The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The effectual closing of the Scheldt by the Dutch King, by way of reprisal for the " imaginary" hostilities of the Anglo-Gallic convention, is found by the people of Belgium not to have an imaginary effect upon their commerce. It is for the present, and how much longer we know not, completely cut up. Ac cording to the latest accounts from Antwerp, not a foreign vessel had during the preceding month entered that port, which had been some time ago so great an entrepot of commerce, presenting to the eye of the spectator a forest of masts ! Previously to the attack upon the citadel of Antwerp, our readers are aware, the prin ciple of the freedom of the Scheldt had been admitted by the Dutch King, and it only re mained to settle the details of the toll upon mer chandise, to which it was admitted he had a right, and certainly as good a one as the King of Denmark has to the toll of vessels entering the Sound. The question that remained to be ad justed, as will be recollected, was, whether one florin or three per ton on merchandise was to be paid, or something between both. Our Foreign Minister, ensnared by the wily Talleyrand, refused to allow this counting house question to be decided in any other way than by force of arms. Hence the em bargo on Dutch merchantmen—hence the abortive winter-blockade of the Dutch coast—hence the slaughter of some thousands of French and Dutch troops for the barren acquisition of the citadel of Antwerp—and hence, as the glorious result of all those sapient proceedings, the total and effective closing of the Scheldt! Another result of these proceedings is, that the Belgians have been proved in the eyes of all Europe, as unable to defend that independence which their revolution seemed to have procured for them ; they have been pushed aside by the French troops, and treated as brave men are always dis posed to treat those who bluster and submit to gross indignities—that is, with open and un qualified contempt. Our private correspondent had spoken of some quarrelling between the Belgian troops and their French " protectors." His statements are confirmed by the Belgic papers. It appears that, for two days, the French and Belgic soldiers were in a state of affray, and several of the latter have been com mitted to the military prison. In the mean time, the French King and his Minister derive the whole advantage of the military " glory," such as it was, achieved by the taking of the citadel. It has obliterated the painful recollec tions of the violation of the Charter : but the Belgians may well exclaim,—" The Lord de liver us from our friends."—Morning Herald. The persecution carried on by men of power and landed proprietors against the conscience of dependent voters, seems to have been fiercer, ii anything, in Scotland than in England. We remark in the speech of Solicitor-General Cock burn, at the Dalkeith dinner, to Sir John Dal rymple, some striking comments on the feeling which animates the gentry of Mid-Lothian. " The Tories (he observes) did all they could to push and extend the tenant-qualification, say ing, the more votes our tenants have, the more votes we shall have; and they clung to this part of the Bill, and were indeed the chief men in procuring what is called the 501. clause—that each should not go to the poll individually, but go with his tail, and give as many votes as he had qualified tenants. And so completely have certain persons—l do not say Whigs or Tories, I condemn it equally on both sides—carried that feeling into actual operation, that they pretend to take it amiss ifa tenant votesagainst them. I have also heard of many sensible enough men who flatly announce, that if a candidate should endeavour to set his face on their estates, to ask the sentiments of any of their tenants, they would consider it as a personal affront on themselves. If these things continue to be done, you will observe this principle follows out, that instead of getting the franchise, the tenants have got upon them selves the fetters of slaves." Here is a character of Scotch landlords, both Whig and Tory, given by a gentleman of distinguished merit, and occupying one of the highest law offices in Scot land. We ask whether it is possible to con ceive anything more thoroughly odious and im moral—anything more monstrously combining violation of duty as between man and man, with breach of trust as regards the country ? Under such landlords, we agree with Mr. Cockburn that the elective franchise will be a mere badge of slavery to the tenant, so long as he is con demned to open and unprotected voting. It will be a curse to himself individually, and a dear-bought benefit to the country at large, un til the all-sufficient protection of the ballot is granted to him. We cease to wonder at the religious persecutors of former centuries, when we contemplate the reckless manner in which our great men exercise their vast power in sub jugating and debasing the political consciences of dependents. In their consideration of a tenant, they seem to make no account what ever of his feelings of duty and recti tude. They reckon him as a mere item among the stock of the estate, destitute of any free-will or affections of his own, and created only to be the blind instrument of their will. When the Legislature invests him with a momentous trust, implying in its very definition the genuine and undisturbed exercise of his own free will, they rush upon him like familiars of the Inquisition, and force him, by all the threats and tortures at their command, to betray this inviolable trust for their private benefit. Patronus si clienti fraudem faxit, sacer esto, was the simple but emphatic denunciation of the old Roman law ; and if the patron who violated his duty towards his client was thus to be held accursed, what measure of indignation shall be too great for an English landlord, who employs all the terrors of his exalted position to drive reluctant tenants into conscious falsehood, and flagrant abuse of a solemn public function ? "It these things continue to be done (says the Solicitor-General of Scotland), what reasonable man can suppose that they will not continue to be done ? Why, put this case as if it were a mere possible evil, like the chance of a bad crop next season ? It was not thus that the nation reasoned with respect to the boroughmongers,while the Reform Bill was under discussion. No one saidth e boroughmongers have acted execrably up to the present moment ; hu leave them alone, perhapsthey may not continue to do as they have done ; and if any passive or heart less being had endeavoured to stand upon this very slippery ground—recognising the evil, and yet indifferent to the provision of a remedy—he would have been scouted by both the contending parties. No ! the universal cry was then, The Boroughmongers have done ill, and the unal terable principles of human nature assure us i t hat they will continue to do n, so long as their motive and their means remain unimpaired:7 We say the same about the British landlords ; and we call for the ballot as the only effectual power of dictation in temporal matters which ought to belong to the majority only There is another point to which we would call your attention ; it is a cheering one. If the complaining party were a minority, they must, to a great extent, be con tent to submit to the dictation of the many and the great. But this is not the case. Such has been the over bearing despotism of the establishment, that it has driven its most conscientious and enlightened members into the ranks of Dissenters, and, as a natural consequence, in creased their numbers above its own ; which the follow. ing statement will abundantly prove : Dissenters Churchmen 6,858,000 Here, then, we have the few dictating to, and ruling over, the many, with a witness. Shall it remain so ? This overwhelming majority of Dissenters is a truth which most powerfully chagrins the partisans of the state, but we will add to that chagrin another statement equally un• palatable to episcopal ears. We do not, you will perceive, deal in vague assertions, we give you the round numbers. " In the one case, you will perceive this statement affects the future state of the Church ; in the latter, it i impeaches its piety, activity, and benevolence. In the year 1828, the children who were educated by the Sunday School, or Dissenters' Society, were 720,731 ; those by the National or Church School, '704,730. Here, again, we have the illiterate infidel, unbaptised Dissenters, out stripping the Church with all its coercive and attractive influence ; and we would ask, has the character of the people suffered, either for intelligence or propriety of con duct, since their education has been committed into the hands of these vile sectarians ? The amount of moneys raised by Dissenters in the same year, for missionary objects, will give another proof of their vast superiority in number, wealth, and generosity. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. Church Missionary Society £52,080 19 1 safeguard against their monstrous and confessed oppressions; extinguishing as it does directly their means of coercing votes, and removing indirectly their motive to attempt it. Has the Solicitor-General of Scotland any other remedy to propose—for we presume that he too, as well as Mr. Jeffrey and Mr. Abercrombie, rejects the ballot with horror ? If he has, we should be truly glad to examine it, and to compare it with the only all-sufficient remedy which we know of; and we really felt, in this point of view, some degree of gratitude to the Times, for the thin-spun barriers which they suggested in their article of Saturday. Alas, the speech of Mr.Cock burn explains to us but too clearly why the same tongue, which is eloquent in describing the symptoms of the disease, can give expression to nothing beyond impotent wishes, when remedies come to be talked about. He informs us that the Whig landlords are chargeable, just as much as the Tories, with this guilty spirit of electoral persecution. This is, in our view, an additional argument for the ballot, since it proves that the power of coercing votes creates the lust of doing =o with equal certainty, whatever may be the politics of the landlord. But we can well un derstand why so many men of talent and in fluence tremble to espouse any effectual remedy, in the teeth of this phalanx of landlords united in defence of their common usurpations. Instead of seeking to disarm and restrain a tyrannical landlord, these eminent speakers prefer the less obnoxious task of soothing and shaming him, by preaching and remonstrance. If they pos sessed the harp of Orpheus, whereby savage beasts were tickled into laying aside their na turat impulses, and becoming gentle, affectionate, and obedient, we should joyfully believe in the success of their endeavours. But we do not perceive that the tongue of preachers and orators, charm they never so wisely, is re lied upon as a sufficient protection ag ainst other misdeeds and crimes : nor can we in any way divine, why it should be considered as full protection against this rooted habit of electoral tyranny, pervading the whole body of landlords, and encouraged in each by the example of the rest. We maintain, that so long as the soil of :his land is parcelled out among landlords ani mated by the sentiments which Mr. Cockburn lescribes, good representative Government is a lemonstrable impossibility without the ballot. If the evils of secrecy were a thousand times greater than its opponents fancy, it would still be a cheap price to pay for a House of Com mons really chosen and really trusted by the people. But we deny altogether the evil of secrecy in this particular case. We affirm that secrecy is sometimes good, sometimes evil ; and that in such a case as that of taking votes, it is in itself positively good and preferable to publi city. What you wish to know is, the real and genuine preference in the voter's mind ; he has as much interest in telling you this truly, as you have in ascertaining it ; but extraneous threats and terrors are employed to make him tell a lie, contrary to his wishes and contrary to his in terest. What is the reasonable course in such a case ? Take him into your private chamber, and receive his declaration where it cannot be heard by any one but yourself. Is evil, even in the smallest amount, produced here by secrecy ? Is it not, on the contrary, the only unerring road towards that most important of all ends, 'he genuine declaration of the voter ? Secrecy, in this case, is not an encouragement to lying— it is an antidote to prevent the voter from being made a liar for the profit of his superiors, and produces good in all its effects, collateral as well as direct.—Morning Chronicle. The number of pamphlets and letters which we have now before us on the subject of Church reform are a proof at once of the intensity of public feeling on the subject, and of the deter mination of the independent portion of the com munity to have it at all risks, and at all hazards. Many of these letters and pamphlets are unques tionably characterized by great extravagance of sentiment respecting the quantum of reform which ought to be meted out to it ; but the main fact of the desire for reform remains untouched by such exaggerations, or rather the proof of existing abuses is strengthened by them. To one of these pamphlets, published by Effingham Wilson, and entitled "An Address to the People of England on the Corruptions and Prospects of the Established Church, by Fides," we will now briefly point the attention of our readers. It is written with spirit, as well as in a vein of considerable eloquence ; and from the cheap and popular form in which it is published, we doubt not that it will have an extensive sale as well as an extensive influence on those classes of the community, who, however humble their avocations, and however insignificant their indi vidual wealth, are, after all, the final arbiters in all national questions. It becomes in consequence most important to state that, however just its reasonings, the premises from which its infe rences are drawn are far from being correct. Thus, for example, we find it stated at page 3, that " The actual amount of property, in connexion with the three establishments of England, Ireland, and Scot land, is nothing short of two hundred millions ! that por tion of it, which is derived from titbeable property, twenty seven millions !! ! and the mite which Englishmen are humbly permitted to throw into the treasury of the na tional sanctuary, ten million four thousand five hundred and fifty-nine pounds! ! !" Now nothing can be more ridiculous than this statement—more utterly false and un founded. The property of the Church, or rather, we ought to say, its revenues, amount to no such sum. The total expense of the Scot tish Church does not, we believe, exceed 200,000/., and at all events falls short of 250,0001.; while, with regard to the Church of England in this country, we know, as a matter of positive calculation made by ourselves, from sure and certain documents, that if the whole of the revenues of the Church were fairly divided among its different ministers, there would not remain so much as 350/. per annum to each— a sum so moderate in every respect, that the most ignorant could scarcely deem it too much for the necessary outlay on the edu cation requisite for fitting the parties for their avocations. With regard to the Church of Ireland, on behalf of which begging let ters, and begging boxes, and subscriptions, are now going the round of the English clergy, there is really no knowing what, on a fair calculation, the result of an average would be to its different ministers ; but it is unquestionably a great wen, abounding with nauseous matter, and which nothing but a thorough purgation can reduce to a healthy state. The great evils, however, in both these establishments, and they are evils which we have reason to believe will be speedily abolished, are the existence of tithes— the plurality of livings—non-residence—and in equality in the appropriation of the funds be longing to them. There is another also of which the writer of the pamphlet complains, and with good reason—namely, that the Church of England should form the minority in the re ligious community, and yet assume to itself a DISSENTERS. Wesleyan Missionary Society. 41,E46 1 2 10 London ditto ditto Particular Baptist ditto 0,305 10 2 General ditto ditto 1,651 1 6 Nation, demonstrated. So with regard to Ministers, they have had sense and public spirit enough to pre pare a piece of new and complex machinery for the alleged purpose of assisting the ends of use ful government. But Ministers, Members of Parliament, and the Reform Bill itself, are yet one and all upon their trial ; the early measures of the Reforming Government and the Reformed Legislature must go far towards determining the intrinsic merit of all three. The House of Commons has just been elected, and being in its infancy, and no rational prospect of another elec tion being at hand, neither the mode of election nor the duration of Parliaments islikely to occupy, for some little time forward, the minds of steady and reasonable politicians, unless ; indeed, it can be shown that no subjects of more immediate urgency are waiting. The ballot, therefore, does not press; quinquennial or triennial Parliaments do not press at this moment ; and more especially, be cause no candid man will say that such ques tions have less apparent chance of being de cided fairly in any future session, than in that which is now about to open But there is a question of unequalled magnitude which does press heavily upon the spirit of the entire na tion, and by the sound or inconsiderate, the just or unjust, treatment of which must the real merits of the Ministry, the Parliament, and the Reform Bill be measured—with them, to a great extent, be decided the permanent well being of Church and State, and, by consequence, the gravest interests of the community. That question is " Church Reform." That the pre vailing wish for some kindly and wholesome adjustment of the relations between clergy and laity, both here and in Ireland, has been much stimulated by the actual undertaking of mentary Reform, is obvious to every one. But 1 that the cry for it would have been so exasperated and swollen, as to echo loudly - through every village throughout both countries, we are bound to say we do not believe, had there not appeared in the conduct of certain official persons a degree at once of obstinacy and inconsistency with regard to the affairs of the Church, by which not only were the mass of the people inspired with a strong persuasion of foul play, but men the least prone to uncharitable conjectures were filled with suspicion that some shallow child's play would be practised, and all the substance of existing evils be left in unimpaired enormity. This, under present circumstances, would have been miserable weakness. A few of the English aristocracy might have been pleased, and a majority of the English Bishops, at the expense of dissatisfying (as is our sincere impression) and grievously alarming, by the necessary failure of such an attempt, the more discreet minority of the bench, much the larger portion of the parochial clergy of England, and the whole body of the Irish Church, now and utterly hopeless of subsisting for another twelvemonth, if some means of support be not provided for them less odious and impracticable than tithe. The Duke of Wellington, let it never be forgotten, preci pitated by his haughty rashness the reform of Parliament ; and, moreover, by the outcry which he raised, the amount of borough destruction and of popular representation, which the country in consequence called for at the hands of Minis ters, was incomparably greater than would have contented the most sanguine reformer in it, had the late First Lord of the Treasury been fortu nate enough to hold his tongue. Then what les son is to be drawn from such a precedent ? Just a little more prudence on the part of many of those who wish well to the Church, and less violence in denouncing and deprecating those modifica tions of its temporal department which have now become inevitable. Let Conservatives but act with common foresight, and whatever is most valuable or excellent in the venerable church of both islands will be scrupulously protected. Let them play off the Wellington game of decrying all Reform as needless or pernicious, and the edifice will not be cleaned or repaired—it will be barbarously unroofed and gutted. Let us not be ourselves misunderstood. By education and habit, by association, by reflection, by religious principle and feeling, we are friends to the Esta blished Church. We are most devoutly anxious to see its ministers beloved, esteemed, and con fided in by the country,—to see their instruc tions received with grateful reverence,—their ex amples looked up to, and quoted for imitation, — their neighbourly counsels and influence appealed to,—their incomes adequate to all the wants of decent life in a rich community,—and the means even of liberal charity supplied to the ministers of the Gospel. This is a national concern, nor is it for the benefit of one sect merely, but of all Christians, and all moral beings, that resources should be possessed by some portion of the Church Establishment, such as would afford the facilities of leisure, free from the pressure of sordid care, and guarded against corrupt abuses by all practicable vigilance—leisure for the earnest and studious cultivation of religious learning—for the secure maintenance and effective propaga tion, in its entire purity, of the knowledge of all those standard records, principles, and doc trines, handed down from age to age, which constitute the essence of our national Church and the science of theology, as recognized by the ablest of her Ministers. No Church Reform do we desire to succeed which would lower the real dignity of the establishment, or reduce its professors to indigence. Nor do the people of England ask for any such. They are content to have Christian bishops, but not political or Court intriguers. They are well pleased to have parish clergymen maintained in the condition of respect able g entlemen, whose education has been costly, and their habits those of liberal society. They do not, however, tolerate bloated pluralists, who never visit a flock but at sheering time, and who relieve neither the spiritual nor temporal wants of their brethren. The Government, we hope and trust, feels with the nation on this great subject. The clergy themselves, if they be wise in their generation, will assemble in all parts of the kingdom, as they have done in one or two o f the northern dioceses, and anticipate the views of Ministers and the measures of the le gislative body. They have not a moment to lose. The King's speech will be delivered within three weeks, and notwithstanding the extra judicial dicta of Mr. Stanley, we shall be sur prised and disappointed, if a plan of reform both for England and Ireland be not announced on that early and becoming opportunity, so exten sive as to satisfy all the provident and sagacious friends of our ecclesiastical system, and at the same time so strictly and watchfully conservative as to defeat in a signal manner the schemes of those who are for utterly separating Church and State, and eventually undermining both. If the clergy give way to blind and stupid obstinacy on this occasion, they fight the battle, not of the Conservatives, but of the Destructives," who will ride on the whirlwind of popular in dignation, and sweep away church privileges and church property together. We have no room to say more upon this subject at present, but shall soon return to it.—Times. £90,010 5 1 " This sum is raised too, remember, by the Dissenters, independent of immense sums which are collected for benevolent purposes at home, for the support of their own pastors, and the par-ons of the Church of England whom they never hear; while the Church is richly en dowed, and to a great extent supported by those very Dissenters they so much despise. These statements have been long before the public, and no attempt has been made to deny them by the united wisdom of the Church -her soras merely hope it is not so, and rest their hopes on the probable inaccuracy of our statements. Let them dream on a little longer, and they will be overtaken by the millennium of freedom and purity, when they will be aroused to attend the obsequies of their darling Church, fur in that state nothing corrupt can exist :. ergo, the Church must fall." We believe that we have already given enough of the pamphlet referred to, to show its spirit the main object in view-and we shall now, therefore, only detain our readers by one or two more extracts, the first referring to the amount of Church property, and the inequality of its dis tribution ; and the second, to the comparative expense of the churches of different countries. From a statement which follows one of the ex tracts, but which we do not give, we totally dis sent. It accuses the clergy, as a body, of being conspicuous for their " ignorance, bigotry, cove teousness, worldly mindedness, and immorality." This, to say the least, is going too far. The clergy as a body bear no such character, neither do they deserve it. " To tell you how the whole of the sum is disposed of would require us to be initiated in all the tortuous tactics of this visibly iniquitous system. But we may form some tolerable estimate of the proportion each teacher would receive, were the titheable property alone equally divided. The annual amount of titheable land we have stated to be 27,000,0001., and Mr. Bearlock says, that any sum, not exceeding one-third of the rent, may be considered as rea sonable payment, in lieu of all tithes, arising on a farm,- for this plain reason, v;z., that unless the occupier can make the produce of his farm return nearer four rents than three, such farm cannot be worth his hording.' But though such an entire valuation is not practicable, a com parative estimate may be made, which will give you some tolerable idea of the comparative income of the clergy. We will, then, suppose the whole of the inhabitants at 12,000,000 ; and the clergy, who do the work, at 10,000. We will allow six persons to a family, and sup pose all the labouring clergy married : this seems a fair c dculation. If, then, the working clergy get a tithe of the produce of tbe country for themselves and families, 60,000 Levitical persons will receive a tenth part, while 10,940,000 persons are supported on tbe other nine parts ; or 10,000 families would receive one part, while 1,900,000 families had the remaining nine. Therefore, if every lay family, on an average, received from the in crease of the land 201., every clergyman and his family would, on an average, receive more than four hundred and forty pounds ! ! " But we must not imagine that where there is so much rapacity, there can be much equity. We must not ima gine that each clergyman receives his equal share of the general fund. Oh no. This would not be according to the laws of these Medes and Persians, which alter not. Many among them receive thousands per annum for mum bling over half a dozen, or it may be fewer, sermons, in the course of twelve months ; n Nile those who actually do the work, are not only despised by their superiors in co vetousness, but actually are premitted to live upon the crumbs which fall from the rich man's table ; for there are 12,200 preferments in the church, which are en joyed by only 7,000 parsons. The parochial livings are about 10,000, and are held by less than 6,000 clergymen. Thus one-half the clergy are plid for that which they are neither qualified for, nor ever had the remotest idea of performing ; and, as it might be expected in such a righteous and purely disinterested arrangement, those who do the least get the most. Listen, however, to the testi mony of one whose prejudices are all in favour of the church, on this subject, the Rev. J. Acaster. He says, on this head,-' Nearly four-fifths of the parishes throughout the whole kingdom have no resident incum bent; consequently nearly four-fifths of the people are, as it respects their paid and legal pastor, as sheep without a shepherd,-their legal, paid, rightful, and most solemnly avowed pastors, fled ; some of whom they never see for five, ten, fifteen, twenty, and even thirty years together.' This, too, is that system which it is said combines the wisdom of ages with spiritual and apostolic gifts, and which you are unblushingly called upon to support. • • • * • e • '‘ There is one more fact, which should act as a stimu lant to you in this ecclesiastical warfare, and it is this that we are actually paying more for the support of the Established Church, in England, Ireland, and Wales, than it costs France, America, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Prussia, Germany, Holland, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, South America, Christians in Turkey, and the whole of the dispersed Christians through out the world, for the support of their religious instruc tors. We often speak of the darkness and priestcraft which prevail in these countries. Might they not say, ' Physician, heal thyself.' The following table will give you a comprehensive view of this part of the subject :- Expense of No. of Clergy per Total Hearers. Million. Expense. France United States of America 9,600,000 ... 60,900 ... 576,000 Spain 11,000,000 ... 100,000... 1,000,000 Hungary, Catholics --- Calvinists ---- Lutherans 650,000 40,000 ... 2,0,000 Italy Austria 18,918,000 ... 50,000 ... 950,000 Switzerland 1720,000 ... 50,00 0 ••• 87,000 Pruss i a German States 12,763,000 ... 60,000 ... 765,000 Holland Netherlands 3,000,000 35,000 ... 105,000 Denmark... 1,700,000 ... 70, 000 ••• 119,000 Sweden Russian Greek Church 34,000,000 ... 15,000 ... 510,000 Cath. and Luth 8,000,000 ... 50, 000 ••• 409,000 South America Dispersed Christians 3,000,000 ... 5 0 , 6 -• 180 ,0 00 Ch r i s tians in Turkey 6,0 0 0 ,000 ... 30,000 ••• 180,000 England and Wales 6,000,000 1,266,0u0 ... 7,596,000 Ireland 400,000 ... 3,250,000 ... 1,300,000 " Thus the clergy of 195,678,000 hearers abroad, receive 8,591,0001., while the clergy at home receive 8,896,0001., if not more.-Morn ing Advertiser. The old borough system was overturned by the force of arguments drawn from its well known results. The new representative system was constructed in part upon a priori reason ings. The real merit of the constructive parts of the Reform Bill is to this hour but imper fectly ascertained. A great majority, to be sure, of the members chosen under it, have the repu tation of being friends to practical refortn, and were chosen on the strength of that reputation. . But how far they deserve it still remains to be SECOND EDITION. S UN-OFFICE, Seven o'clock. publish it entire or mutilated, just as he pleased, and ill which he acquired (II his purchAse) and retained the entire right and property ; char, therefore, 'be was not the party to be punished for the publication, and, consequentlYp he hoped bis Lordship would pause before he pronounced an order which any Judge might feel a reluctance in pronouncing. The LORD CHANCELLOR lamented that he had been rHE LoNuoN GAZETTE THIS EVENING. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 11. pressed to make the order, and that be felt bound to pro* 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain E. Hodgson, from nounce it. He was glad that the affidavit the Reporter half-pay 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Wethered, de- h . ase, Jan. 11. had now made entirely exculpated some professional gentle ce7th d Dragoon Guards—Captain G. Nugent to be Major, by pur- men from suspicions that had been thrown upon them, but chase, vice Chalmer, who retires; Lieut. T. E. Thewles to be I tie disclosure was not sufficient to exempt Mr. Farquh ar, frotholnvpunishment.tshhiohsits nowas b stand tci T . eheenorpdaerrt party committed a was, ; that an d M r t . h e F a:rqdue; Captain, by purchase, vice Nugent ; Cornet H. C. Singleton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thewles, Jan. 11. 11 th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. W. Handley to be• Captain, by purchase, vice Creighton, who retires ; Cornet J. was R. H. Rose to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Handley ; En- and party. Appllea sign A. Walker, from the 91st Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, (ion might be made for the prisoner's release. vice Rose, Jan. 1 1 . M r. BETHELL hoped the otlu r side would be put under 12th Light Dragoons—T. B. Bunbury, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Castley, deceased, Jan. 11. terms to accept of short notice of any applleaion it might 15th Light Dragoons—A ss istant Surgeon J. Maitland, from be thought proper to make on behalf of the prisoner. the Ist Foot, to be Assistant -Sur g eon, vice Dealy, promoted in The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that they w on!. the 77th Foot, Jan. 11. 3d, or Scots Fusileer Regim ent of Foot Guards — E. Onslow, no doubt consent to accept of short notice. Certainly sort . Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutena nt, by purchase, vice Byng, ap_ pointed lo the 7th Foot, Jan. 11. lot Regiment of Foot—Lieut. E. A. G. Muller to be Captain, by purchase, vice Babington , wb o retires ; ECILSigil E. Blachford to be Lieutenant, qy purchase, vice Muller ; H. R. Marindin, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blachford ; Staff-As sistant-Surgeon G. Clerihew, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Maitland, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons, Jan. 11. 3d Foot—Ensign and Adjutant W. White to have the rank of Lieutenant, Dec. 8; Ensign A. Menzies, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice White. appointed Adjutant, June 13. 7th Foot —Ensign and Lieut. W. F. Byng, from the 3d Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lindsay, who re tires, Jan. 11. 16th Foot .Lieut. R. Carr to be Captain, without purchase, vice Walton deceased, Dec. 11. To be Lieutenants, without pur chase. —Ensign C. C. Adams, vice Carr, deceased, Dec. 14 ; Ensign C. J. Carter, vice Crumpe, deceased, Dec. 28, 1831. To be Ensigns.—Ensign J. B. Irwin, from 67th Foot, vice Adams, Jan. 10; Ensign C. H. Fitzgerald, from the 98th Foot, vice Carter, Jan. 11. 20th Foot—Major A.:Fraser, from the 40th Foot, to be Major vice Simcockes, who exchanges, March 21; Ensign P. Le Cou. teur, f.om half-pay Unattached, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Stanford, deceased, Jan. 11. 40th Foot—Major J. S. aimcockes, from the 20th Foot, to be Major, vice Fraser, who exchanges, March 21. To be Lieutenants.- 41 st Foot—Ensign R. Harnett, without purchase, vice Daintry, deceased; Ensign G. S. Montizambert, by purchase, vice Harnett, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled, Jan. 11. •To be Ensign.—Ensign O'Meara, from half-pay Ist Foot, vice Montizambert, Jan. 11. 45th Foot—Lieut. G. Minter to be Captain, without purchase, vice Perham, deceased; Ensign H. B. Bennett to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Minter April 29, 1832; Ensign and Ad. jutant J. Hine to have the rank of Lieutenant, April 30, 1832; Ensign J. Campbell, from half-pay 78th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bennett, Jan. 11, 1633. 46th Foot—Ensign G. H. L. Wharton, from the 72d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Menzies, appointed to the 3d Foot, Jan. 11 . 49th Foot—C. A. Sinclair, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur. chase, vice Campbell, deceased, Oct. 13. 67th Foot—Gentleman Cadet A. B. Cane, from the Royal Military College, to he Ensign, without purchase, vice Irwin, appointed to the 16th Foot, Jan. 11. 70th root—Ensign J. Stanley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Connor, who retires ; W. S. May, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stanley, Jan. 11. 72d Foot—Gentleman Cadet T. E. Pollard, from the Royal Mi litary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wharton, appointed to the 46th Foot, Jan. 11. 75th Foot—Serjeant , Major %V. Brookes to be Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign, viee Sutton, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Jan. 11. 91st Foot—E. L. Robertson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Walker, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons, Jan. 11. 96th Foot--Lieut. E. Griffiths, from half-pay 48th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Scott, deceased, 11. 98th Foot—Ensign W. BalfJur, from half-pay 57th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fitzgerald, appointed to the 16th Foot, Jan. 11: Rifle Brigade—Major-General Sir J. S. Barns, K.C.8., to be Colonel-Commandant of a Battalion, vice Major-General Sir G. R. Bingham, deceased, Jan. 7; Second-Lieutenant R. H. Fitz herbed to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tollemache, promoted, Jan. 11. HOSPITAL STAFF. J. M. M'Donald, Gent., to be Staff-Assistant -Surgeon, vice Hastings, whose appointment has not taken place, Jan. 11. MEMORANDUM. The undermentioned appointments, as stated in the " Gazette" of the 2d Nov. last, have not taken place : Assistant-Surgeon Connel, from the Rifle Brigade, to be As sistant-Surgeon in the 15th Light Dragoons. Staff- Assistant-Surgeon Grant to be Assistant -Surgeon in the Rifle Brigade. GFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 9. Corps of Royal Engineers — First Lieut. G. C. Page, to be Se cond Captain, vice Lewis retired on half-pay ; Second Lieut. W H. Ford to be First Lieutenant, vice Page, Jan. 5. _ - CHAIRING OF THE REPEAL REPRESEN TATIVES OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN. (From the Dublin Morning Register of Tuesday.) Yesterday, the triumph of the great principle Of repeal was celebrated in this city by the chairing of i its representatives, Daniel O'Connell, Esq., MY-0 and Edward South well Ruthven, Esq., M.P. The scene exhibited upon this interesting occasion was the most splendid ever yet witnessed in the metro polis of Ireland, and it is one which never again ran be equalled until it becomes the duty of the Lord Lieutenant to proceed in state again to open the Irish Parliament in College-green. The chairing was remarkable beyond any other ! that has occurred here, from this circumstance, that one-third of the entire cro%sd which filled up every road and street was composed of frize coats. From an early hour in the morning, the people from the county Dublin came pouring into the city upon all points, and from the delight and exultation shown by them, it was quite evident that they re garded the chairing here as the celebration of the victory they had fought for, and won by their votes 1. and exertions in the county. In pursuance of the arrangements by the Trades' Union, the procession started at so early an hour ss nine o'clock. The chair on which Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Ruthven were seated, was a most magnifi cent triumphal car, decorated with very great tastes and drawn by six horses. On the front was placed a harper, dressed in the national costume of Ire' land supported by two pages. Before Mr. O'Con nell and Mr. Ruthven stood that truly honest and consistent patriot, Thomas Steele, Esq. The triumphal car was preceded by trumpeters on horse back, a line of about 800 horsemen, each deco.' rated with a blue tibinet sash, an immense line of carriages, filled with 101. householders, who had voted for Mr. O'Connell. These were followed by the band of the Trades' Union, wearing fancy dresses, and having in the same carriage the magni' ficent banner of the Trades' Union. The nest carriages were those of the election committee of the Trades' Union, and those of the officers of the Trades' Union, and their useful and indefatigable secretary, Mr. Ray, and then the movers and se conders of the Repeal representatives. As each portion of the procession came in view, it was greeted with clapping of hands, waving of handker... chiefs, shouts, cheers, and every possible demonstra' tion of respect ; but strong as were these marks of public joy and respect, they sunk into insignifr eance, compared with those warm, enthusiastic , , , ' heart-thrilling, and deafening cheers which burst upon the ear, when O'Connell, Ruthven, and Tom Steele were seen. As the procession passed ie front of the Castle-gate, it was noticed that the will' (lows of the Hibernian Bank were filled with the, ladies of the Governor and Directors of that coo' pany, by whom cheers were given for those wile were the object of the popular choice. From Col" lege-green the procession passed by the appoint ed' route to the house of Mr. O'Connell, where so vas t a multitude was collected, that by the mere pre' sure of the dense crowd, the iron rails round the green plot burst in! Fortunately no accident t:W curred either there or in any other part of the r oute. Mr. O'Connell briefly addressed the multitude, sq . after congratulating them on the glorious triune which had marked the proceedings of the day, bS intreated that each of them would consider himsel' personally responsible for the preservation of the public peace. The request was enthusiastically re spooded to. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County. Pa latine of Lancaster. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia. IL J. Shuttleworth, Esq., to be Captain, vice Latham deceased, Dec. 31. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. RICHARD CHAFFEY, clothier, Thorncombe, Devonshire, from Dec. 27 to Jan. 17 , at eleven, at George Inn, Crewkerne. BANKRUPTS. W ILLI AM SMITH, baker, Teddington, Middlesex, to sur render Jan. 25, and Feb. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hopwood and Foster, Chancery-lane ; Clark, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee. CHARLES JILLETT, victualler, Mordon, Surrey, Jan. 21, and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the C ourt of Bankruptcy. Hall and Bishop, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street; Clark, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street. I'ETER GRIST, printer, Albany-street, Regent's-park, Jan. 19 and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Verbeke and Corrie, Lower Grosvenor-street. BUSICE JOSEPH WINBOLT, stationer, Poultry, London, Jan. 18 and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, King's Arm's-yard, Coleman-street, official assignee ; Phipps, Weaver's hall, London. WILLIAM JAMES GINGELL, baker, Langford, Somerset shire, Jan. 25. and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Castle Inn, Devi W zes. J. Williams, Verulam-buildings, Oray's-inn, London ; Mr. all, Devizes. DANIEL OUTHWAITE BLYTH, merchant, Colchester, Essex, Jan. 17, at two, and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Marston and Co., Church-row, Newington-qutts. ELIZABETH ROWE, innkeeper, Wigan, Lancashire, Feb. 5 and 22, at twelve, at the Buck'i'ili Vine Inn, Wigan. Morris, Wigan ; Walrasley, Keightley, and Parkins: Chancery-lane, Lond On. GEORGE EVANS, insurance-broker, Nicholas-lane, Lom bard-street, Jan. 18, at two, and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. and T. Gole, Lothbury. WILLIAM LOWE, chemist, Bishopsgate-street Without, Jan. 18, at eleven, and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, King's Arm's-yard, official assignee; Lester, Child's-place, Temple-bar. HENRY STt.PHENS, stone-mason, Aldersgate-street, Jan. 22, at twelve, and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Edwards, Pancras-lone, official assignee; kWariters, King's-road, Gray's-inn. THOMAS WROE, cotton-spinner, Hollinwood, Lancashire, 28, 29, and Feb. 22, at ten, at the Albion Hotel, Man chester. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row ; Law, Manchester. JASPER YORKE and GEORGE YORKE, millers, Che shunt, Hertfordshire, Jan. 18, at one, and Feb. at ten, at the Court of Bankauptcy. Gresham and Miller, Castle-street, Hol ' born. WILLIAM JONES, grocer, Swansea,' Jan. 23, and Feb. 22, at two, at the Bush Tavern Bristol. White and Whitmore, Old ; square, Lincoln's-inn, London ; Short, Bristol. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARK B. This day's supply of Beasts was moderate, Jan. and of each Iti o . 4 `; of small stock but limited. The market was to l e rabl y well xi' tended, both by London and country buyers, but the trade Wit dull throughout, at the following prices per stone of Sib. to 5ilP, the dials:— Beef 3s. Od. to 4s. Bd. I 3s. Bd. to ss. 41.4 Mutton 310 5 0 I Pork 310 41 0 The foregoing quotations are Beef 2d. per stone lower than__„ oo , this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise stationary. Beasts, 30,,r Sheep, 2,542; Calves, 32 ; Pigs , 28 . A c onsiderable numb of the Beasts, and a small proportion of the small stock, lent" ' market unsold. Beef. Mutti HAILSHAM MARKET. —Jan. 9. 3s. 6d. to 4s. 4d. I 4s. Od. to 4s. e 4 0 5 0 Pork 3 8 4 A moderately good supply, and a dull trade. ARUNDEL MARKET.—Tan. 8. 3s. 4d. to 48.6 d. I Veal 4s. Od. to 4s. f! (1 Mutton 310 410 I 310 4 4 . Supply moderately good; with prime stock the trade scw somewhat brisk, with other kinds very dull. k Lx f . 3 t 48 CHICHESTER M ARK ET.--Jan. 9. sLi 8 „ f. ,,,,,,,„„„„, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. I 4s. Od. to 45., I d P . ork In lean stoc g oing , derately good ; trade with prime Mutton somewhat brisk, wit , ether kinds of meat dull. o f 3fa tB stock 4 Mutton RU M E'o It I) MA ltKET.—Jan. 9. s. d. 4 d Beef ton 3 4 to 4 4 I Veal Nluon 3 8 4 8 Pork •......... ... . S uc kling Calves from 12s. to 345. ; Quarter old Pigs 1 . 2.4 tolBs. eater Supply limited, and trade dull throughout. _, LEEDS CORN MA RKET.—Jan. & Wheat, Norfolk and Stiffblk, 601 b. --- York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffblk -- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding Beans Oats, Potato. ---Healing, For. 12d. to 13d. Eng. 11d. to 1214 d. per' Shelling Rapeseed, English, 21/. to 22. Foreign, —l. to —l. per LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE—Jan. 8. „L WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. ------. Red --. Scotch, Welch, and Manx 8 0 8 4 1 ---. 11 " Irish, White 7 4 7 ----- Red 7 I 73 ,' -- F ore ign 8 6 81 0 Was, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 2 5 2 ,/ ---- Irish Foreign 2 2 2 4 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 34 2 32 0 Scotch and Irish, per Nibs. ---. Feeding B EA N S , English, per Imp erial q uarter 36 0 38 ° - Irish, &c. 2801 b . 43 per 2401b5. 32 0 31 .' Foreign Piuse, English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 48 -- Foreign 43 0 46 40 0 43 ve 21 0 23 ° 27 0 30 KvE, per Imperial quarter 2O 0 36 9. MALT, per Imperial quarter 0 ('Loan, OATMEAL, CORN,Ii shEnglish Eng l ish,p per 4401 b. e 44 arn o 2Bd lb IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending Jan. 7. Wheal Oats. I Barley Flour. Oatill,r Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 1 I Foreign, Brls. 089 Insh,&c. &lull Loaf,' 18,655. 8 , 19 0 1,183 0 8,2,4 r) 41,)L 1t Nu AL TT N. 1 e%eetie, Lox ) o digeßti( ''./!01 , pat t Sa l o p l "4 'I h and ly i ' 'kti, tht i*er t t 'llte (/ Ies"1 .4tiir ?I", -ti out 0 14: open. 'fif ~ I le 4... 4i Piao,.; pa c k pie ces, , 0 BIRTHS. tkti . .„tY uav 1 lit On the 9th inst. the ladof Monsieur J. Malian, in Half-Mo" 1 ) ;,' ia , ,t , 'tile street, Piccadilly, of a daughter. .La to , oef At Camberwell-grove, the lady of Captain Alexander Nair le' 1, 1, bf t °il of a son. .eth," death E'e On the 7th inst Mrs. Eldred Addison, of a daughter, wb' t , st ead --. tv survived only two days. th e "N.,„ at th e eael MARRIED. 3 0' e44 `: d 'e On the 9th inst. Mr. William Wright Tucking, of Waltb. 0100 0 efl,, , stow, Essex, to Elizabeth Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Willi' d., after'l, f Austin, late of Woodford, Essex. i , le eti . d ari On the 9th inst. at Layton Church, Essex, Charles Penry ill i ll iare, L nig th till, Esq., of Stapleton, Gloucestershire, to Frances, daughte r kin oa t e the late Rev. Dr. Stubbs, Rector of Fryerning, Essex. Ali 41e, th E I On the 10th inst. at St. James's Church, Richard Beat, ree h e u Berens, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, to Catharine, only daught er e"eitt °I N th John Edmund Dowdeswell, Esq ,of Pull Court, Worcestersb!',l4,,,, Y ,_ I 011 the Bth inst. at St. Mary's, Islington, Rear-Adnit,',,..letl We Barker, to Mary Anne, daughter of Mr. J. Hunter, Compt' "'kw, Ige t . terrace. Witt,. 'ti ' DIED. 'A pre ' o n ho 0 y On the sth inst. in Penton -place, Pentonville, in her 57th Y d fi ' aPla atli th 4r Mary, the widow of the late Mr. W. 0. Adrian, many yea l, • 411,,, ~ clerk in his Majesty's Treasury, leaving seven children to tilt ~,.4 t led ment her loss. itler,t,l7 4 ll 6 a , On the 9th inst. at Pentonville, Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer, ,th Yil '% 40 years. .0' e Cor, NI v i 011 the 9th inst. Richard Coles, Esq., late of the Ilth 1. ,11 Pres,j,, Iler Dragoons. _in 14 tl Nrs ' ...........". '' '' ,gl 46 the PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT .." SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND LONDON. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY. THE DUKE OF YORK'S AFFAIRS. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in Westminster at half past one o'clock. Sir EDWARD SucnEN reminded his Lordship that this was the day on which Mr. Farquharson was to be com mitted to the Fleet Prison, for contempt in the reports he had made to the Times newspaper respecting the Duke of York's affairs. Mr. Farquharson had made an affidavit, in which he expressed himself determined not to disclose the name of the party from whom he had received his in formation. In that affidavit he stated that it was not from Mr. Amory, Mr. A'Reckett, or any other professional gentlemen, but an intimate acquaintance of his own, and who he hed now learnt was not a member of the Committee of the Duke's creditors, as ho had formerly supposed, and stated he was. The learned Counsel contended that he was entitled now to have the order of committal, as his clients were not at all satisfied with any thing further that the reporter had stated. Mr. WIORAIK was about to follow on the same side, but his Lon:ship refused to hear more than one on a side. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the issuing of the order to council. Mr. Farquharson had given all the ex planation in his power, and if he were even now to name the person from whom be received his information, it would be impossible for the Court to commit that indivi dual. Ile hoped the Court would not be misled by any misrepresentations, but would, at any rate, take further time to look into the whole of the proceedings, the autho rities, and to consider them before it proceeded to commit. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that his judgment com mitted this day unless he made a satisfactory disclosure had already been pronounced that the reporter should be com mitted this day unless he made a satisfactory disclosure ; and it was only in mercy to him that the time had been given from the pronouncing of that judgment to the pre sent hour, to have made the disclosure in, because, not withstanding the party who might have communicated the circumstances to him might be more guilty than him, and the Court might lay hold of him and release the Reporter, yet still, in the eye of the law, the Reporter was guilty, a , the party who had sent forth the publication to the world. Mr. BETHELL submitted that he had a right to be heard with the Attorney-General in arrest of judgment, accord ing to his Lordship's permission, Mr. Farquharson, as it were, having been now called up for judgment. The Loan CHANCELLOR avid be would hear the Learned Counsel. Mr. BETHELL then contended that the Court ought not to commit —that the thumb-screws were not now to be used for the purpose of extorting information from the re• porter which, upon principle, he could not give, and when, in point of fact, the reporter was not the party offending. Ihe LORD CHANCELLOR said t here was no applying of the thumb-screws in the present case, the proceeding was in penam—a punishment for what had been done, in order to deter others from so doing. 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