The Sun. — London, England, 1833-02-01 00:00:00

L e d & ° l l of l e g s it 01i° ' , 1 er o ' s° 14 ptiz' . _ session ;crisi ve the cb toge t-d erest ,su ilitaryPl apen di° !, I‘l 3 gi apPe' „kable ble e ll ' l sligh ' , N. , of La chief er; , e little he iitS late r o svidg e corr ect, : ca l not' BYP Maims. NG• 0g :on doe' - tailm nilea Gump ages ty mi 'day. ni,ot I rem . ipPe al " gt" t e re' Re9i ATER. AT LONDON FIKIDOK TO-11ORROW. 0 minutes ,Ifter 0. I Evermg...lo minutes after 0. thr• - - .... A • _ LONDON, FR IDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1833. host of the Paris Papers contain articles le °lll to th e D uc h ess o f BERRY, but from none can we gain any very decided information h t : the nature of her illness. A Lille journal, h),. ° er, throws a new light upon the subject, ' Ne r )t i) ung, th a t her Royal Highness is in the Ladies wish to be who love their it, who the lord of her affections is :asion is not stated. Considering how , dal has been with the reputation of as, it is rather extraordinary that some has not been made to fix the stigma of on the young Duke of BORDEAUX, Is styled by the Carlists, HENRY the would be a ready way of putting an subject we find the following in the 'respondence of a Morning Paper : /rfils, and Auvity returned to town at four Monday evening " from Bordeaux," as they said, but we know it means from " Blaye." particulars—intending to convey by them ible to obtain it, I would have had the whole 'chess has not been pregnant; has not been indisposed, but not seriously; and will be without trial. leagues this side Bordeaux, on their return, said to his companion, M. Orfila, I wonder shall be soon,' alluding to the uneasy motion, ' We cannot miss a ditch,' replied M. ire is one at each side of us.' Immediately the leaders fell. The wheel-horses trod on and igh of one of them. The carriage was upset. ion had two ribs broken. M. Auvity wits the Are you dead, Orfila?' No ; nothing ; I sin not to die,' said M. Orfila (allud _loos recovery from almost the worst stage list summer). Neither were seriously hurt." information, received this day from state s that the Government plan for pay- FIVE PER CENT. Stock will soon be forward before the Chambers, and is entertained that it will be carried. It )od that at the same time the IA will give notice of a reduction in of 150,000 men, and the saving 7 this will be applied to the above Leasure. We wish that our own Go- Could act upon the same :praiseworthy principle. !ws in the French papers of Wednes- seem to indicate that there is an al take place between France, England, la, for the purpose of restraining the of Russia in its present designs on A French squadron has sailed for the and another is preparing at Brest to , resent Government have, we under t-ienced much disappointment in their arranging matters in Italy. M. SE who seems to have been acting as representative of Lours PHILIP, not invested with any diplomatic cha 'ill the French Cabinet, has written to Court that the Austrian intrigues in Government defeat every attempt to a more generous and liberal system. by letters from F rance that a change in that country is still talked of, but : °t appear that there is any other ground :Zort th an th e k nown wan t o f cor di a lity (/ uls PHILIP and some of the Doc 4"elnbers of the Cabinet. It is highly however, that a change will soon take i h ive s ieen received from Rio Janeiro 'ter than the last accounts ; the Ex- Zt ,as 36 ; all was tranquil. 44°111et „ , fre 'rn — German Papers will be found Z 4 '4° l , 'e( l yesterday to endeavour to show i e. : th at f rom his own admissions and pro 'erY .!,? ° Light to have come to a conclu 'erent from that which he did come '°ee ting the establishment of a Na whose notes should not be con eat'll hon dem an d. 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We allude, of course, to the experience of Scotland. But Mr. SCROPE so well illustrates the advantage of freedom that we cannot do bet ter than quote his own words : " A l l important," he says, " as is the due supply of money to the commerce of Great Britain, it is yet not more important than the due supplies of the necessaries of life—bread and meat, for example—to the vast popu lation of Britain's metropolis. But what would be the reply of any one, who—insisting on the disturbances and convulsions, the suffering and danger, that must ensue from any considerable deficiency of these necessaries to such a vast population, and on the ruinous waste which any excess must occasion—should, with a view to secure the precise and equitable adjustment of the supply to the demand throughout the year, propose to charter a com pany, or appoint a government-board, with the exclusive privilege of supplying London with bread and meat? Would it not be answered, that the proposed method is exactly the one most likely to occasion inequality in the supply. That the neglect for mistakes, the indiscretion or ignorances, or fraud, of the few individuals to whom the management of this important business must be intrusted, might, and in all probability would, occasionally compro mise the existence of a million and a half of people, and bring upon this mighty centre of wealth and industry, all the evils of alternating scarcities and gluts of pro visions ? Would not the proposer of this scheme be referred to the fact of the mode in which this great population is supplied with its daily food—quietly and effectually -without bustle, without organization, or even combina tion—without excess, as without waste—the supply so equally adjusted to the demand, that the prices of butchers' meat and bread do not, perhaps, suffer a varia tio❑ of the fraction of a farthing throughout the year, which may not be accounted for by the causes affect ing the original sources of supply? And what is it that performs this daily miracle,—which only does not excite our continual admiration and asto nishment, because it is self-effected, with all the order, ease, and certainty, of a great natural process ? Why, the principle of competition—the free rivalry of thousands of individuals, each acting in his own sphere, each actuated by the unerring instinct of self-interest, to sell as much as he can, end yet to provide no more than he can dispose of without loss—to keep the supply full, but to prevent excess. " Now, is there anything to prevent this simple prin ciple from winking quite as beneficially in the supply of this great metropolis with money, as with the necessaries of subsistence ?" Mr. SCROPE puts the question, and we an swer, at once, Nothing ; and our attempt to supply the place of this natural machinery, is something upon a par with the ignorant legisla tion of ELIZABETH, in attempting to limit the number of houses which should be built in London. Mr. SC ROPE acknowledges the strength of the case in favour of freedom ; says it would be an " innovation of great magnitude," knocks down the objection, and then, in the next sentence, jumps to his monopolizing com pulsory national notes ! But then it is said, " Oh, but issuing notes is coining money, and coining money is always a function of the Go vernment." Issuing notes is not the coinage of money. Mr. DYER, the principal manager of the Manchester Joint Stock Bank, quoted with approbation by Mr. SC ROPE, says, before the Committee of Secrecy,—" To issue cash notes is not coining money, any more than it is to issue bills at a short date ; both kinds of issue being, in fact, nothing more than , circulating credit." Such is, indeed, the fact ; and the de lusion of supposing that to issue notes is the same thing with coining money, arises from overlooking the causes of the coinage of money being universally taken into the hands of Go vernment, and the absolute differences in the nature of metal and paper. Gold and silver have an intrinsic value as articles of commerce, because in universal demand and limited in quan tity. The main cause of their coinage being taken up by the governing power was the incon venience—not to say impossibility—of indivi duals testing the bullion brought to them in such a way as to ascertain the exact quantity of pure gold or silver offered them. If coins were merely counters representing value, as some suppose, their coinage would never have been taken up by Government at all, except upon the false principle of making a profit out of them, of which, as applied to note issuing, we shall speak presently. The primary object, then, of coining money being to assure individuals of the amount of intrinsic value in the metal of fered to them, it is clear that the principle of coinage cannot enter into any transaction where there is no intrinsic value to be fixed. Every one knows there is no intrinsic value in paper money, and, as Mr. DYER says, it simply represents the credit of the issuer. But, then, say the National Bank advocates. " Ban kers make a great profit of their paper, which you sav is circulating credit, and why should not the public make a profit of its credit ?" Just for the same reasons that it does not attempt to make a profit by grazing bullocks or sheep for the London market ; just for the same reasons that it does not follow the silly example of the Government of France, which has the mono poly of selling tobacco, or that of Spain, which has the monopoly of selling salt. No doubt these Governments make a profit of their mono polies, but there can be as little doubt that the public is injured at least fourfold the amount of that profit. But the banking monopoly is even less defensible than that of the continental Governments in the articles we have mentioned. The violation of principle which makes a Govern ment enter into trade, ends in these cases only in the levy of a heavy tax upon two particular articles, and the having those articles of an in ferior quality ; but the establishment of a National Bank, such as Mr. SCROPE advocates, would end, some day or other, in the perfect ruin of all trade ; and all for what ?—The chance of obtaining a circulating medium, which we have shown could not exist for any length of time, and the reaping of an imaginary profit. We say imaginary profit advisedly, for we con tend that the public would be losers instead of gainers by any profit which a National Bank could make. Bankers make no more than the fair profits of trade. Under a free system, their profits, like those of graziers, or shoemakers, or tobacconists, or salt manu facturers, would be reduced to the lowest amount, and the public would have the services bankers render at the least possible cost. Any surplus, therefore, beyond what is sufficient to pay for the expenses of management, and give the ave rage rate of profits, taking all circumstances into consideration, would be just so much taken out of the pockets of the people, which ought to have remained there. How Mr. SCROPE, or any other man able to distinguish principle from prejudice, can persuade himself that this is public gain, is one of those unaccountable phenomena which seem only to occur to confound the vanity of all human reasoning. Resting ourselves upon the broad basis of prin ciple, we have, we trust, satisfactorily shown n o t only that no advantage could be derived to the public, in a pecuniary point of view, from be coming a trader, even with a monopoly, but that the result must ultimately be an aggravated repetition of all the confusion and ruin which has hitherto attended every interference with the natural course of commerce. If so, and if we have before us, as in the case of Scotland, a tried example of freedom in banking as well as in other trades, with proofs of the immense ad vantages which have attended that freedom, why should we hesitate in at once opening to our selves those same advantages, by following the practice from which they have flowed ? We perceive by the following note in the present number of the New Monthly Magazhie, that Mr. BULWER was rather premature in his announcement respecting the Reduction of Duty on Newspapers. An announcement which was received by the Town " with feelings of the highest gratification, as being the determination of Ministers, after the assembling of Parliament, to take off the whole of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, and which account was copied into The Sun of Monday from the Town of Sunday : We had prepared an article on the stamp and adver tisement duties, but a desire for further information on the subject, induces us to delay for the present its appearance. Meanwhile a part of the article (unfortunately copied from an incorrected sheet) having appeared in the Town news• paper, and our remarks having received from that journal an unmerited importance, and a sort of official air, we beg to state, that they can only be considered the result of our own hopes or expectations, and must not be ascribed to any authorized statement of Ministers, or any definite knowledge of the intention of the Cabinet (before which, indeed, we believe the question his not yet been brought)." We had some idea at the time, from our own information on the subject, that there was some mistake ; but we hesitate, from motives of deli cacy towards Mr. BULWER, from entering more at large on a subject, which must soon engross the attention of Parliament. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) FROM LLO Y D'S. DEAL, JAN. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and remains the Eliza, Dixon, from Sumatra. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Wind S.S.E. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived off port the Juno, Nicol, from Ancona. Sailed his Majesty's ships Revenge and Comus, for the westward. FALMOUTH, JAN. 30.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.—Ar rived the Two Sisters, Hay don, from St. Michael's. Sailed his Majesty's ship Forester, for the Coast of Africa. CowEs, JAN. 31.—Arrived the Swan, Andrews, from Singapore. STANDGATE CREEK, JAN. 31.—Arrived the Milford, Taylor, from Mogadore. DOVER, JAN. 31.—Arrived the Lord of the Isles, Baines, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. Arrived off port the Elizabeth, Craigie, from Singapore, sailed the 3d of September ; and Frances, Kerkens, from Mauritius. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 31.—Arrived the Loyalist, Han son, from St. John's, New Brunswick. POOLE, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Isabella, Hatchard, from Lisbon, sailed the 29th October, bound to New foundland. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 80.—Arrived the Heed, Norquoy, from Sierra Leone, towed in with damage. Off port the Ann, Gray, from Honduras. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 30.—Arrived the Joanna, M'Kellar, from Bengal ; Clyde, Thompion, from Maranham ; Ven ture, Cunningoarn, from Laguira; Lunenhurg, from Haiifax; Bashaw, from Savannah ; New Jane, from Smyrna ; and Emma, from Buenos Ayres. Off port the Memnon, from Bengal ; and Princess Victoria, ditto, J. and H. Cumming, from St. John's, N.B. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 30.—Arrived off port the Parker, from Demerara. BREST, JAR. 26.—A French brig, name unknown, from Bayonne to London, with skins, was lost on the Isle de Sein, 24th inst.—crew saved. The Amity, Peterbridge, of Yarmouth, was on the rock, near Gun Point, Padstow, on Wednesday. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. There are abundant supplies of all kinds of Grain this week, and a large return of Flour. The Wheat trade remains very dull, and may he reported rather lower than on Monday, with a heavy trade. Barley, Beans, and Pease, are dull of sale at our last rates. Oats that are sweet support their terms, other sorts unsaleable. Flour as our last. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. I English 9,050 qrs. 9,740 qrs. 7,860 qr 9. 9,olosac ks Irish BOO - 15,155 I - Foreign - -- 1 - SMITHFIELD MARKET --- In this day's market, which was but indifferently supplied, both as to numbers and quality, prime Beef, Mutton, and small Veal, went off with some degree of briskness at an advanee of 2d. per stone; but with inferior kinds, and with Pork, the trade was very dull, at barely Monday's quotations. Mitch Cows were dearer than last week, a useful Short-horns, with her small Calf, producing from 201. to 2 31 . PRICES PER STONE OF BLBS. TO SINE THE OEPALS. s. d. to s. d . s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 41 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 6 2 101 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen... 310 4 01 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. .... 4 2 4 4• Prime small ditto 5 2 6 0 Inferior Sheep 2 4 210 Large Hogs Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Small Porkers 4 2 410 Coarse.woolled ditto 4 6 4 8 Suckling Calves I2s to36s. each, Southdown Wethers 410 5 2 Qi7arteroldPigs I2s to 183. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERIC'S STATEMENT. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. I 390 2,280 I 140 90 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone by the Carcass. e. d. to s. d. s. d.tos. d. Beet, inferior 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior ... 2 2 2 4 - middling 2 2 2 6 - middling.. 2 4 210 - prime large 2lO 3 2 - prime 3 6 4 0 - prime small... 3 4 3 8 Pork, large Veal 3 0 4 8 --small 4 0 4 8 The mover of the address to the KING in the House of Commons is expected to be the Earl of Gammas, who defeated Sir G. Munitay, in the contest for Perth shire ; and the seconder to the address, Mr. J. MARSHALL, jun., Member for Leeds. Lord ALTHORP is stated to have expressed considerable astonishment at a mere casual conversation on the newspaper stamp duties having been converted into an official announcement of the intentions of Government upon the subject.—[Morning Herald. Some of the St. Simoniana have attempted to open a course of lectures in the Prussian capital, but met with so many obstacles that they abandoned their intentions. The venerable Lord Lieutenant of the County, the Earl of DERBY, was no sooner apprized of the result of the election, and the defeat of the Tory faction, than, unsolicited, he appointed the Reforal Member for Clitheroe a Deputy Lieutenant, and one of the Magistrates of the county. —Blackburn Gazette. _ Accounts from Sydney state that a new paper is going to he established there, caned the Australian Chronicle, under the direction of R. MANsrxxlm, Esq. The Legislature of Upper Canada has voted 50,0001., for the purpose of making bather improvements in the navigation of the St. Lawrence, and 25,0001. to the Welland Canal for the same objec:t. SUICIDE OF MR. Fox.—On Sunday morn ing last the inhabitants of the village of Gosberton were thrown into a state of consternation by a report that Mr. THOMAS Fox, the vestry-clerk and acting overseer, had that morning terminated his existence by inflicting a pistol-shot wound in his head whilst in his chamber. The report upon inquiry proved too true, and no time was lost in procuring a deputy to take his place in the service of the parish church. On Monday an inquest war. holden at the Five Bells Inn, by Mr. MASIIN, Coroner. It is suspected that the deceased, at the time he perpetrated the act, steod before the looking-glass with a loaded pistol presented at each ear; or that he had one in readiness, in case the other failed of accomplishing his destruction. The Jury having heard evidence, gave for verdict—" Died of a pistol-shot wound in the head, and that the deceased at the time was labouring under te,nporary ineanil."— Drakard's Stamford Wm& IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Speaker entered the House shortly after 12 e'clock to-day, and the swearing in of Members was proceeded with. ROLLS COURT.--(THIS DAY.) His Honour, the MASTER of the ROLLS sat at the Roll!, Court, Chancery-lane to day, and took petitions, but no case worth reporting had come before his Honour at the time of our reporter leaving. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.--(THIS DAY.) Motions of no public interest occuni•d the Court the whole morning. His HONOUR sat at Lincoln's Inn. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) ___ WORLEY V. WORSLEY AND ANOTHER. This was an actio❑ brought by the plaintiff, a poor min, who occupied a cottage at Illingden, in the count s of Middlesex, belonging to the defendant, Mr. Worsley, to recover compensation for damaging the walls of hi• cottage, breaking into the premises, and annoying hi• family. Sir JAMES ScAar.Err and Mr. dont; JERN zs conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. PLATT that for tilt defendant. From the evidence, on the'part of the plaintiff, it ap peared that the plaintiff had occupied a cottage, garden, and orchard, at a rental of 10/. a-year, of the defendant Worsley, who was a saddler in London, and had country-house and farm at Illingden. In Novernbtr, 1830, there being a twelvemonth's rent due the preceding midsummer, tie defendant Worsley, sent Hearn, the other defendant, who was a bricklayer, and two men named Collins and Newport to the plaintiff's cottage, desiring the first person " to make a jolt of it," and the other two to see that no resistance was offered by the plaintiff. They accordingly went, and Hearn, who was a bricklayer, battered out a part of the front wall to the extent of 12 fret, unthatehed a part of the roof, and broke theceiling of an upper room, the fragments of which fell on the two beds in the room. The plaintiff ordered Hearn to desist, and at length sent for a constable upon which they all left. The defendant Worsley was there a part of the time, and ordered the constable away, but he refused to go, and prevented further mischief. At that time the defendant's wife was pregnant, and he had five or six children, the eldest being about ten years of age. A receipt was put in, by which it appeared that, although the plaintiff owed Mr. Worsley a year's rent, the latter owed the plaintiff Si. 15s. for wages due to his son, leaving a balance of only 1/. ss. The plaintiff had since quitted the cottage, which was now rebuilt. Mr. PLATT, for the defendant, called a witness, James Newport, who stated that he was brother-in-law to the defendant Worsley, anti managed his farm. He had several times wished to get rid of the plaintiff, but he swore that All the damage that had been done to the cottage was done by knocking down the decayed materials for the purpose of repairing it. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—llainagea 301. WHITEHEAD V. SCOTT AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by Mr. Roger Whitehead, an attorney of Liverpsol, to recover the amount of a bill of costs for business done for the defendants, who were trustees of the estate and effects of cne Thomas Booth. The bill was 37/. 6s. sd. of which 26/. 2s. 11d. bad been paid into Court. The business was proved to have been done, but in cross-examination it appeared that a greater portion of the costs was incurred in making Booth a bankrupt, which was before the defendants became trustees, than the ba lance sought to be recovered. Mr. RICHARDS, for the plaintiff, called for the trust deed, and it was produced by Mr. PoLLocK, for the de fendants, when it appeared that ail law expenses incurred in making Booth a bankrupt were to be paid out of any fund that might be produced by asale of the estate and effects of Booth. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then asked Mr. Richards if he could show that any fund whatever had come into the defendants' possession. Mr. RICIIARDS called two witnesses, but neither of them knew the fact of their own knowledge. The plaintiff was then nonsuited. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Singapore Papers to the 31► t of August ; Halifax to the 31st December, and St. John's, New Brunswick, to the 26th of December, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Singapore Papers.) CANTON. His Majesty's sloop Coots arrived in China on the 31st ult., bringing a private despatch for the Select Committee. Nothing as to the tenor of this has escaped, though it is not difficult to divine. From the time of the differences of the last rupture with China it has been considered in England that nothing can be hoped for that might rescue British subjects in this country from the anomalous and hopeless condition in which they have so long remained. An engagement has taken place between the Imperial troops and the rebels. The advantage was gained by the latter. The rebel army consisted of 40,000 men. The Im perial army suffered severely, and lost about 2,000 men, including many officers. Statement of the trade at Singapore from the let of May, 1831, to the let of May, 1832 ;—ln the imports there has been a decrease (4521, 1 757 Spanish dollars ; and in the exports there has been the still larger decrease of 1,329,681 Spanish dollars. (From the Halifax Papers.) The herring-fishery has been finished : the average barrels cured are 30,000 more than last year. The New Brunswick Papers are void of information. Accounts from Calais state, that certain information has been received there of 3,000 men being ready to proceed to Oporto from the ports of England and Ireland, a part of which are already proceeding to their destination. This rein forcement will put into execution the plans formed be tween General Solienac and Don Pedro, which has only been retarded by the necessity of leaving a garrison in Oporto, while the Imperial army marches on Lisbon. THE FUNDS. What we stated yesterday about hostilities having ceased between the Turks and the Egyptians, wish an armistice, is confirmed this day by accounts received trom Vienna, of the 23d ult., and from Constantinople of the Sth, stating that the Porte had sued for peace of Ibrahim Pacha, which, it appears, was the only means of saving the fall of the Turkish empire. Up to the present hour we have no later intelligence from Portugal, or any positive information in respect to the negotiations with Holland, which now depend on our Government, if they will accede to take off the blockade of the Dutch ports. Consols, which left off yesterday at 881 bsyers, opened at 88i to i; at present they are 88 to owing to the French Funds coming rather lower. In the Foreign Market nothing clning. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols, which had reached in the morning 88i for the account, may at preaent be quoted 88k for money, 88 sellers. In the Foreign Market there is a demand for Dutch Stock, which reached 45i, and is now at 45j with a strong minket. THREE O' CL 0 Cr. Consols for the Account, SBi. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Console . 88 Danish 72 Ditto for Account 8S i Greek Brazilian Bonds 51 4 Mexican Buenos Ayres... Peruvian .. ...... Chilian Ditto.... 171 Russian Columbian 1824 14i Spanish Th le Andromeda salvage cause, which was tried some months ago, and created a great sensation on the coast, in consequence of its involving the characters of no less than 68 Kentish boatmen, who were charged with having wilfully kept a ship upen a sand, under pre tence of assisting to get her off, and which was decided in the Admiralty Court against the boatmen, comes on for trial again, by way of appeal, before the Court of Dele gates, at Sergeant's Inn-hall, Chancery lane, to-morrow morning. A French officer during the Peninsular war bad the charg e of the magazine; he observed one morning a soldier enter smoking a segar; the floor was of course strewed with powder. The officer went up to the man, and, aware of the effects of terror if he were suddenly in formed of his peril, coolly asked to be allowed a " whiff." The segar was handed to him ; he instantly put the burn ing end into his mouth, and the next moment arrested the thoughtless culprit. It is said that the young Duke of ORLEANS has solicited the hand in marriage of the Archduchess MARIA THERESA of Austria, now in ber 17th year, a nd eldest daughter of the Archduke CHARLES. Strange if she should be the third Queen given by Austria to France within half a century. CONSECRATION OF ST. DUNSTAN'S CHURCH, FLEET-STREET. Yesterday forenoon the ceremony of consecrating the new church erected in the parish of St. Dunstan in the West, was performed by the Bishop of London, in the pre sence of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and a numerous congregation of persons •f the first respectability. The interior of the church fully sustains that rank in oure G thic architecture for which the tower has been en generally and justly admired. The interior forms a com plete octagon, composed of eight arched compartments of recesses, extending in height to about two-thirds of ti whole space from the flooring of the nave to the roof. Over each compartment there appears an elegant Gothic window of stained glees, by which, and by a ninth of more elegant design over the altar, the body of the church is lighted. From the centre of the beautifully fretted roo descends an octagon chandelier, bearing 34 French lamps, which will, at evening, serve to illuminate the whole in terior. The altar is situate immediately opposite the principal entrance from Fleet-street, and exhibits sonic beautiful carving in oak, which, we believe, came from abroad. Over the communion table there is a rich stained glass window, before alluded to, in four divisions, sod representing the four Evangelists, St. Matthew, Mirk, Luke, and John. The whole of these stained glass win dows afford to the interior that " dim religious light" so beautifully described by Milton. The most ancient and interesting monuments that adorned the ancient structure, arc very judiciously pre served and arranged. Some of them are of great antiquity. Before 11 o'clock the Bishop of London, the Lor ' Mayor, and Sheriffs, had arrived, and the gates were im mediately closed. The Psalms and Lessons for the day having been read, the Right Rev. Prelate delivered an ex cellent and appropriate discourse from the 14th Chapter of St. Paul's let Epistle to the Corinthians, and the 40th verse :—" Let all things be done decently and in order ;'• and afterwards gave the final blessing. The whole ceremony terminated about two o'clock, and the Church and Civic dignitaries retired amidst a merit)• pe it from the new belfry. It is not quite two years since the first stone was laid of this new and interesting embellishment of the me tropolis; and the whole structure reflects great credit on the talents and abilities of Mr. Shaw, the architect —who died just as he had completed his work—and Messrs. Brown and Atkinson, of Goswell-street-road, the builders. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke of Dorset, from Brighton ; the Earl and Countess I of Sefton and the Ladies Moiyneux, in Arlington.street, from Croxteth Hall, near Lives - pool; Viscount Castlereagh, in Chapel. street, Grosvenor-square, from Wynyard ; the Countess of Mansfield and Lady Elizabeth Murray, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street and Davies-street, from Richmond; Lady and Miss Beresford, at ditto, from Herts ; Major Wildman, at ditto, from Scotland ; the Hon. Mrs. Wynne, at ditto, from Herts ; T. B. Lennard, Esq., M.P., in Upper Broek-street ; Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, in Upper Grosvenor-street, from Brighton ; Lord Yarborough, in Arlington-street, from the Isle of Wight ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hare, in Mount-street, from Oporto ; Lord Ellenboroukh, in Cadogan-place, from South ampton-park, near Cheltenham; Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, in Cadogan-place, from Brighton ; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, In Curzon.street, from Holkham ; Sir Henry and Lady Emily•Hardinge, and family, in Whitehall-place, from Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, and family, at the Hyde-park Hotel, Hyde-park-place, from Cobham; Captain Huntley, 3d Dragoon Guards, and Mrs. Huntley, at ditto, from Dorchester ; C. B. Sheridan, Esq., at ditto, from Farnham ; Dr. Duratt, at ditto, from Wimbledon; the Itev. C. Raikes and son, at ditto, from Norfolk. DEPARTURES. The Countess of Pembroke and the Ladies Herbert, from Great Stanhope-street, on a visit to Lord and Lady Montague, at Ditton-park ; the Earl of Clonmel, from Upper Brook-street, to join the Countess and family, at Northeaston, in Oxfordshire. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. In the Derby every thing remained the same yesterday as on Monday, with the exception of Mr. ltidsdale's Emperor, about whom 30 to I was taken ; 30 to 1 was offered agst Boscobel, who is reported to be on his road to Newmarket. In the Oaks offers were made to take 12 to 1 about the Duke of Grafton's Octave, sister to Oxygen. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. The Second Meeting of this Club (formerly the C es terford) commenced on Wednesday last on Alliugton Hil , , when the following were the results : For the Cup.—First Class. Mr. Edwards's Archibald beat Mr. Vipan's Velocity. Mr. Dobede's Diamond beat Mr. Finch's Glory. Mr. Fyson's Farmer beat Mr. Dunse's Bluster. Mr. Gillett's Godolphin beat Mr. Inksip's Impel. Mr. King's Racer beat Mr. J. King's Rubini. Mr. Searle's Snake beat Mr. Weatherby's WatchfuL Allington Hill Stakes for Bitch Puppies.—First Class. Mr. Dobede's Dance beat Mr. Vipan's Vivid. Mr. Inskip's Isabel beat Mr. Gillett's Giddy. Mr. Fyson's Flirt beat Mr. Weatherby's Wamba. Mr. Bryant's Eaglet beat Mr. J. King's Rattle. Chippenham Stakes for Dog Puppies.—First Class. Mr. Dobede's Dragon beat Mr. Vipan's Venom. Mr. Fyson's Fearnought beat Mr. Searle's Sultan. Mr. Edwards's Arthur beat Mr. Finch's Glaucus. Mr. Weatherby's Walnut beat Mr. Gillett's Gratis. Newmarket Stakes for aged Dogs.—First Class. Mr. Inskip's Index beat Mr. Vipan's Vengeance. Mr. Searle's Sprat beat Mr. Dobede's Darling. Mr. Weatherby's Whiteneck beat Mr. Fyson's Fickle. Mr. Gillett's Gift beat Mr. Edwards's Accident. Snarlwell Sweepstakes for Puppies. Mr. Inskip's Ink beat Mr. Dobede's Daisy. Mr. Vipan's Variety beat Mr. Fyson's }ln.:away. Match.—Mr. Dennis's Blinker beat Mr. Bryant's Eleanor. HUNT EXTRAORDINARY. On Saturday last, aver a crowded meeting at Nicholas_ town, the Grove hounds proceeded to draw several covers, but the game, Game like, were disinclined to evacuate their strong holds, and consequently met a bloody fate. The unanimous voice was then for a draw on the obi fiend at Rathronan, who obeyed the summons without delay, and led them, at a swinging pace, over a most for midable country till he got safely embowelled in an earth at Kiltynan, after a run of five miles in 17 minutes. Those most conspicuous in the proper place throughout were Messrs. Quin, R. Moore, IL 0. Kellett, P. Keating, and Major Gough. A road parallel to the line of hunt presented too many fascinations for the rest of the field to leave it.— Clonmel Advertiser. The Duke of SUSSEX, we regret to find, was prevented from attending the late Grand Masonic Festival, held in honour of his birthday, by the effect of a bunnion on his foot, which has assumed the appearance of a gan grenous wound ; and, though no ill consequences are ap prehended, it is likely to be of tedious cure, and to require a very strict regimen. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY arrived at Holdernesse House a few days back, from Wynyard, to at tend the obsequies of his mother, the Dowager Marchioness, who died at Hastings. The remains of ber Ladyship were deposited on Tuesday in the family vault of the Mat. quis of CAMDEN, at Bayham Abbey, near Lamberhurst, in Sussex. The Marquis will remain in town, to take the oaths and his seat in the House of Lords, and he will then return to Wynyard, where his Lordship and the &mily will extend their stay to the beginning of the next month, At the dinner given to the Ministers, on Sa turdAy, by the Loan MAYOR, the only health proposed was " The Knia." Lord and Lady BURGHERSH entertained Count Pomo in BORGO and a distinguished party at dinner on Tuesday, in Hyde Park-terrace. Lord HOLLAND had an evening party on Wednesday, in Burlington•street, to meet Count Pozzo DI BORGIO. Sir R. PEEL paid a morning visit yesterday, to Count Pozzo Dt BORGO, at the Clarendon Hotel. We are informed that Count Pozzo DI Boaco disclaims the title of Prince. It is perfectly true that the present Emperor of RUSSIA offered his Excellency the superior honour at the same time he conferred it on Prince LlEvart, but as it was accompanied with the con• dition, of the Count (who is a native of Corsica) consent• ing to be naturalized as a Russian, he declined to accept the title. The inhabitants of the town and hundred of Builth, Breconahire, have petitioned Lord Joint RusszLi, for the rectification of what they cons;der a grievance, arising out of inadvertency in drawing up that part of the Reform Bill which relates to the above county, namely, that there should be only one polling place for the whole county of Brecon, and that the town of Brecon, whilst the town of Builth, which is deprived of such advantage, is 17 miles distant from the former, and the extremities of the hundred at least 30 miles from the same. They, at the end of their petition, state that the neighbouring county of Radnor, although not more than half the extent, and does not contain more than half the population, ha, seven polling places, and the other counties equally weli provided for. DOCTOR DOYLE. Dublin, Jan. 28. It having been announced, in the newspapers of last week, that the celebrated Doctor Doyle would preach for the benefit of a Female Orphan Institution, in the church of St. Nicholas, in Francs-street, in this city, the cir eurnstance, for many reasons, excited intense interest. Though I had known this distinguished individual for -otne years, and, occasionally meeting him in society, had opportunities of ascertaining the justice of fame and public opinion, in placing him, as one highly gifted, and endowed with science and knowledge, above his contemporaries, -till, I had never heard him speak in public; and, there fore, availed myself of this opportunity with pleasurable inticipation. To hear that man, who is generally looked upon as, though not the most active and conspicuous 'gent, yet wielding the greatest mental and moral power, in the amelioration of his religion and country, speak on ny topic or occasion, must be gratifying, but especially , when the topic or occasion is the desolate and the or phan. The following evidence before the Tithe Coin , inittee, less than twelve months ago, invested the present appeal with more than ordinary interest, to those who have read that evidence, and his essays in favour of peer taws. After stating to the Committee that the object for which tithes were fret given to the clergy was.—" That the whole people of this country might be instructed in their religion and social duties, and have the ordinances of religion administered to them by the clergy.....that the poor might he maintained, the orphan and the widow che rished—hospitals, anti schools and academies, and colleges, kept in repair," this poor Prelate boldly alleged, "that none of these things had been done—that the clergy ceased to he the instructors of the people, because the people did not change their religion—that they did not relieve the widow nor the orphan—that they did not instruct by schools, nor from the pulpit, the rising veneration—that they did not keep the places of worship in repair—that they did not fulfil one single duty of those t hit were imposed upon them an trustees of the fund originally." Antl 4 therefore, he concluded, " I do believe that, though it is my duty, and the duty of every subject, not to violate the peace—not to disturb social order—not to transgress any existing law—yet that it is our ditty, by every means which the law allows, to oppose the continuance of ta system which is thus unjust." These sentiments have made a deep impression upon tl e minds of men of every class and persuasion, many of whom imagined that, in advocating the cause of nin,ty helpless orphans, he would be namrally led into similar tub. servatinna, in order to enhance their claims on the svm• pathy and benevolence of his audience. But they were disappointed ; not one sentence escaped from him often-lee to any class of his countrymen, or that could be carped at, or deemed uncharitable, by the most fastidious bi got or sectarian. He took for his text, " Whatsoever you wish that men should do unto you, do you likewise unto them," And continued upwards of an hour to expatiate, in the most sublime and beautiful language, on the wisdom and utility of the precept, as regarded the social wolfare of mankind in this life, by arguments drawn from every tountain of philosophy and learning. It would be im possible, within the limits of a letter, to convey any ade quate idea of the sermon itself; but it may not be trn reresting to your readers to hear something of the preacher, and his powers of intellect, together with a very faint outline of the matter of kis address. Doctor Doyle is at present in a vcry weak and delicate, but his friends believe, not a dangerously bad, state of health. To this, perhaps, may he ascribed his silence, for some months past, while faction and bigotry unite in urging the people to their own destruction, in the alaeoca of a countervailing power. When he asceLded the pul pit, he looked pale and emaciated, and some persons near us observed, that he seemed much older than lie did but a few years ago. lie certainly had not the elastic step, and bland yet brilliant eye which were wont to in.: troduee him to their presence. These. however, he in to great degree recovered, before he had half gone through his discourse. Though his face is by no means of the -ame cast, its colour and aspec , , together with his entire habit and figure, reminded us strongly of Lad Br,tuglitani, on some of his most serious preparations. He began by saying that, it it were an easy to persuade men to fol low the advice of his text, as it was to convince them of t ,e propriety of doing so, his labour would be light in deed. He then proceeded to show that " Order, Hea ven's first law," should be upheld in society, otherwise into could not adhere to the dictates of Christianity. In this part of his sermon he referred to the learning of the ancients, and the books of Moses, chewing how both agreed as to the harmony and order which pervades the universe, and which are essential to the well-being of the whole. He proved, demonstratively, from these sources, that the laws of nature, as understood and expounded by Cicero and the ancient*, were consonant with the primary mandates of divine revelation, and equally manifest to mankind, "Lex non scripta sed teats," being written, by the finger of God, on the works of his own hand. Thence lie proceeded to prove the omnipresence of the Deity, "Anima justi sedts Dei," inferring, from the coinci dence of natural and divine law on this point, t e riecea city we are under of preserving that order in the compo nent parts of our communities, which is inculcated alike by rational morality and revealed religion, and by which no part is permitted to perish. In this pact of his address he was truly sublime, yet frequently discursive, i.nd seemed more at a loss how to unfold to the comprehension of his audience, the rich treasures of his own expansive mind, tban to find topics for their instruction. There seemed a confluence of ideas from every fountain, and source of science and knowledge, in which one less expert in the use of language, rhetoric, and logic, would have ova rwhelined himself, or been completely lost upon the understandings of most of his audience. Yet he managed them so, as n,ver to lose sight of the " Collida Junctura" in his sentences ; though sometimes forced, from the pressure of matter, to make digressions. His eloquence was neither flowery nor figurative, at the same time perfectly fluent, chaste, and harmonious, and a good specimen of what Blair recom mends as suitable to didactic discourses on the communi cation of knowledge. If the sermon of yesterday were in print, it might be compared, in style, to " Blackstone's Preliminary Lecture on the Laws of Englind," somewhat more copious, however, and abounding in Scriptural quota tions. But with all the requisites and accomplishments, Moth of mind and body, to constitute a perfect orator, it must be admitted, by Doctor Doyle's most ardent admirers, that his preaching has not elevated him to that pinta icle of fame which he seems to have attained. The compre hensiveness of his intellect and learning, his philanthropy and Christian charity, render him less effective as an or dinary preacher, than one of inferior talent and acquire meats. He is an extempore speaker, and if senators and statesmen, alone, were his auditors, his exhortations might, perhaps, produce more good than those of any living man. The conclusion of his discourse on Sunday was, however, a most forcible and brilliant appeal to the congrega tion by which he was surrounded, most of whom were of the highest rank and respectability in Dublin. lle con treated their luxury, wealth and splendour, wi,h the wretchedness and destitution of the little ones before them ; whom, as creatures formed by the same Almighty Father of the Universe, it was not the divine pleasure to be ano malous to the order of their creation, by becoming outcasts from the pale of human sympathy and Cbririan benevo lence, exposed by pampered independence to vice and pollution, and reduced, perhaps, by penury and want, to ecome a contagion to the family of mankind, of which they were themselves a component oar. Mr. WILKIN'S design for a National Gal lery and Royal Academy has been approved of, and will be immediately carried into execution. The centre will be surmounted by a cupola, and will have a portico in front flanked by two pavilions. The order is the Corin thian, and the screen tram Carlton House will supply the columns. The inequality of ground in the site in Tree felgar-square is very well managed by a terrace surrounded by balustrades. Plans have been presented for laying out the space in front, which have been laid before his Ma.. JESTY, and been approved of. THE REV. MR. IRVING'S DISCIPLES.-- Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, the curiosity of the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Chelsea Hospital was greatly excited by the appearance of two young men, gen teelly dressed in black, with large brown cloaks, taking up their position in an open space of ground near the. Hos pital, and one of them commencing to preach ; a large crowd soon surrounded the preachers, who said that they were messengers sent from Heaven by the ALMIGHTY to inform the people of this earth that the world would be at an end in a very few days, and to prepare every person for the event. 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