The Sun. — London, England, 1830-05-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. • invoice were prevalent ia the City at the clubs pn Saturday, that the Allied Governments would have immediately to name a substitute for Prince as. Sovereign Prince of Greece—his Royal Hi : ee ah having sent in his resignation of that it ustaTis office. We regret to say, that we have no reason to disbelieve the above reports, but, on .the contrary, are inclined to give them credit in every thing except their having made the alteration of the Prince's sentiments depend on legal diffe rences with the Allied Courts as to pecuniary ar rangements. We have strong reason to be satisfied that no difference whatever existed with regard to money, on which point all parties had long been agreed. It is, however, more than probable, and in fact we are disposed to think, that another important consideration—viz. that of the confined boundary allotted to Greece upon the north-western fron tier—has been the real Cause of Prince Leopold's reluctance to undertake at last the duties of the Greek Government. We owe it to his Royal Highness to admit, that if the people of Greece should have felt the separation of so valuable u portion of their brethren, as would have been cut off by the course of the Aspropotamos, to be a national disgrace or misfortune, motives far more honourable than any of a financial nature — for which, in fact, as we said before, there never was any ground—may have weighed with the Prince against his fulfilling engagements, in the acceptance of which he had not contemplated the refusal of the Greek representa tatives, through their Senate, to sanction a dismem berment of Greece itself. We do not understand the objections which would appear to have been made against extending the Greek territory to the line of Arta and Volo, which, so far as mere space is concerned, includes but little beyond the line of the Aspropotamos: it rests with the Allies to de clare whether they will consider it worth their while to stand out for such an object, and thus to be com pelled to transfer the Greek Sovereignty to some different person. We do nor, indeed, anticipate that there woeld be much delay or difficulty in closing with another German Prince, of well-known name and character. But still we feel unfeignedly desi rous that the scruples of his Royal Highness, which, as represented to us, are those of a conscientious man and a patriot, may, if possible, be respected and indulged, so that no interruption may arise to embarrass even for a moment (it could be but mo mentary) the results of a negotiation so creditable to the parties engaged in it, and so replete with every prospect of recovered peace, prosperity, and happiness, to a celebrated but long-lost people.—Times. The large minority that voted for the clause which Mr. Monck moved to introduce into the " Beer Bill," on Friday night, ought to convince Ministers that the independent opinion of the House, as well as of the reflecting and enlightened part of the nation, is against them. The clause was to the effect " that t►ny license which shall he gr a n•ed by virtue of this Act, shall not authorise the persons so licensed to sell beer to be drunk or consumed on the premises so described in such license, it being the intention of this Act to give encouragement for the sale of beer in shops, but not to create an unlimited number of alehouses." We have said, and do say, that a free trade in beer is one thing, and the crea tion of an unlimited number of alehouses is another. Let beer be sold as freely as bread ; but let it riot be sold in a manner which is capable of converting a nutritious beverage into a moral poison. The humbler classes have temptations enough to do evil without covering the land with low tippling-houses, where they may be induced to consume their time in irunken sloth, in profaneness and immorality, instead of enjoying their leisurehours in healthful and harm less recreation, in the bosom of their families. Mr. Monck, in introducing his clause, justly end truly observed, " It was laid down by all writers on this subject that public-houses were a nuisance when they were not properly regulated, or unnecessarily multi plied, or erected in improper situations. The licensing system was introduced for the purpose of preventing abuses, and ascertaining the character of the persons who occupied public-houses.— This Bill said that public-houses could not be too many, whereas the law, which had grown out of experience, and been acted on for about 300 years, said the contrary." Again—the Honourable Member stated that " he was an advocate for free trade in general—even an advocate for free trade in corn—though he would not go at present so far on that point as the Hon. Member for Aberdeen ; be cause he was convinced that, owing to our peculiar situation, an artificial system had been established, and it aught to be altered only by degrees ;—for his part he was convinced that the principle of conve ction in the beer trade would be carried into full effect without the provision which went to enable every retailer of beer to convert his house into a tippling-shop." We quite agree with the Honour able Member that the principle of competition may be carried into full effect without overlaying the land with the dangerous receptacles of low dissipa tion. We have already shown that, by the common law of England, alehouses were originally free, until the great increase of their numbers caused that which was intended for the accommodation of the public to become a public nuisance. Hence arose the restraining and regulating Statutes in the reign of Edward VI., which formed the basis of all the legislation on the subject down to the present time. We have often asserted, and now assert, that the licensing system was much abused, and that it was frequently made subservient to feelings of favouritism and resentment, anti sometimes used as an engine of electioneering corruption. Its abuse, however, was a reason why it should be reformed—not destroyed, its principle was good, though its practice wasbften perverted to evil. What was that principle ? A-duty imposed by law upon Magistrates of requiring of every applicant for a license testimonials of character, and evidence of the house being necessary for the ac commodation of the public. We have heard a great deal of late of the advantages of a preventive system of police. The regulation and restriction of public-houses are matter of police, and upon the preventive principle. If it be necessary for the civil power to watch closely over public-houses at pre sent, because the indulgence in stimulating liquors is apt to lead men into irregularities and violations of good order, how much more difficult would it not be for the civil authorities to exercise an effec tive controul over those places if the occupiers were not obliged to furnish testimonials of good charac ter, and enter into recognizances, as preliminary conditions to obtaining a licence ? It is the sound maxim of penal jurisprudence, that it is better to F icreut than to punish. In men of good character the Government have a certain degree of security that the privilege of dealing in intoxicating liquors will not be abused to the injury of public morals; but what security will they have when every lon , and unprincipled adventurer who can muster two guineas may convert his hovel into a tippling-house, and seduce the poor man from his home to squander his wages, his health, and his morals, in a sink of intemperance, and in the vilest association ? Is not demoralisation making sufficiently rapid strides at present without this additional inducement to popu lar depravity ? It is true that the police will have it among their duties to watch over those places, but is it not wiser to prevent their existence than to put the public under the necessity of being taxed for the expenses which must be incurred by punishing the. disorders and crimes that will arise out of them ? Many a peaceful neighbourhood will be dis turbed, many a valuable property injured, by the opening of the dens of low intemperance and dissipa tion which the new Bill, as it stands at present, will allow to be multiplied throughout the land, without number and without restraint. It is curious enough that Mr. Calcraft, who brought in the Bill, talked against monopolies, although he is at the head of one branch of a monopoly himself —namely, one of the two great winter theatres. Theatres that have not patents are obliged to be licensed. Why? ' As a matter of preventive police. For the same realm pawnbrckers are licensed and not merely as a matter of revenue. Would it be more unsafe, ac regards the interests of society, to break down these and other monopolies now existing than that in the beer trade ? Are theatrical performances more dangerous to public morals than intoxicating liquors, that the former should be still kept under restrictions, and the latter be made perfectly free? But we do not argue in favour of a monopoly; we only show the inconsistency of Government in affecting to cultivate freedom of trade, while they preserve inviolate, in most branches of business, a system of restriction. We say, Let the trade in beer be free, let the poor man have the power of purchasing it where he pleases. If the new shops provide a better beverage than the established pub lic-houses, let him go to those shops—let him there procure, if it can be had, a wholesome and nutri tious beverage, but, for his own sake, and the sake of his family and of public morals, make it necessary that he shall take it home and consume it, where he will not be tempted into vulgar debauch, but where he will be likely to enjoy it as a temperate refresh ment, while he cultivates domestic habits and do mestic virtues."—Morning Herald. Our readers will grieve with us to learn from the Bulletins of the state of the King's health, which will be found in another part of our Paper, that his Majesty has again experienced " an occasional embarrassment of breathing, and that it has become necessary to have Mr. Brodie, as well as the two physicians, in almost constant attendance." We believe, in fact, that his Majesty has had a relapse, and that there is now but little, if, indeed any, hope of his surmounting it.—Morning Advertiser. The public are under obligations to the Rev. Theodore Williams for printing the correspondence between himself and the Bishop of London. It is of great importance that persons exercising their high functions in the manner in which Dr. Blomfield exercises them, should be exhibited in their true colours. The extensive diocese of London, from the moment of this Prelate's translation from Ches ter, has been subjected to every species of annoyance that a spirit of pragmatical meddling could occasion, unrestrained by those considerations of delicacy, and that regard for the feelings of others (in every respect his equals, except the fortuitous one of pro motion), which are found to actuate, on all occasions, the Christian Gentleman. With the examples of such predecessors as Lowth, Porteus, Randolph, and Howley, to regulate his conduct, his task would have been easy; and if his reputation for sound learning and genuine piety were less than theirs— by bearing his faculties meekly, enjoying hie pros perity with moderation, and treading in their steps as closely as possible, in spite of some anecdotes connected with " a compromise of principle or opinion for worldly advantages," he might have lived upon his academic fame with a certain respec tability of character; or, at any rate, escaped that unpopularity among his Clergy into which he has de servedly fallen. It seems a recent Act of Parliament authorises the " Commissioners for Building New Churches" to carve out of any parish they may think fit a district, which, for all ecclesiastical pur poses, is thenceforth to be taken as a distinct parish. 'I he Commissioners are also authorised to de clare any person building a chapel in such district, and endowing it with any provision in land or money, en titled to the right of nominating the Minister (for himself, his heirs, and assigns) for ever, without mak ing any compensation to the incumbent of the parish. Mr. Wilberforce, not the Ex-Member of Par liament, but his son (carrying on the business of a cow-keeper at Hendon), probably through the in fluence of his father, who has long been notoriously at the head of the religious party called the Saints, obtained a promise from the Commissioners of a district in Mr. Williams's parish, without giving the slightest intimation of his intended application to him, or to any of the inhabitants. As soon as this was known, the Vicar naturally wished to ascertain the opinion of the parishioners upon the subject, as they were interested in it as well as himself, and accordingly he prepared a notice, convening a Special Vestry to take it into consideration. This came to the ears of the Bishop, who immediately despatched an insolent letter, threatening Mr. Wil hams with ecclesiastical censures, if the notice should be published in the church. It surely would have occurred to any person, except Dr. Blomfield, that the first person to be consulted upon Mr. Wil berforce's application was Mr. Williams. It became the Bishop, upon hearing that the Vicar had been kept its ignorance of the steps that had been thus taken in his parish, to have expressed his disappro bation of this circumstance, and to have put himself in communication with him, for the purpose of re ceiving his suggestions upon the measure. This would have been a courtesy that ought to have been shown, had any step whatever been proposed to the Bishop for adoption in Mr. William's parish; but before such an important step as this was taken, which was to sever a portion of his parish from his spiritual care, and alter the rights of and im pose new liabilities upon his parishioners, more than courtesy was demanded—it was a matter of impera tive duty. It seems, however, that the Bishop felt himself bound to observe neither the dict a t e s of courtesy nor duty; but at liberty to disregard the rules of common civility, for he gave no answer to Mr. Williams's proposal to be himself at the expense of erecting a chapel of ease in !Tendon, containing principally free seats, to be served out of the reve nues of the Mother Church, in such manner as Dr. Blomfield should direct. At last the irritated Bishop breaks the bounds of all decorum, and tells the Vicar that he has uttered "a gross falsehood," which, in other words, is giving the lie ! The wholesome practice of unfrocking Bishops has hitherto been chiefly confined to unspeakable enor mities in moral delinquency; but if it shall appear that public opinion fails as a corrective among this order, it may be had recourse to with a salutary effect, where individuals are found obstinately pursuing a course of conduct, from untameable temper or evil disposition, that is destructive of the purpose for which the establishment itself is supported, though the offenders may not have openly sinned against either table of the decalogue.—Morning Chronicle. We can state on authority on which we believe we may safely rely, that Prince Leopold has re signed or abdicated the Throne of Greece. This took place on Saturday afternoon, but did not be come known in the higher political circles until yesterday, when it formed the great topic of con versation. We forbear all reflections at this mo ment on this event, which cannot fail greatly to embarrass our Cabinet, and must occasion no small surprise to our Allies. The matter will, probably, be brought under discussion this evening in Parlia ment, when we may learn something of the causes which led his Royal Highness to adopt so unlooked for a step. In the meantime we refrain from stating what has reached us of the reasons assigned for this unexpected occurrence. —Morning Chronicle. BUONAPARTE'S mother has not long survived her accident : she died at Rome three weeks ago. r STATE OF TRADE.—The arrival o f spring has not done all the good to the trade of this district, which sanguine calculators expected from it. Indeed, the general expectation of a much-to-be-lamented event has had an unfavourable effect upon several branches of our manufactures, especially those of a fancy kind. The latest markets at Huddersfield have been dull, as most of the goods brought thither are for home consumption. The same observation may be extended to Halifax. In the districts round both these towns the complaint of low wages and deficiency of work still prevails. In Bradford and the neighbourhood, the aspect of things is rather snore favourable. A great deal mere goods have been disposed of, but not at such an advance in prices, as to make any con derable improvement either in profits or wages. The markets at Leeds have exhibited a little more activity, and considerable orders have been received. These small im provements have had some favourable effect upon the wool-market of Wakefield, so as to have increased the demand, but not to have materially advanced the prices of the article-- Wakefield Journal. SECOND EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN o'CLOCK. IM PERIAL PARLIAMENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he rose in consequence of a Message he had received from his Majesty, stating that his Majesty was labouring under severe indisposition—so much so—that it had be come painful for him to sign with his own hand those public instruments requiring the Sign Manual, and that his Majesty relied on Parliament to adopt some mode to prevent the temporary inconvenience arising from the suspension of this important function of the Crown, without detriment to the public service. His Grace continued, considering that it would be the anxious wish of your Lordships to take the very earliest opportunity of answering this Message is the cause of my bringing it now before you. I feel, no doubt, as well as your Lordships feel, the greatest grief and sorrow at the lamentable indisposition under which his Majesty is and has been for some time labouring, and I trust and hope that his Majesty's health, through Divine Provi dence, will soon be re-established. My Lords, I will not take this opportunity of entering into a discussion of the means by which his Majesty's Govern ment propose to carry into execution the objects which the message has stated ;—that will be done by my Noble Friend upon the Woolsack to-morrow. But I shall only now propose to your Lordships that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, to assure his Majesty that this House deeply laments that his Majesty is labouring under severe indisposition, and to assure his Majesty that this House earnestly hopes, by the favour of Divine Provi dence, that his Majesty's health will be re-established at an early period ; and that this House will proceed to consider, without delay, of the means to be adopted to re lieve his Majesty from this temporary inconvenience, with out detriment to the public service. Earl GREY did not rise for the purpose of opposing the Address ; he concurred entirely in every word of it. Ile also felt equal sorrow with the Noble Duke at the situation in which his Majesty was placed. He most cordially joined with him too in the hopes that his Majesty's recovery—if that hope was still to be en tertained, and he was sure that the House and the country would join with him in such a hope. He concurred in the propriety of the course pursued by the Noble Duke on the present occasion. He was sure that the House would feel deep regret for his Majesty's sufferings, and that it had every wish to relieve him ; but the House must, at the same time, consider that it had a most important duty to render to the public. He should not question the Noble Duke as to the mode he intended to adopt, as he understood that was to be pointed cut to morrow evening. The House must enter into this ques tion with great caution, because what they were now about to do was nothing more nor less than this—to delegate the Royal Prerogative. The House must take care that it did not establish a dangerous precedent. He had thought it his duty to throw out this much—and he begged to say that this would be the ground on which he should act here after. The Noble Earl then sat down, cordially concur ring in the Address proposed by the Noble Duke. The Address was then read from the Woolsack by the LORD CHANCELLOR, and unanimously agreed to. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY. (SEE LORDS.) Sir ROBERT PEEL rose to move that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, expressive of the deep regret of his Majesty's faithful Commons, at his Majesty's severe illness, and of their earnest prayer that it might please Providence to restore him, and assure his Majesty that they would with the least possible delay adopt such measures as would relieve his Majesty from the inconve nience under which he was labouring. Mr. BROUGHAM said,that although no one could more deeply regret than himself the painful illness under which his Majesty was at present suffering, or more entirely concur in the propriety of the main features of the address which had been moved, be thought that the latter clause was objection able, inasmuch as the carrying into effect of such measures as was there proposed could not fail ofintiolucing a procedent which must prove dangerous. He thought that unless in cases of the utmost emergency in case of such absolute ne cessity as admitted of no other alternative, any interference with the prerogative oflthe Crown was to be most religiously avoided. Ile therefore begged to warn the House against adopting any rash measure. Sir R. PEEL said, that as a Bill to effect the objects of the Address would be immediately introduced, he should refrain from offering any remarks upon what had fallen from the Hon. Member opposite for the present. The Address was then agreed to. An extraordinary sensation was produced in the House on this melancholy occasion ; the Members, without a single exception, rose and remained uncovered during the whole time the subject was before the House. (LEFT SITTING.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. On Saturday Mr. Wills, a gentleman residing at Til lingham, in Essex, waited upon Sir R. BIANIE, for the purpose of having a warrant backed, which had been granted by an Essex Magistrate against a gentleman named Hay, for having sent a message with a view to provoke a breach of the peace, to a gentleman 76 years of age, the father of the applicant. The circumstances which led to the challenge are said to be as follow :—Mr. Hay, who is a solicitor, is steward to a farm in the occupation of the younger Mr. Wills, and same misunderstanding having arisen between that gentleman's father and Mr. Hay respecting accounts, the 'Ater took the liberty of taking the former by the nose, which insult was reiented on the spot by the old gentle man, who knocked Mr. Hay down with his walking stick, which he afterwards used most liberally on the person of his prostrate antagonist, who, to avenge his wounded honour, demanded the satisfaction of a gentleman. Mr. Wine, sen. declined the invitation, and conveyed the challenge to a neighbouring magistrate, who issued his warrant for the apprehension of Mr. Hay. That gentle man, however, baying had some notice of the design, took a coach and four and proceeded to London, closely followed by the constable in whose bands the warrant had been placed. The constable's jurisdiction, however, having ceased on quitting Essex, it was deemed necessary to make the present application, as Mr. Wills, ben. entertained some apprehension that Mr. Hay would resort to personal violence. Sir R. BIKNIE immediately backed the warrant, and placed it in the hands of Ruthven, who soon apprehended Mr. Hay and conveyed him in a coach to the office, when he was immediately taken into a private room, and evi dence having been produced in proof of the challenge, Mr. Hay was called upon to put in bail, himself in 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each, to keep the peace for 12 calendar months towards all his Majesty's subjects, and particularly towards Mr. Wills, sen. The required sureties were put in, and the parties re tired. Kendrick, a police constable, of letter F division, be haved in a manner so unbecoming and insulting to Mr. HALLS on Saturday evening, that the Magistrate imme diately sent f or M r. Th omas, to acqua i nt hi m w ith the circumstance, intimating, that it was his determination to report the conduct of the constable to the Police Commis sinners. Mr. Thomas said, that this was not the first complaint he had heard of the insolence of Kendrick towards his superiors. Mr. HALLS observed, that the conduct of Mr. Thomas's men was, in general, very proper, but if a Magistrate was to be bearded on the bench with impunity, there would be at once an end to that subordination and control the ob servance of which was indispensable. WOR SUIRSTREET. A man, named Thomas Crockford, was charged with violating the person of Elizabeth Lloyd, a child under ten years of age; and Sarah Reed, a girl of fifteen or six teen, was charged as an accessary, it appeared, from the child's statement, that she was invited by Sarah Reed to take a walk in the fields. They proceeded there, and were met by the male prisoner, who, she said, threw her down and violated her person. She added, that Sarah Reed stood by and encouraged him ; and that after the prisoner had perpetrated this offence, in decent familiarities raved between him and Sarah Reed. A surgeon, who examined the child, said she had un dergone some violence. The prisoner, in hie defence, denied the charge, and said -hat the father and mother of the child had signed . a paper the effect that she had not been hurt. _ The mother admitted having signed the paper, and said :he did so at the earnest request of the prisoner's friends. She confessed also, that she had received ten sovereigns from the prisoner. Mr. BROUGHTON strongly censured her conduct, and said he was determined the prisoners should be prosecuted. The prisoners were then remanded. GERMAN PAPERS. BERLIN, MAY 7.—The situation of the political ques tions in France, and the illness of the King of Great Bri tain, are subjects that excite great interest here. Travel lers, who come from Paris, affirm that the fermentation is very great, and begins to spread even among the lower classes, and the most dispassionate observer entertains ap prehensions. The Ministry has indeed in some measure succeeded, by means of the expedition to Algiers, to divert the public attention from itself to Africa, but the fire still glimioegs under the ashes, and a single reverse happening to the expedition might, under the situation of the Minis try, be very precarious. The affairs of the East are still involved in obscurity. so much, however, is believed to he pretty certain, that Russia keeps all its forces on the war establishment, and is prepared against the possibility of another expedition to the South. The Russian army will retire over the Balkan in the course of the summer, but leave at Bourgas, as well as at Adrianople, an hospital with a guard of one or two regiments. The Russian general staff has taken ad vantage of the occupation of the Dobrudsha, and the other countries on both sides of the Balkan, where the most accurate and special maps and plans are executed from the most careful surveys. It is said that the Emperor will come to Berlin in the summer. There is not the slightest foundation for what the French Papers have reported of troubles in the Russian empire, of (fiseoveries at St. Petersburgh, and the like.— On the contrary, the three political powers in Russia, the Emperor, the Senate, and the Clergy, have never acted together with so much harmony. The Emperor manifests equ it affection and esteem for his people ; and the Senate sod Clergy have every reason to cherish corresponding feelings. We learn with great pleasure, that the Synod has at length consented to the abolition of the old style, which is twelve days behind the new style,—a reform which even the late Emperor Alexander, highly respected as he was, could not effect. Accounts have been received from the interior of Asia, which are so far important, as they may have much in fluence on the consumption of European goods in the cast. For these three years the Khan of Great Tartary has been engaged in a war with the Khan of Khiva, which was carried on with much animosity. The two contend ing parties have sent deputies to St. Petersburgh to ask the assistance of Russia. The Russian Government, how ever, judged that it could not interfere except in the elm racter.of a mediator, and the great respect in which Russia is held throughout all Asia has nearly restored tranquillity to the interior of that continent. The differences are not yet wholly adjusted, but several tribes have withdrawn from the contest; we may therefore expect a considerable exportation of European manufactures to the East, the demand fur which had sensibly decreased during the last three years. SWITZERLAND, MAY 11.—Among the reasons for which the tribunal at Zurich has rejected the complaint of Colonels Tussle and Buckle against Counsellor Hirzel, on account of his " Contributions towards the History of the Fortifications of Zurich," inserted in the Observer of Switzerland, is the following That according to the spirit of a free Constitution, and the meaning of the law relative to a ease of the nature referred to, any body is at liberty to praise or condemn the existing ordinances and institutions, as well as the official acts of the authorities and public officers, provided that no one is offended in his honour by the assertion of false facts, or by expressions which in their very form contain a personal insult."—The plaintiffs have appealed. CALCUTTA PAPERS. JAN. 11.—We hear that the Governor-Genera in a few days intends to proceed by dawk on a tour to the interior. His Lordship, we believe, will quit the Presidency on the 18th inst. for Benares— via Hazareebaugh, Gyah, and Patna, accompanied by a very small suite, viz. his Lord ship's Military Secretary, Surgeon, and Aide-de- Camp. It was understood that the Chief Justice would accompany the Right Hon. the Governor-Ge neral to Benares. JAN. 13.—The Right Hon. the Governor-Gene ral has appointed twelve o'clock on Saturday next for the reception of the Addresses on the subject of Widow-burning. Head-quarters, Calcutta, Jan. 1. General the Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, on assuming the command which has been intrusted to him, desires to assure the army in India that he is impressed with a high sense of its merit, and that he fully appreciates the grounds on which its reputation rests. To maintain, if possible to improve its discipline, and to cherish and keep alive every honourable feel ing by which it is distinguished, will be the object of his constant ambition. In his anxious endeavours to discharge the trust committed to him, he relies on the exertions Of all who are called on to act under his command, par ticularly on the zealous co-operation of the General Officers in charge of divisions, or brigades of the army, and of Officers commanding regiments. His Excellency is pleased to direct that all re ports and correspondence relative to his Majesty's or the Hon. Company's forces shall be addressed, as heretofore, to the different departments at head quarters. All ordirs issued under the authority of his Ex cellency's predecessor, General the Right Hon. Lord Combermere, are to remain in force, together with such instructions as may have been issued by his Lordship, for the guidance of the heads of de partments. The Commander-in-Chief will receive the heads of departments, or, during their unavoidable absence, their deputies or assistants, on public business, from eleven to two o'clock on any of the days of the week, with the exception of Council days and Sun days. He will receive all other officers and persons who may wish to see him on business, on Thursday, after eleven o'clock. In cases of emergency, the Commander-in-Chief is to be seen at any time, without exception, day or night. His Excellency is pleased to make the following appointments: — Colonel the Hon. John Ramsay, his Majesty's half-pay, to be Military Secretary. Capt. Alexander M‘Lachlan, Royal Artillery ; Lieut. Lord Ramsay, his Majesty's 26th Regiment; Capt. John Byrne, his Majesty's 31st Regiment—to be Aides-de-Camp. Assistant-Surgeon D. Murray, M.D., his Ma jesty's IGth Lancers, to be Surgeons. All honours and compliments which have hereto fore been paid to the Right 'Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere are to be continued to his Excellency. By Order of his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, CHRIS. FAGAN, Adj.-Gen. of the Army. The following commercial intelligence is from a paper of the 12th :-1 he Company continue pur chasing indigo. The crop is not computed at more than 120,000 maunds. Sales of European cotton piece goods continue very dull, and mule twist is without inquiry. All metals are exceedingly dull, but particularly copper, of which article it is impos sible to effect sales. The price of beer continues on the advance, but wines are a complete drug, from the market being overstocked. Freight was scarce and so low as 3/. per ton for dead weight, and 51. per ton for light. CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. IVY, SELL. Rs. As. January P, 1830. Rs. As. Prem. 26 0 Remittable Loan, 6 per Cent. 25 0 t' rem . Inset. 1 8 Old 5 per Cent oan 1 0 Disct Disct. par New ditto ditto 0 4 Disct. 4,500 0 Bank of Bengal Share 4,:300 0 BANK OF BENGAL RATES. Discount on Private Bills 6 0 per Cent. Ditto on Government Bills and Salary Bills Interest on Loans on Deposit 5 0 " BUT. CALCUTT.\.—EXCHANGES. BIM 1 10j on London, Six Months' sight, per Sa. R. 1 11 ritICES Or BULLION. BUT. BELL. Spanish Dollars Sovereigns Guineas each 10 8 11 0 Old ("old Mohurs New Gold m e h wr i each 17 8 17 10 ELECTOItS or SUDBURY. On Monday evening a numerous meeting of the Electors of Sudbury resident in London, was held at the Crown and Anchor, opposite Whitechapel Church, to take into consideration the conduct of their Representatives in Parliament, and in particu lar their declining to attend at the last General Meeting on the 6th inst. s. . Mr. ISAAC DUCE was called to the Chair. The SECRETARY read the letters received from Mr. Macleod and Mr. Walrond, sent previously to the former meeting, stating they could not attend on account of the important business usually before Parliament at this season of the year. A desultory conversation took place respecting the conduct of Members of Parliament, who were described as coming forward as angels of light when candidates, but who too often turned out to be spirits of darkness when they got into the House, in the course of which much praise was bestowed on the late Sir John Cox Hippesley and Mr. Alder man Hevgate, as exceptions. Mr. FIIBBLE inquired if any freeman had resolu tions to propose on the subject of the meeting ? Mr. JOHN DUCE then proposed a resolution that, in the present period of national distress, it was incumbent on the Members of Parliament to support retrenchment, particularly those Members who were chosen by the people. The next resolution was to the following effect :—That this meeting re gretted to find that on examining the lists published in the newspapers of the Members of the House of Commons who voted on important measures during the present Session of Parliament, neither the name of Mr. Macleod nor of Mr. Walrond was to be found in the following minorities :—That supported an amendment to the address at the opening of the Session, declaring the existence of general _distress. For continuing the elective franchise to East Het ford, rather than giving it to the hundred of Basset law. For transferring the elective franchise, now possessed by East Retford, to Birmingham, rather than to the hundred of Bassetlaw. For reducing taxation, and the civil, military, and naval establish ments. For reducing the army estimates. For re ducing the yeomanry estimates. For reducing the staff estimates. For referring the petition of the freemen of Newcastle to a committee. For refer ring to a committee whether the number of seamen employed might not he reduced. For reducing the number of yeomanry. For abolishing the office of paymaster of the marines. For abolishing the office of treasurer of the navy. For enquiry into the state of taxation. For abolishing the office of master general of the ordnance. For enquiring into the lend revenue. For reducing the grant to Wool wich academy. For reducing the grant for public buildings. For abolishing the office of viceroy of Ireland. For reducing the salary of the assistant secretary of the navy. But that the meeting regretted to find their names in the printed lists of the majorities who voted against the motion for leave to bring in a Bill "to Restore the Constitutional Influence of the Com mons in the Parliament of England," against the motion to bring in a Bill " to enable Manchester, Leeds, and Birmingham, to send representatives to serve in Parliament." And the meeting still further regretted, that the names of Mr. Macleod and Mr. Walrond were not to be found amongst the majority of 139 who voted against " bestowing a pension of of 900/. a-year on the Honourable Mr. Dundas and the Honourable Mr. Bathurst, the sons of Lords and near relations of two of his Majesty's Ministers." Great excitement was produced o❑ the reading of this resolution, and many exclamations were made against the Members. An ELECTOR..--It is our own fault, why did we send them to Parliament ? Mr. BACON—No; it is not our faults now, for they promised us very faithfully. It will be cur own faults if, after knowing this, we send them again.—(Loud applause.) Mr. KINGSBURY—I knew all this before this day. If the freemen of all the boroughs would only attend more carefully from time to time to the public Papers, they would see how their Members acted. Few conducted themselves in Parliament like Mr. Harvey and Mr. Waithman. Even the great pa triot Burdett was never to be seen now engaged on behalf of the people. The Resolution was carried, as was another, de claring that the manner in which their representa tives had voted, but too amply accounted for their unwillingness to meet their constituents. It was then resolved to hold a General Meeting of the Freemen at the Angel and Crown, as soon as any Candidates should offer themselves, to inquire into their public principles, in order to secure Re presentatives who would support economy and the rights'of the people. Thanks were voted to Mr. John Duce for his co►►duct as secretary, and to the Chairman, and the meeting dissolved. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT 22. EX-PARTE IVHARTON. Lord TENTERDEN delivered the opinion of the Court in this case, which Is as argued on Monday last, on a rule to set aside an annuity deed, executed by Mr. John Wharton, to Messrs. Swann and Co., bankers of York. The principal ground of objection was, that part of the consideration money had been retained by a Mr. Smithson, the agent of Mr. Wharton. A variety of facts had been stated to show that Mr. Smithson, who had lent money to Mr. Wharton, was justified in retaining the sum in question ; and the Court, looking at the whole of them, were of opinion that no undue advantage had been taken of Mr. Wharton, and that there was no ground for invalidating the security.—Rule dis charged with costs. TILE KING V. JEBB. Mr. DENMAN showed cause against a rule obtained by the Attorney-General for leave to exhibit a criminal information against the defendant for a libel on Colonel Hanmer, of the Royal Horse-Guards, Oxford Blues. The Learned Counsel observed, that the defendant had denied having sent the anonymous letters which had been attributed to him, and he swore, that with the exception of one to Mr. Sullivan, the Secretary to the Paymaster of the Forces, none of the letters referred to had been written or sent with his privity, knowledge, or con sent. The charge contained in that letter was, that Colonel Harmer had been guilty of trafficking in the cast horses of the regiment, for which it was said he ought to have been dismissed from the ser vice, but instead of that he had been promoted. A party applying for a criminal information ought to present himself before the Court free from blame, but Colonel Hanmer had not, the Learned Counsel thought, done so on this occasion. His explanation of the charge made against him was, that on the reduction of the regiment the horses were put up to sale by auction ; he became the purchaser of them at 101. or 1.51. ; and after keeping them a period of about ten months, he sold them to the regiment at the regulation price of 35/. These were the facts, and he (Mr. Denman) submitted that this conduct was, to say the least of ia, irregular on the part of Colonel Hanmer, who, as an officer of the regiment, ought not to have been either a buyer or seller of the troop horses. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. Brougham), in support of the rule, observed, with respect to the defendant's denial of the anonymous letters, that three persons well-acquainted with his handwriting had sworn to their belief tkat those letters were written by him, while on his part, no person but himself had sworn to a denial of their being in his hand-writing. The charge against Colonel Hanmer of having trafficked in cast horses was wholly without foundation.—Rule absolute. THE KING V. JEBB. Mr. DENMAN, for the defendant, said, that this was an application for a criminal information at the instance of the Hon. Colonel Lygon, who was the president of the court-martial before whom Captain Jebb had been tried some years ago. This rule had been applied for on account of something which Tog I written on the cov er o f a l e t ter a dd resse d t o Co lon Lygon. The defend a nt h a d ex p ress ly d en i e d tit / he wrote either th e l e tt er or th e worr l s on the cover.—Rule discharged. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 22. CROFT, BART., V. LISTER. This was an action, it will be recollected, in whi ch the plaintiff, Sir Thomas Croft, recovered a verdic t for 2,500/. against Colonel Lister, for criminal Or versation with Lady Croft, the plaintiff's Wi te ' In a former term Mr. Serjeant Merewether , tained a rule to show cause ‘‘hy the verdic t should not be set aside and a new trial grants ( ' on the ground that certain letters written hi Lilly Croft to her husband from Boulogne, prcr fessing penitence for some part of her conduc t ' and affection for her husband and child, had bee ll improperly received in evidence on the trial. Mr. Serjeant WILDE, who was to have sho"? / cause against the rule, now stated that a prop° 4l ' tion having been made to reduce the damages t ° 2,0001., it had been agreed to by all parties. The COURT directed the verdict to be altered t° 2,0001. accordingly. Mr. Serjeant WILDE observed, that the plaint iff was likely to receive just as much from a verdi ct. of 2,0001. as of 2,500/. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MAY 22.—The Rev. John Nelson, M.A. , t° the Rectory of Dunham Parva, Norfolk. The Rev. Edw. Hay, M.A., Student of Christ Cliur cb ' and Chaplain to the Right Hon the Earl of Kinnollir haf been presented by the Very Rev. the Dean and Chapter Christ Church, to the Vicarage of Broughton, The Rev. T. W. Whit a k e r, t o th e R ec tories of Stanto n by Bridge and Stvarkstone, in th e county o f Derby. The Livings of Ashburnham and Penshurst, Susse x ' have been presented by the Earl of Ashburnham to th e Rev. Edward Warneford, A.M. Yorkshire. The Rev. P. Debary, M A., Senior of Trinity Colleg e ' Cambridge, to the Rectory of Orwell, Cambridgeshi re ' vacant by the death of the Rev. J. H. Renottarcl, M.A o patrons, the Masters and Fellows of that S oc i e ty. Rev. B. Charlesworth, 8.A., Scholar of Trinity Coll e t to the VicaraQc of Darfi e ld, Y or k s hi re , vacan t by t , cession of the Rev. C. W. Le Bas, M.A. ; patrons, the Master and Fellows of that Society. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST WEEK, Wheat. Barley._ I Oats. Beal* Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to R. s. Caslisliz — 68 39 31 Carmarthen—. 60 38 19 36 Ilex ham 54 72 :33 41 22 29 50 4 0 Morpeth..--..—. 50 62 32 31. 19 26 38 , Pen ri t h 60 31 23 41 SMefticld 73 29 4 6 Winchester 59 69 27 34 21 25 42 d, Per Bushel. s.d. s. d. s. (1. F. (1. s. d. s.d. v. d. 0 Coventry 7 0 9 0 4 8 5 4 3 6 4 0 5 6 6 0 Newcastle (Staff.) 10 6 1I 3 4 6 5 6 3 9 4 3 5 6 66 Northallerton 7 0 9 3 3(3 4 6 3 3 4 0 5 9 e 6 Staftbrd M 90 9 4 5 9 62 36 40 72 00 Swansea 83 8 8 4 4 48 30 36 00 -0 Warwick 90 100 46 50 33 40 73 Per 8011. 6 Barnardsastle.......... 15 0 18 0 8 6 9 0 6 6 7 9 9 6 Ig 6 Durham 146 17 6j 8 6 100 56 7 6 10 0 ' ll Richmond 12 0 16 0 90 106 70 86 110 1 5 0 Stockton 126 14 6 80 90 48 76 00 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-May 21. There is a large supply of Wheat here this morning; and the millers, in consequence, pur c h ase goo d fo 4 , qualities slowly, at a decline of Is. per quarter, and W . such as are stale and ordinary there is scarcely any d e ' mand at present. Good fresh Oats continue very scarc e ; and they are Is. per quarter dearer. The malting seasl is nearly over, and Barley has met very dull sale to-dat at a decline of Is. per quarter. Beans go off very slon'lP and barely maintain the rates of last week. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffblk 535. 575. to 625. fine 6 16 ' New 60s. 655. to 61s. fine 72 5 ' -__ White Old ..... ............... sBs. 635. to 665. tine 705• ---------- New 00s. fits. to 68s. fine 636. - Foreign, Red s3s. 575. to fits. fine 6 11 * White 6ls. 645. to Ms. fine 71 1 . Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk Vs. to 345. tine 36 6 ' ---- Lincolnshire 315. to 335. fine 30 --- Yorkshire Wold 3ls. to 325. fine 3* ---- Foreign --s. to -s. fine --- 4 " Beans, Old l3s. to 355. fine 3155 345. to 3.58. fine 385. Oats, Potato'. - Poland 21s. 255. to 28s. fine 30 0 - - Friesland and Small 23s. 245. to 265. fine 28 1 " - Healing 1214d. to 14d. per Stone. Shelling .325. to 34e. od. p er Load' Malt 3Bs 40$. fine 435. per Los" ... _ Rapeseed SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley Oats. Beans. Oatm oll Aberdeen 58 70 24 29 21 24 30 ;i 8erwiek...—...... 40 42 20 22 16 18 23 24 33 Coldstream 40 44 20 23 16 18 23 26 -- / Cupar --- 51 70 30 32 22 23 24 27 Dundee --- 55 75 32 33 24 28 30 32 Elgin --- 60 20 25 20 23 19 21 -- Inverness....,.' 53 56 26 28 19 23 24 23 40 Kelso —.. 44 44 22 19 20 24 27 -- Kirkaldy— 160 76 33 38 26 32 30 34 Perth , 52 70 19 23 16 20 28 32 The size of the measure varies throughout the countr> EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—May 12. Our supply of all kinds of Grain was moderate, O o f prices nearly the same as last market-day. The top Wheat has given way ls. Oats and Barley the same last market. Pease and Beans a shade higher, but dull 0 0 Wheat. Barley. Oats. l'ease. I Beat!t First 7ls Od 37s fid 30s Od 40s Od 403 u",,, Second 7os Od 31's Od 29S 4d 33s Od 33s vu, Third rRICFS OF PROVISIONS, &C. 0,1 Beef, per lb. „. Os. 30. to 08.5 d. Fresh Butter,lb.s.lo(l, tole. „ Mutton.---. 0 4 0 6 Salt Ditt0,.....-...0 10 1 v 0 Veal 0 5 0 7 Ditto, per css t. 88 6 0 „ Pork 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per dos. 0 6 0 ,Y, Lamb, per qr. 3 6 5 6 OatStraw(kp'.) 6 0 0 I' Tallow, cwt.... 25 0 • 28 0 Wheat Ditto... 7 0 8 1 Quartern Loaf 0 9 010 Barley Ditto ~ 6 ' 0 0 6 Potatoes, 17tIb. 0 5 0 6 Hay, per 5t....... 0 6 0 _f_Ji EDINBURGH MBA We had a large supply ( L MARKET.--May 11. of Oatmeal at to-day's 1118 ‘,; ;ale at an advance of Is. ket, which met with dull el sack on last week's prices. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone of Mb. Imp. 1 First Oatmeal £2 1 0 First Oatmeal 2 £0 Second ditto 1 19 0 S econ d di t t o Barleymeal 1 12 0 Barleymeal V 1 11 Pcascmeal 1 10 0 Peasemeal 0 l go Pot Earley—No. I, Per cw t. 12 5. -2 d. 14c—mi.18s.—Poatq;/ GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—May Oats have had a free Pale, and rather dearer. Whe. ll firm at f o r mer ra t es . A goo d d el l d one i n B ar l ey , "11 little alteration in prices. Beans and Pease are in 15 '1 demand. Wheat, per 2101 b British, old s. d. s. d. 340 to 3,50 30 0 31 0 310 350 300 320 Oats, per *64lb. s. cl. Irish British — 0 new Canada, free Irish Beans, per 2601 b. I English ....... — 0 •:,I Scottish Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1101 b lB 0 z ",..,1 Flour, per 2801 b 5O 0 ..• Barley, per 3201 b. English Scottish Irish 270 290 270 280 24 0 26 0 CORNWALL. MARKETS. TRUEO.-Wheat (average) 265.-Barley, 13s. 0,1.-Oats, Its. Sr. AusTem.-Wheat, 245. to 265.-Barley, 12s. to 145.-00 93. to 10s. Od. BODMIN-Wheat (average) 265. Od.-Barley, 12s. 6d.-Oats, llf LAUNCESTON-Wheat (average) 19s. Od.-Barley, Os. O,L-Osty Ss. 01-Beef, 50.-Mutton, sd. Ilm.aTolv-Wheat, 255. Od.-Barley, 13s. Od. PENZANCE-Wheat, 245. to 265.-Barley, -s. to 165.-.0a ,, Os. Os. to 10s. 641.-Beef and Muttsrn , 4d. to 50.-Pork, 3d. to Ix. Butter, 7d. per lb. Ltsay.aan-Wheat, 21s. Oct. to 255. 9d.-Barley,l2s.Oats, la to 10s. 6d. Sr. CoLustn-Wheat, 245. to 265.-Barley, 13s. to and Mutton, sd. to 5d.-Veal and Lamb, 4d. to 6d. BIRTHS. On the 22d inst. in Harley-street, the lady of Wood, Esq., of a son. On the 21st inst. io Union-terrace, Camden town, Ail s T. Huxley, of twin daughters. On the 21st inst. in Conduit-street, Hanover-10 0e : the lady of B. C. Greenhill, Esq., of Puriton, Someree" of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 22d inst. at St. Mary Magdalen's, Doctots Commons, Mr. John Jellaed, of Pimlico, to Miss B o eders of the former place. DIED. On the 20th inst. at his residence, Harrold, Beeor e4 shire, William Clark, late of Shack Middles& Esq. in his 56th year. the 22d tfr 4)01'4 On the - Inst. after a very short illness, Mrs. ft. widow of the late Mr. John Robins, of the Piazza, Co' ve nt garden. At Calcutta, on the 6th of January, Wm. Lumsdaioel E-q. of Lunasdaine, N. 8., Deputy Commissary-Geste ° in Bengal. On the 10th inst. R. Forman, Esq., of Little wood-house, Hant', and late of Chatham, aged 66. t , On the 21st inst. Henry Walker, Esq., of Baker-str e Spafields. PAINTED AND P UBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, 0 THX SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON' G c S U( wi or Twil tities of lloi be t t he and luirticule tivien ti Barra c k Aldirne ] low s , viz Tinde " Tende I LI Bth Ten& " Tende the 10t1 dies, w i printed length; from tw bo un d vo the part Tends tarraa t , eontrat Berko /3reckr Cheste Corny ! , Cumbe Devon Dorset burha Essex Hants 110' Tn Min! Catalog. TH °eventy l everal Vol. 1. 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