The Sun. — London, England, 1836-07-29 00:00:00

THE STATE OF POLITICS AND PARTIES IN UPPER CANADA. No. I The time canaot ha far distant when it will become in• cumbent on the British Government and people to bestow a degree of attention upon the affairs of this province, of which they have never yet been deemed worthy. Within the period of a very few years, the Canadians, from being among the most faithful and contented of his Mak sty's sub jects, have become the most discontented and impracticable. It may not yet be too late to restore the bonds of amity and friendly feeling which once subsisted ; but a little longer delay in .acceding to their just demands, and the breach which has already begun will be irreparable. It is frequently said that with it rich and abundant soil, and a good climate, and freedom from taxation, what can they want ?—what actual grievances can they be under? Had the Ca nadians been differently situated—had they not been in the immediate neighbourhood of a flourishing commu nity governed by themselves—it is probable' that many sources of complaint now existing would never have been thought of. But the Canadians are many of them c tizens of the United States—many of them the descendants and relations of Americans —along the entire frontier a constant interchange and communication is going on between the Canadians and the Americans—and it is impossible that the former should entirely close their eyes to the differences of Government among themselves and the neighbouring States. Many of the grievances of which the Canadians complain grow out of the neighbourhood in which they happen to be placed, and spring . froo the contrast between their o wn con diti on an d that of others, living under forms of government more suited to their wants. If they had not had placed before eyes so remarkable an ins:once of the effects of a cheap, home made Government, they might for centuries have remained content under the domiDion of Downing-street. In considering the state of political feeling in this pro vince, it should always be borne in mind, that it was settled in the first instance chiefly by subjects of the former Ame rican colonies who remained faithful to the British Crown during the revolution, commonly called U. E. Loyalists, and subsequently for many years chiefly by emigrants from the United States—a body of men who have furnished the best farmers now to be found in the province. This is one of the most influential classes of Canadians, and it is easy to imagine what would be the current of their political opinions. The Government of Upper Canada is carried on in form by the Governor, assisted by an Executive Council, analogous in its functions to the Privy Council ; and by the Colonial Parliament, consisting of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. The House of Assembly, which would be powerful if it had the control over all the revenues of the province, is in point of fact powerless, because there are large revenues over which it has no control, and be cause it has no means of enforcing a practical res ponsibility on the different public officers of the Colony. The Legislative Councii are nominated by the Crown, and entirely under its influence, and the Executive Council are never consulted in matters of importance—so that, in point of fact, the Canadian Government, divested of the unsub stantial constitutional guarantees with which it is surrounded, redaces itself to the person of the Governor, acting accord ing to instructions issuing from the Colonial-office. In short, the Government is very nearly absolute in one individual— the Governor for the time being—the Colonists themselves having, practically, very little controul over it. Now this is the master-grievance of the Canadians—no matter how free they may be from taxes, no matter how mild the sway of the mother country ; the irresponsibility of the Government—it' total freedom from the control of the people on whose behalf it acts—is the great evil, the substratum of all the grievaoces of which they complain. Nor is it to be Apposed that this irresponsibility does not produce its natural fruit in Sobbing, in corrupt patron age, and in extravagant and inconsiderate expenditure of the public revenues. Such is the patronage of the Colonia?-office, that the granting or withholding of Supplies is of no political im portance, except as an indication of public opinion concern ing the Government of the country, which is conducted upon a system which permits its officers to take and apply the funds of th e Colonists without any Legislative vote whatever.* The patronage of the Crown arising from civil and judi cial offices and places withi its gift in the colony, extends to at least 50,000/. a year, exclusive of clergy grants, the whole being raised from the people themselves. The patronage of the Crown is almost unbounded—it in cludes the payments of the gifts, &Jades, pensions, and retired allowances to the Clergy of the Methodist, Pres byterian, Protestant, Episcopal, and Ronan Catholic or ders—the pay and appointment of nearly the whole of the civil officers of the Government, from the JuiLges of the Court of King's Bench, down to Collectors of Customs and Excise, Justices of the Peace, and Commissioner:3 of the Court of Requests, almost all of whom hold office du- ring the pleasure of the Crown—it has the nomination of one branch of the Legislature—the selection of the officers of the House of. Assembly—the selection of the Members of the Executive Council—the uncontrolled management of Millions of acres of public lands, and the proceeds of their sales—the appointment of fifteen hundred commissioned military officers—the Post-office Department, with about a hundred deputy Post-masters, all contracts being made, and appointments held, during its pleasure, the surplus reve nue being transmitted to England. The Crown also controls the expenditure of a large annual amount of local taxation, by its power of appointing the district magistracy during its pleasure. The Justices thus appointed select the district Treasurers, and a large number of subordinate officers, and exercise varied and extensive civil and cr;'minal jurisdiction. Magisterial peculation is known to exist to a great extent ; but ell attempts of the House of Assembly to enquire into the receipt and expenditure of these local taxes and revenues have been thwarted. Within the last eight or nine years there has been paid to eight individuals upwards of 30,000/. in pensions, drawn entirely from the revenues of the provinces without the consent of the Legislature, upon ehich the Committee on Grievances ob serve," Had this sum been applied under a frugal Govern ment to the improvement of roads and bridges, it would have done a great deal of' good. The civil pensions of the United States amounted in 1821 to 1,500 dollars ; in 1825 to 2,100 dollars ; and in 1827 to 2,000 dollars. This is the effect of having the management of their own money?' 11' there be any one thing which more than another excites the resentment of the Canadians, it is the covert attempts which from time to time have been made by the Govern ment to establish a dominant religion. There is still, and always has been, a desire to give an undue infl u ence and power to th e Established Church of England. Between the years 1789 and 1833, 23,905 acres of public lands were set apart by the Crown as glebes to clergymen. Of these there were given to the Church of England 00 ,345 acres, to the Scotch Church 1,160 acres, to the Roman Catholics 400, and to all Ether denominations none at all. Since Sir Francis Head becarue Governor, between 50 and GO new rectories have been estaUshed ; for this act, odious and offensive as it is to the populaCmn of Upper Canada, th e present Governor is not to be blamed. In esta blshing these, he merely carried into effeci arrangements which had been made by his predecessor, Sir John Col borne. The act itself has created a feeling of deep dis trust and dissatisfaction among the population of Upper Canada, and 'lathing could have been devised more calcu lated to darken the feelings of discontent which are now so generally pre:•alent. It has been already observed, that the Legislative As sembly is nominated by the Crown. Its subserviency to the Government is notor:on3. Mr. Elinsley, a member of the Legislative Council, and the son of a late Chief Justice of the province, formerly a member of the Executive Council, and now again re- a pp o i n t e d by Sir Francis Head, retired two or three years ago from his seat in the Legisla tive Council, and advertised in the public newspapers that be could not retain his seat and act independently. This state of dependence is strikingly manifested by some facts,t stated before a Select Committee of the House of Assembly, during a late Parliament. Several legislative Councillors bad objected to a measure strongly urged by the Executive, and its failure was inevitable. To insure its passing, coer- ireport from the Committee on Grievances ordered to be p r i nte d by the House of Assembly, 10th April, 1835. A pp , r a dix to Journals of the House of Assembly, 1828, on Assessn. 'Cat Laws. 4nd anise Members who cive measures were resorted to ; citlici• to vote were dependent on the Government were directly contrary to the opinions they had pu l .: /kI Y pressed, or be dismissed from their offices. Much surp.'se was, of course, felt at the sudden, unexpected, and unex plained change, which ensued in the conduct of several members, and when this surprise was expressed to the late James B-, (who at the time was also the senior member of the Executive Counsel) he shed tears at his humiliation, and only exclaimed, " My children ! my chil dren !" The late Chief Justice replied to a similar expres sion of surprise, " I have received a new light within the last ten minutes." PIIICF.S OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOLIk. Bank Stock. "Lim 13', 1 i idia Stock pet Cent. 3,; oi.N% I Ism) Bonds 3 per Cent. Cont.,- 111 1,5 !,, 14 ' South Sea Stock — :1 1 /, per Cent sOT4, N ; Old Anninties Ditto lied—. - New 33.,j p.t Cent '''')V 2 l4 ! 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — New 3 per Cent .. --1 Exch. Bills, .1: I ,0n0„.....10 9 II pm. Itaiik. Long Annuitiesto expire !Ditto illi. II 9!I pm. .lan. 5, !Sill IS' 1:1-;fli !Ditto Small ll tI I I pin Oct. 91, 1,350 l5 9-16: Ditto Commercial — 3 pm. Jan, 5, I slit' ls', 7-16 i Ditto Advertised — 1 1. Jan. 5, l'ktid.... - Bank Stock for Acc0unt......... Ain it 5, 18:40 — India Stock for Account °s9l!, Jan. 5, 1370 .... Consols for Account Omnium .. ~~m. pinC . FS OF FOREIGN FUNDS TI-ti:: DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian :.1'°11 , 13 —lPertivian r..1. - : - .'. l s - Belgian Bonds. Ditto Account . Brazllian Bonds —l Ditto Accoli:it - Ditto Account —l Ditto New Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — ! Ditto Account 79 6N Ditto Account —l Ditto, 3 per cent. 4844 9N 9 Cnillian Bonds —lPrussian Bonds — Ditto Account —llussian Bonds, MI — Colitniblan Bonds —l Ditto Account — Mho Account Columbian Ponds, :821 9.9l.Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account 9 5% 9%1 Ditto Account — D.inish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds —' French, 5 per cent.......... 109:. 25z. Ditto Bonds, 1.1.25 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent.... —l Exchange 2sf. sO' Ditto Account Dutch, '2 , :,, per cent. 55% 6 Ditto, ti per cent ....,. IGtto Account Ditto, 5 per cent 104% 4 Neapolitan —l Ditto Account PRICES OF Su A RES THIS D AY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 5/, pm.) 20 Eastern Counties Railway Hull and Selby Railway Company 5 Brighton Railway Company London, Saliisbury, and Exeter Railway I South Eastern Railway Company 2 Colonial Bank Per Share, 27 4z5 1 , 2%14 it% 4M 4 12% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JULY 26. 3 per Cent. Consols Olll Grand Canal Deb.. 6 per cent. SS Ditto Reduced - Ditte, 4 per cent 59% 3 , 4 per Cent. Stock 9914 Hibernian Bank I)itto New, It 30 3% per Cent. Debentures 917 ;4 I National Insurance Co 36 Bank Stock 204 ( City Debentures, 4 per cent... 80% Royal Canal Stock - i Ballast Office Debentures, 4 G:and Canal Stock - • per cent MA ILS. _ Arrived. Due Arrived. Due. A rnved. Due. 0 America 0 I France 0 0 Lisbon 0 I Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Cartlizgen - 0 0 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 1. Dublin... 1 Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands() I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 46 minutes after 3. f Evening 2 minutes after 4. Just Published, the Second Edition, with Corrections to the present Time. CLARKE AND LEWIS'S COLOURED NEWSPAPER LIST ; being a KEY to the present POLITICAL STATE of the KINGDOM, carefully arranged from the opinions of the, Metropolitan and Country Press. At one view will be seen the demonstrations of Political Sentiment (con spicuously distinguished by colours), on the sides of "Conservatism" and " Liberalism." To Advertisers generally, this LIST will secure an essential ser vice, by guiding them in the selections of mediums of publicity to the members of each division of politics. To be had of Clarke and Lewis, Advertisement Agents, 4, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street. CAUTION. The valuable information contained in this List having been col lected at considerable labour and expense, the Proprietors claim a copyright therein, and caution all persons from pirating the same. HAMBURG, JULY 1, 1836. FOUR DAYS OF DRAWING of the 68th HAMBURGH GREAT LOTTERY being past, and the Wheel being reduced to the trifling number of 6,000 (say Six Thousand) Tickets,— , , TICKETS WARRANTED UNDRAWN are now selling at Bancomarks 140, or £lO, say Ten Pounds sterling. The First Drawn Prize of Bancomarks 300, receives the premium of Banco marks 10,000, and the Last Drawn Prize of Bancomarks 300, receives the largest premium of Bancomarks 100,000. The next Day of Drawing, will be on 3d August. There will be a further rise in the price of Tickets before the end of this month. Orders for anything less than a whole Ticket, will, as usual, not be attended to ; thus any person remitting less than Ten Pounds sterling, will only throw away the postage for sending and receiving back the money or Bank notes. HEINE BROTHERS CONTRACTORS, in HAMBURG. The publication ()f THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. ). 0 , e feri. . [), Xt IX+ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1836 The Lords' Amendments to the Irish Church Bill will be considered in the House of Commons on Tues day next, which we here mention for the purpose of giving timely notice to All those Liberal Members who may happen, just now, to be absent from the metro polis. Whatever he the motive for their absence— whether it be a matter of business, or simply one of recreation, we can scarcely conceive any so urgent as to justify them in staying away from the House on Tuesday night. The Tories will be sure to muster in great force on that night, and we have at least a right to expect that the Reformers will show as much zeal. would be a sad reflection indeed on the public spirit of the representatives of the people, if activity and energy were to be confined exclusively to that party which is bent only on perpetrating mischief. The Opposition, we know, arc sanguine, and calculate much on the meagre and inefficient array of numbers that the Ministerial ranks will present ; but their calculations are premature, and -they will as silts-1y be disappointed as they were on the Carlow election Affair, which they fully expected would have had a far di:Ferent result to what it had. But in order to ensure for tht;iy cause a complete triumph, and so close the Session—as fat' As such a Session can be closed —with eclat, it is absolute:y necessary that the Re formers muster with as much alacrii,y at their posts, as ever they did a t th e mos t s ti rr i ng p er i o d s of th e Reform 13111. Not a man must be absent on any pretext save that of serious ill-health. Let the Reformers act in this manner, and once again the victory is theirs. An interesting debate on the present state and pros pccts of Greece took place in the House of Commons last night in the Committee on the Greek Loan Bill. It will be seen by the report that several staunch Libe rals opposed the payment of the third instalment, from a conviction that the money would b e waste d to no purpose—Greece being in as unsettled a state now as she was when King OTIIO ascended the throne. We do not anticipate any great good from the payment of the loan ; but the que s ti on is, ought we for the saving of such a trifle, or indeed for the saving of any sum, disregard the faith of treaties ? It is rumoured by the agents of Russia, that the CZAR is opposed to the payment of the third in :2talment of the loan. This is true . : though the creatures of Count NESSELRODE imagined, that the only way to deceive a people so jealous of the designs of Russia as the English, was by telling them the truth. " Let us only succecd in spreading a report that Russia is opposed to the payment of the Loan," argued Count PAIILEN, " and the English will at once declare that we desire it, and to thwart us she will refuse to advance a penny—which is just what we want. Let us tell the truth, and the Parliament of Great Britain Will assume the con trary as the fact ; and then, when C;r;:re is no more the nursling of France and England, the h;LPErtoIZ may make a spontaneous offer of his services in de fence of the nationality of the kingdom of Greece. It will then be too late for British interference ; besides, the bad faith of the nation will serve as an excellent justification of all ulterior proceedings on the part of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh." That meddling priest, the Bishop of E XETER, Could not let the Maniage Bill pass the House of Lords without stamping it with the impress Of his own pharisaical character. The very object for which this Bill was introduced, was to relieve those who were a , arieved by being compelled to participate in re • ligtous rites of which they could not conscientiously a pprove. It decla re d t h at w hi c h t h e l aws of all civi lizA nations admit, namely, that marriage is essen tially a civil, not a religious contract ; and having carefully provided for the legal performance of the act, it left the married parties at liberty, either to follow it up with such religious cere inonies as they might think proper, or if they dis approved of r el i g i ous ceremome.3, to omit them alto gether. For our own part, we think a religious service well calculated to make a beneficial impression on the mind on such an occasion, but the whole benefit consists in this service being voluntary. If it be compulsory, if it in any way go against the conscience, it evidently can produce none of the effects which the advocates of a religious ceremony expect, or pretend to expect, from it. The Right Rev. Prelate, however, thinks differently. He is for a religious ceremony at all ha zards. Not being much troubled by scruples of con science himself, he can have no fellow-feeling for those who are. He accordingly moved an amendment last night which, as a matter of course, was carried, that an oath should be taken by the parties about to be married, :he consequence of which will be that the Bill will be lost. This is one of the blessed effects of passing the Established Church Bill so precipitately. The Right Rev. Fathers are safe. They have secured the main chance, and may now do as they list. Letters and papers from Madrid to the 20th inst. have been received. On the evening of the 17th, a crowd of persons assembled in the streets, preceded by a band of music, for the purpose of serenading the Liberal candidates at their re spective residences. They first went to the house of MENDIZABAL, where they played several pa triotic airs, and thence proceeded to the abode of another of the newly-elected Procuradores. In the meantime the Governor of Madrid was informed that an insurrection had commenced in the capital, and General QUESADA sallied forth at the head of his Guards to preserve the public tranquillity. In the street Del Principe the Gallant General came up with the chiefs of the conspiracy—but no, we shall not attempt to describe what. followed. We shall give the account of the Gallant General's sagacity, intrepidity, and patriotism, in his own words. The following is the official report drawn up by himself:— " Havin g proceeded on the night of the 17th t o v i s it th e forts of the garrison, accompanied by my staff and three officers, I met about one o'clock a number of individuals traversing the street Del Principe, and entering that of Peli grog with flambeaux. I asked them what were their inten tions. They said to play some music. I immediately per ceived that they sought to trouble the public tranquillity, and told them to disperse. They began to fill the air with cries and imprecations, until a patrol arrived and dispersed them. I was sorry to perceive amongst them many dressed in the uniform of the National Guards, whom I arrested, and took notes of their names and domiciles, &c. The occurrence is a very serious one, if it be considered that at this moment the Pretender's partisans are employing craft and intrigue, in order to divide the Liberals." This is Spanish all over. The Gallant General, who, at the head of his guards fearlessly attacked and dispersed a mutinous band of musicians, women, and children of both sexes, assembled together for the traitorous purpose of singing and dancing by torch light, deserves to have a statue of gold raised to his memory in the very street where so signal a victory was achieved. We congratulate the QUEEN'S Go vernment on its happy deliverance from this violin-and castinet-conspiracv. The opportune arrival of QUE SADA saved the capital from the infliction of much execrable music—a dreadful calamity in a time of civil commotion. The correspondent of a Morning Con temporary, who was present in the capital on the night of the 17th, writes a most dolorous account of the state of alarm which pervaded the countenances of the leading members of the Cabinet on this trying occa sion. Of course IsTuniz feels convinced that MEN DIZABAL intended making a Jericho affair of it, and that but for the activity of the gallant QUESADA, the walls of the city would have tumbled about his ears. However, on the morning of the 18th, not a trace of the dangers of the preceding night were visible. On the first ap pearance of QUESADA'S immortal warriors boys, women, children, and catgut-scrapers all with one accord scampered off to bed without so much as breaking a single pane of glass, or doing any other damage what soever. In fact, they had neither provided themselves with arms, nor had they any accomplices, their evident design being to storm the city by music only. The Gazette announces, on the authority of a despatch from the Captain-General of Valencia, dated the 15th, that CABRERA had raised the siege of Gaudesa, after having 65 killed and 150 wounded, including ROCII, PEDRO, and two other Chiefs. General BRETON was preparing to occupy the place, with a large force. The Espagnol publishes a letter from Corunna, dated the 9th, in which the following passage occurs :—" Within the last three days thirty ships at least have entered this port, carrying above 600 emigrants from Oviedo, Gijon, Aviles, and other parts of the Asturias. Their flight has been deter mined by the approach of the rebels, and the fear which has taken possession of the inhabitants on be holding the authorities first take to their heels, although 2,500 men had assembled to resist the Car lists until the arrival of General ESPARTERO, who was but two days' march distant. So 'great has been the panic, that nobody can tell what the enemy's force was. On the subject of GOMEZ'S expedition, referred to by the correspondent of the Espagnol, we find the following in the Sentinelle de Pyrenees of the 23d " According to intelligence brought the day before yester day by a cliasseur, from Santander, who left that place on the 18th, the column of Gomez has been totally defeated at Can gas de Tineo, and lost its ammunition and a great number of muskets, and had 500 men killed or wounded. In the Astu rias and Gallicia there is but one cry, and that is against Cor dova. It was reported, two days ago, that the Christino troops had entered Estella, but the rumour was unfounded. General Bernelle did advance in the direction of Estella, but he stopped at Oteyza, where a trifling guerilla engagement took place. The General's troops set fire to some fields of wheat about to be cut, and others that had had been cut, and then retired to Larraga. The Cellist Junta of Estella have quitted that town." The bravery of General BERNELLE, in setting fire to the harvests of the poor Navarrese husbandmen, is worthy of being engraved on the Quesada-Column. T'►is is not the way to extinguish the flames of civil war in the Basques. The Memorial Bordelais of tl►e 24th instant, states !.hat on the 16th au interview had taken place between Corti3ovA and VILLAREAL, at a spot agreed upon, which lasted for seven hours. At six in the evening they separated, CORDOVA returning to his head quarters at Vittoria, and VILLAREAL proceeding to Salinas. The object of this interview between the Christino and Carlist Commanders-in-Chief has not been stated. The above includes the only intelligence from Spain worthy of notice. As to the elections, no decided opinion can be yet given respecting the strength of the different parties. Valencia, Avila, Guadalaxara, Se govia, Cordova, Almeira, and Seville have returned representatives favourable to IsTurtrz ; but Toledo, 13adajos, Malaga, and Caceres have returned persons who profess themselves zealous supporters of MEND!- ZABAL. Is Tull tz, and GALIANO have been re- elected for Cadiz. The whole of the Paris Papers of Wednesday have been received. The fetes of• July had commenced, but they excited no lively interest, in consequence of the detertnination of the KING to remain shut up in the Tuilleries. The following extracts from the Journals contain all that is worthy of notice in these Papers :- 46 We can guarantee the important intelligence that follows, just received by telegraph :—The most brilliant victory hi therto obtained in Africa has been gained in the entire defeat of Abdel Kader by the forces under General Bugeaud. Abdel , Bader was wounded, hi s h orse kill e d un d er hi m, a great nui,L France l-, er of prisoner s t a k en , many o f w h om h ave b een sent to Chim and five hundred heads of Arabs were brought .:_ ous Douaires."—ConstitutionneL on in ;n ere, in by the vie t .,:. t i l Monday evening the King trai.: cted business with the Ministers of the Interio r , o f t h e Fi nances, ana : Justice. The Austrian Ambassador, the Pope's Nuncio, the Prussian; Portuguese, Brazilian, and Greek Ministers, the American Charge d'Affaires, Marshal Clause], M. Persil, the Duke de Castries, General Durosnel, and Admiral Jacob, bad the honour of being received by his Majesty. Prince Talleyrand was received by the Queen, Yesterday morning General E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1836. Sebastiani had an audience of the King, who at two o'clock held a Council of Ministers, after which the Marquis de Dreu± Breze was received by his Majesty. The Countess de Rigny had the honour of being received by the Queen.— Monikur. Yesterday, at one o'clock, the sixteen young couples of the twelve arrondissements of Paris, and the arrondissements of Sceaux and St. Denis, to whom the City of Paris has granted dowries, pr ocee d e d to t h e H ote l d e Vill e, where, in the Throne-room, the Minister of the Interior and the Prefect of the Department signed their contracts of marriage. The Secretaries-General of the Minister and the Prefect, the Mayors of Paris, the Sub-Prefects and Colonels of the Na tional Guards of the rural arrondissements, and the Mayors of the communes to which the couples belong, were present on the occasion. The Prefect delivered a suitable address to the parties, in which he informed them that the Queen had sent wreaths of orange blossoms for the brides. The Secre tary-General then called over the names of the couples, and the contracts, presented by the two city notaries, were signed in succession. — Journal des Debats. FRENCH FUNDS.--Palus, JULY :27. Five per Cents., VW. 55c. 80c 75e. Four per Cents., 101 f. 9oc. Three per Cents. 80f. 50c. Bank Actions, 12,7.. f. Herat. de Naples, WOE 40c. 50c cic. Roman Five per Cents., 10244 10.1. Spanish Actives, 37N 1,.8. Spanish DifTercs, 16.74 Spanish Passives, 11%N POrttlgtle,C Loan, Five per Cents., 78l(. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 49. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 56f. :ioc. 56.t1 Haytiau Loan, 39011 EXCIIANGP: ON Immolx. One month, paper, 25t: 32}ie. ; money, 251. 323 C. Three months, paper, 25f. Jac. ; money, —f. —c. —Caurs Aulhentique. BOUHSE, QUAkTER TO FOUR.—In the beginning of the Bourse the Rentes were brisk at 80f. 55c., but they have since receded to 80f. 40c., buyers. Spanish Active Stock opened at 381, but has also fallen to 371, sellers. Some re ports unfavourable to the Spanish Queen's cause, which have been circulated with great perseverance, are supposed to have occasioned the decline. LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 85c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 45c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, Gueb hards, —; Differes, 13;1; New Loan, —; Actives, 38 ; Pas sives, 1 q-; Ducats, 100 50 ; Romans, 103 ; Pedros, 7;81 ; Belgians, —; Dutch, 56f. —c. ; Ilaytians, 390 f. ; Migucls, 16 ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differcs, 10; Five per Cent. Perpe tuellcs, —; Royal Loan, NEW POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL.—S T. MARISN'S-IN-THE- FIELDS. —This morning, at eleven o'clock, pursuant to public advertisement, a meeting of the Members of the Boards of Guardians and Unions within the Bills of Mortality, took place in the Vestry-room of the Church of the above parish, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, for the pnrpose of taking into consideration a Bill, introduced by Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons, entitled " An Act to facilitate the Admi nistration of the Poor Laws in England and Wales." The meeting was very well attended. On the motion of Mr. Staunton, Mr. Churchwarden Hudson was unanimously called on to preside, and on his taking the Chair, observed, that in his opinion it would be unnecessary to enter into any dirussion on the merits of the Bill, as Lord John Russell had stated last night in the House, that he with drew the same. After a long debate, Mr. Henry Simpson moved the following resolution—" Resolved that as Lord John Russell, having announced in the House of Commons his in tention of not persevering, this session of Parliament, with a Bill entitled An Act to facilitate the Administration of the Poor Laws in England and Wales,' this meeting do adjourn sine die." Mr. Cuff seconded the motion, which, after having been submitted by the Chairman for approval to the meeting, was carried unanimously. Thanks were then given to the Chairman, who, having briefly acknowledged the compliment, the meeting separated. FUNERAL OF THE LATE BISHOP BRAMSTON.— On Wednesday a solemn dirge was performed at the Roman Catholic Chapel, St. Mary's, Moorfields, for the Right Rev. Dr. James York Bramston, late Vicar Apostolic and Bishop in the London district. The altar and all the prominent parts of the chapel were hung with black on the occasion, including the Bishop's throne in the sanctuary, over which an escutcheon was placed with the armorial bearings of the deceased, and the coffin, containing the body, was elevated in the centre, surmounted with the mitre and crozier, and surrounded by wax-lights. The service consisted of the office and mass for the dead, celebrated by the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, suc cessor to the deceased bishop, to whom he was coadjutor, another bishop, Dr. Kyle, of Scotland, and between 70 and 80 priests disposed about the bier, and by whom the choral portions of the service were chanted in the plain Gregorian style. The funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Hearne. The deceased, who died in the 74th year of his age, was stated to have been of a very respectable Protestant family in Northamptonshire, and having been educated for the bar, was articled to Mr. Charles Butler, the Roman Catholic counsellor, and he practised for several years as a convey ancer. Having become a convert to the Roman Catholic religion, however, he devoted himself to the priesthood, and went to the English College at Lisbon to study theology. When ordained, he was appointed one of the chaplains at the chapel in St. George's-fields, and in 1827 succeeded Dr. Poynter, as Bishop of the London district, in which he had previously acted for several years as coadjutor, by the title of Bishop of Usula. At the conclusion of the service yesterday, the body was deposited beside the late Bishop Poynter, in a vault beneath the chapel, with the following inscription on the coffin :—" lilustrissimus et Reverendissimus Dominus Jacobus York Bramston, Episcopus Usulensis et in hoc districtu Lon. dinensi, Vicarius Apostolicus. Obiit, die xi. Juli, 1836. Re quiescat in pace." The heart, however, had been extracted from the body and inurned, and shortly after the funeral, was conveyed by Bishop Griffiths to the Catholic College in Hertfordshire, to be placed beside the heart of Bishop Poynter, who was President of that College. BRUSSELS, JULY 26.—The average prices of wheat and rye, during the third week of July (Monday the 18th to Saturday the 23d), were, wheat 151. 91c., and Rye 10f. 6c. per hectolitre, and the import duties 37f. 50c. and 21f. 50c. respectively per 1,000 Killogrammes. The Minister of Fi nance informs the public that the total amount of the subscrip tion to the Loan of 30,000,000 f. amounts to 691,0731., which gives a proportion of 0,043,41 per share, that is to say 43f. 41c. per 1,000 francs. E. d'HumiT, Minister of Finance. —Brussels, July 26. --VIENNA, JULY 19.—Five per Cents., 104 k ; Four per Cents., 100 ; Three per Cents., 75,-1; Bank Shares, 1,354. On Thursday arrived in Papa Sound, Orkney, the sloop Jean Black of Rothsay, from Iceland, with three tons of cod. Reports the fishing is almost a total failure and a loss of twelve French fishing vessels, with sixteen men in each, who all perished with the excption of one boy.—Scots Times. POOR LAws.—Thc Kent Herald, in its vigorous opposition of the New Poor Laws, requests us to state that Canterbury is not under the controul of the Poor Law Com missioners, and that it cannot therefore be adduced as evidence that the Poor Law Amendment Bill works well there. Giv ing up the case of Canterbury, we are still abundantly borne out, by facts, in the assertion, we before made, namely that " the Poor Law Act Amendment Bill is spoken of as working well in all parts of the country." One of the most remarkable memorabilia of the weather this season was the fact of Ben-y-gloe, and the higher range of the Braemar mountains, having received a fresh and ample covering of snow on St. Swithin's Day. On the after noon of that day a severe storm of thunder and lightning passed over the Highland districts, and carried off every trace of the unseasonable xisitant.—Perth Courier. The Poor Laws Amendment Bill is spoken of as working well in all parts of the country. At Canterbury, the city and county poor-rates, which in the year ending July 1, 1834, were 8,7451. Is. 6d. in 1835, were reduced to 7,1631. les. I Id. ; and in the present year, they are only 6,0561. 15s. Id. MALTA, JULY 4.--A report is current here that it is the intention of his Majesty's Government to send out to this island Commissioners to examine into the nature of the grievances complained of by a few individuals, who, about twelve months ago, raised a cry against the British Govern. fluent of had faith, mal-administration, a disregard of the rights of the people, and even starvation, for thirty-five years past. The inquiry which Lord Glenelg then ordered to be instituted in Malta was in a great degree frustrated by the refusal of these gentlemen to come forward and prove their accusations. Their assertions being made through the means of the press in England, were of that gratuitous and unfounded nature which some people do not hesitate to indulge in when out of the reach of immediate confutation. The boldness of these at tacks, however, it seems, has induced the present Government to enter upon a vindication of the British Crown and nation by agents of its own; and the measure is not, perhaps, an un wise one, provided competent persons be appointed to this re sponsible duty. It will be of no service to send out men as Commissioners who are wedded to some favourite theory of political economy or government. They must be men of en larged views, and willing, as well as capable, to compre hend the interests of more than one class of society. Although Malta is a small place, it requires, perhaps, more care and patience, on the part of the Government, to discriminate the real wants of its population, than in larger countries, where the lower orders are more ready and able to speak out for themselves. The most im portant question the Commissioners will have to consider, will be the corn trade. It is well known that the Maltese islands are of solid rock, whose surface is but partially cultivatable, producing nothing without great labour. The population is very numerous, and two-thirds of their subsistance must be im ported from abroad. But it is the opinion of many that a free introduction of the produce of other countries would, in times of plenty, ruin the landholder and the labourer and for the protection of these, the sole interests of the islands (for there are no manufactures), a duty is levied upon corn im ported, when under a certain price. This, and an excise duty on wine and spirits, are the principal taxes paid by the people. The custom duties are very moderate, and scarcely affect the lower orders, whose manner of life is very simple, favoured by a mild climate. There are no direct taxes, no land tax, no municipal or assessed rates, no poor-rates, the necessitous and aged being relieved by the Government, from certain fund° set aside for that purpose ; in fact the tax-gatherer Is unknown in Malta—a happiness which most countries may envy. Now, whether the revenue can be raised by a pump less repulsive than a tPC IIPAP rpm, whiph t while it is general in its op era .. tion, serves to pr o t ect the landholder, and gives employment or whether the prineiett , l classes should be l e ft to 1/,‘: to shift for themselves,(ine pretend, are Questions of ( j eep • • interest for the people of Malta, The wheat harvest has already commenced in Corn wall, and Mr. Pollard, of the parish of Egloshale, cut a fine field on Monday last,—Devonvort Telegraph, SHIPPING-( THIS DA Y.) (FROXI LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JULY 23.—Wind S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrived from the River and remain the Sovereign, Watson, from Quebec; Windsor, Harrington, from Calcutta; Lord Hunger ford, Farquharson, from Calcutta; and sailed the Liverpool, Steamer, Hepburn, for Lisbon. Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Christopher, Kean, from Quebec. Remain in the Downs, the Fairy Queen, Clara, Du :vegan Castle, and Kinmere. PonTsmorm, JULY 28.—Wind S. S. E.—Arrived the Orestes, Walker, from Sunderland; leakti•, bound to Quebec. Sailed Duke of Bedford, Bowen, for Calcutta; Albatross, Western, for Hobart Town ; his Majesty's Brig Partridge, from the Westward; 2d July (Brazilian corvette), Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, JULY 27.—Wind W. S. S.—Arrived and sailed his Majesty's Brig Nautilus, —, for the Westward; and I)i_ ligent, Grant, for Malaga. ' FALMOUTH, JULY 27.—Wind S. to NV. S. W.—Arrived the Sheldrake Packet, —, from Rio Janeiro—sailed the 223 May, Bahia the 25th, and Pernambuco the 6th ult.; Navarino, Schawer, from Dantz;c. No sailiigs. WEYMOUTH, JULY 27.—Arrived off, the Kinnear, Maitland, from Sydney—sailed March 23. BRISTOL, JULY 28.—Arrived the Robert, Sergeant, from Barbadoes ; Mary Jones, Fleshly, from Odessa. GLOUCESTER, JULY 28.—Arrived the Eagle, Ritchie, from Archangel. LIVERPOOL, JULY 27.—Arrived the Trinculo, Jeffery, from Bombay —sailed March 28 ; Gondola, Rennie, from Newport ; Gloucester, Taylor, froth Miramichi; Chester, Murson, from Savannah. CLYDE, JULY 27.—Arrived the Earl Dalhousie, Boyd, and Pomona, Morrison, from Quebec. WATERFORD, JULY 27.—Arrived the Tottenham, Jefferson, and Argyle, Baldwin, from Quebec. The Margaret, from Newcastle to Rouen, struck a bank off Havre, 25th inst., and sunk in deep water; crew saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS I)AY.) _____. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French, Ostend, and Dutch Mails ; also a Mail from Rio Janeiro, by the Sheldrake, sailed on the 22d of May, from Pernambuco on the 6th June. We have likewise ship letters from Demerara, Sydney of the 23d of March, and Bombay. We have received Sydney Papers to the 23d of March. Of the South Australian Cempany they state, that ". on Thurs day evening, a dinner was given to Captain liindmarsh, to celebrate the circumstance of his Majesty having graciously expressed his approbation of the choice of that gentleman to be the Governor of the new Colony in South Australia. " A paper addressed to the British Parliament on matters connected with the political affairs of this Colony, is going round the town and country for signature. Of the nature of the address we are unable at present to speak decidedly." Extract of a letter from Swan River, of the 12th of Oct. last:—" At Swan River, where I spent:s weeks, there is much to induce the invalid to try and regain his health. The cli mate is superb; the rupee here passes for 2s. ; there is ample room for putting out money at interest, say 20 to 25 per cent. The only draw-back I know is the high price of provisions; mutton, Is. 6d. per lb. ; beef (when to be got), the same ; fowls, 7s. and Bs. a couple ; what they have sown this year, with an average crop, will yield them 9 months' wheat ; pota toes for seed were 401. a ton when we arrived here." (From the Hobart Town Courier of the 11th of March.) " The price of corn continues unvaried since our last ; wheat, from 9s. to 10s. per bushel : oats, none ; barley, from ss. 6d. to 6s. ; mutton, 6d. to 7d. per lb. ; beef, 6d. to 7d. per lb. ; pork, Bd. ; veal, scarcely any in the market; hay, 6/. 10s. to 71. per ton ; straw, 31. to 31. 10s. THE FUNDS, Consols may be quoted at 918 4 both for Money and Time, the closing prices of yesterday. Exchequer Bills, 9 11 ; India Bonds, 2 disct., par. ; Bank Stock, 212± 213 ; India Stock, 2591. In the Foreign Market, owing to the accounts being still unfavourable from Spain, with the Spanish prices coming lower from Paris, Spanish Active is rather heavy this morning, at 381 ; Passive, 11,i ; Deferred, 16± ; Portuguese, 78i 79 ; Three per Cents., 481 49; Colombian, 28± 294 ; Mexican, 321 333- ; Dutch Two-and-half per Cents., 558 8. RALF-PAST ONE. The notice given by our Government for a contract of 75,000 gallons of rum for the Navy, has caused a good deal of business to be done in the above article at an improvement in the price. THE FUNDS. This being settling day in the Foreign Market, the brokers and jobbers are chiefly occupied in settling their accounts. Although the extreme fluctuation in Spanish has been during the Account, 4 per Cent., and in Portuguese about 21 per cent. —up to the present time it is going off well, without any appearance of defaulters. Spanish Active may be quoted 38, with a heavy market ; Passive 1 ; Deferred 16/ ; Portuguese 7814 ; Three per Cents., 484 ; Columbian 28i 29 ; Mexican 32133 k ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 551; Consols have been during the morning at 911 both for time and Money, with very little doing; Exchequer Bills, 9 11; India Bonds, I disc. ; Bank Stock, 213 ; India Stock, 2591. Accounts have been received this morning from Frankfort, that Baron de Rothschild, of London, is fast recovering his health. He will soon be able to perform his journey to England. Colonial Bank Shares rather higher; the others much the same as yesterday in prices. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 91i 41-. FETE CHANIPETRE AT CHlSlVlCK.—Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Devonshire gave a splendid entertain ment to a select party of the fashionable world at the Bur lington Villa. The company began to arrive at three ; at four they promenaded around the flower gardens. At six a dejeune a la fourehette was announced, arranged in the in terior of the mansion. The band of the Coldstream Guards played on the lawn during the repast. At nine o'clock there was a most superb display of fireworks on the serpentine canal. At ten o'clock there was dancing in the two saloons, to Weip, pert's band. HANOVER, JULY 21.--The General Assembly of the Estates of the Kingdom having terminated all the busi ness that was before it, was prorogued yesterday evening by the Ministry, and the diet closed for this year. ROME, JULY 12 . —Yesterday the Pope held a secret Consistory in the Quirinal, at which the appointment to 4 archiepiscopal and 15 episcopal sees were announced. Among them are those of Echstadt and Hildesheim. His Holiness then published the appointment of 3 new cardinals. They are Monseig. PietroOstini, Archbishop of Tarsus, born at Rome in 1775 ; Monseig. Licessi Frezza. Archbishop of Chalcedon, born at Lavinia 1783 ; M. Constantino Naso Pa trici, Archbishop of Philippe, born at Rome 1793. Lastly, the nomination to the Legations of Ferrara, Ravenna, Anco na, &c., were announced.—Frankfort Paper, July 25. Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham are very sore, and grievously disappointed that the Liuke of Richmond has not joined their little political avec The Duke is a man of honour, and would not join any junta against his old friends, nor would he oppose those measures which he approved when a member of the Whig Ministry. Tho new proselytes to To ryism aro said to be exceedingly displeased in consequence of the indifference with which they have been treated by their new associates. They are little noticed by the leaders cf that party, and probably would, if they could with any grace, retrace their steps. Earl Spencer has left Althorpe Park for Wiseton, Yorkshire. NARROW ESCAPE OF TIIE DUKE OF BUT LAND AND THE MARQUIS OF GRANDY, AT SEA.—Off the coast of Norway, th e magn ifi cent yacht belonging to the Duke of Portland, in a full gale of wind, nearly foundered. The facts are as follow :—The Duke of Rutland was in his berth, when he awoke and found the bedclothes drenched with water. His Grace threw himself out, and found the cabin floor de luged : ascending the deck, after alarming his son, he was the first person to communicate the circumstance to the man at the helm. All hands were ordered up and they worked at the pumps all night, even the Noble Duke and the Marquis, in their shirt sleeves only. By the constant exertions of the Cap tain and crew the vessel was brought home without touching at any port. This event happened about a fortnight ago, and their escape, as the Captain said, was miraculous. The Duke of Rutland arrived in town on Wednesday night at Sir Frederick Trench's, in Bolton-row, Piccadilly, On Wednesday afternoon, as a young gentleman named Stephenson w as row i ng up the rivet' In his private wherry alone, on his passing through Westminster-bridge he received a tremendous blow on the head, from a stone nearly a pound and a half in weight, which had been thrown from the bridge by some mischievous person. Mr. S. was nearly stunned by the blow, and bled profusely. Such a disgraceful and cowardly outrage deserved a severe punishment. Upwards of 2,000 tickets are already sold for the Great Mary-la-bonne Festival on Wednesday next, and nearly thirty distinguished Liberal Members of the House of Com mons have accepted invitations to attend. IRISH PR Ess.—Extract of a letter from Colonel Thompson to the Hull Radical Association :—" There is nothing to prevent remark, of the extreme poverty of tin? I,ea son for which Englishmen are to pay 33 per cent. more tax. They are to pay it, that Irishmen may be obliged to read bad newspapers ;_th a t ; -.1 45, worze newspapers than they would do if the tax was absppt, For it is evidently part of the assump tion, that Irishmen would prefer English newspapers if they had their choice ;—that the tax must be increased 33 per cent. to hinder them from doing so. Englishmen therefore are to have the tax increased 33 per cent., not that the Irish may have good newspapers, but that they may have bad ;—not that the Irish people in general may receive a benefit, but that they may receive a mischief, to wit, by every one of them being de prived of 33 per cent. in the value of his newspaper ;—that they may be made to read the bad newspaper which they would fain avoid, unless tb.4 like to pay 13 per cent. more for ',l lO hetter np7,,, paper , which they bight have at the F . 4 rne And all this is to benefit—who? Not thg irivlt people, for they are to lose 33 per cent. in . .thc, , ,cooll,fy of th e i r ar ti c l e . N o t the English people, for thqre pay a tax in order that the Irish may lose. Iltit certain printers and p u bli s h ers i n Ire land, who watt to print and publish bad newspapers, and escape from the competition of better. And this is called protection to the pies; of Ireland I' S uc h a p oor n a k e d thing does protection turn out everywhere, when looked into," In the south of France the harvest commenced about a fortnight since, and samples of new wheat of fine qua. lity have been shown at Bordeaux. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. Total receipt in six months .£109,305 HOP INTELLIGENCII CANTERBURY.—Th e grounds in this neighbourhood con tinue to go on prosperously. MAIDSTONE.—In the neighbourhood of and within five miles of Maidstone, the hops on the strong grounds are growing raidly ; but on poor lands the bine is very w ea kly, and without some warm showers will not reach the tops Of the poles. In fact the above remark may be applied gene' rally to West Kent. YALDING.—The planters in this neighbourhood eon" plain that the Hops are not growing so kindly as the , were. The dry weather forces them prematurely int o Wog' som and stops the growth of the bine. Mould too is making its appearance in many grounds. W e do not expect m ore than two-t .irds of last year's growth, and if dry weather and cold winds continue we shall fall far short of that Herald. UOURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.—A Court of Common Council was held yesterday for general business; Sir Peter Laurie presided for the Lord Mayor, and laid be fore the Court the appointment of locum terens, which was read. Mr. Lainson reported that the Sheriff s had waited upon his Royal Highness the Duke of Susses; to know when he would be pleased to receive the addres s of the Court, and that his Royal Highness had appoir.ted a day for that pur pose. Sir James Shaw was heard upon the order of the last Court respecting the Hospital &Jai, and stated that he had received two leases from Christ's Hospital for the seal this day, without the production of the order of the Court of Governors of the Hospital ; ;Ind he, therefore, requested the directions of the Court thereon. A strong debate ensued, when it was agreed to suspend the order of the last Court upon this occasion. The leases were then sealed. The Court directed the Chamberlain in future not to present any lease or other document from the Royal Hospital for the seal, un less the provisions of the Act of Parliament, in reference to the seal of the said Hospital, be strictly complied with. Tho Court further resolved, that the question respecting seal' ing leases be referred to the Hospital Committee, with in structions to advise with the law officers thereon. The C o urt agreed with a report of the London Bridge Committee, for, the disch arge o f 2 0 , 300 1 ., further part of the debt, and directe d the Chamberlain to take the proper measures for that pur pose. A petition of sundry graziers, for a further enlarge' ment of Smithfield-market, was referred to the Market Corn' Mittee. SETS OP PLATED DISH COVERS, Willi STRONG SILVER EDGES, may be selected from of variouf Patterns, price 20/. the Set, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Working' Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London. The Set consists of one cover 20 inches diameter, one of 18, 16, 14, and 12 inches. N.B. The SHOW -ROOM contains a large variety of 'superior Silver-edged Pl ated Goods. A Pamphlet given g w h List or Prices of Sil ver Spoons and Forks, Silver Plate, Pla 4 ,. ratis, ed it Watches, Clocks, &c. B Ili TB S. On the 28th inst., Mrs. Green, of St. Jatr , es's-place, of a son. On the 14th inst., at Vienna, Lady Towt,send Farquhar, of a son• On the 27th inst., at Shaeklewell, the lady of G. Gabain, Esq., of a daughter. On the 27th inst., Mrs. John Collings, of Woburn-square, of a son. On the 27th inst., at Greenwich, the lady of Charles J. Carttar, Esq., of a daughter. On the -Ith inst., at Toronto, in the kingdom of Naples, the lady . of Edwyn Burnaby, of ilaggrave Hall, in the county of Leicester' , of a daughter, On the 26th inst., at Cowes, the lady of W. Stewart Day, Fol`' of a daughter. On the 26th inst., in Portland-place, the lady of S. Smith, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at Gateshead, Richard Burn, Esq. of Orto o Hall, in th e county of 'Westmorland, to Elizabeth, eldest , daughter of William Cuthbert, Esq., of Bidhbugh, in the county of Durham- On the 27th inst., at Croydon Church, Charles S. Mortimers Esq., of Strea.tham-common, to Harriet, youngest daughter of J. Fuller, Esq., of Croydon. On the 2tith inst., the Rev. Arthur Browne Spry, third Won of James Hume Spry, Esq., of Charterhouse-square, to Matilda third daughter of H. Browne, of Diss, Norfolk. On the 25th inst., at Camberwell, Thomas Williams., Esq.. ° C Queen-square, Bloomsbury, to Marianne, only daughter of the late Captain Ravenscroft, R.M. On the 26th inst., at St. Luke's Church, Cllelsp a , M r , Jame; Sheppard, to Fanny Clara, second daughter of Mr. Abdicl Shar land, of Bath. D IE n 'ie . ic )., T L h o o i m .d ps A o i n a , yo fo r u o r f tl L i o s n o d n on d a , On the 28th in s t., a t L ey t on, E tl a ie ed ß 4 ig y h e t ar i s i . on. W. T. Cop e l an d- , On the 26th 'nst., at Clifton, Bristol, Lieut.-Col one l J. Lyovi Nixon, Lieu!„-Governor of St. Christopher's. On tke 27th inst., at Little Hampton, Sussex, John Br,d e rick, inkat son of Major Gwynne Holford, aged 14 weeks.' On the 27th inst., Eliza Sophia, eldest child of Mr„ H. Mox° ll ' of Marlborough-place, Kennington, aged 6. On the 25th inst., i n Upper Parliament-street, Liverpool, agod, 32, Susannah, th e w if e o f Mr. Charles Lowe, solicit or , an d Odes , ' daughter of Capt a i n L ark i ns, of Croom's 2 nill, Blackheath. On the 25th i ns t ., i n the Alba ny-in a d, age d 81, Mary, widow of Mr. C. Dunkin, of Ilorselydowv.. On the 26th inst., aged 4r_'„ Mr. W. F. Adams, of Parliament street, ironmonger. On the 12th of Pebruar, at sea, on board, of the " L a dy Ca', ford," on h er passage to Singapore, Donald Macintyre, Esq., (3i Calcutta. London : Printed and Published by .111URDO YOUNG, of I C° . 112, Strand, at Tim Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the counts, of Middlesex, A special general meeting of the proprietors of this Company was held on Wednesday, at the Cotton Sale Humus in the Exchange Buildings at Liverpool, for the. purpose of declaring a dividend out of the profits, and to determine upon the raising of money for discharging the mortgage debt of the Company. The Chair was taken by CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esq. It appeared from the report, which was read by Mr. Booth, the treasurer, that during the last half y ear , t o the :30th June, there had been a progressive increase in each part of the Company's business. There had been received— . From passengers by coaches £57,914 For merchandize For coals The expenses in the same period were— For bad debts -t223 Coach disbursements ... 10,202 Carryin g d o 10,463 Charge of di rect i on 309 Interest Locomotiv es 6,681 Police 20,425 1,15 and othe r c h arges ma ki ng in the whole 69,958/,7 for ex" ruses in the half-year, and leaving a net profit of 30,4021. The report also stated that. the expenses of locomotive power had been considerably increased, in consequence of some accidents which had occurred to the waggons, and also in consequence of the strike of the locomotive eng,in° men, which h a d o bli ge d the Directors to employ extra hands, otherwise they would have been compelled to yield to the demands of the men. Several of the men who were engaged in the' Strike" were taken before the Magistrates and committed to hard labour to Kirkdale gaol. The in convenience attending such a departure of the men from their duty had been prevented in future, as the me n had been required to enter into a contract to serve for a particu lar time, and therefore the insubordination of the m e n was calculated to do great good. The report then adverted to the Grand Junction Line of Railway which is to connect the Birmingham with the Manchester line, and to the Not.thern line, both of which it was considered would brinc; a great increase of business to this Company, and the;) proceeded to state that the Di rectors of this Company had laid new rails on 4 consider able part of the railway, the expense of which had been greatly increased in consequence of the high price of iron ; that the tunnel at the new station in Lime-street, in the centre of Liverpool, would be opened on the 15th August, and that this new means of approach to the railway would be a great public accommodation. The expense of this station, and the station at Edge-hill, amounted to about 150,000/. It was suggested that some advance should, in consequence of these expenses, be made in the coach fares ; but the Directors were unwilling to do so, and preferred givinr, the public th e full benefit of the improvements. Ie was also the intention of the 'Directors to erect a commo dious station at Manchester, corresponding with that at Liverpool ; and with that view extensive premises had been purchased in the neighbourhood of Water-street., ne ar the Irwell. The additional line of carriages wk,ich had been lately placed on the railway, had also been felt a great public convenience. The report then stated that the mortgage debt o f the Company amounted to 427,500/., to pay off which it was recommended to create 7,968 new snares of 501. each, which were to be offered to the proprietors of 1001. shares, and to be paid by instalments in the following manner 10/. on each share on the 10th of February and 10th of August, 1837 ; 5/. on the 10th of February and 10th of August, 1838 ; 5/. on the 10th of February and 10th Of August, 1839 ; and 10/. on the 10th of August, 184.0 ;--e dividend to be payable on these 50/. shares in prop artion to the amount of instalments paid. The net revenue for the last six months was 39,402/. 2s. 7d.; to add to which there was a surplus of 1,5691. 7s. 7d. Out of those sums it was proposed to pay a dividend of 51 ', per cent, f or th e h alf year, which would leave a balance 01 1,127/. 15s. 2d. to be carried to the next half year's ao" count.—(Cheers.) In answer to a question put by a Shareholder, the Chairman stated that it was the intention of the Directors to dispose of the shares in the market at the best price. The dividend of 5/. per share was then agreed to, to he paid on the Bth of August. Some conversation then took place respecting the debt due to the original shareholders, and the report hav;: ng been agreed to, the meeting separated. MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL. This day was published, in 3 vols. post Bvo., MR S. AR MYTA G E. Or, FEMALE DOMINATION. By the Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters." " This is the best of Mrs. Gore's works—the story is new ant full of interest."—Literary Gazette. " A clever work, as everything which comes from the pen 01 Mrs. Gore must be."— Athenaeum. Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street.