The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-16 00:00:00

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T bt d Danng yes of ifr" minor 11 ` lention riesque a t a light' ime i 3 3a II 110110 ieh prg; nine 0 4 , tern ; 111 , 4 lgimerP atationedi, the la t °,l ' h the / I ,:i into C°'' in tbi wand k wilt 0 r and tic oyal lk of P i c i I's cofi l array _ kR. PRICE` OF STOCKS THI Dank Stock ........ , 193 * Cent ...... S6 2,Per Ctnt Cons, ,a574 Per Cent. 9 1 1,6 1 6 Ditto lied... 9476513 ~PCelva}i per Cent ( KIN% l'er C ent Ann. 172 n 4 per Cent 1891, ........ 1024 17/8 kink Long Ann. to expire Oct. , J Lon A IPilis ....... 17 1-16 17 J an 5, :e44) l6 11-16 % Jan ' 5 , 1 880 prils, ..... . Jan. 5 1870 DAY AT ONN O'CI.OcK. 'New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 3l 30 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities 8 4 1., New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 4O 41 or. Ditto 500...... 40 41 pm. Ditto Small Ditto C0mmercia1......... nm. Ditto Advertised ...... ... yin. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Jan. 23.... 577:,!-.'2 PRICES OF FOREIGN FLINGs Austrian Bonds 9O Belgian Bonds ................ tto Account - 6% Brazilian Bonds -1 1 1/.. 8 Ditto Account ......... ....AB% Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account ..... `20!.. 1% Chilian Bonds .. 16 , Ditto Account 'oLitrnbian Bonds 9% Dit to Account _ Ditto Bonds, 18.4 Ditto Account D anish B o II nds ... 71%14 Dit to Account ............ —1 ,4eo Bonds D itto Bond s, !825 °6 4 29 ! t o Account — i Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 2I Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent `'6% Ditto Account Neapolitan ......____ ... TDIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds lO3l Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 49% Regency Scrip 5 dis. Ditto Account 4,-1 Prussian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 182'.2 Russian Bonds, 1822 lOO Ditto Account New Loan Spanish Bonds, 1821 ......16 1 4 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, !823 Ditto Account French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. I— Exchange —f —c. —S per cent. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. 'Dutch Scrip 422; Ditto Account 4•2.: , 4 French Scrip PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid ar e, An glo Alex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) XlOO . Per Sh 9 145 —l3°lanos Mining Compim £l5O Brazilian I in. ' (iss. at 5/ Pm.) " 46 .:,. 161 i Ditto National . Co, . 1 7 ,, 3Y6 Ditto St. John Del Rey 10 , Ditto Cocaes 19 V, .......... ~.'ditish Iron Alining Company £ 5,2,, 7% kcdurnbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) ".2 24 1 4 cai.,,. glish Mining Company 1214 11 tjeneral Mining Association ;e‘il del Monte Ai sin Co . n .., united Mex. Alin. Co. g (iss..a . t 2!. pm.) 40 Ditto New Set ip 5 10 ka nce Fire Insurance Comp Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. 25 17 %anada Company 13 neral Steam Navigation Co. 25 rroyincial Bank of Ireland . . 6 1 4 BY6 9U £1 5 6 7Y6 COURSE OE EXCHA Arnsterdam Cl. 12 21 ter at sight 1 Rotterdam - O UI2 31 A ntwerp 12 8 4 , anabui 2 .. 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Morn minutes after 11.1 Evening... 0 minutes after 0. "ti‘_ tqCll'llit LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1833, We received two days ago a little Pamphlet O n the Ballot, which at the time appeared to us not to merit attention. A Morning Contempo rary of this day, however, has judged so ditTe tently respecting it, as to have copied the whole °f it into his columns. This is an honour which think the author was far from deserving. 4 41 he trusted to his own merits for a passport t o Public notice he would have long remained in Obscurity, for they are by no means apparent; but as lie is before the public, let us inquire into his t.reteusions. After a great deal of empty ver 'age, he says— " The elector who surrenders his independence of ~c l3, l , tlion or freedom of speech on politics, and systemati -4"Y disg , uises his real sentiments in order to attain the p r which the ballot promises him, at once demeans : 31 „ 41 f and disqualiffes, by confessing his virtue unequal `ne ho noura b le b ut respons ib le trust confided to it for e good of th e st ate . L et hi m g i ve up hi s f ranc hi se , i f d :"ot excise it as a freeman ought—it is better to th nn is, than to shirk, to evade, to skulk. Behold the 7:l:!'equence of his conduct! By evading his duty as a t ti Z en (ay ! under a very confession of untrustworthi ;4), does he not, to the same extent, forfeit his righ . ts h t,' thes e not inseparable and co-relative ? By insultin g , suppor t as far as he can, weakening it, does he not forfeit the f of public opinion, which would be his most ef keetual protection against individual oppression, if he but b! i t ifully appealed to it? Does he not sacrifice the very p ° 4 4evt he would aim at ? In short, does he not at once Y i the . fool, the coward, and the traitor ? for, as much t ii„,!a him individually lies, has he not deadened and . i ',lnished the force of public opinion, which is the aegis 0 , 8 1 1 Public virtue; and basely sought protection for his '4 frail independence, by fli g ht and concealment? h;t`rtiVizue so frail as to require such protection is not to vote hone An elector's fi rs t, l ast , an d on l y d uty , i s to g i ve hi s els e stly. The duty of the public is to see that each hi for does give his vote honestly ; if lie does, to guard i f 6 against all oppression or evil consequences whatsoever ; e.cloes not, to inflict its j ust i n d ignation on h im and °is partners in ini qu it y . Di sa bl e t h e publ i c from form ih! this v ery flyi-whe Opinion of the elector's conduct, and you remove el of th e whole machin ery . 6 " Ever y En g lish man w h o takes advanta g e of th e ball o t, a Y m a i ntaining in private life an habitual secrecy of opi ei:_t! on politi ca l su bj ects (for the ballot is a dead letter ' ad ' !), does hi s b est as an individual to undermine the pal -4s of all our lib erty — the last hope that remains to t's •-•-the only hope that has not yet made us ashaniedi— PUbli c opinion. a If this view of the question be correct, it is condo toxive.e...,oltn o f f o p ll u o b w l i i i c () u p s n t i h o e n w ni ill ht be th d i ge rn d i a L ,' h ed tha a t n t d he th t e imely dan ger of violent and untimely expression increased, in exact ratios with the increasing secrecy-power of the ballot. If this be consummation devoutly to be wished, you will vote fo r the ballot ; if not, not." If w e were living in the proudest days of I tOtnan virtue, this inflated appeal to the pa triotism of electors might pass as a pretty piece ° f compositi on enoug h , b ut constructed as society h w is, we can attribute the production only to e heated brain of a school-boy, who has :ru led his estimate of mankind from books, () V knows nothing of the practical working ° ur politi ca l system . " L et t h e e l ector ,' ex lis he, " gi ve up hi s franchise if he cannot e kise i t as a freeman ought." If he were an electo r himself, livi ng on a farm from which he derived subsistence for his family, and were s t i t ere d by his l an dl or d to vote aga i nst hi s con tortl'ee, or turn out, lie would not be quite so e 9 hands, There are thousands in this country, wout,among the poorer orders of electors, who cheerfully make large sacrifices in support F , atoil principle; but the sacrifice of an entire -cre Ys---the starvation of a wife and children, is h as a t han can be expected from the man who Whehjust appreciation of domestic claims, even Th e ue Y Press against political integrity. Ee etos a uthor o f t hi s tirade against the ballot Perf is to think th at t h e present system of voting woul d ectand that the adoption of secrecy Bri ti3h b l e ,t the d estruction of the palladium of d iB _ c :toerty. W here is this palladium ? Has uto....e.vered it in the drunken scenes of Black in the profligacy of the lower orders of Liverpool—in the understanding between the candidates and the electors in some twenty or thirty boroughs which we could mention— in the menaces of landlords to tenants who were desirous of voting in a sense opposed to the in terests of those on whom they were dependent ? A precious palladium, indeed, was open voting, as exemplified in too many of the recent elections! But we are told that men who are now by the force of public opinion constrained to vote honestly, would, under the secrecy of the ballot, vote against the interests of public liberty. Not for bribery, we presume, for the man who would accept a bribe is not to be relied upon by the suborner in a mode of voting which gives no proof that the hireling has earned the wages of his infamy. How then? Why, here and there a fellow, secretly a friend to tyranny and corrup tion might take advantage of the ballot to conceal principles which he would not dare to own to the public. Do not such fellows as these now vote openly in favour of corruption, and would the number be increased by the adop tion of the ballot ? No ; but, on the other hand, well-disposed electors, who cannot now vote con scientiously without worldly ruin, would be able to exercise the elective franchise without fear of destructive consequences. For every voter that the ballot would make a rogue, we should have twenty well-disposed men emancipated from the thraldom which prevents their being politically honest. If the ballot be such a discreditable mode of proceeding as the writer pretends, what a mass of falsehood and treachery there must be in all those establishments where the ballot is now the only mode of voting. We believe, however, that where that mode has been tried, it has always proved efficacious in preven in; fraud and undue influence. If so, what rea sonable argument can be adduced against its adoption for the election of Members of Par liament ? Prince TALLEYRAND having replied to the communication of Lord PALMERSTON on the subject of the King of HOLLAND'S answer, despatches were last night sent off to Paris from the Foreign-office and the French Embassy. Until the French Cabinet shall have deliberated on the contents of these despatches nothing posi tive can transpire as to the course which will be adopted towards Holland. There is little doubt, however, on the subject ; for unless the French are disposed to accept for Belgium, after all the expenditure to which they have been put in the reduction of the citadel of Antwerp, worse terms than they would have obtained before that outlay was incurred, they will not listen to the proposal of the Dutch KING, neither can Lord PALMERSTON, with any degree of credit, consent to a reference to the five Powers, knowing, as he does, that there is an un- der3tanding between Russia and Holland for the creation of a delay which might enable them to profit by the doctrine of chances. Whatever may have been the origin of British and French intervention, France and England have now gone too far to recede with credit or safety. The question lies in a nut-shell. The King of HOLLAND still hopes For the re-an nexation of Belgium to his present territories, either by foreign influence, or through intestine commotion. Improbable as the one or the other may be, neither is impossible, so long as his formal adhesion to the treaty prepared by the British and French Cabinets shall be withheld. It is for these Cabinets to defeat his hopes and to prevent further pretext for interference by the Powers of the Holy Alliance. They can do this by promptitude and energy ; but if they allow themselves to be cajoled by Russia, the time may arrive when it will not be so easy of accomplishment. But, independently of the right which Bel gium has to independence on the broad principle of popular freedom, our Ministers are bound to reflect whether it might not establish a very dangerous precedent as to other matters of importance if the Russian Emperor were to be permitted longer to exercise an influence over a portion of the continent with which he is not by his political position directly connected. His family alliance with the King of HOLLAND gives him no control over a people who have thrown off the yoke of the Dutch Sovereign. The time when Kings disposed of the fate of distant na tions, on grounds of personal pride or convenience, is passed, and two free Governments, like those of Great Britain and France, should not propiti ate the return of principles which characterized that period. Russia has played too prominent a part already in the affairs of Europe, and it would savour of gross imbecility in our Cabinet to allow her to play the same part any longer. By the express from Paris this morning the papers of Monday, and the Messager des Chambres, dated yesterday, have been received. They contain very little news of political inte rest, being principally filled with details of the movements of Louis PHILIP, and the Royal cortege. The interview between the Queen of FRANCE and her daughter the Queen of the BELGIANS, on her arrival at Lille, produced a most extraordinary feeling in the bosoms of all around. Great rejoicings have taken place on the occasion, and the inhabitants of Lille have proved their loyalty to the present reigning family to the highest degree. After the KING has distributed the cross of honour to the troops lately returned from Belgium, they will all re turn to Paris, where every preparation is making at the Palais Royal to receive King LEOPOLD and his Royal Consort. Despatches are daily sent from Paris to his MAJESTY and Marshal SOULT. The late disturbance at Clichy has had no further result, although the Carlist party was in hopes that an emeuic would have taken place in the capital, i❑ favour of HENRY V.; but the Parisians, and the whole of France, are fully persuaded that the fallen dynasty can never again reign, even should the present family be over thrown. Daily interviews take place between the Aus trian, Prussian, and English Ambassadors and the Duke de BROGLIE, Minister for Foreign Affairs. The object of all parties is the final 94i 30% The last accounts from Madrid state that the capital was tranquil, and the QUEEN more per severing than ever, since she finds the abomina ble party feeling that exists among the Carlists, to the present Government. The plot disco vered on the 3d inst. has led to the best result. The greater part of the ringleaders have been ar rested, and the troops were firm to King FER DINAND, and her MAJESTY, who is rallying round the throne the Liberals. It was rumoured at Madrid that the Cortes would immediately as semble, and that a general amnesty would be is sued, granting free pardon to the patriotic MINA, QUIROGA, VALDEZ, and other distinguished patriots, who have been driven into exile by the tyranny and bigotry of FERDINAND. The ar rival of Sir S. CANNING at Madrid was looked to with great anxiety by the Liberals. Paris continues tranquil, and great public re joicings are to take place on the arrival of thei MAJESTIES in the capital. Lisbon Gazettes to the 31st December have been received. The only points worthy of be lief are the destruction of the Convent of St. Antonio, and the •abundant vintage in Madeira. The following is from a Dublin Correspondent, dated January 14, in which, we are glad to per ceive, he does justice to the intelligent and patriotic sentiments of " DALETH :" " The newest sensation prevalent here, is that caused by the announcement in The Sun of the 10th instant, of the measures contemplated by Government to repress anarchy, as prelimi nary to the redress of grievances in this country. This intelligence is in part confirmed by the arrival this morning of two detachments of the 7th Dragoons in this city. Your publication of the letters of " DA LETH," also, and comments thereon contemporaneously with the above an nouncement, tend to procure for your Journal the confidence and respect of every one capable of appreciating the real and permanent interests of a country, where liberty is set up, worshipped, and abused by factions for their own desperate and selfish purposes. The humble thanks of an individual, for such your attention to the affairs ofmy native land demand, are but the echo of thou sands of temperate and moderate men, who hail with delight the prospect of an impartial expos of the evils to which we have been so long devoted victims. This " DALETH" seems capable of exhibiting, and your readiness to afford the means of circulating a fair statement of our case, forms an agreeable contrast to the conduct of that portion of our national press which has greatest influence on the people. We have, in deed, no journals here, that are not basely sub servient to bigotted partisans or rival factions ; all occupied with the common-place effusions and " thrice told tales" of contending parties ; or with coarse and vapid abuse of each other, so that it is impossible for those who really feel and understand our true condition, to obtain a hearing, nothing being listened to or regarded as honest, which does not partake of the senti ments and vapouring of our most rabid ranters. This simple fact might supply an abundance of argument to a reflecting mind against the Repeal of the Union. For what can imagina tion portray more confused, confounded, and corrupt, than the Babel of an Irish Parliament, necessarily under the surveillance of a partial press, and vitiated people ? In calling the sen sitive, acute, and proverbially intelligent people of Ireland " vitiated," I must not be understood to mean naturally so. That would be a calumny. It is to the circumstances so ably detailed by " DALETH,"—namely, confiscation, coloniza- tion, an established Church without a religion, want of provision for the poor, and ignorance, that our vice and perverseness must be ascribed. Such is ever the case, where the moral powers have been restricted, and human rights trampled on. " The conquered, also, and enslaved in war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose, — So all shall turn degenerate, all depraved, Justice and temperance, truth and faith, forgot."' " Such is undoubtedly the state of a great portion of a fine people, who in their native lands have been converted into HELOTS, under the sway and dominion of that ascendant and enslaving party that long ruled over them, but which is now known by the epithet Conservative, which means to conserve and preserve the autho rity of the few over the many. In fact, the policy of this party now, is a compound of that pursued by the Puritans, and Conser vatives, in this country about the year 1640 alike averse to King and people's rights. The only difference is, that a sort of honest, however blind, religious zeal, urged on the bigots of the 17th century, while the monopolists of the present day only want " the loaves and fishes" exclusively. Should we have a Repeal of the Union in this state of things, our future gover. nors will be just as likely to preserve loyalty and impartial legislation ; as were the PARSONS, BORLASES, and ORMONDS, of former times. However powerful the Catholics may now feel themselves to be, and however much the cause of liberty has gained in the interim, they ought to revert to the history of that period; and re collect, that though th:: Constitution is im proved, its component parts are just what they then were, and their enemies as vindictive. In ,he words, therefore, of Lord BOLINGBROKE, who well understood the nature of parties in a state, and the effects of their divisions, let us say, It is time that all who desire to be esteemed good men, and to procure the peace, the strength, and glory of their country, by the only means by which they can be procured effectually, should join their efforts to heal our national divisions, and to change the narrow spirit of party into a diffusive spirit of public benevolence. Be assured the most influential part of the p e ople of Ireland, of every sect and persuasion, are still anxious for such a conciliation. But no steps can be taken in that way till Government has redressed our most oppressive grievances ; ill doing which they must be less tardy than here tofore, otherwise the Repealers",'must succeed." settlement of the Belgian and Dutch question. The King of HOLLAND continues as stubborn as ever, and has declared that he will never yield t o the articles of the treaty entered into between England and France, and leaves it to the Nor thern Powers. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) LOGAN V. eIRKETT. In this case, in the year 1821, a marriage took place between the plaintiff and his wife, she being then en titled under the will of her former husband to very con siderable property. On the occasion of the marriage a settlement in the usual terms was executed. Subsequently a separation took place, when an annuity of 4001. was settled by the wife upon the husband—that annuity being charged on the settled estates. On the part of the plaintiff it was contended, that the personal estate being insufficient, the husband had a right to charge the legacy on a real estate in Suffolk, purchased by the wife after the deed of separation was executed. On the part of the defendant it was argued, that a Court of Equity would not give effect to an instrument executed on a separation be tween husband and wife, such separation being contrary to the policy of the law, and especially as no consideration ap peared to have been given for the annuity by the husband. His HONOUR, however, decided that as there was no allegation on the answer, that the real estate had been pur chased out of the wife's savings, from her separate estate, and as there was undoubtedly a consideration given by the husband, agreeing to part wi!li his marital rights, that effect should be given to the contract. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY, His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morning with the arguments in Cooper v. Emery, the facts of which are totally destitute of any public inte rest, the prineipel question in the cause arising upon the surrender of a copyhold estate. KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) TATE V. CHAMBERS, ESQ. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against Mr. Chambers, the Magistrate of Union-hall, for false impri sonment. On the trial before Lord Tenterden the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff had been brought before the defendant on a warrant, at the instance of one Dugald, charging him with unlawfully pawning property left by Dugald in the plaintiff's bands in pledge. The defendant, considering the case within the meaning of the Pawnbrokers' Act, committed the plaintiff for re-exa mination in default of bail. On his re-examination, how ever, he was discharged, the defendant at that time believ ing that the case did not fall under the Pawnbrokers' Act. A Rule Nisi was obtained on a former day by Mr Law for a new trial, and the plaintiff to-day showed cause against it. He contended that the Magistrate bail no power to commit for re-examination, according to the circumstances of the case, and that the case was wholly without the jurisdistion of the Pawbrokers' Act. The Loaf; CIIIEI' JusncE interrupted Air. Platt, and asked Mr. Law if he had any thing to state in support of the Rule. Mr. LAW and Mr. THEssIGER addressed the Court in support of the rule. They denied that any malice was proved on the pin of the Magistrate, but that he acted bona fide to the best of his judgment in construing the Act of Parliament, and therefore he was not liable for the result of any mistake. The case was one of great impor tance to Magistrates, and to the public in general. They submitted that a Magistrate had no power to discharge a person brought before him on a charge until his trial, if the charge be supported ; and that he had the power of committing the party for re-examination, where it should appear to be proper for the ends of justice. In the course of the argument the Loan Culler Jos• Ilex stated, that if a party had another taken into custody upon a warrant, it was his duty to have all his witnesses in attendance to make out his own case, and the Magi strate was not bound to remand the defendant to prison until the complainant got his witnesses together. The case was not concluded when our roporter left. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY). THE KING V. VENLEAZE AND OTHERS. Mr. FOLLETT moved in this ca;etiiattcdefendants might not he compelled to appear in Court and plead to the indictment—(the Learned Counsel did not state what they were indicted for)—but that to save the expense of doing so, they might be permitted to plead by a clerk in Court. Mr. Justice J. PARKE said the application had been made to him at Chambers, and he thought that it was a hard case, and that the indictment could never be sop. ported. It would therefore be hard to compel the defend ants, who were mere labourers, to appear in person to plead, but there was no precedent for the application. Mr. FOLLETT said Lord Tenterden had once done it. Mr. Justice J. PARKE said he knew that, but he would rather the application was made to a full Court, when the Learned Counsel could mention that he (Mr. Justice Parker) was favourable to it. THE KING V. TUE JUSTICES OF MIDDLESEX. Mr. Pot.LocK. moved for a rule to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue, compelling the Justices of Middlesex to enter a continuance of a sessions of No vember laq, and to hear an appeal. The object was to obtain the examination of the only witness for the appeal, and he was the churchwarden, but the Magistrates had re jected his evidence, by the Act of Parliament the 54th George 111., by which no person rated at the poor-rates, nor any person holding office, was to be deemed an incom petent witness. The churchwarden was tendered as a witness, but he was rejected, the Magistrates conceiving, probably, that as he had signed the notice, the case was analagous to the rule of law that interested persons should not be admitted as witnesses. Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE—Then the Justices decided the case ? Mr. POLLOCK—Why, as the evidence was then all on one side, the Justices conceived they had no difficulty in deciding it. . His Lordship thought as the case had been decided, he had no power to make an order, which would have the effect of com pelling a rehearing of the case.—Rule refused. NOON AND OTHERS V. PONTIFEX. Mr. Poi.r.ocic appeared for the plaintiffs, and Sir J. SCARLETT and Mr. LEIGH for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff+, Messrs. Moon, Bays, and Graves, the publishers, of Pall-mall, to recover the value of an engraved copperplate, which it was alleged had been spoiled by the negligence of the de fendants, Messrs. Puntifes, the copper-smiths, of Lisle. street. A great number of witnesses were called for the plain. tiffs, from whole testimony it appeared that they pur chased an unfinished plate, the subject of which was a copy from Gainsborough's Coltage.cloor, from the executors of the late Mr. John Scott, an eminent engraver. In March, 1831, being desirous of having it finished, they applied to an engraver, who wished that an unfinished group of figures standing at the cottage-door should be erased, in order that the engraver should do the whole of the group himself. The plate was sent to the defendants to have the group erased, and upon its. being returned it wa• quite spoiled, as the witriess2s stated, from its baring been improperly done, and the fine lines over the whole plate were seriously injured, from the surface having been ham mered over. It was stated that it would be more desirable to begin a new plate than to work upon this plate in its present state. The value of the plate, as it was sent to the defendants, was variously estimated from 100 to 200 gnineas. The case is likely to last the whole of the day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY., POKERS V. THOMPSON AND OTHERS. This is an action for libel, the plaintiff in which is Captain Forbes, and the defendants are proprietors of the Satirist Sunday newspaper. It was now brought before the Court upon demurrer to: a' count in the declaration, which sets forth that the defendants had published, or caused to be published, a certain libel in the Satirist of the 30th September last, by which the plaintiff had been degraded and lowered in the estimation of his neighbours and the public. The libel was fully set forth in the count, and was as follows :—" Langford, conversing with his man Friday (meaning the plaintiff) on the subject of the slave trade, enumerated several instances of superior en. dowenents among the black population. Yes,' observed Forbes, the history of Hayti affords ample proof of that, they are equal to us at least in intellectual matters.' You know Forbes, I fear, but little of history,' remarked his Lord. ship ; look into the history of England, and you will there read an account of a black prince who was the greatest soldie r of his time.'" Air. HUTCHINSON, on the part of the defendants', con tended that this count was bad in law, and could not be sustained. Mr. NIANsEL submitted that the count was good. It was degarding to call a man " the man Friday" of any one ; they all knew the source from which the allusion was taken —it must be held as degrading to include a subject of these realms in the same class. The Learned Gentle man went into the que s tion at grea t l eng th, a midst th e continued laughter of both Court and bar—we do not mean that they laughed at the Learned Gentleman, but at the manner and instances he was obliged to cite in favour of his view of the argument, and the subject naturally being one likely to excite the risibility of any one. The COURT decided against the Learned Gentleman. They could not uec, that in its present shape, it was at al libellous. Friday was an attached and faithful servant and many of the subject.; of this realm were black. neither was it averred that the plaintiff was a white. Mr. Iltmtimsoar then objected to another count, which alleged that the defendants, in the same paper, had published another libel, also tending to the degradation ot the plaintiff in the eyes of his friends and the public. It was headed " Gambling Fracas," and said that a Mr. Hugh, calling himself Captain Forbes, had quarrelled at n gaming-house with a Mr. Tarlton —that a meeting wa• arranged, to come off on Putney-heath—that the adversi parties were in attendance at the time appoint d, but tint ' neither the plaintiff nor his second appeared upon the ground. Mr. MANSE[. would also submit that no words possible to have been used could more tend to degrade the plaintiff than in the paragraph complained of. It was actionable at all to connect a man with gambling, especially so in writing. Then a strong imputation was thrown upon the plaintiff, in the way his name was mentioned ; but the last imputation was the strongest ; for in the present state of society, nothing would so degrade a man as such an imputatiou of cowardice. Their LORDSHIPS were against the Learned Gentleman on this point also. All gambling was not illegal ; for play, even for a halfpenny, was gambling. The plaintiff had not averred that he was a Captain, Liar that his name was not Hugh. Neither was it a libel to say of any man that he had failed to keep an illegal appointment ; besides, it was not said that he had him , elf made the appointment, but merely that it was done for him. Judgment against the plaintiff on both counts. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 15.—Wind E. S.E —Strong breezes. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 15.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived from London, the Orontes, Baker, for Madras and Bengal, and Dolphin, Scarhro, from Alicant. FALMOUTH, JAN. 14,—Wind E.—Fresh gales and squally.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Seaflower, from Lis bon--sailed on the 2d, and from Oporto on the 9th inst. Off port the Grecian, from Gijon. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Margaret Forbes, Hall, from New Orleans; and Lancashire Witch, Choi ditch, frGm Lisbon. CORI, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Catalina, Geldis, from liana. ARRIVALS AT BENGAL-Euphrates, Buckbam, and Re source, Warren, from London ; Lord Eldon, Dawson, Bounty Hall, Jackson, and Collingwood, Snipe, from Liverpool. AT ST. HELENA-Elinbetli, Craigie, from Singapore Orissa, from Bengal ; Obberton, from Madras ; and Ca roline, Huson, from Mauritius. AT SIERRA LEONE-William, Miles, from London ; Alexander, Jefferson, and Balfour, Bee, from Liverpool; Albion, from Cork ; Corsair, and Tamerlane, from the Clyde. The Henrys, Phillips, from Sunderland to Portsmouth, was on shore at the Isle of Wight yesterday, and full of water —crew saved. The Cslcutta, Watson, from Liverpool to Bengal, was abandoned on Saturday evening by the master and crew, who landed on the coast of Wexford. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of most kinds of Grain this week are moderate, but there is plenty of every article on sale to meet the present demand, and in consequence no alteration can be noted from the terms of Monday. In the Flour trade there is not much doing this week. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English 3,660 qrs. I 5,460 qrs. 1,710 qrR. s,6oosacks Irish — 2,060 I Foreign THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK The only arrivals, this morning, are a Lisbon mal which sailed on the 2d of January; from Oporto on the 9th of January, one day later than the last account re ceived, and an arrival from Calcutta of the 22d of Sept. The information received from Oporto is not of im portance. No offensive operations, on ,the part of Don Pedro, bad as yet taken place, previous to which they were waiting the arrival there of Sartorius's squadron, which was expected daily. The garrison of Oporto were constantly kept on the alert, fearing an attack from Don Miguel's army. Oporto was still being bombarded. We have received the Calcutta Hurkarn, of Sept. 20; it does not contain any news of importance. It states that it learns, from a private letter, that arrangements have been made for the departure of the Governor-Gene ral and suite for Simla. They were to move on the 18th proximo. MADRAS.-Our Paper again goes to press without being able to announce any arrivals here. BOMBAY.—Since our last we have had no less than five arrivals from England. THE FUNDS. We hear that his Majesty will open the House of Par liament in person on the sth of February. Nothing official has, as yet, transpired in respect to the answer of the Dutch Government. It is reported that the settlement on the point of the Scheldt question has been left to be negotiated by the Dutch Ambassador here. The Funds are without the least animation this morn ing. Consols, which left off yesterday at 87A, opened at the same price, and are at present 87g : scarce a bar gain doing. In the Foreign Market no business doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. We copy the following from the Calcutta Courier of the 19th of September, received at the North and South American Coffee-house:— The intended movements of the Governor-General have been already reported in the India Gazette. Our information is that the camp will break up at Simla the end of Oct., and that the party will travel by Divale to Delhi, starting on Nov. 5, and from the latter on the 24th ; here a little detention is expected till about Dec. S. The camp will proceed to Buswa Sagur. Arrived there, the party will divide. Lord William Bentinck, with a few attendants, goes into Sanger, while the bulk of the party moves through Keitah, towards Allahabad. His Lordship will return by Dawk, travelling by the new road to Calcutta. We may look for his arrival before the end of February. Nothing is yet settled about the choice of a new Mi nister in Oude ; it is said that matters will probably go on for some time without a Prime Minister. Information has just reached us that Gringanarain and his followers were defeated and put to flig ht on the Bth inst. ; the fight was kept up for three or four hours. Extract of a letter from Oporto, of the Bth inst. : " Don Miguel has neither money nor credit, and his army has not been paid for 6 months, and dares not at tack us, although be p'otnised to enter this town yester day, and pay hie troop. here. He provides for their wants by requisitions; whilst Don Pedro from secret resources has contrived to pay his army up to this day, and se cures his bills on London being honoured in a naanner which puzzles and astonishes every one. His Minister of Finances draws upon Carbonell for all supplies. The inhabitants of Oporto bear the bombardment and destruction of life and property with incredible patience, and our army is confident on entering Lisbon sooner or later. Our treble lines have been rendered impregnable. General Solignac expresses much satisfaction at our army, and the measures of the defence of the city. Pro►isions are scarce and ex tremely dear. Flour 24 milrees per barrel." Consols are at present 87- for the Account, with little doing in Money Stock, a good quantity of which has come to market. THREE O'CLOCK. Coneolq for the Account, 87k. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for Account 871 Greek Brazilian Bonds 48 Mexican ... Buenos Ayres... Peruvian ...,...• ••• 10i- Chilian Ditto.... Russian... •.. Columbian 1824 Spanish In the list of Members of Parliament, and their relatives, as given in The Sun a few days ago, there was a mistake. The name of the Hon. Mr. Vzit- NON, Member for South DLthy, stood thus i-- " G. J. VERNON, relative of Baron VERNON and G. H. VERNON brother to"—whereas it ought to be " The Hon. G. J. VERNON, on and heir, or only son, of Baron VERNON " G. H. VERNON ought to be fifth or sixth son of the Archbishop of YORK. We understand that the election petitions on the meeting of Parliament will be fewer than was ever known after a general election. There will be one from Salisbury by the Hon. Captain BOUVERIE, who petitions against the return of Mr. WYNDHAM, who was supported by the Conservatives, and had a majority of three on the poll, created by voters who had left Salisbury and ceased to retain their qualification, having been brought from distant parts of the country and voted for him; those votes will be struck off before a Committee, and it is cal culated that Captain BOUVERIE, the Reform candidate, will be seated by a majority of ten.--Bristol Mercury. REACTION AGAINST THE BALLOT? (From the Times.) Ti e pit' y little publieatlo n upon the ballot, of which we subjoin a copy,* might be deemed better worth in sertion bad not the reaction against that plausible, but hollow, novelty already set in so strong as to render unnecessary any further opposition to it at this mo ment. The argument herein employed is not the less weighty for having been used before—viz., that, Ist, if the ballot does not _ insure secrecy, it has nothing e'se to recommend it ; 2d, if it does, it can be only on the presumption that the secret can esc ye through no channel ; 3d, that if secrecy were really attainable, it would be by the destruction of a powerful security for good conduct in legislators and statesmen, namely— " public opinion." If all electors keep their minds to themselves, says the writer, there can be no such thing as any expression of " public opinion ;" and if they do not, where is tl e protection of your ballot ? We have always consider, d it most desirable that a representative should kno w w h at opinions were really held by his coda stituents, and by each class of his constituests, nay, by each individual among them of any influence or authority over others. This good seems to he wholly inconsistent with the efficacy ascribed to the ballot as a concealer of men's thoughts. If intimidation be so much dreaded, why not extinguish the matter on which it acts, rather than force a new and untried principle into the Constitution ? Why not repeal the 50/. franchise, and, by taking away the qualification from tenants at will, take away with it the alleged inducement of their landlords to coerce them? It was a folly to reinstate such a clause in the Reform Hill, and though an e f fectual ballot might be a just judg ment upon Ministers for their weakness, it would not, we suppose, on that account be much more palatable or beneF 6cial to the country. • An extract from this publication is given in our leading at. tide, which renders it unnecessary to insert the whole here. The entertainment to be given to-morrow at Hatfield House will be a tableau vivant, composed of eight characters from as many of the principal novels of Sir WALTER SCOTT. The dresses are of the most costly and magnificent description. A ball will conclude the festivities. Prince Pozzo DI BORGO is reputed to pos sess great wealth. Last winter a nephew of his Excellency's a Captain in the Ex-Royal Guard of France, was united to the daughter of the Duke de Cantos:, upon which occasion Prince Pozzo DI Bosco gave the bridegroom a fortune of 500,000 francs (about 60,000/. sterling), with the promise of as much more after the Ambassador's demise. DORSET.—Mr. PORTMAN gave notice at the last sessions of a motion for the next sessions, to the following effect :.—" That the discussions connected with the business of the county-rates be held in open court," This may be looked upon as the most important event which has ever pended over the financial business of this county."—Exeter Times. CARMARTHEN.—It is a remarkable fact, strongly manifesting the feelings of the townspeople at the late election, that notwithstanding Mr. YELVERTON'S gross majority was tint 7, he had in 101. householders a majority of not less than 92 over his opponent. We have been informed that the Tory party in this town have lately entered into a determination to support no person, by way of dealing, unless those of their own colour. We can scarcely think it possible that an attempt to perpetuate direension would receive the encouragement of any rational man. Let them, however, beware. It is obvious that the party they thus oppose is, in wealth as well as numbers, vastly their superiors; and if their illiberal resolution should produce a corresponding determination on the part of the Blue., many of their own poor will suffer, if not absolutely want bread.— Welshman. A Coor. HAND.—A young neck-or-nothing Oxonian, having prevailed on his uncle to accompany him in his gig to Oxford, in passing through Kensington, the old gentleman observed be hail paid his nephew a great compliment, for that was only the fifth time he bad ever been in a gig in his life. The nephew replied that his horse heat hint hollow, for he had never been in one at all before that day.— Quarterly Review. There is at present residing in the Hackney road, a respectable person named INNOCENT, who married a lady named ANGEL, who, of course, was an Angel be fore she was Innocent. By her former husband she had an Angel son, and he by his former wife has an Innocent daughter. His being a virtuoso, or dealer in curiosities, may, perhaps, satisfactorily account for this singular com• hination of names and circtiosstances.—Daily Paper. At an assembly a gentleman entered into con versation with a young nobleman who was near him. Being a stranger he made several inquiries respecting the company, which were answered with great politeness. At length he said, " Who is that fat sow at the other end of the rem ?" " That, Sir," replied the young nobleman, " that fat sow is the Countess of D---, and I have tie honour to be one of her little pigs."_ On the Danger of Personalities in Company—from " Instructions in Eti quette." LIVERPOOL COTTON -MARKET, JAN.I4.-- To•day the business in Cotton amounts to 3,000 bale.— viz , 1,000 Brazils and Egyptians, the latter at Sid. to 9d. ; the former, in Pernams, at NO. to sta. ; and Bahia', at 74d. to Sid. ; 500 Surats, at sd. to sid. ; and 1,500 in American descriptions, from 64d. to Sl i d. STATE OF WEAVING IN PERTH.—We'arc happy to state that, although no rise has taken place in price, hands for harnesses are in request by the manufac turers here, and by agents for Paisley houses. In the other branches no alteration has taken place, but all bands are employed.—Scotsman. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTHS.—Eleven months since the wife of a poor man named JOHN BOASE, of St. Buryan, was delivered of three children, all of which were baptised. This week she has been delivered of twins ; having given birth to five children in less than a year,— Falmouth Packet. HORRIBLE MURDER.--Monday an alterca tion took place between three brothers, of the name of RUSSELL, respecting a boundary ditch of a farm on the lands of Kilross, county Tipperary, when two of them barbarously murdered their own brother with atones, at the same time inflicting dreadful wounds on him with a pitchfork. WILLIAM RUSSEL, the name of the man who was so inhumanly murdered, was in very comfortable cir cumstances, and has left a wife and yonng family to mourn his loss. His brothers have since absconded, —Limerick Chronicle. DESPERATE OUTRAGE.—As Mr. JOHN Mukrill, a respectable farmer, a tenant of the LoRD CHIEF JUSTICE, and two of his labourev, were returning from Thomastown on Tuesday evening, they were attacked by two armed men, who bred twice at 31uRi.rtv. One of the shots took effect in his thigh, and the other in the small of his leg, and fractured it dangerously. They also inflicted a bad wound on his temple with a musket shot, and beat him till he was left for dead. He is not expected to recover.—Dublin Times. - - --- ATTACK ON A CONJUROR.—At the lAA Essex Epiphany Session, JOHN CABLE, WILLIAM OLIVER, JOHN WHICHCORD, Jour( GRIFFIN, and RICHARD FAR ROW, all respectably. dressed young men from the parish of Ingatestone, were indicted on several counts for having, on the 13th June last, riotously assembled and assaulted WILLIAM BROWN. The affair, we understand, originated in what is termed " a lark," but it ended in " no joke ;" for, after hearing evidence, the Court sentenced Jolts WHICHCORD, R. FARROW, and JOHN GRIFFIN, to pay a fine of 251. each, and to be imprisoned till paid. OLIVER was sentenced to 4 months', and CABLY to 3 months' hard labour. The whole to find sureties, themselves in 501., and two others in 251. each, to keep the peace for twelve months. A new plan of a general dormitory is con templated, to meet a want long felt by the members of clubs. It is the erection of a building in their vicinity (the west end) to consist of a number of sleeping apart ments to be appropriated to their use. The projector says that a sum of 20,0001., to be raised in shares, will meet the expenses of building. The building will consist 0(250 or 300 chambers, with two public rooms, a fireproof safety room, and twelve baths, &c. The capital fund of the club, independent of the sum required for building, is to be 12,0001., of which 9,0001. is to go to furni=h the 'apartments. The number of members in the club is to be 500. The chambers will be rented annually at 26/. ; per week or month at 14s. per week ; and nightly at 2s. 6 d. a night. Toe plan h as cer t a i n l y nove l ty to recom mend it. EXTRAORDINARY HIGH PRICE OF OLD BOOKS AT A RECENT SALE.-_A sale took place on Satur day last, about el e v en m il es f rom L on don, of the e ff ects of a gentleman deceas e d. A mon g the I rticles were s ome choice pictures and b o oks. A 1, Joni) , Sketch, in crayons, by Sir T. Lawaxiscr, Bold for 351. ; a collection of India drawings, in two vo lumes, produced . 40 guineas ; produced great t*r part e m o a ct e h A e n e t n o g n r i a o v s tngs also o S f h t a h k e spe ed a i t r i e o , n t h ,.. e3d bu fo r i to at ed th e fire r o e f ? w f. w hich the glr7e guineas Claude', Liber Veritatis, 12/. ; G . willint's Heraldry, 1724, competition. Toe principal purchasers and Albert Durers there IS' 9ll)s:.as e ig re cuevis g n: s erY n asf t o: l r e i l liroS e itedm n ome reeiding in the neighbotirlioee.