The Sun. — London, England, 1830-06-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It appears from our City article, that a good deal of alarm and perplexity has ads - en from the dttla7ed intentions of Government to modify the old system of sugar-duties. Whatever intricacy Mr. Huskissen and Mr. C. Grant may have anticipated trail the scheme of reduction of which the t ntiine was drawn on Tuesday last by the Chancellor of the Exche quer, must belon6 to the details of the measore the principle s at it seems to us, is plain enough— viz. the proportioning the ambilbt of tax directly to the market value of the article; so that sugar of .t b. per cwt. shall no longer pay the same price with sugar of 60s. The effect proposed by this re laxation of impost on the low-priced sugar, is the important one of at once relieving that class of con sumers by whom the low-priced sugars are pur rhaied, and that class of cultivators on whose estates the pressure of the old tax has been felt most heavily,—viz. those which are capable of producing no other but the coarse kinds of sugar. Undoubt edly, in considering his Bill, the Chancellor of the F. chequer must be presumed to have given due weight to a branch of the question which war brought by Mr. Huskisson under the not;- House—namely, the expediency the duties a s t o p revent t h e - thb `coarse Slit-41.11%6.1'1g from worki ng an add: . • oanAl %.1(1 tiriclrt;- upon those of fi ner ' think, ins- quality, Weed., the Scale is, we suit ,teniowsly eontriVed ttl C oun t eract suc h re . It is obvio us to ti.ll, from the whole conduct pursued by the prevcrit Administration upon Wen't I ' l4l Pe'tionlit that there is no interest in the pire more I . ikr:, y to obtain f rom i t fair, and even favourable., hearing. Mr. Gtralbtun admitted frankly the d;sr• ressed condition of a certain portion of our eoleP•tes.—Timet. A. conversation of considerable interest took "ace in the House of Lords last night on the sub- Sect of the privileges asserted by the Commons with respect to money-bills. Lord Wharncliffe atattd, with great clearness and accuracy, the printiple on which the House of Commons justly claimed •'„, right of originating, and regulating, and c quantity of taxation to be levied on 1 4 fact, this privilege is the very es.- --se n, 'VIP. In eciple of the House of Co— ~enct erkd \mai prm-, given up or altered, a- cnce be; lives loses its pecul , kt i tt nouse'd representa.; debating asseno Ala , rattermid beconies t iniire to counter' '‘ , l4.oY.ont slighkt'•it real power Cr olsr -AONtite Itneri.rn . ze patronage of the the at , a4l tthe `Sctlielly concentrated influence of ` . .„: l ,Z 4 cit'ir \VD 'are disposed to agree, however, 4- ibt"S'D':rncliffe, that this great principle is , - ".13 "- 41 - 11 k 0 "ood, when applied to the case of a Bill ,t,Z'sing penalties on individual delinquents. There .41-,ne analogy between raising money by a general and inflicting a pecuniary punishment or] a spe arif,c offence. It is right, nevertheless, Iltat tbetom rmons should watch with the inmost caution and ealousy every measure which has even the'apPeltr ;ance of encroaching upon their privileges. While, ! therefore, we admit the correctrieen of the distinc t t,ert .so perspicuously stated Iby Lord Wharncliffe, ewe are glad t o see t h at '?li e pru d ent advice which :suegested the expel - Yzncy of allowing the 14.:Asel of Commons,t'a , !iaout a direct challen;e, to origi., 1 . -nare the •tWussion, was ultimately adop te d, Th e ,other meiste, which would hav e ~r,l'ited such discus - - ~ s i, a, was unnecessary, ar2.o . might have been offen • sive. We recollect, with what earneetness and energy — nay, al'laost indignation, the late Speaker of the nouFe. of Commons (then Mr. Abbott) re . j ccted the bitioptiOn of any alterations which the Lords might have inserted in a Money Pill. He fist, in portentous tones, announced the alarming _fa( t. that such alterations had been made! He then, ‘•,,ith, a look and voice in which concern and resent „lwnt mcre equally perceptible, appealed to the Ilanuse to repel this outrage on their priviler;es, 'His manner compelled the Members to partro„ hi s ,own sincerely-exPrerded alarm, and in the ., midst of , sytnpathising accl% mat i ot - rs , he ordered Bill to to b e V eked Ink of their . sibs polluted praene e nay. it n• •was som e 5 , ;rifieation, 'alter this awfr.„ ceremony v v.e:tift - the House ?Ad its Speaker reco ere' d ,AeSrz kktnal compoar Are . Th oug h t h ere was 5° " ,"?',‘lsittg'ire the mode of con d uct i ng t hi s so l emn i ty Adr, !wade a by-stand er smile, it was impossible Ayr 19:e.aspect the cor.scientious motives of the prin. pal logent ; and though we think the principle may b 0 'enforced with less pompous 'and formidable ac e" alpanimont s, it cannot be ch:mg to with too great trvness and tenacity. The question, it should be a Sad, has fr equently been , .aised on both branches of 'iohe subsjec t, as will be seen by a reference to / !alga Thy proceed'.ngs In the Commons last 5. *Layer., various arAinteresting ; but we have not r tam eV? n to allugl„ to them.--Timed. to t erribly pod specimen was afforded last night eat grov.ring liberality of the age, and the freedom ffuasir faJaticisert which characterises the Clergy of Establishment, in a petition presented by Sir Inglis, from twenty-two Clergymen of the Deanery of Rochester against Protestant soldiers f•being required to pay respect to Catholic ear l. monies. It teems the consciences of some military men are mightily offended at their being called on, in common with their brother soldiers, to salute in . a military way religious processions in countries in hich the religion differed from our own. These geurionen must have very nice consciences indeed. Cgrnsidering the urrear of business and the corn rfiotints of Ministers of inability to get on with it, ; the discussion of a question of this soft supplies an admirable proof of the fitness of the House of Commons for legisleing. Mr. Trant pledged him ,self to bring forweied - 11 'Motion, and sAid that "many rificers most I.osedly coMplaitiletA of the ceremonies required of them. 4 , %!4.; the Right Hon. Secretary (Sir George Murray) say what he Might, it could root be concealed that there was great discontent in she army on this subject." Sit George Rose, too, 4tlrgPled to this momentous subject. What a tresSure to possess many officers who are filled with great discontent on account of such a matter as this. When consciences are so nice as to be proof against compliance with orders in such a trifling affair as a military salute on the day of a festival in the Ca tholic Church, what may not be expected from them under great temptation ? We suppose psalm-sing ing commences now in the mess as soon as possible after - the creature comforts are disposed of. The other dioceses ought to support Rochester, and make a stout stand against idolatry.—Morning chronicle. • Mr. Brougham brought in his Bill last night for the Establishment of local Jurisdictions. In the first instance he confines it to the two extremities of the kingdom, Kent, and Northumberland and Dur ham. The Bill was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow; but Mr. Brougham said it was most likely that it would not pass this Session.— The plan is in some respects altered since it was first communicated to the House.—Morn. Chron. The Bill appointing a new Chancery Judge formed last night the subject of discussion; but on avount of the importance of the subject, and the ltteness of the hour at which the discussion com menced, the debate was adjourned to Tuesday next. The proposition for the adjournment drew from Sir Robert Peel some fresh remarks on the great waste of the time of the House, which had taken place that evening, in the discussion of matters of compa ratively small importance, with respect to which, however, every one had something to say. The truth is, that the sort of business to which the Right Honourable Gentleman objects is the only business for which the House is fit. An assembly of six or seven hundt'ed individuals is necessarily a mob, and quite unfit for discussion and deliberation in the true sense of the word. In the early period of the his tory of the House its inherent defect was not so manifest, from the circumstance of the great body of Members being unused to speak, and serving merely a; a sort of audience to witness the performance of the eV, actors on the scene. During the war of the Re voluaon,, the engrossing business was war and taxes, and all questions of change of our laws and institu tions were postponed . to a period of peace. The habits of the war cont:nued for a short period after but the latter waned up a new field in the peso.; . . the nutnerous changes in our laws and institutions Which the altered circumstances of the Country im: 'periously 'called for. Nevertheless, iritereetS tin-M.lof:- out the country were affected by the ineasiireS agi tated from tiin'e to tulle, and hence petitions without nimnber were poured in on the'House. A Member who might shrink from participating in a . general discUssion, cannot refuse to enforkie the petnithi r 6f his constituents, ij.nd I .y iNglies he becobles satisfied rith tifhieii, and a frequent speaker on all subjects. There is hardly now a Member of the whole As sembly who has not addressed it at times. Now, nothing is such an impediment to despatch as Mime roux speakers. Jefferson oho:tit.% that they got on very well with 'business in the Old Congress; but after the pace, when Congress became a numerous representative body (though stilt e sinell body Om pared to the House of Commons) ; and chiefly com posed of lawyers, the time ;was consumed in speaking. Sir Robert Peel must Make inability iti biti'eehiry a necessary qualification for Parliament, or things will proceed from bad to worse. When there were few speakers and many listeners in the House, the House had onl- .. -, patience for a moderate quantity of elope ~-•0..,.-•oce 'at a t . i rs i atid hence the dislike of Burke, .. . a; iii WO , alitla the hailer .13e11, on account of his Wig sOeeehes beinding the Meiriber3 to dinner. Ent *hen MeMbets haVe theinselves to thank, they must year with the infirmities of others ; a man must, however reluctPt, offer „k, a sacs ice to tht! , itlr4ov of others, that he may inoulge his own selt-iolie: No rational lnting who doohs with ti n y attelitiOn at inch an Aster n biy a s the Honse of Cominonsa mere over - - groWn club.,-could ever expect any other result.than that which Sir Robert Peel how likinebb. Three or fear weNriforin'eq a. ti lal)erious indiViduals may prodeeti with legal Reforms ; withoirt impeding each flothet too Much by the disetmion which their dif ferent modes of viewing - points tt?sy rendi2r net.'esr sary. nut let us s'9.rp'Me that the labour and re search - of tith extensive legal Reform has been de \rolVtit on a Commission, and that a Bill embodying the fruit of the labours of the - Commission is sub rr ...tied to Parliament, besides the diSciis&niii on the principle, every,,elati6 '61161S iip interminable dis tussiehthe Bill undergoes a number ,of modi& • cations in the Committee—some of the changes are at varianc e w i t h t h e p a rts o f t h e Bill retained; and with. other changes and the Y.. 1 ..ii! hus betortie in as ' semblate il' incongruities. A re-commitment be comes necessary. If the Bill ever become a law, no two men, perhaps, can agree as to the meaning of some of its clauses, No numerous assembly can ever legislate to any advantage. The questions of peace or war, aid taxation—complaints of grievances may come with advantage before it; The nation would not be satis4ed withisut ,ah assembly which should . reprnent the general feeling on such matters. Rut at pre - sent ParliaMent 'is eVerYthing. It is a tofirrof Law - --;- - a LegiMa'v. - ,ive Body--it decides on all 'question domestic or colonial. If here is hardly 1 conceivable object which may not be brought under discussion in it. Hence the anarchy which prevails —hence the helplessness which have lowered it so much in the eyes oi the nation, and made popular bodies ge:ierally ridiculous..--Morning Chronicle. at' glad to ob!Serve that the praetice of corn pelling British Soldiers on foreign stations to do ho mage to PART] And idolatrous ceremonies has be- tome a subject of Parliamentary aniMadversioh. everal petitions have recently been presented to the House of Commons, preying for an abolition of this tinjustifiabh3 ptat'tiee, and we have not perceived that any Member of Government has been bold enough to undertake its defence; vet it is not many years since a British Officer was dismissed the sec• vice for refusing to salute an idol at Malta, to which popular a;loration is paid at certain seasons. In this the Qiricer certainly showed more regard for con s'ience than discipline; he was guilty of a disobe dience of orders, and liable to the penalties provided for an act of insubordination by the articles of war. But what a cruel thing it is to reduce men who are able and willing to serve their country—who are ready to face every peril, to undergo any hardship, and to shed their blood at any moment in its defence s--what a cruel thing it is, we say, to reduce such men to the alternative of violating their conscience or incurring the penalties of disobedience! Is a sol dier to be, in his religious principles, as well as in his military conduct, a mere machine ? Is it neces sary for the interests of the service that he should be so ? If that. be the case, then the best soldiers would be those who entertain no' sense of religion at all ! Is this a doctrine for a moral and Christian Government to maintain in the face of the civi lized world —or, if the Government, notwithstand ing their professions of zealous devotion to the interests and principles of that form of Christianity which constitutes the established religion of Eng land, remain silent, will the Bench of Bishops con tinue so, and allow a subserviency to idolatrous ceremonies to be enforced by the sentences of the law-military, without raising up the voice of pious remonstrance against it ? Cannot the Bishop of London see something as reprehensible in this as the profanation of the Sabbath by the recreations of the poor ? Will not the Bishop of Norwich, so long the u ncompromising and consistent advocate of liberty of conscience in the Roman Catholic people, think it his duty to be equally earnest for the recognition of the same invaluable privilege in the Protestant soldier? Even before what is called Catholic Emancipation was granted the Roman Catholic soldiers were allowed to attend their own places of worship, out of a proper deference to the religious feelings of that class of men. 'Why, then, should Protestant soldiers and officers be compelled to perform acts of worship to wooden images—the objects of the superstitious veneration of the Res man Catholic populace—idols to which the better educated Roman Catholics themselves would, pro bably, be ashamed to offer the external marks of adoration ? It is one thing to punish a soldier for insulting the religious feelings or prejudices of a foreign people, and it is another to punish him for refusing to degrade himself by a hypocritical com munion in rites and ceremonies for which he can entertain no respect. It does credit to Lord Killeen—himself a Roman Catholic—that he sup ported the petition which Mr. Trent presented from Dover on this subject the other night. It shows that he is willing-to obtain for others that religious freedom which he was so anxious to procure for himself. But where were the great many advocates for liberty of conscience on this occasion ? Sup posing a Roman Catholic Officer was dismissed the service for refusing to join in some rite of Protestant worship abroad, what an outcry there would be im mediately raised in the newspapers and both Houses of Parliament ! How the changes would be rung upon religious tyranny, in all the vocabulary of in vective ! But few are the patriots who find a heart or a tongue to demand for the Protestant soldier emancipation from that thraldom which denies him the right of religious opinion, which even our In dian Government concedes to its Eastern slaves — for it was stated in the House of Commons that, during the Marquis Welle sle y 's Government in India, some :Sepoys had been, on one occasion, compelled to attend Divine Service—but, when . it w as made known to his Lordsh i p , he condemned, i n the strongest terms, the conduct of the Command ing Officer. One of the few Members of Parlia ment who reprobated the practice of ordering our soldiers to join in idolatrous ceremonies was Lord Milton, who observed that, if a soldier himself, he would, most assuredly, object to being compelled to do honour to religious rites that were considered idolatrous ;—but, if he were a soldier whose liveli hood depended on his commission, how bitterly would he feel the compulsion ! Such a practice is a cruelty to the defender of his country, and a de gradation to the British name.—liforning Herold. The only real business in the House of Commons last night was the introduction of a Bill by Mr. Brougham, for the more speedy and economical ad- Iministration of justice in the matter of small debts. The Bill is not intended to extend at present to more than three counties, and is a mere experiment; but an additional clause will render it applicable to the whole siuntry. It is, of course, impossible, without nein the Bill, which is not yet printed, to to ' form any opinion of the actual rod or mischief likely to result from it ; but ei'ery one will agree with Ili that, the present system is bad, and that it stands greatly in heed Of &net - Anent; The higher Courts are, in fact, at present thronged with btiiik ness, which would be much more cheaply and expe ditiously settled elsewhere, to the great detriment of parties I:AO k...aniiift ,re."ritt to any other Courts, and whose cases, involving gfeat ier:ttnisitlility,4 are put off from time to time to make way tot the adjudication of matters of no interest to any one but the parties immediately concerned. In the House of Lozds the main business of the evening was a question of a very different character — namely, the right Of the House of Commons not only td erieticate Motley Dills, but to , reject, on the ground of exclusive privilege, ahy 114 ettlanating from the Lords which might Contain a money pro. Lord Wharncliffe brought forward this sub ject, winch was warmly taken op by some Peers, and which, no doubt, proves, in many instances, a great inconvenience. The question is whether the country would suffer more by a partial infraction of the privilege of the House of Commons, than it would gain; and on this subject, we think, there can be but one opinion. The privilege belongs to the HOUse of Commons, and ought, un questionably, to be preserved by its Members, as the Represen tatives of the people; but, on the other hand, we — 1 - not be per- i!ati 'See tt feßsonwhttni riiitW kith Ed ofiginate Nis in *lllOl penalties are concerned;.and to Make drifetidthenta id„Othets, the express object of whibli ,ig takatidn. The idea that a Bill ihvolting d tjuestion of takes, dr money pe-z nalties, cannot be amended by the Lords ‘iithant being subjected to rejection by the Commons, is in itself ridiculous; and We are astonished that n 0 one shotild have thOuglii ere now of 'endeafoiiring to alter the constitution in this respect. The effect of the present arrangement is greatly to retard publ:e business, without affording any bui fit to the public; while that of a better understanding between the two HOuses would be; not only to expedite it, but also to gite birth to measured of treat public utility which are not now brought forward, because they can only be originated in one House.—Morning ildverti,!er, MIL DICK'S suBßtrksiON RAILWAY. It would be idle, we apprehend, at this time of day, to dilate on the advantages of good roads, and a facility of intercourse between every part of our common country. As a means of defente i a tapidity of communications serves to bring the ?'hole strength of the nation to bear on any paint, ncl proyldes or ItB seciirity as lrebtUally as surrounding it with victorious but expensive fleets. As a means of wealth, it makes the most distant spots contribute as much to our prosperity as the fields that border on the Me tropolis. It tends to give all the land of the empire a value equal to that of the ground on which London stands. Good roads are at once a mark of high civilization, and a means of car rying civilization still higher. A century has not yet elapsed since turnpike roads were hardly known in England, and since the period when the Government of a neighbouring kingdom was lauded to the skies for making one good great road from one end of it to the other. Under the Roman Empire, to construct the great roads was an important part of the business of the Government, and those which were formed by all the power and skill of that colossal State are still held up as objects of admiration. From the great influence a facility of intercourse has over national defence, national prosperity, and, we may add, over national union, a great portion of the talents and skill which now enrich this emi nently mechanical country have of late been di rected towards improving communication. This single fact stamps its vast importance. Every one knows that within the last half century number less individuals were enriched, and many places made to thrive by canals ; and though rail- roads,on an extensive plan, have not yet had similar effects, they have added to the wealth of many districts. Of late, the great object has been to improve them, and adapt to them locomotive engines ; and the speed obtained in some instances has been such as to excite universal astonishment. The great weight of the carriages, however, the apprehensions of danger from the bursting of the accompanying steam boiler, and from the engine getting out of order, with the inconvenience of the smoke, are impediments to locomotive car riages coming into general operation, which no thing but the vast utility of the contrivance could overcome. We have on the present occasion, however, to bring under the notice of our rea ders an invention which appears to combine in the highest degree the advantages of the best species of rail-road with all the velocity of the most approved locomotive steam-engine carriages, none of their inconveniences and none of their danger. It has long been known, that what is called a suspension railway—first invented, we believe, by Mr. Pallmer, which is a rail carried along at a certain height from the surface of the earth, resting on pillars at short distances from each other, and on which the carriage is sus pended, traversing on it—opposes far less fric tion to the motion of the vehicle than any other sore of railway. Hitherto we believe, no attempt has been made to bring this, which ought perhaps to be called the suspension carriage railway, into use for long distances ; and though many of its advantages have long been recog nised, such as never being liable to be impeded by the snow, it has been considered an imprac ticable method of general conveyance. All the difficulties which beset it, however, seem happily overcome by an ingenious gentleman, whose models are now exhibiting at Charing-cross ; and his contrivance promises to be a formidable rival to, if it do not completely surpass in ad vantages, the common railways and locomotive engines. Mr. Dick, the author of the contrivance, pro poses to erect pillars of stone or brick at given distances, and of such a height as circumstances may require, but so as to allow a perfect free passage underneath the railway—making the line of road which is to be laid on them as level and as straight as possible ; but there is no oc casion for the road to be either perfectly straight or perfectly level. It may be formed with a con siderable curvature, or it may be carried to a considerable height. Between the stone pillars four or five cast metal standards or pillars are placed, as circumstances may require. On the top of each a frame is f as t ene d to secure th e rail, and the rails are formed of the best rod iron. A line of rail-road, it is obvious, may be laid down on the top of a succession of pillars, ex tending to any length. It can be carried over rivers, bogs, or m orasses, , just a s we ll as th e best co nstructed bridge. 'I 'lns is what Mr. Dick proposes to perform, and he estimates the ex pence of such a railway at 1,3951. per mile, which is, we believe , not one - fourth of what the Manchester and Liverpool Railway will cost. Dr. Adam Smith, o illustrate the uses of paper money, compared it to turnpike roads in the air; and this sort of roads which he spoke of as im possible, is accomplished by Mr. Dicles sus pension railway. .After erecting pill ars , an d lay ing down rods of iron from pillar to pillar, they being firmly secured, he suspends a carriage by wheels on these railways. The centre of gravity iCi,.. in the carriage is below tie centre of e motion, so that it cannot upset ; it traverses between two rails, and cannot move in any other direction ; but in order to make it perfectly secure, the in ventor places four other wheels on the carriage beneath the rail, so as to make tilting from any excesses of velocity quite impossible. In fact, the carriage may he said to move in a frame. Having got his rail-road erected, and his carriage sopsnded, the next thing is to apply a moving power, and, se on a rail-road of this description, the friction is next to nothing, a comparatively small power will effect a great object. In slight descents no power will be necessary. In the ex : - pertments which have been already made on a considerable scale, one man dre w a ton weight at the velocity of fifteen miles an hour. The inven tor proposes, to meet all difficulties, that the rail way shall be divided into five-mile lengths or stages, and at each stage that there shall be a stati onary engine, which, "by means of a drag-line, is intended to be the working or moving power ;" and, as it is proposed that the railway shall be double—one carriage going and another return ing—the drag-line will constitute an endless line. " With a train of six half-ton carriages, a water-proof drag-line of half an inch in dia -- will be sufficient upon all stages, unless Thin of drawing they L i e Very MIIy cdrria&'si fi the in lent says, "is already weh known ; but I add, a an improvement to the engine gt pre'seLti in use, two teethed wheels and two pinions, by means of which a velocity by light carriages is gained, far exceeding anything before gained by wheel carriages." The inventor estithAtds this velocity as equal to 60 miles an hour, being far greater than we shall readily submit to travel at, till experience has confirmed the safety of a much lower rate of speed. " This engine may be wrought by manual power, but When iikavy carriages are to be used, steam, horse, or other power may be applied." It may be wrought, too, by men within the carriage. e With the patent friction carriage upon a level gtagei the power of one man would be sufficient to take fc% iOarel a carriage of 12 cwt. at a great velocity ; besides, having the power at their own command, they would be able to stop at plea. sure." The short principle then of this inven tion is, that the carriage shall move along in the air, on two rods of iron fixed there for them. Wd do hot doubt that in practice it would answer. In the model it looks perfect. The carriage, " it has been said, runs from one end of the room to the other, as a weaver throws his ' shuttle across his web." In point of velocity, this is a poor comparison ; they go so quick that the eye is troubled to follow them. The car riages employed by Mr. Dick are shaped like boats, so as to meet with the least resistance from the air. The passing of carriages by one another is provided for at the several stages, and the inventor says gentlemen may have carriages of their own adapted to this railway. Whether the invention be perfect or not, it is well worthy of time public attention. At present we observe that several Noblemen and Gentlemen are en gaged in improving the Northern Roads, and they will hardly, we apprehend, think themselves justified in obtaining any money from Parlia ment for the further improvement of those roads, till they have examined Mr. Dick's invention, and have fully assured themselves that it ought not to supersede the roads now in use.—Morn ing Chronicle. The proud Duke of SOMERSET had em ployed JAMES SEYMOUR to paint the figures—artists say portraits—of his horses at Petworth, and condescended to sit with his humble namesake at table. One day at dinner his Grace filled his glass, and saying with a sneer, "Cousin SEYMOUR , your health," drank it off. "My Lord," said the artist, " I believe I have the honour of being related to your Grace." The proud Peer rose from table, and ordered his steward to dismiss the presumptuous painter, and employ a humbler brother of the brush. This was ac cordingly done ; but when the new painter saw the spi rited works of his predecessor he shook his head, and re tiring, said " No man in England can compete with JAM FS SEYMOUR." The Duke now condescended to recall his discarded cousin. "My Lord," was the answer of SEY MOUR, " I can now prove to the world that I am of your blood-1 won't come."—Family Library. At a village in the South of Lincolnshire, on the borders of the Vale of Belvoir, the Rev. Vicar of the parish had recently occasion to hire a labourer ; one of his parishioners offered himself, and was accepted.—When the wages came to be spoken of, his Reverence said, "Joni.", that's too much, as things go now; you know that there has been a great fall in prices ; so you must take something less." The reduced sum was settled, and they agreed very well together. Last week, Joust choos ing no longer to live in single blessedness, and having ob tained the consent of his village damsel, they repaired to gether to church, and there mutually plighted their troth. The ceremony being ended it was JOHN'S turn to hand out the cash ; he accordingly addressed the parson, " Well, 'nester, what's the damage ?" The usual fee was named. " Oh, but "nester," says Jonx, who recollected the parson's speech, " that's too much as things goes now ; you know that there has been a great fall in prices, so you mun e'en tak summat less." This home-thrust completely silenced the parson, and Jon"; paid just what he liked for fees.— Hull Packet. LoRD THURLOW.—Mr. ROSCOE's estimate of THU RLOW is worth quoting—" His language, his man ners, and his demeanour, constituted the principal ingre dients of the character attributed to him by his contem poraries. In his haughty contempt of the opinions of others lay the wisdom and value of his own ; in the dog matical and peremptory tone of his judgtnents resided a great part of their profundity and learning ; and in his rude and repulsive manners mitht be discovered the secret of his supposed honesty. But deprived of these adven titious colourings, his character is seen under a very dif ferent aspect; and when no longer awed by the terrors of his aspect, we are astonished to discover how small was the spirit which dwelt within him. To the qualities of a Statesman he had no pretensions ; and by the sullen indif ference with which he regarded the proceedings of the Cabinet, he seems to have admitted his incapacity. During the course of a long official life, he does not appear to have originated any one great measure for the benefit of his country. The strongest po'itical feeling which he ex. - bited was an attachment to the person of his Sovaarto x ; and yet we have seen how easily that sentiment yielded to apprehensions for the safety of his own interests," &c.— Lives of .Eminent Lawyers, in Lardner's Cabinet Cy clopedia. CLIMAX OF ENTREATY.-VINCENT HAW KINS GILBERT, Esq., was the most celebrated fox-hunt-r in the south of England. S. had often met him in the field before our acquaintance commenced, and been struck with his bold, but judicious riding ; his perfect manage ment of the pack, and his clear, powerful, and animating " Tally Ho !" but I had no conception of the style of his sporting appointments, the completeness of his kennel, or the economy of his household, till an invitation to Limb's Corner, the place of his residence, enabled me to witness, admire, and I may add, marvel at them. Mr. BEcEroRD, the author of the elegant " Treatise on Hunting," had paid a visit to Lamb's Corner previously, and expressed his pleasure and admiration at the elegance of Mr. GILBERT'. hounds, and the scientific manner (if fox-hunting may be deemed a science) in which every thing connected with his kennel establishment was conducted. In the latter editions of his work Mr. BECKFORD frequently alludes to Mr. GILBERT (though not by name), and quotes his au thority on many points, as that of a thorough sportsman. He brings forward also a little trait which was quite cha racteristic of the person in question ; who, though a real gentleman in his general bearing, would sometimes suffer the zeal of the chase to swallow up his usual good man ners. "An acquaintance of mine," says he, " a good sportsman, but a warm man when he sees the company pressing too closely upon his hounds, begins with crying out as loudly as he can—' Hold hard !'—lf any one should persist after that, lie goes on moderately at first— I beg, Sir, you ►vill stop your horse r---‘ Pray, Sir, stop l'—‘ Heaven bless you, Sir, stop D—n your blood, Sir, stop your horse !' " Warner's Recollections. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PLIIIVIOUTIi, JUNE 17.--The Echo steam•vessel, Lieut. T. Bissett, started from Hamoaze late on Friday evening fir Portsmouth ; and the Vigilant ketch, on Saturday morning, to the Westward. The Vigilant returned on Tuesday. The Sheldrake packet, Lieut. Ede, came up from Fal mouth on Sunday morning, and came into Hamoaze on Monday, to be paid off. The Forte, 46, which ari ired at Portsmouth on Sun day from South America, is ordered to be paid off at this port. In Hamoaze—Caledonia, Kent, Dryad, Clio, Royalist, Goldfinch, Sheldrake, Industry tender, Carron st?amer. In Barnpool—Undaunted. At the Island—Britomart, Bramble, Swan. _ . In the Sound—Alligator, Vigilant. Extract of a letter from Woolwich, dated 7th June : " I am sorry that the Confiance's paddles did not succeed better ; but what has happened, was to a tittle anticipated by some knowing ones here. It is a great pity, as so great an accession of sped would be very desirable on many occasions. I understand she is now to have her simple paddles fitted, and by the time this is clone, she will have spent a whole year in trying experiments, and preparing for them." Letters have been received here from his Majesty's brig Leveret, Lieut. H. Worth, dated the 6th June, when all was well on board that ves , el off Loch Swilley, though she had had a violent gale of wind, which continued for several days. APPOINTMENTS.—Commander Woollcombe, of the Curlew, to the St. Vincent, flag-ship at this port, vice Commander Foley, to the Curlew; Commander William John Price, to the Wolf; Corn ''. Maingy, W. Kitchen, S. Mere hau,iey, and Li s, Chas Pearson, Thomas Ferris, maders Wm. M0r ! ..... to the Coast Guard Service, vice dith, E. Wealc, T •1 . 'nwaring, Jackson, Morgan, and Leonard C. Rt,. - hose period of service Yeoman, Wild, Mans ws 'ry Williams, to be - 'swfound- Annesley, Boteler, and r ' H. P. Steele (three years) expires it silistant-Surgeon of ti.: (1815) is appointed to ri a • .elr /pointed ' Siirgeon , awa land. E. Coldwell, E• 1 e at Southampton'i vitt • for sick and wound -111 ' •-•e - dllesfe , ;. s e l : at fr. James Tindall,, Pursdr, Stewart, Esq. resigno lurnbine, 18, vice Mr. .antes Beinfold. is appointed to Beinfold. Mr. R. G. Lear pointed to the late of the Philomel, is ap ..,red to be commissioned at Portsmouth. It. Wm. Barwell, Flag-Lieutenant ,•• Surge° to PSißr°Ctartll7-:.. he Commander-in Chief at Halifax , to the ran) .Titna nd e r ; Mr. B. M'Avo y , Assistant incliester, to be Surgeon of tge Slaney; Mr. -k •: Midshipmentttison,tothe passed ranko their of Surgeon. T awing examination f,"r t...;eutenants at the Royal Naval College, last we k : kr. Arthur Jeffreys, his Majesty's ship Blanche ; the Hon. G. 11. St. Vincent De Rosse Kinnaird, Britannia; Mr. James Samuel Akid Dennis. Columbine; Messrs. John W. Tat leton and Clayton Bayly, Alligator : Mr. Henry John Windham Sherbrook Payne Gallwey, Talbot; Messrs. Wm. Russell Drummond and Wm. Vaughan Collins, Pe lican ; Mr. Michael De Courcy, Undaunted ; the Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux and Mr. Owen Phibbs Knott, Tyne ; Mr. George Pyne, Tweed ; Mr. Wm. Craw ford, Asia; Mr. Robert John Le Mesurier M'Clure, St. Vincent. His Majesty's ship Slaney arrived at Havannah from Honduras, 28th April. The Samarang sailed from Gibraltar for the Mediterranean, 17th May. The Meteor steamer from ditto for Malta and Corfu, 18th May. The Challenger arrived at Madras from Pondicherry, 29th January. The Cygnet arrived at Lisbon from Falmouth, 28th May. The Cochin sailed from Madras for Trinco malee, in January. The Eden, from St Helena, arrived at Rio de Janeiro, lOth March ; and Swallow, from Fal mouth, 7th April. The Volage sailed from Rio for Bahia, and Algerine, for a cruise, 18th March. The Success and Sulphur arrived at Swan River previous to the 15th December, and Cruiser 18th January. The Crocodile sailed from Sydney (New South Wales), for New Zealand, 7th February. The Seringapatam arrived at Valparaiso, from Rio Janeiro, 4th Janu iry, awl sailed 13th for the Sandwich Islands. The Alert arrived at Valparaiso from Lima, 9th February, and Sapphire, from Coquimbo, 4th March. The Susan, Nicholson, and Scott, Smithson, from this port, have arrived at Quebec. The New Jane; Williams, of port, arrived at Smyrna from Constantinople, Ist M.. The Lyra, May, of and for this port, arrived off Dungeness, from Memel, 9th inst. The Gilmore, Geary, with emigrants, front this port, arrived at Swan River, 15th December, and Nancy, Price, 10th January. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. M PERM L PARLIAMENT THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Twenty minutes past Five. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a petition from Chester against the punishment of death in cases of forgery. Mr. A. GRANT and others, from the House of Commons, brought up the Bankers (Ireland) Bill, and several private bills. Lord DARNLEY presented a petition from the county of Meath, against the increase of taxation in Ireland, generally ; also, a petition from Cove, Cork, both to the same effect. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Ashburn. in Kent, against the Punishment of Death in cases of Forgery. Petitions were also presented by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, from Darlington,against the punish ment of death in cases of forgery. By the Bishop of LITCHFIELD and COVENTRY, from a place in Derby, for a revision of the law relating to the re moval of paupers. By Lord DURHAM, from Worces ter, against capital punishment in cases of forgery. By Lord NORTON, from Reading, to the. same effect. By Lord CLIFFDEN, from Staines, to the same effect ; also one from Poole, to the same effect ; also from a place in Kilkenney, against the increase of taxation in Ireland. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. MARSHALL presented a petition from the Vest Riding of Yorkshire, against the assizes being eld at Wakefield. Mr. HELY HUTCEIINSON presented a pe tition from Cork against the Excise duty in Ireland. Lord BINGHAM presented a petition from the county of Mayo against any increase of taxation in Ireland, al-o a similar petition-from a parish- in the same county. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from the proprietors of lead mines in Derbyshire, against any increase of duties upon lead. Mr. MOORE presented a petition from the county of Armagh against any increase of duties on stamps in Ireland. Mr. H. GRATTAN supported the prayer of the petition. Nothing, in his opinion, could be produc tive of more mischief to that country than pu.ting further shackles on Newspapers and Advertisements. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Kil kenny. He fully agreed in the prayer of the petition, and hoped Gentlemen from Ireland would oppose all estimates that were brought forward to levy ad ditional burthens on that country. Mr. JONES presented a petition from a place in Wales, against any alteration in the Welch Judi cature. _ _ Mr. W. SMII H presented a petition from the Dissenters of Londonderry and Belfast, against taking off Oaths. Mr. FYLER presented a petition from Coventry, against the Scotch and Irish Paupers Removal Bill. STAGE COACHES. The Stage Coach Proprietor' Bill passed through a Committee. The report was brought up, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Tuesday next. The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the establishment of an efficient police in Scotland. The County Rules Bill passed through a Com mittee.—Report ordered to be received on Tuesday. On the direction of the CHANCELLOR of Ex- -..15 CHEQUER, the Como - II -tee of Ways And Means Wa postponed till Monday. (LEFT SITTING•) - HIE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. War Office, June 18. Royal Regiment of Horsy Gn irds- . —Hon. G. W. W. M‘Donald to he Cornet, by purchase, vice Ongley, who re tires, dated March 3. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign Lieut. Hon. C. J. F. Stanley, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Marquis of Tichtield, who rei. tires; Hon. R. Bruce to be Fnsign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stanley, both June 19. Sth Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon P. Fraser, from the half-pay of the 103 d Regiment, to be Assistant. Surgeon, June IS. 13th Foot—C. J. Carter, Gent. to he Ensign, without purchase. vice Dunne, appointed to the 18th Foot, June 18. 18th Foot—Ensign NV. 0. Temple to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thompson, deceased ; and Ensign C. Dunne, from the 13th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Temple; June 18. 32d Foo 4 .—Staff Assistant Surgeon R. Poole to be As. sistant Surgeon, June IS. 35th Foat.—Capt. J. W. Amos, from the half•pay, to be Captain, vice Popham, who retires, June 18. 57th Foot.—Lieut. •Gen. Sir. W. Inglis, K.C.8., 40 Colonel, vice General Sir Hew Dalrymple, 'deceased, April 16. 62d Foot.—Capt. J. Twigge, from the half-pay of the Regiment, to be Captain, vice A. Macdonald, who ex changes; and Assistant-Surgeon H.;CArline,:from the 89th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon—botb June 18. 90th Foot—Lieut. J. Murray to be Captain, by per chase, vice. Dickens, who retires; Ensign Philip Smyly to he Lieutenant by purchase, vice Murray; G. G. Canny, Gent. to be Ensign by purchase; vice Stub , . June 18. Rifle Rrigade.--Capt. Lord C. Wellesley, from the half -ply, to be C tptain, vice G. S. Byng, who eiChanges. receiving the difference, dated June 18, 1830. UNATTACHED,--TO be-Captain, by purchase ; Lieut. E. A!exander, from the 16th Light Dragocns, .1:1141e 0 ) Stin n t o ll r • iCAr ay.... " - r.—Assistant S urgeon Hugh natter,. 18th Foot, to he Staff Assistaut; f s l : n r : e li on , le. , l) : k rf ;. P p aY oo t ic f : p ` s po i n ,L•d to the 32d Foot, June 18.. G.Anntsum—Lieutenant GenerJ Frederick Augustus. Wetherell is to be Governor of Blackness Castle, vice General Sir Hew Dalrympfe, deceased, April 16. Office of Ordnance, June 1'7,. 1830. Corps of Royal Engirreas.- Major• General R. Pilkington to be Colonel' Commatull. , ant, vice Mann, deceased, dated March 28, 1880. Captain R. Jones to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vie Frazery, retired, June S. Second Captain IL J. Savage to be Captain, vice.: Jones, promoted, June S. First Lieutenant T. L. Lewis to be Second Captain,, vice Savage, June S. Second Lieuteuant J. Coddington to be First Lieute-,- nant, vice Lewis, June 8. Captain F. Stanway to be Major of Brigade to the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners, vice It. Jones, June S. Ordnance Medical Department. First Assist.-Surg. C. T. liltitfield to be Surgeon, vice: Fitz-Patrick, retired, June I. Second Assistant-Surgeon William Robinson, M.D. to be First Assistant-Surgeon, vice Whitfield, June I. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex. Robert Chtst-r Cooper, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant;. June 11. Commission in the Staffordshire Regiment of Teomanry Cavalry, singed by the Lord Lieutenant of Ccranty of: Staff Ord. The Hon. G. J. Vernon to be Captain, the vice Earl of Chesterfield, resigned, June 5. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. George John ton, Union-street, Lambeth, Comtniasion— agent. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. James Dtmpster, Mitcham, Surrey, schoolmaster. - William John Hooper and Charles BUt7I3WS, street, Adelphi, wine-merchant. Nicholas Gaskell, Wigan, Lancashire, iron-rnavittr. Atkinson, CleckheAton, Birstal, York,. wool— stapler. BANKRUPTS. William Scott, New. Village, Yorkshire, linen-draper to' surrender June 25, 26, and July 30, at eleven, at the: White Hart Tavern, Kingston-upon-Hull. Roser and Son,. Gray's-inn-place, Gray's-inn, London; England and' Shackles, Hull. Thomas Walkden, Islington-green, china-dealer, Juno 25, July 2, at one, and 30, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Duncan, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Thomas 'William Willett, Ernest-street, Regent's Park, cheasenaonger, June 25, at twelve, and July 16, go, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners. Roe, South-Kuno, Gray's-Inn. Patrick Rose Innes and Henry Wilson, Sunderland-. wharf, Milbank, coal-merchants, June 29, July 2, andl 30, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Simpson,, Aa ustin-friars. _ _ _ ..... _ John Shackleton, Skipt on, Yorkshire, innkeeper, July• 12, at seven, 13, at three at the Black Horse Inn, Skip ton, and 30, at eleven, at the Castle of York. Still and Raymond, Lincoln's-inn New-square; Netherwood, Keighl y. John GubbinsWhite,Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, coal-merchant, June 29, 30, and July 30, at eleven, at the Old Lodge Inn, on Minchinhampton-Common. Beethams, Freeman's-court, 'Cornhill. Thomas Farris, Cn ►terbury, mouey-scrivener, July /,5, at two, July 6, and 30, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Can terbury. Cross, Surrey-street, Strand. William Ford and William Reuninson, Lower-row, Lunbeth Butts, Surrey, pill-box-makers, June 25, July 2, 30, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Carter and Gregory, Lord Mayor's court, Royal-Exchange. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the Returns made in the week ending:Junells, is 245. 6td. per cwt., exclusive of the duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. "'The figure of eloquence in the monument to the memory of the Duke of AnGYLL, by RouBILLAc, is paid by WA croLE to be very masterly and graceful. CA-. rrovA, when in England, was struck with its beauty ; he stood before it full ten minutes, muttered his surprise in his native language, passed on, and returning in a few minutes, said, " That is one of the noblest statues I have seen in England !" BIRTH. On the 17th inst. at George Byng's, Esq. M.P. St. James's-square, the Lady John Thynne, of a son, MARRIED. On the 16th inst. at Chelmsford, Essex,. Mr. W. Thornborrew, of Lloyd's Coffee-house, ,London, Charlotte, youngest ,daughter of Mr. Wm. Meggy, of Chelmsford. On the 16th inst. at Wargrave Berke, Joseph Laing, Esq. of Hatherleigh, Devon, to Frances Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Rev. Philip Trant Nind, Vicar of Wargrave. On the 17th inst. at St. Marylebone, Mr. E. H. Keel ing, of Park-terrace, Regent's-park, to Sarah, youngest daughter of Mr. M. Kipling, of Upper Thames-street. On the 16th inst. at Hitchin, the Rev. J. Rowland, of Baldock, to Miss Langford, only daughter of W. Lang ford, Esq. of Hitchin, Herts. On the 17th inst. at Marylebone, the Rev. M. James, 8.D., Rector of Pembridge, Herefordshire, to Char lotte, widow of Thomas Inglis, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service. On the 17th inst. at Mort'ake, Wm. Gilpin, Esq., of East Sheen, to Helen, youngest daughter of .1. Turner, Esq., of the same place. DIED. On the 17th inst. at Page-green, Tottenham, Newby, infant son of Mr. J. Row. On the 17th inst. at Islington, the Rev. J. P. R se, Rector of Althorne-cum-Cricksea, Essex, and Minister of the Chapel of Ease, Islington. On the 17th inst. Emily, the youngest daughter of Mr. Charmer, of Old Broad -street. On the 17th inst. at Pentonville, Mrs. A. Humfrey, of Bath, relict of W. Humfrey, Esq., formerly of Clap ham-common. On the 15th inst., in Southampton-row, Russell-square, George Barriffe, Esq. late of St. Thomas-in-the-Vale, in the Wand of Jamaica. On the 16th inst. at Bridge-house-place, Newington, in his 53d year, Mr. W. Kirkham, of Forest-hill, Kent. and the Borough of Southwark. 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