The Sun. — London, England, 1833-02-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Their MAJESTIES entertained the Duke of GtoticEirime the Duchess Dowager of LEEDS. Earl and Countess of DENBIGH, Earl and Countess . of MAYO, and a , elect party, at dinner on Tuesday evening, at St. James's Palace. At half-past 11 o'clock yesterday morning, the KING ard QUEEN left town in a carriage and four, for the Palace at Brighton. Prince TALLEYRAND and the Belgian Minister had in terviews yesterday with Viscount PALMERSTON at the Foreign-office. Along. VIRET (from the Mauritius) visited Viscoun Gonitatcif yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Secretary at War had an interview with Viscount ALTHORP yesterday at the Treasury. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last night we had the pleasure of witnessing the first representation in this country of the grand Ballet of La Belle au Bois Dormant, which some time since caused so great a sensation in Paris, when produced there at the Academie Royale de Musique. It would be idle to attempt a development of the plot, for the story of The Sleeping Beauty must be familiar to every reader of tales of en chantment. The situations it possesses for pantomimic display are numerous ; and M. AUMER (the SCRIBE of the French Ballet) has made the most of the advantages of the subject. In Paris the fair NOBLET represented the Sleeping Beauty, and the delightful TAGLIONI appeared as the Naiade ; but last night DUVERNAY undertook the representation of both characters. To say that she proved herself equal to the undertaking, would be but faint praise. Her beauty, grace, and skill, were so conspicuous, that every one appeared anxious to join in acknowledging her merits ; and we have never seen a foreigner meet with so flattering a reception. In person Mademoiselle DUVER NAY is tall, elegantly formed, and possesses a complexion of a dazzling clearness. Her features are regular and expressive, and form one of the most favourable specimens of French loveliness we have ever seen. Her dancing embodies all the graceful finish of TAULIONI, with an elegance of motion entirely her own. In the dance of the Naides, her skill had a fine field for display, and we . were highly gratified with the admirable manner in which she acquitted herself. She seemed to have no communion with the earth—for her form was seen floating over the ground, as if the air had been her proper element. Nothing could exceed the exquisite beauty of the performance ; and the enthusiastic d most.trations of approbation with which the audience witnesee f her exertions formed the most convincing evi dence of her excellence. ANCELLIN is well known as a very charming dancer. The fulness of her figure does not take from her gracefulness or activity. She danced a grand pas de deux in the first act with Monsieur Rut's., one in the second act with the same, and another in the third act with Monsieur SILVAIN. PAUL possesses a fine figure, wonderful flexibility of limb, and a rapid execution of evolutions. SILvAIN is younger, his form is less mus cular, and his exertions less extraordinary ; but a classical taste appears to mark his efforts. The most wonderful, and at the same time the most graceful performance in the ballet was a pas de deux in the first act, in which Mon sieur GILBERT danced with Miss BALLIN. The improve ment which GILBERT has made is extraordinary. His vaulting exceeded anything of the kind we have witnessed; and, if his pirouetting was less rapid than that of others, in gracefulness he was not exceeded. We have no hesi tation in saying that the decorations and dresses which adorned the ballet last night were produced in a style equal to anything of the kind that appeared at the Acade mie Royale ; and, with regard to the scenery, STANFIELD has exhibited nothing to equal his panorama from The Fairy Lake to The Enchanted Castle. The applause with which it was witnessed was truly deafening. After the conclusion of the ballet Mademoiselle DUVERNAY was led before the curtain by Mr. BUNN : she was loudly ap plauded by all parts of the house for several minutes, and the same performance was then given out for repetition three times a week, with a little dissent, but too slight to be of any . importance. Such is the lavish liberality with which this ballet has been got up, that we understand it has cost the proprietors no less a sum than four thousand pounds! Such spirit deserves to be rewarded. CORPORATION REFORNI.--It is to be hoped that Ministers will set about the task of Corporation Re form in good earnest, and root out the abuses of the system with an unsparing hand. To encourage them in the good wotk, and to urge them on, should the evil influences assail them, the inhabitants of every Corporate town should immediately send up petitions, setting forth the grievances overt which they labour, and praying to have the Corpo rat,on thrown open to the inhabitants at large. At Hull an excellent example has been set. The inhabitants have agreed to a petition, and their new representative (Mr. HILL) has undertaken to bring forward an efficient mea sure of Corporate Reform, should the Ministers not do it. In consequence of a threat of a run on the banks in Ireland, it has been thought expedient to be prepared for the worst ; and, accordingly, the directors of the Provin cial Bank of Ireland have caused gold to a large amount, both on Monday and Tuesday, to lie transmitted to Dublin. On Wednesday, however, on some sort of indirect assuranee from the leaders of t. e party that it had now become quite unnecessary to resort to any such step, the proposed reform in the Irish Church being sufficient, in their opinion, to calm the agitation which previously existed, the directors of the Provincial Bank have ventured to discontinue any further remittances in specie. In the whole, they have sent off about 200,000/., in addition to a pretty large stock of gold held at their chief station in Dublin, and at their various branches in the country, which amount to about 17 in number. The expense incurred in thus pro tecting themselves from a mere vague threat of the great agitator will be very considerable, and being altogether uncalled for by any other circumstance, the directors na turally feel highly indignant at it. Their cause is g , poused, too, by other members of the moneyed interest, who demand, with some emphasis, whether it is right that such important property should be placed in jeopardy from such causes without some claim for protection from the Government ? This may possibly become a subject of deliberation in Parliament should the agitation in Ireland gootinue, and it is not unlikely that a suggestion may be matte for giving to the Irish banks, in such extreme cases, the protection of a temporary restriction on cash payments. Still the general impression here is, that it will redound Much more to the credit of those banks, consequently prove in the end to be the wiser course, not to avail themselves of such protection, even should it be offered, but to trust, as they have heretofore done, to their own resources to meet the impending danger. The confidence in their stability will then have been put to the severest possible test, and will become the greater in future in all operations which they may undertake.— Times. GASPARD BALzTUS, who was both a poet and a physician, deranged his brain so much by excessive study that he imagined his body was converted into butter, and on this account I e always shunned the fire with the greatest care. Being at length worn out with the continual dread of melting, he put an end to his misery by throwing tailint•elf into a well. A few days since, as a workman in the em ploy of Mr. Wlstvolv, of Holland Park, was passing through a yard on his master's farm, he perceived some thine moving under some straw which was scattered about the pl ice, and on proceeding to the spot a fine fox darted off at his best speed, and made towards some paling, through which he attempted to pass, but reynard had mis calculated, with 411 his cunning, the size of his own car cass, as he became so tightly jammed between two of the pales that he could move neither one way nor the other, and was captured by the man, who cooveyed the wily intruder to the huntsman at the kennel, where he is reserved for a day's sport, before the East Sussex hounds, TRICKS of TRADE. —Every day affords practical illustrations of the contemptible tricks to which some tradesmen have recourse, in order to force the sale of their commodities, to the prejudice of the fair shopkeeper. The practice of marking up particular articles in shop windows, at a price so low as to induce people to enter the shop, who are afterwards disappointed in their ex• pected bargains, because they refuse to c o up le some article, which they do not want, with that which they de sire to purchase, is of every day occurrence, and fre quently leads , wh ere p eo ple do not choose to submit to imposition, to wanton impertinence. This was the case yesterday evening, at the shop of a haberdasher, on Lud gate-hill. A lady, a ccom p an i e d by a gentleman, perceiv ing a quantity of ribbon marked in the window f.r sale, all at SP., entered the shop, and desired the person be hind the counter would cut h er o ff e i g ht y a rds ; upon which, with a simpering self-sufficiency, he said that the price of Sid. applied to the narrow as well as to the broad ribbon, and unless an equal quantity of both w as t a k e n, it could not be sold at that price. The lady observed, that she thought this was unfa ir dealing, and quite incon sistent with the conduct of a fair tradesman ; neverthe less, she desired to see some narrow ribbon, of the same pattern, which the man milliner admitted he could not produce.. at The lady then desired that the quantity ! price marked ; but, in defiance of all expostulation, her re quest was refused, and impertinence was added to deception. j arty *ult. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1833. The Bishop of LONDON has, it appears, had frequent conferences with the Ministry on the subject of English Church Reform. His Lord ship is reported in the ecclesiastical circles to be much more liberal in his views than the Arch bishop of CANTERBURY, and to have offered some valuable suggestions as to the best mode of reforming the abuses in cathedral worship. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in the various meetings of the superior clergy, which were held a short time ago at his palace, expressed his de termination to resist with all his influence every attempt at Church Reform, which would be calculated to weaken the supremacy of the Established Church ; but declared that he was favourable to any arrangement as to tithes, which would have the effect of putting an end to the dissensions between the clergy and the tithe-payers, and to an augmentation of the stipends received by the inferior clergy, towards which he said he should for one be ready to con tribute by any personal sacrifice. At the same time the Archbishop is reported to have recom mended to the superior clergy to resort to all fair means of defeating attempts at Church Re form, which would partake of the character of spoliation—a measure of which he would have little apprehension from the declarations which had been made to him by Ministers, if he did not consider that Earl GREY and his colleagues might be driven farther than they intended to go, by the Movement party, unless they were restrained by the determination of the Con servatives. That Earl GREY'S plan of Church Reform is far more extensive than that of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY is pretty certain, but it is doubtful• whether the Premier or the Archbishop will be the stronger party on certain points of dispute, even as regards the bench of Bishops, many of whom are much more liberal in their sentiments than could, from their former conduct, have been reasonably expected. From the secrecy observed by Ministers, it is impossible to say what is the precise nature of the Reform which they intend to propose. It may, however, be inferred from what has tran spired as to the extent to which the Archbishop of CANTERBURY has expressed his willingness to go with Ministers, that it has been resolved to reduce the incomes of the superior clergy ; to raise the stipends of the inferior clergy ; to reform the abuses of cathedral patronage, and to amend the tithe system. These alone are important points, but there is good reason to be lieve that Ministers, after having kept faith with the public thus far, will not disappoint our just expectations on a subject which is calculated in an eminent degree to try their sincerity. With respect to the lamentations which the Archbishop of CANTERBURY made in his last charge, and at the meetings of the clergy at Lambeth, it may be observed that the Church is in little danger from any thing but itself. So long as its abuses remain, the people who pay so largely for its maintenance, and who, as far as religious instruction in their own creed is con cerned, can obtain it at a much cheaper rate, will not fail to demand Reform, and there will be little of that respect for the Established Church, without which it could not long hold its ground ; but it is a mistake to suppose that there is a party in this country, of the least power or influence, which is desirous of overthrowing the establishment. All men who are capable of reflection concur in thinking that an Established Church is absolutely es sential to our existing institutions. They merely desire such a Reform as shall make the Church useful, and prevent a few grinding and grasping Churchmen from appropriating to themselves the fruits of the poor man's labour, whilst the pious, working clergyman is little better off in worldly matters than the meanest of his flock. It has been much the fashion with the Bishops and the pluralists to attribute to the Protestant Dissenters a desire to over turn the Established Church; but what is there in the conduct of the Dissenters to warrant such a charge, and what would they gain by making the attempt ? The Dissenters know, as well as the Churchmen themselves, that so long as the other institutions of the country remain in their present form, an Established Church, will be requisite; and as no Church on earth is so tolerant as the Protestant Established Church when properly governed, they would be sorry to see it destroyed, and its destruction succeeded by a sectarian conflict for supremacy, equally injurious to the interests of religion, and to the freedom which they now enjoy. We sincerely believe that the whole body of Protestant Dissenters are as well dis posed towards the Established Church, as those who follow the doctrines of that Church ; but the Dissenters contribute to its support, and they have a right, in common with their fellow countrymen, to insist upon having its abuses reformed. In the House of Commons, last night, Lord ALTHORP, in reply to a question from Mr. HAMMOND, said that it was not the intention of Government to diminish the number of Bishops in the House of Peers. The latest accounts from Mexico, received by the Mexican Minister at our Court, are, we un derstand, highly satisfactory. The rival factions, sensible of the importance of union, have laid down the basis of arrangement, by which the Government will in future be better able than it has hitherto been to protect itself against a turbulent soldiery, and also to di minish the number of the standing army, which exceeds 65,000 regular troops, the officers of which, having no foreign enemy to contend with, look for promotion in the tumult of civil war. The Spanish Government having refused to recognise the independence of the South American States, and constantly kept up a menace of invasion, it has been impossible for the respective Governments to do without large stand ing armies, in order to convince the people of their ability to resist any attempt at reconquest by Spain. The expense attending these armies has absorbed the amount which would otherwise have gone to pay off the interest of their na tional debts, and kept up constant excitement and civil war. As far as Mexico is con cerned, a better prospect has opened, and it is also understood that a negotiation, under the auspices of Great Britain, will speedily be commenced with Spain, by which the indepen dence of the New State will be recognised for a pecuniary consideration, to which the Mexicans are ready to agree. Among the sessional orders which were agreed to in the House of Commons last night, was the following:—" Ordered, That the Sergeant-at- Arms attending this House, do, from time to time, take into his custody any stranger or strangers that he shall see, or be informed of to be, in the House or Gallery, while the House, or any Committee of the whole House, is sit ting ; and that no person, so taken into custody, be discharged out of custody without the special order of the House." And " That no Member of this House do presume to bring any stranger or strangers into the House or Gallery thereof, while the House is sitting." We rather imagine that this order was agreed to by the House, from the new Members not having had opportu nities of seeing the manner in which it works, han that a Reformed Legislature will persevere in the maintenance of such an absurdity on its records. Any one Member can, under this order, by simply saying to the SPEAKER, " I see strangers in the House," at once cause a clearance of the Gallery. The object supposed to be had in view is the keeping from the knowledge of the public, discussions, which it would be wrong to have known to any but the Members of the House. The attainment of this object, how.• ever, has been proved to be impossible, and the only effect of endeavouring to attain it has been to cause the publication of garbled statements ten times more annoying to the par- ties concerned, than the broad truth could have been. The cream of the joke is, that the order is violated every night ; that every Member violates it—that the SPEAKER violates it—that the Sergeant-at-Arms violates it—that strangers, who pay half-a-crown to the door-keeper, with the knowledge of the whole House, violate it, and are liable to be committed to Newgate— that every reporter who writes a word of what he nears doubly violates it, and is liable to imprisonment, and the certain payment of a heavy sum for fees, at the caprice of any Member whom his report may offend. Let it not be supposed that the power thus possessed by Members is never exer cised, that it is as inoperative as the Corpora tion Acts used to be; for hardly a session passes that the threat is not held out, or that some unfortunate printer or stranger is not ac tually taken into custody, and heavily mulcted, although perhaps instantly discharged with a slight reprimand. Mr. CANNING once wreaked his vengeance in this way upon a reporter, for having inserted a laugh in his speech, the accu racy of which he disputed. But even if no grievances actually arose out of this order, surely it would be more becoming the dignity of the House of Commons to erase it from their books, than have it continually violated. We trust HumE will ❑ot drop his intention of get ting rid of this order. By the American Papers to the 24th ult., we perceive that Congress is proceeding in a calm and cautious spirit to put in progress General JACKSON's recommendatio n for restoring tran quillity in South Carolina. This recommendation is, that coercion and concession shall progress together in company. It is still hoped that there will be no recourse to arms. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DAV AT ON IC O'CLOCK. ristexa OF STOCKS Tin. Rank Stock g per Cent. Red. SB 7 / 8 3 per Cent Cons ..87%% 3% per Cent 95 tiPto Red..... 94% - 5 k. 4 gew3% per Cent. 94%% 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1826... 1 02% % Kink Long Ann. to exnire Jan. 5, 18130 17 3-16 Oct. 10, 1859...17% 1-16 3-16 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 ..... - Jan. 5. 1870., PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 91 k Belgian Bonds 835 3 %, Ditto Account KNN Brazilian Bonds New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 30 32 pm. South Sea Stock ..... SlB% Old Annuities....... ...... New Ditto..- ...... .-....... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 44 46 pm. Ditto.. ........500 44 46 pm. . Ditto g . mall Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised nm. Bank for Account 196% India for Account — Cons. for Feb. 27 RN% Ditto Account 5B Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Isy, Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 1214 Ditto Account .or 4 Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account 3'3 1 4 Danish Bonds ^3% Ditto Account Greek Bonds 26y Ditto Bonds, !89.5 30% Ditto A ccount Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto Account CSC Ditto, 8 per cent. — Ditto Account.... .... .31% 2 Neapolitan THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds l2yi 1 Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 49% Ditto Account Regency Scrip 44; dis. Ditto Account 4lilis. Prussian Bonds 102% Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 ...... Russian Bonds, 1822 lO4 Ditto Account 104104 New Loan 95 Spanish Bonds, 1821 16% (Ditto Account 1638 Ditto Bonds, i 823 1 5 1,4% —... . Ditto Arcotint French Rentes. sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f —a per cent. -f -c. Exchange —f —r. Dutch 45% Ditto Account 45% French Scrip 4% pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at Si. pm.) £loo Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at W. pm.) £2O Ditto National. Ditto St. John National.. Rey Ditto Cocaes. 5 British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Milling Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 49% English Mining Company 12% l;eneral Mining Association • l2 Mexican Mining Co. £46 Heal del Monte Mining C 0...., Tlalpuxahua Mining Co 330 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. ...... Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company ..... 17 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 Per Share. 10% 140 58 1644 4.% 5 18, 8% 25% 8% 13% 10 X 1 6 6 6% 45ki 29% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEB. 10. Bank Stock .... ..... ....• 197% St. Patrick lnsur.(pe►Share) Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 93% National Ditto 25 Ditto, New 93% Patriotic Ditto 4 per Cent — Hibernian Bank 22 Gov. Deb. 3% percent... Bg% Provincial Ditto ..... Royal Canal Stock 3B►q Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent....... Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast ()thee Deb. 4p. c. commercial 'Buildings — FR von FUNDS, PARIS, FEB. 11.—Five per Cents. 1031.50 c. 30c. ; Loan of 1832, 103 f. 50c. ; Four and a Half per Cents., 100 f.; Four per Cents. 92f. 50c. 15c ; Threeper Cents., 77f. 55c. 10c. ; National Loan, 103 f. 40c. 45c.; Bank Shares, 1,690 f. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 1 1 Hamburg ....... ...... 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres ....... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Carthagena ...... ...... 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 2 0 Flanders 1 0 Malta 0 0 France 1 0 Sweden 1 0 Guernse% &Jersey.. 1 ' 1 Waterford 0 ARRIVALS. The Earl of Roden, at the Hyde-park Hotel, Hyde-park place, from Oxford; Mrs. Wells, at ditto, from the Continent ; the Rev. F. Gildart, at ditto, from West Wyckham ; the Rev. C. Raikes, at ditto, from Drayton ; the Rev. H. Small, at ditto, from St. Alban's; Sir T. D. Hesketh, Bart., at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, from his seat Rufrord Hall, Lancashire; Sir J. Fitzgerald, Bart., at ditto, from Armi tage-park, Lichfield; W. Stevens, Esq., and family, at ditto, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. H. Galion and family, at ditto, from a tour; Lord Thomas Hay, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford street, from Cheltenham; Col. Edwards, at ditto, from Wales; Sir T. Hayes, Bart., at ditto from Hastings; W. Baxter, Esq., at ditto, from Doncaster; J. Wynne, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; the Right Hon Lord Viscount Gort, at Nerot's Hotel, from Dublin; C. B. Wall, M.P., in Berkeley.square; Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick, in Berkeley-square; S. L. Fox, Esq., M.P., and Lady Charlotte, at Whitehall, from Hornby Castle; Lord and Lady E. Thynne, in Richmond-terrace, from Melton Mowbray; J. H. Penruddock, Esq., M.P., in Curzon-street, Mayfair; Lord and Lady F. L. Gower, at Bridgewater House, from Oatlands ; Mr. and Mrs. Camac, in Mansfield-street, from Hastings ; Sir John and Lady Anne Beckett, in Stratford-place, from Apthorpe ; the Earl and Countess Grosvenor, in Gros venor-square, from Eaton Hall; J P. Williams, Esq., M.P., in Berkeley-square, from Marlborough ; Gen. Sir R. C. Fergusson, M.P., in Bolton-row; Mrs. B. Hughes, in Hertford-street, May.. fair; P. C. Labouchere, Esq., in Hamilton-place, from Hylands, near Chelmsford ; J. S. Knight, Esq., in Upper Seymour street ; J. H. Langston, Esq, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Langston, in Piccadilly, from Sarden House, near Chipping Norton ; C. S. Lefevre, Esq., M.P., in Eaton-place, Belgrave.square ; the Earl and Countess Balcarras, in Berkeley.square, from Haigh-hall, in Lancashire; the Earl and Countess of Beverley and the Ladies Percy, in Portman-square, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Taylor, in Whitehall place, from Durham; J. N. Faza kerly, Esq., M.P., in Upper Brook-street; Vice-Admiral Sir E. Codrington, M.P., in Eaton-square. DEPARTURES. Sir James and Lady Whitshed, and Miss Whitshed, from Nerot's Hotel, for Horsham; Sir R. Gordon, from the Claren don Hotel, for Brighton. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slit,-Observing a paragraph in your Paper of yester. day's date, upon Corporation Reform, taken from the Hampshire Telegraph, stating, that " the Portsmouth corporation had been hitherto close, but always respectable,' I beg to say, that the borough contains from 50 to 60,000 persons, out of which there were only about five Aldermen and seven Burgesses resident, that pos. sensed the right of elective franchise, previous to the passing of the Reform Bill. If they were not respectable, no one can deny but they were select. They have now been induced to cell fifty favourites, and made Burgesses of them, to partake of the municipal advantages, leaving out the greater number of the most respectable and the oldest inhabitants of the town. Surely Corporation Reform is necessary here. Portsmouth, Feb. 13, 1833. A SUBSCRIBER. An evening contemporary has announced that the Duchess of DIN° intends to give her first soiree to morrow (Friday). This is a mistake—the soirée is net to take place until Friday, the 22d inst. This being the day appointed for the funeral of Alderman WAITHMAN, the windows of the Guildhall were all closed. Soon after 12 o'clock, a procession was formed, consisting of the LORD MAYOR, in his privat. carriage, the two Sheriffs, and a vast number of the Court of Common Council in mourning-coaches. They started a little before one o'clock, to join the funeral, and alto- gether, the Civic part of the procession consisted of upwatds of 60 carriages. ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY.—Yesterday, a meet ing was held at the Thatched-house to receive the reports of the committee as to the measures taken for preserving St. Alban's Abbey—Earl of VERULAM in the chair. The report stated that part of the nave of the church, which fell down in Feb., 1832, had been repaired at an expense of 347/. ; and that the roof of the nave, west of that part, had been ordered to be repaired—the estimated expense being 728/. The committee have in hand 2,4001., and the expense of repairing the whole building is estimated at 7,000/.--The Bishop of LONDON, Mr. Muza, Lord GRIMSTON, the Reverend Archdeacon WATsoN, Mr. S. TAYLOR, Mr. ETTY, Mr. COTTINOHAM, and the ReV. Archdeacon POTTs, addressed the meeting, trusting that the public would not allow such a structure to decay. DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE AT BRIGHTON. —One of the most painful and distressing cases in our memory came before Mr. SEYMOUR on Friday. SARAH CooKE, aged only 16, the servant of Mr. MEW, of Mig hell-street, was on that day brought before the Magistrate, charged with having -vilfully set fire to her master's house early that morning before the family were up. About a quarter to seven, Mr. MEW, finding his bed room, in which his wife and two children slept, filled with smoke, got out of bed, and on opening the door, per ceived flames in the passage, and the staircase apparently en fire. He threw up the window, gave the alarm to the workmen in his shop, who brought a supply of water, and happily quenched the flames. On investiga tion it was clearly perceptible that the sofa in the front parlour, which is immediately under Mr. M.'s hed-room, had been set fire to, and that the flames had speedily spread to the door behind which the sofa was immedi ately placed. The curtains of the back parlour, between which arid the front parlour there was no immediate com munication, were also set fire to on each side; but being made of stuff, and their being no current of air, the fir, did not burn. The bed curtains in prisoner's bed-room, which adjoins her master's, were also found burning, and her box, containing her clothes, w:s found put away in safety in the garden under the wall. Prisoner was up when the fire was first discovered, but did not give alarm to the family ; and it was found, that although prisoner had been up nearly an hour, not any of the household work was done. There had not been any fires lighted in the gratis. When questioned by her master, prisoner ad mitted that she let the candle fall on the sofa in-the front parlour, and being alarmed by the fire, she fetched her box down stairs, and took it into the yard ; but she could not account for the fire in her bod-rJom and the back parlour, nor could she say why she did not alarm the fa mily. On questioning Mr. and Mrs. Mew, the Magistrate was informed that prisoner, who came from Chichester, and who had never before been out to service, had been with them about a month—that there had been no quarrel —that she appeared to be very comfortab!e—that sire had left her home at her own wish—and, finally, that they could not comprehend the motive that should have in duced her to destroy their property or endanger their lives. Her box was searched, but it contained nothing suspicious. Prisoner has a very meek appearance, and altogether the affair is most painfully mysterious. She was remanded.— Brighton Guardian. MR. ST. JOHN LONG TOTALLY ECLIPSED. —ln the small village of Egerton, until lately, resided a man named COUCHMAN, the seventh son of a seventh son of that name. Though toil forsook him not, his exertions from year to year were unrequited by prolific crops, and all, as he himself declares, because he had " a call," which he heeded not. Firially he obeyed the summons, quitted a spot which had proved nought but misery to him, and now resides at Tyler-bill, near this city, where he is practising the " healing art" with wonderful, nay astonishing, suc cess, for the Mind are made to see and the lame to walk, and the impotent regain their wonted strength. Such is the fame of this man, that some hundreds of persons have visi•ed him during the last week, many from H rne- Whitstable, and Canterbury. Vie will give the descrip, tion of a miraculous cure, performed upon a man named STRINGER, in his own words:—" Well, Master S—," said CoucrastAN, "what beret matter wid you?" " I have a tightness in my chist, Sir, and can't breathe." 0 that's but trifling !" whereupon he seized hold of the patient, and thrusting his hand beneath his waistcoat, with a knowing look, said, " Your lights are twisted," and, using certain incantations, pronounced him well. STRINGER next morning declared he bad not slept so soundly for many a long night. A poor man app ied to be cured of minutia in the arm. Dr. COOCIIMAN grasped the afflicted part, and found an evil spirit therein. By sundry squ,tzings he contrived to remove the spirit to the elbow, while the man bellowed lustily with pain; at l e ngth it reached the fingers' ends, and fled. The man, to use a quack expression, " is as well as ever he was in his life," thanks to Dr. COUCIIMAN. A poor woman, with a lameness of five years' stinding, would have walked with out crutches on Sunday, had not the boisterous weather prevented her. A thousand other instances might be ad duced, but those above suffice to show the success of Doctor COUCIIMAN's treatment.—Kentish Chronicle. Some nights since incendiary notices were posted about, or sent to the principal occupiers of Edge field, near Holt, and, notwithstanding prec tutionary mea sures were adopted in consequence, one of them was carried into execution on Wednesday morning last, about one o'clock, on the premises of G. 13. BALLACHEY, Esq., when a barn containing corn, likewise a corn-stack, were c onsumed ; another stack was saved by the exertions of what few people could be collected at that time ; it is pro bable that this daring act was perpetrated by the same monster as the preceding ones in this neighbourhood during the present season, they having all occurred in a very small angle.--Norfolk Herald, COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL, V, BOLTON ♦ND OTHERS. Mr. FOLLETT opened the case by stating that this WO an action brought by the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of Liverpool, to recover certain tolls from the defendants, who were merchants of that town. The defendants had pleaded that they were not liable. Sir JAMES SCA KLETT said he had the honour to appear as Counsel for the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool, who sought to recover certain tolls which had been received, as he would show from the most ancient period, and which had but seldom been disputed, but when disputed bad re ceived the solemn sanction of the law. The defendants, who were most respectable American merchants, had, however, thought proper to set the plaintiffs once more to prove their title. If it were pe►mitted to any advocate to mix up a personal feeling in the interests of his clients, he must express the great interest which he felt in the pros perity of the Corporation of Liverpool. Ile was indebted to the county of Lancaster for the possession of his first pro fessional hopes ; there he was cradled in professional know. ledge, and be was indebted to that Corporation for the first brief which he ever held in that county. He should therefore reflect with peculiar pleasure if upon this occasion he should contribute to uphold their interests, knowing that his first and but feeble efforts were exerted in assisting his late friend Lord Erskine in asserting their rights. He felt also greatly for the distinguished improvement which had taken place in the port of Liverpool, and .ts advancement in every species of commerce, until with rapid strides it rivalled the metropolis itself. It is not more than a century since the Corporation commenced making those improvements which bad progressed to the present day. In com parison with every other part of the world, the port of Liverpool was distinguished by the cheap• ness, despatch, and facilities afforded to commerce, and although in London, and almost every other port, the duties on commerce had last year decreased, yet in Liverpool the result had been the other way. It was known, that in that port a large West India ship could enter, discharge her cargo, take in an outward-bound one, and leave the port in the short space of four days. In no other part of the world had so much money been expended in affording facilities to commerce, and although the time might arrive when the Corporation of Liverpool would decay or be crushed by the hand of violence, still it would long be remembered for its public spirit and the great benefits which had been derived from its exertions. The tolls now sought to be recovered had been received as long back as human memory could reach, if parole evidence could ihe depended upon; if he wished other evidence, other evi deuce he could show, by the Corporation hooks, that they had been received ever since the reign of Elizabeth, and if he waned higher authority, he could trace it to the times of Henry VIII., Henry VI., Henry IV., Edward 111., Edward 1., and King John. He believed that so clear a deduction of title bad never been made before a Jury. In point of magnitude this was the greatest cause ever tried in this Court, and the great importance of it to the public, equally claimed the attention of the Jury. If the plaintiffs should be defeated, the public must no longer expect the con tinuance of those improvements in the port of Liverpool which the increasing commerce and increasing demands of the port required. The Learned Counsel then proposed to class his evidence—first, by proving the title of the Cor poration to exact the tolls from the most ancient times, and then to show the nature of that which was claimed under the title. Those be would prove by written and parole evidence. First, as to the title. The Jury were aware that, in ancient times, a greater portion of the ports of England were in the possession of the Crown, who imposed dues on im ports and exports at pleasure. In progress of time, those ports were conveyed, in some instances, to individuals along with the right to collect those dues, In the early periods it was the practice of the Crown to farm out those ports, particularly by King John, who farmed to the Society of Lombards the tolls of many ports—that of Li verpool, among others. That continued until the reign of William the Conqueror. By the Doomsday Hoak, it appeared, that Roger I'oyton held from the King all lands between the rivets Ribble and Mersey, which included Liverpool. King Henry 11. granted the town of Liverpool to one Fitzwarren, who afterwards exchanged with the King for some other lands. Henry 111. granted a charter to the town, in which, among other things, were included all " right and due customs." It gave the right of all foreigners to trade there unmolested by the King, and in the same reign the King farmed to the Corporation of Liverpool all dues at a rental of 10/. a-year. That 10/. a•year was collected for many years. Henry 111. afterwards granted all the lands between the Ribble and Mersey to Renald, Earl of Chester, who had three daughters, the youngest of which married William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby; that family did not derive their title from Derby, in the county of that name, but from the hundred of West Derry, i❑ the county of Lancaster. That Earl of Derby died, leaving his son Robert a minor; and Henry the Third, as was the custom of those times, appointed his eldest son Edward the guardian of the per son and property of the young Earl during the minority of the latter. An account of the Bailiffs of Prince Edward, during the minority of Earl Robert, would be produced i❑ which mention was made of the receipt of dues and cus toms at Liverpool as " tolls, stallage, and passage." When Robert, Earl of Derby, became of age, he thought fit to join Simon de Montfort in a Rebellion against Henry 111., upon which all his property was confiscated, and the King conveyed his estates to his youngest son, Prince Edmund, who was created E irl of Lancaster ; after the death of that Prince, an Inquisitio post mortem was held, as was then customary, to ascertain what lands and manors, with their value, were the property of the deceased, and the Jury found, among others, that he bad Liverpool, whose tolls, &c., were then valued at 101. a year. Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, left a son Thon;ias, to whom the property descended, and on whose deith Henry, Earl of Lancaster, succeeded. The county of Lancaster was then made a county palatine, and Henry was created Duke of Lancaster. Henry le►t three daughters, the youngest of whom (Blanche) had for her dowry several castles and possessions, among which was Liverpool. She married John of Gaunt, who then became possessed of all that property, and the Duchy of Lancaster had certain privileges conveyed to it which at present existed, and which, no doubt, the Jury were aware of. John of Gaunt was the father of Henry IV., and from the accession of Henry IV. to the crown, the title of Duke of Lancaster had vested in the Crown. Sir James Scarlett quoted several documents, in order to show that the port of Liverpool belonged to the town of Liverpool, and he adverted to a singular fact, that was omitted by all historians, though it is recorded in the Exchequer, that men and arms used to be sent to Liver pool, to be shipped to Ireland and Wales. Henry 11. used to send expeditions of men and arms from Liverpool and Chester. Edward the Third sent his writ to the different ports—Liverpool among the rest—requiring them to detain ships in order that they they might be furnished and equipped, to proceed to Scotland and assist in quelling the rebellion in that country. That writ was sent to the bailiffs of Liver pool, who were supposed to have control over the port. In 1444, Henry the Sixth granted a lease of the port to a person " with all the profits and commodities to the same belonging, save and except the prisage of wines." The reserved rent was 211. a year. Edward the Fourth also granted a lease of the town of Litherpoole (Liverpool being then so spelt), together with " all dues, customs, and liberties anciently due and belonging," for 12 years, at 141. sterling. The pro perty continued in the Crown, subject to the same mode of leasing, until the time of Charles the First. Many of those leases had been granted to the ancient family of Molyneux, Earls of Sefton, who were anciently the King's bailiffs of Liver.. pool. In 16.28, the King, having occasion for money, granted a variety of possessions, and among them was a lease of Liverpool, its stallage, tolls, and customs to Ditch field and others, as trus_ tees for the corporation of London, by whom it was conveyed to the family of Molyneux. In 1777 the corporation of Liverpool, who had obtained a long lease from Lord Molyneux, purchased the reversion for (we helieve) 17,0001. that was the nature of the title of the corporation. It is not more than 50 or 60 years since persons were living who could recollect Liverpool as almost a mere fishing town. Lord Erskine, when he went to Lancaster, to defend the rights of the Corporation, said that he had seen Liverpool at an early period of his life, and was astonished at seeing forty years afterwards what the hand of improvement had done. The tolls in the times of Henry VIII., and of Eli. zabeth, hardly exceeded 30/., which the Corporation paid for them. It was not until the time of Queen Anne that the Cor poration, having expended its resources in improving the town, solicited an act for building Docks, and from that period might be dated the improvement of the port, so that the tolls that then did not amount to 9.001, now amounted to a very considerable sum indeed. The Learned Counsel then recapitulated a va. riety of leases, showing their periods, by whom granted, and the payment of rents by the Corporation of Liverpool. He then proceeded to state, that from a very early period it had been the practice of the Corporation to frame by-law's, impos ing fines on all foreigners trading there. By the books of the Corporation, as far back as any books existed (Queen Eliza beth's reign), it appeared that the Corporation appointed an officer to collect the dues, and to account to them for the amount. The very tolls now claimed were in the time of Queen Elizabeth very trifling. In 1580 they were £2.2 0 0 1623 1651 1670 1720 (after the first docks were built) • 425 0 0 _ - )729 2,162/, 2,999/. in In thefour7rso£4,479succeeding years, 1,163/ , 1,138 1., 1790 1801 19,728 1810 21,418 1820 33,090 And from that period the amount continued to increase to its ' • present extent ; vi;. lietween 49,0004 ATIOO I OOOI. During the same period the Corporation h a d expended large " nliIP provements. He would not take into account what the of the docks had cost; but, since 1773, the Corporatiotll, pended, in opening and widening the streets, 63 E; adding that to the expense of building gaols, frees infirmaries, markets, and other public buildit formed an aggregate of 1,168,6661. in ire r°l town. All that money was, by means of the the dispute. The treasurers' accounts would show rh at , had been received, and not disputed for the last 130 cept in one remarkable instance. Certain corporations, charters, were exempted from paying those tolls in i t, —for instance of Bristol, London, Lancaster, and one e%At Ireland. The Corporation of Liverpool claim theerT exact tolls from the freemen of those boroughs, who w ed resident in the jurisdiction of their own corporation. of Lyndon, in 1794, insisted that their nonresident freerTh" right of trading there from the tolls. An actinnhelbl.l and the right of Liverpool was so completely establis h reeet verdict, that many other persons who had withheld pa ir s the tolls, immediately paid up all their arrears. T h „ ia t ot case on the part of the plaintiffs, and he hope d o pel Jury would not, by their verdict, overset o _4l l custom, and one that had conferred so great a e u 'i o ali commerce as this would be proved to have done. T h r ty Counsel then called Mr. Kingworth, who had ircn in . e ,, - Deputy Keeper of the Records in the Tower, bu t ro . isv now a translator of ancient Records, who proceeded,,,, t49- 01 pl different ancient documents which the Learned 00' alluded to in his address to the jury, and had not task when our reporter left at two o'clock. „ l oin (We shall give the remainder of the day's pr oceed Second pr Second Edition.) rporationt REPEAL OF THE ASSESSED TA MEETING OF THE PARISHIONERS of ST. rLE P DANES.— (THIS DAY.) el This morning a very numerous and highly respec— table S ' ing of the inhabitants, householders, and other rate-Pa the parish of St. Cl ement Danes, was held in the Ye S de fo opposite to the chur c h, t o ta k e i nto most serious ceg' s i l the propriety of petitioning the Legislature to 7 0 house and window d u ti es , and on other important b tu % 90 The meeting was con vene d b y M essrs. Bann i s ter an if' the churchwardens, upon a requisiti on most respect 3bil by the inhabitants. At 11 o'clock, Mr. BANNISTER, the senior churc took the chair, for g 4 Mr. COLLIER, the vestry-clerk, read the notice ad s vening the meeting and the requisition to the church * which contained upwards of 60 signatures. of The CHAIRMAN observed, that in consequene e o requisition now read being p resen t e d to t h e church'ivard e hept and his worthy c o ll eague f e l t i t their duty to conv ene ;01 sent meeting. Being a co ll ector of taxes, it mightn,ise be inferred that he w as averse to the repeal of the o°-- 0 erg i window duties, and conse quen tl y would have scrupled iSf ing the wishes of his f e ll ow par i sh i oners. Such feelings'rti ever, did not actuate his conduct, for being a tax coll." 0 .0 was deeply sensible of the iniquity and oppressive at the house and window duties, and therefore anxious npl should be repealed. If the Meeting considered hirnt ° person to fill the chair, h e t ruste d t h at i t wou ld al p " other one to supply his place.—(Cheers.) P iPti Aftter some farther sp eec h es, a P av i ng Boar d WA S SP and the Meeting separated. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (THIS nit - FROM LLOYD'S. a rive , ' Al DEAL, FEB. 13.—Wind S.W., strong.—r.r, oe s, •", Thomas King, Williamson, from Demerara, Bat l ""„ f otbef, Dominica; Cornet, Vaux, from Madeira ; the TWO j r it) I' for Madeira, and Isabella, have put back, and remain p ith outward bound. 0 1 tiji PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Wind W.S.W.—Atrl Creole, French frigate, from the Downs. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 12.—Wind S.S.W. e iti ° FALMOUTH, FEB. 12.—Wind W.S.W. to 5.5. breezes. ...4., hi fi L l BATAVIA, SEPT. 21.—The Royalist, w h a l er , Ha rris , 01" struck on a reef off one of the Philipine islands, O le , leaky and unmange a bl e, was obliged to proceed to _. o f il li where she was surveyed, condemned, and sold—P 3 '" cargo will be put on board the Alexander. sidid MARGATE, FEB 13.—Arrived off port the TW ° Sprague, from Villa Nova. 1 1 COWES, FEB. la—Arri ve d th e D yson, Stewart, fO ra Janeiro. BRISTOL, FEB. 13.—A rr i ve d t h e L ark, from Terce ill' LIVERPOOL, FEB. l2 — Arrived the Plutarch, "" ,„ c and Nelson Village, K enn, from New Orleans. 1.11. e of Carrolton, Bird, an d C onst i tution, Wilson, from Sl', al yor and the Humphrey Cr oc k er, and Sheffield, from 14° L l e , 0 ' the Corsair, Jenkinson, f rom Halifax, the Pearl, t4"c-010, Cherub, Woodcock, from St. Mi c h ae l' s. Offpor t the 1 a l bian, from Lima. . J i. fil i° D." GREENOCK, FEB. 11.—Arrived the Mary CaraP Demerara; and the Albion, from Sierra Leone. ;. The Thomas King, Williamson, sailed from Deis .cd ult. ; Barbadoes the 10th ; Dominica the 16th ; and art , fro , ' Falmouth on the 11th inst., being only twenty-six ds l :4ol\ t '' Dominica. Saw lying in B asse T erre Roads, on the 1'0000: two French men-of.war schooners, one disembarking osr and exchanged colou rs w i t h a French frigate, oft-the 0' Vt apparently crui s i ng. Th e /Friel and Sappho sailed fl.°seril' merara on the 7th J anuary, f or the Clyde. The Gll rbge:, Tones, arrived on th e same d ay from the Clyde and et, His Majesty's ship Arachne, was cruising off the C O ' .- going into Barbadoes, on the 3d ult., his Majesty's sl3iP pelf Star hailed the Thomas, King, and the Reliance, from 1 ,44; rara to Cork. Put in th a t d ay t h ere f or water the Janson hart ; and the Gratitude, were lyi ng a t D om inica 16th ult. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CL- n G P 1E Montreal Papers to th e 18th J anuary, Quebec 1° t- h e c elf January, and Halifax to th e 15th J anuary, have b e en re at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Montreal papers.) tbf The mystery which has for some days past enveloP D ot , good folks of Quebec and Montreal, in relation to the P. r° ,00 6 cause of the Solicitor's resignation of his seat in p arlis si may be now explained. That gentleman has been n an' ,,i 11 1# torney-General, instead of Mr. Stewart, whose disinO s "., office has been acceded to by the Colonial Department , o ' y suance to the address of the present House of Assembly Pff, A private letter from New York says, that a rue l ",:,,pl3' wailed that the prorogation of the Legislature would on the 22d instant. his g ° LOWER CANADA.—Mr. Ogden, wh o res i g ns .. 6 , o err the House of Assembly, h as b een appo i nted AttorneY of the Colony. The Quebec and Halifax Papers are void of interest. THE FUNDS. pre en ° I The tempestuous w ea th er o f last night has Pr e , n a ,tIY , ., arrival of informati on f rom the Continent ; consetin'' the present time we are without any political news fr°li quarter. 7 11. ' The prices of F renc h R entes, on Monday, came loWerleog Consols opened at th e same pr i ce t h ey left off Se t e 87 3z i for the Account, with nothing doing a s yet. o f 0 The Foreign Market is in the same state as th at British, and the prices are just the same as yesterdaY . afi • ' ' HALF-PAST net e „ We are still without an y arr i va l s f rom the con tinen t ' o f tr theless, the Funds h ave i m p rove d s i nce the ear l y ' part ova i morning, when Consols were 87% ie for the Accoun t, present may be quoted at 87% N . Thi s rise is attri o the Money Market being goo d t , with country order s 4 00 chase, the Reform in the Iri s h Ch urc h having bee n f 35 received in several parts of our Interior. 0 6 This being settling-day i n th e F ore i gn Market. t tidi busy making up their accounts, w hi c h , up t o the Pre'e.i„' are going off favourably; and all foreign sec urities '" their prices. Consols are now 87i THREE 0' C-D" C Consols for the Account 87f:1. r ß g e y n m nh a , n de i I n t ia t n A g Fo t l h k at i: as retired r his :pdin Mag A iste C ria le l office of a Civil Magistrate was incompatible with as a minister of CHRIST. TVorcester Herald. 00' In 1723, the estates near Birminghai ll ' h •so possessed by Lord CALTHORFE, were purchased b y t be i t ; cestor for 23,0001. In 1743 they were offered ItY . L oa t , ' mediate successor of this purchaser to Mr. I.l ' ll n - u al 21,000/, and refused. They now produce an ' ll ,/ - • come of that amount.— Volverhampton Chros"" e 0 In our report of Tuesday's proceeding s to IP House of Commons, we committei a slight i n accur fl e i n 'ted:, sentecce of one of Mr. CORBETT'S speeches. T be :l 6 l ol3 ' I in question should have run as follows :—" I w°- that the p oor man i n some cases paid forty times a 4 0 . as the rich man in the same direct tax ; and th at uPiiid ti whol e taxation, the middle a n d wor ki n g claa" 4 r tba t i r times as mu c h as the nobility and land- 0 % 001 : 0 e to say, f our t h ousan d per cent. in one case, an d stud per cent. in the other case. On the Bth inst. in Lloyd-sq BIRTHS. uare, the lady of •eut.-C° Walker, CIL and C.H., of a son. Ash, On the II th inst. at the Hi g h H ouse , CampseY the lady of the Rev. Robert Wilson, of a son. A lv MARRIED. he Re ai; e ' On the 13th inst. at Hammersmith (7hurch, I ‘, od brl Mangles, sun of James Mangles, Esq., M.P., of 1. 4-ceU rt. Georgiana, daughter of George So.t, Esq., of Gl'po4,; . . On the 13th inst after a short but severe i llnes s , • square, Mr. J. Yates Cooper, of the Colosseun in the 5 0 of his age. Anne-of On the 11th inst., at an advanced age, in Queen Cavendish-square, the Hon. Catherine St. Giorgio, late Hon. William Brab..zon. At Hampstead, aged 66, Robert Devall, Escl PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOU - O. SUN OPENS, 11S, STIUND, LoNDON. f ~ ~I , ~~ ~ ~; 44,1%4 RI b by tto uto, bit t t l kNir " 211e l li I 1t17 44e 41144 S P"It'. ' t 46 Day i 2,1% VI ol ilet7 °OG P b e • kT4t, ° t' • , k: 141 4 9t. !ttreio„ th ou Airt h . " . r-4 1 1 ti t • I AI Cita Y•2O <Wal l e ,";, p, s l t •, `l-- tai 40004 r PA '9 _ it til iZ; t l t4 Itteottit C l k1.44E, 14 PT