The Sun. — London, England, 1830-05-20 00:00:00

NT. NIGHT). ~.isented a petition ,niplaining of unjust .:veral messages from the ,ging up Bills passed by the ag these were the Insolvent ere read a third time and passed. .nutes past Five the House adjourned .E OF COMMONS--(LAST NIGHT.) _onel EVANS took the oaths and his seat as Aber for Rye. Wallace's Divorce Bill was read a third time and .passed. ' Mr. BROWNLOW presented a petition from certain labourers in Ireland, praying for the esta blishment of a system of poor laws in that country. Lord MILTON presented a petition from Leeds against the punishment of death in cases of forgery. Mr. ASIIURST presented a petition to the same effect from Henley-upon-Thames. Sir T. ACLAND presented three similar pe titions from Devonshire, and one against the East India monopoly. Mr. CAREW presented a petition from New Ross against additional stamp, spirit, and tobacco duties in Ireland. Mr. J. SMITH presented a petition from the London Literary and Scientific Institution, praying for a reduction of the duties on newspapers. Mr. RUMBOLD presented a petition from brandy dealers in Norfolk and Suffolk against the proposed int.-reuse in the duty on British spirits. Mr. KNOX presented a petition from the Local Directors of- the Provincial Bank of Coleraine against the punishment of death in cases of forgery. Mr. BROWNLOW presented a similar petition from the Managers of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. Mr. TRANT presented a petition to the same effect from the Provincial Bank of Ballina. Lord CLIVE presented a petition from Thomas Eyre Lee, Solicitor to the Birmingham and London Canal Bill, praying that his conduct might receive the fullest investigation, and stating that he was quite unaware of any deceit having been practised on the House. Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from the candle-makers of Edinburgh, against the duty on candles. • _ _ YM. Alderman THOMPSON moved for leave to bring in a Bill to declare in what cases the posses sors of charitable institutions shall be liable to the payment of rates for local purposes. Mr. SYKES objected to a Bill which would have the effect of exempting only the Royal Hospitals. He should more fully express his opinion on a future occasiov. Leave was given.—The Bill was brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Lord LOWTHER stated, that he had made cer tain arrangements with respect to parts of the Crown property, situated in the parish of Newborough, in the county of Southampton, and in Sunken Island, in Yorkshire, and he moved for leave to bring in a Bill to endow churches in those places. Leave was granted.—The Bill was brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday next. IRISH CONSTABULARY FORCE. Mr. O'CONNELL, in pursuance of the notice he had given, moved for a return of the number of persons who had lost their lives in affrays with the constabulary force of Ireland or otherwise, since the formation of that body ; the times and places at which they lost their lives, and whether the con stables on those occasions had any, and what war rants to execute : and also a return of the number of policemen tried for cutting and maiming,or killing persons; the time and place of the trial, and the re sult in each case. He stated that the object of his motion was to bring before the House the question of the policy of having a constabulary force armed with deadly weapons. In his opinion it was a mat ter of great importance. Mr. DOHERTY said, that when the question came before the House he should be prepared to give his opinion upon it. It seemed to him that there were some objections to the terms of the mo tion, which, as now framed, would not bring the in tended qtiestion fairly before the House. He there fore proposed that the returns should be of the per-. sons who had lost their lives in affrays with the constables in years, what inquests had been and what were the verdicts on those inquests —what bills of indictment had been framed, and how they had been disposed of; and also a return of the constables killed in such affrays within the same period. Such a return would fairly raise the question. He begged to be permitted to express his deep regret and that of the Government for the fatal occurrences which had taken place, and their anxious wish to prevent their recurrenee.—(Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL said that the returns of men killed in affrays alone would not be sufficient, for several had been shot in endeavouring to escape; and in order to meet those cases he had put in the word " otherwise." For the same reason, it was important to know the nature of the warrants that were to have been executed. As he found the Go vernment were disposed to meet the question fairly —(Hear, hear, from Mr. Doherty)—he would, with the permission of the House, withdraw his motion now, and bring it forward again to-morrow, amended by.the suggestions of the Hon. and Learned Gentle man opposite. He should at the same time present some petitions on the subject. LEATHER AND BEER TAX. Mr. ROBINSON asked when the Bill for the reduction of the Leather Tax, and when the Beer Bill would be brought in ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Leather Tax Bill had already beets passed. —(A laugh.)—lt went through the House without notice, because without opposition. He should bring in the Beer Bill as soon as possible. WELSH JUDGES. The House then went into Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a resolution for compensating the Judges of Wales and of the county palatine of Chester out of ,the Consolidated Fund. Sir C. WETHERELL said the resolution was prejudging, the question. Perhaps the Bill for abol►shing the Local Jurisdictions might not pass. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not intend the resolution to prejudice the question at al!. He only wanted, according to the recommendation of the Commissioners, the whole matter before the House at once. Sir . C. COLE said, he represented the largest county in the Principality, and there was in that county but one feeling on the matter, and that was favourable to the Bill. -- • - Mr. O'CONNELL protested against any one being pledged by the resolution, as he himself was against the very principle of compensation in such a case. No man could have a vested right in an abuse. A public system ought only to continue while it worked well for the public. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER reminded the Hon. Member that some of these Judges had been appointed for life. Sir C. COLE—And one of them especially, as a reward for past public services. He asked the Right Hon. Gentleman whether the compensation was to be bestowed on all, whatever might have „, the terms of their appointments? At, 41 he. CHANCELLOR of he EXCHEQUER . ...-,Certainly not. • TheAresolution was 't, House, resum ed, and the Repo r t w as / 'ed ' received to . rijorrOvo Mr. RICE moved t' • t e Day for hearing Counsel onAbils - sv,at Franchise Bill. Mr. J. DALY saitßsuch a matter ought not to be brought on in such a thin state of the House. He should therefore oppose the calling in of Counsel. Mr. RICE said the best time for the matter was when there was no other business before tke House. Mr. J. DALY—But not when there were so few Members to hear Counsel on so important a sub ject. He should divide the House upon the question. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. No division took place and the Counsel were called in. Mr. Adam appeared at the bar for the petitioners against the Bill, and was heard on their behalf. Mr. RICE moved that the amendments be agreed After Counsel had withdrawn, Mr. DALY said that the amendments ought not to be pressed in so thin a 1-louse, and on so incon venient a day. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the amendments. Mr. RICE said that the objections could be as well stated, and the division taken, on the third reading. After a few words from Mr. TRANT, the further consideration of the amendments was postponed till to-morren.—Adjourned. LITERATURE. PAUL CLIFFORD. THREE VOLS. LONDON, 1830. The hero of this tale is a very promising young footpad, whose real name is Brandon) but who is also blessed with a luxuriant variety of aliases, which the contracted limits of our columns prevent us from enumerating. He is represented as a youth of unknown parentage, of an ardent temperament, and of decided genius in his profession ; daring in his conceptions, brilliant in his execution of them, and much looked up to by the gentlemen of the highway. In the course of one of his country excursions, when he has just concluded a scientific opera tion on the pockets of a clergyman, whose purse had for some months previously exhibited con firmed symptoms of plethora, and who happens, fortunately for the footpad, to be taking a quiet evening walk on the high road, Brandon unex pectedly encounters a lovely girl, with whom he at once falls in love, and who proves the ulti mate means of his reformation. This young lady, by name Lucy, is much smitten with the dashing graces of the Unknown, whom she meets a se cond time at Bath, where he figures as Captain Paul Clifford of the Rife Brigade ; but having been brought up in the solitude of a country vil lage, she has no means, by contrasting him with others of his sex, of estimating him at his proper worth. The consequence is, that despite the remonstrances of friends, relations, and so forth, she persists in adoring him. He, however, is far too generous to take advantage of her inex perience, and, after some vague hints as to the nature of his profession, he determines upon leaving her and the highway together. But unfor tunately before he can put his plans of reform into execution, he is taken up for having made a mistake with the pocket-book and snuff-box of a certain Lord Mau leverer, is sentenced to transportation for seven years, and just previous to his departure has the satisfaction of discovering—and this in• cident, we may observe by the way, is taken from the " Nature and Art " of Mrs. Inchbald —that the legal adventurer (Sir Wm. Brandon) rho condemns him, is his own father. This, however,—the Judge having died from vexation immediately on the discovery—makes no altera tion in the prospects of our interesting felon, who, after a stay of some ten or twelve months in the place of his exile, finds means to return to England, to espouse Lucy, who turns out to be his cousin, and subsequently to reach America, where he lives for years with his wife and family in comfort, if not in affluence, beloved by his friends, and respected by all his neighbours. The moral of this tale is obvious. It is, that to reform is better than to punish, that, in short, —to quote the words of John Wilkes—" the very worst use to which you can put a man is to hang him." We agree toto ccelo with the position, but think that in working it out, the author has placed his criminal in too favourable a light. He has not argued his point impar tially. He has conceded too much to senti ment, and too little to justice. His hero, though a highwayman, is represented as endowed with so many fine qualities ; he has so much frankness, generosity, wit, and chivalry of na ture ; he is so young, so handsome, so accom plished ; he prigs a purse with such an air ; he presents a pistol with such an aristocratic sublimity of countenance ; he dances so sweetly, sings so divinely, and reasons so logically ; that the reader is led imperceptibly to overlook his little eccentricities on the highway, and come to the conclusion with poor Lucy, that it is monstrous to hang so finished a gentle man. Now this is not setting the question in its proper light. Mr. Bulwer's highwayman should not be an ideal personage ; his offences against society should not be shrined in a rich and purple atmosphere of sentiment, that neces sarily softens off and mellows their more glaring and offensive characteristics ; they should be pourtrayed just as they exist in real life, and the man himself be the creature of fact not fiction. No highwayman ever yet resembled Paul Clif ford ; he cannot possibly be taken as a repre sentative of his class ; hence his crimes and his misfortunes can furnish no just food for invective against the impolicy of our criminal code. Another defect in the tale is its want of keeping. The first volume is full of irony, anachronisms, and allegorical satire. There is little or no at tempt made to pourtray real life, or keep up the consistency of narratives The two last vo lumes, on the contrary, depict with inimitable correctness the world of the present day, and are stamped with passion, earnestness, and truth. To produce a due effect the author should have avoided this strange jumble of fact and fancy, of serious truth and downright caricature. He should throughout have continued, what ap pears to us to have been his original de sign, namely, to lash the vices of the age under the mask of allegory, or he should never have attempted it at all. At present his volumes have a motley piebald character. Their continuity is broken, and the pungency of their moral is thereby considerably weakened. The allegorical blends but awkwardly with the real incidents of the tale,—like the political tenets of the Solicitor-General for Ireland with the reserved and bashful patriotism of the Hon. Member for Clare. But we gladly turn to the more favourable characteristics of " Paul Clifford." The lan guage throughout is admirable, rising in some places to a degree of passionate eloquence, which reminds us of the more stirring scenes in C a leb Williams." The wit, though pungent, is refined ; artificial for the most part, like Con greve's, but well adapted to its subject. The characters are drawn with consummate skill. Sir William Brandon is a hero worthy of the nervous author of Anastasius. None but a writer of vigorous and original powers of think ing could have produced so masterly a portrait- The trial scene, wherein he condemns his own son to transportation, is as impressive a thing of the sort as we ever remember to have perused. With regard to Lord Mauleverer, he is a various reading of Lord Guloseton ; but nevertheless abounds in arch quiet traits of truth and nature. Mr. Asgrave, the banker, with his " bald bene volent forehead," which, when the rascal fails, procures him a public subscription, as also an ex pression of regret from the hundreds whom he has ruined, that so good, so moral a man should have met with reverses, is another equally felici tous sketch. Nor must we omit that eminent and estimable personage Mr. A ugustui Toinlir son, whose various reasonings on the moral vir tues of a highwayman are specimens of the most cutting, dexterous, and effective irony. But it is in his satirical portraits of fashionable life that Mr. Bulwer is most successful. He sneers at the trebly-refined selfishness of the beau monde in a gay, as well as in an earnest spirit; at one time with the archness of a Voltaire, and at another with the caustic venom of a Swift. With regard to his philosophy, it is .of a light, sparkling, showy character, the result of atten tive, though not perhaps very profound reading, a quick faculty of observation, and a gay, elastic temperament. If Mercutio had ever conde scended to turn author, he would doubtless have written such novels as Pelham, and the one before us. We should be glad to see Mr. Bul wer attempt a volume of essays. He would beat a dozen Dr. Knox's, and at least ten dozen such old women as Dr. Blair. As a specimen of his satirical powers we subjoin the following extract, with which we must conclude our notice. It is severe, but true to nature : " Meanwhile, Lord Mauleverer, with six friends, was impatiently awaiting the arrival of the seventh gust. " Our august friend tarries !' quoth the Bishop of , with his hands folded across his capacious stomach. I fear the turbot your Lordship spoke of may not be the better for the length of the trial.' " Poor fellow !' said the Earl of , slightly y awning. " < Whom do you mean?' asked Mauleverer with a smile. ' The Bishop, the Judge, or the turbot !' 44 Not one of the three, Mauleverer,—l spoke of the prisoner.' " Ah, the fine dog ! I forgot him,' said Mauleverer. " ' Really, now you mention him, I must confess that he inspire+ me with great compassion; but, indeed, it is very wrong in him to keep the Judge so long !' " Those hardened wretches have such a great deal to say,' mumbled the Bishop sourly. " True!' said Mauleverer ; a religious rogue would have had some bowels for the state of the church esurient !' " Is it really true, Mauleverer,' asked the Earl of that Brandon is to he Chancellor of the Ex. chequer—very unusual in his station, is it not?' " Mansfield's a precedent, I fancy said Mauleverer. ' God ! how hungry I am !' " A groan from the Bishop echoed the complaint. " ' I suppose it would be against all decorum to sii down to dinner without him ?' said Lord "' Why, really, I fear so,' returned Mauleverer. But our health—our health is at stake : we will only wait five minutes more. By Jove, there's the carriage ! I beg your pardon for my heathen oath, my Lord Bishop.' " I forgive you!' said the good Bishop, smiling. " The party thus engaged in colloquy were stationed at a window opening on the gravel read, along which the Judge's carriage was now seen rapidly approaching ; this window was but a few yards from the porch, and had been partially opened for the better reconnoitring the approach of the expected guest. " 6 He keeps the blinds down still ! Absence of mind, or shame at unpunctuality—which is the cause, Maule verer?' said one of the party. " Not shame, I tear !' answered Mauleverer. Even the indecent immorality of delaying our dinner could scarcely bring a blush to the parchment skin of nay learned friend.' . " Here the carriage stopped at the porch; the carriage door was opened. " ' There seems a strange delay,' said Mauleverer peevishly, ' Why does not he get out?' " As he spoke, a murmur among the attendants, who appeared somewhat strangely to crowd around the carriage, smote the ears of the party. " What do they say ?—What ?' said Mauleverer, putting his hand to his ear. " The Bishop answered hastily ; and Maultverer, as he heard the reply, forgot for once his susceptibility to cold, and hurried out to the carriage-door." LEVI AND SARAH,—LoxnoN, 1850. There is much just, and even forcible de scription of the manners, habits, peculiarities, &c. of the Polish Jews in this love-tale (if so we may term it), which is a translation from the German edition, which again is a translation from the Polish of Julius Ursinus Niemcewicz. The story is introduced with a brief and highly interesting memoir of the author, who was a bosom friend of the immortal patriot, Zoscuisko, and now lives in honourable retirement at Warsaw. MEDICAL AND ECONOMICAL ADVICE. LONDON, IS3O. This little treatise, which is the production of Dr. Stevenson, treats of the best modes of preparing and making use of tea, coffee, choco late, wines, and malt liquors. It is draw❑ up with judgment and a due regard to brevity, and, as its directions are simple and intelligible, we do not hesitate to recommend them. THE NEW FIRST CLASS BOOK. LoNnox, 1830 The selections in prose and verse for chil dren, in this volume, are admirable. They are from the pens of the best authors in the Eng lish language, and, for the most part, on po pular, entertaining, and instructive subjects. The great defect in the majority of these elementary compilations is their dullness. Children are compelled t o wade through s ubjects in which they can possibly feel no in terest, through the dry prosaic common- places still duller versifications of that respectable man , for instance of Blair , or the equally prosaic and but intolerable poet, Dr. Watts. Here the case is different. We have some of the finest and most popular essays of Alison, the best criticisms of Johnson, the most pleasing tales of Washington Irving, Wilson, and Sterne ; detached paragraphs from the Waverley Novels, Etc LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1830. HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH. The following is the Bulletin issued this day : " Windsor Castle, May 20. " The KING has passed a good night. his MAJESTY'S symptoms continue inure favourable. (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD. " M. J. TIERNEY." The Lords of his MAJESTY'S Privy Council were specially summoned to hold a meeting this morning, to take into consideration a question of very great importance connected with the " Deccan prize money." Orders, however, were unexpectedly given last night for the Coun cil to be postponed. The meeting had been ex pressly fixed for to-day, on account of its being a dies non in the Courts of Law, which would have given an opportunity to the LORD CHAN CELLOR and the CHIEF JUSTICE to have at tended the Council. Brussels and Dutch Papers of yesterday's date have been received this morning, from which the following are extracts : WARSAW, MAY 2.—PRIVATE CORRISPDXDINCE.— Our Diet is convoked for the 28th. We do not know whether the Russian Government intends to grant some of our wishes. In spite of the promises of the Emperor Alexander, the liberty of the Press in Poland has now been suspended for nearly 11 years. What we now urgently desire is the publicity of the debates of tke two Chambers, this vital right of a Representative Assembly is secured to us by Article 95 of the Constitutional Char ter, but it was observed that Deputies sitting in the Coun cil of State, where they appeared without saying a word on the projects of the Government, ofte❑ voted against the very same projects when they had to give their opinions in public. To obviate this inconvenience an arbitrary decree of Feb. 13, 1825, abolished all publicity. Last year at the time of the coronation of the Emperor Nichats, sonic Deputies assembled at Warsaw, had pre pared an address in which they required 1. The convocation of a Diet which had been delayed for two years, notwithstanding the text of the charter. 2. The publicity of the debates. Out of 120 Deputies only 31 , signed it. The petition therefore could not be presented in the name of the Diet, but the 16 Deputies of the Palatinate of Kalesch took it up, and presented a petition to the same effect to the Em.. perot.in the name of their constituents. This courageous step rendered the Deputies of the Pa latinate of Kalesch still more odious to the Government. Ever since 1815 that province has never ceased to be the bulwark of liberty—the most ardent focus of Polish patriotism ; it is consequently the object of all the ven geance of those in power. IlitussEl.s, MAY 16.—Messrs. Clans and Neervoost are still in solitary confinement. The Arniteim Courant says it is reported that M. de la Costs will resign, and that it is in contemplation to ap point for his successor M. Dubois (1 , .! Ghessignies. The First Chamber of the Stater General will be sum moned about the end of the week. Among the emigrants now residing at Brussels, is M. George Th eoc h aropoo l ous o f P atras , f ormer ly p ro f essor in different schools of the Peloponnesus and at Constanti nople, being in the service of the Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia, as preceptor and author of several didactic works in modern Greek, which have been translated iuto French. In the sitting of the Second Chamber on the 10th May, when the Chamber passed to the Order of the Day on the petition from Liege, sixteen Deputies of the Northern Provinces weze absent, fwe of whom are for the province of Liege. M. Gerlashe alone was at his post to sapport the demands of his most distinguished constituents. BERLIN, MAY 6.—For several days we have lead certain information that Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg has renounced the honour of placing himself on the list of European Sovereigns by accepting the throne of Greece, because the Plenipotentiaries of the Allied Powers did not think themselves authorised tocomply with the docu ments subsequently brought forward by him. His re ceding from the obligations which he had taken upon him in supplement B to the Protocol of 20th February, is chiefly owing to the refusal of the pecuniary aid which he required. The competitors for the Greek throne have now therefore a new prospect opened to them for the gratification of their wishes. Several candidates will undoubtedly take advantage of the favourable opportunity, and endeavour to step into the place of Prince Leopold. It were, however, to be wished that, before proceeding to a new choice, the conditions upon which the person chosen would have to take upon him the new dignity, as well as the means which will be at his command to fulfil the expectations of the Ailed Powers and of his new subjects, should be clearly defined and determined. _ . It is now clear that in the first choice too little precaution was observed in this respect, since after the acceptance of the sovereignty of Greece, there still remained many points to be adjusted (as is evident from the Londun Protocols of February, which we have published,) and a disagreement o■ which points has now led to the renunciation of Prince Leopold. The many sacrifices that have already been made in the cause of Greece, and which have hitherto not appeared too great to the Allied Powers, ought, however, to let it be taken for granted that the loan to be guaranteed would wholly correspond with the wants of the new State. It is, there fore, the more surprising to see Prince Leopold, whose zeal for the welfare of Greece was so highly extolled, abandon a political career on which he had scarcely en tered, merely because he has not sufficient pecuniary re sources, though in the first conference with the Plenipo tentiaries of the three Powers in London, neither the views of the Cabinets, nor the real situation of Greece could remain so unknown to him as to oblige him in the sequel to fix a certain price on the execution of the protocol, to the terms of which he had complied. If on the one hand this step is not flattering to a nation of the Govern ment, of which ke seems to be proud, it may serve on the other hand to place in a brilliant light the civic actions of Count Capo d'lstria, who, setting aside all per sonal considerations, looked only at the interest of his country, when he hastened to Greece, under the most in auspicious circumstances, and has, to this moment, proved his patriotism on every occasion. The proclamation of ' thi independence of Greece depends now, therefore, en tirely on the new choice of a Greek Sovereign, as the Poste has acceded to the Protocols of London. It is pro bable that a new choice will be immediately made. We are very curious for the result, and see only two persons who, by their personal qualifications and their wealth, seem to be peculiarly calculated for this high dignity. Letters from St. Petersburgh say, that the Emperor has granted to the Porte an a')aternent of three millions of ducats, and that every thing is now finally settled. SECOND CHAMBER OF THE STATES GENERAL, MAY 14, 15. TUE HAGUE.—The debate on the proposed increase of the duty of coffee was continued and concluded, the project of law being adopted by a majority of 60 to 36. MAY 17, 18.—The debate on the project of law for re straining the licentiousness of the press was commenced, and continued during these two days. HAMBURG, MAT 14.---We learn from Copenhagen, that Simon Reliodoro Carneiro had arrived there as Charge d'Affaires from Don Miguel, but has not been received, and that no attention has been paid to him by any of the foreign Ministers there, except the Spanish Ambassadors. Upwards of fifteen hundred Acts of Parlia ment are said to have been repealed, that is, about two-thirds of that number to have been totally, and the remainder partially, repealed, by the systematic consolidation of our statute law, on the several subjects already taken up by the Home Secretary, and the progressive repeal of many more is expected to take place under the same able guidance. The repeal of so many Acts of Parliament serves at once to display the indefatigable zeal of former Legislators in the great work of law making, and the prurient redundancy of their labours. If, however, the laws enacted have been multitudinous, our Le gislators, at least at some periods, have evinced a desire to avoid that error, though they have in the attempt run into an opposite extreme, by making some single Acts as multifarious in their operation. Thus the Act 23d Geo. 11., cap. 26, might, without much impropriety, have been intituled " An Act de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis," as will appear from the title in the, statute-book, which runs as follows : " An Act to continue several Laws for the bettor re " gulating of Pilots for the conducting of ships and yes " eels from Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Mauer, up the 44 River Thames and Medway ;_and " For permitting Rum or Spirits of the British Sugar 44 Plantations to be landed before the duties of Excise are 44 paid thereon !—and " To continue and amend an Act for preventing frauds " in the Admeasurernent of Cools within the City and " Liberty of Westminster, and several parishes near there " unto ! !._and " To continue several Laws for preventing exactions of " Occupiers of Locks and Wears upon the River Thames " Westward ; and for ascertaining the Rates of Water Car " riage upon the said River ! ! !—and " For the better Regulation and Government of Sea " men in the Merchants' Service ! ! ! !—and also " To amend so much of an Act made in the first year " of the reign of King George the First, as relates to the " better Preservation of Salmon in the River Ribble" II " —and " To regulate Fees in Trials at Assizes and Nisi " Prius, upon Records issuing out of the Office of the " Pleas of the Court of Exchequer " "—and " For the Apprehending of Persons in any County " or Place upon warrants granted by Justices of the Peace "in any ether County or Place' II I "—and " To repeal so much of an Act made in the twelfth " year of the reign of King Charles the Second, as relates " to the time during which the Office of Excise is to be " kept open each day, and to appoint for how long time " the same shall be kept open upon each day fur the " future " 1 " 1 " and " To prevent the Stealing or Destroying of Tur " nips! I I I 11 , , --and moreover " To amecd an Act made in the second year of his " present Majesty, for the better Regulation of Attornics " and Solicitors I I I I I I I I I I" We know not whether the Act 23d GEo. II cap. 26, is among the number already repealed, but if not, we commend it to the especial notice of the Right Hon. Secretary. The numbers and respectability of the per sons who attended the late Meeting of the Anti- Slavery Society, manifest a continuance of the strong feeling which exists among the generality of intelligent persons in this country, as to the necessity of Parliament taking immediate steps to rouse the Colonial Legislatures from their neglect of the Resolutions of the House of Com mons already communicated to them. The West Indian Houses of Assembly are bodies with whom fair and soft words go but a little way, and it is high time for Parliament to assume a more peremptory tone towards them. It would certainly be desirable that the gradual abolition of slavery should take place, under the co-ope ration and assistance of the Colonial Legislatures, but if these cannot be obtained, there seems no other alternative than for Parliament to take the matter into its own hands. Indeed, we think that for this end the adoption of the principle 0 strenuously and so justly recommended by Mr' OTWAY CAVE—that nil children born of slave parents after 1830 be free—would attain the desired object in a manner as natural as it w ould be effective. What was said by Mr. HUNT of the prefer' ableneas of the condition of the Negroes over that of the labouring part of our own population, may be quite true so far as regards their food, clothing' lodging, and other physical comforts. But this is no reason against the removal of that moral degradation, which ever has, and ever must, accompany the deprivation of that freedom which is the birthright of every living man, to whatso . ever race he may happen to belong. If the slaves have already many enjoyments, as under good masters they assuredly have, c a n it be justly contended on this account that they ought not to be relisvad from that bitter cup of slavery which they are condemned to drink in defiance of all laws divine and human ? Mr. M:d o argument is indeed a pitiful piece of sophistry to fall from the mouth of one of the " friends of the people." There is a portion of the public expenditur e connected with the Slave Trade, which we msY here notice, as both unnecessary in itself and fal lacious in its object. We mean the annual isu ln voted for our co-operation with other couurrie s in putting an end to this traffic, the expense 0f which amounts to about 400,0001. a-year. It appears from the Parliamentary Paper. that D O less than 5,700,0001. has already been spent for this end, whilst the Governments of France, Spain, and Portugal, make no efforts whatever to put down the traffic, and the authorities in Cuba and Brazil not only neglect the executi° of their duty, but are often actually engaged i n the Slave Trade themselves. Our treaties are therefore mere waste paper, and as all account° concur in stating the trade to be carried on wit h unrelaxed activity, notwithstanding all the prises taken, it is surely useless to continue lavish l in vain 400,0001. a-year,—a sum which, if re mitted from the amount of our taxation, would give important relief to several branches of in' dustry at present inordinately burthened. W e recommend the CHANCELLOR of the EXCIW QUER'S attention to this piece of econoUhl which we think forthwith ought to be effected though we must not be understood to be want ing in the feelings of shame with which the con duct of the Governments alluded to ought to be regarded, nor in a sincere hope that Parliamen t will speedily bring to an end the barbarous helotage which has so long been the disgrace and scandal of our West India Colonies. and first-rate specimens of poetry from the pens of Shakspeare, Pope, Cowper, James Aloni i gomery, of Sheffield, the author of that noble poem " The World before the Flood," Words worth, and Campbell. Thus embellished, the First Class Book cannot fail to answer. LIFE OF WALLACE.—Enninua6H, 1830. The second volume of the memoirs of this distinguished patriot, which forms the 54th of Constable's Aliseellany, has just reached us. It fully sustains the reputation of its predecessor, and will, we have no doubt, be as much appre ciated. Marks of great research are evident throughout the work. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Rank stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 93 pe: Cent. DUO Red. t per Cent. Ann. Ditto, Dissented thnk L. Ann. Ditto 30 sears Ditto 50 years India Stock - Ditto Bonds pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds —:Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds n% (Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — 'Ditto, New " Ditto, 1824 2 5 34 Russian Danish; '74N Spanish. :S2l 194( 18% Greek Bonds — 1823 11 Ditto, 1825. Guatimala — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican Bonds — 3 per cent....... —f. —e. Ditto, 1>:25 3B4i 4s Exchange —t. —r. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONZ O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Bolanos Mining Co. £!'oo 470 Brazilian Imp. Din. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £5O 78 Ditto St. John Del Rey 5 EN Real dcl Monte Mining Co. £4oo 03 United Nf ex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) £1954 19'34 Provincial Bank of Ireland PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY fl , . Bank Stock —'St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 33.,:, per cent. 95% , National Ditto — Ditto, New l' atriotic Ditto — I per Cent 99% :Hibernian Bank 2214 Gov. Deb. 3!,6 per cent.... Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock — Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent -! Mining Co. of Ireland ...... Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c — Comtnarcial Buildings — FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MAY 14.-13. 1314.—Tw0 months, 11. 12. STOCKHOLM, MAY 7.—Seventy-five days, 12 40. YREMEN, MAY 11.—Two months, 617 616. VIENNA, MAY s.—Three months, 10. 5. LEIPAIC, MAY 7.—Three months, 6. 19.4. FRANKFORT, MAY 12.—Two months, 153. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena...... ...... 0 0 Leeward lslandi 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 Flanders 0 0 Mexico 1 France 0 1 Sweden 2 Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 1 Wa , erf ird HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 8 minutes after [it. I Evening... 37 minutes after 1. BEST FAMILY NEWSPAPER. FROM SATURDAY next, May 22, the SPECTATOR will be ENLARGED by one half; viz. from 16 pages to 24. It will contain a greater variety of readable matter than any other Weekly News paper; with a NEW PLAN of ADVERTISING, by which each advertisement will be conspicuously displayed, without encroaching on the portion of the Paper which is due to the general reader. An early Edition for the Country, will, as usual, be published in time for the post of Saturday. Price One Shilling. Orders received by all New venders and Postmasters ; and at the Publishing Office, 4, Wellington-street, strand. DAY AT ON% O'CLOCK. 'South Sea Stock — !Old Annuities — 'New Ditto — 'Ex Bills XI 000 2d. 77 78 pm. IDitte lid. 77 78 pm. Ditto 500 '2d. 77 78 pm. Ditto lid. 77 18 pm. Ditto Small 'A. 77 78 pm. Ditto lid. 77 78 pm. Bank for Account — [lndia for Account ... Cons. for May 25 THE COLOSSEUM-REGENT'S PARK. The who:e of this Magnificent Exhibition being now com pleted, the Public are respectfully infgrmed the Admissions are as follow, viz.:— a. d. To view the Panorama of London and the surrounding country, with the original Ball removed from St. Paul's Cathedral—the Prospect from the summit of the Build ing—and the Saloon for the Reception of Works of Art S 0 To ♦iew the Conservatories, Swiss Cottage, Alpine Scenery, and Waterfalls To view the Panorama only The whole to be viewed for 5 0 Children half-price. N. R—A new and superb Fountain (a la Versailles) is completed. The Ascending Room in use daily. ANNUAL TICKETS of ADMISSION (One Guinea each; are being issued from the North Lodge. Open from Ten till Dusk. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLO CK Madras Papers to the 24th January, and Singapore ti? the 18th December, have been received at the North loaf South American Coffee-house, but their contents are °f minor importance. (From the Madras Papers.) The Hon. Company's steamer, Hooply, we understat tdi quits the river for Benares, having on board the s ervant . and establishment of the Governor-General. We do 10/ learn whether his Lordship intends to join the HooghlY st any place on her passage up, or whether he proceeds doWn all the way to Benares. Extract of a letter from Meerut, dated Dec. 4 soldier of his Majesty's 31st Regiment attempted to fs*" the life of his officer here two days ago. Captain Sb g „l was drilling his company at evening parade, when soni ° ;,. the men being late, he ordered their names to he sen t in punishment. One of the fellows, named Redmond, slip!). out and asked if he was to be punished, when Capt. S' said, " I have ordered name yet," upon which he present his musket loaded at his head ; when Captain Shaw p usb the muzzle on one side, and the ball whizzed past lit ear. Redmond is now in confinement. (From the Paper of the 12th.) We have a census of the population of Prince of Wale Island for 1829, Europeans excepted. The total 044 34,775 persons, of which 1,434 were native Christian il. There was an increase in the number of permanent le i ' dents of 2,954 since the publication of the census in 180' Cur/in.—lt has been found that the silk supplied 11 1 the Chinese of Loo-chow and Hang-chow, as Impe l , presents for the Mahommedans in Western Tartary, been so bad as not to be worth wearing. Should t u ' weavers again play a similar trick, the Emperor °rat" , that the silk be all sent back to them, and those Wl ° transacted the business for Government-punished. Several Officers have been degraded for not keeping d sufficient guard over a foreigner admitted into one of s l ' towns to trade. The ancient temple of the Nine Luminaries has re cent exhibited peculiar decay, and a long paper is put forth bt the Episcopi, who superintend it, to put it in thoroug h ' repair. 1 By the estafette from Paris this morning the Frenc li Three per Cents, are quoted at 82 10 ; Spanish 1 6 ; Most of the French Journals repeated a paragraph, &fe l ' Toulon, 14th instant, st a tin g th a t th e t roo p s h a d em b a rks ' and if the wind was favourable they would put to sea tb, e next day. This paragraph the Fr enc h P apers state to PI an error, as the embarkation of the division of Loved ' will be on board o n ly on th e 14 t h. Th e division "";. D'Escars will be aft erwar d s em b ar k e d, an d t h e thir" division (Berthezen) is to sail the last. THE FUNDS. It The Funds this m orn i ng are i n an i n a n i ma t e s t a t e , 'Sr' little or no business doing. Consols, which left off yesterd s .d i at 93 for th e A ccoun t, opene d a t th e same pr i ce th' morning, since whi c h th e y h ave b een b u y ers a t th e ab o ' .4 price ; for next Account 93f, sellers. Up to the present hour we have no political informati ol/ ; In the Foreign Market business appears to be at a SO P as yet. Prices much the same as yesterday. ENGLISH FUNDS. Bank Steck, 215 16 3!4 per Cent. 100% % India Stock, 211 4 per Cent. 102 3 per Cent. Cons. 9:1 4 per Cent. 1826, 104}6 Do. for Account, 93 % India Bonds, 83 84 Ditto Reduced, 92% Exchequer Bills, 77 78 FOREIGN FUNDS. Greek, 45 Mexican, 38}4 Peruvian, Y 5 %' Portuguese, 60 61 Prussian, Russian DON 11 Spanish, 19% % TWO O'CLOCK We have scarce a feature worth observation in r e gard `, the Funds ; Consols have been, during most part of ti j morning, at 93 for the account, and 93i for next o c count, with little doing. The Hebrews are much elated with the liberality of 031 Common Council, is granting them the freedom of the Cif It is reported that his Majesty continues to improve health. In the Foreign market Greek Bonds were rather 1015 1 since which a reaction has taken place, and they have sowed their former price, 45 6 ; Spanish Bonds are not good as yesterday; in other Foreign Securities scarce thing doing. Brazilian, 74 Buenos Ayres, 38 40 Chilian, Colombian, 2514 6 Danish, 74% 5 French 5 per Cent. 105 6 Ditto 3 per Cent. E 2 83 T FREE 0' CL O Cir. Consols, 93 FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES' Consols 931 Danish 74,1 Do. for Ac 931 Greek, 1825 45 Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 374 Buenos Ayres 381 Peruvian Chilian Do.— Russian 111 Columbian, 1824, 25i Spanish 181 We understand that the Ganiii, 84 guns, to be fitted out forthwith at Portsmouth, for the purl ) of conveying Prince LEorotn to Greece. She wilt accompanied by the Pallas, Captain FrrzcLArtENc!c' Brighton Gazette. The number of new houses that have be, built in Montrose thi s season i s b e y on d p rece d en t. in the last ten years, the town, it is calculated, has b e nelrly doubled in sise.—Edinburgh Advertiser. lAA c His petitic leased Hit It Wag day se it nee Wa s 'portal Th els C jour - r *feca l decer, and Vest whit Whi Barl IMF Wh Barl sup mu 2d. day Co Ne U. Er Cl< Oa