Er..nch Scrip 4lj pm. _ .... t alcits op. SHARES.... THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Aogi o L . Paid. Per Share. Rol, M ex . Min. Co. (ICS. at 5/. pm.) £loo 9 t hii?:„", l ining Compan ‘ £l5O 145 13 Itt o "i i ` n !P• Min. Co. Cis. at 5/. pm.) 90 7 46 Ditto ' atl°n4l 51 16 tx t ,.. St. John Del Rey . lO 3 1 4 .ititzeocaes .. ..... 5 514 oluZ,ro Mining Company .... .£so 19 .:444flati. Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 49% 7% qetie "Mming Company 12% 24 4 it, 41 Mining Association ll 7 lii4el Monte Mining Co ..~ • nitt 4i ". Min . Co. (iss. at 2/. mn.) 40 6 Al,,e New se, ip 5 854 Pptittotertilv Insurance Comp lO 9 4 eausntratianiZrance Comp. 7 ,(lenadeitC,PinP• inv n'tlti-n-L4'tearn' Navigation C 0....- ----........1........_41 gank of Ireland 25 30% kink :AIOS 01 , IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 12. eoly ob took .... ............. .. i St. ;'trick snsur.(pei Share) 0v. 5h.,. - '. 3 ter cent . 84% 'Royal Irish Ditto al tio —v m k, N per cert. 9•2 . National Ditto 4t,,,,, , , hem .. 921,4 . ratriotic Ditto Noy so . tht ... ............... aribernian Thank — t l ° 3 ' l 1 -b. sl Pe ... tc .. e . ... i .... 8 , i 3 / 4. Provincial Ditto ........ ......• sh,,"„-anal Sto . ...., 38 . ai Royal Irish Mine — Bu Citq,,anal Sto " ...: ... ' imperial Mine — 1 .e ,0. 4 Per cells. e - Mining Co. of Ireland 'Moe D eb. .......... 92 Commercial Buildings — AN, -- HA. -Ise( atleriea Due. ............... 0 0 e arth lle flos 0 0 . . Avre ................ ageni ............ 0 4 Nbli Pr ante.... ..n .............. . 0 Platmers ... ............... 0 0 nucrAße 0 Jersey.. 0 }Arrived. Due. 0 Hamburg O Holland O Jamaica.... 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon O Malta 0 O Sweden 2 Waterford ..ATIER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Minutes after 10 I Evening... 5 minutes after 11. 14 4ps corrected and improved to the pre bY w AL tnt time, engraved (expressly) in the hest style, 13 Ntl y), i ' . ‘ER and CO. ; PORTRAITS, engraved (ex 'lnt: ROLE, in the best and most highly-finibbed Th e PRICE ONLY ONE PENNY EACH. THE aad Portraits to be continued Monthly. 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SHAKSPEA RE'S WORKS," "Standard Works 'V, of and the Grammar and Dictionary.—PAßT. lii s ,,,, s ` ue `` ACTIN G D RAMA ;" an d PARTS 111. of the Ilrio—Hiltr, of AMERICA," the " BRITISH EssATI,T," and 1 ,0 s DOMESTIC MEDICINE." IN Sti4 C9e n Y one o r more o f t h e a b ove wor k s may b e corn ‘-k!tti Ilind conti nue d at any t i me ; f or N os . 1 ., E rc ., an d ''' 41 1;%1 . 84 ., are c onstant l y repu bli s hi ng ; an d t h e wor k s a certain supply is secured. g r - * u t. LON, TUESD AY EVENING, D J ON ANUARY 15, 1833. nev i , ile Morning Advertiser, in the article on ass il 4 Per taxes, which we copied yester d ay, e ll nt es that we were in error in stating that th e in:: le ELLort of the EXCHEQ UE R w a s d o ubt 4 ( 1 4 : t o Wheth er h e s h ou ld re d uce t h e d uty on tlutl:4B e Ments at the same time with th e s t am p ti ''' a nd takes, as th e groun d o f t h e assump -4; tl i th e e e absurdity o f t h e sc h eme attr ib ute d to if ti 44 NcELLoR. We are re a dy t o a ll ow t h at o f .1e absurdity of the scheme were indicative w ou lt id improb a bili ty , t h e M orning Advertiser r eet ' have gre a t reason to quest i on our cor we n es; but with all due respect for our Rulers, r ot wo uld obse rve , t h at t h e a b sence of sound hd iv es from a suppose d project does not "aYs i mp l y th at t h e pro j ect i s not in actual is tenee. Many things have been proposed Y the present and former Ministers which would L ei gh lightly in the scale of public opinion if ti :Y had nothing beyond their own merits to l ' i)n - 1 14 them ; and we have seen many projects, the 3 ' Part of which at all savouring of prudence or ~.i,d °t ° w".s their abandonment. The Morning =Ad. '- %, 38 "iser may be right to doubt the correct s what is said, unless the strongest evidence iitle t i, a dduced in proof of the assertion ; in 'fie ( 11 t o ourselves, h owever , we must say t h at 14 noN eet not haza r d our statement upon. mere ! e ens tite ut i 7. Heartily g l a d s h a ll oe b e if the loop„ b e stowed by our contemporary on the in g th " e `i Schem e s h ou ld b e t h e means of bring- 110 1. e e e II ANoELLon of the EXCHEQUER to a a ', At t ti ghtened vi ew o f t h e su bj ect . Teet er e re is no tax so burdensome in its cha -0o th:ic' Partial i n i ts operat i on, an d so injurious o 44:terial tra d e o f the country, as the duty -amouinertisernents, whil s t t h ere , is none the Yerr nlil °/ . which so little compensates the Go therr....seivte'3 for the pains they take to render !tot world f or by its continuance, we do a ll i civen i : at the doubt which the Morning ..iinank the '. expresses on the subject ; and we to set th," uPpor tuil . edito r of that paper for giving us an orBaYing' - qu estion• . that Ministers are bound f "al f° tat rest by an immediate pr0....° ....° sue a t , s ed , u eing the stamp duty on newspapers vr° P ri etor - lj t ilee, as would enable the newsaer t° sell his paper at 4d., or at th u t m o st , 5d., and that they are also bound to propose the abolition of the duty on advertisements. The Spectator, in au admirable article, which we have copied into this day's Sun, and which we recommend to general perusal, shows that with the proposed reduction on the stamp duties, a sevenpenny paper could not be sold for less than sixpence, without a ruinous loss to the newspaper proprietor. Lord ALTHORP, how ever, is said to speculate on the probable com petition of papers, and to expect that they will, like rival stage-coaches, be so many nest-eggs to the Government for the duties, although they may ruin all who are connected with them. A short time ago, his Lordship, who is unfortunately so good-natured a man, that he frequently believes any thing that is told him by persons who have a direct interest in keeping the truth from his knowledge, was led to conclude that his proposed plan of reduction would be a very valuable one, inasmuch as it would render it unnecessary for a gentleman who purchased a single newspaper, to carry copper, as he could pay for the article with a silver sixpence. Now he is told that if he reduces the stamp duty from 4d., with a discount of 20 per cent., to 2d. without discount,—giving little more than a penny to the newspaper proprietors, the latter, who even now do not get twopence per copy, after paying for stamp and paper, will be mad enough to sell these papers at sd. each, leaving them only one penny per copy to meet a weekly expense for printing, editing, &c., exclu sively of stamps and paper, of from 1201. to 3001. What a pity it is that Lord ALTHORP cannot judge for himself, instead of allowing his mind to be warped by so much absurdity. We agree fully with the Spectator, in think ing that the best reduction of the stamp duty on newspapers, for the proprietors and the public, would be that which would reduce the price of the newspaper to 4d. The public might, however, be satisfied with the reduction for a time to 5d., and more than that nobody will long pay for a newspaper ; for the reduction of the tax on knowledge was one of the advantages to be derived from a Reformed Parliament. It would be a mockery to confine the re duction to the difference between 7d. and 6d. If Lord ALTHORP wishes to benefit the public, and at the same time to increase the revenue, he will boldly reduce the tax, so that a newspaper may be sold for 4.d. On what principle the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hesitates as to reducing the duty on advertisements we know not. The tax at present, after deducting the heavy expense of collection, does not yield annually much more than the cost of three regiments of soldiers, who might well be dispensed with, and yet it is of so restrictive a nature, that none but the wealthy can afford to pay for advertisements. The poor servant out of place must pay 3s. 6d. to Govern ment for the opportunity of announcing his desire to earn his bread honestly ; the industrious shopkeeper must expend, in advertisements large sums (and be it !remarked, that advertisements, like lottery bills, do little good unless they are profusely followed up), and the publisher of a book, however useful in its character and ten dency to the community at large, has no chance of sue unless he expends 40/. or 501. in adver tisements, of which half at least goes to the Government. Besides, we object to the advertisement duty as a matter of principle, it being the most op pressive of all the taxes. For instance, in the Times of this morning, to which we draw the at tention ofthe CHANCELLOR Of theEXCHEQUER, there are several hundred advertisements, not ex ceeding four, or five, many of them not three, lines, upon each of which a dutyof3s.fid.is charged, being at the rate of ls. for each line. Does this disgraceful and oppressive tax require any com ment ? And yet if LordALTHORP discharges one of his servants, that servant must pay three shillings and sixpence duty, out of his actual necessity, in advertising for another situation. We think that this view ofthe question will be a complete answer to any scruples which the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER may have, as to the propriety of reducing the advertisement duty, which is a tax upon knowledge as well as upon the necessities of the people. It has been said, by some, that if the ad vertisement duty were abolished, the public would not obtain a corresponding benefit— that the advertiser would have to pay ss. for what is now a seven shilling advertisement. This is an unfair statement. As the number of adver tisements would increase, so would the newspaper proprietor be induced to lower his charge. In the United States of America, where there are no advertisement duties, a shopkeeper, or any other person, may insert a short advertisement for less than two shillings. Why should not the same thing occur in this country. If the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER be wise, he will abolish the duty altogether, or at least re duce it, as we suggested, to one shilling on long and sixpence on short advertisements. It has been said also that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. cannot propose extensive reductions in the taxes on knowledge, because the House of Commons expect him to devote all he can spare of the revenue to a reduction of the assessed taxes. The House of Commons w ill do well to insist on this reduction, but not to the exclusion of the claim which is put forward for a reduction of the taxes on knowledge, and on the means of publicity secured by newspaper advertisements. As the necessary effect of reducing the assessed taxes would be to improve the value of property, aid raise the rents of houses, it might be said in such case that the Members of the House of Commons, many of whom derive their incomes from house pro perty, were indifferent to all but their own inte rest. 'We sincerely trust that no ground will he afforded for such an imputation, and that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, for whom we entertain the highest possible esteem, will also command our respect by a Statesmanlike disregard of representations which are intended to divert him from a great public duty. We thank our contemporaries, the Morning Advertise/. and the Spectator, for the able way in which they have handled this subject, and we hope our joint labours may prove useful. The proprietors of the provincial papers will also do well to bestir themselves, and to prevent, by their co-operation, the enactment of any measure which would fall short of the just expectations of the public. The Reform Ministry is under more obligation to the Newspaper Press than we choose to mention; at present, however, we appeal not to their gratitude, but to their justice. A Cabinet Council was held last night at the house of the CHANCELLOR Or the EXCHE QUER, on the subject, as we understand, of West India Slavery, it being considered im portant that Ministers should be prepared with some specific measure for the new Parliament, as several Members intend to submit motions on the subject, unless Ministers take the initia tive. It is highly desirable that some understand ing should be come to before-hand. We hear that Mr. BUXTON'S party will, unless the Government should render such a proceeding unnecessary, bring forward a motion declaring free all negro children born after a certain period. Prince TALLEYRAND not having returned from Brighton, another despatch was sent off to him last night. This evening, on the receipt of the answer from the Prince, Lord PALMER.. STON, will make a formal communication on the subject of the answer of the King of HOLLAND. The French papers are full of accounts of the progresses of Louis PHILLIP and his family, and the distribution of the Crosses of the Legion of Honour to his soldiers who fought at the siege of Antwerp. The KING and QUEEN of the Belgians joined his MAJESTY at Lille. Much as we deprecate all ideas of a Repeal of the Union between England and Ireland, under the firm and full conviction that such a measure would, if carried, be the ruin of both countries, still we are not blind to one advantage attending its agitation at the present moment, namely, the effect it will produce on the Minis terial plan, now in the act of busy preparation, of Irish Church Reform. Though we have abundant faith in the sincerity of Government, yet we do not at all disapprove of their being kept up to their duties, from a sense of interest as well as of honour. Governments, generally speaking, are not in the habit of giving too much to the people. The odds are, that they give too little. It is fit, therefore, that they shou!d now and then be O'Cc .nellized:-- that :s, that a broad hint should he given them of the propriety of going briskly forward, instead of coming to a stand-still, or attempting to re trograde. The Repeal clamour will, no doubt, convince Ministers that the situation of Ireland is such as must not be tampered with—that the eyes of the whole population are anxiously bent on one object of paramount importance— Church Reform, which, therefore, to meet the wishes of a people so full of excitement, must be sweeping and comprehensive—in fact, sheer root-and-branch work. A Reform of this comprehensive description will, we hesitate not to declare, do more to wards putting down the Repeal agitation than all the martial laws that ever were, or ever will he, proclaimed. The sword is but a bungling instrument in the way of tranquillizing a nation. It lops off one head of the Hydra, but leaves two sprouting in place of that one. As respects Ireland, it has ever proved a miserable failure— indeed quite a curse in the hands of those who employed it ; so truly does " even-handed jristice commend the poisoned ch?•ice to our lips." Moral, not physical force is the talisman that must calm the agitation of the sister country. The remedy is a novel one, we grant, but its very novelty, if nothing else, will be sure to se cure its favour among Irishmen. We firmly believe that the sole cause of the present alarming spread of the Volunteer Asso ciation, is the circumstance of Ireland having a legitimate grievance to complain of. A good grievance, whether it be a Manchester massacre, or a Protestant Irish hierarchy, is for a time, the making of an agitator. It furnishes him with all the " thews and sinews" of argument and eloquence. See what a stalwart regiment of " Dan's Own," with the great dictator Mr. O'Crontwell himself at their head, has just been raised by STANLEY'S Tithe Bill alone ! Th it some people may refuse, like Falstaff, to " march through Coventry" with this squad, is no argu ment against them. The fact is undeniable that they are a strong, compact body, and likely, on some nicely balanced question in the House, to do much mischief—peradventure even to the tripping up of a Whig Cabinet. We propose then to disarm this regiment. And how ? By giving them nothing to unite or fight about. Let Ministers but do justice to Ireland ; let them but set her free of that intole rable incubus the Protestant Church, which now hangs about her, like the Old Man of the Sea round the neck of Sinbad ; anti from that moment the seal is put to the overthrow, as efficient agitators, of O'CONNELL and his Marty. An Irish Church Reform once conceded in the proper spirit, and the Repeal clamour will have lost all its force ;—that is to say, as a national question ; for as a party one, it may still languish some months, perhaps years, longer. But what good Government need dread the imbecile ravings of an expiring faction ? It remains then with Ministers, we contend, whether this repeal agitation shall be continued or not. They have it in their power at once to put an extinguisher upon it, by doing justice to Ireland. But if they halt, or doubt, or vacillate about the quantum of the remedy be applied ; if they look behind, when they should look be fore them ; and regard party when they should think only of national interests ; then, indeed, Repeal will become a question which not even the sword itself, sharp as may be its edge, and unsparing as may be the use of it, will be able to subdue. Accounts from Ostend, of the sth inst., state that during the, month of December 145 vessels had entered that port, having a tonnage of 16,689 tons, of which 70 were English, 28 Belgians, 13 Danish, 13 Hanoverians, 11 French, and the rest of various nations. During the same period 141 had sailed, of which 56 were English, 30 Belgian, 24 Hanoverian, and 12 Danish. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T IVEL YE O'CLOCK We have received the following by the French mail this morning : —The letters from Brussels state that the de tention of the Austrian ship in the Scheldt by the Dutch was entirely a mistake, as the intentions of the Dutch Go vernment were only to shut the Scheldt against the Eng glish and French commerce, in retaliation for the embargo and blockade of the Dutch Port. The letters from Vienna state, that every person there is for peace, and Marshal Maison is much respected at the Court, and all the minor Ambassadors from the minor Courts court his friendship ; even M. Metternich does not hide his sentiments in favour of France. It also appears that the Austrian Cabinet begins to have some suspicion on the events going forward in the East, and the part which a great Power is acting. A report prevails that 80,000 men are at this moment proceeding towards the Turkish frontiers. They write from Paris that a conge is going to be given to half the officers of each regiment of the army, from the 15th instant to the 15th of April ; and that a Con gress is spoken of to take place in the spring, at Frank fort, at which the King of France, the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, and several other Kings, will be pre. sent. Boston papers to the 19th of Dec., received at the North and South American Coffee-house, state that a meeting took place at Faneul-hall, of the Citizens of that place, at which several resolutions were passed to the fol lowing purport:— Resolved—That the members of this meeting have read with high gratification the recent Proclamation of the President of the United States. Resolved—That in the present situation of public affairs, where the integrity of the Union and the Consti tution are seriously menaced. The issuing of such pro clamation is, in the judgment of this meeting, a wise, timely, and patriotic act. Resolved—That we are constrained to consider these procedings of South Carolina as being disloyal to the Con stitution, and decidedly revolutionary. The Funds opened heavy this morning; Consols, which left off yesterday, after some heavy sales being ef fected, at 874 for the Account, opened at 874 4, and soon after went down to 878 4 i for the Account, caused by the continued obstinacy of the King of Holland to come to immediate terms. It is supposed that, be fore long, we shall be obliged to force the Scheldt by the capture of Flushing; but we are of a different opi nion, and have reason to believe that his Dutch Majesty's answer, received by our Government, is favourable. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. HALF-PAST ONE. The Consul Market still continues heavy at 87H for the Account. The heavy Stock has also receded. The report that martial law is going to be put into force in Ireland, has had an effect on the Funds. Up to the present time we have no political news. There has been another failure this morning on the Stock Exchange—a Hebrew, not of the first rate, for about 3,0001. difference. We are informed that Don Pedro, by a decree, has put the whole of the male population at Oporto, capable of bearing arms, under requisition. In the Foreign Funds little or nothing doing. Prices much the same as yesterday. THREE 0' CL 0C K. Consols for the Account, 87i7j-i-. The affair of the salvage of the specie on board the Thetis, wrecked on the coast of Brazil, our readers are aware, has been thrown into Doctors' Com mons. The following communication has been trans. mitred " His Majesty's Government have demanded from the un derwriters and others concerned in the specie saved from the wreck of his Majesty's ship Thetis upwards of 15,0004, being for the wages and provision of the officers and crews of his Majesty's ship Lightning and her tender, and the Algerine, during the time they were employed protecting the property belonging to British subjects. " Lloyd's, Jan. 12, 1E433." Colonel CARADOC is shortly expected in town from Paris. The Gallant Officer was expected to arrive in the French metropolis on Friday last, from ful filling his difficult mission at Ant.verp, where he appears to have acquired universal esteem. General Lord How- DEN, father of the Colonel, who was created an Irish Peer under Lord LIVERPOOL'S Administration, and ad vanced to the dignity of an English one by Earl GREY, is resident at his seat, Grimston-park, in Yorkshire. Al though Colonel CARADOC will, for the present, resume his former position at the British Embassy in Paris, it is highly probable that, at no distant period, he will be ap pointed to higher diplomatic office. He enjoys the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on the Continent of Europe only. In consequence of Government wanting the ground that Emmanuel Hospital grandson, for the intended improvements which are about to take place in West minster, to open a communication from Grosvenor-place to the two Houses of Parliament, the LORD MAYOR and Al derm--n, who are the Govern , -rs of this noble charity, h we complied with the wishes of Government to give up the ground, and rebuild the hospital ou a piece of ground be longing to the Crown, situated between Wandsworth and Putney, commanding a fine view of the river Thames. The intended situation will be more healthy, both for the aged inmates as well as the children. Government seem at length determined to put an effectual stop to the circulation of those unstao.ped Radical newspapers, which in this city (Glasgow), and elsewhere, h .ve so long been permitted to minister to the worst passions and prejudices of their poor deluded readers. Yesterday afternoon, ROBERT NIUIR and HENRY GOWA NS, printers of the Loyal Reformer's Gazette. along with PETER M`KENZIE, its editor, were apprehended and lodged in gaol, by virtue of a writ issued by his Maje-tv's Barons of the Exchequer, for a debt due by them to the Crown 0f2,100/.—Glasgow Courier. Commercial acmes from New York state, that the arrivals during the month of November, at that port, amounted to 539 vessels, of which 33 were from Great Britain or her colonies. The number of steerage passengers during that period was 1,037, of which 902 were English or Jrish, and 135 French. With respect to the recent treaty of compensation with Naples, it seems that eight of the vessels confiscated by the Napoleon Go vernment of N iples, belonged to that port, and th It the value of the cargoes, exclusive of that of the ships, was 667,000 dollars. The total number of American vessels confiscated was 47, estimated at 4,000,000 dollars, of which a large portion belonged to the State of the Mas sachusets. The money obtained by these seizures was appropriated by NA roLEoN to defray the expenses of his expedition to Spain. The total amount recovered by the United States of the Neapolitan Government, is very near 1,800,000 dollars. ORKNEY ELECTION.—We are unable to give our readers any account of the Orkney ekction—the latest in Great Britain. The constituency of the two groups of islands, Orkney and Shetland, amounts to up wards of 200, two-thirds or more of whom belong to Orkney. The voters are pretty equally divided betwixt the two candidates, Mr. TRAILL and Mr. LAING, both highly respectable gentlemen, of liberal principles. The return will depend on the Shetland electors ; but in con sequsnce of the steam-boat which was employed to bring the poll-book t o Orkney not having been able to proceed to Shetland, a sailing vessel was engaged, which, by our last advi,es, had not returnid. A difficulty . may arise should the poll-book not he returne Ito Orkney within the time prescribed by the Act, which we hope will, in this instance, he amended in the new Parliament.—Cale don an Mercury. OLYMPIC THEATRE.—RE-APPEARANCE. OF MR LISTON.-After an absence of more than a week, caused by severe indisposition, Mr. LISTON made his re appearance last night on the boards of (his theatre. From the announcement in the bills that he was recovered from hi 4 illness and would re-appear in the evening, a numerous class of his admirers attended the theatre to greet his return. The house was throughout well filled, and all seemed anxious for the performance to commence. The second piec., Kill Him, or Cure Him, was that chosen tor Mr. LISTON to make his re-appearance in, and like a true hero he dashed in, sans ceremonie, in the character of Mr. Brown, in his " one-horse stray," ac companied by Mrs. Brown (MP , . ()HOER), who had quarrelled with him on the road to a race which they set out to see, but never saw, having resolved to return home, by way of vexing each other, before they had got half way to the course. He was hailed with enthusiastic ap plimAe from all parts of the house, which !arced a consi derable time, and must have been very flattering to his feelings. He looked well, and played in excellent spirits throughout the piece. FALMOUTH, JAN. 12.—The Lord of the Isles (see Trier), Captain BENSON, which arrived here last eveninz, after the extraordinary quick passage of two days, from occurred Vigo, brings a n account th a t th e di sputes w hi c h h a d between SARTORIUS, his officers, and men, he longing to the squadron, had been satisfactorily arranged ; end that the fleet were to have left Vigo on the morning of the 10th to cruise off Oporto. Generals BALDANHA and STU"S, with other officers, are now here, and will pro. reed in the packet to sail on the 18th, for Oporto. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) RICKMAN V. CARSTAIRS. This was an action tried before the Lord Chief Justice, at the last sittinas at Guildhall, when a verdict was given for the plaintiff. h was an action on a policy of in surance upon a vessel,,and the policy was to take effect twenty-four hours after she arrived on the coast of Africa, and continue until her arrival at a port in Eng land. The ship was lost on the coast of Africa 12 months after the policy took effect. The defence was that there was not property on board amounting to the policy when the loss took place, and, therefore, the Counsel for the de fendants contended that the question of value should be opened, in answer to which the plaintiffs contended that it was a valued policy, and, therefore, that they were entitled to the full amount. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL now moved, on behalf of the defendants, for a new trial, and that the question of value of the cargo be opened, unless the plaintiffs chose to submit to an arbitration. The Learned Counsel cited authorities on the point, awl mentioned other parts of the case in support of the motion for a new trial. The COURT granted him a rule Nisi. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY). READ V. ELLIOTT, ESQ. This was an action brought by Mr. Frederick Read, against George Henry Elliott, Esq., a Magistrate, of the county of Berks, to recover the sum of fifteen guineas, being the price of a portrait of the defendant, painted by the plaintiff. Sir .JAMES SCARLETT conducted the case for the plain tiff, and Mr. TALFOURD for the defendant. It appeared in evidence for the plaintiff, that in 1826 the defendant was introduced by Mr. Palmer, to the plaintiff, at his house, in Greek-street, Soho. The defen dant sat several times in that year, and in 1827, in which year the sittings were concluded, the portrait was completed to the satisfaction of the defendant, who wished it to be exhibited at the Royal Academy. The plaintiff, in order to insure his reputation as an artist, thought proper to make some alterations, with a view of improving its appearance. At a subsequent period the defendant complained that there was such an alteration in the picture, that he had no hope of its being restored to its original appearance. Various letters were read between the parties, which passed for a considerable time after wards, and the correspondence ended by the present ac tion being brought—the defendant having refused to sit any oftener than he had already done for his portrait. A great number of witnesses—portrait-painters of emi nence and others—spoke highly of the plaintiff's talents as a miniature-painter. They admitted that the portrait was now in an unfinished state, but they added that from two to four more sittings would complete it, and make it a correct likeness. Mr. TALFOURD addressed the Jury for the defendant, and said that, whatever should be the result of the acion, Mr. Read would have great cause to be satisfied, for if he lost it anti bad to pay the costs, he would have as good a puff as any man could possibly wish for. He contendtd that the defendant was not compelled to be chained to the painter's arm chair as often and as long as the painter chose; he had sat a number of times in 1826 and 1827, and the picture was done to the defendant's sath faction, hut it was afterwards se altered and, indeed, was now in such an unfinished state, that the de fendant was not bound to pay for it. The plaintiff charged that he had bestowed great labour and pains on the picture, and was willing to bestow more, and that the defendant had promised to sit for it a reasonab'e number of times, but bail refused to complete the requisite number. Of his refusal to sit there was no proof what ever, and, therefore, he was not entitled to pay. His Lordship having summed up, the Jury found a ver dict for the plaintiff for fifteen guineas. Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE said the portrait in its pre sent state must be delivered to the defendant. Mr. ELLIOTT, addressing the Cuurt, begged to dec:i...e receiving it, as he was not obligtd to have it. Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE—Oh, no; you are not com pelled to have it. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.) DEAN AND OTHERS, U. THE LONDON ASSURANCE COM PA N Y• This was an action on a policy of insurance for 2,000/, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the London Sittings, ger last Term, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiffs. The cause then occupied the Court from ten in the morning till the same hour in the evening. Sir J. SCARLETT this morning applied for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground of its being against evidence, and that his Lordship had improperly left the case to the Jury. The plaintiffs were shipowners at Cork. In N0v.1831, they had a vessel going from Spithead to Cork ; sbe had gone out several times, but had always had to put back in consequence of bad weather. At last, on the 25th of November, she finally went out and was lost. Th plaintiffs, on the 3d of December, insured her for 2,000/. with the Company's agent in Cork. At the trial th defence set up was that the ship had been improper] balasrei with loam, in place of shingle ballast. The vessel was leaky, which reduced the loam to water, and it of course shifted with the heaving of the vessel. Another ground was, tbat the plaintiffs had conceded a ma terial fact at the time of effecting the policy, which would vitiate it altogether. It was proved that the London agent wrote to one of the owners who lived at Cove, that the vessel had sailed on the 25 , 1, of November. The policy was effected on the 3d of December, when the patties begun to get alarmed, as the passage was only a four days' one. However, they gave no intimation of their fears to the insurer ; all they said to him was that the vessel was safe at Spithead on the 25th. His Lordship left it to the Jury to say whether Dean, who effected the policy was aware of the fact that the ship actually sailed on that day ; he (Sir James Scar. lett) contended, most respectfully, that if the owner, who resided at Cove, who was the person that managed the correspondence, knew of the fact, the result was the same —the policy was equally vitiated. Lord LYNDHURST raid he might have used the name of Dean in summing up, hut he did not mem so to confine it, for he considered that fact as the most material one in the cause.—Rule granted. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) EX PARTE EVANS IN RE EVANS. The bankruptcy in this case took place so long back as 1815, and the bankrupt now presents a petition calling upon the different assignees, who have in the interval ad. ministered his estate, to give an account of the money re ceived by them. He accu.es them of neglect of duty, and the Court was occupied both yesterday and to-day in hearing Mr. Spence ga into a detail of the different acts of neglect alleged against them. The case is expected to last the whole day and part of to-morrow. SHIPPING IN TELLIGENCE-( TH IS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 14.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ships Stag and Satellite, and remain with the corn bined squadron. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 14 —Wind E.S.E. FALMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Wind E., strong breezes and squally., LIVERPOOL, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Patriot King, Finden, from B.ngal ; Harriet, Ross, from New Orleans; and Cropper, from Cuarente. PENZANCE, JAN. 13.—Arrived off port the Dominica, Winspear, from B rbice. SHARPNESS, JAN. 13.—Arrived the William, Hill, from B burs% DUBLIN, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Hope, Morgan, from St. Michael's. WATERFORD, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Unido, Deas, from Fayal. TARDERT ROADS, JAN. 12.—Arrived the St. Patrick, Hunt, from Newfoundland. LINIERICK, JAN. 12 —Arrived the Mould, Vaughan, from London. CORK, JAN. 12. --Arrived the Zon!da, Crofts, from London. The Calcutta, Watson, from Liverpool to Bengal, is arrived if Wexford, dismasted. The Leonidas, Licho, from Newc:..stle to Nantes, was wrecked on the Godwin Sands yesterday ; crew saved. It is now determined, it is understood, that Parliament sh.lll meet on the day named in the writs— namely, the 29th ; and it is add,d that the custormay official note to such Members as are deemed to be friendly to the measures and sentiments of Ministers has been for warded from Downing-street, announcing that the Parlia ment will meet on that day. • The accounts from Boston state that the re ceipti into the Treasury of South Carolina, during the year 1832, amounted to 486,713 doll. 58 cents, and the expenditures to 351,466 dols. 94 cents, leaving a surplus of 117,246 dels. 54 cents. The whole balance in the State Treasury was 274,505 dole. 80 cents.l -,'')) ... MR. BANIM. (From the Times.) We recur to the melancholy subject of Mr. Banim, whose case appears to us, we say it un affectedly, to constitute as strong an appeal to the enlightened and benevolent as it has ever been our lot to recommend to their compassion. The subjoined extract of a letter from Mr. Banim to a person of distinguished station and merit, will explain some facts connected with his deplorable condition, and will demonstrate how far he is from having himself contributed to his affecting fate by any reprehensible or even inju dicious conduct. His has been a life of manly industry, and of humble domestic virtue. There is in this afflicted son of genius no "offence that smells rank to Heaven." There is nothing to lament but his unforeseen—and save that we are all sinners—hi s undeserved misfortunes. We owe it to Mr. Banim to announce, that in the very letter of which we now present the extract, he asks relief but as a loan, and proffers what there is reason to suppose would be a valid secu rity for its repayment. Should the sum required be immediately raised by subscription, which we hope and trust it will be, the terms of this pro posal of repayment shall be made known to the subscribers, as Mr. Banim has himself commu nicated them. Until then, in the exercise of what we deem a sound discretion, his friends are desirous to withhold it. A committee is form• ing, and in two or three days the names com posing it may be made public, when all inqui ries on the subject of Mr. Banim will be fully satisfied. In the mean time we repeat that Messrs. Hoare and Hopkinson will receive sub scriptions ; as will also Messrs. Smith, Elder, and Co., publishers, 65, Cornhill. " Nov. 28, 1832. " Sir,—Your generous letter to me on a former occasion is my sole inducement to address you now upon, literally, the question of my life or death. " Friends, among whom were my physicians, have kindly suggested some such application as the present on their own part ; but there are certain avowals which I prefer making in my own person. " When I had last the honour of writing to you, I was engaged on two works, from which I had been promised results sufficient to re-establish my independence—on a novel, The Dwarf Bride; the ether a drama, The Conscript's Sister. When the first was nearly completed, my publisher (Mr. Cochrane), Waterloo-place, became a bankrupt, and legal advice induced inc to lay it by, and begin three other volumes ; of these I finished two (one tale in two volumes), and was proceeding with the third volume, when I took the cholera, and had a relapse. " The consequent loss of time and increased ex pense pressed me to dispose of these two volumes. No regular novel publisher would treat for less than three volumes, and I was glad to dispose to Mr. Leitch Ritchie, for his forthcoming Library of Romance,' the tale in question, at a very low rate ; meantime, my Conscript's Sister ran at the English Opera every night till the close of the season ; bur, owing to the necessities of the manager, brought me nothing. I then set to work on other things, until struck down in such a manner that my medical ad visers interdicted mental exertion for some time, at the peril of loss of life (I refer to their certificates), though with very good hopes, that if allowed rest, freedom from troubles, and change of climate, I should rally, and be able to go on. The malady which now so sorely afflicts me has been creeping on me the last ten years, ever since I was 23 (I am not yet 31)—the result of too much labour. In truth, of more than 20 known volumes I have written, and of treble their quantity of matter in periodicals within the ten years alluded to,no three pages have been penned free of bodily torture; which at last ends in depriving me (temporarily, my physicians say, should this application succeed), of the use of my limbs and brains. " Under these circumstances, with their inevi table consequences, not only want of present and future funds, but heavy debts, incurred through sheer necessity, my literary friends, French and English, advise me to solicit temporary aid from those fa voured individuals of my country who are known (as you are) for literary eminence, or as adur rers and patrons of literature, and to whom at the same time, it has pleased God to afford the means (with out inconveniencing themselves) of saving for Isis family the life of a man who is considered, by, per haps, too partial friends, to have some claims on national sympathy and protection. The groureN assumed by those friends to justify so flattering an expectation are as follows :—The circulation of my books through the United Kingdom; their re printing in America; their having been translated into French and German ; and their uniform politi cal tendency, viz., the formation of a good arid affectionate feeling between England and Ireland. In my own name I add, that until the hand of Heaven visited me, I am conscious of having passed from early youth, a life of industry, always with a view to independence. For instance (and I quote facts easily ascertainable), that at 17, I oht , ined the first prize as the first draughtsman in the Dub lin Academy of Arts; that at 19 I wrote into wide circulation a Whig journal (the Leinster Journal) in my native city, Kilkenny; that at 21 I received a vote of thanks from a general meeting of the ar ' lists of Ireland, for my advocacy with the Irish Go vernment of their demands for an incorporated academy which they now possess; that at 22 I produced a successful tragedy, Damon and Pythias, at Covent-garden; that at 25 I was known at least as a national novelist, even though of an humble order, to European litera ture; and that since that period I have written rwenty successful novels and five successful dramas. And I trust respectfully that you will not considee this mere idle boast, but rather as a proof of my deep and conscientious anxiety to show that no ha bitual want of the pride of independence forces me now before you. My friends suggest to me to add, that they consider me called on to make known my position, in order to afford to the affluent protectors of litera ture the opportunity of saving me from death, in poverty, and from the misfortune of not having known in time how much might have been accom. puished for my family and myself by a prompt ap peal to their generosity. " It becomes necessary to explain within what time my urgent necessities require effectual relief. During the two years and a half of I trust unme rited disappointment., I am in debt 4001.; this I must settle before Christmas, or, in my present state of health, go to prison. A further sum will be required for travelling hence, and living two years in a favourable climate, every step increasing the expenses of an helpless invalid; but this latter sum would not be absolutely necessary till early next spring, before which time I am not advised to leave Boulogne. For immediate necessities, Mrs. Banim would now thankfully accept a part of the first-named sum, as she leaves home without a franc in the house, and borrowing the tr . o iey for her journey. And now, Sir, in conclusion, if I have not minutely described my melancholy teelings on this occasion, or sufficiently expressed my sense of the very great trouble to which I expose you by this application, believe me it is not for a want of understanding my own position, or of duly estimat ingyours.-1 have the honour to be, &c. " JOHN BANISI-" A CURIOSITY.—Mr. H. 11. K A NDERSON, of the Boot and Shoe Inn, Wood-street, L-eds, has nt.w in his possession a sovereign which was found in t i " bag" of a young heifer which was slaughtered in W 0.1.. street on Tuesday. The animal Was only a year arLi a half old, and was bought in the Croq Market on the morning of that day for two sovere'grts, to th at t h e purchaser has made a pretty good bulain. 1 -