The Sun. — London, England, 1836-06-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Sir George Sinclair complained last night of the Postponement by Ministers of the Church of Ireland Bill, for the sake of proceeding with the English Tithe Bill : " Week after week (said the Hon. Baronet), and month after month, the question remained in abeyance, and was treated with as little ceremony as if it were a measure for lighting and paving the town of Belfast. He could not re. coneile this course with his notions of what constituted manly, straightford, Statesmanlike, and patriotic conduct. There was only one reason which he could assign for the Conduct of his Majesty's Ministers in this respect. It was that they found the appropriation clause a very convenient mill-stone to hang round the neck of the Lords—a very ser viceable catapulta with which to break down the barriers of th e House they wish to get rid of." Lord John Russell observed, that the Hon. Baro net did not seem to have paid the slightest attention to th e events of the last few years ; and having given for his edification a brief outline of the history of the Irish Tithe Bills, which had been successively thrown out by the House of Lords, he remarked that " another Bill had been brought in, and that Bill would be pro ceeded with, although he might not entertain the hopes which he had cherished in two preceding years of its passing into a law. With respect to the English Tithe Bill, it was brought into the House early in February, while the Bill for the settlement of the Irish Church question was introduced some months later." As the Hon. Baronet last autumn affected, in a pub lished letter, to be deep in the confidence of the Lords and chose even to disclose the tactics of that body, by acting on which he thought they must be successful, how does it happen that he now talks of hanging mill stones round the necks of the Lords, and breaking down the barriers of their House ? According to the Hon. Baronet's letter of last year, the Lords have only to take their stand against all concession what ever, to be able to set their opponents at defiance. There was no fear then of catapultas—the barriers then could resist all battering—the very possibility of mill-stones hanging round their Lordships necks was then scouted. But this is always the way with weak people. They allow their foolhardiness to involve them in enterprises beyond their strength ; and when they find themselves overmatched, they complain of injustice, and place their misfortunes to the account of every cause, but their own imprudence. The Duke of Wellington, as is well known, by his imprudent eulogy of borouglunongering, pro voked the nation to the efforts which were crowned with success by the Reform Act ; and we are much mistaken if the insolent manner in which the Peers, ever since the passing of that Act, have evinced their hostility to all beneficial changes in our institutions, do not greatly accelerate the reform of their Lordships' House. In truth, the Lords are strong only by the forbearance of the Commons. As individuals pos sessed of large estates, it is impossible that a number of Peers should not possess great political influence. In county elections this influence is much felt ; and the Reform Bill left many small boroughs not much mole independent than those which were placed in schedul... A. With this influence the Peers ought to have 'mein contented. Their nominees, it is true, no longer constitute a majority of the Commons ; but they have still many allies in that House. But when they attempt to place their own House in opposition to the Commons they occupy untenable ground, and they must be defeated. They are without the means of ofrerin! , effectual resistance to the Lower House ; and in provinp that the two Houses cannot act together, as they are governed by opposite principles, they merely call on the nation to pronounce sentence of condemna tion on themselves. When we hear people talk of the det,alnination of the Lords to make no concession, we arc naturally led to ask in what manner they can give enct to their determination ? No men can carry on the Government of this country without the concurrence of the House of Commons. The majo rity of SG, pronounced against the House of Lords, settles the question with respect to the present Parlia ;r:ent. Would an appeal to the nation prove more successful on behalf of men who have refused justice to Ireland ? No man in his senses would answer this question in the affirmative. What, then, can the Peers do ? Nothing. They may reject the proposi tions of the Commons ; but here they must stop. But Can the Commons stop ? Are they , to send up to the Upper House, measure after measure, and to witness with unconcern the rejection or mutilation of such rnersures ? Dare they; in the face of the people, of wi!ose interests they are the guardians, tamely look on wink! these interests are sacrificed, without taking steps to prove that they arc equal to the trust reposed in them, and know how to vindicate the rights of their constituents ? Committed as they arc, a regard to their own honour will not allow the Commons to re main passive. The Lords have deprived their friends (who are numerous) in the Commons of all power of as sistin,, them. It cannot longer be contended that the carers of the Lords arc imputable to human frailty, in the face of so many repeated proofs of their being governed by the principle of faction and corrupt interest. It would be as absurd to pre tend that the conduct of the Lords can be fairly ac counted for, as to pretend that the decisions of the tcar.oughinongering House of Commons against reform w ere determined exclusively by a regard for the wel fare of the people. With this evidence, then, fur nished in such abundance by the Lords, of their being governed by a principle utterly irreconcilable with the welfare of the nation, every man in the Commons, who wishes; to retain any character for honesty and honour, must be prepared to follow up the vote of this day week. The Lords may think that they have gone too far, and close with the compromise proposed by the Commons. This is their affair. But if they be so ill advised as to hold out, the consequences can only he beneficial to time people. The Lords have no huger, thank God, the power to thwart the people ; anal if they will not reconcile themselves to their al tereki position, but will persist in an irritating oppo sition to all reforms and improvements desired by the nation, means must be taken for remedying the evil. Any order of inen, which, instead of deriving its greatness from the people, seeks to display a vain power, by arraying itself against the people, only rushes on its destruction.—Morning Chronicle. —Time's. Some interesting articles from the Irish newspapers have fallen in our way, which throw a curious, though not unexpected light, upon the spirit and motives of e ortain of the Irish Roman Catholic priesthood. The I,.erson whose proceedings are thus elucidated is a soniewiat prominent professor of the science of agi tation, viz. —the Rev. Father Maher, of Carlow. This person's exploits, as a mob leader in the country, and an instigator of the peasantry against their landlords, all of course for the sake of " justice to the people of Ireland," have been emblazoned before the Intimida tion Committee in characters which will never perish. It will be recollected that in the course of that impres :sive speech, by which Colonel Bruen defended his own ruanduct as a landlord and a gentleman, and heaped snob o v e rwhelming confutation upon Mr. Daniel O'Connell —an accuser whom we acknowledge no con vieLi.on of falsehood would disgrace,—it had become ne- Ces sf Cy for the gallant officer to state some facts, not th e inc st creditable in the world to the said Rev. person tiage, e .;ther as a clergyman or a subject. Father Maher is Stated to have undergone some extraordinary Paroxysms of m ortification, in consequence of that chastisement administered by the Hon. Member for Carlow. It would appear, indeed, b y his own hand- Avritin ,hat he at first had writhed under the lash with rh) small sense of agony. But punishment which cor- Yec, S some minds, only serves to make others in the 1 0112 'llll desperate and reckless. Father Maher, ac oidin-Tlv, addresses a letter to the Dublin E veninc, Post, w .: , ?rein he first falsifies a heinous charge brought against Linn by the Hon. Member for Carlow, on the authority of evidence given before the Intimidation Committee, and then, as is usual in such disreputable ases, triumphs over the falsehood of his own invention. rather Maher's attempt to bully Mrs. Burgess into ac unprincipled employment of her infl uence over her . husband, for purposes connected with the county of Carl The lad y was a Roman Catholic—her husband a Protes tam, who had distinctly promised . his vote to Messrs. Bruen and Kavanagh. The accusation was, that Father I %.laber, %Oil! Mrs. Burgess, after confession, was !praying cn his knees before the altar, had sent for her to the v,stry-room, and there clone his utmost to ex tort from her a promise that she would exercise her in fluence with her husband to violate his word of honour to Messrs. Kavanagh and Bruen, and to vote for Mr. \rigors, the nominee of O'Connell and the priests. This was the charge ; it was brought forward in the testimony of Mr. Carrol, editor of the Carlow Sen tinel. It was corroborated in the most forcible man ner by a formal letter of complaint from Mr. Burgess to the Popish Bishop Nolan, who appears to be under the tuition of Priest Maher, as his bear-leader, and who bestowed a frivolous and shabby notice on the matter. It was afterwards, as appears from a letter of Mr. Carrol in the Kilkenny Moderator of the Bth instant, admitted, and scarcely palliated by Maher himself, who declared " he thought it no harm to in terfere at such a time and place with Mrs. Burgess !" So the affair stood until Colonel Bruen, provoked at the villanous calumnies put in circulation by the same Maher, and conveyed by him to that conge nial recipient of every foulness, the ear of Mr. Da niel O'Connell, referred to the immaculate Father Maher, in his speech of self-justification against the Maher and O'Connell libels, touching his conduct to wards tenants and otherwise in the county of Carlow ; and what does the reader suppose was the honest fa ther's defence to the statement respecting Mrs. Bur gess ? Recollect, the allegation was, that this priest had disturbed Mrs. Burgess while at her prayers, " after confession," by sending for her, and tampering with her for the breach of her husband's promise. He says that it is utterly false that " he had ever used the aniessional for political purposes," or that Mrs. Bur gess had ever " confessed to him !" There is a pre cious Jesuit for you I He is accused of one act, and justifices himself from another, swaggering away about " insult and injury," " indignant sense," " respect for his own character," " the higher and holier considera tions which engaged his thoughts in the confessional I" than any which regarded the politics of this life. Now, the intriguing, blustering, restless Father Maher will find the world not much disposed to believe, that if his thoughts in the vestry-room were so intent on " the politics of this life," as to render him incapable of for bearing to molest a religious woman, even while praying at the altar, by base solicitations for the breach of her husband's honour, he could have been, when but a few yards off; in the confessional, very exclusively or de voutly intent on "high and holy purposes. The letter of this priest is a mass of vague pretension to piety throughout, interlarded with the grossest hypo crisy, and attempting to carry off the mind of the reader to cases of priestly interference, where the end was to prevail on thieves and culprits to make restitu tion of sums which had fraudulently come into their possession. Who doubts this ? 'Who denies that where no nearer object interposes the Popish priest will endeavour to strengthen his influence over peni tents by engaging them to absolve their consciences of the weight of crimes not convertible to the service of the Church ? What, in common with Colonel Bruen, we do allege against this busy and malignant priest is, that he has done his utmost on all occasions to inflame against the laws, the Government, and the whole Protestant community, the hatred and vengeance of the lower orders of the people—that he has become, like O'Connell, but even with more skill than O'Connell, a pestilential incendiary against the State, and a rancorous disturber of the pub lic peace and safety—that the prostitution of the sacred office to secular and factious objects, has in the case of Mr. Burgess (and in a hundred other forms, as stated before the Committee) been irrefragably proved ; and that priest Maher, and such other " teachers of morality" to the poor Irish, are not fit to be intrusted by Parliament with powers which bespeak an attachment to the British monarchy, or which are capable of being turned against the authority which confers them. We quote the letter of Mr. Burgess to Bishop Nolan, descriptive, on his wife's undisputed testimony, of Father Maker's offence. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. BATH RACES-THUBSDA r. 8172.T0N RACES-TV RDNRSDi " Carlow, 4, Montgomery-street, Dec. 28, 1834. " My Lord,—On my return home on last Wednesday evening, from Dublin, I was not a little astonished to have learned from Mrs. Burgess, that immediately after attend ing her confessional duties on that day, and while praying at the altar, a woman called to her and informed her that the Rev. James Maher wished to speak with her in the vestry-room ; supposing, as she told me, that the call was made to attend some religious duty, she immediately waited on Mr. Maher, and having sat with him for some time, she discovered, to her surprise, that the object of Mr. Maher's interview was not connected with religion, but with politics? As it is unnecessary to enter into any lengthened detail of the particulars of the conversation which ensued, it is sufficient to say that he used every means to induce her to exert her in fluence with me to violate my word of honour as a gentleman, solemnly pledged to Mr. Bruen, and to vote for Mr. `ri gors. . ..... As a member of the Church of England, I have been from the earliest period of my life on principle tolerant, and in marrying a Roman Catholic lady, I never interfered with her religious principles, as her friends and those acquainted with me can bear testimony to. I have too much common sense, however, to permit any Rev. Gentleman to exert any undue influence over any member of my family. I conceive religion and politics are opposite terms, and when a clergyman forgets himself as a religious pastor, becomes a politician, regardless of the im portant duties appertaining to his sacred profession, and la bours for political purposes to fling the torch of discord into a family, thereby endangering the peace and domestic hap piness of the same, such clergyman obviously acts on a principle calculated to injure the interests of religion, and not likely to promote his political objects.' I regret being under the necessity of trespassing on your attention on so disagreeable a topic ; but I feel anxious to know whether or not Mr. Maher had any authority from you for thus, as I think, unwarrantably interfering with any member of my family, inasmuch as from Mrs. Burgess's state of mind after the interview she could not, as she stated to me, con scientiously proceed to take the sacrament on the day fol lowing the interview, as she had previously intended. " I have the honour to remain, &c. " JOHN 11. BURGESS." • added. Peel Course. Heats. Mr. Barry's Wait-a-while Mr. Osborne's Dust Lord Howth's Stiff Mr. Con's Weeper 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 dr The attention of our readers will no doubt be spe cially directed to the proceedings of the House of Commons last night respecting the Irish Municipal Bill. The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented the reasons which had been drawn up for the purpose of convincing the Lords that the House of Commons could not, on the one hand, agree with propriety to the amendments which they had thought proper to make in the Bill, and, on the other, that they ought not to insist upon them. The reasons assigned are of the most convincing, as well as the most conciliatory character: but of what avail is it what they are—what is their tenour—their bearing— or their strong grounds ? Vanity of vanities ! all is vanity':' Sooner will the Ethiopian change the colour of his skin—the leopard get rid of his spots — and the adder that is deaf to the voice of the charmer display the sense of hearing—than the determined and infatuated enemies of the people shall listen to the voice of reason, of truth, and of justice. As we men tioned yesterday, the junta which forms the main spring of their movements, has determined to take its s tand of opposition to the Commons up on th e L or ds' am endments ; and it would he a disgrace to the pro found wisdom of that venerable body, not t o conc lude that its edicts will be implicitly compli e d w i t h b y t h e great body of which it is at once the head and the or nament. The die, therefore, is cast—the crisis is ap proaching—and those who shall shrink from their duty shall not, and ought not, to be held harmless. Yield in this instance—compromise justice and right—and the Commons of England will be . the laughing- s t oc k of all Europe.—Morning Advert i ser. The Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated yester day to the proprietors of the Times, Morning Herald, and Morning Post, that he had determined to adhere to his scheme of restriction as to the size of news papers. Should Parliament sanction the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, all papers exceeding the dimensions of 1,530 superficial inches will be subject to double duty. The largest paper we and our con temporaries arc now in the habit of publishing, under a law which enforces no limit as to size, exceeds the above dimensions in the proportion of about one eighth. The House of Commons will, we trust, be opini on their is neither reason nor equity in a scheme which exposes such establishments as those of the three journals we have mentioned to much immediate expense and inconvenience for sake of a limitation purely arbitrary in its nature, likely in its operation to be productiv e . of direct loss to the revenue, and tend ing manifestly to render less satisfactory and efficient publications in which the public take a considerable interest. Nothing can be more obvious than that double sheets, without any direct addition of duty, are expensive to newspaper proprietors, and advantageous CAMBRIDGE. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1836. to the readers and to the revenue. They are never resorted to but when the influx of adver tisements and the supply of intelligence greatly exceed the limits of a single paper. And is there any ap proach towards common sense in the imposition of a tax upon us or upon our readers, either because the advertisers who employ our columns happen, on a given day, to be larger contributors to the revenue than usual, or because Members of Parliament on the pre ceding night have spoken more than usual of such matter as, consistently with our duty to the public, we cannot omit ? The scheme is manifestly absurd as well as unjust, and shows very clearly that the Finance Minister who proposes it is utterly ignorant of the interests which he is attempting to regulate. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is not satisfied, however, with the absurdity and injustice we have above de scribed, flagrant as they are. We are, it seems, if he can carry his measure, to be subjected to a heavy tax, either in the form of direct contribution to the Treasury, or in that more ruinous form of a compulsory deterioration of our journal, if we do not perfect mechanical arrange ments involving considerable labour and expense, with out any authoritative notice beyond that of a day or two at the utmost. Mr. Spring Rice intends in his wisdom that his graduated scale of duty upon newspapers ac cording to their size shall take effect on the sth of July. It is now the 18th of June. The propositions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer are to be debated in the House of Commons on Monday next, which will he the 20th. So that there will be fifteen days for the measure to pass the two Houses of Parliament. Now, surely it is not to be supposed that we can regard the mere communication of the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, unratified by Parliament, as an au thoritative notice of an alteration of the law, in virtue of which we ought to incur considerable expense and inconvenience by a change of the machinery required in carrying on our business. Yet it is evident that the Chancellor of the Exchequer indulges this unrea sonable expectation, or that in giving effect to his new regulation so early as the sth of July, he must intend to impose us and other newspaper proprietors similarly situated, for a considerable period from and after the sth of July next, the payment of considerable sums to the Treasury, without remuneration, or the necessity of making an unusual demand upon our subscribers ; or, finally, the expedient of abridging the contents, and deteriorating the quality, of our journal. We confi dently expect, however, that Parliament will, upon this occasion, show that it is less irrational and less unjust than the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Morn. Post. The Original 5 Sovs. Stakes, with 50 added from the Racing Fund, for horses that never won 1001. at any one time before the day of nomination ; three yrs, ist ; four, Bst. 71b ; five, 9st. 51b ; six, 9st. 121 b ; aged lOst. Two miles and a distance. The winner of 1001. at any one time previous to the day of starting to carry 51b. extra; mares and geldings allowed 31b. 16 Subs. Mr. Radcliffo's be. e. Marbinet, 3 yrs Wakefield 1 Mr. Houldsworth's br. c. Felix, 4 yrs 2 Mr. S. Herbert's b. c. Burlington, 4 yrs .. Mr. Aplin's b. c. Detonator, 3 yrs Mr. Etwall na. c. by The Colonel 3 yrs Betting-6 r , -6 to 4 agst Detonator (taken), 6 to 4 agst Felix (tiken), sto 4 agst Martinet,' e end 10 se 1 agst Burlington. Won by a length. The Tureen Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Two miles and a half. Three yrs old, 7st. 21b ; four, Bst. 91b ; five, 9st. 31b ; six, 9st. 71b ; aged, 9st. 91b ; mares allowed 31b, geldings, 21b. Horses never having won at any one time 1001. in 1836, previous to the day of starting, allowed 41b.,ttc. 16 Subs. Hon. S. Herbert's b. h. Carnaby, 6 yrs, walked over. The Dyrham Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, one mile. 6 Subs. Capt Richardson's Deceiver, ist...S. Day, jun. 1 4 1 Mr. llarris's Barney Bodkin, 6 yrs, Bst. 121 b... 3 1 2 Captain Lamb's Jack, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b 4 2 3 Mr. Webb's Lepidus, 4 yrs, ist. 61b Mr. Lambden's Little Rover, 5 yrs, ist. 61b... 2 3 dis Betting-7 to 4 agst Jack, and 2to lagst Deceiver. The first heat won by two lengths, the second by four lengths, and the third by a head. A Gold Cup, value 100 guineas, given by his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each. 10 ft., and only 5 if declared by the 6th of June. Two miles and a distance. The owner of the second horse to save his stake. 19 Subs. Lord Warwick's Pelops, 4 yrs, Bst ... Mr. R. Arkwright na. Altamont, 4 yrs, Bst 2 Mr. G. Cook's Red Rover, 5 vrs, 9st The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Lea na Cymro, Mr. Tomes's Random, and Mr. Simpson na. Midsummer. Betting-6 to 4 agst Red Rover, 3to 1 agst Altamont, sto 1 agst Pelops, sto 1 agst Cymro, and 6to 1 agst Random. A very fine race with the first three ; won by a neck. The Town Plate of 50 sous. ; three yrs old, ist ; four, Bst. 51b. ; five, Bst. 121 b ; six and aged, 9st. 21b ; mares and geldings al lowed Sib. A winner in 1836, previous to stabling, to carry 31b. extra ; maiden horses, and those that have not won in 1836, allowed 31b. Heats, mile and a half. Mr. King's Lucy, 6 yrs Mr. Tomes ' s Random, 5 yrs Mr. Lacey's Midsummer:3 yrs 3 dr CURRAGH JUNE MEETING, WEDNEsnar. Champagne Stakes of 10 sows. each for three yrs old; colts, Est. -11 h; fillies, Sst. Three Years Old Course. Colonel Westenra's Fusileer Mr. Hunter's Emmet Mr. Flood's The Water Witch 3 Mr. Hunter's Recherehe First Class of the Corinthian Stakes of 10 sovs., h. ft., with 30 GRAND ROWING MATCH-OXFORD AND The match of yesterday was one of the prettiest specimens of rowing that has been witnessed for a considerable time. Nothing in the shape of weather could deter the admirers of this beautiful sport from attending. It would really be an im putation upon their good taste if it could ; and if there be any who doubt the height at which the taste for this amusement has risen, the coup devil of yesterday would set the matter at rest. The Gentlemen of the respective Universities are " the leading stars" of aquatics. In rowing the others are but " small fry" in comparison. This match had, from the first moment to the hour of rowing, created more than ordinary interest. It was a thing upon which gentlemen might with safety sport, but there had been a slight drawback in conse quence of the dispute relative to the distance, Oxford having had a very strong desire to row a mile and a half with or against tide, or from Putney to Hammersmith-bridge; while the gentlemen of Cambridge were desirous of rowing the usual and crack wager distance, from Westminster. An arrange ment was ultimately made, to the very great satisfaction of the Londoners, as it is a treat to see a contest between eights, and such eights as these, were enough to reconcile any man to the prospect of a wet skin. The forenoon had given hopes of better things, but the rain fell heavily two hours before the match was to be started. Everything had been booked at the respective boat-houses, and to view the sang froid with which the gentlemen " peeled" as they took their stations in the dif ferent craft was really very amusing. They knew Oxford and Cambridge were to contest, and that reconciled them to the pelting of the pitiless storm. At four o'clock there was a move towards the starting point, and the gentlemen who were to compete immediately after made their appearance. Al though the rain descended in torrents all were gay; and if ever rival crews felt confident they did. Cambridge won the choice of station, certainly an advantage, as they took the near shore. Oxford were to Southward. The signal was given—the start delightful—and as soon as way was well on they were out of sight. Cambridge went clean a-head, and in each successive stroke gained upon their adversaries. The Oxonians went in desperately facing the Eagle, but their at tempts to pass the other crew were ineffectual. The gentle men of Cambridge maintained the leading position, and won by fifty-three seeonds. The Oxonians never stood a shadow of a chance, although they looked bigger men. Of the two boats in which the match was rowed, neither were so good as might have been found for such a wager. That of the Cambridge gentlemen was too lofty. Had there been any wind out, they would have disco vered the secret. The Oxford boat was just the sort of thing that any gentlemen would have picked to row round the Nore Light or to Margate in. The stroke of the Cambridge was a beautiful oarsman. lie pulled lengthly, " stretched out and laid down well," as did those forward. The Oxonians gave a sort of double stroke " niggling" kind of work, nor did they set their boat so well as the rival University. The head would cock up. At Putney, after the victory had been won, the appearance of the gentlemen was really anything but comfortable—all were wet through, and those who had half a chance had laid bold of any thing to grace their shoulders. Sofa corers and Macintosh's were alike, nor were the amateurs very particular what it was. The assemblage was immense, and Avis's, the Star and Garter, and other houses on the banks of the river were crowded to suffocation. The following are the names of the gentlemen comprising the crews :....... CANIBIZIDGE. -Messrs. Granville, lipslier, Kean, Jones ; Hartley, Stanley, Green, Solly—ligan, coxswain. OXFORD.-Messrs. Bayley, Moysay, Carter, Pennyfather, Isham, Harris—Davis, coxswain. A cricket match was played at Harrow on Thursday, the 16th instant, between eleven gentlemen of the Marylebone Club and eleven geutlemen of Harrow School, which, after some very good play on both sides, terminated in favour of the latter, with nine wickets to go down. The batting of - Fuller, Esq., of the Marylebone Club, called forth universal admiration. In the window of a dressmaker's shop in Prince's street, Drury-lane, may be seen a bill, stating that " Logins" are " to be lett to a singe' woman;" enaing with the neces sary clue to particulars, " wring the uper bell." PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK SI OCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c.&c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 17. Number Dividend Price i of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Shore. 1,760 6i poi cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 972. 18s. sh. BR 1,183 6/. Ashby.de_le-Zouch . Average 113/. sh. 65 1,2 . .ii Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 51 1,0 , 5 51. BrecknocK. and Abergavenny 150. sh. 9C 4,000 sh. 131. 10s. Birmingham, I -16th share l7l. 10s. 200 4,00,1 Ditto a.,1 Liverpool Junct....l OW. sh. all pd 301 6 , 0 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 64 400 N. Chelmer and 'Backwater 100/. oh. 103 500 12/. Coventry lOO/. sh. 775 4,31)1 ("roydon Average 31/.35. 10d. sh. 3 3,ofin 31. 10s. Dudley lOll4 sh. 78 (31M) 61. Derby 100/. sh. 130 2 1 000 Danube and Mayne DI. 13s. 43. 15/, pd 101 3,5751 Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 80 331 43', Erewash 100/. sh. 400 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde ls crape 4401.165. sh. 590 1,300 131. Grand June . : - _ ._ .. 00/. sh. 215 2, 0 49/ Grand Union 100/. sh. 25 13,21 Grand Surrey lOO/. sh. 10,11001. 41. per cent. Dam (optional) Loan lOOl. 73 3,091 Grand Western 600 13/. 1.25. Sd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. • 230 1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 10(1/. sh. 14 749 IN. Grantham 130/. sh. 203 3,2:18 1/. lOs Huddersti, Id Average 57/. (is. 6d. sh. 3 . 2 100 Kensington 101) sh. all pd. IC 5,318 IL Kennet and Avon, Average 39/. Bs. 10d. sh. 2( 2,897; 2 0 /. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 51( 515 121. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 14! 9 7 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver Pa/. l(fs. 7 2,41i0 111. Monmouthshire lOO/. sh. 20 238 9/. Melton Mowbray 100/. sh. 20 501 25/. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 58 3,0(0 Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 5 217 151. Neath 1,781 321. Oxford 1001. sh. 5) 522 2/. Oakhinn l3Ol. sh. : 2,400 I/. Peak Forest Average about 78/. sh. 11 31,118 /4s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. I6s. 841. sh. 5,009 5/. per cent. Shropshirel 800 /W. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. 1 5,000/. 6; per cent. Ditto Lock Fond Stock l3/. 10s. sit. 700 36 1 - Stafford and Worcester 1461. sh. I 500 11 1. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. ! 3(h) 8/. Stourbridge 3,647 11. 10s. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. Os. W. sh. 53 3 13/. Swansea 1001. sh. 3,762 1/. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 321. sh. 2,60 , 1- 1 sh. 521. 10s. Trent and Mersey, -.1. share 100/. sh. 8,119 Thames and Medway... Aver. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 1,000x2 , •/ 15/ , Warwick and Birmingham 100/. sh• 1,000,4011.3 WO 1!!, Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 6,000 31. lOs Worcester aad Birmingham...A v. 78/.Bs. sit. 5,000 255. Wilts and Be rks .. Average 07/. 10s. Bd. sh. 800 61. Wyrley and Essington 135/. sh 1 ,s(•; .. Wi s beach 905 1/. Wey and Arun llO/. sh. DOCKS. 2,6008 c i 3p. c. 1,06355 h j Commercial lOOl. sh. ',667:/. 4 per cent. East India • Stock 1.9,.._ 1:/. 4 per cent. r3ast Lim. 3,233,3101/. 5 0 s. p. Et. London Stock Ditto Bonds ,350,000/..5/. per ct. West India Stock 0,209 3/. tis. 4d. Bristol Average 1471. 10s. sh. 64,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 3 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,003 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Shoreham Harbour 2.500 ..,..... Deptford B Pie RIDGES.4 r 1,600 1/. H ammersm ith 5O/. sh. 7,231 Southwark, Old -ay. 63/. Os. 80. sh. 1;700 U. Iss. Ditto, New, of 7,1 per cent. 5,000 ... ...... Waterloo lOO/. sh. 5,000 1/. os. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6Ol. pd 5,000 Ills. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 4O/. pd 110,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto 13onds 6,000 1/. Vauxhall Av erage 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 1 AS-URANCE COMPANIES. 11,000 3/ 10 s Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 7 50 , 000 1 5 If i c s e: . l Alliance, British & Foreign 1001. sh. 10/. pd I 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. pd : 24,000 i'l per sh. Atlas 50/. sh. 51. pd 14 1,05)p ash. 41. Birmingham 1 1 ire 250/. sh. 551. pd 101 00,003 4/ per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 45 12,000 6/. per cent. British Commercial 50/, sb. 5/, pd 6 ; 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medical, &c. Life, Hash. 10/. 10110 s pd 3i 4,000 2/ lOs County 100/. sh. pd 42 10,000 55. Eagle 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 6 200 lser cent. an p a 3 , 3 , ,3 Economic Life lOOOl. sh. 2501. pit 375 2,271 51/. percent. European Life "W. sh. all pd 22 50,000 os. Ditto, New 0 0/. sh. '2l. pd 1/. 12s. ,000,0001. 71. per et. Globe Stock 160 20,000 11. Guardian 100/. oh. 00/. pd 37.1 (Tire 5 p et," 40,000 t Life S I , 0.3 hope 50/. sh. 5/. pd 6 2,100 Si. 7s. lid. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 Os. Imperial Life 100!. sh. 10!. pd 10 13,45810s.Sti'per sh. Indemnity Marine Ico/. sh. N. psi 17 2,020 Si lOs Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 02 3/. Ditto Life 79 10100 I6s. Law Life 1001. sh. 101, pd 27: 3,900 London, Fire "5/ sh. 121. 103. pd 15 1,000 London, Ship .5/ sh. 12/. 10s. pd 15 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Life 50/. sh. 2/. pd 217 s 60 250,001 Is. 00. Protector Fite 0 0/. sh. 2/. pil 1/18s 011 2,500 1/. Provident Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 14 100,000 53. Rock Life 0 0/ sh. 2/.101 fiii 609,220 a 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 203 Sun 2lO 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5/. p 0 51 50,00) 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 0 1" pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 5,000 Australasia 4O!. sh. 401. pd 50 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham s l'!. sh. 10/. pd 1 [0,10)0 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank .. 50/. sh. 51. pd 18,000 `:.! per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 15/. pd 3,000 Lancaster 100/. oh. 201. pc! 05,000 6 per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 101. pd 30,000 71 per cent. Manchester and Liverpool} lout. sh. 10/ pd Discount 20,000 6 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/. pd 20,000 8 per cent. Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 25/. 'al 20, , 00 5 per cent. National Bank of Ireland s' 1. sh. 1241. pd 10,000 National Provincial Eng. -lOU/. sh. 25/. p'l !0,000 10 per cent. Gloucestershire 5O/. oh. 711. pd 6,000 Hampshire 50/IEII. 51. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 500 1/ 10s Bath O/. sh. V/. lid 5,000 N. per cent. British 4O/. sh. 161. pd , f5/.percent} 5 's ff,, - hand Bs. 53.3 Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd Sl4 5/ lOs Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2o'. sh. 1,500 Brighton 2O/. sh. 750 Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 18/.1,1 0,471 5 per cent. Brighton General .0/. sh. all pd 4,000 :3/. Continental Cansolidated lOOl. 511/. pd 1,000 10/. City of London 1,000 61. Ditto, New 4,000 4/.los. Equitable 4Ol. pd 10,000 5/. per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 800 51. per cent. Isle of "[flatlet "5/. sh. 20/. pd 2,350 6/. per cent. Independent '3O/. sh. all pd 1,500 73 per cent. Leeds .. "0/ sh. 211/. pd 9,000 3/. per cent. Phoenix 501. sh. 39/. pd 1,000 4/. per cent. ltatclifl' 100/. sh. 60/. pd 4,0,0 South Metropolitan 8,200 5/. per cent. United Ge neral 5O/. sh. 45/. pd 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 5(1/. sh. 400 8/. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 000 I" .., 3/. Westminster Cha r te red boll 12 Ditto, New 5( 1. sh. 101. pd 8(,0 Yarmouth "0/. sh. 18/. pi' WATER WORKS. 4,500) Birmingham 25/. sh. 05/. pd 1,433 5/. East London lOO/. sh. 4,500 2/ lOs Grand Junction ....Average 41/ 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 318 10/. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,5(0 2/ lOs Now diver London Bridge Water Annuities 6,186 11. Manchester and Salford lOOl. sh. 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 5,300 3 /. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 1.360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1001. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 2,500 Aylesbury '2o/. sh. 1/. pd. 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Bristol and Exeter 41 660 Bolton and Leigh 10,000 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. Bi% 2/. pd. 2,000 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100/. pd 2,500 19s. Forest of Dean 5O/. pd 30,01‘0 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 401. pi 30,00 . 010 -, Hartlepool 10 0 4 sh. 1001. pd '2,100 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 2,11111 Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 5,100 9 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lool. sh. 100 1 . pd Ditto Quarter Shares ' l 5/. pd 70 144/. Loughborough 10,000 London and Brighton lOO/. sh. Si pd 45,000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') ...201 sh. 1/. pd Ditto ditto (Rennie) 12,000 London and Blackwall 54 sh. 3/. pd London and Dover 501. sh. 1/. pd 30,000 London and Gravesend 2Ol oh 1/. pd 20,0(10 3 per cent. London and Greenwich '2ol. 04. '2O/. 101 :4,000 ... ...... London and Birmingham -100/. oh. 601. 101 20,1,00 ...... ... London and Southampton -.501. sh. lot pd London and Croydon 5 /. Pd 20,(300 Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. 2/. pd 12,5(10 North "Midland lOO/. sh. 5/.101 0,600 Preston and Wyre 50!. sh. 3/. pd 1,1 , 00 61. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 8,0110 'Thames Haven 5O!. sh. 21. 10s. pd 6,000 York and North Midland 5Ol. sin I/. pd MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 3/. pd 4,000 Alten 15/. sh. 10/. lOs pd 111,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican, iss. Si. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription 95/. pd 2,000 Bolinos l5Ol. sh all pd 10,000 31. ,s. Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm ..... 35/. sh. '2O/. pd 6,0u0 Macaubas & Cocaes United..... 25/. sh. 221. pd Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. Sal. pd 10,0( 1 0 iSoli var Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd 10,00)) .... .. .. Ditto Scrip 61. pd 20,04 1 11. 14. British Iron 5O/. sh. 50/ pd 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 3il. pd 11,000 Cata Branca 01. pd Candonga 7i/. pd 10,000 Copiapo 2O/. sh 12y pd :4,500 Columbian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,450 3/. English .20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. 15/. pd 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh 51y. pd 2,1)00 Polberon Consols lO/. sh. 8/. pd 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....401. sh. all pd Ditto Scrip Ditto Subscription 9 / pd Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd 5,100 Union Gold, iss. 2/. ss. pm....22y. sh. 411. pd West Cork 50/. sh. 50/. pd _______ ...„. ____..............._... LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. oh. 2 0 + 1,500 London University lOU/. sh. all pd 241 7011 Russell 25gs. sh. 8 King' College 1001.1x1 30 MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 I os. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 2fll. pd 401 1,000 11. Auction Mart 50/. !h. 19 6,0.10 ...... ... British American Land Company l3/. pd 11 10,000 Cu./ per cent. Canada Company 100/. sh. 20/. pd 371 200,000 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent 11)3 15,000 It per cent. tleneral Steam Navigation ...15/...h. 131. pd 27 ~. _._ 101. p er cent. Hodson'a Bay Stock- „. London Com. , Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 New Brunswick Land Company . .... .28/ pd 254 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary InterestSoc... loo /. sh. 100 /. pd 13 4 2033 Si. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 451. pd 771 4,h(sl ......... 1 hames Tunnel 50/. sh. all pd 8 10,000 ......... Van Diemer.'s Land 100/. sh. 171. pd 134 2,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, MAY r2O, 1836. BANKS. _ 1,00,00 it. 6 1 . P. et. Bank of Scotland --- S3l. Gs F4l. sh. all pd 2041. 2,000,0)a. 51 P. et. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd NO& 500,0)0/. bp. et. British Linen Company 100/. sh. :.11 pd 2401. 3,000,00(1. Ii!. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 183/. 5,000, 00/. SP. ct. National lOO/. sh. 101. pd 11511. 2,000,0,0, 41. p. et. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 6.5/. 4,000,00/. 4p. ct. Weitern of Scotland _ yam. sh 301. pd 371. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 25(.000s1) 01 P. et. Scottish Union 9 0/. sh. 1/. pd tn., - ,500 sp. et. Hercules lOOl. sh. 101. pd In/ no. 1 0 e,000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 71 Os. 50,(0) 6 P. et. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 1 5 1. 1,000 S P. et. Calodonian Fire 100/. sh. 10/. pd 15/10s 5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh late 100/. sh. 10/. pd 14/10s 100,000 . ....... West of Scotland lO/. pd 0/ 10s MISCELLANEOUS 4,910 FAliti. and Glas Un. Cana1...50/. sh. all pd 2 , 14. I)itto Allocated 96/. sh. all pd 651 . 5,400 5 per cent. Eilinh...loint Stock Water.... 25/. sh. all pd 3741 Carrodlron Company '2so/. sh. all pcl 450/. 2,0005 h. 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/. sh. 3 4 1. pd 30/. 10,0(1) 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 204 sh. 16/. pd 91. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 613/. 4,450 I Oper cent. Glasgow Gas 25/. sh. all pd 60/. 750 li per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 371. 1,200 5 per cent. Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...so/.sh. 604 3,000 51 per ceHt Equitable Lows Company 25/. sh. 91. pd 101. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Report of the Committee. I. That it appears to your Committee, that from the Frith of Forth to the mouth of the Thames there is no harbour %which, i❑ the strict acceptation of the term, can be called a harbour of refuge ; that all are tidal harbours, and only ac cessible at certain times of the tide. 2. That it appears to your Committee, that vessels engaged in the coasting trade are particularly exposed to severe on shore w finds from the north, north-cast, to south-east. 3. That it appears to your Committee, that there are three harbours upon that coast, Whitby, Scarborough, and Bur lington, which have been long maintained under the authority of often renewed Acts of Parliament, by a small passing toll on coal, in aid of the local funds which 'are levied at those ports ; for Whitby a toll is levied of 4-d. per Newcastle chal dron, or 2d. on ten ton per London measure ; for Scarborough id. per Newcastle chaldron ; for Burlington d, per New castle chaldron, or Id. on ten ton per London measure :—The last Act for Whitby Harbour was passed in the year 1827, and has no limitation ; the last Act for Scarborough Harbour was passed in the year 1823, for twenty-or.e years ; the last Act for Burlington Harbour was passed in the year 1816, for twenty-one years. 4. That it appears to your Committee, that although under peculiar circumstances the harbour of Whitby has afforded protection to many vessels' yet that it is very dangerous to enter in a gale of easterly wind blowing on shore ; that there is no safe roadstead ; and that, from the construction of the piers, there is so wide an opening to the swell from the north east, that vessels cannot ride in it safely during a gale below the bridge. 5. That it appears to your Committee, that there is no safe roadsted at Scarborough in an on-shore wind ; that although in the present state of the harbour, the entrance in a severe gale of wind on shore is attended with great danger, yet that as Many as an hundred and seventeen vessels have taken re fuge there during one storm ; and that in the course of fifteen years one hundred and eighty-four vessels have found refuge there in a disabled state, most of which, but for the existence of that harbour, must have been lost. A plan for the im provement of that harbour has been submitted to your Com mittee, and it is the opinion of competent witnesses, that if that plan were carried into effect, it would afford a safe and more capacious harbour, and easy of access during on-shore gales, particularly to vessels embayed between Flamborough Head and Whitby Rocks. The expense of these improvements is es timated at 49,0001.; that the local dues and tolls collected from vessels trading to the port, are quite unequal to the sup port of the existing harbour. 6. That it appears to the Committee, that Burlington Bay affords peculiar advantages to the coasting trade. The pro montory of Flamborough Head running out nearly five miles in the sea, and on which a lighthouse is erected, forms a natural breakwater, under which vessels of any depth, and to any num ber, can ride safely in northernly and north-easterly gales ; that although the Bay is open to the east and south-east, yet that a considerable protection is afforded by the Smithwick Sands; that the anchorage is good ; that during low water vessels can bring up under Flamborough Head in almost any situation ; and that there is no other place between the Frith of Forth and the Humber, where a ship can stop a tide, to get into a harbour with safety. 7. That at the bottom of this Bay, distant from a mile and an half to two miles from the best anchorage ground, Bur lington Harbour is situated :—That, in consequence of the di lapidated state of the Harbour, the Commissioners have, since the passing of the last Act, proceeded to construct new works, which were necessary for its maintenance and improvement : —That about 60 yards of the new North Pier, being the outer end, are completed :—That it is the opinion of Mr. Walker, an eminent engineer, who has lately examined the harbour, that these works are well constructed, and that, if fully car ried into effect, with sonic alterations in the proposed plan for the southern pier, the harbour would be more easy of access, and more capacious :—That Mr. Walker estimates the charge of finishing these works at about 57,000/. 8. That it appears to your Committee, from a statement of the funds presented during the Session to the House of Com mons, and inserted in the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee, that more than one-third of the expenditure which has taken place since the year 1816, has been defrayed from the local funds; but that, unless adequate funds in aid of the local are granted, not only the works now in progress must be suspended, but that the whole harbour will shortly go to decay :—That it is, however, the opinion of the Clerk to the Commissioners, that if the harbour were once com pleted, that the local funds would be sufficient for its main tenance. 9. That it appears to your Committee, that from thirty to forty vessels on an average yearly run for this Harbour in dif ferent states of distress ; and that on the Ist of last May not fewer than twenty-six vessels took refuge in this harbour dur ing a very severe storm :—But your Committee are of opinion that a very imperfect view of the importance of this harbour to the coasting trade would be taken, if it were confined mere to the number of vessels which may actually seek there an asylum ; upon the frequent and long continuance or north easterly gales, the vast number of vessels which are at those times collected in the Bay, the large supplies of provisions and other necessaries which are frequently required, the very heavy surf which during continued north-easterly gales does not allow a vessel to land on the open beach, the high charges which would under such circumstances be made by boatmen from the shore, when all these facts are carefully weighed, then only can the value of such a harbour be duly appreciated. 10. That it appears to your Committee, that a very con venient and capacious harbour which would be accessible in north-easterly winds, and at all times of the tide, could be formed at Redcar, near the mouth of the Tees : where nature appears to have done a great deal towards the formation of such an harbour ; also, that a spot a little further south than Scarborough, called Filcy Bay, affords great facilities for the same purpose. But your Committee cannot recommend to Parliament, that works of such magnitude necessarily attended with a very heavy expenditure, should be provided for by a passing toll, either upon vessels or their cargoes, whether the interests of humanity or other great national objects may re quire that such ports should be formed and kept up at the public expense, are points upon which the Committee arc not prepared to offer an opinion. 11. That it appears to your Committee to be of vast im portance, that every possible facility and security should be afforded to the very extensive coasting trade of this part of the empire, particularly to that portion of it which is employed in the coal trade, on which the regular supply and consequent cheapness of so necessary an article of consumption to this vast metropolis mainly depend, that this constantly increasing demand can only be regularly met by an uninterrupted inter course at all seasons of the year, between London and the ports of exportation on the north-east coast of England ; that the vessels so engaged are during many months of the Year exposed to violent gales of on-shore winds, on an iron bound coast, to the great danger of life and property. 12. That it appears to your Committee, that although much evidence of a conflicting nature (both with respect to the general effects of harbours of refuge, and the proper means of their support) has been offered to your Committee, upon a careful consideration of all the circumstances of the existing harbours, to which their attention has been directed, with re ference to their situation, their construction, their maintenance, the state of their funds, the sanction of the present system by oft-renewed Acts of Parliament, combined with a due regard to the claims of humanity, and the safety of the valuable lives of :In immense body of seamen, your Committee recom mend, First. That a passing toll, not exceeding. the present amount, upon all coals exported from the ports on the north eastern coast of the kingdom, passing southwards, should be continued or granted under due regulations. Second. That, as soon as the works now in progress, or the proposed improvements in the existing harbours, shall be com pleted, the said tolls shall cease, or be modified in suck man ner as Parliainent may limit. Third. That vessels engaged on voyages in which they have paid the passing tolls shall be exempt from all charges on entering the said harbours in a state of distress during such voyage. 13. That it appears to your Committee, that on the north west coasts of Wales there is a great deficiency of harbours of refuge for ships sailing to and from Liverpool; that great facilities are offered for such an harbour between the Great and Little Orm's Head, which would prevent very great losses, as appears by a return extracted from Lloyd's books ; and would be a good station for pilots required for taking vessels into the Mersey. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.—The following bulletin was issued this morning : " His Royal Highness has again passed a good night, and his progress continues favourable. ( Signed) ~ H. HOLLAND. T. COPELAND. H. ALEXANDER. " Kensington Palace, Friday, June 17, 9, A.M." • WORCESTER, JUNE 15.—The reports from all parts of our plantations are as favourable as possible. The plant is growing_ most rapidly an d v igorously, and is almo s t en entirely free from fly. At present the prospect of the planter is most cheering. Nothing whatever is doing in our market. In London yesterday the duty advanced to 174,0001. METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS.—Committee no minated of Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Pattison, Sir Samuel Whalley, Mr. Hume, Mr. Humphrey, Major Beauclerk, Mr. Charles Barclay, Mr. Clay, Mr. Ramsbottom, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Rowland Alston, Mr. Angerstein, Mr. George Palmer, Mr. Law Hodges:—Power to send for per sons, papers and records ; Five to be the quorum. KIDDERMINOTFR.—The carpet weavers have re sumed their work. No alteration in the rate of wages has taken place. The Lord Provost arrived in town on Friday night. He left London on Thursday morning, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, by a steamer, and was landed at Newhaven, next day at two o'clock—left Edinburgh by the four o'clock coach, and reached Glasgow at half-past eight —thus arriving in Glasgow next evening, and perform ing the journey from London, including two hours stoppage in Edinburgh, in the remarkably short space of 44 hours.— Scots Times. The Persian Princes, on Friday afternoon, w ent into a bath a little more than half full, and remained in more than a hour, during which time they made a copious use of soap, particularly about their heads, and then, letting off the whole of the water, placed their heads at the sluice where the cold water rushes in, and appeared to enjoy highly the gush ing stream. They then wrapped themselves up in cloths fur nished them by the guides, and sitting down upon the floor, lighted their pipes, and smoked very comfortably for another half hour, drinking very large quantities of sugar and water, after which they retired in an open barouche to their quarters at Yorke House.—Bath Chronicle. HOUSE OF LORDS.--FRIDAY. COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES. The Committee of privileges met this morning to hear the summing up of the arguments in favour of the claim in the Faux Peerage case. Sir H. NicnoLas summed up the evidence and renewed the arguments which he had used at the opening of the case, with a view to show that this must be treated as a case where the original patent creating the Peerage had been lost, and that in the absence of any direct evidence, the House must presume that the grant was, in the ordinary style of the times in which the grant was made, to the grantee and his heirs, without limitation to heir male. In the course of a very learned argument, Sir H. Nicholas cited a passage from Stowe. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to this passage being received as evidence. It was mere antiquarian opinion with which his Learned Friend alight, if he pleased, decorate his arguments. The Lords postponed their decision till another claim to another Peerage, founded upon grounds similar to the pre sent, had been discussed. The House then resumed, and sat as a Court of Appeal. KING'S BENCH.-FRIDAY. HILL AND ANOTHER V. SYDNEY, KNT. This was an action to recover the amount of an attor ney's bill. The defendant was himself an attorney and so licitor, and having a cause to conduct in Chancery, in which cause there were many different parties, for all of whom he could not, according to the rules of Court, ap pear as the solicitor, he employed the plaintiffs as his agents, and the letter written to them by him in 1831 con tained the expressions, " of course you undertake this bu siness as my agents, on the usual terms." The defence was, that another solicitor was liable with the defendant upon this contract, and ought to have been a defendant with him, as the contract was a joint, and ❑ot a separate, account, and consequently that the defendant was not in dividually chargeable. The plaintiffs had a verdict, subject to the opinion of the Court upon some points of law. COMMON PLEAS.-FRIDAY. SEDUCTION-MARTIN V. MILLAR. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a respecta ble working ship-builder, against the defendant, a dealer in military stores, for the seduction of his daughter ; both parties residing at Woolwich. Mr. Sergeant ACHERLEY stated the plaintiff's case, which appeared in the following evidence : Sarah Martin, a very pretty young girl, of a petite figure, with a remarkable intelligent countenance, appa rently not more than fourteen years of age, and the object of this unfortunate inquiry, went to live with Mr. Millar, the defendant, when she was fourtee❑ years of age ; she was now near seventeen. Mr. Millar was a dealer in mili tary articles and stationery. She was engaged as a ser vant at 41. a year, with liberty to leave whenever she found the place uncomfortable, on giving a month's notice. She here entered into the details necessary to establish the case. She became enciente, and went in March to her father's house, and in the subsequent August she was delivered of child. Her sister acted as nurse, that it might not be known. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS—She left the defendant's service in March. She remained with her father until October in the last year. The defendant sold pipe-clay and all other conveniences for the use of soldiers. His house consisted of five rooms. He did not let lodg ings. His mother-in-law lived with him. The old lady was kind to her. Witness slept in the kitchen. The de fendant was almost always at home. The kitchen is situated at the rear of the house. On the evening in ques tion she was at supper with Mr. and Mrs. Millar in the parlour. She was told by Mrs. Millar to go and shut up the shutters when she had her supper. When the defen dant commenced his attack upon her she called out loudly. She could not say what she said. After defendant effected his purpose she went up stairs. Saw Mrs. Millar. Did not tell what had occurred. Never went to bed that night. Never told any person what occurred, because Mr. Millar told her if she would it would part man and wife, and that her father would turn her out of doors, and her sisters would never look upon her. She was afraid of her father, so did not speak of it until February. She went home one Sunday evening, and told her sister of her condition. Her sister wrote to Mr. Millar about it, and desired her to go back again. She expressed a wish to remain at home. She knew a person of the name of Moore ; he used to play with her when she was a child about eleven years of age. She him but twice since, and that in the presence of the de fendant and his wife. The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, 150/. PALACE COURT-FRIDAY. "THE BA LANCE OF COMFORT."-RAYMOND V. BOND. Mr. Ross stated that the plaintiff sought to recover from the defendant, lessee of the Adelphi and Queen's Theatres for the sum of 201., being the value of a piece entitled, The Balance of Comfort, which his client, an author of some eminence in the dramatic line, had agreed with the de fendant should he produced at his theatre, the Adelphi. The defendant bad not received any " comfort" from his piece, which was produced and played only a few nights, and was then withdrawn to make room for the display of a Mr. Goldsmid ; so that, not being able to bring the defen dant to strike a" balance" in his favour, he had been com pelled much against his inclination to appeal to a Court of Justice, which would, no doubt, hold the scales even, and then award him what he was entitled to, viz., the whole twenty pounds. Mr. Douglas Jerrold, of the Strand Theatre, and author of several successful pieces, stated that the piece was sent him. He had perused it. It read well. But he sent it to the acting manager of the Adelphi Theatre. Witness had never seen it acted. He thought that the sum claimed (201.) was not too much. The run of a piece would depend much on the manager. Mr. Bentley Buckstone gave similar testimony. When he (witness) appeared in the second act, it was well re ceived. It was withdrawn for Mr. Goldsmid to make his appearance. He thought 20/. a fair price. Mr. GASELEE, for the defendant, contended that the piece did not succeed, as it was not very brilliant. With respect to the intrinsic value of the " Balance of Comfort," why it was just as Hudibras had described it— " The intrinsic value of a thing, Is just as much as it will bring." Now, the piece was so dull that it was withdrawn to make room for "The Goldsmith"—(A laugh)—whose appear ance, it was calculated, would change the balance in favour of the manager. In fact, the piece would not draw. Mr. Soane, acting manager of the Adelphi and the Queen's Theatres, had frequently paid ten shillings nightly for excellent pieces ; he had paid Mr. Lunn seven shillings for his farce of " Coronets and Capers ;" and to Mr. Selby, another writer of such pieces, ten shillings nightly. He said " The Balance of Comfort" was not productive to the theatre, or it would not have been withdrawn. He thought five guineas was a fair price. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. Henry Greenleell, aged 19, who had been indicted on the capital charge for cutting and stabbing James Eak, but which was stopped by the Learned Judge, was indicted for the misdemeanor. The case has been fully detailed in our Police Report. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. In the course of the afternoon, Mr. CLARKSON applied to their Lordships, to compel John Minter Hart, and three other individuals, to give notice of bail, and also to extend the time, to allow the prosecutor sufficient time to make inquiries. The Grand Jury had found a true bill against Hart, and three other persons, for conspiring together to defraud a gentleman of the name of Lacy, residing in War wickshire, of bills of exchange to the amount of 3,000/. Unless time was allowed to make the necessary inquiries as to the hail, there was every reason to believe that the ends of justice would be frustrated. He also had to apply for an increase in the recognizances, the usual suns fixed by the Judges was, that the defendant should enter his own recog- nizatices in the sum of 80/., and his bail in 40 /. each. This amount in the present instance was insufficient. Mr. Justice PATTISON—The charge is not one of felony. Mr. CLARKSON—No, my Lord, it is for a conspiracy. Mr. Justice PArrnsorc—The defendants must enter into their own recognizances in the sum of 500/. each, and two sureties in 250/. each. Mr. CLARKSON—On each of the cases, my Lord. Mr. Justice PATTlSON—Certainly. On the Judges taking their seats on the Bench, Mr. Clarkson called their Lordships' attention to the case o f Spencer, who was detained in consequence of an applica tion which he made last night to the Common Sergeant. Mr. Baron GURNEY—Was he not committed as an ae cessorT. Mr. CLardisos—He was, my Lord, and the object of having him committed, was to gi ve t h e prosecutor. an op portunity to consider whether he would indict Spencer or not. The evidence as to his being an accessory arises from his own statement, and which, being uwapported, cannot be used against him. Mr, Baron GURNEY —A s , the .-17. 0 at One time black was white, and at another white l. was nlark. it iS im possible, Mr. Clarkson, to say what is true a v.)-4:;;.- false in his evidence. Mr. CLARKSON—Just so, my Lord. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Then let Spencer be disct.arged• The Jury at length terminated their labours, when fney were discharged by the Recorder., 1191 P 5 116 92& 104 102; 23 4J 14 IS 15 47 16 21.4 15 V 4; 12i 10 240 ' l4 51 1421 26f 131 e