The Sun. — London, England, 1836-11-19 00:00:00

• : ' " 7 " . 'l:t „, PJ*O j r (.21, • _ LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1836. The total failure of the attempt recently made to overthrow the Portuguese Constitution—an attempt concocted by a few unprincipled, ambitious courtiers, at the instigation of foreign intriguers—has given rise to some curious comments on the part of that portion of the British Press, pre-eminently distinguishedfor its advocacy of what it pleases to call Conservative prin ciples. Foremost among these organs of unadulterated Toryism stands our fashionable Contemporary the Morning Post. This journal is a great favourite with the ladies, in whose tender afflictions it always takes the liveliest interest. It is therefore not surprising to find that the delicate nerves of our Contemporary have received a severe shock, at learning that the base-b orn rabble of Portugal were so barbarous as to insist upon retaining liberties which their SOVEREIGN--a most iteeomplished, high-minded lady, mark — graciously con descended t o take from them either by fraud or force. The strain in which our Contemporary dwells upon the Ingratitude of these heartless wretches—these sangui nary ferocious boors—towards their' tender-hearted, aristocratic-minded So VEREIGN, would draw tears from the eyes of—a lady's maid. " Her MAJESTY," quoth the Post, in a strain of doleful cadence—cc Her MAJESTY first took refuge in Belem Castle, immediately under the guns of our ship s cf ' w ar ; but subsequently she returned to the Palace of the Necessidades, to weep out the sorrows of her youth, land to deplore the hard fate which has given her so in azncere an ally for her shield, and such an ungrateful people for her subjects." (!) Bless us, what a mov ing spectacle must Donna MARIA present to civi lized Europe, thus drenched in tears ! Her accumu lated sorrows must rouse the nations of the earth to undertake a crusade for her deliverance. All Al. flacks will be up in arms against the savage horde that dared to balance their liberties against the secret aorrows of their lady Sovereign. But what must overwhelm all sensitive souls with a conviction of the atrocity of the Portuguese on this occasion, is the re flection that the young QUEEN is peculiarly suscepti ble of the liveliest and most lasting impressions of sorrow. Her Most Faithful Majesty has given some itost signal proofs of this, in the very extraordinary means which she has taken to sooth her mind under The most poignant domestic afflictions. We need not nay that in her choice of one of these, at least, she s urprised us—.we but shared in a sentiment which at t he time was common to all Europe. But it is hardly fair that our sympathy for the suf erings of a sentimental young lady of seventeen — albeit a QUERN and the wife of a second husband — s hould prevent us from enquiring into th e extent of h er personal claims upon the ,‘ gratitude" of the Por tuguese nation. Portuguese allegiance, as understood by the Post, would be intelligible to us ; but we are 3'et to learn that Donna MARIA 11. has established 11 ,Y very s trong claim upon the gratitude of the people 1, 4 ° acknowledge her Sovereignty. But admitting her cl a i ms L to gratitude on her father's account, are they 41 . 111 Y to be liquidated by the sacrifice of a Constitu -I°II sealed with the blood of her people ? History will bear us out in asserting that Portugal `l3w,. -s nothinc , to the House of Braganza. With the 'e xe „ 'ption of the late Don PEDRO of Brazil, the na . I.l °' l had n ot a s i ng l e b en ef a ctor in a Prince of the \. ",'‘" ) le line. The House of Braganza ascended the I'Prone o f Portugal in 1640, in the person of JOHN the -z , -a Sovereign who i nc it e d the people to cast off k-ipani s l i yoke, only to replace it by a domestic ty ! my a milli on of times more d egra di ng an d oppres sve. Under King JOSEPH, the country obtained a filli tarp and political reputation, chiefly in conse -I,,e' lee of the abilities displayed by the Marquis of °l\ SBAL, an d th e Count DE LA LIPPE ; but the el eat bulk of the people were little better than the of the Titulados and the Hidalgos—the t ry and re ga l ar i s t ocrac y who divided the coun thi i at y song them. In the plunder of the people took good care to come in for a full share. The House of Braganza lent them all its influence, and shared with them in their guilty plunder. Thus from the accession of JOHN IV. in 1640, till the flight of his miserable successor JohN VI. in 1807, did each succeeding Sovereign of the House of Braganza exercise his power, only to degrade and de moralize a nation, once the most distinguished of any in Europe. To such an extent did this degradation proceed at last, that the very name of Portugal became a synonym for cowardice, treachery, falsehood, theft, and every vice that disgraces society; and it even passed into a proverb, that a Spaniard divested of every virtue would make a good Portuguese. Martial glory relieved not the vices of the Court. When JUNOT invaded Portugal in 1807, the first noble act of the KING was to embark for Brazil, leaving his defence less subjects to make what head they pleased against the enemy. In his flight he took with him all the wealth he could accumulate, in money, plate, and jewels, leaving half a million of the people without a morsel of bread. He also took with him the poor remains of a noble fleet, of which not so much as a plank was ever restored to the nation. The events which succeeded are well known. Eng land saved Portugal, as she did Europe, from the all absorbing dominion of France. When Don JoHN:re turned to his kingdom he found himself at the head of 40,000 well-disciplined efficient troops—a force called into existence by Lord BERESFORD. The people forgetting their desertion by their SOVEREIGN, de manded only a Constitution , ---a poor acknowledgment of their services, of which the Royal dotard, through the influence of an abandoned profligate woman, shortly afterwards deprived them. It is true that Don PEDRO assisted the Portuguese nation in hurling the tyrant I\IIGUEL from the Throne ; it is equally true that in 1826 he gave a charter, which has since been recog nised as a bond of liberty, to Portugal : but PEDRO, in dethroning MIGUEL, thought not of the nation, but of the accession of his daughter ; and in granting a charter, he was influenced by the powerful conviction that without some such concession to the people, Donna MARIA never could ascend the Throne of her ancestors. This may not be the general impression ; but we can answer for it that it is the true one. Now with respect to Donna MARIA herself, she had hardly ascended the throhe when she began to meditate the abolition of the Charter which her father had just granted. In one so very young this excited some astonishment, and certainly presaged anything but good faith on her part. When gently reminded that the good of her people required certain concessions, she burst into tears, and poutingly exclaimed—" Then I am not a Queen when I cannot do as I please !" Had it been allowable to:apply constraint such imperti nence might have been easily corrected by her MA JESTY'S Governess ; but as it could only be heard in silence by those not disposed to applaud it, no wonder that the people thought that their safest course would be to constitute themselves guardians of their own privileges. Henceforth the name of the Con stitution of 1822 was revived. The people were ac quainted with the guarantees against tyranny which it recognized, and they secretly looked forward with hope to its re-establishment. Spain provided them with a favourable opportunity ; and their employment of it was worthy of their own rectitude, and the righteousness of the cause of which they appeared the champions. In addition to the facts upon which we have thus commented, we find it stated in the same fashionable organ, that the PRINCE ROYAL being the relation of certain illustrious personages in this country, a Constitution will not be suffered to exist in Portugal out of respect to his feelings. Indeed ! This is certainly something strange. So Portugal is not to have a Constitution, because the sound happens to offend the German ears of a certain fortune-hunting cousin of our future Sovereign ? Away with such sheer absurdity. We have suffered too much from German prejudices ourselves, to outrage Europe by extending them further at the point of the bayonet. Prince FERDINAND had better imitate the grateful SANCHO PANZA, and not trouble himself with look ing a gift horse in the mouth. General RODIL has proclaimed the province of Estremadura in a state of siege. This is a novel mode of making war upon the Carlists. The inhabitants of the Province have committed no crime, except their being plundered by GOMEZ'S bands within sight of ItODIL'S army be imputed to them as an offence pu nishable by martial law. If their passiveness be so very criminal, what shall we say of the treacherous inactivity of the Commander-in-Chief ? We no longer hesitate to denounce Ron IL as disqualified to hold any command in the QUEEN'S army. Since the commence ment of the present campaign ho has uniformly acted in such a way as rather to accelerate than impede the triumph of the Carlist cause. We have even heard that he has corresponded with the Pretender since his elevation to the War Ministry, and that a month has scarcely elapsed since he entrusted a partizan of his own, to propose to Don CARLOS the terms upon which he was ready to raise the standard of rebellion. These terms, we are assured, were rejected by the Prince, who merely held out a verbal promise that everything might be expected from his Royal and paternal bene ficence. This rumour, whether true or false, was openly circulated on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday last, so that in a few days it will be no secret to the Cortes. We know that RODIL will affect to treat such a charge with contempt. His partizans will tell us that the Carlists circulate such falsehoods, with a view to para lyze the confidence now reposed in the Commander in-Chief. But RODIL'S conduct proves that he, at least, is in no hurry to put an end to the war. Taken all in all, his campaign in Estremadura will justify the Cortes in bringing him to trial. He ought not to be allowed to remain another hour at the head of the army. The whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday have been received. We regret to learn from them that the greatest distress prevails among the silk manufacturers of Lyons. An order of the Prefect recommends them as objects of public charity. This is a dreadful state of things. The Moniteur contains the following telegraphic communication : " BAYONNE, Nov. 15, HALF-PAST 8 O'CLOCK, F.M.— The Carlists took possession on the 10th of the convent of San Mamez, of the garrison, composed of 000 men, and of the artillery. They then threw a bridge across the Ner viou, in order to establish a communication between the two banks of the river. The reinforcement s shipped at St. Sebastian on the 11th bad not left, that place on the 13th." Letters from Bayonne received this morning, an nounce the arrival at Portugalette of six hundred of the British Legion on their way to join the garrison. It was expected they would be able to throw themselves into the town before EGuIA could mo:•e a force suf ficient to prevent the navigation of the river by a war steamer. The fate of Bilboa is no longer entirely hopeless. We find by some of the Tory Papers that there has been a Meeting of sundry Orangemen at Dublin, who have formed themselves into a Society, bearing the title of the " Irish Metropolitan Conservative Associa tion." We do not know whether this may be called a nick-name or not—a false name it unquestionably is. The objects of this Association are essentially the same with those of the defunct Orange Lodges, though the principal movers in this new plot are extremely anxious to delude the public into a belief that there is hardly any resemblance between them. Protestant ascendancy is the watchword, and what does this comprehend ? The adoption of every means within the power of the confederacy to attain their end. Every weapon that can be used against the Catholics, come from what armoury it may, is a lawful one. Misrepresentation, abuse, calumny, forgery, all the machinery which poli tical and religious rancour can call into play, is brought to bear upon the Catholics, in order to show that they are worthy of no better fate than to be footstools for the Protestants—if worthy even of that. That this new Association is what we have desig nated it, is sufficiently clear from the lengthy Report, drawn up by their own Committee, through which, though artfully enough concocted, the cloven foot peeps out every now and then. But, indeed, what clearer evidence can there be of the objects and intentions of this knot of mischief-makers, than the simple fact that one of its originators and prime supporters is the noto rious O'SULLIVAN, whose sole trade is to vagabondize throughout the kingdom for the purpose of vilifying the Catholics, from whose religion he is a renegade. Can there, we ask, be a stronger proof of the motives which actuate the promoters of this Association, than the prominent part assigned to this man in the very com mencement of their operations ? Is not his name a guarantee for every thing that the most unchristian intolerance, based on stupid ignorance, and directed by no principle but that of selfishness, can accomplish ? This foul-mouthed fellow was allowed to speak at the Meeting for two hours all but ten minutes (so says the Morning Herald), on the old text of PETER DENS, pouring out the whole time torrents of the most unmeasured abuse against the Catholics. What infe, rence is to be drawn from this ? What inference the Morning Post draws from it, and thinks others will also draw, may be understood from the fact that that Print dispatches the Rev. MORTIMER O'SuLmvAN's two hours' effusion in three lines and a-half, without, in fact, giving one solitary word of what he said I A more cavalier dismissal we do not recollect to have seen for many a day. Our Contemporary fairly rumped his quondam ally. The personage who figured next to O'SULLIVAN was a spouting machine entitled R. E. PLUNKETT, which vented more fume and froth than a working beer-barrel. We sincerely regret that our space will not permit us to give a few samples of this creature's extravagance. What with its everlasting alliterations, its ridiculous similes, its broken metaphors, &c. &c., it may be matched against any thing that ever issued from a plat form—even in Ireland. The Tories of West Norfolk have had a guzzle in imitation of their brethren in the Eastern part of the County. The wise men of the West are fully equal to the wise men of the East in gormandizing. if the phrenologists wish, in future, to know the powers of a Tory understanding, they must guage the stomach, not the cranium. We are again indebted to our Contemporary, the I Morning Advertiser, for a report of Thursday's pro ceedings at the General Association in Dublin, which are of more than ordinary importance, as will be seen by reference to the report, which consists chiefly of the speeches of Messrs. SHARMAN CRAWFORD and O'CONNELL, on the subject of the tithe question. The former gentleman is, it is well known, an advocate for the instant abolition of the grievance. He is averse to all compromises and instalments ; spurns the idea of delay ; and insists that now or never is Ireland's time to express without reserve or equivocation her resolution to agitate unceasingly, until the obnoxious impost is wholly done away with. The Association, he thinks, should agree to no half-measures on the sub ject—no matter what may be the opinions of Govern ment—for it has moral and political influence enough to achieve, and that immediately, a full and final vic tory. Accordingly, in his speech on Thursday, lie called upon Ireland to express her sentiments without an instant's loss of time ; and tell Ministers in the boldest and directest terms, that either tithe must be forthwith abolished, or the Union be repealed. True, they had an honest Government, but they must not trust to that ; they must trust only to themselves. They must work out their own emancipation by their own ef forts, just as if they had no allies in England or Scotland to back them. Such, in few words, was the substance of the Hon. Gentleman's speech, to many parts of which Mr. O'CONNELL, in his reply, expressed himself de cidedly hostile. He was not for pressing the instant abolition of tithe ; he was not for taking a " lofty and theatrical attitude ;" on the contrary, he was for pru dence and moderation, and for accepting handsome instalments, in the firm conviction that such a course— ' and such a course only—would ensure complete success. Let them but get Corporation Reform, and the abo lition of tithe, to which he was as friendly as Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD himself, would follow as a necessary consequence. But to press for that abolition now, without deigning to listen to any Mi nisterial proposition of an instalment, would be to combine both Whigs and Tories against them ; to raise the " No Popery" cry throughout the country ; and perhaps break up the Government. Anxious as we are, and have ever been, to see Ireland wholly freed from the tithe incubus, we still think that Mr. O'CONNELL's plan of proceeding is the most prudential. It may be tamer than Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD'S, but it is far safer. Corporation Reform is the means by which the abolition of tithe must be effected ; and to go to work without having first secured this, is just as if a carpenter should go to work without his tools. Mr. O'CoNNELL's remarks made evidently a deep impression on the meeting, especially as he did not differ with Mr. CRAWFORD on the main point to be achieved, but only on the means by which it should be achieved: We observe also with satisfaction, that all his allusions, and they were frequent, to the ho nesty of Government, were received with enthusiasm by the Association. -CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.S The further arguments in Britten v. Perrot, which was an application for a new trial, occupied the LORD CHAN CELLOR the whole morning. The VICE-CHANCELLOR was also eccupied, up to the period of our Reporter's leaving, with the case of Scarf v. Descharmes, which was also an application for a new trial. This case possessed no public interest whatever. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS BAY.) ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. PISHIJONGERS' COMPANY• - - Mr. PEMBERTON — addressed the Court on behalf of the defendants in this case, contending that that which the relators called a technical irregularity, had never been called to the attention of the defendants up to the time of the filing of th e i n f or mation, and therefore the information ought to be dismissed with costs. Mr. ROMILLY was reading the evidence in support of the defendants' case, when we left the,Court. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) LUCKART V. HOOPER. Mr. Sergeant WILDE said that he had to make an appli cation for a rule to show cause why his Lordship's (the Lord Chief Justice's) order, made in this case, should not be amended, and why their Lordship's should not direct the ver dict to be entered for the plaintiff upon all the issues raised upon the record that had been an issue for the plaintiff on the second plea, and for the defendant on the Ist, 3d, 4th, and sth. An attempt had been made to abuse his Lord ship's order, which had probably been directed in the ab sence of a perfect knowledge of the state of the record. An attempt had been made to deprive the plaintiff of the benefit of the issue which had been found for him, which, in truth, was intended to decide the whole case. It was an action of trover to recover a certain quantity of wool. The defendant pleaded five pleas—first, the general issue " not guilty ;" secondly, a lien for debt due from a person of the name of Wildbrooke, under a custom of the city of Lon don that warehouse-keepers had a right to detain all goods that came into their possession, no matter to whom belonging, for any debt due from the per son depositing the goods ; thirdly, a lien to the same extent under a special agreement made with Wildbrooke ; the fourth plea set up a lien upon the goods, by virtue of custom, for all demands which became due to the ware house-keeper from the person depositing the goods for freight, duty, or other charges in respect of goods depo sited by the same person, in other words, that by the custom of London a warehouse-keeper had a lien upon all goods de posited with him for any debt due by the depositor for freight, duty, and other expense in respect of other good s ; and the sth plea alleged that Wildbrooke was employed as agent for the plaintiff, and had deposited a certain quantity of wool with the defendant, who was a warehouse-keeper ; that by virtue of this employment a certain debt became due from the plaintiff for freight, duty and other charges upon this wool, and the defendant claimed a lien upon the wool in their hands for this debt, or, in other words, that Wild brooke was employed as consignee of a certain quantity of wool, of which the wool in question formed a part, and that the plaintiff became indebted to the defendants for freight, duty, and other charges upon the wool consigned to Wild brooke, and that the defendant claimed a lien upon the wool in hand for a balance of the debt alleged to have be come due in respect of the freight, duty, and other charges upon the wool consigned to Wildbrooke. The COURT—Was this claimed by custom ? Mr. Sergeant WILDE—It was. On the first plea an issue was sent to the county, a traverse of the custom was set out to the second plea, de injuria to the third plea, a traverse of the custom to the fourth plea, and de injuria to the fifth plea. The pleas went to trial upon the distinct understanding, as was evident from the whole course of the case, that the only question to be tried between the parties was the validity of the custom set out in the second plea, and the validity of the agreement with Wildbrooke set out in the 3d plea, commensurate in extent with the custom set out in the 2d plea. The defendant, by his Counsel (Mr. Cress well) stated the case to consist of two points—namely, the validity of the custom, and the agreement in the 3d plea; but having said this in respect of the agreement in the 3d plea, though the agreement was read in evidence, not one word more was said on the subject of the 3d plea through out the case. The custom alleged in the 2d plea was the matter contested, and the Lord Chief Justice said, in the course of the case, that it depended on the 2d plea, and his Lordship summed up to the Jury upon the question of custom, and nothing else, and the Jury returned a verdict for the defendant, finding for the custom alleged in the second plea. He would refer to the evidence of Druce, which consisted of his meeting with the defen dant and his attorney, when a written demand for the wool in question was made, with an offer to pay any charges which the defendant had to demand against the plaintiff, distinguishing him:from Wildbrooke. On which the defendant said, " I admit the tender ; I do not mean to be uncivil, but you must do your best, as I do not mean to deliver up the wool unless I am paid Wildbrooke's debt." There was no question made in the case upon this subject ; it was taken for granted that there was an offer to pay any thing that was due from the plaintiff, and the matter con tested was the right of lien for Wildbrooke's debt, upon the ground that he was allowed to appear as the owner of the wool, and that therefore the lien against him was good, as against a person who was allowed to appear the owner, under the special custom or agreement. On the part of the defendant he would refer to the evidence of Saunders, and these were the only two witnesses whose evidence was material. He stated that the defendant claimed the whole of the wool for 1,030/., the amount of debt due by Wildbrooke for money lent and charges upon various goods. From the moment the agreement was mentioned, no notice was taken of it ; but a great many witnesses were called to support the custom, and the Court left it for the Jury to say whether the custom had been established. The Jury found for the defendant. When the Jury re turned, after finding the verdict on the second plea, Mr. Richards said, " and also on the third and the others," upon which Mr. Watson, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that they must find for the plaintiff on the other pleas ; and then his Lordship said he would look over his notes and set the matter right. The LORD CHIEF - JUSTICE—It is not usual in such a case to make a contest. Mr. Sergeant WILDE—No. When he came to look over the evidence, it appeared to him that it would not sustain the verdict, and that the custom was not sustain able at law ; he, therefore, came to move to enter judg men, non obstante veredicto, upon the second plea ; and after some argument, his Lordship - ordered judgment to be entered for the plaintiff. The Associate by mistake had, however, entered judgment for the defendant upon all the issues, and it therefore became necessary to trouble the Court again. The rule was made in form to enter judg ment for the plaintiff generally upon the whole record, but the officer having. made the entry mentioned, he thought pro per to apply to the Court upon the subject, and thinking that the only difference was as to costs, and the attention of the Court not having been drawn to that fact, his Lordship de sired the verdict to be entered for the defendant upon the other issues, upon which the defendant comes and says, " I have gained the cause—l am entitled to costs." To pre vent confusion, l►e made the present application that the entry might be altered, and an entry made for the plaintiff upon the whole of the record. It was clear that the de fendant had sustained no one of his pleas. It was enough, indeed, to say that nothing went to the Jury except the second plea, which was not sustained. The evidence ne gatived the fifth plea altogether, as there was no debt due from the plaintiff, and there was distinct evidence that the lien claimed was not for debt due by the plaintiff, but by another person.—The rule was granted. Mr. MILLER said he could state the course which the Court of King's Bench took under similar circumstances. The material question turned upon one issue, and the Court confined the Counsel to that issue. Afterwards Sir W. Follett, the cause having been carried against him, moved to enter judgment upon the other issues for the defendant. The Court said, that inasmuch as no other plea was argued or insisted upon, and as the verdict was found on the one plea, it ought to be confined to that plea. This was the case of 'Febbutts v. York, which was argued in the King's Bench about two years ago. FITZGIBBON V. ARMSTEAU. Mr. Sergeant AITCHERLEY moved for a rule to show cause why the defendant should not be discharged from the custody of the Warden of the Fleet, and a capias ad satisfa ciendum entered at the suit of the plaintiff. The defend ant had been twice discharged by Mr. Justice Bosanquet, and once by Mr. Justice Gazelee, so that there had been three orders for his discharge, and yet he was in prison at the present moment. The plaintiff was connected with the Birmingham Theatre, and the action arose out of an agree ment between the parties by which the defendant was to pay the the plaintiff the sum of 101. weekly during the continuance of the lease of the Royal Birmingham _ Theatre. On the sth of October last the defendant had been arrested by the plaintiff for the sum of 901., being nine instalments of the weekly sum to be•paid to the plain tiff. Upon that summons he had been discharged, but three several detainers had been since lodged against him by the same party, for debts arising out of the same trans tion, all of which, he contended, had been illegal. The rule was granted. The solicitors' clerks in this town have got up a memorial to the solicitors, requesting them to close their oilices at seven o'clock in the evening, instead of eight ; and we understand that they have reason to expect being successful.—liagf ax Express. The strike of the Oldham card-loom hands and spinners is terminated, the operatives having returned to work at the old rates. The late Lord Stowell was noted for his eager pur suit of exhibitions. One day seeing a puff of a rare and curious crocodile, which was likely to prove the wonder of 'the town, his Lordship determined to be, as usual, the first in the room ; however, as he was in the act of presenting his shilling to the beef -eater, who stood at the door, the latter refused it., and pulling him back, said, " No, my Lord, you shan't be so taken in neither ; it is only the old snake your Lordship has seen under three different disguises al ready." Bath is becoming very full, and there is a prospect of an extremely gay season. The usual promenades are literally crowded in the intervals of fine weather with fa sllionable company. Mr. Neeld, the wealthy Member for Chippenham , with his friend, Captain Lechmere, is performing an ex tended tower in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. Lady Caro he Neeld is residing with the Earl and Countess of War wick, at Worthing. Lord Clifford, of Chudleigh, and his family, have taken up their, residence at Rome. 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Exchange Dutch, per cent. 5 3 13 3 23a Ditto Account 53 214 Ditto, 5 per cent 9 9 %3A Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THI S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid, co mmercial P,lat.kwall ftailway Com Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven It firpat Weston Railway Company Rticlhton Railway Company 14111i011 and Madman Railway London and Southampton Railway ( Alanchester and Leeds Railway Corn! North Midland Railway Company London..— and Westminster Bank pany tail way Per Share. 0% 'ornpan y 30 . . pang ]0 COURSE GF EXCH A msterdam C.F. 12 ( Pitto. at sight Hott m i. " U l2 l'iy„; Antwerp Hamburg... Alt -' Gila_ 13 12V, P aris, 3 days' sight 25 45 Ditto ....... .............. . Us 25 75 Marseilles. Pr „ ankfort 01 Maine, Ex. M. 15234 r etenibuigl;,ruble I Us. 1 ° -0 Ilerlhi Vienna effective tl ...... 2 31 lO 12 Trieste' ditto lO 14 Madrid 15 1 4 Cmliz 3fiq kilbo a 'l6 Barcelona 96 R.!ville 36 Gibraltar NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4 7 3,1 Genoa 25 90 Milan '3l Venice 47 Vaples 4014 Palermo per oz. 121 Lisbon 51. Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro '45 13ahi? '2o Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork PRICE OF BULLION, PER DZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 10% New Doubloons New Dollars _ _ Silver, bars. standard 0 0 0 PRICES OF IRISH STOCK 3 Per Cent. Consols 5 6 3,4 Ditto Reduced — 31 per Cent. Stock 9 ,lii )itto New, 18311 3i i per Cent. Debentures...— 89% sank Stock 202 Royal Canal Stock — Grand Canal Stock DUI', AN, NOVEMBER 17. Grant Canal Deb, 6 per cent B7 Ditto, 4 per cent - Hibernian Bank City of Dublin Steam Co. lll National Insurance Co. - City Debentures, 4 per cent - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 per cent - MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 1 France 0 0 Lishnn 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Guam. &Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 finciloi Ayres... 0 1 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 n Cartl , ageria 0 0 Holland I Dabliii... 0 Flanders HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. morning 50 minutes after IL I Evening 0 minutes after 0. HAMBURG, SErr. 28, 1836. nUR Friends, and all those who may have to write to us, are requested to be particular in directing. HEINE BROTHERS. in HAMBURGH, _ . and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 10/. 201., or 30! ., for instance, if remitted in One Rank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 10/. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note ; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. To save expenses that may as well be avoided, we request our Correspondents not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1836. KING'S BENCII.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) TIIE KING V. THE JUSTICES OF STAFFORDSHIRE. In this case a rule for a mandamus bad been obtained against the Justices of Staffordshire, commanding them to allow the inhabitant rate-payers of the county to inspect and take copies of any rates made since the 31st Decem ber, 1831, and also any orders of the Justices at Sessions, made on the 9.. d January and 10th April, in the 3d year of the King's reign, directed to the Treasurer, and authorizing the payment of a sum of 1,763/.Bs. 9d. to the clerk of the Peace of the county, for bills of costs and disbursements alleged to have been made by 12. m. The Justices made a return to the effect that on a former occasion they had allowed an inspection of the rate, and they did not now feel warranted in submitting it again to the consideration of the rate-payers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now contended that the re turn w as 'insufficient, and that the Justices should be called on to amend it. The COURT postponed its opinion, as Sir William Follett was not prepared to argue on the other side. The special paper was then gone through, but nothing - of public interest took place. BANK OF ENGLAND. The following was po.ted up at the Bank, this day : Bank of England, Nov. 19. " The Governor and Company of -the Bank of England do hereby give notice, that from and after the 21st instant, they will be ready to receive applications for loans on the deposit of Bills of Exchange, Exchequer Bills, East India Bonds, and other approved Securities. Such loans to be repaid on or before the 16th January next, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and to be for sums not less than two thousand pounds each." SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) (FIIOM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, Nov. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived the Thomas Snook, Baker, from Cape of Good Hope ; James, Harris, and Esther, Hill, from Quebec. Put back the Matilda, Comen, for the Cape of Good Hope. Arrived from the river the Globe, Elsdon, for Algoa Bay ; Agnes, Cortumin, for Ceylon'; Reserve, —, for Jamaica; Rosalba, Tourose, for Trinidad; Secret, Gates, for St. Michael's ; and Folkstone, —, South Seas. Poursmounr, Nov. IB.—Wind W.N.W., very squally.— Put back his Majesty's brig Snake, for the West Indies. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 17.—Wind S. to N.W. FALMOUTH Nov. 17.—Wind S. W. to W., fresh gales The Lapwing Packet, for the Havannah, Belize, and Mexico, and Briscis Packet, for the West Indies, arc detained by strong contrary winds. DOVER, Nov. 18.—Arrived off port the Andromache, An drews, from Bombay--sailed 17th July. BRIS rot., Nov. 18.—Arrived the Felix, Poland, from New foundland. GLOUCESTER k Nov. 18.—Arrived the William and Robert, —, from Newfoundland. CLYDE, Nov. 16.—Arrived the Cleveland, Morley, from Bombay ; and Canada, Allen, from Quebec. LEITH, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Hesperia, Tregarthere, from Altea ; and Hamburg Packet, Taylor, from Hamburg. INVERNESS, Nov. 15.—Arrived the St. Nicholas, Morgan, from Memel. LYNN, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Ann, Larry, St. Petersburgh. HUMBER, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Consort, Armstrong, Express, Laycock, and George Marsden, Dunnett, from St. Petersburg ; Ellergill, War, from St. Petersburg, after being on Gothland, and throwing deck-load over; Sevonia, Carri son, from Stockholm • and Janet, Wildridge, from Riga. HULL, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Augusta, from Copen hagen; Manfield, Brewer, from Riga; and Agatha, Maria, and Brodergo, from Pillau. BELFAST, Nov. 15.—Arrived the Aurora, Lebual, from St. Übe's. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Fairfield, Jack, from Pictou; Gleans, Merris, from Miramichi ; Margaret, Russell, and Frin Wilkinson, from Quebec ; N. S. de Regona, and Tarragona, Dalia, from Oporto ; and Rising Sun, Hull, from Horde; Off port, the Margaret Wickem, from Quebec ; and Woodman, from St. John's, New Brunswick. The Samuel Harvey, from Waterford to London, was to tally wrecked on St. Alban's Head, on Wednesday night. The Francis, Wm. Good, from Cullen to London, struck o►► Rotten Head on Monday night, and sunk. The Mary Ann, Potts, from St. Petersburg to Gloucester, struck on the coast of Gothland 31st ult., and immediately filled with water. The Celerity, from St. Petersburg to London, and Eliza beth and Mary Dod, for Dundee, and six or seven other ves sels, were abandoned on Hogland 30th ult.—cargoes expected to be saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS.DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals this morning--the French mail ' • ship letters from New York, Oct. 30; Calcutta, June 11; Bombay, July 17 ; and Cape of Good Hope, Sept. 17. By the arrival of the Garrick packet-ship, with New York papers and letters to the 30th ult., we have accounts from the above capital, that the scarcity of money continues there. Two and three per cent. per month is given for loans. It is also stated that several failures, some of considerable extent, have taken place ; but private information says they were of a limited description. The request, in a memorial from the merchants to the Government, to permit the money in the Deposit Banks to be issued for the relief of the trading classes, had been rejected. The exchange remained at the previous accounts-7i 8 prem. ; Bank Shares, United States, 114 f. TUE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of yes terday-87i for the Account ; the same for money. Nothing doing, except making up the accounts against settling day, which takes place next week in the Consols. Exchequer Bills, lid. 5 3 disc. ; Exchequer Bills, 2d., 2 4 disc. ; Bank Stock, 202 ; India Bonds, 2 disc. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active the same as they closed—l9i ; Debentures, 31i; Portuguese, no alteration -91 Thrae per Cents., 324-33 ; Colombian, 21f ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,, 52i 53. QUARTER PAST TWELVE. We this moment learn that a great failure has taken place at Carlisle—the Old Bank. .£lOO,OOO Consols have just been sold, causing them to re cede from 87i to 87i for the Account. HALF-PAST ONE. The failure of the Carlisle Bank at first caused some sensa- tion in the City, and in consequence the funds receded ; but on its being ascertained that it would not cause much mischief, and then failure being anticipated, the funds have somewhat recovered. Consols, which have been at 872 for the Account, may be quoted at 87 i ; Money the same. Exchequer Bills, lid., 5 3 dis. ; 2d., 2 5 dis. ; India Bonds, 1 3 dis. ; Bank Stock, 202 ; India Stock, 253. In the Foreign Market there is little doing, as the specula tors in Spanish are waiting the result of the seige of Bilboa. Spanish Active, 194; Debentures 314 ; Portuguese, 51 ; Three per Cents, 32, 1 2 .-1 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 53. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 871 MONEY MARtiET.—The pressure for money ap pears to be in some degree relaxed, and the alarm occa sioned by the failure of the Agricultural Bank of Ireland has, to a large extent, subsided, the letters received to-day intimating that even the branches of that establishment have escaped any considerable run upon them. Here the opinion every day gains ground that by a steady and tempe rate perseverance in the course lately pursued by the Bank of England, of imposing such restraints upon the circulation as shall gradually bring down speculative prices within legi timate limits, the foreign exchanges ,must inevitably be placed before long on such a basis as to insure the return of bullion to this country. The indications of such a state of things were to-day op 'Change unequivocal. A marked im provement took place in the quotations on Paris ; and on Hamburg, Amsterdam, and Vienna the terms were rather more favourable. The price of wheat is also 3s. lower, by no means an unimportant feature in the question.--Morn ing Chronicle. Their Excellencies the Lord-Lieutenant and the Countess of Mulgrave returned to the Phoenix Park on the 13th inst., from Normanby Lodge. The dinner party at the Vice-Regal Lodge, Wednesday evening, consisted of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Archbishop of Dub lin and Mrs. Whateley, the Lord Chancellor and Miss Plunkett, Lord and Lady Cloncurry, the Marquis of Clan ' ricarde, Viscount Morpeth, Sir Edward and Lady Blake ney, Sir Guy and Lady Campbell, Mr. and Lady Louisa Tighe, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Smith, the Chief-Remem brancer, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Lieut,Colonel Yorke, Captain Steuart ; lion. Captain Liddell and Mr. Rowles, A.D.C. in Waiting.—There was a party in the evening, and music, at which M. Herz and the Messrs. Robinson assisted. Among the company were Sir Charles and Lady Morgan, Lieut.-General Sir John Vandeleur and Miss Van deleur, Hon. Captain and Mrs. Vaughan, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Grey, Colonel and Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. White and Miss Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzroy and Miss Beauclerk, the Surgeon-General and the Misses Crampton, Colonel, Mrs. and Miss Webber Smith, Major and Mrs. Forster, Mr. Blackall, Lieutenant-Colonel Bradshawc and Mr. D. Cameron, 77th Rent., Hon. Mr. Villiers, Mr - . Burke, &c., &c.—Mulgrave Castle has been undergoing repairs and improvements ; the tapestry work of the principal state-rooms is to be of Irish manufacture, hav ing been ordered in Dublin by the Countess of Mulgrave. —Freeman's Journal. A HINT V TO THE WORKING CLASSES. -:—lf a man at 21 years of age began to save 4s. a week, and put it to interest every year, he would have—at 31 years of age, 130/.155. lid.; at 41,371/. 7s. 7id.; at 51,735/. 14s. 1 lid.; at 61, 1,2291.55. 211 ;at 71, 2,296/. Os. 44d. - When we look at these sums, and when we think how much tempta tion and evil might be avoided in the very act of saving them, and how much good a man in humble circumstances may do by these sums, we cannot help wondering that there arc not more savers of 4s. a week. He who saves this sum may not only pay his own way, but be may help the afflicted, and subscribe to Carious benevolent societies. In short he may show mercy to thousands in this world, and he may help them on their way to a better.—Scotsman. CAPTAIN BACK.—Letters were received in town on Monday by the Hudson's Bay Company, informing that this intrepid navigator had been seen in the Strait, but that he had been unable to reach their station on the Bight on account of the great quantity of ice. The inclemency of the season surpassed that of several preceding years, and it was not known if he were under sail or inclosed in the ice. Thursday night, between seven and eight o'clock, as Miss. Harriet Sneath, the youngest daughter of Mr. Sneath, of Somers-town, was dressing for an evening party, her ap parel took fire. The dr ess b e i ng gauze an d muslin, in stantly ignited, and the young lady, before she could be aware of the circumstance, was completely enveloped in flames, which, ascending rapidly to the bosom, throat, and head, rendered her incapable of making a single effort to arrest their progress. In this dreadful state she rushed from the apartment, screaming wildly, and was met on the lAnding by her mother and the maid-servant , who made some ineffectual attempts to quench the fire. Surgical aid was quickly obtained, but, from the dreadful state of the young lady's throat and head, faint hopes are entertained of her recovery. Miss Sneath is only in her 18th year. COURT CIRC ULAR. M..Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, accompanied by his Lady and family, landed at the Hermitage Stairs, at seven o'clock on Thursday evening, from the Batavicr steam-packet, from the Netherlands. His Excellency trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. A meeting of the Church Commission was held yester day at the office in Whitehall Palace. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Lincoln, Lord John Russell, and. other Commissioners were present. The meeting broke up at half-past three o'clock. The Solicitor-General, Admiral Tollemache, and Cap tain Terry (from Sierra Leone), transacted business yes terday at the Colonial Office. Viscount Duncannon is on his way to town from Ireland. The Chancellor of the 'Exchequer visited Viscount Mel bourne yesterday in Downing -street. - The Earl of Shelburne returned to Lansdowne House on Thursday from Cambridge. Mr. Pnulett Thomson visited Lord John Russell yester day at the Home Office, and the Chancellor of -the Exche quer in Downing-street: BRIGHTON-FRIDAY. Their Majesties did not leave the. Pavilion to-day. The Duchess of Gloucester, accompanied by the Coun tess of Brownlow, and the Princess Augusta, accompanied by Miss Wynyard, were in public this morning. Prince Ernest, accompanied by Earl Brownlow, took a carriage airing this morning. The dinner party yesterday comprised Rear-Admiral Thompson, and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson. Vandenhoff appeared at the theatre last night for his daughter's benefit ; the house was not full, but the manner in which the performances went off must have been most flattering both to father and daughter. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Bishop of Lincoln, at the Bishop of London's, Fulham, from the Palace, Buckden, Huntingdon ; Lady Dover, at Whitehall, from Ireland ; Earl Spencer, at his seat, Althorp Park, Northamptonshire, from a visit to Mr. Coke, at his seat, Holkham, Norfolk ; Mrs. and the Misses Potts, at Sym mons's Hotel, St. James's.street, from a tour ; Lord Glan dine, at ditto, from Scotland ; Captain and Mrs. Mellish, in Brook-street, from Chatham; Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, at Rag gett's Hotel, Dover-street, from their seat, in Berks ; Wm. Selwin, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent ; the Countess of Rothes, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Dork ing ; Colonel and Mrs. Armstrong, at ditto, from Hastings ; Mrs. Erskine, at ditto, from Bromley, Kent ; Thomas Wat son, Esq., Mrs. Watson, and family, at the Blenheim Hotel, Bond -street, from their seat, Yorkshire ; James Thornton, Esq. ' ;at ditto, from Brighton Edwin Waller, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; Thomas Tebbitt, Esq., at ditto, from Bath. DEPARTURES.- Sir Francis Stapleton, Bart., from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, on a tour ; J. Straham, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Williams Freman and Miss Birch, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, to their seat, near Hen ley ; Governor and Mrs. Cap and suite, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Paris ' - Mrs. White, from ditto, for ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. William Lloyd, for their scat in Berks ; Captain Vivian, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton ; William Coleman, Esq., from ditto, for Paris ; Rev. Mr. Belgrave, Mrs. Belgrave, and two Misses Belgrave, from the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street, for Dover ; Sir Thos. Pelham Hayes, Bart., from ditto, for Cheltenham ; Charles Torkington, Esq., from ditto, on a tour ; Walter Faulkland, Esq., and Mrs. Faulkland, from ditto, for their seat, near Hastings ; Thomas Hookham, Esq., and Miss Hookham, from ditto, for St. Leonard's ; Captain Halloway, R.N., from ditto,for Portsmouth ; Montagu Scott, Esq., from ditto, for Brighton. Her Majesty bas been graciously pleased to patro nize a subscription theatre at Kingston, which will greatly enliven that town. The large ball-room at the Castle Inn is to be converted into a theatre. The Earl of Minister has conferred his patronage on the Hampstead Literary and Scientific Institution, and has requested his name to be enrolled among its members. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, accompanied by the Countess of Mulgrave, are gone to visit the Duke and Duchess of Leinster at Carton. They afterwards intend to pay a few visits in the country, previous to taking up their residence at the Castle for the winter, about the first week in December. The Earl of Aberdeen, on his way to town from his seat at Haddo, N. 8., is expected to visit the Earl of Morton, at Dalmaboy, near Edinburgh ; the Duke of Northumberland, at Alnwick Castle ; and the Earl of Harewood, at Harewood House. - The Countess of Bridgewater returned to Gros venor-square yesterday, from a visit to Bromley Park, the seat of Lord Farnborough, in Kent. Lord Arbuthnot is elected Lord Rector of King's College, Aberdeen. The French Ambassador transacted business yester day at the Board of Trade. Lord Minto visited Lord Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign Department. . Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell visited Lord Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. The Duke of Grafton returned to Grafton-house, Piccadilly, on Wednesday last ; and this day his Grace leaves town for Euston-hall, in Norfolk. The Duke of Rutland will leave Belvoir Castle on Monday next for - town.. _ The Duke of Wellington arrived at Apsley House yesterday afternoon from Widmer Castle. The Earl and Countess de Grey arrived in St. James's-square early in the week, from their seat in Bed fordshire. The Earl of Minto entertained a small party at din ner on Tuesday at the Admiralty. His Lordship's official dinners will commence, it is understood ; in about a fortnight. The Earl of Buckinghamshire has arrived at his scat, Hampden House, the magnificent domai n inherited by his Lordship from his distant relative, Viscount Hamp den, where his Lordship has been entertaining a party of friends. The Duke of Hamilton' s Palace at Lanark, since it has been rebuilt, presents one of the must spilendid and magnifiaent mansions to public view in the north Of England. " Daniel in the Lion's Den," a chef d'cevre from the pencil of Rubens, is, perhaps, the principal ornament in the pic ture gallery. The Dowager Countess of Guilford is - now able, after a long illness, to take airings in her carrie.ge. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford Lnd Lady Georgiana Russell, on their way, via Portpatria . , from the Doune of Rothiemurchus to Baron's Court, the seat of the Marquis of Abercorn, at Newtown Stewart, Tyrone. The Duke and Duchess of SoMerset are making a tour in Renfrewshire, where they remained some time on a visit to Sir Michael and Lady Shaw Stewart, at Ard gowan House. Despatches were received yesterday morning at the Colonial Department from Sir James Carmichael Smyth, the Governor of British Guiana. Despatches, dated May 22, were received yesterday morning at the India Board from Lord Auckland, the Go vernor-General of India. - - Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for Lord Pousonby, at Constantinople ; for Lord Durham, at St. Petersburgh ; and for the Charge d'Affaires at •the Court of Persia. Major Davis, of the Pension Establishment, - termi nated his existence on Saturday last, by taking, as we have been told, prussic acid. It is reported the unhappy man had been long labouring under mental derangement, and it should appear had the deadly poison some time in his pos session before making the fatal use of it which led to bis death.—East India Paper. The Duke of Newcastle has subscribed 1,0001. to wards-the erection of a pier at the harbour of Aberystwith ; and has, besides, become guarantee for a further sum of 2,000/. in case the subscription, now in progress, should prove insufficient for its object. The Countess Sebastiani's soiree on Wednesday, at Hertford House, was attended by Prince Esterb.azy, Count Bjernstjetfa, Countess of Jersey, &c. We understand that Sir John Cam Robhouse is in treaty-1 . -o , r- the renting of Erlesteke Park, near Devizes. A. rumour is also prevalent that a marriage is on the tapis between the Hon. Baronet and the accomplished (laughter of one or the Members for Wilts. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet the illtwood arrived on Thursday afternoon from Rotterdam, and brought the Dutch papers of Wednesday. The intel ligence was unimportant. Lord Ashley has been mai:it-14; a lengthened inquiry as to the management of the cotton manufactories at Man chester, &C., preparatory to renewing his humane exertions in Parliament for ameliorating the condition of the poor children employed. Viscount Melbourne was to have returned to Brocket-hall this week, but has been detained in town, and is exp ec t e d d a il y to j o i n a shoot i ng party at the seat of his sister, the Countess Cowper, at Pansanger, Herts. There are ctiltivated at present in the gardens of the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn, 6,000 ornamental plants. Although unable to give the particulars, we fear the report is too well founded that a travelling clock-cleaner of the name of Miller, and said to belong to this town, perished in the snow in the end of last week not far from Lead hills. The wanderer, we believe, was in delicate health, and in seeking temporary rest had been overwhelmed alike by the impassable nature of the roads, and the inclemency of the weather,—Dioqjiie; Courier.