The Sun. — London, England, 1830-03-24 00:00:00

rnatkei, which would bring first cost price.—(ilear, Lear.)—Things were a trifle better now, because a price, though a losing one, could he obtained. A month ago no price whatever could be obtained. As to the iron trade, in which he was most interested personally, persons were much deceived if they thought, because production went on the last four or five years, business was not getting worse. Millions had been laid out in that great trade, which had produced nothing but total or partial ruin to many spirited individuals. Any man of jeeling who had' witnessed the sight he had seen as to the distress of the work ing classes in that department, in consequence of the fall of price-, and want of work, must have been shocked at witnessing their distress ; and really what he and others paid those poor fellows was, though small, often much more than their labour was worth. But they thought with him, that after they had brought together a dense and excessive population into a district which was pnitel to their purposes, as ironmasters, and having through these poor people's instrumentality acquired wealth and consideration as he had in more fortunate Limes, they were not, in consequence of the trade now hying carried on at a great loss personally to them. eelvvs, to ray--- 4 ' we cannot employ you any longer ; since your labour has ceased to be productive to us, you must look out for yourselves." Had such been the conduct pursued in those districts, the distress would have been appalling. In fact, his feelings would revolt at the thought of inflicting such an accumulation of misery on those who bad been necessary to his fortunes under more felicitious circumstances. Hence it was that he continued to carry nn his works, and multiplied their produce, though the accumulation of stock was enormous, and the loss corres pondent.--(Loud cheers.) _ _ Mr. WARBURTON thought that the most fatal mea sure the House could adopt, with a view to relieving the distress, would be to go into Committee on the currency. --(Hear, hear, mixed with cries of " question.")—lf they went into Committee, the consequence would be that every bank in the country which did not possess gold enough to meet the real amount of its issues, must int mediat.l!, .11)p payment.—(Hear, hear.) Mfr. t 4 v IIIIG rose amid loud cries of " question," and " spoke t 4poke," and proceeded for some time, in the midst of confusion, to reply to the arguments of the Hon. • Momber for London. Sir T. D. ACLAND stated, as Member of the Com mittee to which the Hon. Member for Dover had referred, that the application for relief had considerably diminished within the last fortnight.—(The uproar and cries of " question" was again renewed.) Mr. EWART explained. Mr. E. DAVENPORT, in reply, said, from the tem per of the House it would not be sorry to learn that ill ness would prevent his addressing it at any length. After debates of curb extraordinary duration—a duration, how ever, not disproportionate to the magnitude of the question or the interests of the parties concerned in it—after the pa tience with which the supporters of the motion had lis tened to all the arguments, as well as to the sophistries which casuistry could invent, in order to divert the atten tion from the real merits of the case—it would, indeed, be great want of courtesy as well as candour to refuse a return of that patient attention to him, whose duty it was to an swer the objections urged against a proposition in itself so undeniably just and constitutional. For what was the plain question which they were called upon to decide ? whether the prayer of several hundreds of petitioners, from all the principal towns, and above half the counties of Eng land, complaining of some unusual and extraordinary pres sui•e of distress, and, asking inquiry into the causes and re medies of their suffering condition, shall or shall not be at tended to. 'What an epoch in our history was this, when such a motion could create a hesitation or doubt ,as to its reception—when Members of Parlia ment were anxious to pair off against it, even before they knew any thing more about the motion than its general reference to the condition of their consti tuents, and when the individuals stating that condition, were lerrne down by cries of question on the very first day this question was agitated ! Would to Heaven the people of England could witness the sort of scene which prevailed when the representative of the first city in the world was endeavouring to describe the real state of its trade, and to put in evidence his own practical knowledge against the mire statements of parties interested in concealing the un welcome truth ! He wished they could have witnessed the illogical as well as clamorous opposition with which this plain question was met—the manner in which some pretended to object to the form of the motion, whose real objection was to the substance. Two courses were open, and he (the Blover) was anxious to adopt that most agree able to the majority of his supporters. The worthy Baronet (the Member for Cornwall), and the Right Hon.•Kniglit below bins, had complaimed of not being informed of the precise form of the motion. He (Mr. D.) however, could assure those gentlemen, that, if they had condesended to ask him, they should have not only been informed, but consulted . But whilst he had no mysteries for those who agreed with him, he certainly saw no necessity for going out of his way to furnish his enemies with weapons of unfair aggression ; and when the Right Hon. Gent. asked, a fortnight ago, what sort of Committee lie intended to propose, he bad thought himself justified is merely advising him to come down prepared to meet him, (and to a man of his great dexterity that was no great difficulty, whatever it might be to some of his Lieutenants) to meet him on either ground. It was enough for the Secretary of State to know that he was sure to have a battle (and it would not be the best) to fight, and whether he (Mr. D.) took post at Highgate, or in Islington, it was not necessary to state. But, old soldier as lie was, he could assure the Right Hon. Gent, that he was not too old to learn, or to hope to be wiser, and he had committed this fault, he had adopted the course on the notice book, because he understood that it was most acceptable, or least objectionable, to the persons with whom he usually acted. But he got little by it, and it turned out that they who usually supported constitutional questions, not only abandoned him upon this occasion, but, in imitation of the Saxons at the battle of Leipsie, actually turned their guns on their ally. His Noble Friend (the Member for Northamptonshire), who may be consi dered as the head of what may be called the Duke of Wel lington opposition, objected to the inquiry; let, because it im plied hostility to Ministers--so that when the petitions of the people imply such censure they must not be attended to. Why, what had his Noble Friend been about for the last 20 years? Every vote be gave for reduction or economy was an act of hostility to Government; and really his new course of opposition seemed to be bottomed upon the idea and hope that he should never succeed in these laudable efforts ; for if ever be did he must turn them out according to his own principles. Besides, here is a government di rected and controulled by an irresponsible body. Now he (Mr. D.) though he would not enlist in this new corps or rather body-guard, would always aid his Noble Friend on bis field-days, and in his laudable efforts at economy upon a grand scale; he would not promise to waste his health or bis shot against sparrows, but he should certainly like to knew first whether he was in earnest or not; in short, he would put the question asked by Prince Eugene to the Duke of Savoy, whether he meant to win the battle on such a day of to lose it. When his Noble Friend suspected him of a desire to alter the currency, (though the motion before the Nonse,says nothing about it,) no question the sus picion was unfounded. But how, in the name of casuistry, will it be shown that such a disposition in the 658th portion of the House of Commons could by possibility poison or per suade all the rest? Really he never could have expected so high a compliment to the least eloquent man in the whole House, as to be told that his (Mr. D.'s) influence was so tremen dous that it was likely to carry conviction to the unwilling minds of a Committee of the whole House of Commons upon a matter on which its wisdom, sense of jus tice, consistency, and humanity, had been so fre quently, and, as it would seem, irrevocably committed. What then is he really afraid of? why the takingevidence of facts tending to prove to demonstration the robbery and ruin now in process, in consequence of those previous tamperings to which be had given his assent : the truth being that he was afraid to inquire further into the murder of the national prosperity, least a new inquest, though he knew the Secretary of State was sure to be the coroner, should end nevertheless in hanging the authors, and restoring the property to the rightful owner. There was another unfair and incorrect assumption : no distinc tion is ever drawn between altering the currency and at tacking the standard. Why, there were three or four in termediate steps; the very improvement in the banking system recommended by the Master of the Mint, and ra ther deprecated by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, what was that but a; change? The restoration of the silver standard, recommended by the Member for Callington three years ago, and by the Secretary of State, the limited issue of small notes, under safe re strictions, were all measures (he had never in sisted on any ulterior ones, whatever he might do) making more or less a change in the currency. The Secretary of State had, if not more politely, more candidly and plainly, stated his objections to the doctor ; which were perfectly natural—as he (Mr. Davenport) never knew a doctor, who had made his fortune by hi s nostrums, who could endure the ruinous rivalship of al gratuitous practitioner. He was always glad of an oppor tunity to laugh—even at his own expense—and never snore so than when in relief of a long tragedy; but when he was expecting from the vultus multa et prceclars mi nantis of the Secretary of State some grand ebullition of w it.--and when his (Mr. D.'B) muscles were prepared for thus iliugbi %Ojai among tho AlitillAtrial LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1830, REDUCTION OF TUE FOUR PER CENTS. By referring to our City Report, it will be perceived that a notice has been sent from the Bank to the Stock Exchange respecting a con version of the Four per Cents. into Three and a Half—the new Stock not to be liable to redemp tion till 1840. To those who may dissent from this proposition, an offer is made of 70/. in a new Stock, bearing 5 per cent. interest, for every 1001. in the Four's, with a guarantee that it shall not be redeemable till 1873. All persons signi fying their dissent to both these propositions to be paid of in such order, at such periods, and in such manner, as Parliament may direct. The Debate upon the Distress of the Country was last night concluded, when the motion was negatived, and the amendment of the Honour able Member for Shoreham lost by a majority of 168-87 being for the amendment, and 255 against it. This decides the question of the distress, we should think, for the present.— Indeed, our own opinion is that a Committee could do little or no good. Ministers will do more by a further reduction of taxation than all the Committees in the world. It is practical, not theoretical, relief that the country wants. Speeches are all very well in their way, but a reduction of taxes and increased esonomy are far better. Let the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER turn his attention to this subject a little more, and he cannot fail to give general relief—and with relief universal satisfaction. A resolution, condemning the conduct of the Government in the affair of Terceira, was moved last night in the House of Lords by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, and negatived by a majority of 95. It will, therefore, we presume, go forth to the world that this breach of professed neutra• lity has received the deliberate sanction of the upper branch of the British Legislature. It may probably become a precedent, under which future Ministers may shelter their conduct, and may vindicate their disrespect to those international rights which have hitherto been held sacred by all civilized states. The public will look in vain for an argument to justify an attack upon the subjects of a friendly Government on the high seas; or within the ter- ritory of their legitimate sovereign. It is idle to say that arms preceded the expedition, and, therefore, it was to be regarded as a warlike armament, because that is a circumstance which might justify stopping it in our own port, but not the interception of it after it had sailed. Why was not the legal method adopted of seizing the transports in Plymouth harbour, which a fortiori . we had a right to do, if we were warranted in attacking them on their own .shores ? But if this had been done, the Government knew full well, that the question, whether an expedition without arms was an armament or not, must have been submitted to a Jury ; and this would have caused " the noise, objection, and oppo sition," which the Duke of WELLINGTTON appears, by his correspondence, so desirous to have avoided. The Duke, whose plain and candid manner of speaking is always remarkable, let fall last night some expressions which throw a light upon the degree of sincerity of the Government in their neutrality between the contending parties. It was considered, it appears, highly desirable to prevent Don PEDRO extending his influence in Europe, and that Brazil should gain no footing in the Portuguese dominions. This is, in other words, that it was wished that Don MIGUEL should be successful in the maintenance of his usurped power, against the daughter of Don PEDRO, whom we had openly recognised, and whom our KING had received as Queen of PORTUGAL, but whose infancy made it unavoidable that her father should be without influence in the affairs of her kingdom. What is meant by saying, " That the Azores must be regarded as a whole," and that, therefore, Don MIGUEL, having possession of some of the islands, was de facto Sovereign of that " whole" as much as Donna MARIA, in whose name Terceira was held ? It is mi serable special pleading to contend, that though Donna - NIA niA's troops garrisoned the forts of Terceira, and her Sovereignty was generally ac knowledged in that island, it must nevertheless be considered as a part of Portugal altogether in which her authority was rejected. But, be this as it may, the attack upon the unarmed Portuguese, in the waters of Terceira, was equally unwarrantable, whether they were the supporters of the QUEEN or Don MIGUEL. Whether they were armed or unarmed — Portuguese or Germans—liege subjects or rebels—they were equally beyond our juris diction, and their blood that was shed was manslaughter if not downright murder. As to the LORD CHANCELLOR'S doctrine, that they had no reason to complain, having received due notice, its soundness was aptly illustrated by Lord HOLLAND, who asked whether the Learned Lord would have thought himself justified, after a similar notice, in giving Mr. ALEXANDER a sound drubbing the first time he had met him in the street ? Notice can never legalise any act unjustifiable in itself, under any system of law, divine or human. Nothing occurred last night which may be supposed to intimate the approach of the recognition of DoN MIGUEL. The contrary is rather to be inferred ; recent events have, we believe, abated the eagerness of the Cabinet in this respect; and we have heard that the highest personage in the realm has expressed himself in a manner to leave no doubt that he will be the last man to recognise usurpation, or to abandon the cause of the legitimate QUEEN, in whose fortunes he takes so warm an interest. The Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday have been received, from which the following are extracts : (From the Gazette de France, dated Tuesday.) "INVENTIONS OF THE DAY. The Constitutionnel. —A report has been circulated today generally, that four Ministers, Mess's. Chabrol, d'Haussez, Courvoisier, and Montbel, had resigned. M. Dation, in that case, would have the portfolio of Finance; M. Guernon-Ranville, the Ministry of Justice ; M. Fer dinand de Berthier, the Marine ; M. Berryer, Public Instruction ; and M. Peyronnet, the Interior. " Thirty new Prefects will be taken on the extreme right : Messrs. Sallaberry, de Pine, de l'Epine, de Canny, de Sainte Marie, &c., are spoken of. " A letter from Malta, dated the 3rd of March, says that Admiral Malcolm was in that port with a part of the British squadron, and that five Russian line-of-battle ships, five Russian frigates, and three Russian Admirals, were also in the port, on their way to the Baltic. " It is certain that M. de Bourmunt will command the active operations against Algiers. " The Quotidienne says—' Since the year 1814 no levee has been so numerously attended as that of yesterday. It seemed as if every Royalist felt himself called upon thus to express to the King his gratitude for the measures which the King's solicitude for the welfare of France had lately induced him to adopt. The Deputies of the cote droit, by their firmness and decision, have deserved well of their King, and were the objects of general congratulation. As on days of ceremony, the Prefect of the Stine, the twelve Mayors of Paris, the greater part of the Members of the Municipal Council, and the whole Etat-Major, felt it a duty to add their acknowledgments to those of the Depu ties of the departments, who were not fewer than ISO in number, and were united by the same sentiments of at tachment and respect. They wished to pr esen t th emse l ve s to the King in o ne bod y , and waited till all the other bodies had passed his Majesty, who received them with emotion, and addressed them in the most gracious terms. It was observed, that the King showed marked attention to seve ral Deputies who had spoken against the Add ress , an d par ticularly to Messr s. Conn y , D e Levine, and Berryer.' " A meeting of the Paris electors, which was nume rously attended, was held yesterday, when it was reso lved that a grand dinner should he given to the d e p u ti es o f the Department of the Seine, and that a medal should be struck in honour of the 221 members, composing the ma who voted for the Address , and proclaimed the ae• jority, cessity of concord among the three branches of the State. In the event of the Director of the Mint refusing to exe cute the medal, it will be struck at Brussels, " A considerable number of Peers, who, since the opening of the Session, bad first assembled at the Duke de Choiseul's, and then at the Duc de Broglie's, met on Saturday at the house of the Duke of Dalmatia. " The Ordinance of dissolution will, it is said, be pub lished on the 9th of June. " The Drapeau Blanc is of opinion, that the rise in the French Funds is to be ascribed to the determination of the King to stem the current of revo l u t ion. Th e s a me paper siates, that M. Agnado's brother has set out for Madrid, to negotiate some very important financial opera tion ; which is probably no other than the issuing a new Royal Decree respecting the Dutch claims. " The Augsburg Gazette contains the following, dated Frontiers of Servia, March 1 Communications with Constantinople are now very active. The organization of the regular troops continues, and it is said that, after the example of the Pacha of Egypt, Deputies from all parts of the empire will be convoked by the Sultan, in order to discuss subjects relative to the administration. The second instalment of the indemnity to Russian merchants, it ap pears, was paid about the middle of February to Count Diebitsch ; the Russian troops will, therefore, undoubtedly withdraw beyond the Balkan very shortly. The Grand Vizier is still at Adrianople, where, according to report, the Sultan is expected in May.'" FRENCH FUNDS.--PARIS, MARCH 22.—Five per Cents., 107 f. 106 f. 95c. 90c. 95c. 107£ 106 f. 95c. 90c. ; Three per Cents., 84f. 20c. 25c. 15c. 20c. 25c.; Bank Stock, 1,900 f. ; Rentes de Naples, 93f. 93f. sc. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 12%; Royal Spanish Loan, 89% % N ; ; Rentes Perpetuelle d'Espagne, '74 % % % %; Hay tian Loan, 525 f. 50c. 525 C—Exchange on London—One month, paper, 25f. '7oc. ; money, 25f. 65c. ; three months, paper, 25£ 55c. ; money, 25f. 50c.—Coors Authentique. The following are extracts from the Frank fort Papers received this morning :-- LEIPSIC, MARCH 13. A Royal Ordinance was issued on the 6th February, for the purpose of preventing inconsiderable emigration. According to this Ordinance, passports for emigration are henceforth not to be given to fathers of families, or to whole families, unless those who apply for them shew -Ist. That they have already found a certain livelihood. 2d. Can produce a certificate from the authorities of the country in which they intend to emigrate—that they with their families will be then received and admitted as subjects ; and 3d. Unless they . (as fathers of families) immediately take their families with them. These regulations extend only to fathers of fami lies, and to whole families, and in general only to salt subjects as subsist by their manual la bour, but not to persons unmarried, or without children, or to men of learning, artists, master manufac turers, and all those persons who may be presumed to have sufficient knowledge and judgment to weigh the impor tance, and the result of such a step, and in whose case it cannot be apprehended that they will be a burden to the country if they should return. MUNICII, MARCH 12. In consequence of the great increase of begging in the houses and the streets, the Board of Police has issued a notice to remind the public— That begging, as well as almsgiving to beggars, is strictly prohibited, and that both will be punished, the first as a trespass against the public security ; the second, as encouraging it. CASSEL, MARCH 13. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Rhenish West India Company M. Bicker, in his report on the state of the funds of the Company, justly regretted that there was no packet boat between the Elbe, Vera Cruz, and Tam pico, to convey the silver promptly from Mexico to Ger many. He estimates the exportation from Mexico to Ger many, exclusive of the profit of the mines of the German Mining Company, at four millions of rix dollars annually. The commercial speculation to the River Plate, and to Valparaiso, are now a great loss to the company. On the other hand, tea from Canton, imported at Hamburg, has yielded a good profit. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. COOPER V. RILEY. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that in this case a mo tion had been made some time ago for a receiver. The case was of a novel nature. The individual who held the office of Assistant Parliamentary Counsel, at a salary of 5001. a year, had assigned that salary over to trustees, for the purpose of p lying certain debts, and the application to the Court was, under these circumstances, for the ap pointment of a receiver of this 5001. a year. The office of Assistant Parliamentary Counsel was not properly speaking an office. A gentleman was appointed to give advice as Assistant Parliamentary Coun sel to the Lords of the Treasury on certain matters, for which he was paid a sum of 5001. a year ; but he was liable to be discharged at any moment, and the salary was paid out of fees. There was no permanent fund out of which it was payable. Parliament voted an nually a certain sum applicable to legal services rendered to the Lords of the Treasury ; and they allowed 500/. a year to the individual who sustained the character in ques tion. No action could be maintained against the Lords of the Treasury, nor any suit in respect of the same, there fore it was impossible for the Coutt to appoint the Re ceiver as prayed. Were a Receiver appointed, the Court felt perfectly satisfied that the Lords of the Treasury would not pay the money to him, but to the individual whom they employed. PEHBEILL V MORCAS.--NE EXEAT /MONO. A gentleman behind the bar obtained leave to give no tice of motion for Saturday next, to discharge a writ of tae eseat regno, granted ex-parte against the defendant by his Lordship on the application of the plaintiff. IN RE PEMBERTON, A BANKRUPT.—COMMITMENT TO like their cheers, generally and generously anticipated the cause—the facetious period concluded with, to his great 1 disappointment, one rather important omission, namely, l i the joke. He heard, indeed, some allusion to the papers and notes he (Mr. D.) had laid upon the red box, as if l they were recipes. But the truth really was, and he did not wish to conceal it from the Right Hon. Secretary, that they were no such thing : they were not recipes of Dr. Shaftesbury, but certain cases of complaint against an other doctor, a Doctor Westbury—they contained abstracts of the cases of some 50,000 farmers, and as many shop keepers, reduced to poverty, and as many more labourers reduced to the state of absolute skeletons, by the advice of this learned doctor, together with his firms of two other doctors, of the names of Liverpool and Callington ; and they complained that they are still obliged to pay him 6,000/. a year for ruining their health, and advancing them on their journey to the other world, by forcing down their throats his celebrated golden drops. The art of vaticination, as usual, was lugged in, to silence and annul the stubborn facts apparent all over the country, and to show that its present disgraceful condition ought not to be inquired into by Parliament, because there may be some amendment in prospect ; and this logic is deemed quite sufficient for the most logical as well as honourable of Houses. This stale trick of substituting prophecy for inquiry had led him to expose the extraordinary mistakes and misrepresentations contained in previous Ministerial assertions, calculations, and predictions, having reference to currency. And hence they had tried to make it a cur rency question, in order that it might be thought what it really was—a Constitutional question. He had only argued the currency so far as it illustrated the true value of the great authorities concerned, and to make gentlemen a little cautious how they pinned their faith again upon oracles whose previous dicta showed their authority was not worth a farthing ; and be would ask, who would trust men who, in 1819, had brought in a Bill which, like the Trojan horse, was by stealth to subjugate and enslave the people, who dragged it along with 3 per cent. written on its side—who brought all the best authorities to vouch for its only affecting property to that extent—and who, when they found that the 3 per cent. turned out 53, neither showed any disposition to contrition or retractation, but actually followed it up by another gratuitous and additional act of confiscation, which, by with drawing the small paper money, has added 25 per cent. to the havoc and robbery previously committed. Now lie would ask, bow long the people of England were to he the constant victims of the false prophecies of in capable rulers, why were they not called to account for their errors and misconduct? Why were the false pro phets suffered, year after year, to go forth deluding and misgoverning the country, just as if nothing had happened to invalidate their testimony, instead of being impeached as they ought to be, and as they would be, if Parliament represented the people instead of the Government? Instead of this, nothing goes down but fulsome panegyric. If any poor Editor expressed a doubt of the extraordinary honesty or sense of justice of a Ministry who could witness the havoc produced by their measures, without the slightest wish to alter them, Mr. Attorney-General pays his respects to him, and he is referred to the speeches of lawyers and to the decisions of accommodating Juries for proof that he is not despoiled and misgoverned. (As the noise and con. fusion which hail prevailed during the two previous hours, now became excessive, the Hon. Gentleman after commenting upon the indecency of such proceedings in strong terms, concluded by withdrawing his motion in favour of the amendment; stating that as the House would not hear anything but what was t.gainst the motion, it was quite in vain to persevere, and that he was fully aware that he bad to contend against a decided majority who derived their income from the taxes.) The SPEAKER explained that if the original motion was withdrawn, the amendment must follow, as there was no ether motion before the House.—(llear, and laughter.) Mr PEEL suggested that it was better to divide upon the amendment, and let the original motion be negatived without a division. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment B7 Against it 255 Majority for Ministers —l6B The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Two o'clock. TXICF.S OF STOCICB THIS (3 trtk Stock , shut 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent- Cons. 92% IA %% 3 per Ccnt Dia) Red t re* Cent. Ann. 192%% hi Ditto, 182 t, shut IbAnk L. Ann, Ditto 30 years DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 78 77 pm. Ditto lid. 78 79 pm. 2d. 78 79 pm. Ditto..." lid. '7B 79 pm. Ditto Small 2d. 78 79 pm. Ditto 14d. '7B '79 pm. Bank for Acc0unt.......... 219 India for Account Cons. for April 16 92V, %14 n% Ditto 50 years India Stock shut Ditte Bonds 79 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds —l Neap olitan — Brazilian Bonds 71N ;Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — !Portuguese Bonds — Chilian Bonds — ; Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — , Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 Danish '7514% Spanish, 1821 1 4 % - 14 Greek Bonds 1823 — Ditto, 1825 4O 14 ,French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. G uatirnala — '— Exchange —s. —c. Mexican Bonds — l,— 3 per cent. —f. —C. Ditto, 1E325 30% Exchange —f. —c. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 22. Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 314 per cent. 9914 National Ditto Ditto, New —.Patriotic Ditto 2% I. per Cent — Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3% rer cent.... 91% i Provincial Ditto 25 Royal Canal StocK —; Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock —l Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent. — i Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. , Commercial Buildings — THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. MISS FANNY KEMBLE'S NIGHT. The Public ;;; respectfully informed, that on THURSDAY NEXT, March 23, will be acted Shakespeare's Comedy of the MERCHANT OF VENICE. Duke of Venice... Mr. EVANS I Antonio Mr. WARDE Shylock Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE Bassanio .. . ... .... Mr. ABBOTT I Gratiano Mr. FARLEY Portia bliss FANNY KEMBLE Her first appearance in that character. Nerissa Miss NELSON I Jessica Miss FORDE AFTER WHICH, THE NEW FARCE OF TEDDY THE TILER. Lord Dunderford.. Mr. EVANS I Henry Mr. DURUSET Teddy Mulowney the Tiler ....... Mr. POWER Lady Dunderford Mrs.WESTON I 0rie1.... Miss LAWRENCE F10ra....... Miss J. SCOTT TO CONCLUDE WITH THE FARCE OF HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Lord Duke's Serv. Mr.BALLS I Sir Harry's Serv. Mr.FARLEY Kitty " Mrs. GIBBS. A MOCK MINUET by Mr. BALLS and Mrs. GIBBS. Tickets and Places to be had of Miss Fanny Kemble, No. 16, James-street, Buckingham-gate; and at the Box Office, Hart-st. - TT) t ,„774,ir5(;-1,-(yrsoult g)1011 .k r }:IiNVGATE. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL applied for the discharge of George Ellis, who had been committed to Newgate by the 14th List of Commissioners, for not satisfactorily answering :questions put to him by the Commissioners, respecting alleged concealment of the bankrupt's property. The witness had been a shopman with the bankrupt,who had carried on the business of a linen-draper ; he had left that situation two years and a half ago, and entered into the same line of business for himself ; at the end of twelve months he became a bankrupt, and subsequently went to assist his sister in keeping the Eight Bells public house, at Fulham. Some of the goals of Pemberton had been sent (including an old horse and cart) to the prisoner, who had prevaricated very much respecting the nature and possession of them. The Solicitor-General admitted that the first examination could not reasonably have been considered satisfactory, but that on the whole the ultimate examination ought, and which he submitted to the Court. Mr. WAKEFIELD was on the same side. The LORD CHANCELLOR considered, without hearing Counsel on the other side, it was impossible to suppose that the prisoner did not know much more about the transac tions than he had disclosed. He bad pursued, from be gluing to end, a series of falsehoods ; out of which, from time to time, he had been driven. The Commissioners had done just.fhat he (the Lord Chancellor) would have done ; and the prisoner ought to be kept in prison until he had given more information than he had yet done. Remanded, with a recommendation to the Commissioners to give him an opportunity of appearing before them soon again. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—A Mr. AN DERSON, from Bath, made his appearance here last night for the first time as Henry Bertram, in the opera of Guy Mannering. He met with a favourable reception, and possesses much skill and sweetness as a singer. An interlude, entitled Popping the Question, was afterwards brought out. It was highly successful. DARNLEY. —Among the many admirable his torical portraits which are given in this attractive Ro mance, by the Author of " Richelieu," are those of Lady KATHERINE BULSIER and Lady CONSTANCE DE GREY. The mild and gentle, yet firm character of the former, strikingly contrasts with the gay and flippant brilliancy of the latter. Of the male personages in the story, Sir CESAR, the astrologer, is not the least remarkable. His sadden appearance upon the scene—his no less abrupt de parture—his mysterious words and actions—his foreknow ledge of events—and the secret impulses by which he is actuated—all of which frequently appear utterly incom prehensible—sufficiently indicate him to the reader as one of those extraordinary beings who at that period exercised such a remarkable influence upon men's minds, and who were held in such strange veneration. But, for the means by which he verified his predictions of the future—by which he acquired a knowledge of the past--we must refer to the work itself such of our readers as have not yet gra tified their curiosity by its perusal. MONTROSE SUSPENSION BRIDGE.—We regret to state, that in the afternoon of Friday last, in consequence of an unusual assemblage of persons on this bridge, to witness the spectacle of a boat race, one of the main chains gave way, at the part where it is fastened to the north pillar ; it flew off with prodigious force, and in its fall killed four persons, and injured others.--Edinburg h Evening Courant, THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TIVELVII O'CLOCK. LtvaarooL, MARCJI 22.—The transactions in British Plantation Sugar have been limited to 450 hhds. Prices are barely supported...-In East India Sugar the sales con sist only of 250 bags. Fite white Bengal at 70s. to 71s. per cwt.—There has been a good demand for Rum.— Coffee is in fair demand.—We have again a very spirited demand for Cotton, at an advance on most descriptions of id. per lb.—Tobacco continues rather dull.—Most of the cargoes of Pine Timber are now discharging, having been sold by the importers. The transactions in Indigo have been limited to a few small samples.—On Tuesday the Corn market was numerously attended by both town and country millers, when both Wheat and Oats met ready sale at an advance. _ _ Accounts from Valparaiso to the 10th Nov. state that a counter-revelution had broken out, and that General Pinto, the newly elected President, had resigned. The Valparaiso Papers give addresses from various places, with pledge to support the National Government to the last extremity. The following is a list of the ships of war at Brest and L'Orient ready to sail next month against Algiers :—The Duguesne, of SO guns ; La Couronne, 74, Le Marengo, 74, Superbe, La Venus frigate 60, La Jeanne d' Arc, 60, Arethusa, 44, La Medic, 41, armed en-flute, La Guerrere cut down, 60 guns, La Surveillanfe frigate, 60, Griffin brig 20, La Capreueuise brig, 14. At L'Orient—Algesiras, 74, Artemise 50, Hermenie, 60, Hebe, corvette, 30, Orythe, 20 guns. The Mayor of Toulon has given notice to the inhabi tants, that an army will soon arrive there for the expedi tion, and recommends to the inhabitants to give the soldiers a good reception. They state from Lisbon that several Consuls there are still endeavouring to reclaim the various subjects of their countries to be released from prison, but all their efforts have been in vain. The French Consul is also using every exertion to get set at liberty his fellouLcitizens in the prisons of Oporto and Lisbon, but also to no effect. THE FUNDS. The Express from Paris this morning brings the rents higher, and by which it is evident that the King's prero gative will not be disturbed, as the military are decidedly in his favour ; therefore all the stock-jobbing reports of yesterday are without the least foundation: in conse quence of which Consols, which were very heavy yester day, have improved this morning; they left off 92 2 8 and opened at 92i for the Account; for Money 92i with little doing. In the Foreign Market not a feature worth observation as yet. We have an arrival from Bombay of 20th November. No papers up yet. REDUCTION OF THE FOUR PER CENTS. Notice has just come down to the Bank from the Treasury for the reduction of the Four per Cents. as follows: -- " For every 1001. Four per Cents. 100/. in the Three and a Half per Cents. will be given, not liable to be re duced till 1840—or, 701. Five per Cents. Stock for 100/. New Four, not to be redeemed till 1873." . _ The above has had some effect on Consols, which are now 9211 for the Account. ENGLISH Bank Stock, India Stock, FUNDS. 31 per Cent. New 4 per Cent., 102 i 4 per Cent. 1826, India Bonds, 78 79 Exchequer Bills, 78 79 I FUNDS. Greek, 39i 40+ Mexican, 30+ 4 1 Peruvian, 20 Portuguese, 59 -a Prussian, Russian, 110 fr Spanish, 14,a 3 per Cent. Cons. 92a Do. for Account, 92. i Ditto Reduced. HALF-PAST TWELVE. FOREIG. Brazilian, 714 721 Buenos Ayres, 31 33 Chilian, Colombian, 20i 21 Danish, 751 I French, 5 per Cent. 106 7 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 831 4i COPY FROM THE BANK NOTICE. A new Stock is to be created, bearing an interest at the rate of 31. 10s. per annum ; the interest to be payable on the sth of January and sth of July in each year, and not to be paid off until the sth of January, 1840. All holders of new Four per Cents who shall not signify their dissent shall have for every 1001. New Four per Cent. Annui ties 1001. ; in the New Three and a Half per Cents. An nuities the first dividend of the New Three and a Half per Cent., to be payable on the sth of January, 1831 ; the said New Three and a Half per Cent. Stock not to be liable to redemption until the sth of January, 1840. Books to be opened at the Bank of England from Monday, April 5, until Saturday, April 24, both days inclusive, for receiving signatures of persons dissenting ; persons not signifying their dissent within this period to be deemed to have assented, unless they shall have been out of the United Kingdom for the whole of such period, in which case they shall be permitted to ex press such dissent at any time befOre the Ist of January, 1831. Any persons who may be in any other part of the world, except Europe, to be permitted to express their dissent at any time before the Ist day of April, 1831. Persons not signifying their dissent within the periods respectively specified, to have the option, during one month, from the day limited for the signification of their dissent, to subscribe to a New Five per Cent. Stock, not redeemable until the sth day of January, 1873, receiving 70/. of such Stock for every 1001. of New Four per Cents. held by them. Persons signifying their dissent to be paid off in such order, at such periods, and in such manner as Parliament may direct, and receive the dividends due on the sth day of July, 1830. HALF-PAST ONE. The chief topic of conversation on 'Change relates to the reduction of the Four per Cents. Since the notice has come down it has had but little effect on the Consol Market, with an improvement of about one per cent. Consols, which were in the early part of the day at 928 A• for the account, got up to 928, and have since receded to 920 ; and for money 928:}, owing to an ex pectation that many of the holders of the Four per Cents. will dissent, and remain in possession of their Four per Cent. Stock until Government chooses to pay them off. The Corn Exchange was well supplied this morning with Grain, and maintains its price of Monday; and the supply of flour has also been considerable, but no advance has taken place on that article, 635. being the highest price ; few buyers appeared in the market, and little busi ness doing. Not a feature in the Foreign Market worth noticing at present ; Greek has rather improved; in other securities little doing. 7 HRES 0' CL 0 CK. Console for Account, 92ii. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND came to town yesterday morning, from their residence at Kew. The Duke paid a visit to his sister the Princess AUGUSTA, at ber residence in the King's Palace, St. James's, soon after his arrival in town. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE returned to their residence in Busby Park yesterday morning. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, which was at tended by the LORD CHANCELLOR ' the Duke of WEL LINGTON, Earls BATHURST, ROSSLYN, and ABERDEEN, Viscount MELVILLE, Lord ELLZNBOROUGH, Mr. Secre tary PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. HERRIES. The Council sat an hour in deliberation. The French Ambassador visited the exhibition of the National Repository, in Pall-mall East, yesterday. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. Miss FANNY, daughter of Mr. and Lady THEODOSIA RUCH, niece to the Marquis of LONDONDERRY and the Earl of DARNLEY, was married yesterday at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, to GEORGE, son of Sir ROBERT Wicanst, of Wexford, Baronet, and of Walthamstew House, Essex. Lady THEODOSIA gave a splendid dejeune to the several noble families related to the bride ; soon afterwards the happy couple left Grosvenor-place, for Bel mont, the seat of the wealthy Baronet, in Worcestershire. Miss F. KEMBLE'S benefit takes place to morrow evening. All the boxes are, we understand, already engaged, and, as the young lady appears in a new cha racrer, the arduous one of Portia, in the Merchant of Venice, we anticipate for her another splendid triumph TALES OF THE COLONIES.--Under this title, a work from the pen of Mr. How's" the talented author of " Sketches of Canada," the subjects of. which embrace various localities of the British Colonies, is an nounced for immediate publication. It consists, we un derstand, of four stories, the scene of the first is laid in the Brazils : the second, entitled " The Island," opens in Ireland, and ie transferred to Vera Cruz and the adjacent Islands : the third, " Sable Grove," is placed in the Island of St. Thomas ; and the fourth, which is said to be of very commanding interest, continues throughout in the Colony of New Holland. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH W.S.W.—Arrived from- London the Young Norval, Waterly, for Bermuda. Ar rived the Egham, , from Cadiz; and Laurel, Dob son, from Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind W.—Arrived from London the Montrose, , for Demerara; Britomart transport, for Gibraltar ; Lord William Bentinck trans port, for Ascension Island ; and Union, Clench, fag Trieste. FALMOUTH, MARCU 22.—Wind W.—Sailed the Ladyr Mary Pelham packet, for Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 21.—Arrived the Pomona, from Bombay ; Georgiana, Smith, from Savannah, and the Allen Clare, Roberts, from Leghorn. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Tyrian, Cun ningham, from Buenos Ayres ' • Active, Jellard, from Pernambuco ; Albion, M'Leod, from Bengal; and Mary Ann, Fairclough, from Terceira. LIMERICK, MARCH 20.—Tbe Lady Matilda, Johnson, from Demerara to the Clyde, struck upon the rocks near Cumbroe's Light, on the 14th inst., and went tt; Rims. The William Peel, 'Wilson, from Newcastle, pa; into Peterhead, leaky, and part of the cargo (coals) thrOull over, bound to Dublin. The Nornein, Keerulft, from China, has arrived at Cowes—sailed the 19th October, and from Manilla the. 18th November. The Hannibal, Heber, from New York, has arrived o 1 Dartmouth. _ The Cambrian, Stock, of and for Liverpool, was wrecked on the Bar of Aricate the 11th Jan.-•-crew and cargo saved. The Kosimont, Wishart, from St. John's, has arrived at Montrose. _ The following vessels have arrived at China :—The Jo hanna Cornelia; the Olivia, from Rotterdam ' • Mary Ann, Spottiswood, from Singapore; Fergusson, Groves. and Helen, Langley, from Bombay; Triomfo and Union, from Manilla; Grace, Allan, from ditto;, and Angelica, from Timor. The Fanny, De Brer, from Batavia, has arrived off dm Wight. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) This morning a Quarterly General. Court of Proprie tors was held at the India House, for declaring a dividend on the Company's stock for the current half year. JOHN Locar, Esq., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Court of Directors had agreed to the usual dividend on the capital stock of the Company, was it the opinion of the Court that that divi dend should be agreed to?—.Carried. The CHAIRMAN observed, that since the last Coutt Committees had been appointed in both Houses on the sub ject of the East India Charter. Reports of the evidence were now laid on the table. The Directors would par every attention to the inquiry. RENEWAL OF THE EAST INDIA CHARTER. Captain MA xrrELD wished to ask whether any steps had been taken to place the trade between Great Britain and China on a more favourable footing, and whether the Com pany were building any new ships ? If the state of the trade with China, and the great losses which arose in freights, were fairly represented to the people of England, he thought a favourable effect would be produced, and render the obtaining the renewal of the Charter a matter of certainty. He could not apprehend that the Charter would not be renewed. He begged to put the question referred. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said that this subject would receive the most serious consideration. The Company were not now building any additional ships, and the usual mode was to take up proper ships by tender. No ships now went out upon the old system. When this question relative to the China trade was to come under consideration, this subject would be one of most serious consideration. SUTTEES. A Proprietor made a few observations on the probibi _ _ _ lity of the speedy abolition of Suttees in India, and wished to know if any information had been received on the sub ject, and what steps had been taken. The CHAIRMAN answered that some steps had been-- taken by the Government to abolish this system. Some conversation arose on the subject of a vote of thanks to the Directors, who are about to retire. The thanks were most cordially acquiesced in by the Directors, but at it was against precedent, no vote could be passed in the Court..--The Court then adjourned. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY), CORN EICHANGE. There are fair supplies of all kinds of Grain this week, and a good return of Flour. The Wheat trade is not so brisk as on Monday, but prices are unaltered. Barley, Beans, and Pease, continue as last reported. The factors hold Oats firmly at Monday's prices, but the trade is not lively to-day. The Flour trade continues brisk at ;the late advance. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish 2OO - 11,900 -- Foreign - brls, 'HAY DIARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) SMITHFIELD. _ . Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay $2 5 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 8 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Clover Hay (extra fine).....€5 10... Generally Oat Straw £2 4to £2 8 I Wheat Straw 2 8 2 10 Supply moderate, but fully equal to the demand; trade very dull, and prices as last quoted. HAMBURG MARKETS. HAMBURG, MARCH 16.---BoREEN HALLE, HALF PAST FOUR O'CLOCK.—Greek Bonds have of late seen a favourite object of speculation here. They have been. as high as 51 (coupons included) ; to-day they have fallen to 44., at which price there are buyers. In Berlin the have been done at 57, reckoning the pound sterling at 6i dollars. Mexican 5 per cents. have been done here—at 30 there are sellers, and at 28 buyers. In other funds little doing. Discount 24 per cent. End of March Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent 73% Anglo-Russian Loan Hamburg-Russian Loan lO5 Polish Bonds 129 New Prussian 4 per Cents. (1830) 99% Austrian Bank Shares • 1930 Austrian Metalliques lO4 New Austrian 4 per Cents. Anglo Neapolitan lalconets The Sir Edward Banks steamer, which was frozen in here at the beginning of the winter, will leave for Lon• don to-morrow, when the regular communication by steam between London and Hamburg may be looked upon as re-opened for the season. The days of departure hence are to be the same as last year—early every Saturday morning. Our navigation is now completely open. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. PETERSBURGH, MARCH 5.-10 15.32. HAMBURG, MARCH 16.—Gne month, 13 15/ ; two months, 13131. BERLIN, MARCH 13.—Three months, 7 it. BREMEN, MARCH 12.—Two months, 620. CHRISTIANIA, MARCH 3.—Three months, 6 28. AMSTERDAM, MARCH 19.-12 32 5-10; two 'months, 12 25. BIRTHS. On the 21st inst. Lady Antrobus, of a son. On the 16th inst. in Whitehall-place, Lady Wetherell, of a son. On the 23d inst. Mrs. Murray, of Burton Crestent, of a son. On the 9th.inst. at Milan, the lady of R. W. Jennings, Esq. , Doctors' Commons, of a son. On the 23d inst., the wife of Mr. William Wardle, of the Equestrian Coffee-house, Blackfriars-road, of a soh. On the 23d inst. Mrs. Harry Hart, of Brixton-hill, of a son. MARRIED. On the 23d inst. at Pontefract, in the county'of York, John Perfect, Esq. to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Serjeant Cockell. On the 20th inst. at St. John's, Hackney, John Cooke Price, Esq. of Stamford-hill, to Sophia, eldest daughter of the late Joseph Greaves, Esq. of Stoke Newington. On the 2361 inst. at ch„h unt, Hertz, Herbert Mayo, Esq. third son of Dr. Paggen Mayo, M.D. of Brisling ton, Yorkshire, to Sarah, eldest daughter of E. Harman, Esq. of Theobald's Farm. On the 18th inst. at St. James's, S. H. Sutherland, Esq. to Miss Adolphine Both. DIED. • On the 21st inst. at Slade's-row, Deptford, Charles Augustine Ferguson, Esq. aged 72. On the 20th inst. of the scarlet fever, at Everton vi carage, near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, the Rev. Charles Augustus Dwarris, youngest son of the lute Wm. Dwarris, Esq. Golden-grove, North side, Jamaica..• On the 20th inst. at East Langdon Rectory, the Rev. T. Delannoy, aged '7O. On the 22d inst., in Coram-street, Mrs. Abbott, aged 63, widow of Captain Peter Duinly Abbott, R: N. PIMPTIM AND P1721.2111W1D SY MUIDO TOMO, Al 7363 SUN army, M t acesmtol Lomat. / ~Y G