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la liii ng jva Se ur LAY AT ON O'CLOCK.. .. tuaczu OF STOCKS TOO :iank Stock !. Per Cent. R ed. sr ; 74 3 4i ~P*r Cent. Coro. 9 • ll vM% th Per ent. Iqitta u t t . 99%1n0 re Cunt. Aun. .... ..... 101;4 % t t 4, lraT ..19 11-16 ..,"tto 3 0 years lib 9 19% % "Ito INiia sit 3 years 1300 — ...u , sk — I 1A...10 Bonds ... ...... 74 73 , _ 4 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities ..... New Ditto 9 '!'S F.C. Bills, .el,OOO `241. 76 75 pm. ....... led. 76 75 pm. Ditto 2d. 76'77 pin. Ditto lid. 7R - 77 pm. I)itts Eimall Ditto ........ 75 77 pm. (sank for Account-- ..... India tOr Account ...... LCums. for Feb 25 92%, 3 J; 1 / 4 34i ,- -... . . FL ICKS OF FOILKIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'cLocr. - Austrian 13 6 j3l4laenilian Bondslo4 Neapolitan — 71 1 4 Peruvian Bonds lSt:, ci.,..4 Ayres Bonds... :30!•6 31 l'ortu;uese Bonds s9!si% niiiia l ri„„, i 103 Colo .*".". '' ix rs ab 111, 11 Bonds ...... ....... Ditto, New tto, lau b. • 21,;(,),,y Russian 11444th "WA i' S. nigh :821 11. , ., _ reek p :x i; ........... 4 , pi, , —1823 — vino 4025 35% 4%.34 French Rented, sp. e. —f. —e. Clatilnala k...etiean Ez.mtiss — Exchange —f. . , 3 per cent. +riga, Pl2f. 25 6 Exchange —f. —r. .......___ PLUCKS OF SHARKS THIS DAY AY ONK O'CLOCK. 43, 1ti0 I Mining Co. (iAt. at 5/ itratilia Company bitto National C.luintn.tn Mining Co. (W. at U IJaitod :IlexlYiu . Co. (nis. at W Paid. pm.),ElOO 5 10 pm.) £3 prat.) X 193.4 COURIE OF EXCH. D Arritt er dam C.F 12 8 t°, at d ICi Ito tterdena lea 9U 1 2 9 Autw erp 12 S t iernbu r IL Nl4 2 Altubm g l4 8 PParis, 3 d„,, ~ht 25 SO itt° .. . ' .2U 25 5 Ilerlie uordrau. .. ************** 25 IO Prank fort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 eteraburh, ruble, 3 1.75. 10 0 Vlonna effective 2. 2 M. 10 17 Trieste' d u 10 IS kadrid ****** c 3-5!4 Ceche 3 5 34 ililb oa ]ter 3514 eelori 4 B5 Sevill e ( hbra We lt .....______ 2l_ • _ 47N, NGM TESTELDAY. Per Share. 31N 7 ki 26 1 ,4!.4 814 17 Leghorn 41.14 Genoa 29 5 Venice 4734 Malta 4B Naples • Palermo tier cz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 4 31 Rio Janeiro Bahia S K SY2 ituenos Ayres — Dublin, 411 ilays' sight 134 Cork 134 ritituo:s, ?Eat OZ. . d. s. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 Il Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 ?tICES OF IRISH STOCZB, DUBLIN, JAN S. Bah Stock —:St. Patrick !atir. (per sh.) Gov. 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3 , 4 per cent. 99X, National Ditto — Ditth New ' , Patriotic DM(' 4 ', Per Cent ... . .................. lOIN 'Hibernian Bank 1',% Gov. Dels.3t,f, • per cent lAN ;Provincial Ditto Ro yal Canal Stoor .... Graarl C'anal Stock — Royal Irish Mine — eitY Deb. A per cent -.; Imperial Mine — —.Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb Ap. c. —Commercial Buildings -. red An MAILS. Art Due. Arrived. Due. 0 Brasil 0 Araerh u 0 0 Hamburg 0 1 0 Holland ........... ..•• 9 BRepos Ayree 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Cart hagena 0 0 Leeward islands ... I 1 Dublin 0 (1 Lisbon 0 0 112tn d eri I 0 Mexico o Franc e e 0 Sweden ---__ ....._ G uernseykJersey.. 0 1 Waterford NIGII 'WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-IIORROW. Notning ... 30 minutes after 4. Evening...s9 minutes after 4. „ tun. LONDON, • W EDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1830, SWAN RIVER. Intelligence has this morning been received at the Colonial -office, from Lieutenant-Governor STIRLING, dated Cockburn Sound, Sept. 9. This intelligence, we are happy in being able to s tate, is of a very satisfactory nature. Colonel STIRLING states that the new colony at the Swan River is progressively improving, and that most cheerful confidence then existed amongst the Colonists respecting the good qualities and advantages of the Settlement, and a general belief of ultimate success, although :he admits that the general fertility of the soil had been -somewhat exaggerated. We can fur- ther add that with the exception of the Marquis of Anglesea merchant ship being stranded in Gage's Roads, there is not a word of truth in th e gloomy reports set afloat a fey days since. In addition to the above accounts received by Government, Mr. Under-Secretary Twlss has received a confidential and private letter from Capt. DANCE, R.N. which fully bears out the foregoing statement. The following was written before we received the above official communication : We are happy to be able, in a great measure, to relieve the anxiety felt by the public with re spect to the condition of the Colonists at Swan River. We understand that their situation is not at all so unfavourable as at first represented, though it is far from enviable. The following is a letter received this morning from a gentle 'llan who had just arrived at the Colony, and Which is of later date than the previous accounts : " Swan River, Sept. 19, 1529. "We arrived hers on the sth ult. There is no har bour but a roadstead, and the place at which we anchored is much exposed to the north-west. We could not go tearer the shore than two miles, for fear of running aground. This was the ease with the Parnzelia, which was much dam2 g s4 l. We were told that there were six feet water on the Bar ; but there is sometimes only one foot, and never more than three feet. The river is very difficult of navi gation, as it frequently becomes shallow water immediately You get out o f two or three fathoms. This is the cas e w ith the city of Perth, where the town is to be formed.— We experienced much trouble in getting the goods from ~" sl ip : our men worked like slaves ; the distance front " beach to the spot where our tents arc pitched being a I . ll4 ter of a mile, and up hill. I presented the letter of to troducti on to t h e Governor, who received me very po 'ilY• The Marquis of Anglesea was run ashore, and Mast he sold for the benefit of the underwriters. The Culista lost three anchors, and was nearly experiencing th e Mule fate as the Marquis of Anylesca." TUE FOLLOWING Is ANOTHEIC ACCOUNT. THZ SWAN /RIVER tiETTLEIIKST. I, A dditional advi ce , have come t o hand thi s morn i ng : 41 the new settlement on the Swan River, which, we h aPpy to state, are o f a f avoura bl e c h aracter , an d collPlettly contradict the statements given two days since, /`) the settlers being i n a s t arv i ng an d wre t c h e d condi -1 1 1 4 441 ' The advices of to-day are dated subsequently to f: l9t h of September, and mention th a t a t own h a d b een k u -ed by the settlers who arrived out in the Parmelea Z%secs, on the banks of the Swan River, and that .). Nog was going on as favourably as could be ex -4 -4 ' Government, it is understood, have despatches n 43 ' from Captain Starling. The severe gale which had _ eetlr r "I off the coast, had damaged the two vessels named ,4 "e ' t's well as occasioni ng th e l oss o f th e Marquis of 4 9 . 1es ea, whose carg o , h owever , i t was expecte d wou ld 7 Mrs& The Parrudia had lost her rudder, and the te'l 0 two anchors. Th e en t rance t o t h e Ri ver i s s till ri F to be very had at the season when the vessels ar el L e tt ers h ave b een rece i ve d to- d ay f rom severa l q` t e settl ers, b y their friends in London ; and two or t of the Members of the Stock Exchange have accounts from olle of the former Members of the House. w as MAJEsTY will hold a Privy Council at Ile Nsor Castle to-morrow, when it is ex ttlcted Mr. HE RMES w ill rece i ve hi s appo i nt- A l elit as P res id ent o f t h e Board of Trade. The 4r cluis of CUANDOS is also expected to be sworn in m Master of the Mint, in the room of Mr. HERRIES. Mr. HusKissox arrived in town this morn ing from the seat of Earl COWPER. To-mor row the Right Hon. Gentleman will join a shoot ing party at Prince LEoPoLD's. The following arc extracts from:Frankfoit Pa pers of the 29th inst. received this morning. There seems to be an understanding between almost all the States of Europe as to a reduction in the rate of interest derivable from public se curities:— ST. PZTIRSRUILGY, JAN. 6. Rv an Ukase of Dee. 12, addressed to the Senate, his Nitj, , sty the Emperor has ordered a new coin of platina to be issued ; it is to be of tho value of six rubles, and of the size of a silver half-ruble. The last number of the Memoirs of the Scientific Com mittee of the General Staff' of the Imperial Navy con tains the enumeration of the men.of- war, &c. of the dif ferent rates which were launched at St. Petersburgh, Cronstadt, Okhta, Archangel, and Astrachan, in the year 1828, viz., four ships of the line, four frigates, six brigs, one schooner, one gun-boat, one sloop, five steam-boats--in all 23. The commercial intercourse of our country with Bu charia, Khiva, Kokand, Tashkend, and the Kirghese Steppe, deserves the particular attention of our manufac turers, as it offers an advantageous market. The inhabi tants of Bucharia, especially the poor classes, employ in their dress only the manufactures of the country, for they would consider it as a profanation to wear things manufactured by foreigners ; but this prejedice is disappearing among the tich and superior classes, who have become familiar with European manners, aid begin to use foreign manufactures in their clothing, most of which they obtain from Russia. They receive from Cabul shawls, from Russia sugar, wrought metals, cloth, calicoes, silks, leather, colour, glass, mirrors, and almost all articles in daily use ; they barter cattle with the Kirghis ; spirituous liquors are not admitted : they are very fond of good watches. The inhabitants of Khiva arc inferior to them in trade and civilization ; they receive the most necessary articles from Russia, but in smaller quantities, and of inferior quality ; they also traffic with Kashgar Tashkend, Balkh, Cabo!, and the Kirghes. The trade of Kokand and Tashkend may be considered as a transit for China and the neighbouring countries ; for the Chinese have for some time past given up all direct intercourse with Bucharia and the other coun tries of central Asia. Russia exports to them through the eastern houses of Siberia, or by Troctak iron and other goods; the same as to Bucharia. The Kirghis, who have only raw materials, obtain by way of barter from their Asiatic neighbours, but in a still greater quantity from Russia, all the articles that they re. quire for their clothing. MUNICH, JAN. 15. The King is again able to leave his bed, and it is hoped that his 31ajesty will be sufficiently' recovered to honwir with his presence the grand ball which is shortly to be given at Court. All our papers are filled with details of the happy arri val of her Majesty the Empress in Brazil. The public take great interest in the event, which is so agreeable to the Royal Family. His Majesty has been pleased to re solve, with the advice of the Commissioners of the States, that all the public debt !Taring interest at 5 per cent. shall he redeemed, and either paid off, o-, at the option o f the holders, converted into 4 per cent. stock. VIENNA, JAN. 13. The Bank Committee has fixed the dividend fur the second six months of the year 1329, at 33 florins per share. FRANKFORT, JAN. 19. —Exchange on Londou—T wo months, 1501. If the subject were not too serious and too melancholy, it would be ludicrous to see the Mad Doctors themselves displaying the same symp toms and conduct which they unhesitatingly pronounce evidence of madness in others.-- Every Mad Doctor constantly repeats (and the whole fraternity echo the sound) that a person may be sane on all subjects save one,—touch upon that, and he is immediately insane. We incline to believe there may sometimes be some thing like truth in the assertion, since Mad Doctors in their own persons afford the strongest illustration of it. Only let the possibility be suggested to a Mad Doctor that a man is mad, and he instantly displays that perversion of mind, which in any other person he would digr.ify or mystify with the name of a delusion, and finds conclusive evidence of insanity in every look, word, and gesture, however rational or innocent. It is curious, it is instructive, to observe the ardent pertinacity with which in such case a Mad Doctor always insists a man is mad,—and swears it—and the zeal and ardour with which the whole pack join in the cry, and swear it also,—that is when there are friends and funds to . pay for incarcerating a victim—" Though this be " madness, yet there's method in't." DAVIS s Lunacy Commission affords ample evidence of t his,—nay, such is the anxiety to pounce upon their prey, that a single Mad Doctor, on the represen tation of an interested party (backed, of course, by a proper and proportionate fee) of his sole authority, without any examina tion, and in direct violation of a posi tive enactment, will not scruple to sign a certi ficate, and send his keepers to kidnap the object, who, there is much reason to fear, has seldom the good fortune to escape—and once entrapped, is pre3ently excluded from the world, the world from him, without an opportunity to complain of his wrongs, or means of redress. The Mad Doctor tells the Commissioners he is mad, — the Commissioners (who were formerly all Doctors) politely believe it, and the victim is generally incarcerated, as long as it is worth while for any friend with his money to pay the Mad Doctor for his incarceration, or till death relieves him from his sufferings! ! In the late case of BARKER and others v. FIELD, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL remarked that " it was a maxim among persons of this " description, that a man who had o:►ce been in " Bedlam was not fit to be let out, unless " lie acknowledged he had Leen mad. That " was a maxim that formed part of the medical " jurisprudence of all mad-houses." The fbllowing extract from the minutes of evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons in 1815, slims at once the little chance there is of a sane man, shut up, escaping from the fangs of the Mad Doctors, and the baleful operation of the doctrine adverted to by the ATTORNEY-GENLRAL, acted upon by tilt Commissioners formerly appointed by the Col 'ege of Physicians to visit the receptacles. Act of 9th George IV., h&mever, wisely and humanely took the nomination of these Com missioners from the College and vested it in the SECRETARY of STATE, but the Legislature must do more, much more, to protect the public from the daring machinations of Mad Doctors, who are far more dangerous, and whom the community have far more reason to dread than the wildest lunatics : " It may be necessary to state to the Corn " mittee a case which has come particulath " under my consideration ; the case of the R€v. " CHARLES CHAWNER, who was confined it " that house (WAnßunToN's), during seven " years, and in whose liberation I was instru " mental. There were great difficulties in find " ing any attorney who would take up such a " cause; it was retnsed over and over again by " different attoruics, on account of the un -46 certainty of payment ; and it was taken up " by the mere chance of meeting with an at " torney going into my brother's chambers with " a brief, who said that he would undertake to " effect the liberation of Mr. CHAWNER; this " he accomplished by a trick, for he laid a plan " for Mr. CHAINNER to go to an oculist, " where he was sent in a hackney-coach, with a " keeper. Mr. CHAwNER asked the keeper to " let him drive to the house of a friend, and he " went to the house of the attorney, who took " him in, and shut the doors upon the keeper. During the time of his con inement,for many " years, he had constantly and reiteratedly ap ,, plied to the Commissioners appointed by the " College Qf Physicians to visit that house, for " his liberation, and he has stated to me that the " ONLY TERMS upon which they would allow " him to go out, was, TfIAT OF ACKNOW- " LEDGING HIMSELF TO HAVE BEEN INSANE. " After his liberation Mr. WARBURTON ap " plied, by a writ of Habeas Coyus, against the " attorney to bring him up to the Court of " King's Bench, which was answered by Mr. " CHAWNER being set by the side of his Coup " sel, Mr. JEKYLL, to be dealt with as the " Court might direct. Lord ELLENBOROUGII " said, in the first instance, that he must return " to the place from whence he escaped, but Mr. " WAHBuuToN said he could not take him in " without a certificate, which Mr. PARK ap " plied to Lord ELLENBOROUGII to sign ; but " as the Act of Parliament directs that none " but a medical man could sign a certificate, " Lord ELLENBOROUGH refused to do so, but " directed Mr. JEKYLL to desire that Mr. " CHAWNER'S attorney should find a certificate "of his insanity. Mr. JEKYLL said he stood " there to shew that Mr. CHAWNER was sane, " and therefore could not be a party to sign a " certificate that be was otherwise. Mr. CIIAWNER then volunteered to go from one term to the next into Doctor SUTHERLAND'S house, and, in the ensuing term again v .' peared in the Court of King's Bench, with affidavits from Doctor SUTHERLAND, and I various physicians, of his being perfectly sane, ' and amongst others of Sir LUCAS PEPYs, who himself had been a visiting Commis ' sioner, and had frequently refused his Übe ' ration when applied to. The result was, that hc was set at liberty and returned to his living in Derbyshire." The case of Mr. DAvis, that of Mr. AN DERDON, that of the Rev. Mr. CHAWNER, above set forth, and that of Mr. ACRES, (a son confined in a Receptacle at Hoxton by his father , but who Doctor M'MICHAEL ,—not a Recep tacle Doctor, in his affidavit swears is sane, which was heard before the LORD CHAN CELLOR on Monday last,) all shew the facility with which a sane man may be shut up as lunatic, and the difficulty, amounting in most cases to impossibility, of his procuring h is libera tion. The public, we apprehend, are not at all aware of the extent of the evil. In Eng land there are at this moment sonic THOU SANDS ofpersons shut up as lunatic, one half of whom, were there a re gular Receptacle delivery before a competent Court and Jury, would pro bably be found ai fit to be at large as one half the world that is so. Many of the London Papers, in alluding to the recent meeting of Agriculturists at Doncas ter, " to consider the present distressed state of the country," have represented Mr. GALL/ . KNIGHT as concurring with the rest of the meet ing in the petition. We have authority to state, that so far from this being the case, Mr. KNI GHT solely went to the meeting to express his non concurrence, and spoke, to leave no doubt as to his sentiments ; and towards the conclusion of a speech interrupted by considerable applause, made use of (as nearly as we can recollect) the • following words : " The landowner and farmer were not the drones of the earth, as had been represented, but capitalists and opera tives, who venture their labour and wealth in commercial speculations of a particular kind. The landowner, like the merchant, ventured his capital in useful undertakings, and was fully entitled to a fair profit on the money laid out. The farmers deserve as much protection as any class in the state. It appeared to hint, that the best means of lighten ing the pressure on all the productive classes, would be by the commutation of the assessed taxes, and such as stood most in the way of industry and enterprise, for a moderate and well regulated property tax.—(Loud cheers, and cries of " Bravo.") He knew that a property. tax was unpopular—he . was glad to be informed unpopularity was a proof by the cheers of the meeting that it was less unpopular of a L l' e fa ii i: . .n d el- PP : se p d r — oo i rth v a e t lY it would reach every one alike. A Property Tax would be levied on the funds, which do nothing to the State.—(llear, hear.) It would reach the absentees, who escape from lending their assist moe to tail country ; and, having accessito thce4 resouroes, qovernmi be enabled to spread the load mer i wider s,t. Lice, and lighten it on all the produe ire elasi,es, w!,,, ara now almost overwhelmed.- 1t the same time it would be very right to require th 'very retrene'anisot ,d , oltid lie a !opted, so as to make OA Property Tax as moderate as possible.—(Loud applause.)" We have received this afternoon some proof sheets of Mr. BUCKINGHAM'S new " Oriental Quarterly Review," but from the pressure of other matter and the lateness of the hour, we ire unable to make any extracts to-day. TIIE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLO CK Extract of an interesting letter from Venezuela, dated ?Bth November, via America:— " Affairs seem to have undergone a change in Venezuela, Arising, as it appears, from an official propost,i made by General Urduneta, the Secretary of War, to General Pars, to forward the coronation of Bolivar : the public voice is raised against the act in Venezuela. ' Death to the tyrant to the crown !..—long live the Constitution' is the general cry throughout the streets. The persons confined in the dungeons of Puerto Cabello for the Bolivar conspiracy have been set at libetty by the garrson ; and persons banished far political opinions are recalled by General Pars. The odious inquisition is abolished, and the liberty of the press restored by a public decree of Paez." Accounts from Valparaiso of the 4th September state, that great apprehensions were entertained there of a re volution in that country; two parties are formed, and their strength was about equal. _ _ Accounts from Mexico state that the convoy left the above capital on the 11th Nov. It appears from the official returns published, that the amount of American tonnage employed in foreign trade during the year 182 S, was 824,781 tons, an increase, compared with the previous year, of 77,611 toes. The New York Post says—" Our information, from various sources from Washington, leads us to conclude that no change will probably be made in the Tariff during the Session, except, perhaps, in the articles of Tea and Coffee." Montreal Papers, received at the North and South American Coffee-house, to the 2 ith of December, state that the small pox, which has made for some time past rapid progress in this city, has shown it,elf in all ranks, and a number of persons have fallen victims to it. THE FUNDS. The great agitation which prevailed in the Consul market yesterday, and for which no person could account, has thi , morning entirely disappeared, as well as the iiuniero:is re ports which were in circulation ; in consequence of which the market is resuming its previous attitude. ConsoL, which left off yesterday at 9q-1 for the account, opened this morning at 92i, and were done at:9'4 for the ac count ; but at present the market is not quite so firm, and Consuls may be quoted 92 ii, and for money ; nothing doing as yet in the Foreign Market. OWE 0' CL OCK The Consol 'Market may at preNent be quoted at 92tV, for the account. The Hebrew party have again been pur• chasing this morning. • ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 218+ 191 India Stock, 2311 S per Cent. Cull% 92 - 1 4 Do., for Account, 92i- Ditto 11educt(1, 931 P 011E1G. 31 per Cent. 9O 100 New 4 per Cent., 1014 -4.- 4 per Cent. 1526 1054 India Bonds, 72 73 Exchequer Bills, 73 77 litrazilian, 71 Buenos Ayres, 80 32 Chilian, Colombian, 23k Daniell, 741 6-1 Freneb, 5 per Cent. 109 9 Ditto, per Cent. 84 FUND 3. Greek, 34. 5 Mexican, 2n 61 Prruvian, 19 4- Portuqueoe, 58a 9 Prukonan, Rtnosian, 1094 Spanish, 111 12 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols have fluctuated in the cmtriseoftl7e — n;r7iing about f i per cent. ; they were done in the early part of the day at 92,i, and afterwards reached 9:?,i for the account ; at present they remain steady at .1. The Hebrew party have been very active in purchasing, which demon strates that they do not expect a fall. The information received from the Swan River is more favourable than was expected ; it does not appear that the now adventurers have left the Colony, as stated, on their landing. The soil is not good but they expect it beteer further in the intetiur. In the Foreign market Greek and Colombian Stocks have declined, the newt; from Colombia being unfavour able ; in other Foreign securities little doing. THREE O' CL CK. Consols for Account, 92! FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 92 Danish 751 Do. for Ac. 923- 93 Greek, 1825 36 Brazilian Bonds 71i Mexican, 1825 26 Buenos Ayres 31 , Peruvian 18,l- Chihli Do. k Russian 1091 Columbian, 1824, 231 I Spanish 111 CHURCII REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. feel much obliged to your Clerical Corre spondent for his strictures on my " Liturgy Revised." lie has executed the gratuitous office of a critic with the ur banity of u gentleman, and the mildness of a Christian. In the main we appear to be perfectly agreed ; and if it be said, in the detail of those parts which he censures, he has been more diffuse than in those which he approves, he would probably reply that it was timely necessary to al lude to the latter, is order to obtain the suffrage of every impartial reader, whereas it required some of Mr. Wheat ley 's "ingenious arguments and subtle distinctions" to establish the generality of his objections. Should a second edition of my work be published, he and every other per son who will write on the subject in an equals sensible and candid manner, shall find that their observations have not been disregarded. There is, however, one topic on which we are far from agreeing. I refer to time decided superiority of our own national Articles over our foreign and anonymous Creeds. Our Articles "contain a full and lucid exhibition of the various doctrines and principal rites of time Church of Eng land ;" whereas our Creeds, with a few exceptions, exhibit any thing rather than a clear and specific statement Of gospel truth. Even on those topics in which tie Creeds are most specific, our Articles are abundantly preferable. • Turn, for instance ; to the doctrine of the Trinity, as ex hibited in the Est Article, and in the Crecd improperly assigned to Athanasius; " Lock here, upon this picture and on this." Tile Creed is metaphysical, unintelligible, uncharitable; the Article lucid, specific, scriptural, and perfectly in keeping with the exemplary and refreshing plainness of our other Services. In chart, no one who does not im pugn the doctrine itself can object to the Article, whereas the classic wit of the most eloquent Statesman, and the vulgar sarcasm of the most illiterate caviller, are alike di rected against the Creed. What, then, I would ask, should prevent our Church from making such an evideut distinction between her own Articles and her auxiliary Creeds, as would free her from all responsibility respecting any inaccuracies of argument, defects in elucidation, or unguarded expressions, which may be found in those ancient formularies, while she might equally appeal to them i❑ corroboration of her own sentiments ? Or what should prevent our Government from authorising our hierarchy collectively, or, if deemed more desirable, that highly-talented portion of it which is now appointed for a Commission of far le:•s importance, to consider tvliat emendations in this, or in any other part of our Scrvise, might be desirable I am, Sir, your's obediently, ROBERT COX. Stouehousc, near Plymouth, Jan. 20, 16$0. DISTRESSING SUICIDE.--this morning TOOKE, Eq., so❑ of the eminent Russia merchant, of that name, put a period to his existence at his father's house, No. 7, Richmond -terrace, Whitehall. This unfortunate gentleman was only in his 24th year, and no cause, as we hear, has been assigned for the rash act, which was performed in so determined a manner that the throat was literally cut from par to ear. When the servant went into the room this morning it was deluged with blood, and the unfortunate gentlemrn being quite dead. A Coroner's inquest wilt be held at six o'clock this afternoon, The Duke of R rclizioND has tahen the house in Cavendish-iluare recently occupied by the Duke of SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, A bold attempt has been made at Birrning )am, as our readers will see from our report of he proceedings at th e M eet i ng i n t h at town on Monday last, to effect an union of the middle md lower classes throughout the country, with t view to bring about a Reform in the Com 1110M' House of Parliament. About ten thou sand persons were present. In the Resolutions agreed on, they state that for the last fifteen years (they might have said ever since the reign of George 111.---commencons avec le commencement, mon ami le Belier), there had been gross mismanagement of the public affairs of the country, and that this evil could only be Alec:wally and permanently romedied by an effectual reform in the Commons' House of Pat liament, and that it was expedient, with a view to this result, to form a general political union between the lower and middle classes of the people throughout the country. Mr. Attwood is understood to be the author of this scheme, and he was the principal performer at the Meeting. Every one knows the opinions entertained by Mr. Attwood respecting the depreciation of the Cur rency, and the operation of the Bill of Mr. Peel. Being unable to restore the depreciation, which he conceives would lower the pressure of the public burthens, he now wishes to reduce the burthen to the level of the ability of the people to pay, and this seduction again can only, he thinks, be effected through the Reform of the Commons' House. But we will allow him to speak for himself—" The Duke of Wellington, whose law, he was sorry to say, waS the law of the land, refused to lift us to the level of our burthens. Be it so ; but ought not the burthens then to be brought down to the level of their means ?" Nothing can he fairer—we shall see whether this can be done. Nothing is so absurd as to be prying into the motives for attempting a good work when a man stands forward and says, here am I, ready to begin. Mr. Redfern, who followed Mr. Scholefield, the mover of the first Resolution, had observed—" Is it not, think you, strange and curious, that the nigh Tory Party, which for the last sixty years has so stiffly and invariably opposed Reform of Parliament— which, rather than make the slightest concession of popular rights, engaged the nation in a war with her American colonies ; which afterwards, in order to strangle liberty abroad, plunged us into a protracted war with F rance — w i nc h, w h en .„..„ in 181 - 9 and 1820 we called aloud for refor►n and retrenchment, answered us by suspensions of the Habeas Corpus Act, and by rendering a second conviction for political libel liable to transportation—is it not, I inquire, most strange that this High Tory party, the ancient enemies of the people, should have recently entered, throughout the whole kingdom, into a league, of fensive and defensive, with the Liberal Cur rency Alen, and should advocate measures which they have hitherto pursued with the most vin dictive animosity ?" But Air. Attwood met this by frankly stating that ' he had always been an advocate for Reform, and he would defy any one to deny it.—(Cheers.)—When in a state of national prosperity—when there was abundance of trade for the manufacturer, and abundance of labour for the workman—when humble wages were the reward of humble labour, he did not come publicly forward as its advocate, he did not run his head against a wall, and, like Don Quixote, attack windmills. He had, however, always expressed a wish for reform. Gentlemen, however, argued, that because twenty years ago they were not public refbrmers, they were incon sistent in being its advocates now. Was he (Mr. A.), now he had with him at least nine tenths of all the respectability of the kingdom, 99 out of every 100 of the assembly around him, not to come forward ?" There is certainly great force in this. In charity to Mr. Attwood, we are bound to suppose that he really believes that nine tenths of the respectability of the kingdom are with him, though Mr. Joseph Parkes stated, what at all events leads to a suspicion that Mr. A. is a little too sanguine in this respect ; for he com menced with " regretting that he did not see attending this Meeting his personal friends, and the more influential public characters of the town, who usually took part in its public pro ceedings." But be this as it may, it may be safely laid down that no great measure will ever be carried by the agency merely of high-minded and disinterested men—that interest, and inte rest alone, in the vulgar sense, determines nine teen out of twenty, or rather ninety-nine out of a hundred men in the course they pursue (and we have a striking instance of this in the cir cumstance, that the moment the German Princes and Nobles who rapidly became Protestants to seize on the Church lands and tithes, were no longer allowed on conversion to seize the estates of the Church, ProteLtantism was instantly at a stand); and, therefore, if Mr. Attwood think:.; that the project is now favourable, precisely be cause Reform is no longer exclusively in the hands of the inen who, from a love of truth, or a love of distinction, were reformers when reform was at a discount, he is warranted, as a man who looks to means as well as ends, in coming forward now, as well as keep ing back before. When we find all the Con servative order, as the Quarterly Review terms them—that is all the men whose great object it is to take care of themselves, all the worldly wise men, all those who look carefully to see which way the wind blows, all the hypocrites and knaves—become Reformers, we shall then be certain that Reform is not far off: The truth is, that many circumstances at. the present rno went concur in inspiring various c:,*6.0.4 with a desire of reform, hitherto strongly adverse to it. Great revolutions in the property of this country have taken pine within the last thirty years. Our towns are fill©d with rich capitalists, who are really the proprietors of a large portion of the hind of the country by means of mortgage. The sudden changes—the constant e.p:ciacie of up s and downs—have pretty nearly annihilated in the country all reverence for any thing but pro perty, The landholders, while rents were rising during the war, notwithstaudiu tli their pr o f us i on , and their moctsinree, had still a large surplus in come, and they almost monopolis e d the election!. But they are now falling, the money for elec tions is not in such abundancT formerlv, and a system tier; organized, lay which Place•i hitherto supposed to he in tiro power of this or that Nobleman or rich Land holder, will ho thrown open in spite of them, their opposition only accelerating their ruin. In counties ss'here Whip- T„ ) , families coalesced to spare tll,e ;'7'itince of a con test, Ito eoi d a rt m t i t c e l attempt c i . vit t hope Without ' c l e7s i s l ,: g f a c : ) l t u s t t ., ( :: to ra s g n e forward contest, the C s d i) theircandidates t : 1 ;:a e:noc;el o a i necessary for tllCn}s vci. tit be at inueli expence : I ; l i e le y eo w u i r l l sc ha if v e ti t i l e iez id is i ca la c t t e io s n do of walking over ;field, and of accelerating their ruin if they do. hi almost every county there are now a number ef freeholders about the towns, who would wil ingly second any third candidate in an object of this kind. In almost all boroughs, however rotten, the system of putting the candidates to in enormous expence, by taking care that they ' .hall not walk over the course, is now well no lerstood. The Conservative party are aware ' of this. On the other hand, the conviction is ';ecoming more and more general among the ' substantial people in our great and wealthy towns, that under the present system their pro oertt is at the mercy of a number of aristocra catical mendicants, and that they ought to look to means of protecting themselves. Let us only of the immense mass of property in a place like Manchester, and again of the penury of a Humber of those who have votes, by which that property may be affected. Mr. Attwood tran dates into plain E ng li s h the phrase " Constitu tional Monarchy," as used by Lord (;rode rich. Alludin g t o th e years of prosperity, 1824 and 1825, he observed that " in the au toinn of that year the Government told us by Robinson, that our prosperity was del-it-ea through the portals of a Constitutional 7tlo narchy,' meaning thereby the Boroughinonger ing influence." Mr. Attwood, by way o:' mov ing the landholders (for pint of the plan is, to *et the landholders on the tinidhoidera), ebserva ed, that Consols had risen from 60 to 93, while the rent of land had been reduced from 63 to 30. During the war, the two interests were upoo a footing of equality. Now, one was three times larger than the other. In addition to this,, the, landholder had his land subject to aettlemeot, mortgages, and incumbrances; which, when re duced from 65 to 30, reduced it still further to 15. Thus, it would be seen, that what with the landholder was 60, was wow only 15, while the fundholder was risen from 60 to 90." There are almost as many blunders in this as proposi tions. In the first place, it is not true that the landholder and fundholder were on a footing of equality during the war. Let any man look through the Agricultural Reports, and he svi.l see that rents were in many cases nearly tripled during the war, while the fundholders' income was rapidly depreciating all the while. In per's Agricultural Report of Berwickshire, there are in an Appendix, statistical of three contiguous parishes, A yton, Coldingharn, and Eyemouth, which strikingly exemplify the diflc7ence be tween the landholder and fundholder during the war.—The following is the recapitulation which the Report gives :—" Rental and value : In 1700, the valued rent, and perhaps the real rent was 1,7651. 11s. 6d. sterling; in 1791, 14,210/.; in 1808, 33,450/.—amounting to twice ;led a half of what it was only fourteen years before, and nearly nineteen times what it probably was a century ago. In 1700 the whole three parishes might probably have been pur chased for 37,0001. In 1794, the por(:base . value could not be less than 400,0001.; and in 1808 the whole might have been sold for 836,5001. ; giving a rise in value of fee simple in a century or nearly twenty-three times." During this period, between 1794 and 1808, a fundholder to the extent of 400,0001., livint t on his income, like the landholder, found his tal much the same, or rather greatly less than it, was a year or two before the war, while hit in come was really greatly reduced from the depre ciation. But if' the fundholders have risen since, it is not true that land has fallen so much as Me. Attwood says it has; and it certainly, at all events, has not fallen as much by a great deal as it rose during the war. Again, the provisions to children, &c. and mortgages ought not to be included. A fundholder wo:th 50,000/., with three children, divides it of course among them at once. A sensible landholder, with an estate of 50,000/. value, would convey it to trustees, to be divided also among his children. If he chooses to make one child run the risk of all fluctuations in value—that is his folly or his pride, and he must take the consequence. 'rhe as s d i e l s i t s sots he l f f 'u t i i i e lh s o o h , l o er i o h / a! perhaps esta e , I n B y , n ef it t : gages, and provisions, reduced to, it 3,000/. to the eldest son, he is just where the eldest sou of the fundholder is. Ail absurd institutions like primogeniture, which run counter to nature, will always create confusions of this sort. We trust the day will soon conie when, all property, land, and moveables, will be viewed in the same light. A Political Council of thirty-six gentle tnen, who brought forward the plan, is appointed for the year, to end the Ist of July, 1830, w e shall see whether the plan takes. Mr. Attwood looks forward to a convulsion, but thinks he will be allowed to creep into a hole while the storm rages. This part of hot speech is almost as good in its way Antony's spe ec h over Cwsitr's body may be th oug h t (h e nays), because I co m e f orwar d now, that 1, shell be ready 4 come veal c o n ic woe' to head y ou through thick and thin—throuith the dark and dreary scenes which are approachin t e. As itt. as law will justify me, will will go with. you.---(Tre mendous cheers.) When I say I will go with you as far as law will allow, 1 declare, to vcu most solemnly, I will not go further one inch.— (Cheers.) I k now t h at a great crisis is op but, if th e nat i on i s to go, through the ordeal proaehing, I will d o a ll I can to avoid that those convulsions, but l ega ll y and pace you to bear thi s i n m i nd when i c .e r r i e si i s n ; of political convu l s i ons, a will not niter innstanees ar i se . I k a tl b io ly se ; t a l r i e ll' i l td l tu l l vi c s l i t i 'c now you will to me and say, Lead us. My 1 • f ciunc not lead you. I will go with you as far as law will justify ; but if the elements oi law and order are disorgani ze d, I will go w i t h you no farther. This i* capital. There is a pro digious deal of evweratimi of the extent of the distress; hot at all events, allowi ng the count re gentlemen to clea r th e i r estates at (lie c expence of J. Park es , their cr e dit ors wou ld nut mend the matter, 'Ali% too, justly reminded hint th at t h e bankroptey And disorder commenced with 1797. That must never be forgotteas any more than the authors, when the '17,4d is confiscation. —Morning CirQviciV.. By a, iott.“ from a correspondent sign e d cc Vigil,' we obser ve t h at a straim:ll conAruc tion is put on a sentence of ours in vestcrdav't3 leading article on the inexpediency of paper issues. 'We did not ropose that Bank -notes, great or smart, ahould now be i.:red w:th se curiti4, or encouraged by those or a n y ot h er tiwans ; but, i n alluding to *hat h a d Masse d years ago, w?, stated z;s an alternative much better th..4ii that of having incouvortible and ii,isc.lotat paper, Bank•notes issued only by such parties as eQuld give —what wa 4 then un known—sec;iiiiy for the faith of their engage nwilts, We referred to the t t more as an il lustration of tL unrerviolmblene ss and imp!. deuce o f the Inuth....Ats bankers Of that (lay, than as one at applicable to the present eun-' dition c tl.lO count:!:, whm we have tire !rest or securities. for ‘lw ptiblic,—a convexlibi!ity natle , cab. le Ise 'ay.- beet' pub- Inapt Mr. rn. • to titio ely inert rre The ur. iuks. bra. 12 19 1 0 3 12 4 10 4 lb 2 2 !nee' to r oil lentos amd side, With par- Tie anti n ill P°'" Bent. )ck. At- :air the nea a the ieW ;he dal the on. )ers' the tly of of, au ord td 111, ion we aid al for Y , ?