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The " Naval and Military Gazette" th in also com bi ne ever y e rsential feature of a Newspaper, us forming a weekly record of passing events, highly acc eptable to the memb,-ra of the services for whose use it , 8 1 , 'cially d es i gne d, an d a l so t o gen eral read e rs who have tl ativev or friends in either of them. ,Orders for the " Naval and Military Gazette" are re -e4',(-1 by all Newsmen and Booksellers in town and cOy qtry. published by W. Thomas, at the Office, 19, Catherine (4l4", Strand ; where communications fur the Editor s i „„2 . 2± .l)°st ree) are requested tribe addressed. e of ,pd i° o fed 0 0 0 J1:1 retti - irtv *Mt. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1833. In the House of Lords last night, on the Or der of the Day being moved for the re-committal Of the Local Jurisdiction Bill, Lord ELDON pro l'Ned an amendment (which was negatived) to the effect, that " the Bill be re-committed that day six Illnnths." In support of his amendment, the Noble 41 4 Learned Lord argued, that if there was" one t hing of more importance than another it was , dmt the opinions of the people, as to the laws a ild their administration, should not be disturbed. 1 : 1 is measure tended to disturb them most essen tially, and was therefore pregnant with danger." Had Lord ELDON flourished a century ago, l oste a d of at the present age, he would have ar gued against the abolition of the law that the witches with death, on precisely :,, (4 .! same grounds as he now argues against '"e Local Courts Bill. He would have s ail that " the measure was pregnant with d t he because it disturbed the " opinions of 1 „ 4 people as to the laws and their administra r); that, therefore, it was highly expedient that witches should still be continued to be u erned alive. To permit such delinquents to c eaue scot-free, and even ride on broom-sticks t hrough the air with impunity, would, so help h im God, be a revolutionary " experiment," tv iticli he could not think of without a shudder, and to which he never, never would give his c onsent. Lord ELDON dwelt much on the word " ex- Periment" last night. " In his opinion, the in was a mere experiment—a species of legis lation which, he thanked God, that House had t r lot hitherto sanctioned." His Lordship is per fectly right here. He a much to thank God f Or. Th he t Peers have till s lately seen so many r easons to be satisfied with the existing state of t hings, that no wonder they entertain a horror of 111 1 thing like an " experiment." In their , hew of the subject, the word is but a I Pnonym for improvement, which of course they g ate, as the devil is said to hate holy water. It "as an " experiment " that annihilated their 14 fluence in the Commons, and it is an experiment," which will soon, we h ope, disembarrass them of the presence the El:iscopal Bench. But, taking the Pirate in a more enlightened sense, what is every great national improvement but an " ex ?" What else was the Repeal of the i T est atol Corporation Acts—the improvements ! 1 the Criminal Code—the Catholic Emanci pation Bill, and a hundred other such beneficent W ere that we could mention ? These c ere all " experiments," and to object to them 4 141 [4 that they were such, is to check all moral I(l political improvement, without a why or a w herefore,i at the threshold. Nay, to descend to t t f ot great to little matters, from things to pet-- 1 1 . 11 ; what was the elevation of Lord ELDON hi mself to the woolsack, but a Tory experiment, tv hich has answered no earthly purpose that we heard of, except to cram his Lordship's he adlong to suffocation, and drive the country to the very edge of despair ? tlt Were Lord ELDON seriously desirous ()Hieing tt e patriot he would be thought, he would h ire fro m public life at once and for ever. th: 18 country would be grateful to him for atti re act of public virtue, which would be the welcome by reason of its utter novelty. His Lordship holds no one Opinion in common with the present age. He can neither under stand nor feel its spirit ; hence, like a benighted traveller in a morass, he is bewildered at every step he takes. Really it is high time that lie should shake hands with the world, bid it good night, and retire to sleep at Encombe. The CHANCELLOR'S reply to Lord ELDON'S twwldie was in every respect worthy of him. It left the poor old Earl not a leg to stand upon. Lord LYNDHURST made subsequently a show of fight, but was left pretty much in the same predicament. The Noble Ex-CHANCELLOR talked much and loudly of the absence of all factious spirit on the part of himself and his col leagues, while, at the same time, he was bursting with party rancour. indeed, so great was his overflow of gall, that Lord BROUGHAM was compelled ironically to observe—" these discus sions tend very much to raise, or rather to sus tain, the high character which this House main tains out of doors." This is bitter irony, and must have cut clean through the thick coatings with which pride and vanity have fenced their Lordships. It must have galled them to the quick. Lord HOLLAND spoke to order, and prosed, in terms polite, about the impropriety of alluding to " party spirit" in such a patriotic, conscien tious place as the House of Lords. Was this ironical too ? If so, it was worthy even of Lord BROUGHAM. We can see quite enough in last night's debate to confirm our suspicions that the Ministers have little or no hold in the Upper House. Whatever they may be in the Com mons, in the Lords they are deplorably weak. There, they are at the mercy of a fac tion, in whose hands are the issues of life and death to a \Vhig Ministry. What should this teach them ? To conciliate the kindly feelings of the people, to act boldly for the public good, and trust as boldly to public gratitude for support. We understand that the last official accounts from Vienna are of such a character as to make it probable that another strong remonstrance will he made by our Government to Russia on the subject of the occupation of Constantinople by the troops of that power. If our recollec tion does not fail us, the triple treaty of 1827, generally called Mr. CANNING'S treaty, laid it down as a basis that neither of the parties should avail himself of any advantage that it might present, except in concurrence with the whole. The circumstances which pre ceded the last attack upon Turkey by Russia, showed how little regard the Em peror NICHOLAS paid to the main principle of that treaty, many of the advantages of which were laid hold of by him to promote his views on Turkey. By another treaty—that of Adria nople—it was agreed that Russia should never require for herself privileges in the Bosphorus, which were not to be common to all the great European Powers. Yet now it seems she has insisted upon the exclusion of all foreign ships of war, during the occupation of Constan tinople by Russian troops, which occupation may be protracted indefinitely, as it is not to take place until the costs of the Russian inter position shall have been paid by Turkey. From all that we know of the Turkish finances, many years may elapse ere the Emperor NICHOLAS can be repaid ; and, therefore, the only way of putting an end to the occupation of Constanti nople by the Russians, will be for the British and French Governments to come to some arrangement, by which the Emperor of RUSSIA may be convinced that he will not be permitted to continue with impunity his system of violence and spoliation. Dr. BowRING, who has just returned from Paris, reports very favourably of the state of public opinion there, as to the proposal of a com mercial treaty between France and this country, but he confirms the account given by the Paris Correspondent of the Times of the oppo sition of the monopolists. We understand from another source that the chief obstacle to an arrangement is the refusal of our Government to pledge itself to the immediate and extensive reduction of the duty on French brandy. Until this be done, the party in France, hostile to the proposed treaty, will not withdraw its oppo sition. Our Government have intimated that such a measure may be fairly expected after a few more concessions from the French, but that we have already made many concessions which have not been reciprocated. It appears that the ad vantages of the late alterations -in the tariffs of the two countries, have been five to one in favour of the French nation. We have before us two publications of Mr. MUNDELL'S on the subject of the Bank Charter. The first is a pamphlet published some few weeks back, entitled " The Dangers of the Re solutions relative to the Bank Charter," and the other a series of propositions on a single sheet of paper, published by Mr. MUNDELL since his appointment as agent of the country bankers, and is, we presume,to be taken as an earnest of his exertions on their behalf. We are happy to see that so sound a thinker as Mr. MUNDELL con curs with us in the view we have taken of the dangers attendant upon the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S plan. He says— "It seems matter of astonishment to me, that men with the power of observing what has passed, and thereby of reasoning from the past with regard to the future, could ever think of putting the country in such a volcano of uni versal danger. "No price whatever will compensate for danger. But what does the Chancellor of the Exchequer propose to ob tain for the country, for the immense means of benefit, at the expense of its industry, which he opens to the Bank of England by these resolutions? Truly, no more than 120,0001. a year, subject to the repayment by the public, of one fourth part of the debt, now due by the public, to that corporation : that is, power over the whole industry of the country is to be sold to the Bank of England for 120,0001. a year, minus about one half per cent. per annum upon 3.471,700/. to be borrowed, in order to repay one fourth of the debt, due by the public to the Bank, at present lent at 31. per cent. " Former Chancellors of the Exchequer have looked more to revenue than to industry, as if revenue did not depend upon industry, and as if revenue must not fall off if industry be repressed. But such a wholesale bargain, affecting the industry i,f the country for so paltry a con sideration, was never made, or proposed to be made, by any yrevious Chancellor of the Exchequer." Mr. MUNDELL'S ultimate views, of course, tend to giving the public the protection to be derived from unlimited competition ; but we hardly think that he sufficiently sees the impor tance of now making a stand against the conti nuation of any part of its monopoly. He speaks of agreeing to the terms proposed by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER with the exception of limiting the Charter to a dura tion of three years after notice, such notice not to be given for seven years, and to limiting it: privileges to within thirty-five miles of London. We object to yielding the Bank the power over 3*A the currency proposed to be given to it by the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER even for a year, because if it made use of that power, as we might expect it would, the difficulty of returning to a sound system would be infinitely increased. No compromise ought to be made, or arrangement of any kind agreed to, which will not curtail the privileges of the Bank of England. The foundations of those privileges were laid by ignorance ; the su perstructure has been raised by necessity. Ne cessity no longer exists to justify their continu ance, and the knowledge does exist which enables us safely to overthrow them. Why should we not take advantage of the absence of the one and existence of the other ? Of what advantage will the bitter experience we have had of the misconduct of the Bank be, if we do not now at least curtail its powers of mischief ? The monopoly of the East India Company was not half so injurious to the country as that of the Bank of England. The East India Company merely prevented the receipt of the benefits to be derived from free dom of trade with the East, whilst the mono poly of the Bank not only deprives us of the advantages to be derived from freedom of trade in banking, but inflicts upon us positive and enormous evils utterly unknown where such free dom exists. 'Within a period of forty or fifty years, we have had seven or eight panics, fol lowed by the greatest commercial, manufactu ring, and agricultural distress, every one of which may be traced to the existence of theßank mono poly. On the other hand we have, during all that time, seen the circulation of Scotland, founded on free trade, stand without injury every one of the shocks of distress, short crops, over-trading, and even invasion and rebellion, which brought ruin upon this part of the island. Can blindness he greater than that which, in stead of approximating our system to one which invariably in all cases, in all times, in every part of the globe, where tried, has been found bene ficial, runs wild into a system which, in all cases, times, and countries, has been fraught with misery and ruin? Yesterday the country bankers had another meeting at Brown's Hotel, at which a vast number of Members of the House of Commons attended, for the purpose of learning their opi nion on different points connected with the pending question. As far as can be gathered from the conversation that passed, it would ap pear to be the general disposition, both of the country bankers and their friends, to stave off the question for a year, in order to gain time to make the public and the Legislature acquainted with its true bearings. Looking to the manner in which the House of Commons is choked up with business, and to the late period of the session, we should think that a postponement of the question would not be unwelcome to Lord ALTHORP—certainly it must be more desirable than unsuccessfully attempting to carry the Bill through the opposition with which it is now threatened. It will be seen by our report of the proceed ings that took place at the Court of Aldermen yesterday, that the Recorder of London has re signed his situation. Better late than never. " Black Jack" and " job Cox" will be by-words in the condemned cells of Newgate for many a day. The French Papers of Sunday do not con tain any news of interest. German Papers, received this morning, are chiefly occupied with an endeavour to prove that the recent disturbances at Frankfort and other places were got up by French and Polish Emis saries, but that no " respectable" people were implicated ! The day of retribution is only deferred—not forgotten : S•ruTTcaan, JUNE 16.—The Russian Legatio❑ now signs tie passports of persons desiring to go to Russian Poland, if they only show that they possess the means wcessary for ti,e expenses of their journey thither,— Frankfort Papers. Jur.e 19. VIENNA, Jurist 14.—Our funds have been depressed by a report of the death of Prince Talleyrand. 5 per Cent. M , tilliques, 95 3-32 ; 4 per Cent. Metallique,, 861 ; Bank Shares, 12171.—Allgemeine Zeitung, June 19. COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Westminster before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) THE KING V. JAMS ♦ND ANOTHER. This case, which was an indictment for a libel at the in stance of Mr. Carmichael Smith, had been fixed for to-day . When his Lordship came into Court, Mr. CURWOOD applied to his Lordship to know why the cause, which had been postponed from last Thursday until to day, had been again struck out of the list, as he understood it had been. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE said it had been struck out by his authority, in order that it might be tried at the most con venient time for the purposes of public justice. He had per ceived the streets placarded with bills, alluding most inde cently to this case in a very particular manner. That was one of the reasons why he had ordered it to be struck out. He was not sure that it was not his duty to order some of the persons who carried those placards to be brought into Court, and to commit them to prison, for a more direct contempt of Court could not be committed. He had one of the bills sent to him in a letter, and if he could fix on the person who sent it, he would commit him to prison. Mr. Smith, the prosecutor, rose to address the Court, but " " His LORDSHIP ordered him to sit down. He added, that there were other reasons for crdering the cause to be struck out of the day's list. _ _ Mr. Cuawoon said, as his Lordship had ordered it to be struck out, he was satisfied. He supposed the cause would not now be tried at the present sittings. LOAD CHIEF JUSTICE—NO. LIBEL ON THE DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. THE KING V. PHILIPS. This was a criminal information filed against Josiah Phillips, at the instance of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, for a false and scandalous libel, published in a book entitled " The Authentic Records of the Court of England for the last Seventy Years," in which the illustrious prosecutor was charged with being accessory to the murder of his valet Sellis, in the year 1810, for the purpose of putting him out of the way, and preventing his being a witness to a certain abominable offence. Sir C. Wetherell, Mr. Pollock, and Mr. Follett appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. B. Wakefield for the defence. Sir C. WETHERELL proceeded at very great length to read various portions of the work in question, applicable to the pre sent case (which portions appeared in our paper of the 18th of April, 1832, when the rule for the criminal information was applied for), and commented upon the infamy and malignity which must have operated on a mind so debased as to propa gate such falsehoods. It had been settled by philoso. phers that it was a misfortune for a man to be born a prince; and he (Sir C. Wetherell) believed it. Then he would call upon the jury not to add to that misfor tune by allowing such a person to be held up as a monster before the nation. If such a course was permitted the cha racter of no man would be safe, nor the peace of any family worth a moment's purchase, when it pleased a wicked man to put forth statements which were " false as hell." The libel now complained of was calculated to destroy, not only the peace of the individual, but also that of his illustrious family, his brothers and his sisters, the Princesses of England. If such gross libels were to go forth unpunished, Great Britain would soon become in reality a beastly nation. In conclusion, he begged the jury to read and consider the libel with that calm ness and due consideration which it was their duty to do when placed in that box; they would look upon it with more can dour, and with less prejudice, than it was in his power to do, placed in the situation in which he was—to prove a negative to those foul aspersions. lie left the case in their hands, and after they had heard the evidence, he did not for a moment doubt but that his illustrious client would receive justice at their hands. John George Sutton examined by Mr. F. Pottocx.—Was a clerk with Mr. Spedding. On the 9th of March, 183 2 , he applied at the defendant's shop for a copy of the book. Mr. Philips came out of an inner room, and witness asked him for a copy of " The Authentic Records of the Court of England." He was served with it, and paid a guinea for it. The book was put in, and the libel complained of read. Sir Benjamin Stevenson, a General in the army, was in town in 1810, and having heard of the attack on the Duke of Cumberland, went to St. James's Palace, and found him in bed, wounded in the head and on both hands. There was a great deal of blood about the bed and on th e floor ; also marks of blood upon the doors. Before he arrived the Duke's wounds had been dressed. He after. wards went to Sellis's loom. Had to go through four rooms first. He saw the body quite dead, and no slippers on his feet. His neckcloth was off, and his head nearly severed from his body. In a closet adjoining the Duke's bed-room wero found some pillows and a pair of slippers, with a scabbard of a sword, and a pint bottle nearly full of water. Sir Wathen Waller—Sir Everard Home and Sir Henry Halford were the persons who dressed his Royal Highness. Witness arrived soon after, and by his recommendation be was removed to Carlton House, and he never left him till he had recovered. The wounds were so very severe, that he often saw the pulsation of the brain, and so severe was the suffering of his Royal Highness, that he could not bear the bedclothes to be touched, or the noise of a pen in the room. So bad were they that the late King fainted upon seeing them. Mr.'Adams was coroner for the verge of St. James's Palace in April, May, and June, 1810. Summoned a Jury to sit upou the body of Sellis. The Jury was not of the Palace. Mr. F. Place was foreman, there had been no previous Jury summoned, nor had any Jury ever refused to return a verdict. The Court was an open one, and evey reporter was admitted, and got every facility to take notes of what passed. There were many other persons present, as well, and the Court was open in every sense of the word. There were 16 on the Jury and they examined both the room of the Duke and that of Sellis. Had lost the inquisition and verdict. Believed that he had not seen them since the prosecution of the Independent IVhig. The examination was as full as it could be, and the Jury did not call for any witnesses that were not examined. So very clear was the case, that the Jury would not allow him to sum up, but instantly found a verdict of "Feld-de-se." Francis Place, Esq., was summoned in 1810 upon the Jury that sat on the body of Sellis. There were seventeen on the Jury, all from Charing.cross, except one, who was from St. Martin's-lane. Only one of them was connected at all with the Royal Family, and he was grocer to the Duke of Kent. The Jury assembled at three o'clock, and sat till eleven Seventeen witnesses were examined, and no attempt was made to keep any thing from the Jury ; all was done in the presence of four reporters, two surgeons, and the Coroner of the county, and Mr. Bicknell. Every witness was examined in the place to which his evidence related. The Jury called for every witness, and examined any thing that tended to throw light on the transaction. Fifteen were unanimous in their verdict; two could not agree in it, because they thought no man could be sane who killed himself. Joseph Joux—Was formerly in the service of the Duke of Cumberland. Was footman to him in 1810. Had seen a de position purporting to be in his (defendant's) book. He had never made such a thing, and it was totally false. He never was desired to lay a sword by the bed, nor did he do so. Never saw the wounds, therefore he could never say they were slight. Went for Sir Henry Halford. Never gave any de positions to any one, nor was ever asked for it, nor ever said that the proceedings were arranged by Lord Ellenborough. The Duke of Cumberland was then called. He ap peared on the Bench, and being sworn, deposed, that on the night of the 31st May he slept at his apartments in St. James's Place. In the course of the night he was awakened by several blows on the head. He had been at the Ancient Concert ,the previous evening. The blows were upon the right side of the head. His first impression was that something had fallen upon him, but as the blows were repeated he awoke. One of he blows made a very violent incision in his head. His Royal Highness showed the mark to the jury. The wound must have been a very bad one, as it is now very easily seen . It caused an immense effusion of blood. There was a looking_ glass opposite his bed, and in it he saw something gleam which made him think he was attacked by robbers, and he then made a dash at the person. He caught the sword in his hand and was very severely cut across the bottom of the thumb and across the arm. He again showed the wounds. As he did not know whether he was attacked by one or more persons, he took advantage of his knowledge of the room, and made for the door—he had to go through three rooms before he could come to his servant's. He was followed, and struck the whole time in passing through the two first doors. He re ceived a very severe cut in the back, and had the sword not struck the door, which saved him from the last stroke he must have been killed. The sword was 17 inches long and 3 broad on arriving at the servant's room, he sent for Sir Henry Halford and Sir Everard Home. He had applied to Sir H. Hal_ ford to attend that day, but in consequence of a severe domestic affliction he could not. He wan removed to Carlton house, about nine o'clock the same evening. Was in extreme agony for six weeks or two months. He was not able to leave the House till the beginning of August. Sir C. WETHERELL—Has your Royal Highness read the paragraph which forms the subject of inquiry this day ? The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE said that question could not be put. His Royal Highness had made an affidavit on the sub ject, and it was not a matter of inquiry then, so it could not be gone into. Mr. WAKEFIELD then addressed the Jury for the defendant. They were judges both of law and fact, and he was sure his client would be perfectly safe in their hands. He differed from his Learned Friend, for he believed that publications such as the one in question tended much to the safety of the public morals. He considered the royal prosecutor had been very badly advised to bring forward such a case into Court. It would have been better in all ways to have let the matter sleep. Who but remembered the injury clone to the public morals on the occasion of the trial of the late Queen Caroline? By so raking up stories, thousands were put in mind of what they had forgotten, and thousands more heard of them for the first time. The Learned Gentleman had talked largely of the magnanimity of the Royal Duke. He (Mr. Wakefield) confessed he could not see it. Was it in his employ ing such an array of the most eminent counsel at the bar, for the purpose of crushing a poor man, who could not afford to have better assistance than the humble individual who was then addressing them? Was that magnanimity ? He had always thought it was best shown in putting up with injuries and letting the party escape. But in this case what had the Royal Duke suffered ? Absolutely nothing. Great exertions had been used to prove that all that was written was absolutely false ; but was that a fair way of putting the question ? Had he (Mr. W.) proved that every word of the supposed libel was true, he would still have been told that it was a libel. But were the words of the imforma. tion made out—it said that the libel had produced greDt damage, disgrace, and infamy to his Royal Highness. Now, upon those points there was not a word of evidence. In fact, it was impossible, for the publication was one of the weakest that had ever issued from the press, rnid it would have been as possible for a gnat to sting through the hide of an elephant as for that work to have produced any of those things to his Royal Highness. He left the case in the hands of the Jury, and had no fears of the result. His LORDSHIP then summed up, and the Jury instantly found a verdict of " Guilty." COMMON PLEAS.-(TUIS DAY.) DEAN V. HO.: AND LEWIS. This was an action brought by Mr. Thomas Dean, a solicitor, against the defendants for violently assaulting him. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 101. THE MARKETS.-f THIS DAY). HAY MARKETS.-1 At per Load of al Trusser.) CU l'filillLAND. Supply limited, trade very brisk, and prices higher. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 Vew Meadow Hay 3 5 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 10 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 5 4 10 Clover Hay a 5 5 5 Oat Straw £1 Bto £1 101 Wheat Straw ... 110 113 SMITHFIELD. Supply moderate, and trade steady; prices higher. Coarse neavy Lowtand Meadow Hay .ti 2 15 to £3 0 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 5 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and ttye-grass Hay 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay (extra tine)....£s s... Generally "tat Straw ... £1 Bto £l 101 Wheat Straw 1 10 1 13 THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We are still without any arrivals this morning of the least consequence. They state from Antwerp that thc, monster cannon, which was employed at the late siege of the citadel of Antwerp, has burst in the camp at Breschael, on its being fired the 4th time, but no person had been 3 :urt at the time of the explosion. Captain Lebeau was in great danger, as a piece of it fell at his feet. TUE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 90i to + for the Account, opened at the same price this morning, without the least animation in the market, caused by the great scarcity of political intelligence. We are anxiously looking for accounts from Portugal, as it is the general opinion that some important events have taken place ere this in that quarter. The resigna tion of the Recorder gives general satisfaction to the public. HALF-PAST ONE. We continue exceedingly dull in the City, with a complete stagnation in the Funds. . _ _ Consols have been at one price during the whole of the morn. ing, 90 14 , sellers for the Account. Up to the present hour we have no arrivals from Portugal. The Foreign Market also remains inactive, and the prices may be quoted as per yesterday. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 90 1 ,4 • CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK Bank Stock 204 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red BB/ Ditto Bonds 3l pm 3 pet Cent. Cons South Sea Stock 99, 31 per Cent. ~ 6 Ditto Old Ann B6'l •.11 per Cent. Red 96 Ditto New Ann....... New 31 per Cent 971 Ex. Bills, 10 41 SI pm. 4 per Cent 102 i Ditto 5 0 01 5l pm Long. Ann. to e xpi r e Ditto Small 5l pm. Jan. 1800 l7 Bank St. for Ace..... 204 Oct. 1859 16 15-16 Consols for Ace......... 90 Jan. 1860 lndia St. for Ace....... 247 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent ILI Ditto, Reg. scrip 2l Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent, 25 Russian Bonds, 5 per cent lO4l Chilian, 6 per cen ~ 2 5 14 Ditto, Metallic Columbian, 6 per cent 2ll Spanish, 5 per cent l9l Ditto, 1824 24 Ditto, 1823 l7 Danish 74 French 5 per Cent Greek, 5 per cent. 825... 39 Exchange 251. 80c. Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, tt per cent 36 Dutch, 21 per cent 4Ol Peruvian, 6 per cent. COURT CIRUCL AR. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland had a select party at inner on Sunday at their residence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and t' Princess Victoria, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses t Princes Alexander and Ernest of Wirtemberg, and the Princ of Leiningen, with their suite, visited the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park, yesterday morning. The Princes Alexander and Charles of Solme dined with the Prussian Minister and Baroness Bulow on Sunday evening, at his Excellency's residence in Cumberland-place. There was a select party to meet their Serene Highnesses. Mr. Secretary Stanley and Mr. Littleton had interviews yesterday with Viscount Althorp at the Treasury. The Prussian and Belgian Ministers visited Viscount Pal. merston yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Meeting of the three Choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester, will take place this year in the latter end of September, at Worcester, under the direction of Mr. Char!es Clarke, the Organist of the Cathedral in that city. The festival is to last four days. THE POOR LA WS.-A LABOUR RATE. In the month of February last, Lord Althorp arldresse I some queries to the Poor Law Commissioners, with a view to ascertain their opinion upon certain palliatives of tem porary nature in the Poor Law system. The answer they have given will show what the queries were, and is so im portant. that we give it nearly entire : The Commissioners have been struck by the frequent recur rence in the answers to their inquiries of the suggestion of a labour-rate. Such an expedient is proposed generally to meet one of the two following cases : . . 1. Where a portion of land in the parish is not cultivated to the extent that would be profitable, although there are la bourers in the parish ready to do the work, and supported in idleness or unproductive labour, in consequence of the refusal of the occupiers of the land in question to employ them. 2. Where the labourers in the parish are more than are wanted for the profitable cultivation of the whole of the land, and a portion of them, who, if employed in still further culti vating the land, would earn, not the whole, but a part of their maintenance, are supported in rdleness or in comparatively un productive labour, in consequence of the refusal of the occu piers, or some of the occupiers, to employ them in further cul tivation, at a loss indeed, but not at so great a loss as is actually incurred. The first of these cases appears to the Commissioners to be a subject obviously unfit for legislative interference. The refu sal of an ocrupier to employ labour profitably must arise from the want of capital, in which case it would not be remedied by a labour-rate, or from a perverseness, so contrary to the ordi nary principles of human nature, that it may be safely left to its own punishment. It cannot be necessary to force men, by Act of Parliament, to make a profitable use of their capital. The second case--that of the existence of surplus labourers, whose services, now wholly or almost wholly wasted, might be turned to some account, or to better account, is not unfre- Tient. The Commissioners have met with many cases in which an agreement among the occupiers to divide among themselves the surplus labourers has immediately bean benefi cial, has diminished the rates, increased the fund for the pay ment of labour, and improved the character and condition of those labourers whom it has taken into farm service from the roads or the gravel-pit. And they have met with a still greater number of instances in which one or more individual occupiers have, by their resistance, either prevented or occa sioned such an agreement to be discontinued, or have obtained an unfair advantage by participating in the reduction of rates, without contributing to the process by which that reduction of rates has been effected. Those who have felt, or those who have seen the immediate benefit of such an agreement, wish to punish this conduct, and hence the desire of a labour_ rate amongst the honest promoters of such a measure. But in this, as in much other vicious legislation, the honest promoters of the measure perceive a very small part of its consequences, and they are joined by a much larger Party who do perceive some of its other consequences—conse quences in a high degree both unjust and mischievous, and which on those vet y grounds they are eager to support. I. A labour-rate extends and aggravates one of the worst consequences of the existing system—the payment of the wages of labour by those who are not the employers of that labour. In country places the principal victim of this fraud is the tithe.owner ; his demand for labour is very trifling; his tithes form almost always a large proportion of the rateable property of the parish. Next comes the resident gentry (if any) having mere houses and gardens, and last, the occupiers of grass lands ; the small farmers employing only the labour of their own families and the shopkeepers. A heavy poor rate, affecting all these persons, and expended in snaking up the wages of the great farmers or the manufacturer's labourers, often enables him to avoid pay ing out of his own pocket more than a half or even a quarter of the ordinary wages of the district. To this fraud and op pression, a labour rate adds this additional fraud and oppres sion, that the tithe-owner, gentleman, small farmer or shop. keeper, is not only to pay part of the wages of other people's labourers in common with the other ratepayers, but also a fur ther part as a fine for not being a direct employer of labour—a fine which, in some cases, would amount to the confiscation of his property. In the labour rate agreement, lately proposed at Pullborough in Sussex, the clergyman's tithes were rated at 1,0501. a year, and he was consequently required either to take thirty-five labourers, or to pay to the parish a sum equal to what would have been their wages. 2. Another consequence of a labour rate, and a still more mischievous one, since it affects many more persons, is its inter ference with the distribution of labour. In ascertaining how far each ratepayer employs his quotum of labourers, those la bourers only are reckoned who have settlements in the parish. Tho e who have settlements elsewhere are consequently dis charged ; long connexion, fidelity, excellence, all the qualities that ought to bind the employer to his servant must be disre garded. The discharged labourers, almost always the very best, re_ turn to their parishes, and it is just after this has taken place, that the rates of the labour-rate parish are most relieved. But the neighbouring parishes are forced, in self-defence, to adopt the same system. They send back their non-parishioners, and the result is, that the greater part of the immediate benefit expires, that all the industry of the district is dislocated, and the labourers are distributed, not according to their habits or connexions,or the demand for their labour, but according to the chances of settlement, or the accidental boundaries of parishes. In this respect, as in the former, a labour-rate ex tends and aggravates some of he worst of the existing evils. 3. But the great fault of a labour-rate is that it destroys the distinction between pauperism and independence. The in quiries of the commissioners have convinced them that it is only by keeping these things separated, and separated by as broad and as distinct a demarkation as possible, and by making relief in all cases less agreeable than wages, that any thing de serving the name of improvement can be hoped for. But un der the labour-rate system, relief and wages are utterly con founded. All the wages partake of relief, and all the relief partakes of wages. The labourer is employed, not because he is a good workman, but because he is a parishioner. He re ceives a certain sum, not because that sum is the value of his services, but because it is what the vestry has ordered to be paid. Good conduct, diligence, skill, all become valueless. Can it be supposed that they will be preserved ? We deplore the misconception of the poor in thinking that wages are not a matter of contract but of right ; that any diminution of their comforts, occasioned by an increase of their numbers, with out an equal increase of the fund for their subsistence, is an evil to be remedied not by themselves, but by the magistrate --not an error, or even a misfortune, but an injustice. But can we more effectually maintain this state of feeling, than by proclaiming, that at the expense of the landlord, the tithe owner, the small farmer and the shopkeeper, all the labour ers in the parish are to be kept at the ordinary wages of the district, however great their numbers—however little their diligence--or however reckless their profligacy or their impro vidence r 4. A fourth objection to the labour.rate system is the great additional difficulty which it will create in the already arduous task of Poor Law Amendment. When the direct employers of labour for some time have extorted from others the pay ment of a still greater part of the wages of their labourers ; when the best glass of labourers, those who are not settled in the place of their employment, have disappeared; when what now remains of repugnance to relief, or of degradation in ac. cepting it, has been destroyed by its being merged in wages; when all the labourers have been converted into a semi-servile populace (ascripti glebx), without fear but without hope— where can we look for the materials of improvement ? On these grounds, the commissioners believe that the labour. rate system purchases, at the expense of enormous and per. manent mischief and injustice, whatever immediate advantages it may appear to afford, and as all the proposed enactments are intended to facilitate and extend that mischief and injus tice, the commissioners disapprove of them in Coto. (Signed) G. J. LONDON. J. B. CHESTER. NASSAU W. SENIOR. HENRY BISHOP. HENRY GAWLER. March, 1833. WALTER COULSON. LEGACY DUTY ARREARS.—A return of the amount received under Prosecutions by the Legacy Duty Office, for Arrears of Duty, or any other Cause, in each of the past Five Years ; distinguishing each Year:- 182 S, 65,3661. 19s. 7d.-1829, 10,2591. 15e. 104.- 1830, 38.1011. 20.-1831, 44,2261. 14a ld.-1832, 36 340/. 3s. 641. CARLISLE HOUSE ASSESSMENTS.-RC turn to an Order of the Honourable House of Commons, dated 6•h June, 1833;—for, an Account of the Number of Pefeons resilient within the City and Borough of Carlisle, who, between the sth of April, 1832, and the sth of April, 1833, have been Assessed to the House Duty for Premises of the Yearly Value of between 101. and 151. both inclu sive, and who were not so rated previous to the first-named period— 139 Persons. At the late Bath races speculation ran high, and was not confined to the race ground ; the ply at night was heavy, and a gallant Colonel nibbled upwards of a thousand at by dint of a cool head and superior skill. Those who play at this difficult game would do well to hear in mind the words of the Greek philosopher, water is the best thing." 1M PERIALPARLIAMENT THIS DAY. TUESDAY, JUNE 25. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At a quarter past twelve o'clock, when the gallery was , pened, we found about 30 Members in the Rause. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented s petition from the freeholders, leaseholders, and others of Birmingham, pr ty • ,ng for an alteration in the law of ejectment. Mr. FAITHFUL presented, among other petitions, ene 'rem the Political Union of Brighton, praying for the abo lition of ti hes, and that the sale of Chu-ch property mi,elat be roipropriated to the public expenditure. Mr. ROEBUCK presented petitions from Hammer smith, praying for the release of the Rev. Robert Taylnr ; and from the city of Bristol, praying for large reduction in taxation, and especially for the reduction of the house and winch w and in alt taxes. On the presentation of the late r, the Hon. Member said he was surprised that the petitioners should continue to expect any positive alleviation from the burden of taxation from That House, after the sample of legislation it had given to the coturry ; whilst be wished there was any chance of their wish being attended to. (lie Hon. Member then presented a petition from John Jardine, of Chichester, observing that be did not make himself answerable for the truth of its allegations. The petitioner stated that in the year 1826 his wife was im prisoned by the local magistrates because she refused to affiliate a child which had not become chargeable to the parish. For not doing what the magistrates could not I. golly compel her to do, she was thus imprisoned for five months It would only hate been legally in the power of the magistrates to have committed her when the child became actually chargeable to the parish. The petitioner went on to state that his wife was eventually released by an order of the Court of King's Bench. That in 1827, he brought an action for damages against the committing magistrates, but in consequence of the treachery of the counsel, and the partiality of the judge, be only recovered partial damages. Then the Hon. Member said that he could not himself believe these allegatious, but they went to show hew strongly the man's feelings must have been excited under a sense of injury. It appeared by the petition that the magistrates pail 201. into Court, and as the jury only found a verdict for that sum, the petitioner then be came liable to pay double costs to the magis trates. For these costs, at the close of the year 1827, he was taken in execution at the suit of the very m rgis crates who had committed the original error upon which all the proceedings had been founded. Tee originators of the mischief became the punishers of the man, who ap pea'ed against the legality of their proceedings. The pe titioner further stated that the loss of time, expense, and injury to his reputation, occasioned by the proceedings, had effected his ruin, and be prayed the Reuse to order an inquiry into the case. The Hon. Member said if such arbitrary and unjust conduct were to be permitted with impunity, it would be said with truth that in this country of England there was one law for the rich and another for the poor. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD thought the House would be neglectful of its duty, if :t did not inquire into the case of the petitioner Jardine. Lord ARTHUR LENNOX said, that as one of the Members for Chichester, and a county magistrate, he begged to state one or two facts connected with this case, not mentioned by the petitioner'. A young woman, named Sarah Martin, was in 1824 delivered of an ilegitimate child, which she swore to the petitioner Jardine. In 1826, she was delivered of another child, but she refused to swear it when brought before the Chichester bench of magistrates for that pur pose. Seven magistrates *ere on the bench, who all agreed that she should be committed for her refusal to swear the child. One Magistrate, however, only signed the committal, and that informality rendered it illegal. When Jardine afterwards married the young woman, he was offered 201. as compensation, but that he refused to take, and failing in his action to recover more, tie of course subjected himsef to the payment of double costs. He was imprisoned for non payment, but after a time was released by the leniency of tee magistrate, end the costs remained unpaid to this day. Mr. J. A. SMITH also bore testimony to the leniency and good character of the magistrate. Mr. ROEBUCK believed that the magistrates had no right to commit the woman at all till ti e child became chargeable to the parish. Aft. GRANVILLE VERNON said th it an unmarried woman bring with child ipso facto beanme eLargecile on the parish. For this informal error, there'ore, the Ma gistrates had paid very dearly, and it was Jardine's own fault in not accepting the 201. if be had since suffered in consequence of his unsuccessful action. After some observations from Mr. LLOYD, in the course of which that Hon. M-naber stated that he dif fered with the law laid down by t} Hon. Member op pi.site, the petition was laid on the table. Col. TORRENS presented a petition from the nye! , lookers in the cotton factories of Bolton is favour of tt.e Factories Bill. Mr. BANNERMAN presented a petition from the sur geons of the city of Cork, in favour of the Aputhe caries Act. Mr. BELL presented a petition from the Archdeaconry of Northumberland, against the Itish Church Tempo ralities Bill. Mr. G. VERNON presented a petition from the Arch deacon and Clergy of Nottingham far the better observance of the Lord's Day. Sir G. STAUNTON presented a pe ition from the Clergy and Officers of the Nivy, on behalf of the Fisher men of Emsworth, praying for the protection of the Oyster FiTheries of that place. Sir GREY SKIPWITH presented a petition from 750 of the inhabitants of Leamington Priors, rated at 101., stating that they had heard with regret of the intended introduction of a Bill to join that place with the borough of Warwick, and praying that the House would avert to the petitioners so grievous an evil. Au Hort Minutia, in supporting the prayer of the petition, observed, that for the last year or two nothing had been heard of but complaints against the conduct of the electors of Warwick, which might well make the peti tioners anxious not to have any connection with them. Mr. RUTHVEN here rose and moved the counting of the House, which having been done, and there being only 25 Members present, the House adjourned to five o'clock. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JUNE 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Mary, from Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived off port the Borodino, Packard, from Savannah. Sailed his Majesty's ship Volage, for the Mediterranean. FALMOUTH, JUNE 23.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W., strong breezes and squally.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Speedy, for Oporto and Lisbon with nails. DOVER, JUxg 24.—Arrived off port the Nederland Koning, Vos, from Batavia. BRISTOL, JUNE 24.—Arrived the Beaver, Hughes, from Trinidad. DaocilED►, JUNR 2:l—Arrived the John and Thomas. Wirer, from Drontheim. WEXFORD, JUNK 22.—Arrived the Albion ~ front Memel. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 23.—Arrived the Harvest, Prince, from Mobile; Selina, Stone, and Erol, Trapraan, from Palermo; and Betsey, Weatherston, from Riga. Off port the Norvel, Walson, from Antigua. LIMERICK, JUNE 22.—Arrived the Ann, Oak, from London. ABERDEEN, JUNE 22. Arrived the James, Largie, from Riga. DUNDEE, JUNE 22.—Arrived the Verdant, grown, and Flora, Hardy, from Riga. GREENOCK, JUNE 22.—Arrived the Belmont, Simpson. from Trinidad; Gulnure, George, from Barbadoes ; Union, Alexander, from Sicily; Clyde, M'Queen,trom St.Petersburgh; and Christian, Steadman, from Riga. ABERDEEN, JUNE 22.—The Dumelin Castle, Bailey, was to. tally wrecked at Lossiemouth on the 12th instant. The Re. becca, from hence to London, has been towed back with loss of foremast, &c. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.. ljT e h ie e f ar lo n w d in an g c od e yesterday was full, and the betting very brisk j NEWMARKET JULT STAKES. 11 to 2 agst Sir Mark Wood's Louisa colt (taken 7 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Musquito (taken) 7 to 1 agst Mr. Sowerby's Malcolm (taken) 10 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Legend colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Stays colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Thke of Rutland's Jerboa colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greatrex's Trulla colt (offered) 11 to 1 agst Mr. Rtdsdale's Vidocq (taken) 7 to 4 on Louisa agst Malcolm (taken) 3 to 1 agst Louisa and Malcolm (taken) 8 to 1 agst Harum Scarum and Trull& (taken) uoirnwoon STAN ICS, P.P. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Windcliffe (taken) 8 to 1 agst Mr. B ggs's Pounce (taken) en) 10 to I agst Lord t hestertield's Tourist (t a k en ) 10 to I agst Lord Ta v istock's Taurus (offered) toto a ag gs s t t Mr. Mr. HBiospuld.ruortttlhe's Red Rover k (taken) 10 10) 12 to 1 agst Mr. Kent's Balline (taken) 100 even on Galopade and Little Red Rover 50 even on Lady Fry and Protocol DOKCASTEK ST. LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Duke of Clevelar.d's Muley Moloch (taken) 7 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Belshazzar (taken) 13 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Rockingham (taken) 13 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's .Mussohnan (taken) 14 to 1 agst Colonel Crawford's The Mole (taken 13 to I agst Mr. Wisla's Connoisseur (taken) of or! of thr nrl.!'d Iniv bi co r tPe, e 4 1 0 aP fco,. 104 i _. ° 4 OP,, ; 0 d' Ifi ii , li° 11 In et ni l f 6' o ll OO P S ' 0 , 0 1s;, IS 'Dora Did