The Sun. — London, England, 1833-02-04 00:00:00

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Ditt0............500 47 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial. pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account. India for Account 'Cons. fcr Feb. 27 . 88 4%3i THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account iPortuguese Bonds Ditto Account. 5O i Regency Scrip 4i dis. Ditto Account 4f,' ciis. Prussian Bonds — 1 Ditto Account —... i Ditto Bonds, 1822 — 'Russian Bonds, 1822 103.7.4 Ditto Account lO3 1 New Loan 95 Spanish Bonds, 1821 l6Vi Ditto Account 16 , 1 i Ditto Bonds, 1823 15% Ditto Account — !French Rentes, sp. c.103f —e. Exchange 2sf 80c. •—ft per cent. —f c. Exchange —f —c. Dutch 454 i 6 5% 6 1 4 Ditto Account4s% 6 5% 6% French Scrip 4!•:, pm. r ltl --------- -S or --- -------k O'CLOCK. SHARES THIS DAT AT OH S , Rio k Paid. Per Share. 12 Rola n , ex. lin. Co. lies. at 5/. pm.) £ lo ° 152% £l5O ar_arilia,, N , t inMß Company 53 oitt o - 'P. Alin. Co. (its. at 5/. pm.) £ 2O 16% bitto National 17% 4% Ditt St J ohn Del Rey 54 8r C o e 5 18% Colit,,,Pl IN ining Company £so 04`,,iiazi. Mng Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) " I N .I.,_n. Mining Company 12% Alexr Milling Association 1 4,1,, 0 , Alining Co. £46 2.1411,4"e' N o nte . M . ining Co. ..., 11r11,„.ntia Mining Co 330 - Ne x. r) i i-; me Min. C. o (iss. at 21. pin.) 40 10% % 10 14% % 14 ikti6Lo w S l'io t llee Fire l eim 5 nsurance Comp lO 9% £1 6 0 AtuC°, Insurance Como. 7 t a r_ah an co. 25% Q1.,11 Companv 17 45% 9% NT. 41 Steam Navigation Co. 3 Meial Bank of Ireland 25 29% "5 25 7 4 24 25 24,4 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE ARMY , Da rs AND NAVY. ay, February 9, will be published, the Fir s t Numer, price 7d. of TaturdHE NAvAL b AND MILITARY GA WP—E ZETTE, and KLY CHRONICLE OF THE UNITED Th e SERVICE. vi etio nadertaking here announced is the result of a con. 1 51 , 4 4 that has been long entertained, of the necessity for on establish e d me di um of commun i cat i on and intelli s,rvi co ncerning a ll mat t ers o f i nterest to t h e two M art i a l a c i npte l 7, to appear at shorter intervals than those hitherto the m e Occasions are incessantly arising, on which erin, e-41ners of tw o professions, so important in number, fseij t F ti " , i and duties, as the Army and Navy, require affort f or immediate intercou l s e . Th ese ca nn o t b e I sst ‘ fi: d by the "Monthly Journal," which, during the Years, has be e n re c ogn is e d as th e i r es t a bl is h e d 4 4 d" ‘ „ e ;1„ 1 fo r subjects and opiions admitting of leisurely eo, and more elaborate tr n eatment. It is, therefore, 1 4 :4'l that a Weekly Paper, which, besides possessing 4141jlential recommendation of more frequent appearance, ItllieCncentrate in its columns every ray of information 41 4 tlll ' inquirer must otherwise seek in scattered nais tilltae" sources, cannot but be most acceptable to the 1p 4 '4 the two Services. A td dition t o a cons t ant supp l y o f use f u l i n f ormat i on 4 4 41 ( "Thject of a professional nature, THE NAVAL Psti I4 ' I ILITARY GAZETTE w ill i nc l u d e a ll t h e im -44t feature s o f a N ewspaper , so as to present a con ad ml of general newa, together with th e mo s t Th d etails on the topics constituting its main purpose. 4111...1 arr angements made for the conduct of this Paper the • l ration and the most 4 1 , 41 _ highest professional co-operation Tear. contributions f rom th e fi rst N ava l an d Milit ar y , b 'sti l ,"' Publi s h e d ever y S atur d ay a f ternoon, b y W. -. t1, 4) d 19 , Catherine-sti:eet, Strand ; to whom com 41 4 r -4 for the Editor (postage free) are requested to be Nt. Orders received by all the Newsmen. TO CORRESPONDENTS. POULErr SCAOPE'S Letter to-morrow - *nit+ LONDON, JNI) AY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1833. eont e are not in the habit of censuring our th e "tnPoraries merely because they now and ilie lld isPort th emse l ves w i t h throwing mud at jieighb ours ; b ut t h ere are certa i n occasions it hich it would be as culp a ble to be silent as ec t t4l4 be imprud en t t o b e cr iti ca l. S uc h an 'et 4i i "n now presents itself. It must be in the ag'etion of the public, that nearly two years ete ( l; °4l ALTHORP took great and very just pos ° himself and the Government for a pro adv:' r educti on o f t h e taxes on newspapers an d fi i i l 4tise r nents. The concession was as grate tendY e , te eeived by the public as it was liberally Tit lie t , , Q by the enlightened Ministers of Reform. def ei ; We nt on, but the promised bo on was still At 1 ; it was cons id ere d enoug h b y L or d n ll°ll P to h ave exc i te d p u bli c expec t at i on rreei 4( ler hope deferred" the more lin•°4s i .O make n its fulfilment. Happily for the th e h str Y, R e f orm was t h e or d er o f t h e d ay, and avv av °ll r of p rom i se never came. Time passed t he an d with it t h e o ld P ar li ament , that ha il ed ' k ee °rnplishment of a reduction of the taxes Iter n n° wiedge t o ma k e way f or a new an d wo u l - fi ttl eci Parliament, which, it was hoped, we 1 : Carry th at re d uct i on i nto e ff ect ; b ut i f of it4Y Judge by an article (in another column or ßa q e Sun) f rom t h e Globe—the presumed pl. l - e ' ll of Mi n i sters—that reduction will not take b e -e ' And why? Because such reduction would b ut r h Nudici a l to t h e pu bli c ? N ot altogether so ; -ee ause the Times and Her a ld, an d Gl o b e , ,D ve l / 411 1 i not o has the largest circulation o f th e d ent ng Papers, have never more than inci tikeallY allud e d to t h e su b ject !" But we mis ttn, our oracul ar organ o f t h e E ven i ng, ven- i tet e3 to warn Mi n i sters " that of all the sub h4B which have attracted any attention, no one ?t o „ " e " so little discussed by those who are efic C"Teteili to give a correct opinion on its ( 7 41 ' as the reduction of the stamp duties. wha t it " most competent" organ then denounces to te tt Pleased, in the true French fashion, for a : 4l " the Gentlemen of the Movement," to giv sert L i ng that the " effect of the stamp duty is diskotoftne existing Papers a monopoly." In t he of t his assertion, the Globe instances th e 2 , 1 .:'" of those most disinterested Journals bl hi c h , n c e ' and Herald—all the proprietors of 1 , 6 wi th many others of the best esta ar,bst,itted fro from the same motives, have v - zove r ° R' makin any representation to the "lent g rnent,oo the Or the members of the Govern helief subject (though this is merely our haul whi le We 1 t ► hat ‘, 'aye no doubt, on the other . eee saoti the tacks q and projectors have in veBjeged I I e gera b eai e Government as the p g sentatin4m, eged candidates with their repre- Th e it and ' for 4 1 1 : 5 " re itt the abov e p assa e e our own ; n ot writ ten 4sou, if the articl g ar e in question be by eOMMalld," it savours very offensively of official assumption. The Globe merely believes that none of the proprietors of the Times or Herald, or of the many others of the best established Papers, have made any represen tation to the Government, but it has no doubt, on the other hand, that the quacks and projec tors have incessantly besieged the Government on the subject. Now this is proving rather too much. If the Globe be not in the secret of Ministers with respect to their intentions in this matter, it is clearly in their confidence as to the knowledge of " the quacks" who have so incessantly besieged the Government ; and, being in the secret, the Globe has either betrayed the confidence of its patrons, or it has put forward this manifesto to feel the public pulse. In either alternative, we say, let the glory or disgrace attach where it is due. If the Minis ters think of halting in the performance of their promises to the public, so far as regards the reduc tion of these taxes, and the consequent diffusion of knowledge, we tell them, as true friends, that they mistake their purpose : we " warn them" to beware of interested advisers, however " compe tent" in their own conceit; the day of patronage has gone by for corrupt rulers—and the day of monopoly has departed, or will soon depart, for subservient Journalists. We do not pretend to know Lord Al, THORP'S present plan, if he has any, but his " most competent" organ denounces his former measure as one "rashly proposed, and causelessly abandoned"—and Ministers are warned, " for their own sakes (the considerate oracle !) not to take any rash steps in a matter with which they have shown themselves very imperfectly acquainted." But this is not all. The character of Minis ters, we are told, cannot but suffer by futile pro jects ; but " if there be any one measure, after the vote by ballot (still harping on the appre hensive chord !) and universal suffrage, which is more likely at this moment to PRECIPITATE A REVOLUTION, we (the Globe Newspaper—the oracle of the Reform Ministers) believe it to be the removal of the STAMP duties on News papers, and Papers of political discussion ! ! !" People of England ! hear ye this ? On the very eve of the KING going down to open the first session of a Reformed Parliament—the organ of Ministers steps forth with a manifesto against public liberty, and threatens the public safety, if the avenues to political knowledge be not closed against the majority of the people ! Further on, in this demi-official or demi-pre sumptive article, for we have no time to discuss its rhodomontade about "gill and smuggled brandy, and the ignorance of the people," occurs the following very significant sentence :—" But a grosser error still is to suppose that the most prosperous newspapers would maintain their present character or comparative influence. The newspapers and stamped political writings which now flourish are those which suit the taste of the sevenpenny buyers." Here the murder is out ! The Globe says, that the people are ignorant, and therefore it is better to keep them ignorant of their political rights than to reduce the taxes on knowledge, because the Globe is " full of apprehension" that such reduction would diminish the present character and comparative influence of " the most prosperous newspapers !" This is the true spirit of monopoly exemplified with a vengeance, and that, too, by the supposed late friend of the people, but now sadly changed oracle of the people's Government. But enough for the present. We cannot think so meanly of Lord ALTHORP, as to ima gine that he will lend himself to the interested views of any party, when those views militate against pithlic liberty, or have a tendency to abridge the free circulation of that knowledge, on the proper diffusion of which the pre sent liberal Administration founds its just claims to public confidence. But we may be mistaken. If so, the sooner the better. In the meantime we call upon all those who take an interest in the diffusion of knowledge—and what patriot does not ?—to be on the alert. More especially do we remind our Provincial Contemporaries, whose interests are most deeply affected in the result of the pre sent arrangements—that the time is now ar rived when they ought one and all to con vince Lord ALTHORP that he will best consult his own character, and the inte rests of the public at large, by doing what is right with regard to the newspaper and advertisement taxes—that is, by fulfilling his promise, regardless of monopolists on the one hand, and selfish alarmists on the other. The Sun will do its duty. A conference has been held this morning at the Foreign-office, at which Prince TALLEY• RAND attended, on the arrangement of the Belgian question. Meetings of a similar nature have been held regularly during the last week. Great hopes may therefore be entertained that this important subject will be speedily brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The Morning Advertiser of to-day has the following paragraph on the subject of slavery : " It has been reported to us—and we believe the repos t to be correct—that his Majesty's Ministers have been in duced to abandon their plan of slave emancipation ; and that instead of any measure of that kind being proposed, a Committee will be appointed far the double purpose of valuing the quantity of compensation which ought to he allowed to the proprietors of slaves, and the period at which their emancipation may commence. This is a prudent step on the part of the Government, and will unquestion ably end in the abolition of slavery." Our contemporary is generally cautious in his anticipations of coming events, but from what we have heard, we are induced to think he will prove mistaken on this point. What is ultimately intended to be done we do not pretend to know, but we believe that the plan Ministers have in view, although to be immediately acted upon, will be more gradual in its operations, and in every respect better, than that spoken of by our contemporary, viz., that at present advocated by the Anti-Slavery Society, the taking of the power of using the whip out of the irresponsible hands of the masters, and placing it in that of Magistrates. This, it is true, is nothing better than the treatment experienced by convicts in New South Wales, hut still it is a step towards the total abolition of the present accursed system, and is one which no genuine friend of the planters can object to. The rapid and continued rise in the French Funds is generally considered by stock-jobbers as indicative of the determination of the diffe rent Powers of Europe to remain at peace. Whether this inference is a correct one or not, we do not pretend to decide ; but we may say, from what we have seen of Stock Exchange transactions lately, that if the prices of the public securities be a political barometer at all, it is one which is by no means infallible, for its variations are governed by no rule, and seem to defy every calculation which it is in the power of men to make. Mr. ROTHSCHILD or M. DE TALLEY RAND could, we doubt not, if they pleased, assign a very different cause for the rise in the French Funds. They are too conversant with such matters not to know that when it is to the interest ofa Government, or of the leading stock jobbers, to raise or depress the funds, they are seldom at a loss for, or very scrupulous as to, the means. But independently of the political cause as signed by some of our contemporaries, and of the understood practices to which stock jobbers usually resort, may not the internal condition of France have much to do with the present rise ? Confidence in the assurances of Russia, Austria and Prussia may be the last thing thought of as a cause for the improvement by persons who un derstand the subject. They may impute the rise to the growth of liberal principles in Great Britain and France, and to that union between the two countries against which no opposition could possibly prevail. The funds have not risen because Earl GREY and Marshal SOULT are convinced that neither Russia, Austria, nor Prussia, would attempt, or is even desirous of disturbing the general peace, but because they knew that any attempt of that kind would only be of short duration, and that moneyed men of all other countries would rather invest largely in the British and French funds, in pre ference to their own, than Englishmen or Frenchmen would sell out to invest in Foreign Funds, which would be dreadfully depressed by the necessary efforts to obtain the means for carrying on a war, and by the want of confidence among the subjects of the aggressing Powers as to the result. There was a time when the prices of the Government Securities of free states bore a very poor comparison with those of despotic Powers —when the ROTHSCHILDS and the GOLD SMIDS, and the BARINGS, would listen to no sounds in the Market but cries of Russian and Austrian Scrip. These times are past. Liberal principles are preponderant, and your regular money dealer or stock jobber will invest in what he considers the strongest bank. Hence it is not very surprising that the Funds have risen in England and France, and it would not appear surprising at all if we were to reflect that as the alteration of the currency in England, and the want of encouragement for enterprize in France, have necessarily restricted the operations of commerce, and reduced the prices of the ne cessaries of life, thousands who would otherwise have embarked in trade, now prefer investments in the Funds, as the secure mode of placing their money, although the interest is compara tively small. It is, therefore, absurd to later from the rise or fall of the public Funds, in the pre sent times, that the chance of war is either enhanced or decreased. We incline, how ever, to the opinion, that pease will be main tained, for it seems that every Power is anxious to avoid war, and is seeking for a pretext to do so, without at the same time making too large a sacrifice of pride. Those who have the means for war want the will, and those who have the will are destitute of the means. The following from the Paris correspondent of the Times, dated Saturday, we give as bear ing on the subject : A grand ball was given, for the first time this season, on NVednesday last, at the Chateau of the Tuileries. There were upwards of 3,000 persons present. Tke ball was chiefly intended as an entertainment to the officers who have been at the siege of Antwerp, a great number of whom were, therefore, present. Of the foreigners invited by far the greater number were English. Souse of the members of the corps deplomatique did not fail to take note of this, as well as of the fact that the King was very particular in his attentions to your countrymen. The highest political speculations were built upon that circumstance, which, no doubt, has been made the subject of many a long di plonsatic despatch addressed this week to the great Courts and to the little Courts of the European continent. An alliance offensive and defensive between France and Eng land has been made manifest to all their sagacious Ex cellencies of the Paris corps diplomatique by that most significant incident. The rise in the funds has continued, and the demand for stock has been unusually great within the last three days. Contrary to expectation no defaulters have appeared up to this day, though the price of settlement of the December account in the 3 per Cents. was 70, and that of the January account 78. But it would seem that the smooth way in which things appear to have gone off is chiefly due to the transfer of the heaviest aocounts to the next settling-day. The speculators have dealt chiefly, during the month of January, in the 3 per Cents., and it was foreseen by them that as soon as the 5 per Cents. should reach p sr, which they were very near to in the be ginning of the month, the quotation would remain nearly stationary. The 3 per Cents. have declined to-day about ,Jr per Cent., on account of the state of settlement, The last price for the end of the month was 78, 20. Z. During the last three or four days most of the Irish Members who were absent from London, some of whom were on the continent, have re turned to town, in expectation of an early dis cussion on the state of Ireland. We understand that, although much divided in opinion as to the propriety of supporting Mr. O'CONNELL's party in some of the propositions which they intend to bring forward, pearly 80 have agreed on a systematic opposition to Government, pro vided any attempt be made to prevent or delay Church Reform in Ireland. This will be the most effectual way of bringing about that great measure ; although we are far from doubting the good intentions of Ministers, we cannot help thinking that it will not be amiss to give the spur to their good intentions. An opposition o f 80 Irish Members, added on any important question on which popular feeling might be against Ministers, to 80 honest English votes, and to the 140 Tory votes which would be al ways ready for the purpose:of embarrassing the Whigs, although directly opposed (such is the Tory principle) to Tory interests, would. be rather a formidable phalanx even for the GREY Administration to contend against ; and it is not to be supposed that they will, by a denial of justice to Ireland, promote its existence. It is pretended, indeed, that the Tories, in the exube rance of their conservativeness, will join the Whigs against the independent party in the House of Commons. We will believe it when we see it. But if the Tories should do this, it will only be for the purpose of digging a pit for the destruction of their new allies. Nothing good can come of such an union. We have this morning received, through the North and South American Coffee-house, New York Papers down to the Bth of January in clusive, but they bring no decisive news with respect to the Carolina question. The Bill respecting the New Tariff had not yet passed through Congress, but the general hope and ex pectation seemed to be, that the matter would be settled without having recourse to arms. The New York Standard says : " There are some who de,ire that Government may have an opportunity to prove its strength, and there are others who do not wish even to seem to yield anything to threats. God forbid that the Government should he re quired to show its strength against our fellow-citizens, and Congress ought not to refuse to pass a just Act, because the nullifiers have assumed an attitude of menace. Let us be just, and despise them. Let us not leave them a pre tence for violence awl blood, and if then they rush on ward, they will find no sympathy." In another column we have inserted a commu nication from the Committee of the Association for the Emancipation of the Jews, by which it will be seen that active measures are being taken to press upon the Legislature the justice of the claims of this portion of our fellow-subjects to a participation of political rights and privileges, as well as of political burdens, with ourselves. That a Reformed House of Commons will carry a measure having that object in view, we cannot entertain the shadow of a doubt. The only place in which it could by possibility fail is the House of Lords, but light sufficient has now, we trust, penetrated even into that ancient refuge of religious prejudices to make op position to a measure, formed on the purest principles of justice, perfectly useless. The only argument, if argument it can be called, we ever heard advanced against it was, the " monstrous anomaly " (we think the phrase ran) of an assembly, every member of which did sot profess Christianity, legislating for a Christian nation. In the first place, we think the religious belief of the Mem bers of the House of Commons has about as much to do with the question of their fitness to guard the pockets and persons (the sole legi timate ends of government) of their constituents as the colours of the coats they wear ; and in the next place, the advocates for the exclusion of the Jews seem to overlook the fact, that the nation is not entirely Christian. The thousands who claim a Jewish extraction, scattered over the United Kingdom, are so much a part of the nation by birth, by feelings of attachment to the soil, by community of language, by loyalty to the Sovereign, by participation in the public burdens, as are our fellow-subjects of Danish extraction in the Northern counties, of Celtic in Ireland, Wales, and parts of Scotland, of Saxon in the South, of French and Dutch in Norfolk and the neighbouring counties, or of Norman, found all over the kingdom. We think it a much more monstrous anomaly to attempt to make an assembly representing such a variety of races and creeds of one uniform opinion as to what is the interpretation to be put upon the Bible, than that each should have repre sentatives there, expressing their opinions upon the only matters, as we said before, which are the legitimate objects of legislation. We shall, however, say no more, till we see whether serious opposition be intended against what it would redound so much to the credit of the increased intelligence of the age, not to have opposed at all. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.' ROBINSON v. DEBENHAM AND OTHERS. This was an action for false imprisonment, brought by the plaintiff against the eminent auctioneers, Messrs. Machin, Debenham, and Storr, and Mr. Nevitt, a banker. Plaintiff had lived with the defendants as clerk; he was taken ill, and left his employment for a short time, during which a forged check, purporting to be signed by the defendant Storr, was presented and paid by Nevitt. The filling up of the check appeared to be in the handwriting of the plaintiff, and he was charged with the forgery. The case was not finished when our reporter left. We understand that LORD MELBOURNE has written to Huddersfield to say that the Government cannot undertake to build barracks for the defence of that town against future electioneering vagaries ; but the Noble Li;rd recommends the establi.hment of a corps of Yeomanry Cavalry. —Leeds Intelligencer. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.-- The works of art composing the annual spring exhibition at the above institution, which opens this day to thepublic, were on Saturday submitted to the inspection of the directors and other patrons and amateurs of the fine arts. We were glad to observe, is examining this collection, that it is, upon the whale, very meritorious, and calcu lated to sustain, if sot to raise, the character of our na tive artists. We understand that Mr. JOSEPH PEASE, jun., the Quaker Member for South Durham, has re ceive:: letters from Lord ALTHORP, informing him that it will be unnecessary for that gentleman to present him se:f before the Lord Steward, for the purpose of taking any oath or affirmation previous to entering the House ; that the first opportunity of objecting to his taking his seat will therefore be when he presents himself at the table of the House; and that as the election of Speaker takes place before the Members are sworn, Mr. PEASE may, if he likes, vote on that occasion. Lord ALTrroar also advises him not to raise the question till after the KING'S Speech on the sth of February, as it would not be desirable to debate it without a full attendance. His Lordship, in a second letter, assures Mr. PEASE that be is not unfavourable to that gentleman's taking his seat, but he at the same time intimates that this is a question i n which Ministers must vote according to what they conceive to be the honest and bona fide interpretation of the law. He does not say what his opinion is, but it ma y be gathered from his adding, that if it should turn out that the law is imperatively against Mr. PEASE, he shall exceedingly regret it; for when every other class of Christians is admitted to the Houses of Parliament, it will he quite preposterous that one of the most respectable de. nominations of Dissenters should be excluded. From these letters w e draw two inferences—first, that the Go vernment and the law officers of the Crown think Mr. PEASE cannot maintain his claim to substitute his affir mation for the oaths, according to the present state of the law ; and, secondly, that Lord ALTHORP will cheer fully consent to the immediate introduction of a Bid which will allow Quakers to sit in Parliament. —Leeds Mercury. Halifax market was very brisk, last Saturday, for stuffs. Wool was, likewise, in much request, and higher prices were readily given.—linitfaz Express. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.-(THIS DAY. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took his seat at Half.past Twelve o'clock, and the swearing-in of Members was proceeded with. Among those who were sworn-in were Mr. John Gully, M.P. for Pon. tefract, and Mr. Scholefield, for Birmingham. The Members are sworn by several at a time. In the same batch with Mr. Gully was the heir to the noble house of Devonshire—Lord William Cavendish. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY. SPECIAL INJUNCTION-HINXMAN V. BAKER. Mr. DANIELS applied ex parte for a special injunction to restrain the defendant from receiving from the East India Com. pang, this day, the sum of 3801. under the following circum stances :—The plaintiff, defendant, and several other persons, were owners of a ship called the Orontes, which in 1631 sailed to the East Indies. The defendant was the commander of the vessel, and was entitled to eight 64th parts of any profit she might make. The voyage in 1831 turned out a considerable loss. The East India Company were indebted to the propri. etors about 6004 for freight, 300/. of which the defendant had received, and it was believed he would apply for the remainder to-day. Tile COURT immediately granted the injunction. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) ',"Sittings at Westminster before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) WESTERN AND OTHERS v. LORD CHARLES FITZROY. The SOLICITOR.GENERAL stated this to be an action by the executors of the late Thomas Patterson, Esq., of Lewes, in Sussex, to recover the arrears of an annuity of 50/. a_year, of which the noble defendant and Col. Churchill were the grantors in consideration of a sum of 350/. Mr. George Whitehead stated that he was subscribing wit. ness to the annuity deed. It was executed by the defendant and Col. Churchill on the 17th of August, 1819, at the residence of the Duke of Grafton, and the 3501. was then paid to, the defendant. Cross-examined by Sir JAMES SCARLETT--For about four years after the deed was executed witness received the an nuity for Mr. Patterson from Col Churchill. After that Col C. went abroad. About half a year afterwards witness applied to Lord Charles Fitzroy for payment of the annuity, and the answer was, that no money should be paid unless the annuitant would accept the principal of 3501., and 5 per cent, interest as a repurchase of the annuity. That offer was refused, and wit ness made no further application. That might have been eight or nine years ago. Sir J. SCARLETT addressed the Jury, and said he hoped it would not be imagined that Lord Charles Fitzroy had re ceived this sum of 350/. for his own use, for by the deed itself it appeared that Colonel Churchill was the principal, and Lord Charles Fitzroy his surety. After Cot Churchill went out of the country, application was made to Lord Fitzroy, who, with every desire to act honourably, offered to repurchase the annuity, according to the terms of the annuity deed ; but that was refused, and after laying by for eight or nine years, the parties brought this action, thus seeking to recover nearly 450/., being considerably more than the principal. . The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, for 415/. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 2 •ND 3, blowing strong all day from N. W.— Arrived the Rosalind, of London, from Honduras; his Ma. jesty's ships Castor, Conway, and Satellite, remain with the combined squadron. Arrived from the river the Augustus Czvsar, Leigh, bound for Jamaica. Remains the Arab, Bargue, for India. The Two Brothers, for Madeira, put back, and passed (it is supposed) for Margate Roads. Two brigs lost anchors near the Douris ; one proceeded to Ramsgate, the other to Mar gate Roads. Five, P.M.—Wind N. W. and W.N. W., moderate. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. '2 AND 3.—Wind W.N.W., strong gale.—Arrived the Hankinson, from Port-au-Prince. Arrived from the river the Herefordshire, Thames, and the Warren Hastings, for China: PLYMOUTH, FEB. 'J. —Wind W.—Put back his Majes ty's ships Comus and Pantaloon. The Fluminense, Corvao, from Oporto, was blown off the coast the 11th ult., and lost anchors and cables, and had seven killed, while landing the troops, by the firing from the batteries. COWES, FEB. 3.—Arrived the Buckinghamshire, Shea, and the Charles Kerr, Brodice, from London, bound to Bombay. TORBAY, FED. 2.—Arrived the Kellie Castle, from Lon• don, for Bengal. MARGATE, FEB. a—Arrived the Elizabeth, from Born bay. Off port the Emerald. Shoryan, from Demerara. The Abeona, Hart, from Newry, lost her anchors and cables. FALMOUTH, FEE. W.S. W. to W.N.W. , strong gales and squally.—Arrived the Hermes steam packet, from the Mediteranean, left Malta 12th ult., Gibraltar 22d, and Cadiz 23d, and Maria del Carmen, Guistoppe, from Messina. STANDGATE CREEK, Fee, a—Arrived the Reward, Goss, fro►t Malta ; and Superb, Barter from Malaga; Achilles, Weatherby, from Oddessa; Adventure, Spyer, from Messina. The Guilleame, Minn, from Villanova to Ostend, Wltf on shore near the latter port th ult., and it was feared would be wrecked—cargo discharging. The Mary, Reed, from Dublin to Whitehaven, was run down 26th ult.—crew saved. The Logan, Bunker, from Savannah to Liverpool, was abandoned in lat. 33. long. 16, being on fire by lightning. The Mountaineer, Jackson, from Quebee to Chatham, was totally wrecked near Cape Chat, previous to the 27th Dec. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Montreal papers to the 3d of January, and Quebec to the 1 tof January, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. His Excellency's answer to the address of Friday last : " Gentlemen,—The Journals of the House of Assembly fur nish abundant proofs of my desire to comply with the wishes of the House of Assembly, by communicating such informa. tion as it may see fit, from time to time, to request of the Ex ecutive Government. Upon the present occasion, however, I find it necessary to desire that the House may be informed that it is my duty to uphold the dignity of the high office in this colony, which his Majesty has been graciously pleased to confide to my charge ; and that, considering a compliance with the prayer of the address which has just been presented to me, to be incompatible with that object, I cannot consent to inform the House whether I have, since the last Session of the Pro vincial Parliament, recommended any increase in the number of the Legislative Council." THE FUNDS. The continual improvement in the French funds, received by the estafette this morning, being now 78f, has had an effect in the Consol Market. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 881.4 for the Account, opened at 883, , and at present may be quoted at 881.; %. The political information received from the Continent t both by way of Ostend and Paris, is of a pacific nature, but the accounts from the Peninsula are not of that description, as it appears that Spain is still attached to Don Miguel, while France and England are anxious to have the Portuguese question settled, and we have no doubt that this suspense of affairs in that quarter will soon be terminated in one way or other by the sword. HALF-PAST ONE. Letters have been received from Rio Janeiro, Nov. via New York. All was tranquil, but the Exchange had fallen to 35, (From North Carolina.) Resolution by the joint Select Committee of both Houses of the Legislature : Resolved—That the doctrine of nullification, avowed by the State of South Carolina, is revolutionary in its character, subvertive of the Constitution of the United States, and leads to a dissolution of the Union. As usual, when we are on the eve of receiving his Majesty's Speech in the opening of the session of Parliament, which takes place to-morrow, we have some reports, which have taken place to-day (originating from the Stock Exchange) that his Majesty will state in his speech that the blockade of the Dutch ports is to be taken oft; This we do not credit, as we do not hear anything on the subject which warrants the state ment to have come from any official source. Indeed, great anxiety is expressed in the City to be informed of the contents of the forthcoming speech, which, we believe, has not yet been ascertained. Consols which reached in the early part of the morning 88 % for the Account, are not so good at present. They may be quoted SS% %. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stock has improved to 45 •y to 46. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, SS CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols . Ditto for Account 88i- Greek Brazilian Bonds 52:4 Mexican ..., 324- Buenos Ayres... Peruvian .. ...... Chilian Ditto.... 18 Russian..... Coltunbian 1824. 14:i Spanish SUN OFFICE, Four o'clock. 110 USE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.) The House met to-day, at 2 o'clock, and proceeded to the swearing in of such Lords as presented themselves. The Marquis of S , aff,rd and tht Marquis of Cleveland were introduced, and sworn in as the Duke of Sutherland and the Duke of Cleveland, by the Dukes of Richmond and Grafton. The Marquis of Connyngham was introduced by the Lords Dacre and Dundas, and sworn in as Baron Minster. Mr, Western was also introduced by the same:Noble Lords, as Baron Western. The Hon. Mr. Gray was introduced by Lords Dundas and Kinnaird, and sworn in as Lord Gray of Groby. Viscount Rilkland, by Lords Byron and Dundas, as Baron Hunsdon. Lord Stanley, by Llrd King and Auckland, and the Marquis of Tavistock, as Baron Howland. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. In the Standard ut . 6,ttuidiy last we find the following intimation:— "We have been informed that the utmost extent to which it is at present proposed to diminish the taxes upon newspapers, is the removal, or reduction to the amount of of five-sevenths, of the duty now payable on advertise ments. It is unnecessary for us to repeat here our opinions •Ipon the g eneral effect'of a taxation of the puidie journals; hut we feel hound to acknowledge that the proposed retitle 'ion is the most advantageous partial reduction that could he made ; and, indeed, not merely unobjectionable, hut orobably the greatest benefit that conh4 be conferred upon the public, in proportion to the amount of revenue which can possibly be sacrificed; we would, however, go farther, and say that, by the suggested reduction of advertisement newspaper lrlo,oolo ,1 / I . ,ine New, n_ erery duty, no revenue w ill h e sacrificed, hot the reverse—a great incr ease o f revenue w ill h e real i sed. The whole amount of n ewspaper a d vert i sement d uty last year was shout ntlm,who aware known anything f every man man, indeed, if the extraordinary exertions to which trades must have recourse, to make public the advantages of dealing with his person or in that commodity —every man who wit nesses the daily devices of chalking, placarding, hand - Idling, circular letter writing, &c. &c., all to evade the expense of the advertisement duty, can doubt that, were the duty reduced so far as must see newspaper advertise ments cheaper, the advertisements in the newspapers would multiply six or seven-fold. " The truth is, that this high duty is a public loss, as well as a public nuisance—and that it has been continued so long can be 'accounted for only in one of two ways. First, the high advertisement duty, being without the least reason associated with the newspaper stamp duty, the dif ficulty attending the repeal of the latter may have served to keep alive the former, long after it would have been extinguished but for such support; or, secondly, the in fluence of the Times newspaper, the slave and bravo of every Administration, may have been employed to pre serve a monopoly upon which iat existence, in a great measure, depends. " To whichever of these causes we are to attribute the annoying and spendthrift continuance of the high adver tisement duty, we cannot suppose that that canse will he permitted to operate longer. " Whatever objections may exist to oppose the removal of the newspaper stamp duty—the indisposi , ion of the great hotly of newspaper. proprietors and newsmen—the difficulty of dealing impartially between town and country, in the matter of postage—betwe e n morning and evening papers—above all, the great sacrifice of revenue—what ever objections exist to oppose the abolition or reduction of the stamp duty, these objections can have no place with regard to a reduction of the high advertisement duty; and if it is intended to relieve the press front all taxation, it would seem the wisest course to begin as soon as pia:- Bible, and, of course, to begin with the reduction of that duty which will give meat general satisfaction to tie public, while it will be attended with no loss to the revenue." We dare to say that the information of our evening contemporary is perfectly correct—that the Government has, in part, changed its views respecting the reduction of the taxes on news ' papers--and that it is not intended to make any other change than that which is mentioned above. We say that we believe such to be the fact—not because we possess any special infor mation on the subject, but because we happen to know that two influential contemporaries have been using their utmost efforts for some time past, to induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to propose only such a reduction as would be beneficial to them, and would not advantage others. We agre e al so i n t h e v i ew ta k en o f the matter by our evening contemporary, and join with him most cordially in affirming that the Government, in its intention to reduce the duty upon advertisements from 3s. 6d. to i s., is about to begin reform in the right way. The tax upon a d ver ti sements is unquestion ably a more serious injury to the public, as well as to the press, than the fourpenny stamp duty ; and a great boon its reduction will be, as well as a great credit to the Government. We are glad to see it come forward, not with a half•and-half measure, which would do good to no one, but with a sweeping reform, which will not only benefit all, but even increase the funds of the Ex chequer. We wish that we could speak in the same terms of praise and approbation of a similar announcement in the columns of another evening contemporary—the Globe. What "a falling oft' is there !" Our cotemporary, who his h therto been a steady Reformer, is apparently afraid "of the sounds himself has made,' or rather of their echo ; and- preaches as zealously, if not as powerfully, against the diffusion of knowledge among the people, as he usually does against the spread of Toryism and the absurdity of Tory principles. He gives no information respecting the change which is about to be made or proposed ; but he has evident:) , " got his lesson" from an official quarter, and ha employs it with a modest assurance which can not be too well known, or too amply imi tated. Speaking of the measure about to be proposed by his Majesty's Ministers, our con temporary says, " We take the liberty to w 4 4 4, them, that of all the subjects which have attracted any attention, no one has been so little discussed by those who are most competent to give 4 correct opinion on its effects," This is an affirmation of what is not true. Lord Althorp took every pains to make himself thorouglz,'q, acquainted with all the bearings of the sut-ket, and to procure information from the only gnat-, ters in which it could be obtained a n d— we now reluctantly state it—had the satisfaction of finding his original plan not only approved of, by a majority of the editors and proprietors o,t newspapers, but every argument against it put down, and scattered to the winds, by the only impartial and independent representatives of the, press who were present upon the occa ,- ;:04, Our contemporary takes special care 40: say nothing on this subject, or rather, indeed, tphuotsse it w who advocate de combatdvocateam by denominating those generous enomnai m ti e n a g , sure than a mere reduction of the adver tisement duty, "as gentlemen of the Movement," and by characterising all news papers, with the exception of the Herald 40 Times for the morning, and Globe for thegiven- ing, as " quacks." We thank our contemporary for waging war on such unequal terms, and repel the insinuation with all the contempt which it so amply merits. We do not deny the merits of our evening contemporary, any more than we re fuse our meed of approbation to our so mt:4 ) lauded morning rivals ; but in repelling tlAe sinuation of " quackery," we beg to, observe, also, that in point of property—in point of value —there is not one of them —nay,—there are not any two of them combined,—which can with this humble journal. There is ae i other matter, also, in justification of Lord Althorp's original plan, so much condemned by our Co temporary, on which we must jog his memory—, and that, is, that a certain meeting of the editors and proprietors of newspapers took place two vea t a ago, at Peel's Coffee-house, and that at that meeting the Globe and the Times formed the minority ! They were not only out-argued upon every point, but out-voted;—there being seven impartial and independent votes in favour of the reduction proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and two only against it. Yet the Globe has the impudence to affirm that the voice sub_ v s oic ) e of the Pres s h as never b een h ear d upon the ject—that Ministers are imperfectly acquainted with it—and that when Lord Altliorp proposed the double reduction of the stamp , and advertis e mnt duty, Its did so as " ashly' as he " care