The Sun. — London, England, 1830-05-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THU PUBLIC JOURNALS. Owing to the firmness of the Government, the Beer Bill is not encumbered with a restriction which would have defeated its principal, and, in our minds, most useful object—the free accommodation of the poorer classes. We do not for one moment impugn the motives of these who supported the amendment, but fer the sake of consiste►►cy, and bqual justice to the poor and rich, we rejoice that it has been rejected. The Government having shown a determined front, the opposition to this measure will, we have no doubt, be less in every future stage of the proceedings.— Times. There is no crime in now asserting that the Lon don and Birmingham Junction Canal Bill was a bubble company bill; that a false and fraudulen. subscription bill was deposited, by the solicitor to the bill, at the private bill-office of the House of Commons; and that if the thing had not, eery fortunately, burst before it was ripe for execution, the public would have been robbed of property to the amount of little less than half a million of money. There is, we repeat, no offence in now affirm ing all this, because it is put on on record by one of the Houses of Parliament; and because the attorney for the bill, the official organ through which the whole abomination was to have been realised, has been called up to the bar of the House of Commons, and has received from 51r. Speaker a solemn repri mand for his proceedings, which we copy from the Journals of the House. And yet there are, perhaps, a score of persons connected with the getting up of this arid other applications to Parliament, who would have the modesty to turn up any Newspaper which charged them with one half of what the Speaker of the House of Commons has reprobated the solicitor to the bill in question for attempting, and would talk big about " calumny," " action for libel," &c. Oh dear ! if men would take but a tithe of the pains to keep themselves honest and un tainted, which they do to punish others for being convinced, however reluctantly, by dint of evidence, that they are not so, how much time and trouble, and reputation likewise, they might save themselves. The reprimand alluded to was as follows : Thomas Eyre Lee, the House, after lengthened and mature consideration of the case in which you are involved, and having given every attention to the petition which you have presented, have come to the conclusion that the offence which you com mitted is of a grave and serious nature, as affecting the dignity , and character of this House, and of the most dangerous conse quences to the property of individuals who may be concerned in the passing of Private Bills. It has been proved to the convic tion of the House, that the Subscription List which you de posited, and which you attested before the Committee, was false and fictitious; and that you, though warned as to the suspi cious character of the said List, did, nevertheless, as agent for the Bill, attest its truth without due inquiry into the cir cumstances to which your attention has been specially di rected ; and, however severe a censure it must be to every honourable mind to receive the reprimand of this House, this House, in justice to the parties concerned in the case to which their attention has been particularly directed, as well as with a view to prevent the recurrence of any fraud of a similar nature, and to give security to those whose interests may be con cerned in Private Bills, and further to vindicate the honour and dignity of the House, do direct that you be reprimanded for this offence. I have, in obedience to the command of the House, communicate this reprimand to you, and I have now to acquaint you that you are discharged. The discussion last night on the subject of the 41 per Cent West India Duties was quite a treat. The produce of these duties has for a long period been applied chiefly, according to Mr. Creevey, in pensioning the natural children of people at the west-end of the town, possessed of Parliamentary interest and Court favour. It was a convenient fund in many ways. It happened, however, a year or two ago, that pity was taken of the Bishopless condition of the West Indians, and an Act was passed to prevent the further grant of pensions out of the 41 per Cent. Duties, the proceeds of which were devoted to the payment of the new Church Establishment. Here was a union of piety and dis interestedness of rare occurrence in the history of this country. Piety in the mouths of Ministers Las usually meant an application to the pockets of the people. But only think of Ministers renouncing this rich resource of corruption, from mere com passion to the Bishopless condition of the Creoles. Not so fast, good readers. When it was wished to job the Bishops and Clergy, the public were to be pacified by the idea that these pious men were, at all events, more worthy recipients of the duties than the very equivocal class described by Mr. Creevey. But this job having been completed, the next consideration was to saddle the public with the Bishops and the full amount of the pensions. Mr. Hume, who brought the subject before the House in his usual straight-forward and uncompro mising way, stated that " an op:nion had been ob tained from the Law Officers of the Crown, that the sugar sent over in payment of the 41 per Cent. Duties was not liable to the payment of Customs, and thus, without at all asking the opinion of Par liament, the Customs had not been paid, and the produce of the duties bad been raised last year from about 30,000/. to 61,0000 It seems, according to some of the many relics of barbarous laws, which are always ready for an occasion like the present, the King pays no duties. It was stated by Sir James Scarlett, in answer to a question put by Mr. Bating, that the Crown, in the times of the Henries, imported goods, duty free, and sold them. Accord ing to this doctrine, there is nothing to hinder the King from being, like the Pacha of Egypt, the mo nopolizer of all the importations into the country. Importing duty free, the deuce is in it if he could not sell cheaper than his highly-taxed subjects. For one hundred and seventy years, the pro duce sent Ott by the West Indians to pay the 4 per Cent. Duties has paid Customs like other importations. To allow this produce to be imported duty free, is merely to take so much from the Customs. It was, as Mr. Hunie observed, a " transfer of 35,000/. from the Customs to the Privy purse of the King—that was the true cha racter of the transaction. It was money taken from the public to be put into the pocket of the King," The sugar was of course sold at the common market price, which includes Customs, and the sugar paying Customs was diminished to the extent of the West India 41 per cent. produce. Now is not this a gross perversion of the spirit of the Constitution, if it be not a violation of the law ? There is no necessity for sending a tax-gatherer into the King's Palace, or for charging with duty his importations of wine, because we must maintain the King, and if he paid taxes, the nation must enable him to pay them. But this extension of the maxim, that the King pays no duty—a maxim borrowed from ages when the King was not a pensioner of the nation as at present, but the real disposer of all the public revenue, to the present times, in order to have a large fund for corrupt pur poses, is one of the most audacious steps that ever were taken—is, in fact, a perfect insult to the country. If the public had known, when the precious affair of the West Indian Bishops was in agitation, that the 2.5,000/.required for them would be a permanent Barden on the country, we question whether the House of Commons would have dared to agree to the measure. The affair strikes us as about as nice ail exemplification of the art of cozening as ever was witnessed. All fair and liberal, when the Bishops are quartered on us. But, then, if 25,000/. be taken from a fund hitherto sacred to that de , seription of pensions which is not fit for the light (the most valuable description to a Government, for pensions to meritorious servants can always be obtained with ease from Parliament), how are we to replace the loss ? Then the Law Officers of the Crown are put in requisition to discover a pretext for retaining the Fund for Pensions undiminished. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, with great naivete, observed, that " the late opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown had not enabled Mi nisters to extend their patronage beyond what it was before the passing of the Gth George IV." No; but the public have been, to speak in lan guage more expresuive than dignified, diddled out of a sum equal to that retained by Ministers for pa tronage, by this ingenious reference to the Legisla ture of our Henries. It is a trick ; and, in common life, we know what name would be given to it. It is clearly an appropriation of money without the sanction of Parliament. If the King can import sugar duty free, he may import other good', and thus obtain as large a revenue as he chooses. But it is said you have Ministerial respon sibility. Ministers are responsible for every thing the' King does. This is all very well—the public know the value of it. But it is clear that this way of obtaining money is taking the public by sur prise. It would have looked much better, had Mi nisters fairly stated, when they were quartering an Episcopal Establishment for the West Indies on the country, that they did not mean to aban don any part of the fund for pensions, and that though the 4 per Cents. were at pre sent unequal to the payment of the establish- , ment and the pensions, yet it was in contempla tion to double the produce by taking 35,0001. a year from the Customs and adding it to the per Cents. A great deal of idle talk took place on the point whether the opinions of Law Officers of the Crown ought to be produced. That, of course, should de pend on whether it is of importance that they be produced. When the public interest demands the production of such opinions Ministers would be wrong in not producing them. Must assuredly, if ever there was a case which demanded the produc tion of the opinions of the Law Officers of the Crown, it is the present. Is it not of the utmost importance that the public should know the extent to which the Crown may raise money without the consent of Parliament ? If it be the law that the King can import duty free, and sell the goods in the market, the sooner the law is done away with the better. The motion for the production of the opinion, however, was lost by a majority of seventy-eight to thirty-two. It is altogether a pretty business.- Ilfornin g Chronicle. Every one recollects the bubble era—that dark stain upon the moral character of this country in the nineteenth century. The gross and impudent frauds ' which were then concocted by gangs of swindlers, whose invention could not be too extravagant or romantic for the credulity on which it was practised, cannot soon be forgotten. Too many, indeed, have bitter cause to remember the dazzling visions of sudden and boundless riches which were conjured up by the juggling tricks of the joint-stock schemers, and which enticed them, in evil hour, from the path of regular industty into all the folly and misfortune of gambling speculations. Nor were those scandalous and disgraceful frauds solely contrived by obscure and nameless adventurers ; men of high and honour able connection—even Representatives of the people, and titled Counsellors of Kings, lent themselves to plans of infamous deception and wholesale robbery. It is a notorious fact that the basest and most auda cious knaves,who raised themselves from sordid ob scurity to a momentary importance by successful fraud, held their levees, which were attended by. Peers and Members of Parliament, all eager to asso ciate with the lucky adventurers, who were enriching themselves at the expense of a deluded people, and careless of sharing the infamy, so as they were allowed to participate in the gains. But a day of account and retribution came; the whole fabric of joint-stock fraud tumbled to the earth with a tremendous crash ; and while thousands of miserable dupes wereburied in the ruins, the architects of this calamity did not escape unhurt. Many of them bad to disgorge their ill-gotten wealth ; others found it prudent to fly the country; and not a few have mi serably perished in prisons, and in foreign lands.— Yet the Divine vengeance—for it was hardly brought about by human means—which fell upon those things, and their contrivers and abettors, has only repressed the spirit in which they were engendered —not extinguished it. We have since observed several projects of the kind starting into life, and have assisted in their exposure and demolition. But we were not prepared to see so bold and impudent a fraud attempted to be played off on the public and the Legislature, as that connected with the scheme of the Birmingham and London Junction Canal.— The resolutions agreed to by the Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into this matter we have already published, and certainly they disclose a scene of daring iniquity perfectly astonishing, if any thing of fraudulent hardihood in the present age could excite astonishment. We hear of poor ignorant creatures, for a constructive con tempt of the Court of Chancery, being hurried from the bosom of their families into a prison, and kept there for an indefinite series of years. What punish ment, then, has been inlttted upon persons who have been guilty of one of the most flagrant contempts of the High Court of Parliament that has ever been committed ? Why, the solicitor to the Bill has been called to the bar, reprimanded, and discharged ! It is stated in the printed votes of the House of Commons, that a false and fictitious list of subscribers was attested as true and correct; and that the said solicitor, though warned as to the suspicious character of the said list, did, nevertheless, as agent for the Bill, attest its truth, without due inquiry into the circumstances to which his attention had been specially directed. For this act of " negli gence"—very culpable indeed in a solicitor—he has been reprimanded. As the dupe of more designing parties, for it was in this light the House regarded him, he, perhaps, deserved no more; but has any attempt been made to discover, drag forth, and pu nish the really guilty parties ? We know not whe ther the House of Commons intends to take any further steps to vindicate its " outraged dignity, and aseert its violated privileges," but we cannot suppose it means to stop here. It is bound, in our humble opinion, to investigate this matter tho roughly, and ascertain who really are the persons that concocted the mass of forgery and fraud by which the House was to he seduced into the passing of the Bill. It is bound to ascertain who were really the persons that imposed upon the credulous understanding of Mr. Thomas Eyre Lee, and to expose them to the public infamy and punishment which they have so richly merited. We hope Al derman Waithman—who stated that he could, if his motion relative to joint-stock schemes in a for mer Session had been agreed to, have implicated scores of Members of Parliament in similar transac tions—will not let this business drop until the real delinquents be brought to light, and such atonement be made as will satisfy the offended dignity of the House, and prevent the repetition of similar out rages on public morality.-IWorning► Herald. The Beer Bill came under discussion in the House of Commons last night, when Mr. Monck's amend- , ment to prevent the drinking of beer on the pre mises of persons licensed under this Act, was nega tived by a majority of 143 to 118; a decision which, taking all the circumstances into consideration, ap pears just and reasonable. It is urged in some quar ters that the provisions of the new Act will be in jurious or ruinous to the interests of the publicans, but there are no fair grounds for this objection. The honest dealer has nothing to apprehend from com petition ; and injury ,or ruin to the trade of those who do not scruple to sacrifice the health of their customers for the purpose of increasing their own profits, will be but the due reward for their villainy. One of the objects of the Bill is to provide a wholesome article for the community, and this important point, we think, it is calculated to attain. Regard for the morals of the lower orders, which is arrayed as an argument on the side of the opponents of this mea sure, is not compromised, as they affect to believe, by its provisions. Public-houses are already too numerous to allow of the supposition that any in crease in their numbers will afford greater facilities to persons addicted to excessive drinking, than those at present afforded them; and as it regards drinking on the premises, it was well observed by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, that where intoxication and riot ensues, it is far preferable that it should take place within doors than be an offence to public decency without. That great public benefit will result from this measure cannot be doubted, while the prediction of evils may, for the most part, be ascribed to the conflict of private ag ainst g eneral I interests, —Morning Post. - - The Salo of Beer Bill passed through a Com mittee last night, and we regret to add—notwith standing the disinclination previously intimated in Government quarters, and the notorious impolicy, as well as the still more notorious injustice, of the measure—with the clause permitting the consump tion of beerion the premises where sold, perfect and, entire ! It is useless, we are aware, to argue against the passing of the Bill, now that it has passed through SO many stages; and, indeed, if it were useful, we could add nothing to the argu ments which we have so repeatedly urged against it; but we cannot take leave of the question now, without, on the one hand, expressing our opposi tion to such spoliations of private property as are involved in the principle of the Bill; and, on the other, bearing testimony to the able manner in which Mr. Monck brought forward and supported his amendment. Nothing could be more clear or convincing than his arguments ; and the only regret which the reader will experience in perusing his speech will be, that so much good sense would have been thrown away on those who did not set a proper value upon it. Sir T. Gooch also supported the Hon. Member for Reading, in an able and forcible speech ; and did the late hour at which the debate closed, permit us to enter into detail, we should also bear testimony to the aid so cheerfully afforded by Mr. Maberly, Mr. Estcourt, and others, who took the same view of the subject, and spared no pains to impress it upon the House. Tr. Barclay, we believe, spoke in favour of Mr. Monck's clause ; but the Honourable Member was unfortunately inaudible during the greater part of his speech ; and Mr. Buxton was still more strenuous in advocating the interests of the Licensed Victualler. Sir E. Knatchbull also, greatly to his credit, came forward in the most manly manner to point out the injustice of the measure, and to declare that in two years it would have to be repealed, in consequence of the disorders to which it would give rise. Here we are compelled to close our brief sketch of the course of the debate, but not without remarking that Sir R. Peel, who, as Home Secretary, pledged himself, two years ago, never to permit any thing in' the shape of a free trade in beer, never once opened his lips on the im portant subject under discussion 1 " C'est le pre mier pas qui conk," say our French neighbours, and if Sir R. Peel has not verified the proverb by the mode of his conversion to the tiecessiy of Ca tholic Emancipation, he has at all events con vinced us, in this matter, of the truth of those beau tifal lines— " Facilis descensus averni ; sed revocare gradum " Hic labor, l ie opus !" Some people, in fact, can change their opinions with as much facility as they can change their outward garb, and what is more praiseworthy, with precisely about the same amount of conscientious feeling. But, notwithstanding this defection, the support given to the cause of justice was most powerful and respectable. There was only, in fact, a majority of 25 ; and that too in a House composed of 261 Members :—there being for _ _ _ Mr. Monek's cli';use llB Against it We would really fain hope that these numbers would induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to change his mind on the subject of the Beer Bill— to give up the obnoxious clause, and do at once an act of justice both to the public and to the parties who are so deeply interested in the matter. The measure has been all but defeated in the Com mittee, and even if it should pass the House of Commons, what will be the result in the Lords ? Morning Advertiser. RAW HIDES. Per Stone. B.A. to s. d. Per Stone. s. d. to s. d. Best Heifers& Steers 2 . 8 3 0 Ordinary 1 8 2 0 Middlings 9 2 2 6 Market Calf 6 0 each. POST-OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS. The following memorial has been presented to the Board of Trade, on the part of many of the most eminent merchants in the city, soliciting atten- tion to the state of the communications witl;France and the south of Europe, and pointing out some , improvements Of which they appear to be suscep tible : " To the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, and the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council for Trade. _ _ "My Lords,—We, the undersigned merchants of Lon don, beg leave respectfully to submit to your Lordships, the great advantages which the mercantile and manufac turing interests of Great Britain would derive, if greater facilities were afforded in France for the transit of letters through that country. " The mails from Spain, and we believe also from Italy. and Switzerland, 4nive in Paris two hours after the de parture of the estafette for London, and some merchants having desired their correspondents in Spain to address their letters to friends in Paris, to be forwarded from thence by estafette, receive them regularly in one case three days, and in the other case one day, before their neighbours; for as the Madrid posts arrive in Paris only twice in the week, viz., on Tuesday and Friday, and there are no mails made up in Paris for London on Wednesday and Thursday, the Spanish letters are detained there from Tuesday till Friday, which delay is most inconvenient, because, if those letters were forwarded from Paris either on Tuesday evening or Wednesday, they would reach London in time for orders to be transmitted to the manufacturing towns of Manchester, Leeds, and Huddersfield, where the markets are held on Tuesday, whereas, by that delay, a whole week is frequently lost in the execution of orders. " But besides the injury arising from delay, the present plan is injurious to the revenue, for as single letters direct from Spain pay for postage 2s. 2d. whilst from Paris the charge is Is. 2d., there is a loss to Government of ls. on each Spanish letter put under cover to Paris, and forwarded by estafette from thence ; the rate of postage was mate rially advanced during the war, and not having been re duced since the return of peace, it is respectfully sub mitted, that every facility should be given to the transit of letters, without any increase of postage. " We have thought it right to be thus explicit, in order to be perfectly understood, and have now only to suggest, that arrangements may be made with the French Govern ment for the establishment of estafettes daily betwixt Paris and London, and that all English letters passing through France be seat by them, which may be done without in creased expense, as there is a daily communication betwixt Paris and Calais, betwixt Dover and London, and the packets cross the Channel daily. " If estafettes could also be established between Paris and the frontiers of Spain, Italy, and Switzerland, and even extended beyond France, the advantages to British commerce would be self-evident." (The signatures follow.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London Nets Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR. - The market is again neatly cleared of the good and fine new Muscovades, notwithstanding the late arrivals ; the purchases this week are estimated at 2,300 hhds. and trs., which all sold at full prices, which, with 29,000 bags of Mauritius, makes an extensive Sugar trade during the present week. In Refined goods there is little alteration to notice ; goods continue scarce, but no Marked advance has been obtained, as the buyers evince no incli nation to purchase when higher prices are demanded. Mo lasses dull. This afternoon the Refined Market continues very bare of almost every description of goods, particularly shipping qualities, and the quotations of last week have been firmly maintained. For the Mediterranean there are still many orders for crashed unexecute:l, and the mer chants continue to make purchases as goods come forward, but a good many of the orders are limited 6d. to Is. under tha present prices. Fine Hamburg and Powder Loaves con tinue to be taken off freely, both for packing and crashing, but the stock on hand in the market is not large. Lumps have been sold at 705., which is rather lower. Molasses 175., which is a reduction of 6d. FOREIGN SUGAR.-.—By public sale on Tuesday 754 boxes llavannah, only a small proportion sold ; brown and low yellow 17s. to 21s. 6;1., yellow 225., up to 255. for fine, soft 335. a 365. 6d. ; Pernambuco Sugar is 1 s. a 2s. lower, low to mid. white 275. a 305., brown 14s. 6d. EAST INDIA SUGAR. --This weak (including this day's sale) above 29,000 bags Mauritius Sugar have been brought blic ssavllet: and as th e W es t I n di a S uga rs are the de ha s b een sold w i th some b r i s k ness forward scarce, rc i e m , at full Market prices, and the parcels suitable for Refining at rather higher rates; the sales consisted of every de fine y e ll ow ; b rown , l o w to finec de scription, p 4 t , a from 465. ; loco grey e brown o 46s. ‘rn t 0539. a ; yellow low mid. 465. a 525., fine 535. a 60 s. This day 409 bags Bengal Sugar, s at public sale, sold at full market pries. COFFEE.—TLere is a more general demand for Coffee this week, and the buyers appear inclined to purchase on an extensive scale, as several offers for large parcels have -been made and refused, as they were rather under the esta blished currency of the market ; a large parcel of good Brazil, rather coloury, sold at 328. ; the Jamaica sold steadily at the late currency ; Demerara and Berbice sold with more spirit at rather higher prices ; 160 bags St. Domingo sold, good ord. 31s. 6d., damaged, first class, 315., good ord. Batavia 345. This day at public sales, 1,670 bales Mocha Coffee, 687 bags East India, 59 casks SHEEP SKINS. Polled 3s. 61. to 54. (1.1. I Sheatlings Os. Od. to Os. Od, Downs 6 3 4 Larabs----. 1 3 1 9 British Plantation. The Mocha is part sold, but at a re reduction of 10s. per cwt. on account of the great quantity, the best 70s. a 775. ; Sumatra and Batavia mixed sal 265. 6d. a 325. ; British Plantation at former prices. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The sales of Rum this week are confined to small parcels Demerara. Brandy is held for a considerable advance on account of tire Govern ment granting all that the trade requested as to re-gaug ing, and the consequent duty on the actual quantity. In Geneva there is no alteration. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.—The Tallow market i more firm. In Hemp or Flax there is no alteration. TURPENTINE.—The two cargoes lately arrived have been sold at about 12s. IRISH PROVISIONS.—Beef and Pork are unvaried.— Bacon rather dull on account of the large stock. There is .carcely any Irish butter at market; good new would sell about 105 s. COTTON.—The Cotton Market is firm as to prices, but the sales are inconsiderable; they consist of 150 Bengal -1-4 , 1. a 41d. ; 150 Surat sd. a 50. ; 30 Pernams Sad. ; 150 West India 64d. a 71d. This day, at public sales, 2,317 bales Surat Cotton were brought forward; the whole were ord. to middling, chiefly the latter; the few ord. were not sold ; above 2,000 mid. sold 41d. a 411., being within id. of the highest price lately obtained in this market. The accounts from Liverpool state a heavy trade, and prices again id. lower. RICE —There are few purchases of Rice to report ; 600 bags Java were offered at public sale on Tuesday, but were all taken in Ss. a 88. 6d. By public sale this day 2,871 bags East India Rice, nearly the whole sold ; good Bengal 11 s. 6d. a 12s. SALTPETRK.—In Saltpetre an advance of 2s. is gene rally demanded. TOBACCO.—There are no sales of Tobacco to report. TAR.-Several parcels of the late arrivals of Stockholm Tar have been sold from 15s. down to 14s. Sd. Hon.—Hops have advanced 10s. a 20s. from the late lowest point of the Market. The accounts from the hop districts still state an increase of fly; the plant is, how ever, vigorous and healthy. SPICES.—On Tuesday 559 bags Pepper unsifted sold 3d. a 3d. ; 142 chests Cassia Lignea sold lower 595. 6d. a 635. 6d. ; 33 casks Nutmegs, good 3s. 4d. a 3s. 5d., rather lower; 16 casks Mace 3s. 9(1. a 3s. 11d., sold high ; Pimento at steady prices. Pimento to-day st11(1 at former prices, mid. &id. a bid. FRUIT.-The importers of Currants have advanced their prices 2s. per cwt., but only a very small parcel of butts have been sold at the advance (say '7os.); in the ether descriptions there is very little doing, and the prices remain unaltered. Ixorao.—The Market continues very firm; the sales are rather extensive, but they consist chiefly of parcels of Indigo of old sales, which are taken readily at the prices equal to the currency of the late India House sale; the small parcels of the latter sold are at a premium of Sd. to 4d. per lb. PRICES OF HOPS.—May Kent Pockets 61 6s. SUFSCX Ditto 51. 156. 7/. Os. to 91 N. 61. 6s. to 61. 12s. 61. 15s. to '7l. ss. 101. 108. to 121. 12s. 81. Bs. to 91. Os. 61. 6s;:to 'U. Os. 51. 10s. to 51. 153. Si. 15s. to 61. 12s. Ptgrx Ditto 61. N. Farnham Ditto, Fine Seconds Kent Laj Essex Ditto, Sussex Ditto 01. Os. 01. Os. 51. 53. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown 6s. Refined 6 Linseed Oil , 23 10 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake,per ton WHITECHA PEL HAY MA 11.K.F.T.—May 20. Hay 50s. Od. to 90s. Od. I t. lover 55g. Od. to 1108. Od. Straw 45. Od. to 52i. Od. 9 10 4 15 PRICE OF POTATOES.—May 21. Kidneys Scotch Reds Ol. Os. to 3/. 10s. ditto. PRICES OF Per 113. (1. to d. Butts 50 to 561 b.... 15k 191 to 661 b.... 21 22 Dressing Hides 14 16 Fine Coach Hides 17 19 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 151 Ditto 45 to 501 b. 141 171 Ditto lB 19k PRICE OF TALLOW. SO Town Tallow 38s. Od. Yellow Russia. l6s. Od. White 375. Od. Soap Ditto 3ss. (M. Melted 28s. NI Ditto CM. LEATHEft. Per lb. d. tod. Tanned Florso Hides.— 16 19 Spanish Ditto ....—...... 21 25 Per dozen. Ceti Skins... 36 to 44hb. 14 18 Ditto to 701 b. 21 26 ' Ditto —.a-70 to 801 b. 18 21 Small Seals, Greenland 20 211 A tP, &c. per 1121b.—May 21. Yellow 725. Od. Mottled Od. White 82s. Od. Graves 14s. Od. Good ss. Cd. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone et 81b.—May 21. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Alelters) Oid CANDLES. the retail shops, is as follows : I. I Moulds, per dozew (id. PIaCE OF The price of Store Candles, in I Candles, per doz. is. Od. to Eis. Od, K M.—May 21. Walls End Newmarch.., 31s. 9d. Walls End Carr and CO. 27 6 Ditto Cram1ingt0n........., 27 6 Ditto Gosforth 33 6 Ditto Hilda 30 6 Ditto 30 9 Ditto Northumberland 30 6 Ditto P6rkins and C 0... 30 6 Ditto Itiddc 32 0 Ditto Walker 32 0 Walls End Hetton 33 0 Walls End Lambton—. 33 0 Walls End Lyons 31 6 Walls End Stewart's —33 0 Russell's Hetton's W.E. 33 0 Hartley 33 0 Landshipping 51 0 Swallow Wood '26 0 Silkstone 3O 0 Ellison small , l9 0 Hebburn small 19 0 ins sold, 44.—Unsold, 29%. COAL AlAll Beaumont _ 295. Od. Bishop's 27 0 Dean's 28 0 East 27 6 Hebburn Main 30 6 Holywell— 3l 6 Kenton West 30 9 k.Killingworth 30 6 Ord's lledhugh 27 6 Peiaw _ 29 6 Pontop Windsor 27 3 Shipcote 27 3 Panfield Tanfield Lea 2B 0 Townley 2B 3 Willington 30 9 Wylain Walls End Bcll and Co. 32 0 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 31) 9 Ditto Burraton 30 6 Ditto Clarke and Co. 28 0 Ships at market, 13-IM—Sli COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Per Quarter. Ashburn--- Basingstoke Bat h Bridgewater Bristol Chesterfield Derby Deviies Doncaster ..—,....... Dorchester —, Exeter Hungerford Newbury Romsey . Shaftesbury Shepton Mallet Sherborne---.. Taunton. Yeovil Per Bushel. Shrewsbury 56 62 54 76 46 72 62 68 64 68 60 70 70 74 56 72 60 70 5t 76 - 72 58 78 5t 17 48 79 58 88 34 36 24 36 24 35 21 36 34 36 30 35 24 35 29 38 30 38 31 36 30 36 26 36 21 iii 26 36 48 62 59 68 40 74 60 68 s. d. s. d. ,10 6 11 6 26 33 24 32 18 38 34 38 s. d. a. d. 4G 60 Beans. 42 46 38 44 40 56 36 48 33 44 40 46 39 44 32 48 45 47 44 48 34 48 37 40 36 46 40 52 40 48 36 45 44 48 0. d. s. d. o_o 00 Wheat. Barley. Oats. 21, 29 21 24 22 34 20 23 22 26 21 23 2 , 1 30 24 33 21 30 24 34 22 24 19 25 19 33 21 34 24 30 20 26 20 26 16 23 22 2 I. s. d. s. d. 60 72 FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT, Commission in the 2Sth or Stirlingshire, &e. Regiment of Militia. Robert Fred. North Moubray, Gent. to be Lieutenant. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. James Mullett, Ilminster, Somersetshire, druggist. Joshua Treharne, Cwmllethrig, Carmarthenshire, farmer, BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED IVilliam Robson and George Gray, Gateshead, Durham, ship-builders, from May 25 to June 22, at ten, at the Turl Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. James Stevenson, Stafford, dealer. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Farrant, Strand, tailor, to surrender June 1, at two, 8, at eleven, and July 2, at two, at the Court of Commissioners. Hutchison and lmeson, Crown-court, Thread needle- street. Ambrose George Campbell, Fulham, apothecary, June 1, at one, 11, and July 2, at twelve, at the Court of Com missioners. Drawbridge, Arundel-btreet, Strand. John Tutt, Rye, Sussex, cabinet-maker, May 28, at twelve, June 4, and July 2, at ten, at the Court of Com missioners. Bolton, Austin-friars. William Binns, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, cotton spinner, June 12, 14, and July 2, at nine, at the White Bear Inn, Manchester. Higginbottom, Ashton-under-Lyne; Clarke, Richards, and Medealf, Lincoln's-inn, London. Conrad Saeger, John-street, Chicksand-street, Spital fields, sugar-refiner, May 28, at eleven, June 4, and July 2, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Williams and Sangster, Burr -court, Walbrook. John Brough, King-street, St. James's, victualler, May 25, June 1, and July 2, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Bell, Bow Church-yard. William Lewis, Bath, silk-mercer, June 1,2, and July 2, at ten, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. Fisher, Castle street, Holborn, London. William Dean, Manchester, stationer, June 12, 14, and July 2, at two, at the Albion Hotel, Manchester. Law and Coates, Manchester ; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row . , London. William Williams, Drury-court, Drur: - -lane, victualler, June 1, at two, 11, at one, and July 2, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Whiteley, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. William Lewes, Bishop's-Stortford, Hefts, cattle-sales man, May 28, at one, June 8, and July 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Ford, Pall-mall. Richard Bulley the elder, Maldon, Essex, tailor, May 28, at twelve, June 4, and July 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Parker, South-square, Gray's Inn. William Belton, Skinner-street, l3ishopsgate-street, vic tualler, June 1,8, and July 2, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Duncan, Lincoln's Inn-fields. John Brownrigge, Keswick, Cumberland, woollen-ma nufacturer, May 26, 27, and July 2, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Keswick. Addison, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn; Lightfoot, Keswick. Robert Back, Mitchell-street, Old-street, St. Luke's, hack-maker, May 25, at eleven, 28, at twelve, and July 2, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Ewington, Finsbury-square. John Thomas Rose, Witney, Oxford, grocer, June 8, at seven, 9, at ten, and July 2, at four, at the Marlborough Arms Inn, Witney. Umney, Chancery-lane, London Lee, Ducklington, Oxfordshire. John Hollings, Leeds, victualler, June 3, at three, 4, and July 2, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Strangwayes arid Walker, Barna - it's- inn, London ; Robin son, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. S. Richardson, Blackburn, Lancashire, grocer, June 14, at one, at the chambers of Mr. Addison, Preston—A. Welch, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, shopkeeper, June 15, at two, at the George Inn, Glastonbnry—W. Milner, Leeds, innkeeper, June 11, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds—G. Henderson, Berwick-upon-Tweed, corn-mer chant, June 19, at ten, at the Hen and Chickens Inn, Berwick-upon-Tweed—H. Kay, Leeds, victualler, June 12, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds—R. Anderson, Manchester, woollen-draper, June 17, at two, at the York Hotel, Manchester—W. Nicholson, Manchester, cabinet maker, June 17, at ten, at the York Hotel, Manchester —4. S. Hill, New Gravel-lane, Middlesex, steam boiler manufacturer, June 11, at twelve, at the Court of Com missioners—S. G. Poole, King's-road, Chelsea, brewer, June 25, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Barlow, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, mershant, June 11, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—E. Allprese, Watling-street, stationer, June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Goodhugh, Oxford -street, book seller, June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners —D. Davies, Friday-street, cotton-factor, June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—T. Maltby and H. Buckland, Gutter-lane,, lace-manufacturers, June 8, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Martlock, Rochester, Kent, linen-draper, June 11, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—T. Browne, Little Eastcheap, ironmonger, June 11, at two, at the Court of Com missioners—C. H. Stavenhagen, Fenchurch-street, mer chant, June 11, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners— J. C. Bremer, Somerset-place, New-road, Whitechapel, merchant, June 8, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners —J. Black, Sligo, merchant, June 8, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—l. Hadwen, Gibraltar, mer chant, June 11, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. CERTIFICATES—JUNE 11. 'G. Children, Tonbridge, Kent, hep-merchant—J. T. Wilde, Wath-upon-Dearne. Yorkshire, grocer—C. T. I. Mawhood, Well-street, Weilclose-square, soap-manufac turer—S. S. Flower and J. Woreley, Wath Mill, Wath upon-Dearne, Yorkshire, flax-spinners--J. M. Bloxham, King's Sutton, Northampton, apothecary—J. Goulden, Gwynne's-place, Hackney-road, carpenter—G. Brown, Maldon, Essex, merchant—J. S. Lade, Romney-place, Maidstone, corn-factor—J. Miles, High Holborn, victualler —F. B. King, Church-lane, Whitechapel, grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Motley and J. Mills, Arle, Gloucestershire, millers— T. and L. Cubitt, Eaton-place, Eaton-square, Middlesex, builders—R. Wells and W, Little, jun. Wandsworth— silk-printers—D. Horton and Co., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, upholsterers—R. Willerton and J. Hume, Hamburg, merchants—H. Eades, sen. and T. Eades, Huntend, Worcestershire, needle-manufacturers— D. Thornhill and W. Sharpies, Liverpool, stave-dealers-- W. and H. Brown, Stourbridge,Worcestershire, grocers— T. MeHersh and Co., Godalming, Surrey, bankers—J. Corbett and Co., Glasgow, cotton-spinners. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the Returns made in the week ending May IS, is 245. 9id. per cwt., exclusive of the duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. SOUTIIEY'S LIFE OF BUNYAN. (From the Times of yesterday.) We alluded some days ago to the handsome no tice of Mr. Hone in Mr. Southey's " Life of Bun yan." The following correspondence has since been sent to us : it displays in an advantageOus light the modesty of Mr. Hone and the amiable and candid disposition of Mr. Southey. The business, wholly foreign to Mr. Hone's former pursuits, which is al luded to in the letter, is explained in an advertise ment in this day's Paper : " TO ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ. LL.D., KESWICK". " 13, Gracechurch-street, London, April 23. " SIII,-Late last night I got a copy of the new edition of the Pilgrim's Progress, at Mr. Major's, and, this morn ing, my first employment is to obtrude upon you my most sincere and respectful thanks, for your unexpected and generous mention of my name, and recent writings, in the conclusion of your Life of Bunyan. " For obvious reasons such a notice from you is espe cially grateful to me, and is the more gratifying now, when the humble doings you are p!eased to publicly favour can benefit me no otherwise than by sometimes occasioning reflection on the honesty of purpose which stimulated my labours, and which consoles me after I have lost every thing on earth, except my integrity and ten children; these, I trust, I shall be enabled to keep to my life's end. To further literary exertion, lam beyond the reach of er couragement.' At this moment, the last remains of my ruined fortunes, a few of the books that assisted me in working out my Every Day B oo k an d T a bl e B oo k (which, by the bye, are mine no longer), are passing under the hammer of an auctioneer, to realize a small instalment towards insufficient means of commencing business, wl olly foreign to all my former pursuits and addictions. I have thrown down my pen for ever, and, at 50 years of age, am struggling to enter on a strange drudgery, for the fu ture support of my wife and family. " In the autumn of last year, while sojourning in a quiet hamlet, I packed up a book or two respecting the Pilgrim's Progress, with the intention of sending them to you. I had misgivings, however, as to whether you would receive from me, as a token of good-will, what I unfeignedly desired to communicate in that spirit, and the parcel was put aside, sealed up, as it still remains. In that state, I shall forward it for conveyance to you, through Mr. Major, simply to evidence my feeling towards you several months ago. You may be convinced by it that Your liberality has a kin in my own mind. After all, perhaps, the best testimony I can give to the fact, that I am duly sensible of your unlooked-for kindness, is the promptitude with which I acknowledge the obligation. " I am, Sir, your very respectful and most obedient ser vant, " W. HONE." " TO MR. HONE, 13, GRACECIIIIRCH-STREET. " Keswick, April 26. _ _ _ " Sta,—Your letter has given me both pain and plea sure. I am sorry to learn that you are still, in the worldly sense of the word, an unfortunate man,—that you are withdrawn from pursuits which are consonant to your habits and inclinations, and that a public expression of re spect and good will, made in the hope that it might have been serviceable to you, can have no such effect. " When I observed your autograph in the little book, I wrote to inquire of Mr. Major whether it had come to his hands from yon, elirectly or indirectly, for my use, that, in that ease, I might thank you for it. It proved otherwise, but I would not lose an opportunity which I had wished for. " Judging of you (as I would myself be judged) by your works, I saw in the editor of the Every Day and Table Books a man who had applied himself with great diligence to useful and meritorious pursuits. I thought that time, and reflection, and affliction, (of which it was there seen that he had had his share,) had contributed to lead him into this direction, which was also that of his better mind. What alteration had been produced in his opinions it concerned not me to inquire: here there were note but what were unexceptionable,—no feelings but what were to he approved. From all that appeared, I supposed he had become ' a sadder and a wiser man :' I therefore wished him success in his literary undertakings. " The little parcel which you mention I shall receive with pleasure. " I wish you success in your present undertaking, whatever it be, and that you may one day, under happier circumstances, resume a pen which has, of late yew s, been so meritoriously employed. If your new attempt prosper, you will yet find leisure for intellectual gratifica tion, and for that self-improvernent which may be carried on even in the busiest concerns of life. " I remain, Sir, your's with sincere good will, '• ROBERT SOUTHEY.' The Austrian Ambassador returned to town on Wed• needay. PROVINCIAL BANK OF IRELAND. ' ' On Thursday the Annual Meeting of this Com pany took place at their house in Broad-street, for; the purpose of electing four Directors, and declaring the half-yearly dividend. . - GEORGE R. DAWSON, Esq., M.P., having taken the Chair, stated that the names of the four Direc-' tors who wept out by rotation had been posted up in the usual way—Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Prescott, Mr. Medley, and Nr. Thorpe, each of whom was put separately to the meeting, by which they were all re elected. The Secretary then proceeded to read the Report, which, after adverting to the recent General Meet ings of this Company, on the 10th and 17th instant, adverted to the law proceedings instituted by the Bank of Ireland, questioning the right of this Com pany to exchange its notes in Dublin—a right which from the commencement of its operations it had ex ercised. It went on to state the result of those pro ceedings, namely, the interference of Goverment . , and a friendly understanding between this Company and the Bank of Ireland. By all of which it is agreed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall forthwith introduce into Parliament a Bill for the pur pose of settling the law on those points relative to banking in Ireland, which had been so variously inter preted. By this Bill the Provincial Bank will be fully authorised to continue the practice of exchanging its notes in Dublin, and certain technical difficulties which at present existed regarding the registry of shareholders and public officers of the Company, and the licenses from the Stamp Duties, for issuing notes, would also be removed. The Report the , adverted t&the difficulties which the Company ex' perienced, first from the political excitement which existed in Ireland in 1828, and next from the flee" (nations of prices, owing to the bad harvest of the same year, and also to the extraordinary expences incurred in the law proceedings, which had been ad verted to, and observed, that notwithstanding these circumstances, the Directors had great pleasure in being able to present so satisfactory a statement as they now did. From this statement it appeared that by the Report of last year, the undivided profits at' , March, 1829, were 19,5001. The profits of the year ending March, 1830, after deducting expenceg, • ordinary and extraordinary, and a proportion also of the extraordinary expences for forming the Society, and providing for all its bad debts, amounted to 21,8001 2 , making in the two, 41,3001., from which are to be deducted dividends paid to Proprietors at Midsummer and Christmas 1829, amounting to 20,0001.—there remained of undivided profits at March last, 21,3004, out of which the Directors proposed a dividend of 4 per cent. per annum for the half year ending Midsummer next. The Direc tors had the further pleasure of stating, that as the condition of the Company's affairs were such as to justify their previous calculations, that against the next year the whole of the extraordinary expellee which attended the formation of the Society would be cleared off. They felt every confidence that the anticipations which they held out in former Reports of the growing prosperity of the Company, would be fully realized. On the motion of Mr. WARD, M.P., seconded by Mr. ALLISTER, the Report was received, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. The CHAIRMAN, beforeputting the question, stated, that the Directors were now ready to answer any questions connected with the affairs of the Company which any Proprietor wished to be put. Mr. J. WARD moved a vote of thanks to the Di rectors. Mr. DAWSON, in returning thanks as Chairman and one of the Directors, observed, that the Direc tors had two great objects which might be combined. The first was, the prosperity of Ireland and the ad vantage of the shareholders. The prosperity of Ireland could not advance in any material degree without also materially improving the interest of that Company, and undoubtedly the establishment of this Company in Ireland. The solid footing on which it stood, its improved system of banking, and the stimulus which it had already given to Irish in dustry, had already given considerable improvement to that country. It had led to the investment of capital in a manner from which even still greater ad vantages must be derived. As an Irish gentleman he felt great pleasure in this, that the establishment of this Company had exhibited his countrymen in a most favourable light to England. The English gentlemen connected with it had opportunities of witnessing, and would bear him out in the fact, that greater punctuality, mere regularity, more strict honesty in all their pecuniary dealings, could not exist in any country than had been witnessed in the transactions of the Company in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.)—The Hon. Gentleman next observed, that he could bear testimony to the indefatigable zeal and exertions of his brother Directors in promoting the interests of the Company. This he said the more readily, as he had himself been unable to attend as often as he wished. In acknowledging a motion of thanks voted to himself, the CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, ob served that he felt the greatest pleasure in meeting a number of English capitalists, who had invested, their money in a speculation which, he was delighted to say, held out a prospect of being as advantageous to their own private interests as it would be to the interests of the country in which it was established. The meeting then separated. - KING'S THEATRE: ROSSIN I'S Opera Of Tancredi was on Thursday night performed at this theatre for the benefit of Mademoiselle &AVIS, who undertook the character of Amenaide, which she went through with much spirit. Madame MALIBUAN was Taneredi. The house was full. TIIE BLIND MINSTREL.—A poor blind minstrel, who had sallied forth with his cremona, on • changeable April day, had begun at the corner of one street the tune of the " Flower of Dumblane," at another " Oh no, we never mention her, and last of all " Home, sweet home," in all of which he was repeatedly interrupted by the weeping elements. But in the middle of the last a complete deluge poured clown 'on his devoted bead. He had just time to save his fiddle by taking shelter in a shop, where, after an apology, he drew forth his snuff-boa, and with a heartfelt sigh exclaimed—'• Nee doubt this weather is the LOAD'S Will ; but I am sure it's nae great shakes." ODESSA, APRIL 21.—A letter from Erze roum, of the Bth of March, says—" A few days ago, a caravan of pilgrims, on their way to Mecca, arrived beer from Persia. It consists of 500 persons, among whom is Alma MUSSAN Kiwi, brother of the Caimacan of Tatra's, with his wife, the daughter of the SHAH; also one of the principal wives of the SHAH himself, and one of the wives of ABBAS MIRZA. The suite of these per sons consists of several Chans ttod Beys from Tauria and The caravan takes the road to Aleppo. BIRTHS. On the 17th inst. at Cobham, the lady of Capt. Thos. Baker, of a son. On the 20th inst. at Croydon, Mrs. Francis Harris, of a son. On the 19th inst. at R,tterdam, the lady of J. Mac pherson, of a daughter. On the 19th inst. at Audley-house Asylum, New Cross, the lady of J Kirkman, Esq. of a daughter. On the sth inst. at Florence, Mrs. Jasper Hall, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 20th inst. at Wonash, by the Rev. Mr. Cole, George Maquay, Esq., of Cheltenham, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Mabanke, Esq., of Chinthurst, county of Surrey. On the 20th inst. at Kennington, W. Langton, Esq., of North Brixton, to Harriott, daughter of the late J. Beale, Esq., of Norbitun, Surrey. On the 20th inst. at Floore, Northamptonshire, G. Miller, Esq., of Goudhurst, Kent, to Anne Augusta, eldest daughter of B. Pack, Esq., of Floore-house, High Sheriff of the county of Northampton. DIED.. On the 17th instant, at Tunbridge Wells, J. Hornidget Esq. late of Great Ormond-street, aged 32. On the 21st inst. B. Humphreys, Esq , of Upper Stain. ford-street. On the 18th inst. at Reading, P. Pineau, Esq., l a t e of the Bank of England, aged 84. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT TUN SUN OFFICE ) 112, STRAND, LONDON• .} / ! th tic Pa de or toi