The Sun. — London, England, 1833-07-17 00:00:00

.. PRICER OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONF O'CLOCK. :I.llk Stock i"Per Cent. Red. 9 9 14% India Stock er Cent. Cons. ..... .881.4% % % Ditto Bonds 35 33 pm ' Per Cent .................. South Sea Stock 9B , tto Red ...................... 96% 1 4 Old Annuities - 8 i34 per tent ... . ... .95%14 New Ditto — per Cent. Ann. 172 t i. ... ,3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 per Cent. 1826 ...... 102% 3% :Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 57 58 Pin Bank Long Ann. to ex owe Ditto 500 57 58 pm. Jan. 5, 'x•.•...... 17 l-16 % Ditto Small Oct. 10,— ern 1 859 ...... 17 16 15-16 , Ditto Commercial J an. 5 , 186 0...... 16 13-16 'y s !Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 Bank for Account Aprils, 18 80 ..... ....... ... India for Account Jan. 5, 1870 Cons. for Opening 9O,AM THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds 2 0 1,6 Portuguese Bonds 6B 91. i Ditto Account... 6 70 693,s PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 96% he lgian Bonds 93% .Ditto Account 93 , A 3 % Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 70. 1 4 70 Buenos Ayres Bonds 22 Ditto Account .. 23 Chilian Bonds ... .`25 Y2 5 D itto Account .... 25% Colu mbian Bond s 0 2 Ditto Account — Ditto Bends, 1824 23y Ditto Ace'quit 23% D anish B on s creek i!to B AC Ce nt — 12 1 'onds D itto Bonds, 18'; 5. 3B ~., l i ' Di tto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 3M‘ Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account 38% 3 4 Nea ten 92 (,3 Regency Scrip 213-14 311 Ditto Account 9.1 f if pm. Prussian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1822 IO3N Russian Bonds, 1822... 105 4Y4 Ditto Account lal New Loan Spanish 80nd5,1821.., 19 1 4 %% Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, :823 Ditto Account French Rentes, sp. c.104f Exchange 2sf 80c. -S per cent. 7Bf 50c. - Exchange 2sf 80c Dutch, oi p. c 48; Ditto Account 48 7 ' -t; 9 - _ Ditto, 5 p. c 92% 3 Ditto Account 93 French Scrip 4yj pm. PRICIs OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONI o'cLocr. Paid. Per Share itgle Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £lOO 14 13U N Brazilian Mining Company £l5O 140 137% Im Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) Z2O 59% n ittn National 1754 23 t L. rt. c. St. John Del Rey 10 8 t r ? t !tto C ocaes 5 lsq. c Ish Iron Mining Company £5O 19 Qiunbirn Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 50 18% G g l ith Mining Company 12% 26% wieners' Mining Association l2 8 5, / i itnican Mining Co £4B 9% 38 9 /. 2 ' r,,d0l Monte Mining Co. .. — "Ited Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 12% Olt s 15 1 4% 4 ,,, to New Scrip p,1 411 1 ce Fire Insurance Comp lO 10 , !. .ice Instt stralian Co. 8117 x/ 7 0 % i:_ anada Company ..... 17 555¢ 4 Onioranal el Steam 9avigation Co. 4 cial Bank of Ireland Z Provincial Bank of England 5 1211 --..- 25 3554 Arn o COURSE OF EXCHA bi t ._ , erdaM C r 12 3 It oi l!t sight. '2 li . 1 1 41 ,7:.fiam 2 U 12 31 ItZerp l2 8 kging M.B. 13 141 V b; l 4 3 13 141 tto days' sight 25 80 il litni 2U. 26 0 be r e aUx 26 5 11 ,1 1 r Pet.- - "`ro ton Maine, Ex. M. 154 I,,r,„l4:burgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 * Ne v a . effective ft 2 M. 10 4404. t. do • lO 8 6 to .... 374 hi c ib tra 174 R-7061 3614 , -.11 1 e °na 36% Oft s ,._ 363( 47 //GE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47M Genoa 26 0 Milan 11 Venice 47 Naples . 39% Paleimo per oz. 119% Lisbon Oporto 46% Rio .Janeiro Bahia 3l Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight ls4 Cork BULLION, PBR OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 4 11 a FAMES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JULY 12. % k g toc ,_ St. Patrick Insur.(perShare) (4 4 441 ' ~,►.5 3 Der cent Flif o ' , ock, 3% per cent. 95 1 4 !National Ditto — ID i N e w 95% ;Patriotic Ditto — 2 - OZ . e.n !Hibernian Bank 22 n5y. 4 ,..eb. 3% percent.... SS ,Provincial Ditto — etah ( 4nal Sto ck cent.... Irish Mine — eltjjanal Stock !lmperial Mine — 21 1144 4 - B , b. 4 per cent ',.......Liee Deb. 4v. C. 93 1 /, Commercial Buildings HAILS. 0 °I A _` Due. Arrived. Due. 0 - , sneriea 0 0 Hamburg 0 kra - 1 0 ... zi 0 nuenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 I ettrt_ hagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 0 j 1 Flan.. ders 0 0 Malta 0 0 rrance 0 0 Sweden * - -.....),:luernsev &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 M ot !! HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ... , ....„41L_Ig ... 4 minutes after 3. I Evening... 26 minutes after 3 FIVE GUINEAS REWARD. LOST, on Saturday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, at the corner of Berners-street, Oxford -street, a small TERRIER-LIKE DOG. He haft short hair, of a blackish-grey or mouse colour, a line °F black along his back, a short black tail, a white chest, I,nd brown legs. When lost, his ears had not been cut. 1 e had on at the time a collar, with the owner's name ea ru n it; also a padlock and bell. Whoever will bring to No 38 " Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, r ecelve the above reward of five guineas. In o „ ERRATUM. on' Parliamentary Repo r t ye s t er d a y o f th e Lunatic's Corn 'don Bill, th ere was an error i n M r. H ume ' s s p eec h : Z ee e an d a half per cent. on the amount of 269,158/. Is. 9d., ofßt nti , a l incomes of the lunatics, was stated to be upwards Whereas it should have been 4,000/. JCL t 111 I; l4 '' n n LONDON, W EDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1833. t i t he Irish Church Bill will be read a second l i. tne in the House of Lords to-night, without a ) 1 1 , 1 „ ti ". Several of the moderate or RAR -167111( and WICKLOW party will stay away, a t th at Ministers expect a majority. We kirry, however, to learn from the same D A ; tie '' , that the moderate Tories have recently eh a , ground a t C ou rt, a nd th a t som e speedy s eti . tes in the Ministry may be expected in a th e ' e net over favourable to the interests of e°l-Intry. UP to a l ate h our t hi s morn i ng no f urt h er a 4ee4n ts had b een rece i ve d f rom P or t uga l a t th e °llli guese Embassy ; nor does it appear that l are exp ecte d b e f ore t h e arr i va l o f t h e pac k et, whi ch is not due unt il S atur d ay. Ac eordinn t ° private accounts which we have Neen, it w ° l lld require at least ten days for 4r APIEII . to put his fleet in order and I;. ran ge the crews. He intended to draft 4 : 8 be st men i nto t h e sh i ps wh i ch were i n the e st fit state for service, and to wait for an additional force of seamen from England to I°rnplete the equipment of the fleet ; but he ° uld not d e l a y hi s o p erat i ons aga i nst Li s b on , their arrival. A very large portion of the ete ws captured in the Miguelite ships had im "'ediately volunteered to serve under the Con 4th..itutional Admiral, but many of them were t i l e ie allows birds, who would be of less use annoyance, and therefore the Admiral would get: rid of thm. We understand, however, t hat hi arrangements are already in progress to send 414 4 ' out a fresh supply of men, as, whatever t e „,Y" be the result of the contest, an efficient f th e , o rce must be of infinite importance , to tai n i n e gency, in th e even t o f M IGUEL s re big Posse ss i on of L i s b on, and even obtain whatevar r h t°, Which is not very probable, for, e ffected t e arri va l o f B OURMONT m i g h t h ave si on und er other circumstances, the depres the e --( mg the Mi gue li te troops , on h ear i ng o f render Illsre of the fleet, must be such as to co-ope rat i on unavailing. 4noth Jer return (given in another part of our offer been laid upon the table of the House of "1111 " s) which demonstrates the propriety hin g j companies (4 4 1th stablis joint-stock banking h ot ° u gh they may not be allowed to issue h 1 , 8 ) Within the pale of the Bank monopoly. firtuence appears that 38 bankers and banking 1 8, within 65 miles of London, failed in the ' 4 Bt e i theneight years, and that during the same period to umbers th at f a i led more than 65 miles from ?4(1411 were 116. Af ter this exposition, can for ' 4an one moment be co n t en d ed that joint-stock ki o h e ‘ g companies, not issuin g notes, should ', th e Pr evented fro m establishi ng t h emselves within Pale of the Bank monopoly, whether it shall extend 65 miles or be limited to 20 or SO miles from London ? A third return has been laid upon the table of the House of Commons, from which it appears that, notwithstanding the very im proper restrictions imposed by the 7th GEO. IV., c. 46, thirty-eight different joint-stock banking companies have been established in different parts of England—one of them composed of 857 partners, and, with six exceptions, all of them composed of upwards of 100 partners, and nearly one-half of them of upwards of 200 partners, not one of which companies has failed, nor is it probable that any of them ever will fail ; for can it be believed that from one to eight hundred persons and upwards, composing the greater number of them, would make themselves personally answerable for the whole engagements of the concern, if the management were not such as to preclude the possibility of danger to themselves or their families from such respon sibility ? The second reading of the Bank Charter Bill has been deferred to Monday next. This post ponement has very much the appearance of a misgiving on the part of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—and we are no way sur prised at it. But whether the Bank Charter Bill pass or not, we trust the Bill which is to compel all banking companies issuing notes (the Bank of England included) to pay a com position upon their circulation will, at all events, be pas , ed this session, in order that it may be ascertained what the country circulation is ; from whence it will appear that over-issue is wholly and solely, and constantly with the Bank of England, excepting when the currency is con tracted, in order to prevent a drain of gold. But to enable the Bill which has been brought in to accomplish its purpose, it must receive various amendments, and, more particularly, provision must be made for the period as well as the manner of making returns, so that. it may appear from week to week, and from month to month, as well as from year to year, what both the Bank circulation and the country circulation is, so that the one may, at all times, be con trasted with the other. We trust, also, that provision will be made in this Bill for enabling joint-stock companies to draw upon Loddon for sums under 50/., and to remove any doubt which exists of their right to make their notes payable in London, as well as at the place where issued. The motion of Mr. SINCLAIR for leave to bring in alßill to repeal the 10th of Anne, in so far as it relates to church patronage in Scotland, was rejected last night on the ground of in formality. We rejoice at the result, because we wish well to the Church of Scotland, and are convinced that the plan, if carried into effect, would tend more to lower the character and di minish the usefulness of the clergy than any other which could be devised. So far from pre venting parish feuds and secession from the Church, it appears to us that it would indirectly increase both these evils. The Relief Secession sprung out of disappointed ambition. BOSTON was refused a living by the Crown, and then set up for himself. What could have prevented him doing the same, though the election had been of the most popular description ? Instances are constantly occurring where divisions take place in congregations, merely because the mi nority are not satisfied with the choice of the majority, and every one acquainted with the history of the Church of Scotland knows that a vast body of the Dissenters left the mother church from very different causes than lay pa tronage. The very names of the Sects, such as the Burghers, Anti-Burghers, Ca meronians, &c., prove this. We believe there is not a more respectable, more useful, and more intelligent class of men than the clergy of Scot land, but were they to be appcinted by popular clamour, and get their livings by complying with the prejudice and delusion of the lower classes, how long would their independence last ? And without independence, no class of men can be really useful. Expe rience, however, is worth a hundred theore tical speeches such as those made last night, and that tells us that some of the clergy, now most beloved by their parishioners, were shunned and even insulted, when presented to the livings. Dr. CHALMEI, s himself is a striking instance. There never was a more unpopular preacher than he was when he entered the church ; and had his admission depended on the popular voice, he never would have reached the dignity which he now holds. A silly motion of Mr. R OBINSON ' S las t night, in the House of Commons, called forth an expression of feeling from that body on Captain NAPIER'S victory over the Miguelite fleet, which cannot fail to be highly gratifying to that gallant sailor and his companions, as well as to the haters of tyranny throughout the kingdom. It was Mr. O'CONNELL who first caught at the allusion to the battle of the sth instant ; but the cheer, once set in motion, rolled uninterruptedly round the House, greatly to the astonishment of the semi liberal whose words gave rise to it. As to Hr. ROBINSON'S complaint of the merchants having notice of an anti cipated blockade, it is one of the drollest we ever heard. If the Government have reason to believe that a blockade is now actually established on the coast of Portugal, we cannot imagine any thing more proper than thus giving the mercantile world notice of the fact, leaving it to individuals to risk, if they pleased, the loss of time occasioned by despatching a vessel to Lisbon, which would be hurried off when it arrived at the mouth of the Tagus. We recollect meeting, in a collection of Spanish Fables, if our memory deceive us not, with a story of two countrymen, who, hastening home one dark night, suddenly heard the braying of an ass, and one of them thinking to show off his wit to the other, went towards the side of the road whence the sound proceeded, and said jokingly, " What is the matter, good friend ?" The only answer he got was a kick that broke his leg. The moral of the fable was, that when a fool speaks according to his folly, and it hurts no one, a wise man will have nothing to say to him. Far be it from usto say that Mr. RUTHVEN is an ass, or Mr. SPRING RICE a silly joker, but the resemblance of their conduct last night to that of the parties concerned in the adventure we have related, is so great, that nine out of ten will, we doubt not, consider our story pat to the occasion. To Members of the House of Com mons, or frequent visiters of the House, any description of the hero of last night's debate is perfectly unnecessary, but let those dour readers, without such unquestionable means of judging, take the most uneducated man they ever came in contact with, the veriest dolt that ever drove a plough, and set him upon a table to talk for an hour upon any subject or subjects he thinks fit, and they will have a good idea of the speeches of the Gentleman who last night moved—" That it is the opinion of this House, that the reduction of taxation and the diminu tion of the public burdens, by every attention to economy, are objects of paramount importance ; and that, in justice to the people who pay taxes, all sinecure places not merited by public services should be abolished throughout the British Em pire." This is about as much as saying that two and two make four, and there was not a man who spoke who did not designate it as a truism. The proper mode of meeting it would have been, either for the Government to have seconded it, to have let it be carried without a word, or to have moved the previous question as a matter of prin ciple, which requires that the time of the public should not be taken up with the affirmation of universally acknowledged facts, but without wasting more words than was necessary to ex plain the object of the amendment, and to state that the Government was indifferent whether it or the original motion was carried. Instead of this, however, Mr. SPRING RICE made a set speech. It would have been diffi cult to have made a speech upon the motion of Mr. RUTIIVEN, so that the Secretary of the Treasury, after confessing that two and two did actually make four, went on to prove something which had as much to do with the question as the names of the books stuck at the head of an article in the Edinburgh or Quarterly Review have to do with the state ment and arguments it contains. " Ah !" said SHERIDAN, starting up in a large company, " Is that a gun I heard ?" No gun was fired, but SHERIDAN had just stuffed himself full of information about gunpowder, so off he fired his speech. Just so was it with the Secretary of the Treasury last nigh. " Ah ! is that an attack upon the conduct of the different Governments which have existed for the last ten years ?" No attack was made ; but Mr. RICE, who, with praiseworthy industry, has made himself acquainted with all the details of his office duties, had prepared a show-off, and accordingly launched out into a statement of all the saving effected since 1821. No one denied that great savings had been made ; no one denied the present Government, in particular, great credit for its reductions. The simple question was, whether it was fit the time of the House should be occupied by a motion which could not possibly lead to any useful result. Mr. RICE, however, would ask the ass what was the matter, and the consequence was that he got a kick. In other words, his speech led the liberal Members to fear that the question would out of doors be regarded as one of retrench ment or no retrenchment, and they therefore voted, not that they would not entertain the motion, but that two and two actually did make four, and Ministers were beaten by a majority of 88 to 79. It is a result which will not of itself seriously injure them ; but the mortification it must have occasioned them is only a proper punishment for their want of tact. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) YOUNG V. THORNTON, THORNTON V. YOUNG. This case came before the Court to-day upon further directions, when his HONOUR ordered that 4,0001., the purchase money, was to be set off against the debt due to Mr. Young, to whom the Court gave liberty to move for the remainder of that debt, amounting to nearly 5,0001. under the bankruptcy. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JULY 16.—Wind E.N.E., light breezes.—Arrived from the River, and sailed the Hopeful, Leslie, and Ratchiff, Higgins, for the South Seas ; and England, for Valparaiso. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 16.—Wind light and variable.—Arrived off port, the Favourite, from St. Thomas's. PLYMOUTH, JULY 15.—Wind light and variable.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Romney, from Bermuda; Perceval, Spicer, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; and Mantura, Dunn, from St. Petersburgh. Off port, Bohemia, Lud, from Havannah. Sailed his Majesty's ship Pike, for the westward. FALMOUTH, JULY 15.—Wind light and variable.—Sailed the African steam-packet, for Oporto and Lisbon, with mails. Off Falmouth, the Volusia, from Jamaica. BRISTOL, JULY 16 —Arrived the James Gregson, from Barbadoes. LIVERPOOL, Jul' Is.—Arrived the Suffolk, M`Donald, from Maranham ; Sophia, Easten, from Montreal; Highlander, —, from Newfoundland ; and Kingston, —, from Africa. DUBLIN, JULY 15.—Arrived the Edwin, Carr, from St, John's, New Brunswick. PooLa, JULY 15.—Arrived the William Kelson, Robins, from Newfoundland. TOP:3IIAM, JULY 15.—Arrived the Donus, Ord, from Mira- TORBAY, JULY 11—Arrived off port the Duke of Bronte, Harris, from Jamaica. The Wanderer (transport) Blake, from Falmouth, was wrecked on the Coblert Rocks, Barbadoes, the Ist ult.—the crew and troops saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have no arrivals of the least consequence to the present hour. Ministers last night received a side blow, but it was from the Radicals, on a question in the House of Commons by Mr. Ruth ven, for the reduction of taxes and the abolishment of all sine cures throughout the Empire; on which question the House divided, which was carried by a majority of 9 against Ministers. Consols, which left off yesterday at 90 to % for the Account, opened at the same price : at present they are 90 % to IA , with little doing. Important news is hourly expected from Lisbon and Oporto. In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE We have had a general report on 'Change, and at the Baltic Coffee.house, that Lisbon had surrendered to Napier; but on inquiry at the above Coffee-house we find it originated from the Stock Exchange, therefore we place no confidence in it at present. This is only an anticipation of what may happen. There was also another report that France had acknowledged Donna ➢Maria, which at present stands on the same footing with the above report. _ . Consols are 90 CA to IA for the Account, with little doing, as the speculators are waiting the result of this night's debate on the Irish Church Bill. In the Foreign Market Portuguese Scrip has been done at 3 premium, owing to the above reports. No arrivals in the city from Portugal. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account 90 IA % CLOSING PRICES, Bank Stock 2061 3 per Cent. Red B9l 3 pet Cent. Cons BBl 3 per Cent. per Cent. Red 961 New 3 per Cent 95!. 4 per Cent 102,, Long. Ann. to expire Jan. 1860 l7l Oct. 1859 1715-16 Jan. 1860 l6l FOREIGI Austrian, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 93 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent. 251 Columbian, 6 per cent Ditto, 1824 Danish 731 Greek, 5 per cent. 1825 3Bl Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent 391 Peruvian; 6 per cent, 2o} —FOUR O'CLOCK India Stock 240 Ditto 80nd5.... ........... South Sea Stock Ditto Old Ann Ditto New Ann. Ex. Bills, 10001 ---- 57 pm Ditto 5001 57 pm. Ditto Small 57 pm. Bank St. for Acc. 206 Consols for Opg 90f India Sr. for Opg. 2401 I FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent 70 Ditto, Reg. Scrip 4 pm Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO4l Ditto, Metallic 9Bf Spanish, 5 per cent l9l Ditto, 1823 l7 French 5 per Cent 103 f. —c Exchange 2sf. 80c French 3 per Cent 7Bf. '2sc. Dutch, 21 per cent 49 Ditto, 5 per cent 931 NEW BOARDS OF STAMPS AND TAXES.— Mr. J. WOOD, Chairman ; Mr. J. THORNTON, Deputy ; Messrs. C. P. RUSHWORTH, H. SEYMOUR MONTAGU, J• W. Bownitrr, and E. SAURIN, jun., Commissioners; Secretary, Mr. C. PRESSLEY, late Secretary of Stamps. Mr. ATHERLEY voted in the Majority on Mr. R. CUTLAR FERGUSSON'S MOE;011. I M PI RIALPA 1111 AM THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At the usual hour the gallery was opened, when we found about 50 Members present. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from Mr. Thos. Acheson. The Hon. Gentleman then read the testi monials in favour of the petitioner, which embraced the full period of his servitude, and were of the most honour able nature. He hoped that the Hon. Members who were Roman Catholics, would not imagine that any thing he h d read, or should have to say, was intended to bear personally upon their religion.—(Hear, hear.) Hon. Members would particularly notice that patteraroes were not military instruments, and that, by the Articles of War (extracts of which the Honourable Member also read), the petitioner had committed no military offence. and that, under the circumstances, be would not be charged with insubordination or disobedience. He (Mr. P.) was not the man to use harsh terms—(Hear, bear) — and he could not believe that there was any Hon. Member who would say that the terms he used were too harsh, when he declared that the treatment Mr. Ateteson ha I received, was most unjust and cruel. For twelve weeks the case had remained before the authorities in this country, and it was eight months after the imparted offence that this conscientious man, and, he was warranted in believing, good soldier, was brought to a courtmartial and dismissed. The Hon. Member contended that there was no breach of military orders ; it might as well be said that a soldier was liable to be called on to ring the bell of a parish, church, or to sweep a chimney, :and because he refused, he had committed a breach of discipline. It was grossly unjust, and was a case of the greatest cruelty ; not. a whisper had ever been heard against the petitioner's character, and indeed he had very high testimonials from several Commending Officers in his favour. Yet for this act he had been degraded and dismissed from his Ma jesty's service, after having spent the best years of his life in it, and instead of now enjoying a competency he was compelled to seek his bread where he could. He could appeal to the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin (Mr. O'Connell) whether soldiers professing the Roman Catholic religion were not exempted from taking part in Protestant ceremonies—( Hear, bear, hear, from Mr. O'Connell)—and even Dissenters were not obliged to at tend the Established Church ceremonies. He begged to observe that he had given notice to the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary at War (Mr. Ellice) that he intended to present the petition.—(Hear, hear.) He also had a petition from an individutl named Thatcher, against the Notaries Public Bill. - Mr. O'CONNELL heartily concurred in the prayer of the petition, and said it was incumbent on the House to call upon the Government to give the petitioners redress by reinstating him in his former rank.—(Cheers.) Hav ing himself always contended for freedom of religious opi nions, he was anxious that all British subjects should have the same freedom. He concurred with the Hon. Member, that the ceremonies in question were purely re ligious ceremonies, and could not be termed military duties.—(Hear, hear.) They were religious ceremonies observed by the Catholics of that part of the country (Malta), and they were such that no sincere Protestant could participate in, except he acted as a renegade to his own religion; he respected the gentleman the more for his resistance—his very respectful resistance, to the orders, even at great risk to himself.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it but compliment due to the Government to mention that regulations were made by which the Roman Catholics were left to the free exercise of their own religion ; and he would mention an instance. A drummer of the Galway militia refused when ordered to go to hear divine worship at the Protestant church of Rathkeale, and he was ordered into eurody, to be tried by a court martial ; he (➢lr. O'Connell) applied to the Court of King's Bench for a habeas corpus, and that court held that the man had committed no offence, and discharged him. He would say that the case of Captain Acheson was much stronger than that case— (Hear)—for he did not refuse, but respectfully remon strated. As to the Navy, the same liberality was extended. Within the last ten days a Roman Catholic sailor complained to him (Mr. O'Connell) that he had been improperly interfered with in regard to his religion. He waited on the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the grievance was instantly removed.—(Hear.) He hoped therefore, that the petitioner who had a very strong ca•e, would receive proper consideration. He could conceive the feelings of a Protestant in being required to take part in a ceremony so repugnant to himself, and so opposite to his own religious principles, and what a Protestant de signated idolatrous.—(Cheers.) It was a subject of the deepest importance.---(Hear, hear.) It could not be supposed that because Captain Acheson refused to take part in those ceremonies, he would fear the less to face the enemy. In all the relations of the army, the principle of honour was exceedingly fine, but give him (Mr. O'Connell) the conscientious Christian, who carried into effect, with the most minute detail, the principle of " Do to others as you would that they should do unto you."—(Loud cheers.) The petitioner had a strong claim upon the justice of the House, and he hoped the Hon. Member (Mr. Plumptre) would give notice of a motion for the production of the minutes of evidence taken before the courtmartial, and then he hoped the House would unanimously address his Majesty to restore Captain Acheson to his rank.—(Cheers.) He respected the freedom of . conscience, and he was glad they were going to give freedom to the Jews, but while they were doing that they should not turn their backs on their fellow- Christians, and wholly disregard their feelings.—(Hear.) The Earl of DARLINGTON said that undoubtedly the whole case would rest on the minutes of the Court martial with regard to this individual ; but he thought that the Hon. Member for Dublin (Mr. O'Connell) rather misconceived the case in speaking of a military duty, because this he would say, although no man, of course, would wish to interfere with a man's religious scruples, that every man who was a military man, was bound to obey the orders given to him, let those orders be what they might.—(Cries of " No, no.") He begged pardon ; he spoke as a military man, and he would still say it was his duty to obey the orders of the superior officer. It was perfectly true a man might receive an order which his superior officer was not justified in • giving, but it was the man's duty to obey that order in the first instance, and then afterwards to obtain redress. Much stress had been laid on this being a religious cere• mony, but he thought from the frets which bad been stated, that it was a military duty he had been ordered to perform. If he was ordered to fire a salute, or to perform any duty in his military capacity, whatever the nature of that duty was be was bound to perform it; and if be re fused, he (the Earl of Darlington) considered he was liable, and ought, of course, to be brought before a proper tribunal to judge whether be had acted cor rectly or incorrectly in so refusing. If he had acted correctly he might find redress. Every body knew that by the articles of war an individual might, inferior in rank, bring his superior officer before a courtmartial, and that if he failed in establishing the charge he was punished. He hoped the Judge Advocate would give some reason for his absence, as unquestionably it was his duty to have attended, especially eeer notice had been given to him. The Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was the Secretary at War at that time, and perhaps he could more satisfac torily answer this case than the Judge-Advocate, but, of course, to whomsoever the application was made, it was his duty to be hete. Sir C. BURRELL thought that every thing had been stated which was consistent with humanity, and which was still more consistent with truth. He (Sir C. B.) was satisfied this individual never did refuse—(Hear, hear)—that on the contrary he only remonstrated, and that too in a respectful and proper manner. Under all the circumstances of the case, he felt it was consistent with justice and it was the duty of Parliament to give this petition the greatest possible attention.—(Heat, hear.) He hoped and trusted that, like other officers who had fallen into error, he would be restored to the service, and that Parlia ment would not do acts of injustice in some cases, because the individual might happen to be a person of low rank. Sir R. INGLIS said the case was one of very great im portance, and he did not think that, after notice had been given to the Ministry, they had acted with fairness to the House, or the Hon. Member who had presented the petition with so much good taste. He had been asto nished at one of the assertions made by his Noble Friend—he had said that nu matter what order an officer received from a superior, he was bound to obey it.—(Hear, hear.) Surely his Noble Friend would in som e way qualify that statement, which was one in which he could not possibly agree. He did not approve of the House of Commons being made a court of appeal from courts of law or courtsmartial, because if the practice was carried much into effect, it would lead to great confusion in the civil law and to insubordination in the army. In saying that he was still bound to state that he thought the present case was a most fit one to be brought under their consideration. The island of Malta was accepted upon the terms, that the religious rites of the Maltese were to be maintained, and therefore the Governor was bound to protect the Catholic faith, and he did not complain of his even adding as much splendour to its rites as possible, but he did complain that military officers should be forced to serve in them against their consciences ; for it was impossible `to rconsider it in any way as a military duty. It was to remarked, that at the very thee Alr. Acheson was unde , going his trial, the Marquis of Hastings, who had sue ceeded to the Governorship, had withdrawn the mint 1. , altogether from such ceremonies. In order to prove th t the duty he was required to perform was re at all a military one, it was only necessary to state tha the guns that were to be fired were nut such as would I recognised as artillery in the service—they were what we called patte , wroes, which were usual in Ca.holic counter' and did not belong to the army of which he formed part. Now, had he (the petitioner) been asked to fir a salute, without having any 0-lier orders, no don! he would have done it at once ; but when asked to fi the salute as a part of a religious ceremony, the cafe assom al a very different character. He comp!i mentecl the Hon. Gentleman for the manner in which heti, presented the petition, without moving for any document, because he war sure the feeling of the House would mak any ulterior measures unnecessary. Ho was only sorry that the discussion hal taken place in the absence of In Majesty's Ministers. Colonel EVANS felt extremely glad that the p ttiti u, had been presented by the Hon. Member opposite. I was quite clear that this was not a party question, and the, no party feelings existed in the case. In his opinion, i ever there was a time when the absence of Ministers w more commendable than another, it was the present. because it looked as if they felt convinced they hrd n answer to give to this case. With respect to the Nob,. and Gallant Lord to his right, he had certainly showed tl , a , he professed in a high degree courage which was essential to the military character; for in his (Col. Evans's) opiniAl. it would require no small degree of courage to be dr. only man in that House who would declare himself op posed to the petition which had been presented.—(Heae,') He (Colonel Evans) must protest against the military doctrine which th it Noble Lord had laid down.— (Hear, hear.) In the first place he had understood bite to state that a soldier was bound to obey any order, how ever against his religious opinions. With that observa tion he c mid not agree, nor did he believe it was require,' by the ord-rs of war, strict and despotic as tliay were ; for if such was to be the case, soldiers could only be looked upon in the light of co i.plete automata& Hi considered the case now under consideration, as a melan choly proof of the want of confidence in past Parliaments otherwise it would surely have been brought frrwatd be fore, several years having elapsed since the petitioner hail been tried, and placed in the unfortunate situation be was. —(Hear.) In his opinion the case was one of arbitrary capricious and unjustifi ible exercise of authority.—(Hear. ) He admitted that during war it was advantageous that the most arbitrary power should be given to the Com mander-in-Chief, for the purpose of maintaining discipline, and regretted that greater power were not given, such as conferring rank and station on persons who had dis tinguished themselves, but this case was very differen in times of peace, and a very different rule should be then applied.—(Hear, hear.) He doubted very much the legality of the proceeding, as he did not find that tilt petitioner had disobeyed any orders that had been given, but had merely stated his religious scruples, which his superior officer bowed to. In his opinion, therefore, it any person ought to have been tried by a Courtmartial, it should have been the superior officer, and not the captain. —(Hear, hear.) The Earl of DARLINGTON, in explanation, observed, that he had not stated that he did not concur with the prayer of the petition. All that he had said was, that he knew nothing of the transaction, and therefore could not enter into the merits or demerits of the case. He was still of opinion, notwithstanding all tha had been said by the Gallant Colonel, that subdordinat , officers were bound to perform the orders of their superiors, even though it might interfere with their religious senti ments. Mr. FINN thought the conduct of the superior officers with respect to Capt. Acheson was downright persecution, for that officer',. having merely stated his religious scruples ; and for his own part he would say, that no power on earth should dictate what his religious sentiments should be, and he could not but admire the man who firmly expressed his determination not to act against his religious scruples. Colonel LEITH HAY thought this purely a military question, and having nothing whatever to do with religious feelings. The question with him was not whit the orders were, but whether they had been disobeyed or not.—( Hear, bear.) Upon that principle it wa , that Captain Achieson had been tried, and judged not to be a fit person to remain any longer in his Majesty's service. He believed that Captain Ach*on bad acted from a mistaken conscientious view, but he could not think that exonerated him from performing duties which he was ordered to perform. As to the statement that no officers of a different persuasion were required to act on Catholic religious ceremonies, he must state th it he recol lected the Duke of Wellington assisting in those ceremo nies in Salamanca. Mr. SHEIL said, that he for one could not accord in the position that all the rights of a British subject were merged in the soldier, and that an officer in his Majesty's service was not entitled to consider whether a military order was an outrage to his conscience. It was deplorable that none of his Majesty's Ministers, although notice had hte • given of this petition, were present, and it was the snore to be lamented, inasmuch as the King had twice intimated to Captain Atchhon, through Sir Herbert Taylor, a strong solicitude for his case.—(Loud cries of Hear.) Twice had his Majesty expressed his anxiety, and yet at the Horse Guards nothing had been done. It was time for this House to interpose—(L•tud cheers)—there n as not a man in the House, who had the slightest regard for the rights of conscience, who did not fee for this unfortunate gentleman equal respect and com miseration. He had been twenty years in the service, and was then by an arbitrary mandate committed to destruction, and turned from his profession in helplessness upon the world. For what ? Had he been ordered to mount the breach he would have offered up his life with a chivalrous devotion, but of his conscience he had too much moral valour to make the degrading immolation—(Hear). The casestood thus: orders were given by the authorities that a salute should be find in honour of the host. Those elders originated with the Catholic Church, and were conveyed through the military authorities.—(Hear, hear.) There can be no doubt that this was a religious ceremony.—(Hear, hear.) was Captain Achison bound to objt_ct to it ? The Catho lic collier is exempted from the necessity of attending Pro testant worship; and where is the Roman Catho. lie who would not extend to others that privilege on which he sets so high an appreciation ? It is notorious to every man who has ever read the history of the early persecutions, that the Christians underwent martyrdom, not cn account of the profession of particular tenets, but because they would not assist in the rites employed in the Roman temples, and connected with the religion of the State. The martyrology of the early Church is pregnant with these illustrious examples. Let it b , o' served too, that the honour paid to the Host touches the very point on which Catholics and Protestants differ, and Captain Achison was justified in feeling, that an implied recognition of the eucharist was exacted from him. But, after all, he did not disobey orders. fie sent an expostulation to his commanding officer, and that gentle man, instead of repeating the command, directed the gunner of the regiment to go through the ceremony. Surely our Go vernment might have allowed the matter to rest. It might have been permitted to pass in oblivion ; but instead of taking this wise course, instead of making allowance for conscientious sbruples, this unfortunate gentleman, was eight months after dismissed the service. This ought not to have b.en, and this House was bound to effect his redress. There was but one feeling in his cause, and those who themselves once suffered privation for a conscientious adherence to their opinions, fe the most earnest and the most strenuous anxiety in his behalf.— (Hear, hear, hear.) What ! after twenty years of service, after having conducted himself in the most exemplary manner, and won the approbation of all those with whom he was ever connected in his profession, is this gentleman, to be given up to ruin, and shall not this House, and the people whom it represents interpose?— (Hear, hear, hear.) Reparation must be made him, anti although that reparation be tardy, it shall be complete. Mr. STEWART contended that the plans suggested by the petitioners would not have the effect of conferring any real benefit on the petitioners or on the country. Mr. METHUEN expressed a hope that his Hon. Friend would follow the advice of the Hon. Member for Dublin, and move for minutes of the courtmartial. An HON. MEMBER, as a military man, could not see how the courtmartial could have come to such a conclu sion, after what had now been stated on the subject. Sir E. KNATCHBULL said there was a higher tribunal before which the decision of the courtwartia should be reversed.—(Cheers ) Mr. WILKS was glad to hear ao unanimous a feeling upon the subject. He supported the question, not so much as applicable to this particular individual as to the religious privileges of individuals in the army. Mr. J. MAXWELL concurred in the sentiments ex pressed towards the petitioner, and he thought that the only difference of opinion was as to the best means of accomplishing the petitioner's object. Mr. O'DWYER supported the prayer of the petition. PLUI%IPTRE regretted none of his Majes t y , Ministers had been present during this discussion, and on that account he sli,in:•l it y to give not:ce of further proceedings. The petition w c, then ',ILI en the table. Mr. METHUEN presented a petition from the inha.. hitants of Bradford, in Wilt•t, with respect to the Bill now before the House, for the purpose of making the landholders support the poor. Mr. POTTER did not know whrther the Hon. Gen tleman was aware, and be would therefore just info of him, that a clause had been introduced into this Bill, making it optional in the parishes to adopt it. . _ S r C. BURRELL must b!tter persuaded than he was now, that the Bill would have any good effect, before Le could give it his support. _ Sir J. lIIAXWEIL presented a petition from the nu r_ chants, hankers, traders, and others, of Paisley, azainst the Scotch Bankrupt Buil. Also a petition from the medical pr ictitioners of Paisley, against the Apothecaries Bill of 1815. Mr. COLLIER presented petitions from the inhabi tants of Truro, Bricham, and Anniston, for the abolition of slavery. The Hon. Hon. Member also presented a pe tition from the owners of vessels b,longing to the port of Plymouth, respecting the trade with Holland. Mr. WILKES presented petitions from the B iptist congregations of Ashbur on, Plymouth, Bolton, and several oth,r places in the counties of Devon and Gornwall, for thu institution of a civil registration of births. The Hon. ourable Member also presented similar petitions from the Minister and Congregation of Castle Dillington, Leicester, and from Mahon in the Eist Riding of the county of York. Mr: SANDFORD wished to know what wag being done, or had been done, by the Committee on t.1:1 Registration of Baptists. Mr. WILKS had no doubt that sornethinglwould very shortly be done. Mr. O'CONNELL said there was no other country in which a register way not kept, not only of the births hut also of titles to land. Sir H. PARKER presented a petiti , in from Bury, S•. Edmund's, praying for triennial Parliaments and vote 1 y ballot. Sir C. BURRELL said a ♦ery eroneous opinion had gone abroad re , pecting the three years Bill. That Bill had nothing st all to do with sending home gentlemen to their constituents every three years, but was brought in and passed in consequence of George the First not sum moning a Parliament for twelve years, and in order to make it necessary that it should meet at least every two years. Mr. PETER presented a petition from Elizabeth Christie, stating that in consequence of her using some .danderous words of another woman, s he was sued in the Ecclesiastical Court, and ordered to do penance, and that her husband was now in Bodmin gaol for the costs. lie had applied for his discharge under the Insolvent Act, but could receive no relief. Mr. CURTEIS presented several petitions flow Bur wash and other parishes in Sussex, against the present odious and most unreasonable system of tithe exactions. The Hon. Member supported their prayer. Sir C. BURRELL ve-tured to state that the county of Sussex was as unexceptionable as to the levying of tithes as any other county in England. Mr. GREEN supported the petition. Mr. TYRELL presented a petition on the same sub ject from Sudbury. Mr. BRISCOE said, in the multiplicity of subj.cts which pressed on the attention of the House•, it would be considered expedient to withdraw it. Mr. ROMILLY presented a petition from a person in Shrewsbury, against the rating of entail tenements Bill. Mr. CLAY rose to present a petition from the trades man, shopkeepers, and others, interested in the welfare of the sugar refining trade in the district of the Tower Hamlets. The petition was signed by upwards of nineteen thousand individuals, and he would con fine himself with simply reading the plain, distinct, energetic, and yet respectful, language in which they addressed the House. The Hon. Member then went on to read the petition, which set forth the grievances under which the petitiorers laboured. Mr. ROBINSON could see no objection in granting the prayer of the petition. EWART supported the prayer of the petition, and denounced any Minister who would wilfully shut his eyes to the immense benefits that it would confer. Mr. GROTE supported the petition, not only because many of his constituents were interested, but because lie thought it founded upon strict justice. The House then adjourned at three o'clock. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Tweeddale, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, from Scotland; the Rev. Mr. Jenyns, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Ely, Cambridgeshire; Major and Mrs. Free. mantle, in Dover-street, from the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. J. Forster, in Park-lane, from Ramsgate ; James Lewis, Esq., at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's.street, from Bristol ; J. and Thomas Moss, Esqrs., at ditto, from Liverpool; Lord Dorchester, at ditto, from Scotland ; Colonel Burgoyne, at the Albion Hotel, Cockspur-street, from Dublin ; W. J. Myers, Esq., and W. Myers, Esq., at ditto, from Liverpool; Edward Littledale, Esq., at ditto, from Liverpool; the Earl and Countess of Abingdon, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street and Davies street, from Brighton ; Lady Mary Keith, Charles Banner man, Esq., and Mrs. Bannerman, at ditto, from St. Leonard's, Hastings. DEPARTURES. The Earl and Countess of Bradford, from Grosvenor-place, for their seat, Dalhousie Castle, N. B.; the Dowager Countess of Bradford, from Park-lane, for Colgarth Park, Westmore land; Lord and Lady Eastnor, from St. James's-square, for Leamington, Warwickshire; Mr. and Mrs. Dering and family, from Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, for their seat, in Kent; Mr. and Mrs. Hogg and family, from Batt's Hotel, Dover street, for Ireland; Sir Thomas and Lady Hare and family, from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's street, for Leamington, War wickshire ; the Earl and Countess of Sefton, for their seat, Stoke Farm, near Windsor; the Duchess of Northumberland and the Misses Percy, from Sion House, for the Isle of Wight; the Earl of Surrey, from Hamilton-place, for Chi chester ; Lord George Lennox, for ditto; the Earl and Countess Howe and family, from Curzon House, for the Isle of Wight; the Countess of Farnham, for ditto; General Sir Edward and Lady Harriet Paget and family, from Blackwater, for ditto; the Earl and Countess of Listowell and the Misses I3ushe, from Kingston House, Knightsbridge, for Cowes; Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., M.P., for ditto; Mr. and Lady Louisa De Horsey and family, from Upper Grosvenor-street, for ditto; Lord Corry, from the Earl of Belmore's, in Grafton street, for ditto; Captain Corry, R.N., for ditto; the Earl and Countess of Balcarras, from Berkeley.square, for Haigh Hall, Lancashire Mr. and Mrs. Bosville, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street and Davies-street, for their seat, in York shire; Sir Henry, Lady, and Miss Brooke, from ditto, on a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Gray, from the Albion Hotel, Cockspur street, for Edinburgh; MlDermot, Esq., for Dublin ; Col. Vernon, from ditto, for the Continent; William V. Graham, Esq , from ditto, for Bath ; George V. Graham, Esq., from ditto, for Weedon ; Hall, F.sq., from ditto, for Oxford; Frederick Freeman, Esq., from ditto, for ditto. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all Grain this week are rut derate, with a small return of Flour. The Wheat trade is heavy, at Monday's terms. Barley, Beans, and Pease, are unaltered. Oats firmly Maintain last quotations, with little doing. Flour still unsettled. ARRIVALS. Wheat. English 4,010 qrs. Irish Foreign Barley. Oats. Flour. 2 160 qrs. 2,920 qrs. 2,9lOsacks 2,320 1,000 NEW HUNGERFORD MARKET. This is the first public announcement of the state of business in this convenient and elegant market. The market days are every day, except for Hay and Straw, which are on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The Corn Market opens next week. Hay, 3/. 10s. to 51. 10s. ; Straw, 11. 10s. to 1/. 18s, The supply moderate, and the quality excellent. Great abundance of all sorts of fish. One salmon weighed upwards of 401 b. Salmon, Sd. to Is. per lb. ; Turbot, 7s. to 10s. each ; Cod, 7d. to ed. There was an excellent supply of Vegetables. Potatoes (new), lid. per lb. ; Cauliflowers, according to size ; Cherries abundant and good, 3d., 4d., and 6d. per lb.; Gooseberries, 2d. per pint. hp the Meat Market the show was excellent and attractive. Beef, 7d. to Bd. per lb.; Mutton, 7d. ; Pork, 7d. LORD LYNDHURST AND THE ATTOR NEYS' PAMPHLETEER.---Hos ego versicvdos feci, tun, alter honores, &c.—A Correspondent asks us why this epigram was lately affixed to the door of a Learned Lord's house in Hyde Park-terrace ? Although ignorant of the circumstance he mentions, we think we can tell luitn, The Attorneys' Club in Chaacery-lane, furious at the Local Courts Bill as a measure that would inevitably litninish their plunder, induced a certain Tory barrister to write a tract against it. The draught of this brochure was submitted to Lord LYNDHURST, who deemed ;, vorthy of the same honour as the famous pamphlet 01 Dr. PHILLPOTTS. But be reckoned without his host, if to imagined that this distinction would satisfy the author. Our Tory lawyer, it seems, insists upon printing his lu cubrations, and because the Ex-Chancellor objects, has vowed to pasquinade him. THE PARSON'S DAUGHT cork from THEODORE Hoox is at all times acceptable. Rich and varied are his powers; the humorist, the et . Gu,o, 4A, theas hRi gratify,AahT de delf r trs: to f eaesthi and satirist,ee,vini eg,he the fi delineatorgrfa:d,sels story; reader. o eeT f ltxyhhw : elei la i 00,:h.,afn tacpc:teealaii:vefinteu:dtt Parson's br, e Neuos E d i rts nd an unfligying web o f :I,,,;t3rr,eftrXlalitAbnitve.dl::; the etneLtee—inwiellos vae fi rn n ie fu Id oonl lit e 0 le'nBo ul O •spiP 4 trOt ;c1;_! OV A ' irti" foe 11 05 iii I •t dill' 10 1 prile