The Sun. — London, England, 1833-05-24 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS. VIENNA, MAY 12.—The Constantinople mail of April 25 has arrived, but of course brines nothing interesting, as we have had already news of the 27th. The troops under General Kisseleff are stated to have halted for the present, whence the hopes of an amicable arrangement are increased. An English courier brings from London instructions for the legation at Constanti nople. We bear that the English Cabinet now gives more serious attention to the situation of the Sultan, and the latter might, in case of extreme need, probably reckon on the efficacious support of England. Mehemet Ali would therefore expose himself to the greatest danger, if he thought, by exaggerated demands, to dethrone the Sultan. The French a mbassador, Count de St. Aulaire, has at length arrived here, with six persons attached to his legation. He came by way of Italy. The Bavarian Charge d'Affaires, M. Gasser, has ar rived from Munich. AUGSBURG, MAY 17.—A decree of the Regency of Greece, inserted in the Italian journals, forbids the wearing of all kinds of arms ; landowners above 18 years of age obtain, however, on application, permission to wear arms, for which a small tax is paid. Commissioners are expected at Prev , Si, who are to cause towers, at the distance of a league from each other, to he erected on the new frontiers of Greece. It is affirmed that Arta also makes a part of the new Greek kingdom. The long-expected courier from Greece se , ms to have arrived at Munich; at least we have teceived from that city a great number of letters, journals, &c., from Napoli di Romania, from the date of the arrival of King Otho to the Bth of April. We shall devote an extraordinary sup plement, to-morrow and the following day, for the pur pose of communicating these interesting accounts to the public as completely as possible. While the accounts from Constantinople continue to represent the arrangements between the Porte and Egypt as not yet settled, the Osservatore Triestino gives a letter from Alexandria of 18th April, which says that on the 16th a Tartar bad arrived from Ibrahim's head quarters with the news that a treaty of peace was con. eluded, by which all Syria and the district of Adana were ceded to the Paella, that great joy was excited at Alexandria by this news, that the who'e city was illuminated on the 16th in the evening, and that tue feux de jui continued till late in the night of the 17th. According to this account, therefore, peace was considered in Egypt to be certainly concluded. The Leipsic Journal has the following of the 12th ins', from Berlin :—A suit instituted hy some Paris contractors against the Bank of Poland excites much interest here since, it has revealed that Prince Louis Buona parte and the Prince de la Moskava had, at the time of the revolution, accepted the command of the troops that were tie proceed from France to Lithuania. It also appears, from the printed documents relative to this suit, that Count Lubienski was the principal agent of the Poles in Franc-, and that he was chareed to superintend the conveyance of arms and ammunition to Poland. This is the more extraordinary as be is domiciliated in the Duchy of Posen, and consequently is a subject of Prussia. The issue of this trial is looked forward to with great oportance. VIEEN A, MAY 13.—Five per Cent Metalrques, 924; Four per Gnt., 812 i; Bank Shares, 1,2081. —Allge meine Zeitung, May 18. COIRE, MAY 12.—The Government of Lombardy at Milan has made an appica!ion to the Government of the canton of Tessin, requesting it to give a refusal to the Polish fugitives, if they should petition to he received and allowed to reside in the canton. Considering the terms of friendship and good neigh bourship subsisting between Lombardy and Tessin, the Government of Lombardy expects that that of Tessin will take this wish into due consideration. A similar applica tion his been made to the canton of the Gusins. FitownEas OF ITALY, MAY 7.—Except the expedi tion against Tunis, there is no appearance of armaments in Sardinia calculated to create apprehensions of a war. yet ever since the beginning of this year, great activity his been observed in the prosecution of works for strengthening tie Piedmontese fortresses, which are of ench a nature that the object of the works is doubtful. Tins in Alexandria, the works directed against the in terior of the places which were demolished a few years ago ar, restored. One might almost be induced to think that the Government distrusted its own subjects. The Commerce of Genoa, Leghorn, and other ports in the Mediterranean puffers greatly by the war in the Levant, and the interruption of the intercourse with Barbary, and there seems little prospect of a favourable change in this eapect.—Frankfort Papers, May 18. Ground for building is of more value, per- Ilan in New York than in London. A space 25 feet in front, and 100 deep, in the best si:uations, will real.ze to the seller from 20,000 to 40,000 dollars. A small piece of ground which posse,sed three frontages was disposed of for no less a sum than nearly 150,000 dollars. DRY CUPPING.—A lady of rank, living near Dublin, was occasionally attacked by violent determination of the blood to the head, and each of the p mosysn‘s was su. e, before it ended, to induce a violent propensity to suicide. This congestion and propensity were afterwards removed, or rather prevented, by the timely application of dry cupping as soon as the well-known premonitory symptom of the paroxysm appeared.—Dr. Graves, quoted in the Lancet. FACTORY CHILDREN.—A meeting of the inhabitants of Walworth was held at the great room, Montpelier Tavern, on Wednesday evening, to petition Parliament in favour of the Ten Hours 1111. THOMAS HARDY, Esq.. surgeon, toil the chair, and opened the business with an effective speech, in furtherance of that humane object. He was f &lowed by WILLIAM UNDER.. WOOD, Esq., who moved the first resolution. Mr. DotritaTY, one of the Lancashire delegates, seconded the resolution, and described with great force and feeling the suff rings of the factory slaws. The Rev. Dr. ANDREWS, and other speakers, addressed tle meeting also with great effect, when a petition was unanimously nee. d to, which )i e s for signature in the neighbourhood. We regret that our limits prevent us from giving even an outline of the speeches. A CURATE OR AN Ass.—The Semaphore, of 11Iarsei les, gives the following as an authentic letter from the rector of a parish, in the arrondissement Of Aix, xo his archbishop :—" My duties are beyond my strength. be numerous rural habitations within my parish compel pre to travel about so much, that I can no longer support the fatigue it occasions me. My income does not enable me to afford a conveyance of any sort. I have therefore abso lute need of an assistant, and I request you will deign to send me a curate—or an as., which will equally answer the purpose !"—Paris Paper. - - THE PRINCESS DASHKOFF.—When I was ID Cork I saw the Princess DASHKOFF, the favourite of CATHERINE, the Empress of RUSSIA, who cut such a famous figure in the revolution of that day. Ido nut ,know the cause of her being at Cotk. It was said she ‘7.'ila banished by her gentle friend gray KATTY, who was Jo kind to Warsaw. She lived on the Mall, in lodgings ,of twelve guineas a we, k. I saw her at the play, in a 0" er4ox.--She was not young, but I could perceive that she attracted more attention than the performers. On her first entering, she took a Urge coloured silk handkerchief and spreal it over the edge of her box—not a erode with T h, Coik. or any other Irish, or Great British ladies. This Princess DASHKOFF was not very far from my mind when writirg the character of Mrs. Cheshire (Rusty Fusty) in the " Agreeable Surprise."—By the late Mr. O'Keeffe. ST. PANCRAS.—The excitement caused in the parish of Sr. Pancras by the present election for forty vestrymen, in the place of the same number who must retire, according to the terms of the new Vestry Act, is Ignal to anything of the kind even upon the occasion of the election for Members of Parliament. Indeed, open the issue of this contest will depend whether the parish shall in future be governed by men chosen by the majority of the inhabitants, or whether it shall be under the domi nation of a few aristocrats. The poll will terminate to morrow, and those parishioners who have not yet recorded their yobs will Sadly neglect their own inter( at if they do not take time by the forelock, and support the independent cause. The "Parochial Committee" have uphill wed:, but they have manfully done their duty, and success will be sure to attend their exertions. About three years ago a youth in the employ of a linendraper of Yarmonth, Norfolk, wee sentenced to transportation for robbing his maser. There being f a . vouranrcti' ins tances in his case, interest Wifi9 m a d e , a nt e the lLe *Asbliaeli was commuted to five years in the Peni -1 te` • ris . w .:.7hvt.rhis.::_con,luct was so good thlt he was ogictikhe , sipiration of three years. lie arrived in ICY titris , :ain Saturday week, and almost immediately 211' ed'orgs fortirrnas.er, and having, in the sincere k ft. ' II rviiireoce 4 infiaorid forgiieness, be preserved I.im • ;I- 1 1 ' - '.trittiti;thien" 1021. 18s. 6.1. The gentleman, A., ••. ..,1 4 4,tfisnerblemiess of conduct, was for some time ..... to_fmals.. Ile at length urged him to accept a few poticda i l i b2lce - 141 positively refused , he at last with tiiffi43re?ljtsl'on him to accept the odd silver ...- Caml ridge Chronicle. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1833. The Marquis of PALMELLA left town last night for Falmouth, on his way to Oporto. A dis tinguished Captain in the British navy has also left for the same destination for the purpose of co-operating with Admiral SA RTORIUS. Seve ral other gentlemen connected with the Consti tutional cause will follow this evening, and all the arrangetnents for immediately sending out naval and military stores, &c., are completed. It is admitted by persons well acquainted with the resources of the contending parties in Por tugal, that the assumption of the offensive by Marshal SOLIGNAC, must bring the question to a speedy termination, as neither party can provide means for prolonging the contest. Ac cording to authentic accounts, the chances at present are decidedly in favour of the Pedroites. The troops, although they have suffered from sickness, are in a much better condition than the Miguelites; and they are in a state of excitement very favourable to the mode of' warfare which they will have to adopt when out of Oporto. Marshal SOLIGNAC would, we believe, have delayed the march for an other month or two, but for the anxiety of the troops to come to close quarters with the enemy. His Commissariat, however, is, considering all things, in a very fair condition —much better than that of the enemy—and he is well provided with artillery. It is expected that the campaign will commence about the middle of June. We are sorry to confirm the melancholy ac counts given by a Morning Contemporary of the misery of the poor in Oporto. Enfeebled by long piivations, they have become an easy prey to the cholera, and the mortality has been con siderable. It appears, however, that in Lisbon the distress and sickness of the lower orders have been much greater than at Oporto. No official information has yet been received of the reported peace between the SULTAN and MEHEMET ALI ; and the belief now at the Fo reign Office and the French Embassy appears to be that the Emperor of RUSSIA has taken advantage of some circumstance to prevent the conclusion of a war which promised him a great increase of political power and territory. By pretended concessions, however, to this country on the Dutch question, NICHOLAS has contrived to obtain from our Cabinet the means of carrying his projects into execution without fear of mate rial opposition. But for this policy, some ar rangement would have been come to between the British and French Governments which would have frustrated his views on Turkey. AI. COMTE and M. PIRON, the director and sut)-director of the Postes in France, arrived in town last night for the purpose of seeing the Duke of RICHMOND and Sir FRANCIS FREE' LING, on the subject of the proposed establish ment of a daily mail between London and Paris. We are very sorry to hear that they are not sanguine of success as to the object of their mission. The French Papers of Wednesday have, been received. It appears that Ministers were suc cessful in carrying the Bill relative to the Greek Loan through its first stage, but with a very small majority—only 36 ; there being 176 for, and 140 against it. Whether they will be able to pass it into a law in its original form is very doubtful, as several amendments were proposed on Wednes day, having a tendency to neutralise the object of the Bill. These papers contain some allusion to the affairs of Spain and Portugal, of no particular moment. Don MIGUEL was endeavouring to repair his losses from desertion by enlisting some soldiers who formerly belonged to the ex-royal guard of CHARLES X. We apprehend, however, that his fate will be sealed long before their arrival in Portugal ; for the reinforcements, now on their passage to join Don PEDRO, will 80011 enable him to take the field with every pros pect of success. One battle gained in the open field over the army of MIGUEL would seal his destiny. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAats, May 22. Five per Cents. 103 f. 20c. 15c. 342 c. Four and a Half per Cents., —f. —c. Four per Cents., 93f. 50c. Three per Cents. 78f. 85c. 79f. sc. 79f. National Loan, 103 f. 10c. Bank Actions, 1,790 f. —c. Bente de Naples, 93f. 93f sc. 20c. Roman Five per Cents., 9nA 91. Route d'Espagne, Fiveper Cents. 15% a 4 Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents. 44% 31 45 Royal Spanish Loan, 89N Rente Perpetuelled'Espagne, Five per Cents., 76% % Belgian Loan, 1831, 89% .3 4 Haylian Loan, --f. —c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 75c.; money, 25f. 70c. Three months, paper, 25f. 65c. ; money, 25f. 60c. —Coors Authentique. The whole of the recruits for the service of Don PEDRO, who have left town within the last few days, will be on board to-day, and the Ves sels are expected to sail early to-morrow for Oporto. They are . well provided in every respect for their comfort on the voyage, and are in excellent spirits. We have before us two publications upon a topic of great importance and interest at the present moment. One is a pamphlet, published by RIDGWAY, entitled " Poor Laws, beneficial to Landed Property in Ireland, deduced from their Effects in England." The other is a shilling book, published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know ledge, and written by Miss MARTINEAU. It is entitled " The Parish." The known opinions of Miss MARTINEAU upon the subject of th! poor laws, and the title of the first work we have named, may sufficiently indicate that the ob jects of the two writers are diametrically op posed to each other. Miss MARTINEAU'S work is, like her periodical publications, in the form of a tale ; and, by the auspices under which it is produced as well as by its low price, is evidently intended to be cir culated, if possible, among the middling and lower classes of rate-payers, as well in town as in the country, and rouse them to the necessity of making some exertion to stop the torrent of pauperism which threatens to overwhelm them. The means she employs in her tale of " The Parish" are much the same as those so ably handled by her iu " Cousin Marshall." The misfortune is that instead of finding, as we did in " Cousin Marshall," instances of the working of the poor laws similar to what we had met with in the course of our own experience, we find in " The Parish," facts which, however terrible,. we know to be taken literally from the report of the Poor Law Commissioners. Let us make an extract from the account of parish pay day : " Blogg nodded to her as she went out, and then made his way to the table, every body yielding precedence to the owner of cottages. " Sharpe tells me,' said Blogg, that you refuse to pay his rent for him.' -" 'To be sure,' replied the overseer ; you know little of the calls upon the rate, if you think that we can pay rents out of it.' " ' I know that you will h tve worse calls upon it if you do not pay rents. I must have my money; and unless you he!p Sharpe to pay it, I will distrain, and then you must do the best you can with him and his family.' " So you want to make the parish pay for your having taken a bad tenant ?' " How do you mean a bad tenant? Sharpe belongs to the parish. I suppose you do not dispute that. Leave it to me to make hum pay as long as he can. When he cm pay no longer, his parish must do it. Trust me for choosing my tenants well. I take care to have nothing to do with non-parishioners, unless they can give good security for their rent.' " ' You are out in your reckoning, my good sir,' oh served the overseer. It has never been our practice to p ly rents out of the rate.' ' That is no reason why it never should he. If people have a right to a maintenance from their parish, I cannot are how you can deny them wherewith to pay fin- a roof over their heads.' True, true ; very true,' observed the squire. Neither you nor I have any right to draw the distinction where the law makes none. You must help Sharpe with his rent if you find that he really cannot pay it himself.' "' If so,' said Dankin, ' the best way will be to buy cottages for our paupers at once, instead of putting a yearly profit into Blogg's pocket.' " With all my heart. I Like you at your word, if you give me my price,' oiled Blogg, urging, his challenge with an outstretched arm. " ' And what is your price ?' " Seventy pounds a-piece for the houses in Myrtle Row.' " ' Thank you ; but it would answer better to us to build thin to take your damp, rickety cortimes; at that price, even if we had the conscience to put our poor into such unwholsorne dens.' " Build away, pray; you will be just where you were before, as concerns my tenants. Cottages do not stand Empty long where there are young people of the parish ready to marry ; and there will always be Sharpes enough to live in my cottages, if you build three to my one. My houses will never stand empty long.'" This is nut fiction, and we do not hesitate to quote it as a true transcript of scenes of every day occurrence. Let us now see what the advocate of poor laws says for them. Speaking of the double object of the Act of ELIZABETH, the writer of the pamphlet before us says---" It is common to find persons having no other idea of the poor laws than as raising a fund for the support of the idle poor, seeming entirely to forget the most important and valuable feature of those laws, viz., that which compels the capitalist to employ the able poor, on pain of maintaining them in idleness." Throughout his whole pamphlet the writer insists upon this advantage of compelling capitalists to employ l a b our , an d a grosser fallacy upon which to found an argu ment cannot well be imagined. In plain English this means compelling capitalists to find food, but it is clear that if all anxiety, or fear of not being able to find food for a family, be taken away, men will multiply till the food produced is insufficient for the com fortable maintenance of the whole com munity. Of course, according to our friend's principle, the capitalists must be still com pelled to give food (for labour not yielding food is not the thing wanted) to all who want. The inevitable consequence of this must be to reduce a country precisely to the state in which Ireland is now placed ; all must be paupers, all must be struggling for a portion of the scanty supply of food, and many must starve. Should England, as well as Ireland, ever arrive at such a state, capital will have no refuge except out of the kingdom. What would be the effect of thus driving all capital out of the country it is dread ful to contemplate. We are not yet, however, reduced to that extremity ; and the owners of fixed capital in Ireland, living under the shelter of our laws and power, are able to draw interest from it. The question now is, not whether poor laws be good in themselves, but whether they are not, with all their evils, temporarily necessary in Ireland. The people there have become reckless and improvident from ig norance, whilst in England we are fast hastening to the same state, because we encourage reck lessness and improvidence. We must enlighten the Irish ; we must show them that it is for their own interest to be peaceable and provident. But it is vain to expect ignorant men to see this whilst they feel the pinching of hunger. Al though, therefore, we agree with the writer of the pamphlet before us in the conclusion he conies to, that some kind of poor law should be established in Ireland, we cannot agree with him in saying that it should be the poor law of ELIZABETH. Instead of a law insuring every man bread (or work, which is the same thing) whether the bread is to be got or not ; instead of an administration of the law which directly encourages improvidence, a law might be framed and administered which, whilst it relieved the pres sure of the present distress, would teach the poor providence, and in the very act of its operation extinguish pauperism and itself together, In England let a Bill be passed, putting down the allowance system, abolishing the law of settle ment, abolishing the bastardy laws, making relief equal to the married and the unmarried, and entirely taking it away from all who are born after a certain time. Should this last provision be thought too severe to commence with, we might try, in conjunction with the other provi sions, to enforce the necessity of making labour not voluntarily given, infinitely harder, infinitely worse paid, and infinitely less desirable in every respect than that voluntarily offered. In Ireland all should at once be enitled to demand work or relief, but the claim to cease with the lives of the married, and the marriage of the unmarried. By the adoption of these plans in Ireland and England, we might hope to relieve the present distress of the Irish, preserve the existing claims (rights we cannot bring ourselves to call them) of the English poor, teach both providence and industry, and finally bring both countries into that state of happy prosperity and independence enjoyed by the best part of Scotland. IMPERIALPARLIAMENT THIS DAY, FRIDAY, MAY 24. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER. took the Chair at a quarter after twelve. Sir C. PAGET appeared at the table, and took the oaths and his seat for the Carnarvon district of boroughs, in the room of Major Nanney, who had been declared un duly elected. Several private Bills were advanced a stare. Mr. ABERCROMBIE moved the second reading of the Edinburgh Improvement Bill. Mr. D. W. HARVEY presented nine petitions from se veral Wesleyan and Dissenting congregations in the county of Essex, for the immediate and unqualified abolition of co lonial slavery. A'so petitions from the inhabitants of Chi chester, praying the tail repeal of all disqualifications affecting Dissenters. The petitioners prayed that they should be freed from all the imposts and ceases which were applicable to the support either of the edifice or doctrine of the establishment. This principle involved the charter of Protestant Dissenters, and disclosed the principles on which dissent was to be justified. The Pro testan ED issenters were not schismatics, but were opposed on religious principles to the established church. They proceeded on the rational ground that each should pay for his own ministers, as they paid for th-ir own lawyers, &c. Mr. GILLON sail that the dissenters of Scotland were decidedly hostile to all establishments of religion, and complained of the great injustice of seizing, by legislative enactments, the property of one class, to support the religious opinions of another. The Hon. Member also stated that so conscious and decided were the convictions and opinions of dissenters against establishments, that they would not, even if an endowment were off red them, accept of it. Mr. OLIPHANT and Mr. EWING denied the existence of hostile feeling generally, in Scotland, against the esta blishment, and stated that, &though there was a difference of opinion prevalent relative to the question of civil establishments of religion, abstractedly, there was no difference of opinion as to the doctrines and discipline of the Church of Scotland. Mr. B. ROTCH presented a petition in favour of the abolition of slavery, signed by nearly all the inhabitants of Isleworth ; and a petition from the, ministers, chapel wardens, and other inhabitants of the precinct of Bride well, praying for the better regulation of the Sabbath, not by the enforcement of religious observance, but by the prevention of Sunday trading. The Hon. Member next presented a petition from the magistrates of the county of Middlesex, praying for an alteration in the law affecting beer shops ; and in particular that the exceedingly demoralizing effects occasioned by the consumption of beer on the premises might be prevented. He then presented a petition from the inhabitants of Oxford-street, Holborn, and their vicinities, complaining of the great nuisance occasioned by the rapid and dangerous driving of omni buses, and of the injury inflicted on the trade of the petitioners thereby. He (Mr. Rotch) would admit that these vehicles were a gre it accommodation to passengers, and he was convinced might be made of general utility if paced under proper regulations. As it was they were become a notorious nuisance from the misconduct of the drivers. He had himself seen as many as three racing abreast. Although the Board of Hackney Coaches had not been as efficient as it might have been, be could see no reason why there should not be some such an office to which application might be made by parties who were aggrieved. Mr. SPRING RICE referred to discussions which had taken place on the subject in the Committee on the Police Bill, and said that there was one police-office at which any person might apply and make complaints in the same manner as before the Board of Hackney Coaches. In every c ise the owners of omnibuses were responsible for injmies done by the drivers. Mr. Alderman WOOD stated, that owing to the regu lations of the city magistrates, and the activity of the city police, and the facility afforded to persons making com plaints, the nuisance had been grea.ly abated in the city; and that now most people were ready to avail themselves o f the economy and convenience afforded by those vehicles. Mr. ROCHE presented petitions for the abolition of negro slavery, from the Wesleyan M tho lists of Kildare, Kidalue, and St. George's-street, in the city of Limerick. Sir EDMOND HAYES presented petitions for the better observance of the Sabbath from Cork, and against negro slavery from two places in Donegal. Mr. E. L. BULWER presented a petition from the Wesleyan Methodists of Lincoln against negro slavery. Also from the Norwich Political Union, expres-ing their extreme regret at the measures proposed re. spect i n g the unhappy state of Ireland. The Ho nourable. Member also presente I petitions from the Na tional Political Union, and from the inhabitants of Bolton, against the taxes on knowledge. Al,o, from Newark upon Trent, for vote by ballot, and praying the House to consider the propriety of shortening the duration of Par liament. The Hon. Member stated that he bad a motion, of which he had given notice, for the repeal of the s•amp duty on newsp goers, which he intended to press on, and he thought be should be able to make out a very ',bong case, for the propriety of removing what lie thought a very infamous tax._ HOUSE AND WINDOW DUTIES. Colonel EVANS, seeing the Right Hcn. Secretary for the Treasury in his place, wished to know whett er ware houses connected with houses by internal communication were subject to the house and window duty; and if so, upon what principle that took place, as warehouses having an external communication were exenspt. Mr. SPRING RICE said, that he should not like to take upon himself off hand the responsibility of answering the question, as it was a legal one. With respect, however, to the principle, that did not lie with the Trea sury, but the 12 Judges of the land, whose opinions were always taken upon the law of the case. He would look into the decisions upon the subject, after which he should be prepared to give an answer to the Gallant Officer. Mr. PRY:IIE presented a petition from a person named Howell, residing at Cambridge, complaining of the abuses in the Corporation of that town. Mr. SPRING RICE supported the prayer of the peti tion, which he thought well worthy of the attention 01 the House. Lord ORMELIE presented six petitions, praying for the abolition of slavery, from places in Perthshire. Also one from Pitcairn, against the corn I,wa. On a late oc casion he voted against the resolutions on this subject, not because he was opposed to them in principle, but because he thought this was nut the time to bring them forward. The House bad enough of business before them for their consideration, without now taking into consideration a question of such magnitude. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition froml,3oo coal whippers on the river Thames, complaining of a late enactment which so interfered with their trade ar to curtail their wages, and praying for some relief. Also one from Captain Brenton, praying the House to provide better places of confinement for juvenile offenders. Earl GROSVENOR supported the prayer of the peti t on. It was a question that was much c )nsidered in the county of Chester, from which place he had received a memorial to the same effect. An Hozr. MEMBER said nothing better could be done than for the House to pass some measure by which ma gistrates in petty sessions might he empowered to sum mon juries for the trial of such offenders. Mr. PRYME saw no objection to such a power being given to the Magistrates; but he believed that they already possessed that power. Dr. LUSHINUTON presented a petition from 146 inhabitants out of 159, residing in the Artil lery-ground of the Tower of London, praying for the re peal of the house and window taxes. One from the parish of Whitechapel against the removal of the police office from that district, and one from the Vicar, churchwarden, and inhabitants of Bromley, respecting the Irish poor, and praying for some alteration in the law with respect to Catholic marriages. The Hon. Member siid with respect to the last subject, be would only observe that the time had come when a ch Inge was absolutely nee_4 , sary. The petitions were then ordered to lie on the tible. Captain STUART presented a petition from Rothsay, for the better observance of the Sabbath. Mr. HALYBURTON presented petitions to the same effect from the Presbytery of Aberbrothock, the parishes of Guthrie and Aberlach. Mr. T. ATTWOOD presented a petition from the agricultural labourers of the parish of Bodicctt, in Oxford shire, complaining of distress. They stated that the poor rates of that parish amounted to 1/. per head per annum, while their wages were about 2d. or 22e1. a head per week; He (Mr. Attwood) understood that the paupers in B r mingham received 3s. 6d. per week each, while in this Oxfordshire village the agricultural labourers could only earn at out 14d. a week each. The petitioners prayed that a law might be passed by which large families might have allotted to them two acres of land, and small fatuities one acre, at a fair rental. His next petition was om Nun e iton, in the county of Warwick, signed by nearly all the inhabitants of that town ; they complained that they had long cuff red under misery and distress, and that, although they bad frequently appealed to the House of Commons, they had obtained no relief; they therefore prayed for the total and immediate repeal of all the taxes on malt, hops, sug ir, and tobacco.—(Hear, hear). That populous neighbourhood almost wholly depended on the Ribbon trade, and the petitioners state, that for the last seven years, that trade had been greatly injured by the ruinous competition of foreigners. The Honour able Member attributed their distress to a different cause,—viz. to the monetary system, and not to the effects of foreign comp , tition alone. He had also a petition from the Birmingham Political Association. Those petitioners related the injuries which had been indicted upon that unhappy country, Poland, and depre cated the apally of this country while the struggles were going on. The petitioners pointed out the benefits which would result from a reinstatement of the kingdom of Poland to this country, particularly in an extension of their trade in British manufactures, and prayed the House to address his Majesty, beseeching him to cooperate with France and Austria in restoring Poland to the state of independence in which she was prior to her partition in 1772. The Hon. Member said he thought that Russia had by her ty rannic conduct laid herself open to the indignation and military attack of all the civilized powers of Europe, and that it was the bounden duty of all the European Powers to see justice done to Poland. Two years ago, if this country had held up its finger, Poland tte.uld have been saved ; and six months ago, if it had held up its finger, Constantinople would have been saved too ; but now it might cost hundreds of millions to save Constantinople, unless, indeed, we were prepared to surrender the Thames to the Russians. He had also a petition forom Mr. Edward Sully, a gentleman well known in the city of London, praying an inquiry into the monetary system ; that gentleman took tie same view of the causes of the present distress as he (Mr. Attwocel) did, and he concurred in the prayer of the petition. His next petitions were from Dalaston, in the county of Stafford, for such an alteration of the law regarding new beer shops, as to make them more independent of the officious and improper interference of the police— ( Hear, hear)—from the Council of the Birmingham Political Union, in favour of the Ten Hours' Labour in Factories Bill; from the same body for the abolition of slavery ; and three petitions also for the abolition of slavery, from the Methodists of Lichfield, from some place in Staffordshire, and from Birmingham. While he concurred in the hope that black slavery would be speedily abolished, he must say that he believed the miseries of the white slaves to be ten times greater than those of the black slaves; and when they should accomplish the plan of giving to the black slaves a maintenance for three-fourths of their labour, he hoped they would deal out the same measure of justice in favour of the white slaves. He had also a petition from West Bromwich, complaining of distress, and also of the passing of the Irish Coercion Bill. The Hon. Member in conclusion said, that if any observations that he ever uttered in that House should appear as going to extremes, lie hoped they would only be attributed to a desire to see the poorer classes remun -rated fot their labour. He was desiruus of securing the stability of the church, of the aristocracy, and, indeed, of all the institutions of the country, and when he c tuld see the labouring population receive that for their I.bour which would enable them to support themselves and families in comfort he should rest sati•fi d.—(Hear.) He bad only one remark to make, which was that the country was divided into three great parties, Radical, Whig, and Tory, and it was roost extraordinary that all these parties should disagree on every subject except one, and on that they cordially united. They all agreed to make war upon the currency, by which they would pull down the fabric of society on their heads. Mr. DIVETT would give the Hon. Member credit for hie intentions, but he felt it to be his duty to protest against his doctrines—for views snore mis chievous never were promulgated by any individual. —(Hear, hear.) He had been pleased to talk about white slavery in England. He (Mr. Divett) would deny that white slavery existed, but if it did, the Hon. Member did not take the proper way of relieving it, by exciting the poor people against their rulers. The Hon. Member had spoken of three great parties in that House—he might have added a fourth, as be him self constituted another, being the ultra Union party— a parry more dangerous than either ultra Whig or ultra Tory.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member had re flected in very severe terms upon the conduct of a savings b ink at Exeter, and stated generally that savings banks cost the country more than it benefited by them. He thought such attacks came with peculiar ill grace from the Hon. Member for Birmingham, who professed to be the advocate for the working classes ; there was no institution in the country likely to be more beneficial to that class than these banks. Mr. ATTWOOD replied. Those banks cost the country in ten years 600,0001., and he supposed the ex penses had not been reduced. That money, in his opi nion, could he better applied for the benefit of the poor. Mr. S. RICE most positively denied the statements of the lion. Mett.ber. Thosa institutions had been most beneficial to the country generally. Mr. DIVETT said a few words in explanation, and added, that there had been latterly a considerable increase in the number of deptsits at the Exeter Savings Bank. Mr. HUTT preslnted a petition from the ship-owners of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying for the remission of duty upon sea policies of insurance. The Hon. Member observed that by the proposed reduction voyage pa icies would alone be bent fitted, whilst time policies—the num ber of which was continually increasing —instead of deriv ing an advantage from the proposed alteration, would ac tually have to suffer an increase of duty. He should take occasion to notice this subject mere fully when his mo tion thereon came under the consideration of the House. Mr. Sergeant PERRIN presented four petitions from places in Monagh, and four from places in Tyrone, sg iret negro slavery. seri Sir J. DALRYMPLE presented petit ions fro m parishes in Edinburgh against negro slavery. fro Mr. Mr. TURNER presented one on the sa me subject the Baptist congregation of Blackburn. Wilkiblro.urGnel, and LLON ot p h ere:epnles. presented petitions aga i ns t slavery f t° Mr. WALKER gave notice, that when the House 00 into committee on the assessed taxes, he s hould that the houses of schoolmaster and of licensed victun should be placed on the same footing with thOe shopkeepers. tli Mr. JAMES EWING presented pe titions for better observance of the sabbath front Glasgow. u a i A ted ßE As Sir ROBERT VAUGHAN presented a petition it theAUfrn. a ple in Merionethshire against Slavery. ton-place, Potter - rote, and Nicholson -street, Edintlos to the same effect. Also a petition fr om the 5 3 al e P relative to the Royal Burgh Bill. RsCocltiaOteMß Congregations l Epresented o f e n e voesrea.lstpreeetitt,iounros fro: Lord GROSVENOR presented a petition from clergy and gentry, and other inhabitants, t t f a Pa ris 0; Chester, in favour of a better observance of the Sabbl or also a petition from the same place in 'avour of the seaters' E. Relief Bill. Mr. TENNANT presented petitions from A ° and front the Wesleyan Methodists of Carrickfeirof Raphoe, Antritn, Down, and other places, in (4 Of of the abolition of slavery. Also a petition: foul the i r f j • tr hand-loom weavers of Belfast, complaining O. c o f tressed state, and praying for relief by the tstabliJime° a local board of trade. at Mr. LEFROY presented two petitions in fri:°;,,tert the better observance of the Sabbath, from the Ml ° :ips• of Bostertown, Dublin. Also a petifon from lever-fiio riches in Cork and Ross against the Irish Church 01" Bill. Mr. T. MARTYN presented a petition from the e d i e r rfi and inhabitants of Stockport, Chester, in favou r of laws for Ireland. The SPEAKER left the Chair at a quarter to 3 o'cl°4l' PRICE. OF STOCKS THIS Rank Stock per Cent. Red 87% gyp 3 per Cent Cons. 8874 •;4 314, per Cent...-... ........... 95 Ditto Red 95 14 ew:334 per Cent. 96%M% 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 . . - 4 per Cent. 1826 Rank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1861 1 l7 1-16 Oct. 10, 1859 16% 15.16 Jan. 5, 1860 17 1 4 5-16 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 DAY AT oN V O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock . Ditto Bonds 3O 31 pm. South Sea Stock 93% Old Annuities B6 New Ditto — 2 per Cent. Anna 1751 - Ex. Bills. £1,000...51 50 52 pm. 50 52 pm. Ditto Small 51 50 52 prr. Ditto C0mmercia1......... pm . Ditto Advertised 49 50 nm. Bank for Account .. India for Account Cons. for Account THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds . .... P 9 ,4 Ditto Account-89W% 8i 91 Brazilian Bonds 6B!, 9 Ditto Acc0unt......68%% Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account .13% Chillan Bonds Ditto Account 20% Columbian Bonds Ditto Account. Ditto Bonds, IRA l7t Ditto Account lili Danish Bonds 73!4 4 Ditto Account 73V5 4 Greek 80nd5.......... ........... 32 Ditto Bonds, 1825 37 Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 27 Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. 34V Ditto Account 54% NTeapolitan Peruvian Bonds 1 5 ,4 Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account ^ 56!(. Regency Scrip 2 dis. Ditto Acc0unt......... 211 dis. Prussian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1822 l(tll.', Russian Bonds, 1822 ... 104 Ditto Account New Loan 99 Spanish 80nd5,182.1 l9 4 Ditto Account... ... 19% 4 Ditto Bonds, 1823 Ditto Account French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange --X —c. —S per cent. —f —c. -- Exchange -f —e. Dutch, 21 p. c. 4Sl4 Ditto Account 48%% % Ditto, 5 p. c 51N;604 Ditto Account French Scrip 4}.; pm. PRICES OF SHARES THl$ DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. MM. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £lOO l3' Rolanos Mining Company ..£l5O 149.% Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm ) £2l) 64% 5% Ditto National 17% 23 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes .. .. .15s. British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at Si. pm.) 505( English Mining Company IN General Mining Association l2 Mexican Mining Co. £46 Real del Monte Mining C 0...., — United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp ... 10 Protector Ins 'lran ce Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company ..... 17 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 19► k 94 25 714 29 1054 14 131 i 10% £1 7 0 129 50% 11 PRICKS OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 21. Bank Stock " 202 t St. Patrick I nsur. (pet Share) Consols, 3 ver cent 86% Royal Irish Ditto Gov. Stock, 3% - per cent. 94 Ditto, New ..............« 94% I per Cent. Gov. Deb. 3% percent 87% Royal Canal Stock 37% Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent, /Mast Office Deb. 4 ro. c - National Ditto !Patriotic Ditto IHibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland !Commercial Buildings BIOGRAPHY OF EDMUND KEAN. THE COURT JOURNAL of Saturday, May 25th, will contain, among various other highly interesting Articles, a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of the CELEBRATED TRAGEDIAN EDMUND KEAN, Eq., with exclusive particulars of the arrangements for the Funeral Procession—Chesterfield in London, Philoso phy of the Ball Room—Parisian Pastimes—Society in Bru , sels, and all the Fashionable, Theatrical, Literary, and General Topics of the week. Sold by all Newsmen and Booksellers. Office, 19, Cathea ine•street, Strand. LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 6th May, 1833. Capital £2,500,000 in Shares of £lOO each. Deposit £5 Share. Isaac Solly, F.sq. London Chairman . of the Board of Directors. J. F. Ledsam, F-sq., Bir mingham Dep. Chairman It. Creed, Esq., London Capt. C. R. Moorsom, R.N., Secretary of the Board of Directors. Birmingham Committee of Directors appointed in pursuance to tie Act—viz. LONDON COMMITTEE. Isaac Solly, Esq. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Edmond Calvert, Esq. W. T. Copeland, Esq. George Carr Glyn, Esq. Pascoe St. Leger Grenfell, Esq. George Larpent, Esq. Sir John W. Lubbock, Bart. John Lewis Prevost, Esq. Henry Rowles, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. Henry Warre, Esq. RICHARD CREED, Sec. Office, 6d, Cornhill, London. BIRMINGHAM COMMITTEE. Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq. John Corrie, Esq. William Francis, Esq. William Hawkes, Fsq. Daniel Ledsam, Esq. James Pearson, Esq. William Ph ipson, Esq. !Theodore Price, Esq. Timothy Smith, Esq. John Sturge, Esq. John Turner, Esq. Joseph Walker, Esq. Capt. C. R. MOORSOM, R.N Sec. Office, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. *itn • f ie - SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS pit FROM LLOYD'S. • ed t he'. DEAL, MAY 23.—Wind N.F, moderate.—Arr iv S. de Begona, Artiaga, from Bilboa. The Henry Or a l ye from Newcastle to Leghorn, was assisted off the G oudsel terday, and sailed for the river at noon. . ae d tl PORTSMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind S.E , the Mary Ann, Hornblow, from Madras, sailed Fe" 00 0 March 28, and St. Helena Bth ult.; Neptune, Cumbulee riff Madras; Louise, Lafreuz, from Porto Rico; and the fig Brown, from London for Bombay. d ive d PLYMOUTH, MAY 22.—Wind KS.E., Oa William Dodd, Chelker, from Oporto. Off port the ir MO Rummers, from Bahia ; and the New Manly, 'lr' Smyrna. og? FALMOUTH, MAY 22.—Wind S.E. to S.—Arriv...- shis; the Rising Sun, Hogg, and Christian, Peterson, from d it' Dolphin, Tokkes, from the Cape; Haytian, Orienton, an Oden, from Batavia. TORBAY, MAY 22.—Arrived off port the Sprightly, from Lisbon. saP 4 l . : BRISTOL, MAY 23.—Arrived the St. George , - from Bengal, sailed Jan. 20, from Madras Feb. 13, and - lena April 9. 1114e ftil DARTMOUTH, MAY 22.—Arrived off port his - ship Winchester, from Jamaica, sailed 19th ult. from Se' r HOLYHEAD, MAY .—Arrived the Hibernia, 0-- York. t wofo ld ,: LIVERPOOL, MAY 22.--Arrived the Belhaven, -- from Mauritius. Off port, the Caledonia, from Ba hl3 ' Henry Hoyle, from Lisbon. fa a° GREENOCK, MAY 21.—Arrived the Carron, op tte r, Barbadoes. OSP WHITEHAVEN, MAY 21.—Arrived the Hercu le ' wood, from Sierra Leone. The Solway, Proctor, from Menilla and SingaP°7 2 3;lo into the Cape of Good Hope on the 27th March, with and was obliged to throw about 100 tons of her e arb- oxl board, during a severe hurricane from the 15th to the '— February. 31 011 Arrived at St. Helena, previous to the Bth ult. , the dose of Camden, from China, and sailed for Bantry Bay ° chin * the Recovery, from Bengal, and Broxbornbury, fr °°l ..,d Oir and sailed April 9 for Quebec ; and Baretto, junior, 3' dostan, from Calcutta. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) Madras Papers C to l th T e Y 3d , of T F W eb E ru L ary V , E and ° Ho e ba irt°';U° iti ti'ln the 22d of December, have been received at the Nort h an d for American Coffee-house. The Madras Papers state 01100 schooner, Independence, left the roads on Tuesday O r a , ell $ mein ; and his Majesty's ships Magicienne and Anigai" cruise, and Red Rover for Magapatam. The chol, hr ladr ,the biadr,al„'Affi sera has again made its appearance aL ;t natives are the most frequent victims, amongst whoa' '- with great violence. It is attributed to the want of OW' bi It is rumoured that the Governor-General is hast el lottO return to Calcutta with the intention of proceeding t° jo g t ° the object of his Lordship's visit to that Presidency h e settle the affairs of Mysore. l cal We are informed that the Secretaryship of the I" ib partment is likely to be filled up by M. H. Macuaght ° ' grandobart Town Papers.) j oe 0° On Wednesday eview of the garrison tool , P Macquarre point. 5 6 , 1 Per ot, Wheat is rather on the rise, the average being af. bushel; English Barley 7s. a bushel; Hay is plentiful a" no . a ton ; New Potatoes 101. a ton. Butcher's Meat, thoubr-l„," of fine quality, is still high, at 7d. per lb. ; Mutton 6 d, s .' cmo A man.of-war has arrived from Jamaica—left W' rin gs. I Nothing has as yet transpired of the information sh e b t he 11 The New York packet is off Liverpool—sailed 011 instant; papers and letters not yet received. tt THE of The Funds still continue to improve. Consol s, "- ie nB off yesterday at 891 for the Account, opened this 891, at which price they are at present. All Foreign Securities maintain their prices. HALF- PA5 ,: 1 :2, 1 0 , 5 00 , 1° Up to the present hour we have no arrivals Or of the city. The Marquis Palmella left last night oolft and we are informed, on good authority, that t he to • s Don Pedro are proceeding most favourably. intill 6 The famous Mr. Ouvrard, the great speculator , an 110.' 1 4 friend of Prince Polignac, has purchased an estate lnerd with a noble title attached to it, and has of late tu A - o riOr religious, and has promised the Pope to continue 5° - life. Cre A ship has arrived from Vigo with the refractory rep Sartorius's fleet, supposed about 200 men, with ord ers e d o tO them. About 400 seamen have already been despatch 4tfo'" Consols continue firm and looking up; they 10 / at 89f i for the Account. ita r°C In the Foreign Market the Securities have also -nob THREE U'Ci u Consols for the Account, 89 1. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY*) CORN EXCHANGE. d or P Z I The arrivals of Grain this week are bountiful, en yellow there is a fair return. Wheat contin u es to meet a l , 0 trade, but fine parcels being scarce are not lower. Grain there is no variation. Flour unaltered. ARRIVALS. 001 0.. c; , A aia Wheat. Barley. Oats. I 5. English 6,320 qrs. 2,160 qrs. 6,570 cir 9" ....."' Irish 2,570 - 14,0 -I .....,.._. Foreign 6OO - -- 0 1 SMITHFIELD MARKET .01 1 1 4 0 4 This day's supply of Beastswas very limited, ofieibroOgoel small stock moderately good; the trade was d ul Wit h lii Al lg 1 with Cows V w e e a r l e a i t n a b ri d s e k p d re e s m s i a o n n d o a f t 2d. ful i y to l s 4 t d. per stone tic o s. or, Mutton, Lamb, and Pork, at barely Monday's q 3 - an • C s price 4 g2l. to . Short-horns, with her small Calf, producing frai l ' 0,0' 5 ,, l' e PRICES PER STONE OF BLES. TO SINK 1 " s, 4 ',, t° ° $ s. d. to s. d. 0 " 1 6 Inferior Beasts 26 2 8 Large Lambe ......... 510 4,, Second quality ditto 3 0 3 8 Prime small ditto.; 3 8 , i Prime large Oxen 3 8 310 Large coarseCa lle 4 8 0 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 0 4 2 Prime small ditto , * 3 i 4 ..... Inferior Sheep 36 3 8 Large Hogs ..... - A 9 g 8...-.* Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4 Small Porkers .... g .. v , - 0 . , Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 8 Suckling Calves l i ;:to1 8 '' SouthdownWethers 410 5 0 Quarter oldrigs 0 - . )1 ,,, ..ig'i• SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEN 1 x., 1 3 '' Beasts. Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. I 311 7,820 350 ro. AtAtti‘ %.* b NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL --- 0 1.6 Seer, inferior ._,,,. „ „ 6 . . 6 3 4 4 ; 6 i 1 At c p per to stone , sd. b y the Carcass• - middling - middluib . '4'; ; 6 -- prime large 3 2 3 6 ------ Pri me *" ." ' ' 4 -- prime small 3 6 3 8 Pork, large ............. i l - 0 Veal 3 0 4 8 ---small. ..... ~:. • 58. 2d. to 6s. lokl Lamb THE ANCIENT PURPLE COLOV... a I„ye i ll BIZIOT, who has for several years pas t been etc itt chymical experiments to restore the ancient porP i e l O r ! its original excellency, has lately publishe d a fi t called "Li Porpora rivocato entro i confini del lf f e ? ) in which he endeavours to pro v e , that the flon,e °,. s na ii was applied by the ancient s onl y to the red Ol°".iria4f various gradations. The illustrations of 0 0 " Georgics," by the late German poet Voss, O n .4 'Or hypothesis. n 0 p o ol , BODY PLEDGING . — TO send a nia— t wb g • for debt is to pawn his body for a specific sure. , ',ice il td is the pawnbroker ; insteld of three balls, b" 1 . 0 0IP is bunch of keys. Pawnbrokery is, however, a r a tkh i g he ceeding, fur the pledge retains the value for se"tbst t he engagi-d. But body pledging has this folly.in its the 0 0 1 of its value, always the greater part. Putfig basnowslf moment the body is pledged it loses somettines ho e to man in ptison is like taking the cork out a , and double locking it in a coal cellar. Wigp, "„jutictio n 1:r • 't —ardi a wh o II . 4 40 t: " ,1 lostulb't' 14., is • 4 ,_ t4 atdiab kit 1 /00 4 11 ne, KING On Wednesday, May 29, 1833, will be published, for the Proprietors, by FREDERIC LAWRANCE, at the Penny National Library Office, 369, Strand, No. I, of ° S T U D I O; to be continued every alternate We 'nesday, con taining Sixteen handsomely printed royal octavo pages of original matter, enclosed in a wrapper, price sixpence. " LO STUDIO" will be exclusively dedicated to Vie Purposes, and hiin , stly devoted to the Interests, of the " FINE ARTS" in Great Brit tin. Llt c I t oab thi s eue " : 4 1011 of l COurt tit .CRA rkt r bt