The Sun. — London, England, 1830-11-17 00:00:00

namely, the choice or nomination of a Ministry; and the Materials on which the Royal Will hes nod to *et are of a nature more chaotic than chaol It is only to look in the celumns of a newspaper for the capital letters indicating the chief and most fre quent speakers, to see who are named and are the candidates fot. office; but; of course, nothingls dt &ded, much less known yet 4 : we should impose upon our readers were we to attempt to present them with even a conjectural list. On the score. of personal friendship, to assist in the private delibe rations of the King, Lord Anglesea may have been sent to; and it appears from the Court Newsiness, that Lord Grey had an interview with his Majesty between four and five o'clock. It is thought, we know not how correctly, that his Lordship will be empowered to form a Ministry. Some doubt hiss been expressed, without, however, any ground stated, whether the Chancellor retires, but if he does, he has, on the Regency question, taken _leave of the House of Lords as a Minister, in one of the ablest, the most clear, historical, and appropriate speeches, that was ever uttered Within its walls.— fames. The resignation of his Majesty's Ministers, which was officially announced to Parliament last Oight, was an event for which the public were somewhat prepared, in consequence of the result of the divi eine of the previous night relative to the Civil List. That division was not on a question of form, as the CoUrier of lust evening wished to represent it ; on the contrary, it was a question of substance, and of deep and vital importance to the financial interests of the country. If it were but a question of form us to whether the arrangements of the Civil List should he referred to n Select Committee, what are we to say of the wisdom of Ministers in forcing on such a collision between themselves and their oppo nents in Parliament, by obstinately refusing to con cede such a formal matter? And what are we to say of their sagacity in not having anticipated the result ? The Evening Paper to which we have alluded gravely tells the public that the question of the Civil List was, to a certain degree, a surprise, and that a large portion of the adherents of Minis ters were not aware, and could not have guessed,, that a mere question of form could have taken so serious an aspect. We believe that the serious con sequences of the division was a surprise to both the Ministers and their adherents. 'What does this prove ? That Ministers were lamentably.ignc rant of the insecurity of their own position-- that they strangely miscalculated their strength, and inspired their followers with a blind confi dence, which prevented them from contemplating the possibility of a defeat. It cannot, however, be said that the opinion of the House was not fairly tried on a question on which 437 Members voted. And we believe it will be found that the, regular and staunch supporters of Treasury influence were in their places. We have said that the guess Lion of referring the Civil List to a Select Com mittee %sus one not of form but of substance. Here are our reasons :—The Chancellor of the Exche quer, when he introduced the subject on Friday night, made a statement which for the greater part was wholly unintelligible to the House. The more he professed to explain the question, the more he involved it in mystery and confusion. Having re viewed the subject with some degree of detail in our publication of Monday, we need not enter into it at present, further than to remind our readers that we urged the adoption by the House of a Select Committee, on several grounds, the principal of which were—thst, that the speech of the Chancellot of the Exchequer was unintelligible, and that the HotiSe ought not to vote die immense sums required for the Civil List in the dark; secondly, that the ditretence between the proposed Civil List and the extravagant one of the former reign, should be fully and satisfactorily ascertained before a contract was made with the Crown, which could not be afterwards reecinded ; and, third y, that it was just and proper the expenses of the Royal Household should be separated from other public expenses, to do away with the popular impression that the maintenance of the Royul establishment is u greater burden to the nation than it really is, and also to prevent the hands of Parliament from being tied up, with re gard to making such reductions es circumstances might resider practicable and necessary in all branches of the public expenditure which are not applied to t h e support of the just splendour and dignity of the Cream. The use of a Select Committee is, there fore, to inquire into the whole of the statement of the Chancellor of the, Exchequer, to disentangle that which was perplexed; to make intelligible that which was obscure ; to suggest the alterations and improvements which the true interests of the Crown and the public service required; and to re port upon the whole to the House of Commons ; that so the representatives of the people might clearly understand the great question on which they were called to deliberate, and not vote away the public money upon the delusive representations of one who, as financier, seems to have peculiarly studied the art of " darkening knowledge by words Without wisdom." The real question, as rightly stated by Sir Henry Parnell, was, whether the re presentadies of the people of England would, with pledges of economy fresh upon their lips, proceed to vote so vast a sum without Adopting any previous inquiry ? Wus this a quadrat of mere Arm? Those who live upon the taxes may think so, but those who pay them will consider it a very essens tial duty of the Constitutional guardians. of the pub.. lie purse; a duty, the neglect of which, under any circumstances, would justly attach to them the guilt of being unfaithful and derelict stewards of the commonwealth, but, in the . present state of the country, would involve them in the disgrace of pe• cushier treachery to their constituents, and of gross disregard of the obligations of their high national trust. It is true, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and other Ministers, argued that, inasmuch as it was not intended to invest the Select Corn mittee with the powers which would enable it to send for and examine persons, papers, and revolt's, it would be nugatory; but this was another attempt at delusion, for the object of uppity ing the Committee was only to examine the details of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement, and to see to what purposes the various items of expense were in reality to be applied; and also, to ceasider the propriety. of Nepenthe? the expenses of the Royal Household from those that were no way connected with the peculiar income of his Majesty, finless by the arbitrary stub absurd classification of heanciers, who, under the pretence of supporting the splendour and dignity of the Crown, wished to entrap the House into a contract which would have the etrisci of protecting from scrutiny and revision, during the continuance of the present Kingfe reign, other bur densome items of expenditure which ought to be lie much under the annual control. of Parliament as the estimates for the artny and navy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer also relied on the want of a pre? cedent for the mode of proceeding in this ease by a Select Committee. Perhaeo it might have beet, that the present state of the country we« also without a precedent; but a good reason for u new practice is stronger than a bad precedent against it. Mr. Wynn rightly observed that it " did not follow because former Houses of Commons neg. lected their duty that the present Houle should 'do the same." To go wrong because others have gone wrong before us is certainly a bad principle both in morals and politics. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer produced his memorable sugars aelieme he claimed credit for it, not en the ground ofprecedent, but of novelty; and certainly its being without example would have bean no objection to it if it lied not been us absurd as it was original. The proper quest* in the present case would have seep sun whether the mode of proceeding proposed wee *Alembicd by precedent, but whether it was jaStified by necessity ? We think we have pieced that be yond a doubt. After what we have stated, it he perhaps, superfluous for us .to arid, that we perfectly concur with the position laid down by Lord Al t h orp , who suit! he 4 ' was desirous, 44 every one must be, that Ministers should propose the plan they though tit; but it was quite a different-thing to call upon the House, without examination, without a state- meat-or, at least, a clear statement—to vote what- ever sums. they- proposed." We are as anxious a, ;tit the It iend4 of a Constitutional Monarchy can he +hat the fends,appropriated to the Royal establi-h• ment should he on a scale commensurate with the dignity and grandeur of a great nation. But the Crown ig degraded when any set of Ministers make it a over for their own venal patronage and cor rupt profusion. The Ministers, however, in the confidence of, having a House .of Commons blindly subservient to the Executive authority as Some farmer a rs es have been, persisted in - re- Wing a Select Committee, and the result ha. , been their signal overthrow and precipitate re signation. It would be inconsistent in'us to express any thing like regret for this event, having Mt it our duty, in the independent exercise of our judg s inent rro publie_affairs, to censure most of -their measures ; iu doing so, we predicted some of the consequences. of heir policy under which the coun try at present suffers. Whoever will look back to our pages last Session will find that, when Minis ters denied the existence of public distress, and their "fawning parasites" in Parliament and the Press made the most 'gronndless assertions of general pun:- perity, and indulged iii heartless Sneers and flippant merriment at the - great. and increasing misery of the industrious population, we warned Qovernment no; to negket the great and pressing duty of inquiring into the causes of the distress of the people; but our advice. was unheeded. They persisted in their thoughtless course, and ceased not until they made manifest to the whole world their incapacity to go vent the affairs of a great empire. There is one in dividual of the late Ministry whose fall in public opinion we regret, and that is the Doke of 'Welling ton—because, in his military career, be rendered the most splendid and memorable services t o his country. It is true that lie has received the most liberal remu- Iteration from a grateful people in riches and honour.; lavished upon him in honoursble profusion.' It is because we wished the laurels which he won on the field of military, glory to remain notarni-hed that we peculiarly regret his having ever undertaken the task of civil government, for which neither na ture nor education h;o1 qualified him. It is the more extraordinary that he should have done so, after having, in his place in Parliament, not long before, evinced an accurate judgment, by pro nouncing on his own incapacity to guide the helm of the State. The first error he committed was to be tempted to sully •a fame which was splendid enough for the ambition of any mau, by starting from the honoured repose of the successful warrior into the perilous activity of the Statesman • and the next was his selecting a Cabinet only remarkable for their submissiveness and incapacity. If he retires alto gether from the fatigues and responsibility of power, we trust the public odium which the attack on the liberty of the Press—the neglect of the distresses of the people—the falsification of the pledges of re trenchment and economy, and other nets of his Go vernment, whether of commission or omission, ex cited against him, will disappear with the•circum stances out of which it arose, and that his distin guished name will once more be associated with the respect and admiration of his country.—Morn. Her. The effect of the boasted patty triumph over Ministers, obtained by the united (we might say unnatural) efforts of all the discordant elements of Opposition, in the House of Commons, on Monday night, has proved such as was generally and natu rally anticipated. The whole of the Members of the Administration have in consequence resigned; and the nation is thus to be deprived (may we be permitted to hope, for a time only) of the services of a set of honest Statesmen, to whom in better times an unfeigned tribute of national gratitude would have been rendered—whose abilities are alike ditO. tinguished and acknowledged—whose integrity is inflexible-,-whose wisdom (with the lamented ex ception of one land act, and that imposed upon them by their opponents), has forcibly shone forth to the world—and the unparalleled deeds of whose Chief have shed an unfurling lustre upon his own fame and an eternal glory upon the country. Ilow deeply this unfortunate event is deplored by us, we need scarcely express—that its effects may not prove fatal to the best inte rests of the State, is our most ardent prayer. Ministers hare fallen, but they have fallen with honour, in the faithful performance of their duty to their King and country ; and the particular prin ciples, to the advocacy of which they owe their de. feat, are precisely those upon which all good and wise Statesmen have hitherto made their stand, and resolutely determined to maintain. They have sought no vulgar applause by meanly and injuriously departing from the obvious path of State safety;-- the public, when the moment of delusion shall have passed, will do justice to the purity of their motives, and render homage to those sound principles, a due observance of which can alone permanently ensure the salvathin of the country. The dissolution of the Administration was formally announced to the two fions'es of, Parliament last evening by his Grace of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel,rinti the common'. cation was evidently received with feelings of re gret. That the vote of the House of Common's, which immediately preceded this catastrophe, affords a sufficient explanation of it, we are not inclined to think. For this explanation we are compelled to look further back ; to the proceedings of the last Parliament subsequent to the decision of the Ca tholic question, and to the conscientious but mis taken abstinence of his Majesty's Ministers from any exercise of their mfluetiee during the late ge neral election. The equipoise of strength on the part of Ministers and their opponents, exhibited upon various occasions during the last Session of Parliament, in the House of Commons, even upon questions of no great or paramount importance, pro duced great delay and embarrassment in the progress of the public business, and could not fail to have other effects still more injurious—that of unsettling the minds of the community, of encouraging the projectors of innovation of every kind, of degrading the Hemp and enfeebling the influence of authority in popular estimation. The hope was, howeVer, chtnished by the loyal and patriotic, that the general election would put an end to a state of affairs so in convenient and mischievous, and that the Ministers of the King would be enabled to show themselves in thee new Parliament in the possession of that ascen dancy without which no Ministers, however estimable for their talents or their virtue, can conduct the public affairs with satisfaction and honour to themselves, o • I. with any prospect of advantage to the country. The division of Monday night afforded evidence more than enflicieet to prove that this hope had not been realized, Why it was disappointed it would now perhaps be vain to inquire, nor is the inquiry neces sary for those who observed during the last election how completely the influence of Ciovernment was suspended, while every influence hostile to Govern, went was in the highest state of activity and ex ertion. The flovernment of the Duke of Welliegton watt not true to itself. It is accordingly the victim of a too strict practical %Whimper to those liberal principles and constitutional maxims Which its op ponents have been content merely to profess, The Duke of Wellington and his colleagues have done themselves honour by retiring as they have dope, in Ponseptence of the adverse vote of the House of Commons, They might have struggled on in the toils of office. They might have dragged through another weary Session of degrading and unprofitable labour. Bot they have felt, ae every honest Britisb Minister must feel, that it was their duty to resign when they could no longer hope to impart a steady itepulse to the progress of bene fiend legislation, or to etivtain the constitutional influence of the Crown by any other than partial, preeerions,orequivocal triumphs over its persevering asitaiianta, We deeply lament the necessity for thew resignation, not ati much indeed on account of ' the confidence; respect, and alreption we have felt, and eentissue to feel, towards the illinerioue f'repaier end several of his colleagues, as because we foresee 00 the present change is only the commencement of. a long period of confusion and uncertainty ; of an indefinite series of Ministerial Owlet, If there ever was a moment in which a strong Executive 1 Government was necessary for the 'welfare and safety of the country, the present is such a moment, and we look with vain anxietyamong the whole of men who have obtained any political name or reputation in the State, for the materials out of which a Government can be constituted, that is likely to possess,' in a higher or even in an equal degree to that which is on the point of dissolution, influence in Parliament, or the confidence of the. community Upon whatever Statesman the choice of his Majesty may fall, the country we have no doubt will endeavour, in the true and honourable spirit of loyalty, to receive them with indulgence, if it should find it impossible to hail their accession to power with any feelings of satisfactiori. It would he folly to he fastidicius when the range of choice is so deplorably narrow, and the objects of choice fur the greater part of a quality which in no degree atones for the paucity of their number. The new 'Administration must, we fear, of necessity be a 'weak one. If it be so constituted, however, that without an inexcusable forgetfulness of:the past, we can think it likely to prove an honest one, the weak ness which is inevitable may be entitled to lenity and forbearance. The present Ministers will of course remain in office until the appointment of their successors by his Majesty. Upon this subject no thing can have yet been definitively arranged. All that is known for certain is, that Lail Grey has been sent for by the King, to form Th e new A . dmieistia• tion, at the head of which his Lordship will himself be placed. It is not however improbable that the principal offices will be thus filled : First Lord of the Treasury ....Earl Grey Secretary of State for the Home Del partment Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord Holland Secretary of State for the War and Cot Lord Palmerston lonial Department First Lord of the Admiralty Duke of Buckingham Lord Chancellor Sir J. Leach - - - - - President of the Council Marquis of Camden Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir H. Parnell Master General of the Ordnance Marquis of Abglesea Privy Seal , Earl of Carlisle President of the Board of Control Mr. Wynn 'resident of the Board of Trade Mr. Grant faster of the Rolls Mr, Brouilharn 113011. Secretary at War Sir It. \V —Morning Post. That it is necessary a reform should take place in the representation of the people, is, we believe, the opinion of ull persons in this country, except those who have an interest in upholding the present system. When we speak of reform, we mean that %vi,e, moderate, and practicable reform which would restore the tone and energy of the Constitution, without any admixture of wild and dangerous inno vations, which would be just as injurious to the cause of enlightened liberty as the abuses of which the public now complain. It has been the policy df those who advocate what is called radical reform, to make people believe that their novel and extra vagant theories are but u revival of the old principles of popular representation; but there never was a grosser delusion. There never was a time in the history of this country when universal suffrage and annual Parliaments formed part and parcel of the Constiottion. These are the inventions of modern times, and are calculated not to restore, but, to sub vert the Constitution. Their principle is opposed to the existence of rational freedom—their opera tion would riot be remedial, but revolutionary. It is true that by the Act of the 2d Edward 111., cap. 14, and the 36th Edward 111., cap. 10, the King was bound to convoke a Parlrarnent every year or oftener if need be ; but these statutes, instead of prescribing the election of new Parliaments yearly or oftener, as our radical reformers interpreted them, only meant that the Supreme Magistrate should summon the Parliament every year or oftener, if the public interests required, to sit for despatch of business—that k, that there should be one Session or more every year, but not one or more new Par liament. The indeterminate words "if need be," were taken advantage of by succeeding vonarehs, who, , pretending that there was no need of convok ing Parliaments, unless at great intervals of time, omitted calling them together for a succession of years. To remedy this grievance, the statute of the 16th Charles 11., rap. I, was passed, which enacts that the sitting anti holding of Parliaments shall not be intermitted above three years at the most, and thus, though annual and triennial Sersions were en joined by positive statutes, and triennial Parlia- melts were ordered to be called by the 6th Wil liam and Mary, rap. 2, it does not appear that annual Parliaments ever were known to the Constitution of Englund. As to universal suf frage, there is still less pretence for saying that It ever existed in this country—for there never was a time when property wits not an ingre dient in the qualification . of voting for Members of Parliament; and in early times it was necessary that all voters should be" freemen," which is the reason that " copyholders," whatever amount of property they possess, have not, as such, the elective fran chise us freeholders to the amount of forty shillings have, because copyholders were originally in a state of bondage, or, us it was technically called, villanage to the feudal ;nds. On this part of the question, the author of a pamphlet culled " Thoughts on Par liamentary Reform," letely published, says, and rightly says :—" It is necessary to bear in mind that, to whatever period or people we refer the origin of our Constitution, whether to the Wittena gemote of the Saxons, or the Parliaments of the ages succeeding the invasion of the Normans, still our Representative system is founded on the basis of property, for the freemen of those days were all men of property—they wore either freeholders : or burgesses; and as they formed what, in Constitu tional language, is called the CoMmons of England, to them was confided, as to the persons most mer rested, the choice of such knights and burkesses: as they should deem most likely to watch over their interests, and to lay on such taxation as should be most equally felt—the principle being, that these who were chiefly to bear the burdens should deptee persons of their own selection to lay them—in feet, that taxation and Representation should go toge ther." To show that this was the doctrine of our ancestors, he quotes the preamble of the Statute Bth Henry VI. cap. 7, which fixes the quallficalions of freeholders to vote at elections for knights of the shire at forty shillings by the year; and which runs as follows :—" Whereas the elections of [(eights: of the shire to come to the Parliament of our Lord the King, in many counties of the realm, have now, of lute, been made by very great outrages and exces sive number of people dwelling within the 'same counties of the realm of England, of the which most part was of people of small substance, and of no value, whereof every of .them pretended a voice equivalent, as to such eleetions to be mad e , e hh the most Worthy Knights and Esquires, dwelling within the came counties, whereby trianslaughters, riots, batteries, and divisions among the gentlemen, and other people of the same counties, shall very likely rise end be, unless convenient and due remedy be. provided in this behalf." Now, though an nual Parliaments, universal suffrage, and vote by ballot, are not, and never were, part of the Con stitution of England, yet it is certain the principle 1 on which the elective franchise is exercised was much more comprehensive forme r ly t h en i t i s a t present, and therefore, in having th a t practice im proved, we would have the Constitution nut altered, bet restored. There was a tim e Wh en a ll popu l ous Representatives; that is towns in Englund returned not the case at present. What is the reason ? Such towns as Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Birmingham. &c. have grown into importunce in times compara tively modern; while such places as Old Serum, Gatton, 4c. have fallen into decay, or rat h e r into utter insigniiicance s and Consequently furnish in stances of that gross anomaly in our Constitution...-. 'tamely, representation without constituency. Let t h e franchises of such decayed towns be transferred to other towns having a large unrepresented pope.. lotion, and while the letter Of tile Constitution is apparently departed from, its spirit will be preserved. But no plan of reform can be effective which does not include the tin oWing open to inhabitant house helders the elective franchise of all the close bosougla that now only lend the nominees of Lords anti oiln.r great men into Parliament, and it can be shown that the franchise was thus oomprnhen,ive i n guch boroughs formerly, and only circumscribed by war potion. In counties the copyholders should hare voles as well as the freeholder', for the reason the: originally distinguished them from each other in this respect no longer exists, and leaseholders to a cer tain value ought to have the same political rights as freeholders. We have stated the general outline of the plan of reform which we advocate—we leave to others the details.—Morning Herald. With the precise nature or extent of the reform scheme, which Mr. Brougham intends to put forth this evening (Tuesday) we are unacquainted; the enunciation ' however, of his proposition, with which he favoured the House on the first day of the Ses sion, is sufficient for our purpose. I desire," he said " not revolution, but restoration; not to de stroy the Constitution, but to repair it," thus refer ring to some system of purity and excellence which, as he insinuates, existed at a former period. The simple query so well put by Mr. Canning, " To what golden era do you refer *t" has never yet been answered, and is in fact unanswerable. We confi dently assert that et no period of our history has the house of Commons presented that " full, fair, and equal Representation" to which mistaken theo rists and evil-delfigning innovators would reduce us. The House of Commons is, to every practical pur pose, as popular in its composition at the present day as it ever has been or ever ought to be.— The existing system ' under which Great Britain bus attained the highest glory and prospe-, rity, is coincident with the true spirit of our ancient Constitution, which utterly disclaim; the principles of the reformers; for let us examine those most prominently put forward. A principal objection is made to the interference of Peers, how ever indirectly, in the election of Members of Par liament ; whets it is obvious that if Peers had no influence in the Lower House, a jealousy and hosti. I;ty would be created between the two branches of the Legislature, that must terminate in the extinc tion of the House of Lords, which is too evidently the weaker party; and there can be no doubt that this influence, which it is sought to extinguish, hardly compensates,for the increased power of the Commons, and is only ju-t sufficient to prevent the whole of the legislative power being vested in one single Chamber. Take away the influence of the Peers in the House of Commons, and in the event of any question arising touching the peculiar inte rests of either branch of the Legislature, we should immediately find one House unanimously favourable to it on one side, and the other al unanimously op posed to it But even supposing that the powers of the Lords could be maintained when their inte rests are completely separated from those of the Commons, still the harmony could not be preserved which at present pervades the whole machinery of the Constitution. The influence of a Peer at pre sent proceeds from the estate which he possesses, either in a county or the neighbourhood of a borough ; but this influence is always restricted within certain limits; if his policy is injurious to the county, even his tenants may on the whole find it their interest to oppose him. But it is not only confined within certain limits ; it is also mutual; if the borough or county support the nominee of the Peers in the House of Commons, their interest is also supported by him in the House of Lords. It is further proposed to do away with the small boroughs, and vest their franchise in the large un represented towns, the objection to which (that in that case many important interests would be unrepre sented) has been often repeated, though it has never yet been satisfactorily answered. The East India Company and the Bank may be allowed to send Members to Parliament ; but still the West India interests, the Colonial and Mining interests, would remain unrepresented, and, what is still more important, the represen tation could not adapt itself to the Waists of the different classes, which are constantly changing. But at present, if the-shipping or any other interest is declining, some of those most concerned are able to get into Parliament, and there to urge such measures as are most likely to remedy the evils of which they complain. No doubt this is often accomplished in a manner highly objectionable, and it is well that the evil should be checked when it assumes the form of open competition; but this should be dune in detail as a punishment, and not be grounded on an abstract principle, the fallacy of which, when not corrected by practical experience, has been sufficiently shown in the course of French legislation. It is also de sirable that the great towns should be represented; but this has beets commenced by the transfer of the franchise of Grampound to Yorkshire, the two ad. ditional members for which, are supposed to be re turned by the great manufacturing towns in that county. One other change which is supposed to be contemplated is quite out of the power of the Le gislatui t i if they hold the Articles of Union between Scotland and England to be inviolable. The Scotch Articles require that no fundamental change should be made in the law of Scotland as it existed before the Union; and if it were a part of that law that the elective franchise should be derived from royalties, and not from freeholds, we do not see that Parlia ment, even in its omnipotence, has u right to violate the contract under which the Scotch Legislature consented to unite itself (though a minority) with that of England. The British Constitution has gra dually adapted itself to British wants and British in terests, but is still essentially that under which our ancestors flourished. The American Constitution is no longer that which Washington approved, and where its democracy will end it is impossible to tell. The French have passed forty years of revolution, and the movement (as they themselves express it) has once mote begun, The question is, where will it end ? Mr. Pitt favoured Parliamentary Reform in 1788, but he would not venture to approach that subject after the French Revolution had commenced. —Morning Post. MARKET IN I'ELLIUENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (Front the Loudon New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR..-The Sugar Market was very dull last weak; some cheap parcels were purchased, but we cannot quote any general reduction in the Market price, ; the estimated purchase' were 2,000 hogsheads and tierces. The stock of Muscovado is now 50,773 be ge b e th an d tierces, being 2,124 hogsheads and tiercee less than last year. The stock of Mauritius is 28,493 bags, being 2,903 lees than last year. The &livery of Writ India Sugars last week 2,956 hogsheads and tierces, being 10 leas than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 2,552 bags, being 231 more than in the corresponding week of 1829. By public sale this day 507 hogsheads, three tierces, 168 barrels Trinidad Sugars, 67. casks Antigua, and 132 hogs head*, Barbadoes ;,4he Trinidad sold le. lower, chiefly 455. 6d. to 48s; the Barbadoes also at a small reduction. 'The estimated rales by private contract were limited to 400 hogsheads and tierces; the attention of the trade b e ing directed to the public sales. In the Refined Market some forced sales of Lumps are reported 2a. and 2s. Od. under our quotations, but they cannot he given as a crite rion of Market rates. Some purchases of crashed are re ported for the Mediterranean, cud some low sinele Loaves fa. melting. In grocery goods there is no alteration. Molasses steady. There is actually no Refined Market this afternoon ; Lumps may be bought for cash about 635. a 645. EAST Imam SUCIAR.-At public sale 595 packs Java Sugar aold 18.. ad. a 256. 6d., being Is. 6d. lower ; 60e China, I4s. Bd. a 26e. gd., being Is. lower ; 884 bags Mauritius sold at steady prices, chiefly brown, 445. a 465. This day at public sale, 352 bags Mauritius Sugars. The whole went off much about previous prices. Foaglatt SucAa.—By public sale, last week, a cargo of Porto Rico Sugars, of superior quality, went off Is. a 2e. b e low the last prices obtained ; 280 Idols. and brls., and at the reduction only the brown sold ills. 6d. a 19s. Average price of Sugar 245. lid. per cwt. • WEST !Ent A MLA SIMS. --Mu day at public sale, 59 puncheons Antigua Molasses : 12 puncheons Trinidad Molasses. All sold 218. 61. a 225., good quality, chiefly at the former. Covets.—The sales or Coffee last week were on a most 11 1 , 1 4,441 cc .le; the small quantity of Jamaica and Dutch was chiefly bought in ; fine ordinary culoury Porto Rico, 3o s . and 375. ; goad ordinary pale, 335. and 3 , 15. There were no public or private sales of Coffee this day. Rum, BRANDY, AND limators.---The purchases of Rum are quite inconsiderable ; offers are made fur proofs at Is. '7d. ; hut the holders will nut sell at any reduction. The direct into - course batmen the West !adios and the Wheat, per barrel 1 20 atone. r. d. a s.d. Cork 0-35 0 Limerick t 34) 0-35 0 Waterforl27 0-33 0 Clonroel 8-32 0 Carlow.... 28 0-30 0 I.d.a 11°- 116- 110- 11 0- 120— .156 .122 .140 .150 .190 I. d. a •. d. ' 110 0..13 4 8 0-15 0 10 0.-11 0 100-126 110 0.-13 u $. S. as. d.l Is 6-42 0 18 0-22 0 17 0-22 0 20 0-22 0 20 6-21 0 I. d.as. d. 7 0-18 0 0 0-15 0 10 0-15 0 12 0-18 0 0 0— 0 0 Beef, Mutton, Pork, Mutter. per lb. per lb. per cwt. let. 24 3d. 4tti.l3lr —........._ --„--. .....—........._ ...... 11.0 ....MO .1,11... •••••••• ••••••• d. a d. 4. a d. a. d. aa . d. a. d. a. d. I. d. 1. d. 1. d. C0rk'......,, 3i-0 3 6 W 0-30 90 0860 82 078 074 0 Limerick— 3 —4 3 4 32 0-35 0192 86 80 074 068 0 Waterford 2 —4 3 6 32 0-25 6190 88 780680570 Clonmel 3 —5 3 —5 26 0-30 082 078 —O.O-0 Car10w,..,,. 4 -si t o - 0 0 0-. 0 0178 74 064 054 0— 0 Krutensr.—Butter 04a to 96a. tier curt_ ! Whert !Lit t...t, um:tom—Butter 944 to 900. per cwt. ; Wheat 30s. to 325. per barrel ; Flour 245. to 30a. per bag ; Oats 10a. to 1 Is. per bar rel; Barley 14s. to 16s. ; Beef 2d. t o 44. p er lb . ; M utton 4d. to 434 d. ; Potaloes 3d. per stone ; C oa l s I s . 2d . per cwt. ; Bacon, l'igs 31a. to 15s. per cwt. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PAR.LIA ENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. NEGRO SLAVERY. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented sixteen petitions from different parse Yorkshire, against Negro Slavery. The Earl of HADDINGTON presented a petition from Hadoington to the sane effect. Lord SUFFIELD prtsented a petition from Ashton, Derhysll4.., praying fur the evtinction of Sl4very. Aho a petition from Burton-upon-Trent to the same effect. Lord KING presented a petition from St. lye's, Hunt ingdonshire, to the eame effect. Lord DURHAM presented several petitions of a similar nature from the city anti county of Durham. The House adjourned at Tea Minutes P.m Five o'clock to half-pest Three , to-morrow, United States will, no doubt, have a favourable effect on the priees of Rum, when our heavy stocks are a little re duced. 13rindy is very heavy ; the best marks are offered at 4a. 6d. and no buyers. COTTON.—There are snore inquiries fur (7,,tton, but the actual sales are still inconsiderable. 440 Surat 4id. a sid. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beaus. Per Quarter. a. to a. s. to a. s. to s. s. to a. Boston — 63 32 20 32 Gainsborough 68 37 25 37 Grantham 65 74 38 44 20 29 38 44 Grimsby 50 66 26 36 16 21 28 32 54 66 25 33 15 20 30 48 Lincoln 56 68 38 42 20 25 40 42 Spilbby 18) 66 22 40 22 24 32 40 Stamford. York.—.. 56 72 34 38 20 30 44 48 LEWES 51 ARKET.—Nov. 16. White Wheat (per quarter) £3 6 oto .3 8 0 Red ditto 2 16 0 3 0 0 Barley Oats, New 1 1 0 5 0 _ LEWES MAR . White Wheat (per quarter) Red ditto Barley Oats, New Beans Oil Cake. New 0 to £3 8 0 O 3 0 0 O 2 0 0 o 1 5 0 O 0 0 0 0 per thounnd. ..... I ...... II II NORWICH, Nov. 13. The Wheat sowing being nearly concluded, we had a mid dling supply of Wheat to-day,• for which there was a fair de mand : last week's prices were fully supported generally, and the best samples of Red are Is. per quarter dearer. Our supply of Barley was large; fine malting qualities receded Is., and ink. rior samples for grinding are t!s. to 4s. per quarter lower. Oats maintain former prices. Beans are dull at last quotations. Pease are scarce, and full as dear. In the Flour trade no alteration. Wheat (per qr.) ... 59.5. t4s. Beans (per qr.) ... no , , 36s Barley Oats 24s. 21k. 28s. Flour, line (par tack) as. 50s. CANTEILIIU RI, Nov. 13. We had g very liberal and rather large supply of Wheat this day at market, which obtained a free sale, at an advance of 2s. per quarter. Other Grain was in good demand, without varia tion in value. Wheat, white No. to 70a. red Barley, Malting 3Cs. to 38s. Grinding. 3415. to 325. Oats beans 2Ns. to 335. Pease 36s. to Cis. EXETER MAR Beef (score) Os Od. Mutton (lb.) 0 4 0 Veal and I amb 0 13 0 0 P.rk 0 4 0 6 Geese (each) :3 0 4 6 Ducks (coup'e) 0 4 6 Fowls 3 0 4 0 KETa—wev. 12. at. 8..34 Barley 4 6 4 9 Oats 2 9 3 0 Beans Butter (Ib) 0 0 010 E4gs (10) 0 0 1 0 Potatoes (peck) 0 0 7 8 CATTLE. AN ACCOUNT OP CATTLN INPOATIID INTO LIVERPOOL rams NOT. 8, TO NOY. 13, ItITH DAYS INcLuoPo. Cowl. I Calves. 1 Sheep. I Pigs. I 1 Horses. I Mules. 1970 1 199 1 I 2193 1 4 7 GLASGOW MARKETS. (From the Glasgow lkrald of Monday.) The transactions in Raw SUGARS this week have not been extensive; the sales are 227 hhds., and price. remain steady ; brown Demerara. and Trinidsds sold at 47a. 6d. a 49g. 6d., brown Jamaica.. 495. 6d., brown Barbadoes 475. a 485., and low mid. St. Vincent's at 525. In West India Molasses nu sales have been made. Refined Sugars are without alteration in demand or value; brown loaves 78s. a 825., middling 83r. up to 941. for fine, lumps 76g. a 825., candy 101 d. a 141. British Molasses 20s. 6rL a 21s. Crushed Sugars still continue in good supply; mid. and good mid. at 58s. a 645., good 655. a 665., fine 671. a 705., and very fine whiten at 71s. a 74r. Nothing done in Corns; Gitroxa, or PIMENTO. The transactions in Rom have been very trifling, and prices without alteration; Jamaicas 16 0. P. 2e. 2d. a 2e. Sid., and Leeivards 19.1. a 21d. fur proofs. No sales wade in Unmoor:is. The males wide in POT ASIIRS have been confined to retail parcels at former rates ; Pearls are still vely scarce, and retailing at 40i. Nothing done in TOBACCO. Fifty casks Y. C. TALLOW were sold at 435. 6d., and small pat eels at 449. The trifling supply of Whale OIL brought to market has been sold at 531., and GO/. is now demanded ; pale Seal sold at 441. up to 481. per old tun; no Cod at market.. IRISH MARKETS. Barley. per barrel 11l stone. Herr Oabarrel ts. I Flour. ter evrt. 14 atone. Ist,. I2d. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Sri:Amen took the Chair preeisely utTbree o'clock, when several Members took the oaths and their seats. NEW WRITS. .•.....• The Right Hon. CHAS. GRANT moved for a new Writ fur Liverpool, in the room of the late Right Hun. William Huskivson.—Ordered. Sir ROBERT WILSON moved for a new Writ fur the Borough of Southwark, in the room of the late John Rawlinson Harris, Eig.—Ordered. Lord EBRINGTON moved fur a new Writ for the Borough of Tavistock, in the room of himself, he having been elected fur the County of Devon, and selecting to take his seat for the Eitter.--Ordered. A new writ war ordered for Peterlforough in the room of Lord Milton, who bad accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. NEGRO SLAVERY. Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery were presented from Buckingham, by Sir G. Nugent; from Brecon, by Sir C. Morgan ; from Spalden, by Mr. Chaplin ; from Shrewsbury, by Mr. Wyndham; from Ilfracombe, by Lord Ebrington ; from five parishes in Yorkshire, by Mr. Duncombe; from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and South Shields, by Mr. Michael Angelo Tayter ; (ions Nottingham* shire, by Sir G. Heatheote ; from Wendover, Bucks, by Mr. A. Smith ; from Chichester, by Mr. John Smith ; from two places in the county of Brecon, by Mr. Lows. Cher; from the town of Plymouth, and two places in the county of Bedford, by Mr. Wilkes ; from several places in Gloucestershire, by Sir William Guise; from two ' places in Northumberleud, by Mr. Bell ; from Oxford, by Mr. Langston; from six places in Yorkshire, by Lord Morpeth ; from three places in Bedfithlshire, by the Mar- quis ef Tavistook, from Denmark Chapel, Cumberland, by Mr. Dennison; from North Shields, by Lord Wm. Paulett; from Leominster, by Mr. Marshall; and by several other Member* from different places. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a petition from Liver pool, complaining of the Window Tax. Mr. J. (;RATTAN moved fur a return, calling upon the Rectors, Ministere, and Church Wardens, to produce an account of all sums of money collected in churches or chapels for the wet of the poor during the last five years ; and also for a return of all donations to the Commis sioners of Charitable Bequests, for the patne period. Sir H. HARDING considered that the lion. Member ought to have given notice, otherwise it would be im possible to furnish the returns with accuracy. Mr. GRATTAN hail no idea there would have been any objection, as, however. there was, he would with. draw his motion, and give notice of it.--Notice give for a future day. Sir W. GORDON presented a petition from Padstow, praying for a repeal of the duty: on sea-borne coal. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from AlicLitel Sellers, of the county of Limerick, complsining of tl.e present state of the Bankrupt Laws. The Hor. Member rd J. uis I h e ould e t GR N d n pe ere Irela d. e to ing w the e ► olmluAcfiobr,aievorairder.ycortp'le'sco3'vsc dllisi4emi:ih'itrsn:rfrnvre'.rrbemzzltpnla°niuieOrayfte).,lhuiiEGi°tpgaor,iiym'4hgmt'tnn',nli'njtnfoife!t to , uhnaithßTAYlTAwinrilrtse,ittVßelniSeiwitgei(niAllalitialis: petition EcyfirelhgfitaiLeßE°6elA Administration ft s itA rwit it e,AivinerialtrirlApt.lNleiDdi..sasalvirifwres°:t''ffie.'gf.t'ruorrlAtt-hilrurr'ile:e)tall'ebcpe"riterhvre:4'heLlinhLiita°tiVae'obiaec o g e., edP:e N et t 7tr n sl y e ti Sitlid o li i ijr it tlin'ila i v vi ee i ° : °w:: n cA: ed3l -gla s 't:t il ° : lB , l l l' t s t °N n iC4C q tui , ul i e' i t4t e t t dgenu n h ,itt o i r i u tit: ,, : ie ll '°ld i ell eet tjaf r l i gini t Pn° sT tlele i, 4 t 4l°'ii tti l i bhauji i e l u i l °ldhligir:l o hti'P t. . t 'llie t ill.te'v o 4 rg. ' o *e A ug' i ,o f i :r h hil D lillY'l . :ll. o. l34 ti i t h eetkf' h e:l is'. 'llb et,: t'l'ir' o i'ev o i lll:l: A : nliesE'iteTjt4u'' ri rd , : g u q i ii t ) i ibi'l y 'lL e imil a "l oc i': i rli u 4. eitf it i: e il:N o t i anh i tlti° • , l o ' ro t''' o , libt o C'te:' nt ')l'l j itil.e f :r4 li ' l lel v f ldllurY E' elli o tte i : o :4'r'P a : , l'B'k i ' egh' t' i, c4 , l ° i ll ci jeYl l 4''" u ali we ll '1 , 111114r , i t11;1 'nl ri t i ' ) all gng ioei, '" l ' ,, eel , l' il ria jit te .e t: t fo e ee o e red. Minted, h to rs s d W e and Wales. ELECTION COMMITTEE S. t pos l u u n ti tt n pe i o s c t lei r sse at at i rh o ili o y ) , : odt e u t ti a iin :: : :: aa l ro t ti i ie. t A m io d u n ;n : Co r i Ad m inistration sallitaVtivtorleindiseeislo:wpottetHutLbeevidEP:nYetlierembi"::agffi:dbi',:ljteee atititliutili:Atliklel:as:jl:lllll::,rifr°lol"7ll',;:gt.i:,:: o thought, therefore, some' re.olutiort st ould he adopted by s. ht the general convenience of the Hoare shelf There were no less than fi fty-five petitions, cotnplsining of- oda returns, and as no important fatalities* cauhl he its. iota ireful-, the new Administration tusk their sestodo la l. move a resolution that ,the House tlso not tallow Petili:" complaining of undue returns. except those sot dow n '' 4. l Leering ott the 25th and 20th of the present w eed!, ant after the Christmas revers. On the Reso:ution be'ng read from the chair, Mr. C. W. WYNNE thought the House ought tor, coed with all possible despatch to consider the petition, tor from the important business b, fare the House he thong i d it possible that the recess might not commence till Lour Christmas-day. ,e Mr. BROUGHAM objected to the resolution far t i l le saw no reason why Ministers should he preseut when they postponem ent b( w Lut e ai givtrteera .t) discussed. many os Neither ihittnehhi things might i td iv i l e i e r gi rie s e t vle b n r ee y o d w u foneynl the e t ft rvmoi P s t o h r o t t a n i uteiw: when h : : : b el u t , o r :Id beTphoestcpoivnieldLft:srtthue,lspearstmitallwocornavepotietwe ‘!l.3leT. Regency was au important the Election CAonmittees as being one Of the °r e and highest duties that ought to come u nder the bad rest lion of Parliament. In many of these briefs bad, 7 .1 7; given to Counsel, witnesses were on the road, In' d 'A niie ex Period. He should resist the resolution, sod 11 • 0 persevered in, he should take the sense of the !louse upo the subject. andB Sir Edward PwealrbdatC4n,rmriandget°an'felWir.obLsietrtivetst'ituhnslliro; V : et r: lotion. Sir M. W. RIDLEY replied. rtuoity Sir J. GRAHAM said tie would take that oPP° e _ op of asking th e Right Honourable Secretary, in col; fur of seeing in the Gazette last night, & "mge of ! kilter. the elevation of Dr. Philpott's Letter, See Goc iato The quest on be wished to ask was, weather 14 how jests, 's Ministers would advise the King to *W I hold with the See of Exeter, the living of Stasitife;o the Sir ROBERT PEEL said his *daft PlS lure n a rourt subject bad been ascertained before the 11en.,.., _ ol d had given his notice of motion on the subject. lie however assure the Hon. Baronet, that if he held t% o r e at the time of his Lordship'a consecration, tbat a , di , should be taken, or any instrument pass bit oT , et . ' reel ) rising him 'to hold the living without his (Sl' l% informing the Hon. Baronet of it. to puli Sir J. GRAHAM said, after that asp a lp, 0 lot postpone his motion which stood for to-morroitvt, I,ir, opportunity sw e a n ii.ej:ctthr.e,rer Fan opyrp et pof:Tertiertlyzeit:optliliauotripa".out..i.o.l3n:...a. .................. ................. r . ........................ 114 Again" " ... 14.7,iii.;::::::::::.: ... ::.:--4.$ Sr'l T A h fte e r H a ou fe se w t iv h:t r i dj,ivi.ittoksall ounr.Siirvsrls.:.auldtbllvlely:::' )1' onkTrehederrtolerbeof tathkeetittwo cl'u'airriedie'ra.rttgieo'nh an EdThursday ,timeitijushn: Ed day of December. The other orders of the al were the House adj0ur ........... ......ed. . -__-.._ POLICE N CIINTELLIGU ...----........ noWsrEEET. toilor to tlie Bow-street report of the proceeding, 0",, b , we L la that a young man of the Unit proceedin g, wa , , sol , purpose of contradicting a s°lltnaidtce.lol:4tired:l:lllll._:;"dlflo°it:idtitil}l'ee, brought up and fined 61. for an allou':true, t oil b‘i, of his. This statement was toted I wo untrue, 0 , role 0,',0 given him much pain. He had twv: i ..,:d him I then disposed o f, 10 wham was a barrister, arid the other it. L'sfiii,erno lie business at home, and they wet. 11 , 1 . tf:611 1 0 night brawlers. It was an addt:Tto biro II that the circumstance was first mottlcloii. t his Royal Highness the Duke of Co ri ', be 0 fil (P ' _ Sir K. BIRNIE knew Mr: Westv i " 1 0 " doubt tha t respectable and worthy man, end l ecte d. the the statement would be proeril The reporter who furnished o e l. to ted pu, papers said that the Inspector of Poor*. Weitu''' ItelY that the defendant was the son 01 ba to of Bond-street. Ledbetter, the officer, knew the defelid3lit , w ill the son of a gentleman in the doubt utiaPile looter Sir R. BIRNIE--I have no doubt the be set right to-morrow morning. irsi TowN.UAL4 Irish froi, Cornelius Donovan, a sulky yoisitg opuliero M, 124. I. pl'ee° l lo% apt e M u o sa : o r bi r e l i charged p i nae hd d l dn es e ce t y l eid e p i. l m : y ‘ t ni l i t t o og Aeh hn v i e i r e e t trt i ee c r.p o cwi ss o m on : w e m s "F e w ( r°d i e e p u t l :h i : d n e l lb s i 9 1 7 : o b i ls o ti p ' I and o ralat i i: i l' •: Laskin l 0 it I: 1 r I bd i to keep out of trouble by 0 0 4' "",,,iselte r - ,i, f ryi Athtetplieliteleornorosnicit°ll6rl;rll7ClCilli°:llloirt .vti)tiroleol),.C‘ atarentnckdAtoeiavemkteaerrtiearraidid:taittlrhmtiseenoAinmbasseeNiclEfkitLettloh:hefne hPp(tirrth:oilesl9:::::ilurr:'.get!d::jet:es:filt-11:\elercLigri,r1*:e11,1,111:, house and shut the door. r isotto' ) ? flie answer have you to make, Sir, to 1 .11oroinetito, I prisoner sulked, knit his brawn, Illw . o , o rtlii i fr ';o l4 Alderman ANstmr--You a s 4lll ell frite d Ji I)''' l4 The policeman acted the pa rt f Of IM e,,. ,• lie° Obi" and was entitled to , your tnaii.b N.ll,lvolittir 40' like a dastard, as you are, you too*.Hory te ll his back was turned, to jollier so tni o il. , 0 You molt make hints amend., or 66 , wo e 1 pie The prisoner not being inclined t yenta recomperice, was locked up till he _ ~....e-7----- . 2.... L .....:_..............„..., --reties. ------ ou t.. BIRTIIS. _ . ....... 14th at Funtingtoni Oa the inst. , 0 e I. I Y ('1 0 , uoionel W. Hewett of a son 1 10 Ott the 6th inst. ' at Canontei a Devon, ti'e oo lsh Hon. Cipt. Pellew, of a sou. g * On the 161 inst. in Bedford-roW, A', rs' j. IL of a daughter. kl MARRIED. i siill 4 ',, , Oa the 16th inst. at Box, in the coot), o ' 4 Illilr o f bury, Rev. Horatio Motile, Thongs D0we11...014.0" o,l' niry, to Henrietta, daughter of J. C. lul ls° ' siC Ashley House, Wilts. i lligi l fel l On the 15th inst. at St. georges, lii'°lll toorTir Brave, Esq., 1i1.D., late of '.llatinit, to Latiliblor daughter of the late Ca tin Illennerhooet, °i • jetty's service. P ' et DIED. be iettl '''' Oa the 18th inst. at Aldgate Jute/ tb e ,V Lieut.-Coloael Rife Jones, Roy'al n1110"4 o f och On the 15th intt. Mr. David Anallocanfiu". g ; 1‘ inn-lane, aged 27. ~ .. . I : 4j on tint 15th inst. in ttoctiagootfriolvi i r , ii , I s ' road, in her 80th sear, Mot. Mary Shel)P4r"' ~ the late Mr. John t:iiii-ppard. - '').l I Pittstan AND PUISLIIDINU irit MV111)° LospOP Wm Sun Orrice., LIN, *Olaf