The Sun. — London, England, 1833-11-19 00:00:00

I ris the aria' beiNg sil t o itiPP" for 'OO O W&I 1g th e de' J a r : el' car. ' lt ' the It. rule 0 . overie. er to refue' d iv c o vere • a ' n 'd °° (' Adel? ari to' DA Y.) ~ a G 00• ruleda~Y t voue",o V.) rerr ter I'l ; o not .o 0 i"e'tl° her e ° te ll od' 0 to Xi 1 1 0 4 i o 4 I 5 1° I I° sy• ~t to x4' 4 h 3 1 0 1 i° Iv. 6 ',l 3 s f or ce ooo 'ced ' l se th o o f op° FINE ARTS. Iz LU S TRATIONS OF MODERN SCULP- T URE. No. 111. LONDON, 1833. 4, :the third number of One of the most graceful agreeable of modern works of art is now lvi„ , netore U. It co rf ..ins engravings, finished, ; 1 a very masterly style, from the A re th usa o f' a rew—a young sculptor ; who, we understand, b 'und his fi rs t and best Patron in the Earl of IreinCni; tie most munificent fosterer of .s.1110(lern art, and a Nobleman " of nature's own 1 41i,,,g," who sheds far more lustre on the , cerage than ne derives from itfrom the Michael and Satan of Flaiman ; and the Venus c 'f . Canova, that unequalled specimeh of female and beauty. The Arethusa as an engraving 1: carefully and skilfully handled. The sculptured tire by Carew also merits the commendation tha t has been lavished on it by the cognoscenti. It is that of a young huntress, " Oread or Dryad Diana's train," whose figure, however, is more ttniarkable for strength and robustness, than for 41 : 1 Y classic r e fi ne m e nt o r delicacy of proportion. , 1 h i B is according to nature, for ohe accustomed `°.the wild, hardy, out-of-door life of the woods \v etild possess just such an amount of health 14 t1 strength, but it does not come up to our '°l)ceptions of one of Diana's " virgin train." 4: k i. little more of delicacy of form, and softness express:on, would not have been amiss ; for th e very word " Arethusa," besides being one tithe softest and most graceful in the language, t ings to our re co ll ec ti on th e gen tl e , susce ptibl e , h eroine of Virgil and Ovid—both of whom have Por trayed her in their best manner—and the '''tiest Naiad of the Sicilian fountain. The . It , a g•hound w h o s t an d s b es id e th e h un t ress i s nilirahle. The character of the face is keen, i e . ar eiling, restless, and not without a certain b l gtlity that renders the noble animal worthy of v ei ng th e pet of a goddess. The illustrative i etBe s by Mr. Harvey, though the pains-taking t 4 to apaent on the , surfae, gi e ving them ther o a st p iff r and cold air yet her i and there ' s play touches of thought and feeling. LITERATURE. 4 P RACTICAL SUMMARY OF THE AMP DUTIES, ALPHABETICALLY 44 2 1 RANGED. This is an enlargement of a part of the 1 ° ) 41111 on run of Legal Remembrancers and ' 4r ies, laboriously and well executed ; but ttith , submission to the author or compiler, "er out of season. The stamp duties will ert andy undergo a revision of some kind, and f at s peedily ; in which case his work, as one ref erence, will be rendered nearly useless. =ETUS TVOBURNENSIS, a DESCRIP- C oh , TIVE CA TAL 0 G UE ; i'Prising Generic and Specific Character, Colour of the I civver, Native Country, Year of Introduction, Soil, i Mode of Propagation of upwards of 6,000 Planta, t Exotic and Indigenous, suited to the Climate of c, I L , Country; with an Account of the Routine of II aura throughout the Year in the Fruit and Vegetable —.Pultnents. By JAMES FORBES, Principal Gardener at Woburn Abbey. Medium Bvo. Numerous Plates and Plans, h e D u k e o f B e df or d h as l ong h e ld a promi p4l station for his munifi cen t p a t ronage o f the 4 0 Arts. B o t an i ca l sc i ence an d rura l econom y ti re not less indebted to him. The princely i i °4la in) of which the work before us gives full tai ls) has been ranked equal, if not superior, al l this country c a n bo a st. H o lding, a s w e 44 % the delights of a garden as amongst the purest (l iki Most innocent, the examination of this liv l , ll tle has a ff or ded us peculiar pleasure. It is t i ve l ded into four parts. The first is a descrip -41 catalogue, in abreviated terms, of the generic 4 Pecific character of upwards of 6,000 plants l es t adapted for the decoration of the British i we r garden, pleasure- gro und, green -h ouse , 80wer, soil, plant-stove, with the colour of the mode of cultivation, &c. The p lea d comprises the plans of the p ar t erres , ure grounds, greenhouses, plant stoves, ti o ath erY, and other erections, with a descrip -10,4 0 1 the diff eren t su bj ec t s enumera t e d, t h e l: 1 ' and th e genera l management b est a d apte d the growth of Cape, Botany Bay, and other M ans Plants. The third part is confined to the and d e t a il s re lative to the kitchen g a rd en 1 41 / 5 1 at trnent, with lists of the fruits and vege " Cultivated ; and comprises numerous de mt tlB for th e erect i on o f f orc i ng h ouses , cu li nar y t:' With an account of the materials best ig P L t ed for their construction—a mode of heat -11 u Y hot water pipes, by which a genial steady 1 1 4 i 8 produced, with a great saving of fuel, and t 4 l l ll , l3 nses may be left, with perfect safety, for 45 hours, at even 28 degrees of f r ost, Faren hlt, and fourth, the general routine of culture 811 ed) throughout the year, in the forcing de tthlent. 4 4 : 4 e description of the grounds of the Abbey lif it iUdiciously illustrated by numerous views of 11 1 1 , 1 s, especially those parts celebrated either for i p tlt natural or artificial beauties. One of the h e * ings represents a timber cottage, built by h t l ate Mr. Ripton, the ingenious and cele ttyied landscape gardener, in imit a tio n o f th e Al ta ol architecture which prevailed in the 15th 4 ti i 16 th centuries, in order to preserve a ge itlesPecimen of a style all but lost to the coun- As a work combining a general view of astticulture and Botany, we think Mr. Forbes Pt t , b een very successful. Useful knowledge til a(l es, the scientific details are rendered in and all the elegant varieties of flori it4l4° are not only forcibly and instructively 1; rib ed, but most faithfully and pleasingly ated. I n t h e t rea ti ses f or cu l t i vat i ng an d o t4 ti g the superior fruits and pl a nt s for tft 41 ie use, nothing necessary to be known is ip 4 1111 noticed. The advantage and gratifica he D ‘ v a have derived from the publication is I ti,i° 4t T i ater from its unexpectedness, for we must ~tt i I ,Y own the perusal of what we must style 40 and most unjust notice of the work in i, i tst,,i a .g,es of a magazine, whose conductor had I h leb 4S ned himself little less than an oracle for IN,„ ° T t ieultural community, had prejudiced us 1, 1 4 1 71 against the work. We strongly advise ° l tle delighting in these pursuits to consult 1 1 1 11 1 tli o ° ; 111 ne, and sure we are, whoever follows its [ 4 t N. ),, whether in the general management of tei l , ' J en and c ons ervatory, orin the business of 8 ) need n o t apprehend disappointment. BRIGHTON, Nov. 18. Their Majesties and Royal relatives continue in the en joyment of eicellent health. After divine service yester day, the king, accompanied by the Princess Augusta, drove out along the Marine Parade, passing round Kemp anu vislttug Brunswick Terrace previous to his re turn to the Palace. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Countess of Brown low, attended afternoon service at St. George's Chapel, near Kemp Town. The Rev: J. Anderson read prayers, and at , erwards fireA.aed a 4fery able disionise. The chapel, as on the previous Sunday, was crowded with No• bili'y and Gentry. The Duchess of Gloucester drove out for nearly two hours along the Cliffs. Lord Brougham arrived At his residency in Brunswick Terrace, on Siturday evening, and yesterday visited their Majesties. _ _ _ • _ The Dowager Duchess of Richmond and Lady Sophia LennoX have returned to Remp Town, from, Fiahbourn, near Chichester, where they had been for the last week. The Marchionet.s of Downshire and Lords A. and M. Hill have removed from the Albion, to Mrs. Fitiherbert's residence, on the old Steyne. This excellent lady is at present in Pori.; where she purpoies sojourning cktring the winter. The Royal dinner party last evening included only the Princess Augusta and the suite. The Ministers present at the Council now sitting at the Palace, are Earl Grey, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Palmer ston, the Duke of Richmond, and Mr. Stanley ; the Council are not expected to break up before seven o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester visited the Duchess of K.nt and the Princess Victoria on Sunday. Bid Grey, Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lans downe, Mr. Secretary Stanley, Lord John Russell, and others of the Cabinet Ministers, left town yesterday morning to attend a Privy Council held by his Majesty at the Pavilion at Brighton. The Ministers were expected to dine with their Majesties in the evening. . . The Governor of the Bank of England had an interview with Viscount Althorp, yesterday, at the Treasury. Despatches from Lord Nugent, the Lord High Corn mi.sioner of the lonian Islands, and from Sir William Houstoun, the Lieutenant Governor of Gibraltar, were received on Sunday, at the Colonial Office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lady Dover, at Whitehall, from the Isle of Wight ; Charles Tufton Blick, Esq., in Park-crescent, Portland place, from Cheltenham; the Marquis of Douro, at Guernsey, from Dover; his Excellency M. Dedel, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Ditton Park ; W. P. Hammond, Esq., at ditto, from Canter bury ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss James, at ditto; the Rev. J. Lucan and family, at Gould's (late Hitchcock's) London Hotel, Albe marle-street, from Hants; Lord and Lady Hopetown and family, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley.square, from Scotland ; the Hon. Captain and Lady Susan Hotham, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle.street, from their seat in Hants; P. Lucas, Esq., at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Cheltenham ; J. Lewis, Esq., at ditto, from Clifton ; Captain C. Smith, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover.street, from the Continent; H. Sit well, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Packe, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street and Davies-street, from Kent; Mr. and Mrs. Brook, at ditto, from New York ; Mr. and Mrs. Dauncey, from Devon. DEPARTURES. The Earl and Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Molyneux, from Arlington-street, for their seat, Croxteth, near Liver pool ; the Marquis of Lansdowne, foa Brighton ; Captain and Mrs. Burgess, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Jersey; Lord Sidmouth and the Hon. Misses Addington, from ditto, for Richmond Park; Mr. and Mrs. Ward, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Lady Mordaunt and family, from Gould's (late Hitchcock's) London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Warwick shire; T. Fitzherbert, Esq., from Warren's Hotel, Regent. street, for Brighton ; John Smith Barry, Esq., and family, from St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Huntingdon; E, John. son, Esq., for Cheltenham; Gen. Coghlan and son, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jerrnyn-street, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. George Morant and family, from Ellis's Hotel, St. James's. street, for Farnborough-park, Bagshot. DOVER, Nov.lB. His hlajesty's steam ship Salamander arrived here on Saturday, from Guernsey, with the depot of the 73d Regiment, which is to remain in garrison here, and this day the depot companies of the 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, under command of Major, the Marquis Douro, embarked on board the Salamander, for Guernsey. They have been quartered in Dover a considerable period, and by their orderly and soldierlike conduct have acquired the respect and esteem of the inhabitants. The Salamander proceeded down Channel this after noon with fair wind and fine weather. Earl Durhrm and his family are still at Lsmbton Castle, and are expected to remain there over the winter. —Durham Chronicle. It is asserted that Earl Talbot has at length purchased the Tixel estate by private contract, for a sum little short of 320,000/. The Rev. Dr. D'Oyly has appointed the Rev. H. S. Plumptre, Minister of St. Mary's Chapel, Lam• both, in the room of the Rev. T. Pope, deceased. Belzoni's widow, it is said, still lingers in want ; not much to the credit, we should say, of those who have ample means to bestow on far less deserving objects. . . . The Conservative Club has taken possession of the whole of the @pace so long vacant on the south side of Pall-mall, and the necessary excavations for their new mansion are already commenced. The terms upon which they have t tken this ground of the public, have not yet transpired. The Members of the University of Oxford are beginning to look about for a successor to Lord Grenville in the Chancellorship of that University. Various persons have been named, including the Dukes of Beaufort and Wellington, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lords Eldon, Sidmouth, and Carlisle. Mr. Stanley is about to pay his Noble rela tives in the North another visit. The Right Hon. Secre tary will leave Carlton Gardens on Friday next, for Knowsley, the seat of the Earl of Derby, and Latham, the residence of Lord Skehnersdale (his father-in-law). The new Under Secretary for the Colonial Department, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, jun., appointed by Mr. Stanley, on the resignation of Viscount Ho wick, will perform, in conjunction with Mr. Hay, the other Under Secretary, all the routine duties of the Right Hon. Gentleman during his absence. Considerable importance is attached to the deliberations of the Cabinet Council, held yesterday, at Brighton, and many reports were in circulation last night at the club-houses. Among others, that of a partial change in the Administration was most freely spoken of. " It is a great merit in Lady****'s new Novel of Trevelyan' that the characters which give the truth and freedom of life to the incidents of her story, are not, as has been of late too often the case, mere generalisations distinguished from each other only by name, but portraits standing distinct from one another, and having each its own strongly marked qualities. They are, in the best sense of the word, dramatic. Witness the finished pictures of the rigid precision, Lady Augusta, and of the gentle, benevo lent, old maid, Miss Trevelyan. The worthy sisterhood of spinsters cannot be too thankful to the authoress for the latter exquisite sketch."—Standard. MAIL-COACH ACCIDENT.—On Friday night a serious accident, though happily not attended with loss of life, occurred to the South Mail. At Nairn the frost became sharp and the road so slippery, that the horses immediately after leaving the town got frightened and broke into a gallop. In endeavouring to pull them up, one of the reins gave way, and the coachman pulled the whole to the right side of the road, almost upsetting the coach, and was himself thrown from his seat. Left thus to themselves, the horses got into the road again, and set off at full gallop. Sir Francis A. Mackenzie, of Gairloch, Bart., was the only inside passenger. A girl was on the box, and the guard behind. At this furious rate the horses continued for about two miles, going through the toll-bar, and taking every turn themselves, till, coming to a little hill near Auldearn, the guard advised Sir Francis to take that opportunity of Jumping out, which he did without being seriously hurt. The coach was upset beyond Auldearn, having fallen down a 'link 14 or 15 feet high. Mr. Macpherson, the guard, was much bruised and cut, the girl was unhurt, but the horses were in a horrid state, one fine grey having both legs broken. In about an hour the coachman came up, and with the assistance of some people from Auldearn got the coach on the road. Sir Francis and the guard proceeded to Forres with the mail bags in the clergyman's gig. No blame can be attributed either to driver or guard. Indeed the latter did his duty nobly, and stuck to his charge, when, by dropping down behind, he might have escaped unhurt.— lnverness Courier. The North Mail now starts from Inverness an hour earlier—at half-past nine o'clock p.m., instead of half-past ten o'clock. GERMAN .PAPERS, COrENUAGEN, Nov. 9.—lt is said that Count Re ventlaw Eriroinil is intended to be sent by our Government to take part in the discussions in the affairs of Germany, and that he will shortly set out for STOCKHOLM, Nov s.—The King has signified to tha director of the Bank, by a letter of the 31st ult., that the estates of the kingdom will be called together in some days in January next, and that they are advised that it will be the best not to engage in farther negotiations to obtain ?iilvet before the meeting of the . Diet. The editor of the AftontedAing wds fotind guilty by the jury on the Ist inst., for inserting the plan of a petition for a change in the representation. Another jury has to decide the same question in the case of the Aftonblad (which copied the article from the other journal), and it is generally supposed that in this case there will be an acquittal. The Society of Sciences and Literature in Gottenburg has chosen Captain John Ross as one of its members. The Swedish order which he wore when he dined at the table of the King of tnglarid thdst have been the Order of the Sword, which; if we rightly rethember, he feetived at the battle of Ratan, where he served as Flag Captain: HAMBURG, Nov. 11.—The Stettin Journal contains the following warning of the criminal division of the Royal Tribunal of that city of the 6th inst. : " A merchant of this city, having attempted . to burn his ship for the purpose of defrauding the underwriters, has been condemned to one year's imprisonment in the House of Correction and hard labour, and deprived of the right of wearing the national cockade and the military medal." We learn from Neuwerk, that there was no actual breach in the dikes on the 2d inst., as that only the East (like had suffered by the sea flowing over it, and the inner dike by the dashing of the waves against it, but that the fresh water in the island was spoiled. HAMBURG, Nov.—The German National Zeitung gives a letter from Frankfort, dated the 11th, in which it is said—" Authentic accounts from Carlsruhe state, that the Baden Chamber of Deputies resolved, by a great ma jority, in a late secret sitting, that the accession of Baden to the Prussian Custom-house system was irreconcileable with the welfare of the country." The English Ambassador to the Court of Austria (Sir F. Lamb) has gone for the recovery of his health to Sty ria, and probably will extend his journey to Milan. The subscription for the intenaed railroad between Nuremberg and Furth amounts already to one hundred an thirty thousand florins. VIENNA, Nov. 7. We do not yet know whether it is decided in which place the Ministerial Conferences on the affairs of Germany are to be held ; but it is probable that it will be in Vienna, as originally proposed. The assent of Prussia is expected in a few days. A commercial letter from Belgrade says, that the sum to be paid by Servia to the Porte, is fixed at 50,000 impe rial ducats for a year, in lieu of all other contributions hitherto paid. The city of Belgrade, as belonging to the Citadel, is to continue under the Turkish jurisdiction, and the receipts of the custom-house remain to the Pacha as his income. 51. 111avrojeni, Turkish Ambassador at this Court, has received notice from his Government that the Sultan, as a mark of his approbation, has conferred on him the Turkish honorary insignia. The disturbances at Erlau are ascribed to some noble men residing there, who are already arrested, and will not escape without severe punishment. TRIESTE, Nov. 3.—By a Greek packet, which has arrived here from Napoli, which it left on the 10th Oct., we learn that more persons had been arrested in Greece, and that the whole number is now above forty. It was strongly conjectured that the sentence of the judges would condemn many of the prisoners to death. Tran quillity had not been interrupted for a moment. King Otho was everywhere received on his tour in the most joyful and cordial manner. On the way to Patras, he visited the island of Zante, where he was received with much ceremony. The Governor had given several fetes on the occasion. The public journals, the publication of which was suspended throughout Greece, in consequence of the discovery of the conspiracy, are again allowed to appear, but subject to the Censorship. STOCKHOLM, Nov. S.—The cholera is increasing to a lamentable degree in several places in Norway, on which account the frontier is guarded on many points, and a quarantine established at Swinesund. In Christiania alone there bad been, up to Nov. 6, 1,140 cases of cholera-535 deaths, and 176 recoveries. The French Ambassador, the Marquis de St. Simon, has been recalled by his Government. lie received his passports on the sth. . . 1-lAmisuga, Nov. 15. BORSEN.HALLE, HALT ?AST Two o'CLocK.—The supplies of wheat from the Upper Elbe continue limited. Some purchases for exportation have completely cleared the market of Marks and Meek lenberg, but several cargoes are known to be on the way. Rye continues heavy. Of Bailey the supply in the market is scanty, and fresh arrivals, if of good quality, would command a reedy sale. Some small parcels of Linseed Cakes were brought into the market, and sold at the highest quotation. During the first eight days of November, only two cargoes of corn passed the Sound-1 was bound for Hull, and 1 for a Norwegian port. Rix-dollars. Wheat, Anhalt, white --- red 7B to 90 Marks BO to 90 Mecklenburg ---- Holstein -- Lower Elbe 6O to 70 63 Rye, Mecklenburgh 6O to 60 - Holstein Barley, Anhalt 5O to 52 -- Mecklenburgh 4O to 43 -- Lower Elbe 33 to 40 32 to 36 Oats, Mecklenburg 23 to 28 -- Lower Elbe 3B to 40 Malt, Pomeranian 55 to 85 Pease, Upland, yellow 45 to 52 Beans 148 to 150 Rapeseed Ditto Cakes 6O to 62 Linseed ditto lto to 120 The following is the quantity of grain imported and exported during the week : Lasts Imported. Lasts Exported. Wheat 299 Rye 45 Barley Oats 9l Malt 4 Pease Beans 37 T a r e s 0 FUNDS.-The market was very heavy towards the close. In the early part of the morning some purchases were made of Bank Shares and Russian Bonds, but afterwards every species of Security declined. The decline is attri. buted to the state of affairs in Spain. Discount 25! per Cent. End of November. Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent 98 70 % Anglo-Russian % Russian Inscription, 5 per cent., 182) — Ditto, ditto, 1831 90% Ditto, ditto, 1832. 90% Polish Bonds 120% Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares 1205 Ditto Metalliques 93% Ditto 4 per Cent...... B4 t ni Spanish 3 per Cents. Ditto 4r Cent 42% Dutch 2% pe per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Nov. 15.-13 9 ; two months, 13 7N. STOCKUOLM. Nov. B.—Ninety days, 12 42. BERLIN, Nov. 12.—Three months, 6 2.5p 3 . LEIPSIC, Nov. B.—Three months, 6 15h. —Hamburg Papery, Nov. 15. The late squabbles between the Corporation and Inhabitants of Carmarthen, relative to the tolls de manded on corn brought in and sold by sample, have at length been put an end to, by the former withdrawing all claims for tb# same.—Cambrian. FAST DAYS.—A manufacturer in England proposed to his workpeople that if they would attend church on fast-day, their wages should go on the saline as if they worked, upon which they sent a deputation to inform him that they would also attend the Methodist chapel in the evening, if he would pay them for over hours. THE HOUSE AND WINDOW TAXES.—Yes terday afternoon a very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitant householders of the united parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, above Bars, and St. George the Martyr, Middlesex, including the major part of the Governors and Directors, was held in the Hall of the Workhouse, in Gray's Inn-lane. Mr. G. W. Cant, a Governor and Director, was unanimously voted into the chair. The Chairman was happy to inform the as semblage, that none of the warrants which the Sheriff now holds had yet been put into execution, although, according to notice, it was generally expected they would have been to-day (yesterday.)—(Applause). Mr. Somers gale, after addressing the meeting at some length, moved the following resolution 1—" That this meeting do ad journ until after his Majesty's Ministers shall think fit to order the execution of the warrants of distress already placed in the hands of the Sheriffs." Mr. Lovick in a brief address seconded the resolution, when several other gentlemen addressed the meeting in eloquent speeches, after which the resolution was put from the chair, and unanimously carried. A vote of thanks being voted to the Chairman, the assemblage separated. Previous to the commencement of business, deputations from the various Associations entered the room, as also did a Government reporter, who (the latter) was very attentively engaged in taking down copious notes. CORPORATION COMMISSION. COPY of 11tz.voCti4oris' passed at a Court of Assistanti of the Merchant Tailors of the Fraternity of. St, John Baptist, in the City of London, holden at theii Hall, on Thursday, the .24th October, 1833, and again by ad journ Merit on Thursday, the 14th November, 1833. Resolved unanimously, That this Court are ready and willing to dis. , .Stose every thing relating to the affairs of this:Company before a com petent tribunal. That, deeply impressed with sentiments of the most profound respect and loyalty towards their Sovereign, they are proMpled no lesi by inclination than by a sense of duty to yield implicit obedience to all authority constituted according to law. That, entertaining doubts how fat the Commission for iniuiiing into Municipal Corporations is in accordance with law; and whether, if it be so, it extends to corpora tions of the nature of the M, rchant "Tailors' Company, they have thought it right to submit those donlAs to the consi deration of counsel learned in the law. That, upon mature deliberation, aided by the legal advice thty have received, they entertain a strong con fiction .--.-.. That the Crown cannot by virtue of the prerogative alone compel any subject to make communications or dis closures upon oath, or otherwise, except in a dice course of the administration of justice. That a roving CoMmission to inquire for grievances, and to compel answers, is clearly contrary to law. That the members of the Corporation can in no respect be compelled to make any answer to the Commissioners appointed by the Crown touching any of the matters propounded in their queries, er within the scope of the Commission. That the method prescribed for executing the Commist sion in question, by summoning the officers of the differen t bodies whom the investigation affects ; forcing disclosure of title, or of defects of title, by an extra-judicial oath looking for abuses without a specific accusation in lega l form, and by causing the production on oath, without any cau.e depending at the suit of a party interested, of the muniments and other writings of Corporations, is not only a wide departure from the ordinary course of law but a grievous violation of the liberty of the subject, and of highly dangerous example to the security of property. That the Address or c.ncurrence of one House of the Legislature only, as the law now stands, can add nothing to the validity of the Commission in question. That although the House of Commons claims a power to enforce, by meins of its own privilege, the attendance of witnesses, and the production of papers and records before its own Committees of Inquiry, yet it cannot communicate such a power to the Crown; and the pri vilege of the House of Commons is not, like the preroga. tive of the King, reducible to any control of a court of justice, nor, perhaps, to any strict definition so that it must ever depend entirely on the discretion and modera- tion of that assembly whether that privilege shall be exercised for the real benefit of the people, or in a manner wholly inconsistent with justice or liberty, as it certainly must be whenever the House of Commons shall assume a jurisdiction which properly belongs to the legal tribunals. That the known and lawful manner of inquiry into the misconduct of a Corporation, or into the improper exercise of its franchises, is by information in the Court of King's Bench, which can only be granted upon some specific charge, or to redress some specific grievance. That a Commission from the Crown (and the same may be said of a Committee of either House of Parliament), for the purpose of finding out matters of complaint against every Corporatio❑ in the kingdom, if it were armed with compulsory powers, would be liable to all the objections which were justly urged against the quo wurrantos of Charles the Second, without even regarding, as they did, the farms of justice. That even assuming the Commission in question to be legal and effectual, as regards Municipal Corporations, the Merchant Tailors' Company is not a Municipal Corpora tion, and does not therefore come within the scope of it inquiries. That the term " Municipal Corporations" seems to refe r to those Corporations only which embrace cities or town as contradistinguished from such as possess no local juris diction whatever, but merely relate to persons, professions trades, mysteries, or commercial adventures, having no concern with the administration of justice, or the mainte nance and regulation of the police, or the preservation of the peace. That, if this be not the sense of the words " Municipal Corporations," it is difficult to conceive why they should not comprehend the Colleges in the two Universities, the Universities themselves, which do by their Charters invest the Vice-Chancellor with the office of Conservator of the Peace, the Dean and Chapter in every cathedral town, the Bank of England, the East India Company, the College of Physicians, and many others of the like kind, as well as th e trading Corporations and fraternities of particular mysteries. That this Court, moreover, being, for these reasons, satisfied that any information given by their authority to the Municipal Corporation Commissioners would be purely voluntary, feel that they cannot, consistently with the ancient and lawful oath taken by each individual on his admission to the Court of Assistants, disclose any matter which in their knowledge or judgment was not intended to be published. That this Court, in declining to give any information whatever to the Commissioners appointed under and by virtue of the Commission aforesaid, are desirous of assuring the Commissioners most respectfully that there is nothing in the history, constitution, or administration of the Mer chant Tailors' Company that the members of this Court have, collectively or individually, any wish or interest to withhold from inquiry. That, on the contrary, it would be a source of gratifica tion to them to have the opportunity of demonstrating the increased and increasing extent and utility of the charities, which, as well by a due economy of their revenues, as by the munificence of several of their predecessors members of this Court they have been able to establish and to enlarge ; but they are actuated exclusively by two considerations— first, the oath of office, which they think precludes them from voluntary disclosures ; and, secondly, the persuasion that the univers tl, though reluctant, submission of all the corporations in the kingdom to a Commission so mani festly unlawful, and, in their judgment, so inconsistent with the security of the property and rights of the subject, could not fail to he treated as s sanction to such an exercise of the prerogative and to become a precedent full of danger to future times. Wherefore they conceive it to be the more especial duty of such of these bodies as have no favour to expect and no danger to fear to meet this unlawful encroachment of power with unqualified resistance. Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions, and of the opinions of Counsel, be transmitted to Sir Fras. Paigrave. By order, (Signed) JOHN B. DE MOLE, Clerk and Solicitor to the Company. COPY OF THE QUERIES, AND OPINIONS OF COUNSEL, UPON THE SUBJECT OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION COMMISSION. Query 1. Whether Municipal Corporations are legally bound any compellable to furnish the information sought for by the Municipal Corporation Commission, and by the first list of queries propounded by the Commissioners ; and if so, to what extent ? SIR JAMES SCARLETT'S ANSWER. am of opinion that the Crown cannot by virtue of the prerogative alone compel any subject to make communi cations or disclosures upon oath or otherwise, except in a due course of the administration of justice. The Crown may issue a Commission to hear and determine offences against the law ; and in cases where the Crown is Visiter of Ecclesiastical Corporations or Hospitals it may visit by Special Commissioners, as well as by the Chancellor : but even then the visitatorial power must be called into action, like any other judicial power, by the complaint of some party grieved to whom the ordi nary means of redress have been refused, or by way of appeal from some domestic forum which has exercised its judgment upon a specific complaint. But I apprehend that a roving Commission to inquire for grievances, and to compel answers, even in cases where the Crown can visit by Commissioners, much snore in cases where it cannot, is clearly contrary to law. As to Civil Corporations, therefore, I think that they can in no respect be compelled to make any answer to any Com missioners appointed by the Crown touching any of the matters propounded in the queries, or within the scope of the Commission. There can be no civil liberty where the l a w that protects the rights and enjoyment of property, and of privileges or franchises, is not administered in a certain known course. It is a principle of the common law, which is ever favourable to liberty, that the King c annot administer j us ti ce excep t i n hi s C our t s , an d by his Judges duly established. It is said by Lord Coke that Courts of Equity exist only by prescription or by statute ; that the common law is the inheritance of the subject, and therefore that though the King may by virtue of his prero gative constitute a new Court and Judges to administer justice according to the common law, yet he cannot with out the authority of Parliament constitute a new Court of Equity, or a Court Ecclesiastic. It follows that he cannot compel any person to make disclosures, even for the avowed purposes of justice, or the redress of grievances, except in the established Courts of t quity, or by Courts administering justice according to the common law. It is even said by the same bight atr.hority that the King cannot by lavi appoint Commissioners to inquire only, and not to determine. This is certain, that by the common law, which is the' right of the subject, no man can be compelled to disclose an matter that may expose himself to peril, except in a due course of justice. It seems to follow, therefore, that the Crown cannot L appoint Commissioners for the mere purpose of compelling disc`Osnrei of any kind. Commissions for Intefiry may be the source of mO"ch.' er'efeil information furnished volunta rily ; and it has been the uSage to issue such Commissions either under the Great Seal or under tli'e sign manuel in matters relating to the departments of the Executive Government which are under the control of the king, Or to the administration of justice generally; but, in my opinion, it is not consistent with the law or the liberty of the subject that Commissioners appointed by the Crown to inquire into matters of pfoperty or franchise, or any other matters or grievances of which the King's ordinary Courts have cognizance, should be endued with a power of compulsion either for the disclosure of facts or the attendance of witnesses: The Address of the House of Commons, as the law now stands, can add nothing to their validity. It is true that the House of Commons claims a power to enforce by means of its own privilege the attendance of witnesses and the production of pApers and records before its own Committees of Inquiry ; but it is also true that the House of Commons cannot commu nicate that power to the Crown. Besides, the privilege of the House of Commons is not, like the prerogative of the King, reducible to any control of a Court of Justice, nor, perhaps, to any strict definition, and therefore it must ever depend entirely no the discretion and moderation of that assembly whether that privilege shall be exercised for the real benefit of the people, or in a manner wholly in consistent with justice or liberty, as it certainly must he whenever the House of Commons shall assume a jurisdic tion which properly belongs to the ordinary tribunals. The known and lawful manner of inquiry into the mis conduct of a Corporation, or into the improper exercise of its franchises, is by information in the Court of King's Bench, which can only be grant-d upon some specific charge ; or to redress some specific grievance. But a Commission from the Crown (and the same may be said of a Committee of either House of Parliament), for the avowed purpose of finding out matters of complaint against every Corporation in the kingdom, if it were armed with compulsory powers, would appear to me liable to all the objections which were justly urged against the qua war rantos of Charles 11., without even regarding, as they did, the forms of justice. W. W. loLLETT'S ANSWER. I am of opinion that Municipal Corporations are not compellable by legal process to furnish the information required by the Commissioners. lam not aware of any legal or constitutional power vested in the King which can enable him to compel obedience, on the pert of any corporate body or it, officers, to Cumtui,sioners appointed under such a Commission as this. Whatever incormation on the subject of their inquiries is furnished to them, will be voluntary on the part of the persons giving it. MR. W. R. RENNALL ' S ANSWER. In some cases where the King has the power of visita tion, he may appoint Commissioners to exercise his office of ♦isiter. He is the visiter of all Civil Corporations, but the only place where he can exercise this jurisdiction is in the Court of King's Bench. The Corporation complained of is called upon in that Court to show how it makes out its claim to some specified privilege, or to answer for alleged misbehaviour, distinctly charged i❑ a proceeding of quo warrant°. This is the only course by which the Crown can legally call in question the rights exercised, or the acts done, by a Civil Corporation. The following passage appears in Lord Coke's Second Institute, 280 : —" There were some innovatores in those days that per suaded the King (Edward Ist) that few or none of the Nobility, Clergy, or Commonalty, that had franchises of the grants of the King's predecessors had right to them, for that they had no Charter to show for the same, for that in troth most of their Charters, either by length of time or injury of wars, and insurrections, or by casualty, were either consumed or lost : whereupon (as commonly new inventions have new ways) it was openly proclaimed that every man that held those liberties or other possessi ins by grant from any of the King's progenitors, should, before cer tain selected persons thereunto appointed, show, quo jure, quove nomine Nees retinerent, &c. ; whereupon many that had long continued in quiet possession were taken into the King's hands, Eo quod nulla tabella constarent." Sir Edward Coke adds, that, at the petition of the Lords and Commons for a remedy against the grievance com plained of, the statute 6th Mot I. enacted, " that in each county, until the Court of King's Bench came thither, or the next coining of the Justices in Eyre, all men should quietly enjoy their franchises which they had reasonably used. Here it is to he observed that this good King and his Coupcil in Parliament, referred the party grieved to a legit prbceeding, which implieth that a contrary course was hoiden before." Under this statute (6 Edw. I.) quo war rant° writs were issued into all the counties of England to inquire concerning liberties of whatsoever kind, how they were held of our Lord the King, " Cujus brevis occasione omnes Archiepiscopi, Abbates, Priores, Cornites, Barones, et cateri libere tenentes variis laboribus et ea,- pensis fueruht pregravati."—(Barrington on Statutes, 109.) These proceedings being complained of by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in Parliament, as a matter of great rigour and extremity (although in legal course), the Statute IS Edward Ist was passed to confirm titles.—( Second Institute, 495.) The letters pa•ent to inquire into Corporations give an authority to the Commissioners to inquire into the state and constitution of Municipal Corporations, and, among other points of investigation, to inquire into the privileges of the freemen and other members, and into the nature and management of the income, revenues, and funds. These inquiries seem to be as extensive as those which the selected persons were directed to make in the reign of Edward Ist. The method prescribed for executing this Commission by summoning the officers of the different bodies whom the investigation affects; forcing disclosures of ride, or of defects of title, by an extra-judicial oath ; t.ooking for abuses without a specific accusation in legal form ; and by causing the production on oath, without any cause depending at the suit of a party interested, of the muniments and other writings of Corporations ; is as wide a departure from the ordinary course of law as the proceeding censured by Sir Edward Coke ; and this Commission, like the appointment of the "persons se lected," wants the authority of an Act of Parliament. The right of the Crown to grant Commissions is not an unli mited prerogative. It is said in Lord Coke's Fourth Institute, 163, " All Commissions of new invention are against liw until they have allowance by Act of Parlia ment. Commissions of novel inquiries are declared to be void (statute 18 Edw. 111., c. 1). Commissions to assay weights and measures being of new invention are declared to be void, and that such Commissions should not be after granted (statute 18 Edward 3d, c. 4). In 12 Coke's Reports, 31, it is reported that Commissions under the Great Seal were directed to divers Commissioners in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, ant( other counties, to inquire of depopulation of houses, converting of arable land into pasture, &c. ; but the Commissioners should not have any power to bear and determine the said offences, but only to inquire of them ; and by colour of these Commissions the Commissioners returned presentments into Chancery ; and after, in Tri nity Term, 5 Jac., it was resolved by the two Chief Justices, and by seven other of the Judges, that the said Commissions were against law; among other reasons " for this, that it was only to inquire, which is against law ; for by this a man may be unjustly accused by perjury and he shall not have any remedy, for this, that it is not within the Statute 5 Elizabeth (c. 9, fur the punishment of perjury); also the party may be defamed, and shall not have any traverse to it." It seems to the that the Commission in regard to which my opinion is required is liable to the above objections, and under the sanction of the preceding authorities I think it is against law. '1 his Commission does, I think, differ essentially from the Commission to inquire into the practice of the Court of Chancery, and from the other Commis sions to inquire into the state of the law in England and in the Coloines. It is of the nature of a judicial inquiry, where privileges, property, the administration of trusts, and personal conduct are put in question without any suit or action depending. It appears to me that as the Com missioners of Naval Inquiry were appointed by statute (43 Geo. 111. c. 16), and the Commissions of Inquiry into Charities and the Management of Charitable Funds were issued under the authority of Acts of Parliament, the present Commission also had need of the sanction of an Act of Parliament. Query 2. Whether or not (assuming the preceding question to be answered in the affirmative) the Merchant Tailors' Company is a Municipal Corporation, or a Cor poration of that character, nature, and description as to be legaly within the scope and power of such Commission ? SIR JAMES SCA RLETT'S ANSWER. I own I find considerable difficulty in bringing the Merchant Tailors' Company within any proper definition of the words " Municipal Corporation." The word " municipal" in Latin signifies one who isicapable " mums capere" of taking office, and was used to distinguish one who had the rights of a Ro:nan citizen from one who had no such rights. Thence probably the word " rnunicipium," Difeolt to denote a town of which the inhabitants had the privi lege or franchise of being itrieOled by their own Magi:- trates end laws, and of bearing the title of Roman citi zens; no', however, with the_ privilege of voting as citizens of Rome, as the distiAgtioia was very familiar between the " Municipium cum ttuffiagio" and the " Municipium sine suffragio." " Municipiurn" then signified a town or city enfranchised by a decree of the Senate from the obligation of receiving the Roman law or submitting to a Roman Prefect.* Hence in our language the adjective word " tnun;cipal" seems to have taken its meaning, and when app'ied to " laws" signifies the laws of a city, province, or even maims, as coo tradistinguished from a more universal law ; and when applied to an officer, signifies an officer of some town, or city, or place, having a peculiar law, or lex loci, by virtue of which the office exists. The combination " Municipal Corporation" is, as far as I know, quite new in a legal instrument. The distinctions between Corpo rations aggregate and sole, ecclesiastical and lay, civil and eleemosynary, are well known, being familiarly used in law books. But I am not aware of any legal autho rity for the meaning of the words " Municipal Corpora tions." Judging from analogy, I should have thought the words not ill chosen to express those Corpora tions only which embraced cities or towns, as contra distinguished from such as merely related to persons, professions, trades, mysteries, or commercial adventures, having no concern with the administration of justice, or the maintenance and regulation of the police, or the preservation of the peace. If this be not the sense of the words, then I am at a loss to know why they should not comprehend the Colleges in the two Universities, the Universities themselves, which do by their Charters invest the Vice-Chancellor with the office of Conserva tor of the Peace, the Dean and Chapter in every cathe dral town, the Bank of England, the East India Company, the College of Physicians, and many others of the like kind, as well as the Trading Companies or Frater nities of particular mysteries. lam unwilling, however, to offer any confident opinion upon the sense which these words were intended to convey, observing that the Com missioners have put a different construction from mine upon them, and being aware that words, as well as laws, sometimes take their effect and borrow a meaning from popular feeline. MR. W. W. FOLLETT ' S ANSWER. I am disposed to think that the M.rchant Tailors' Com pany cannot properly be called a Municipal Corporation. MR. W. R. RENNALL'S ANSWER. If the point were conceded that the Commission to in quire into Municipal Corporations is a valid instrument, I should he of opinion that this Commission does not autho rise an inquiry into the existing state of the Trading Com panies. They are not named, nor do the terms local jurisdictions existing within the limits of corporate towns" include them. * Note.—These Municipia were in effect what are now corporate towns or cities, governed by their own Magistrates, and freed, more or less, from the services to which other towns were liable. They had become very numerous and powerful during the existence of a free Government in Rome, insomerli that Sylla the Dictator passed a law, entitled " De Muni cipiis," to disfranchise those who had given support to Marius and Cinna in their resistance to him. He considered these Corporations as the last stronghold of the party which he made it the object of his policy to destroy. J. S. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. 18.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Janet, Rodgers, from Bengal—lefr the Sand Heads the Bth July, and St. Helena the 29th September; Margare, from L.ghorn ; Oberon, Cruse, from Bilbaa ; and Volusca, Raffell, from London for Jamaica. Sailed the outward bound. The Apollo, from the River, passed to the west ward last night. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Calm. FALMOUTH, NOV. 17.--Wind S. to S.E., moderate breezes.—Arrived off port the Greyhound, Rivett, from Cephalonia. STANGATE CREEK, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Syced Kban, Middleton, from Smyrna. CowEs, Nov. 18.—Arrived the Prince Regent, Aitken, from Batavia—sailed the 15th July, St. Helena the 27th September, and Ascension the 3d ult. BRISTOL, Nov. 18.—Arrived the John, from New foundland; Mayflower, Orley, from Denia; and Mary Ann, from Gallipoli. MILFORD, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Wellington, M't chell, from Cardiff, very leaky, and supposed must dis charge, bound to Newcastle. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Exquisite, Pen son, from Smyrna. WATERFORD, Nov. IG.—Arrived the Genii, Mace,3 from London. DROGHEDA, Nov. 16.—Arrived the Euphemia, Baker, from London. The Comely, Stratton, from Dundee to Riga, was toi tally wrecked on Bornholm the 2d instant—crew saved. The Henry, Heentrod, from Ipswich, was driven o shore near Memel the 7th instant—crew saved. The Jessie, Stephens, from Hamburg to Inverkeithing, is abandoned near Thisted—one of the crew drowned. The Canning, Brays, from Shoreham to Kiel, and the Catherine, Osterbury, from New York to Gottenburg, are stranded on the west coast of Jutland—crew saved. The Wilhelmine Emelie, Maass, from Hull to Dantzic, put into Cuxhaven, dismasted. The Robert Blyth, which was on shore in the Hoogh ley, has been got off, and was proceeding to Bengal the 23d June. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Hindoo, from Bengal, has arrived at Liverpool, sailed from Calcutta on the Bth of July, and from St. llelena on the 28th of September. The Clyde, from New South Wales, has arrived at Liverpool, sailed on the Bth of October, 1832, from Val paraiso on the 31st of December, and from Bahia on the 27th of September, 1833. The Camilla, from New South Wales, has arrived in the Dawns, sailed on the 16th of April. The Clarinda, from the Mauritius, has arrived at Fal mouth, sailed on the 2flth of July, and from St. Helena on the 22d of September. The Cygnet, from the Mauritius, has arrived off Dover, sailed on the 24th of July, and from St. Helena on the 30th of August. His Majesty's ship Charybdis, from the Cape, has arrived at Portsmouth, sailed on the 6th of September, from St. Helena on the 22d, from Ascension on the 30th, and from Teneriffe on the 17th of October. Arrivals at Bengal.—His Majesty's ship Magicienne, from Trincomalee, on the 16th of June ; the Rosslyn Castle, from Madras, on the 16th ; the Castle Huntly, the Vansittart, and the Warren Hastings, from Madras, on the 18th ; the Eudora, from Leith, on the 22d ; the Leda, from Madras, on the 25th ; the Agnes, from Penang, on the 27th ; the Buckinghamshire, from Madras, the Allerton, from Liverpool, the William, from Greenock, and the Patriot King, from Liverpool, on the 28th ; the Renown, and the Gentoo, from Greenock, on the 29th : the Exporter, from Madras, on the 2d of July. Departures from Bengal—The Lord Amherst, for Sin gapore and China, on the 23d of June; the Juliana, for London, on the 25th, and put back to Diamond Harbour on the I , h of July, having lost two anchors and cables ; the Donna Carmelita, and the Brougham, on the 25th, for the Mauritius; the Caledonia, for Penang, 29th; the Alorgiana, for Liverpool, 30th. CALCUTTA.—The Esmont was sold for 5,000 rupees on the 3d of July. KEDGEREE, JUNE 17.—The General Gascoyne, bound to the Mauritius, floated at high water; and it is expected the Robert, bound to Liverpool, will float. Arrivals at Penang.—The Jetty, on the 28th of May, and the Eliz ibeth, on the 31st, from Bengal; the Austen, and the Hon. Company's steamer Clive, from Madras, 29th, the two latter for Singapore. Arrivals at the Cape.—The Conch, from Algoa Bay, on the 23d of August; the Britomart, from Ascension, on the 24th; t-e John Adams, from London, on the 24th; the George Canning, from Rio, on the 28th ; the C:audine, from the Downs, on the 29th ; the Morley, from Plymouth, on the 29th, and sailed on the Ist of September ; the Jane, from Buenos Ayres, on the 29th ; the Addingham, from Newcastle, on the 3d of September; the Emerald, from Greenock, on the 3d ; the Eliza Jane, from London, 4th. Arrivals at Bombay.—The Hero, from London, in 90 flays. Arrivals at St. Helena.—The Cleveland, from Bombay, And sailed 28th September ; the Mediterranean, from Batavia. A melancholy occurrence took place at Gor gie en Saturday last. In the afternoon of that day, some labourers were conveying a felled t ree through the villa g e, supported on a Danker, when a g irl of the name of Camp bell, about six years of age , r an out of her mother's ho use , and got upon the vehicle , from which, however, she w as soon shaken to the gro und from the j ostlin g of the car, extinct , mother, who was almost a her head being crush e d t o p when the wheels w ent over her head. She was instantl y taken iec s u p, dliirsetrwes of a the w itness of the acci d e nt, may be more easily conceived than e. Tie but described.—Scotsman, ~~