The Sun. — London, England, 1836-07-14 00:00:00

FRENCH CLAIMS. THEIR ORIGIN, AND PRESENT STATE. In the year 1786, a commercial treaty was concluded between Great Britain and France, by which it was stipu lated, that in the event of war between the two countries, twelve months should be allowed to the subjects of each country resident in the other, to remove themselves and their property in safety. In the month of February, 1793, France declared war against Great Britain, and in the months of September and October of the same year decreed, in contravention of the above treaty, the sequestration and confiscation of British property of every description, and ordered, under severe pe nalties, all debts due by French to British subjects to be paid into the national Treasury, for the benefit of the State. In the years 1814 and 1815 certain conventions were entered into between Great Britain and France, (particu larly that of November, 1815, designated as No. 7), by which the latter State engaged to indemnify the subjects of the former for their losses by the said sequestrations and confiscations, and accordingly placed a fund at the dis posal of a mixed Board of French and British Commis sioners in Paris, for the purpose of liquidating the claims of British subjects, for the presentation of which a very li mited period of three months was allowed to the claimants residing in Europe. This mixed Board of Commissioners proceeded to li quidate several claims for losses of funded property and other Government securities, (a class of claims which the French members of the Commission considered as having a preference), until the year 1818, when the French Govern ment proposed to withdraw their Commissioners from the Board, and to pay to Great Britain a certain sum, to be ap propriated by the British Government towards the liquida tion of the claims remaining on the register as unadjudicated, on condition that France should be relieved from all further responsibility in respect of the objects oldie Convention, N 0.7. The British Government accepted this offer ; a Board of Liquidation, composed of three British Commissioners, was established in London, and the Act of 59 Geo. 111. cap. was passed for the purpose of carrying this arrange ment into effect. In the discussion which took place on the passing of this Act in the year 1819, the late Mr. Tierney, and other Members of the House of Commons, complained that the time for presenting claims was too short ; but the late Lord Castlereagh stated that, in the event of a surplus remaining after payment of all duly registered claims, those claimants who had been too late should have a reversionary interest in such surplus. In the year 1820, all the claims which had been origi nally registered having been adjudicated, and there being a laq?, - e residue of the funds unappropriated, the Lords of the Tre,isury gave directions to the Commissioners to liquidate ;dl such claims as, according to the arrangements respect ing their presentation, had not been delivered in proper time ; hut as no public notice of the intention of their Lordships was given on this occasion, very few claimants were enabled to profit by the indulgence. In the year 1828 ; this second distribution had been re potted as complete, when a residue of the fund still re m: tired unappropriated, out of which a sum of 23,707/. lOs. w,ts, it, the first - place, directed to be paid to a Mr. Laffen Dahat for an unsettled claim which he had against the Ilti;.ish Government, but which was quite unconnected with this fuod ; and the remainder was handed over to the Ccnimissiowers of \Vocals and Forests. The Government has subsequently agreed that this money advanced to the Commissioaers of Woods and Foresfs should be repaid ; but no steps have ever been taken for restoring to the claimants' fund the sum paid to Mr. LafFon la De bat. ft will be necessarr here to revert to the years 1814 and 181, when it was settled by general treaties, that ionian States and the Island of Mauritius, which were formerly under the do:nit:ion of France, were, for the fu ture, to be nlaced umler the governinent of Great Britain, at ,!)icii period certain debts remained due to sonic of the inhab.tants o these places by. E•ance, for contracts for the su;.!ny of French troops, and for sahtri:!s of civil, military, ;in:l naval of:leers, for the payment of which France entered into a separate conetntion (numbered 13), and granted a se•rirate and distinct fund for such payment. On the distribution of this land, it turned out net to be st:',lieieut to pay the claimants in full, and the agents of the parties in 1829, finding that a surplus remained of the other fund granted for the indemnification of' the British sue: vets whose property had been confiscated in 1710, ap plied in the first place to the Board of Treasury, to ap proa.-iate that surplus to make up the deficiency ; but their ,Lordships refused to cemply with this application, where upon the parties applied to the Court of King's Bench for a wancianws to compel the Commissioners to effect this ob;ect. Tile Court, however, decided, that as two funds had seen created 'for two separate classes of claimants, there could be no doubt that those funds were originally perfectly distinct, and were therefore of opinion that the Commissioners Lad no authority to act in the manner re qcired. The Court, nevertheless, recommended to the parties to apply again to the Board of Treasury, which W;A:1 accordingly done, and in the year 1830 that Board issued a Minute, authorising the payment of one half of the deficiency of the Convention, No. 13 fund, to be made to the claimants of the lonian States and the Mau ritius, and allowing the British claimants under Conven tion No. 7, who were admitted supplementarily in 1826 to the same benefit of appeal which was granted by the Act of 59 George 111, to those who had originally pre ferred their claims. In consequence of a change in the Government, no effectual steps had been taken for carrying the arrangements proposed by this Treasury Minute into effect until 1833, when another Minute was framed, con firming, the stipulations of the Minute of 1830, in regard to the payment of one half of the deficiency under conven tion No. 13, and the allowance of appeal to the supple mentary claimants under Convention N 0.7; but allowing at the same time British claimants under Convention No. 7, (the surplus being the residue of the fund granted under that Convention), who had been too late for the first and second distributions before specified, to present their claims, and stating as a reason for so doing " that mere lapse of time should not be allowed to operate to the prejudice of 'the parties, provided they could show in a satisfactory man :ner that the delay did not arise from circumstances over 'which they had any control." New claims were also directed to be admitted from the lonian States and from the iilLUritius. In the first place, the supplementary claimants under Convention No. 7, who might succeed with their ap peal cases before the Privy Council, were to have a prefe rence by a payment in full ; secondly, the claimants who bad previously received all the dividends which the fund granted under Convention No. 13 had afforded them, were to be paid one half of the deficiency ; and lastly, the new British claimants under Convention No. 7, the new claimants frown the lonian States and the Mauritius under Con vention No. 13, together with the old claimants under the last mentioned Convention, for the remaining half of the deficiency, were to share pro -rata in the balance, should any remain. Three Commissioners were accordingly appointed for car rying these arrangements i n execution, and a period of three month s was allowed for the presentation of new claims on behalf of the parties above described. The first part of the proceedings of this Board was to require from these new claimants an undertaking to abide Iy the decision of the Commissioners, under a threat of exclusion in the event of a non-compliance. It must be evident that this measure was adopted to exclude the pinkies from the same benefit of an appeal, which had for merly been granted to the other classes, to the Privy Council —a tribunal where the claimants were certain of obtaining justice. The. agreement, therefo re , h as prove d to h ave b een a mere c!evice for the purpose of endeavouring to swamp the just claims of the parties, as the whole of the cases of the British claimants, with the exception of some six or seven, have been rejected by the Commissioners, without entering into their merits, on the mere pretence of negligence in not presenting them earlier, although in most cases the -very strongest evidence to justify the delay has been ad duced, showing that such delay did not arise from circum stances over which the claimants could have exercised any controul. The invitation, therefore, to the claimants to bring forward their claims, and " that mere lapse of time should not operate to their prejudice," has been a mere mockery. To enumerate individually the cases of severe hardship which have thus been summarily dealt with, would occupy rrnore space than can be spared in this short narrative. Suffice it to say, that the most arbitrary measures have 'been adopted to annul many of these claim s , and the most itiquisitorial questions have been put to the parties as to how they obtained a knowledge of their claims, with other .acts which are inconsistent with the principles which should guide the proceedings of any British tribunal or authorities. On any appeal being made to the Treasury, the parties are told that their Lordships cannot interfere with the acts of the Commissioners ; and should a further remonstrance be made, the a,greemerfts of the unfortunate claimants are brought forward against them, thus reminding us of the ob. f•.4ervation of Junius, that " We shake the whole system of English jurisprudence whenever we entrust a discretionary :power over th e lif e , lib erty, or fortune, of the subject to a. zy man, or set Of men, whatsoever, upon a presumption th y , 1 it will not he abused." ' 1 ‘• may not be unimportant here to state, that the present Ch at; cellor of the Exchequer, in advocating one of the new c l a i m , under Convention No. 7, on behalf of one of his friends, in the House of Commons, on the 23d June, 1828, when h e was not then in otnee, stated that "if there were any sure lus, lie did not thi n k it fai r t h at any technical ob jection si wuld prevail a g a i ns t the claim. If i t were sought to get rid of a claim th a t was fb un d e d i n j ust i ce by a mere t ec h n i c ,' pbjection, he thought the House ought to inter, ~' ~ Now, however, that the Right Hon. Gentleman is in office, the poor claimants have to lament that the above sentiments do not prevail at the Treasury, or with the Com missioners, as the slightest technical objection is considered as a sufficient excuse for refusing to entertain the most just claim. Upon the whole, as the surplus is the bona fide re sidue of the fund granted by France to compensate Baitish subjects who had suffered by the confiscations in 1793, it is but fair that all the claimants of that class should be first indemnified, according to the late Lord Castlereagh's pledge, and it is hoped that a Committee of the House of Com mons will be appointed to investigate the whole affair. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. 212% 12' India Stoek 259% 6034 3 per Cent. Red. 91% 01 Ditto Bonds 1 pm. 1 dis. 3 per Cent. Cons 91? ti %'4 I South Sea Stock *4 per Cent. lold Annnities Ditto Red 99%% INew Ditto 51% New 3% per Cent ...... ..99%%%%% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — New 3 per Cent - — I Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ... 11 13 10 pm. Bank Long Annuities to expire !Ditto 500 11 13 10 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 15 13-(6 (Ditto Small ll 13 10 pm Oct. 10, 1830 15 11-16 ; Ditto Commercial 5 pm. Jan. 5. 1860— ............. ... 15% ; Ditto Advertised — pssa. Jan. 5, 1880 —; Bank Stock for Account — Am il 5, 1880 ; India Stock for Account — Jan. 5, 1370 — Consols for Account 91%% Omnium pm. , PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK• j Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds •• Ditto Account . Brazilian Bonds ....... Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chillian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian ponds, :821 30% Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds 81U 1 Ditto Account Bll4 Ditto, 3 per cent. 51% Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 134 41),, 1 40% 1 Ditto Account Greek Bonds — ' French, 5 per cent........... —l. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1525 '— 4 per cent. —l. —c. Ditto Account —.— 3 per cent. —l. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Exchange —l. —r Ditto Account — :Dutch, 2 1 4 per cent. ....... ....56%% Ditto, 6 per cent ..... Ditto Account ; Ditto, 5 per cent IU33 y. . Neapolitan . i Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 2X, Commercial Blackwall Railway Company 2 Eastern Counties Railway 1 Great Western Railway Company 2O Leeds and Manchester Railway Company Brighton Railway Company Brighton (Cundy's) 2 London and Dover Railway Company 1 London and Southampton Railway Company ::0 London Grand Junction Railway Northern and Eastern Railway Company North Midland Railway Company 5 South-Eastern Railway Company 2 smith 'Midland Railway Company ~... I Per Share, DAM :IS 9.1 ~~~~~ •~5~ 3% 2% 3 1,31, I'HICEs OF 1111S.11 STOCKS, DUBLIN, JULY 12 3 TNer !'eat. Comols 9 % f Grand Canal Deb,,. 6 per cent. WS Ditto Betin,ed — l Ditto, 4 pee cent 5!11,i 3to tier Cent. Stock 99 f Hibernian Tank lAtto New, Its3 , t 3'; per Cent. I;elmitures Bnik Stoclc 294 !City Dobewures. 4 per cent... Royal Canal Sne , Grand Canal Stock MAILS. Arrived. Dole. Arriwol. Dile.' A rrived. lino O America 0 I France 0 (1 Lisbon I O Li azil . Illlnno , Ayres... 0 0 (Limburg 0 0 Moue() I) . Car‘lotopen, 0 0 Holland I Dutol.n... ...... 0 I 0 Jamaica O t-•:4o,te, ....... .. U 0 Lec..vard Islands 0 I Waterf)rd ..... fil(:11 WA i E.t AT 1.0N1)oN BRIDGE To-740111;0W. NT 'mine tiler 3 I Evoitin , ' 11 minutes alter 3. HAMBURG, Juzv 1, 1836. IOUR DAYS OF DRAWING of the 68th HAMBUIIG II GREAT LOTTERY being past, and the Wheel b , ing reduced to the trifling number of 6,00') (say Six Thousand) Tickets,— TICKETS WARRANTED UNDRAWN are now selling at ilancomarks 140, or ,ClO, say Ten Ponds sterling. On the next Day of Drawing - , the Third of August, the First Drawn Prize of Baticomar',, , 303, receives the premium of Bancomarks 10,000, and the Last Drawn Prize of Bancomarks 300, receives the largest premium of Bancomarks 100,000. 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 umal, not be attended to ; thus any persan remitting less than Ten Pounds sterling, will only throw away the postage for sending and receiving back the money or Bank notes. HEINE BROTHER 7: CONTRACTORS, in HAMBURG. TO ADVERTISERS. It will be seen by ihe,fidlowing extract front the Stamp (Vice Returns, that THE SUN is now the Leading Evening Paper, in point of circulation, as the Lists fir the Months of March and April last will sh : Sun ... 136,000 132,000 70,500 58,500 13,000 Giohe and Traveller .. Courier 'Fru: , Sun, and Weekly True Sun Shipping Gazette The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. --- 13 !W`t.i A4' (iralrZ ' i / • byr , vh.S, Y \0), Z 7( I e %-'? - LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1836. On the bringing up of the Report of the South Metropolitan Cemetery Bill last night, in the House of Commons, there arose an interesting discussion, which ended, we are glad to say, in the re-committal of the Bill. It appears that the promoters of this under taking, not, we are sure, from any wish that sectarian animosities should be continued in the grave, but from a laudable desire to give satisfaction to customers of all sorts, propose to divide their burying ground into two parts, the one for members of the Established Church, the other for Dissenters. This, on the face of it, looks like what may be called an invidious distinction, and as it is, we believe universally admitted that all dis tinctions cease the moment we enter the dominions of the great Leveller, it is both irrational and indecent to at tempt to perpetuate them even in appearance. We are aware that there are multitudes of Churchmen who imagine they could not rest in their graves were a Dis senter to repose near them, but we are sure the Legisla ture—the House of Commons at least—will never give effect to such unchristian feelings, by sanctioning any scheme which has a tendency to embitter sectarian differences. Others, again, cannot die happy unless they know they are to be buried in ground that has been made holy by the prayers of a mitred priest. They cannot rot peaceably in unconsecrated earth. This is an ignorant prejudice fostered, like many others, by priestcraft for its own selfish purposes ; and though it ought not to be needlessly encouraged, yet, as it is in a great measure harmless, it may be left to the effects of time and intelligence. The Dissenters, on the other hand, think that all ground is alike, whether consecrated or not. They take care, though this Bill insinuates the contrary, " that their burials shall he Conducted in a decent and solemn manner ;" but they have not the least misgiving thought that the repose If the dead wilL.be interrupted, or their future state in any way influenc.ed, by the accident of the burial being in a certain place. The public are much indebted to Mr. POTTER, for calling the attention of the House to the subject. It is now pretty certain, that if the Company wi s h : t o get their Bill passed, they must consent either to have the whole or none pf their ground consecrated. We observe that a motio n was made by Mr. WYNN, and agreed to by the House of Commons last night, for the attendance of Mr. CUNDY, the Engineer, at the bar of the House, to an serer for certain words com prehending a breach of 1 nivilege, said to have been spoken by him respecting an Honourable Member. According to the statem :nt of Sir C. BURRELL (the Member .alluded tc Mr. CUNDY is re ported to have said to t he Member for Wiltshire that he (Sir C. B.) had b !en influenced by interested motives in supporting STEP 'HENSON'S line of railroad to Brighton, inasmuch as tha t line passes through his property, and puts 15,0001 into his pocket. More over, that two other mem bei s of the Committee were in a similar predicament, t, he one receiving 12,000/. and the other 8,000/. Sir CI IA RLES denied the truth of the statement, and there IN "e think the matter ought to have rested. We like to sc :e :Hon. Members squeamish upon points of honour, but we like also to see ..._ _ them consistent. It is very possible that no specific engagement has been i. !ritered into between the parties, yet there may exist an understanding that in the event of the Bill passing, ample rc munciation shall be given. If Members of Parliament wish to avoid the suspicio ' of acting from interested motives they ought to absta in from sitting on railway Committees, or takin g any ~7 art in Parliamentary pro ceedings when the rail way ii ; to pass through their own property. No man is qualified to be judge, much less judge and juror too, in his own cause. In an article entitled the " Spirit of Whiggism," which appears in the Times of this morning, the writer, who signs himself " Runnymede," endeavours to prove that the Whig, or Liberal, body has no hold on the esteem or confidence of the people ; but is a mere fac tion aiming, by insidious means, at the overthrow of the Legitimate Constitution, and the establishment of a despotic oligarchy. In order to make good this fool-hardy assertion, " Runnymede" falsifies contem porary history with the recklessness of one to whom falsehood is familiar. Thus, speaking of the newly ' modelled Municipal Institutions, he says, " These Corporations have neither prescription in their favour, nor property. Their influence is maintained neither by tradition nor substance. They have no indirect au thority over the minds of their townsmen ; they have only their modish charters to appeal to, and the newly engrossed letter of the law. They'have no hold of the national mind ; they have not sprung from the na tional character ; they were born of faction, and they will live by • faction. Such bodies must speedily be come corrupt ; they will ultimately be found dan gerous instruments in the hands of a revolutionary fac tion." Now, the very reverse of this is the fact, for the New Corporations are remarkable, above all things, for the rigid accuracy with which they represent popular opinion. In them, the national character is reflected, as in a mirror. They are the slaves of no sect ; the re gisters of the decrees of no faction ; they belong to neither Whig, Tory, nor Radical ; swear neither by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir ROBERT PEEL, nor DANIEL O'CONNELL ; but spring directly from the people, to whose interests they are exclusively de voted, and deprived of whose fostering influence they cannot subsist a day. We grant that the old Cor porations were factious, isolated bodies, standing disdainfully aloof from the people, and se conded in all their encroachments on popular rights and defiance of popular opinion by the Aristocracy, whose willing and corrupt slaves but too many of them were ; but certainly no charge of the sort can, with even the shadow of truth or justice, be brought against the re-modelled Municipal Bodi es . B u t grant ing, for the sake of argumept, that they are all that " Runnymede" states them to be, whose fault is it that they have been called into existence ? The Lords', of course, who foresaw the danger, but lacked the courage to destroy it in the bud ! If, as this writer assures us—and no doubt he speaks the sentiments of his party—if the New Corporations " will ultimately" be found dangerous instruments in the hands of a revo lutionary faction," how shamefully remiss in the House of Lords to have permitted the re-organization of such belies ? Holding the opinions they did, and still do, on the subject, it - was their bounden duty to have thrown out the English Municipal,Reform Bill. But no—they dared not. They sacrificed their dUty to their ,fears, and allowed a measure to become law which they, nevertheless, firmly believed, would be followed by the most disastrous results to the Constitution. Is it for a Tory then to come forward at this tim! of day, and condemn a measure as " revolutionary," which was passed with the approbation of his own party ? Far better he preserved a discreet silence, for every syllable ha utters on the subject is a virtual condemnation of the House of Lords, who, within the last few years, have shown themselves to be as pusillanimous at heart, as they are braggarts in speech. They allowed the English Municipal Bill to pass, • because they feared to rouse the indignation of ! JOIIN BULL ; they kick out the Irish Municipal Bill, because they imagine that brother PAT may be insu:ted with impunity. In the one case they play the part of the craven ; in the other, of the bully: and in both, legislate with no regard to any considerations but their own caprices and interests. If this he not faction —and of the worst and most abject kind—we, know not what is. But "Runnymede" cannot see this besetting 'Tory blemish. In his eyes Toryism is all I that Eva was in the eyes of ADAM, " wisest, vir tuousest, discreetest, best." Not a single charge does he bring against the " Spirit of Whiggism" that does not apply with tenfold propriety to the " Spirit of Toryism ;" and we would advise him, therefore, should he ever think of republishing his letters, to substitute the word " Toryism for "Whiggism," which is the only alteration wanted to make them apt commentaries on the character and conduct of the one great faction of the day. Our readers will find in another part of The Sun nineteen resolutions on the subject of Post-office Re form, which Mr. WALLACE has given notice that he ,will move in the House of Commons this evening. We cordially approve of th 6 first sixteen ; but w e question the expediency —nay, even the justice—of moving the three last in conjunction with those which precede them. Were Mr. WALLACE to take our advice, he would rescind all the resolutions after the sixteenth—leaving those of a condemnatory character for future consideration. There is no connec tion whatever between a resolution for regulat ing mail-coach deliveries in town and country, and one which brands with infamy persons :through whose instrumentality the public may have sustained certain losses in this department of the public ser vice. Mr. WALLACE, in his eagerness to reform the Post-office, and to punish the abettors of its past abuses, falls into the very common error of blending the judicial with the legislative functions. Those who have encouraged extrava gance in the Post-office, are either culpable i n the eyes of the•law as it now exists, or they are not. If they be guilty let their guilt be proven, and then punish them ; but if they have not sinned against the provisions of existing statutes, in Heaven's name do not load them with the recorded censure of the British Commons. The apathy of the British Government with respect to the unjust condemnation of Dr. BEAUMONT to solitary confinement for life by the French Chamber of Peers, for the alleged crime of belonging to the Society of the " Rights of Man," has forced the people of England into a determination to see the national honour vindicated and respected in the person of that gentleman. 'We regret that it should be found neces sary to stimulate a British Minister to exert himself in behalf of the national dignity, when outraged in the person of a British subject. Such an occurrence ought not to be passed over, because the people may happen to be ignorant of, or indifferent with re gard to, the merits of the case ; and we feel bound to observe, that there was a time when our Foreign Mi nisters did not leave the national honour so outraged to the vindication of Crorm and Anchor preetingF. Some months have now elapsed since the French Chamber of Peers dared to insult Great Britain by comdemning to perpetual imprisonment a British sub ject. The particulars of this mock-trial and most unjust sentence were early communicated to the Noble Viscount at the head of our Foreign policy ; and yet • we are now called upon to report the proceedings of public meetings called together with a view to bring the question regularly before Parliament ! This is not creditable to Lord PA LMER S TON, and we consider it no more than our duty to tell his Lordship that such is our opinion. Dr. BEAUMONT was guilty of no crime—neither was he amenable to the law under which he was brought to trial. It was not proved on his trial that he belonged to any Society ; neither was it attempted to be proved that he harboured any enmity against the Sovereign of the FRENCH. In our opinion the Court of Peers condemned him out of pure ma lice against the Press of this country, for having de nounced their Lordships' exercise of judicial func tions. But whatever was the object which the Court of Peers had in view, in condemning a British subject to perpetual imprisonment, it is no less the duty of Parliament to interfere—now that the question has not been satisfactorily dealt with by his MAJESTY'S GO verninent. __- The whole of the French Papers of Tuesday have been received. At one o'clock on that day the Cham bers were closed, the business of the year 1836 having been formally concluded. AI. MoNTALIvET, Minister of the Interior, read the Royal Ordinance in the Chamber of Deputies in the presence of about fifty members, the rest haying left Paris for their country residences. The same ceremony was gone through in the Chamber of Peers, where the atten dance of members was by no means so numerous. Thus Paris is relieved, for some months at least, of the presence of A King-ridden a hody of legislators as were ever congregated to watch over the interests of a great nation. The execution of ALIBEAUD continues the all absorbing subject of comment with our Gallic Con temporaries. With the exception of the official or gans of the Government, there is not a single journal in which the policy of carrying the sentence of the Court of Peers into effect is not severely censured. The Government has certainly ventured upon a dan gerous course of proceeding. We condemn that course. If the assasination of the KING be contem plated by a great number of persons, the infliction of capital punishments will only serve to inspire • the traitors with fresh energy. If, on the contrary, so monstrous a crime be abhorrent to the feelings of all but men of abandoned character, it is not to be hoped that the execution of one will serve as an example to others. Such men are indifferent as to consequences. They trouble not themselves about the past ; all they seek is notoriety, and of that they are sure whether they fail or succeed, so long as the Peers of France continue to constitute themselves their Judges. We greatly fear that the death of ALIBEAUD has neither lessened the number of the KING'S enemies, inspired them with a greater reverence for his MAJESTY'S person, nor filled them with amore wholesome terror of the just severity of the law. On the contrary, they will be maddened by the enumeration of the many persons who have suffered death ; of the hundreds pining in solitary confinement ; of the crowds driven into exile ; and of the millions Pining in misery—all, in their opinion, for having failed to deliver France from a tyrant, who observes his solemn vows to his people as if he believed that " Oaths are but words, and words arc wind" —in fact, no more than mere forms for cajoling the credulous. In our extracts from the French Papers of Monday it was stated that M. LEDRU, ALIBEAUD'S advocate, had addressed the KING on Sunday, praying his MAJESTY'S clemency in behalf of his unhappy client. The following is a copy of M. LEDRU'S letter : " Sire,—Alibeaud, who is determined to die, has bequeathed to me the care of consoling his aged father. " In order to accomplish that holy mission, I come to en treat you to cast a look of clemency on a condemned man, whose unshaken resolution will render still more conspicuous the pardon which your Majesty will let fall on him from the throne. " It is impossible, Sire, to conquer the obstinacy of a man too disdainful of life to wish to prolong it by one day ; but it strikes me that if it be the duty of a simple citizen to forgive an enemy, it would be still more praiseworthy in the first citizen of the State to pardon his assassin. " I remain with respect, &c. (Signed) " CHANLES LEDRU. Paris, July 10, 1836." To this letter the KING paid no regard. It is 'un necessary for us here to repeat how deeply we regret the course which his MAJESTY, in concurrence with the advice of Council, thought proper to adopt on this momentous occasion. In our extracts from the French Journals of Tues day, we have given some important observations on the state of the war in Spain. We direct particular atten tion to the copy of a letter from the English Consul at Bayonne, on the subject of reports concerning the return of General EvANs - to England. Subsequent events may have determined the Hon. and Gallant Member for Westminster to remain in the service of the QUEEN ; bw with all due respect for the veracity of our Consul, we beg to re-assert that the report of Ge neral EvANs's intended return to London was not groundlessly propagated. PARIS, JULY 11.—The account from Spain state that, among the rumours circulated on 'Change, only two were facts—one of which was already known, viz., the recapture by Espartero of the prisoners taken by Gomez from General Tello, and the entrance of Cordova into Tolosa. " The occupation of Tolosa, which was before occupied by :he Carlists, and is situated in the centre of the insurrection, is the more important, as it enables Cordova to threaten both Ernani and Villa Franca, which are at a very short distance. The news, however, requires confirmation. Towards the close of the Exchange a report was spread of a victory obtained by Bernelle over the Carlists in Na varre; but no details were given, and, perhaps, the news was invented'to keep up the price of the funds. The Messager quotes, from the English Globe of the 9th, the news of the dismissal of the Reis Effendi, and adds, " Letters from Constantinople of the 15th, in the evening, an nounce, it is true, that Lord Ponsonby was on the point of ob taining satisfaction ; but we must observe that letters of the 2d, direct from Vienna, say not a word of the news given by the Globe. The express that brought it to London must have pasted through Paris, and it is therefore probable that, if it were true, we should have known it before it would arrive a London."—Messager, July 12. FRENCH FUNDS.—Ps tits, JULY 12. Five per Cents., 1181. 9. 7 :c. 90c. 95c. Three ner Cents. 801 55c. Bank Actions, 2,2751 2;272f. 50e. ffente de . al l(s , ItAlf. 70c. 75c. 60c. 6:.e. Roman Five per Cents.. 103%. Spanish Actives, 41 1 4 40%. Spanish Ditleres, 183 i%. Spanish Passives, 12X,1,4%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 105%. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 51 1 A. Haytian Loan, 3951 EXCHANGE ON LONRON. One month, paper, 25E 32%c. ; money, 25f. SOc. Three months, paper, 251. 1714 c.; money, 25E 15c. Authentique. POURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.-This has been again a blank day' at the Bourse. No business has been done in the Three per Cents. and the price is nominal at 80f. 70c. Spanish Active Stock has fallen to 41, on the pretended con firmation of some bad news, insisted upon by the Carlists of the Bourse. LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 109 f. —c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 70c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —; Gueb hards, —; Differes, —; New Loan, —; Actives, 40i; Pas sives, 121; Ducats, 100 80 ; Romans, 1038 ; Pedros, Belgians, 103- 1 4 ; Dutch, ; Haytians, 385 f. — c . ; Miguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 21/ ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 18k; Five per Cent. Perpe tuelles, —; Royal Loan, —. BELGIAN FUNDS, BRUSSELS, JULY 11. Actual Debt, 2 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lO2 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent MOM Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent llB Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent I2IN ....Brussels Papers, July 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS—VIENNA, JULY 4. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1257 —Allgenzeine Zeitung, July 9. DUTCH FUNDS—ANISTERDA.SI, JULY 11. Actual Debt, 25l per Cent. 58% 5(11 , 4 Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A inort Syndic, 44 per cent l/8% 981,4 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent , ..... ... 8 . 1% 82 Commercial Company, 4 1 ,4 per cent 173% 177 Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. Loan 1836, 4 per cent. —Dutch Papers, July 12. Letters from Lisbon to the 6th inst. have been re ceived. On the sth the PRINCE set out on a visit to Oporto, where great preparations were making to re ceive him in a manner befitting his exalted rank. The Ministry was going on better than was anticipated, and the country was generally tranquil. We understand that it is the intention of Earl Spencer to visit Scotland this season, and that he will attend the great cattle show to be held at Perth in October, under the auspices of the Highland Society.—Scotsman. An inquisition was held last night at St. George's Hospital, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body of Rosina Draper, a fine little girl, six years of age. The deceased re sided with her sister in Church-street, Twickenham, and on Saturday last, during the temporary absence of the sister, she was playing with some children, and having some gooseber ries was trying to make what is called gooseberry fool ; while in the act of lifting the saucepan from the fire in which it was boiling, the fire caught her frock, and she ran screaming into the street all in a blaze. The flames with great difficulty were extinguished, and she was conveyed in a fly to the above hos pital, accompanied by her sister and the overseer of Twicken ham, where she died early on Sunday morning. Verdict Accidental Death. Letters from Hamburgh to the 28th ult, state that the Flora, Stockflesh, had arrived on the previous morning, from Greenland, having left the ice on the 9th of that month, with five fish, (5,400), a full ship. The other foreign ves sels engaged in the fishery had in the whole 27,000 seals. The Mary, of Peterhead, had three fish and one river horse; and the Ellison, of Hull, had 800 seals. ELopEsrENT._Great sensation has been produced in the establishment of a family of considerable importance in the neighbourhood of Tonbridge by the sudden disappearance of a young lady aged seventeen, highly accomplished, and possessed of considerable personal attractions, who was on a visit to the family alluded to. The gay Lothario arrived at Parker's Hotel at eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, and pro ceeded in a chaise and four early the next morning, by a cir cuitous route, to Sovenoaks. The fair lady was anxiously waiting under some tr ee s n ear th e man sion, and upon the ap proach of the chaise she instantly sprang in, and was soon on her journey. The affair did not become known until the fa mily had assembled at the breakfast table, when every inquiry was immediately made throughout the establishment for Miss --, and her flight was not ascertained until a tradesman called at the house, and related that at an early hour he ob served the chaise in question pass through the village at a most rapid pace. There is little doubt but that the adventur ous couple were destined for Gretna-green.---Maidstone Gazette. 8 SHIPPING.-(tHIS DAY.) • (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JULY 13.—Wind W. N. W.—Arrived the Statira, from Jamaica ; Marmion, —, from Quebec ; Atlas, Pearce, from Dublin ; Eli za b et h, Whi te, f rom Belfast, and sailed for the River, with several coasters. Sailed, the Nep tune, Williams, for China ; Eagle, Patterson, and Penyard Park, Middleton, for the Mauritius ; the Batavia, Blair, for Batavia, remains. Arrived from the River and remains, the Albatross, Wilson, for Hobart-town. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 13.—Wind W., blows hard.—No ar rivals or sailings. His Majesty's ship Buffalo, for South Aus tralia, has gone out of harbour for Spithead. HASTINGS, JULY 14.—Arrived off port, the Columbia, Booth, from Canton. WII-IT, JULY 14.—Arrived off port, the Great Britain, Swinham, from Quebec. . _ COWES, JULY 14.—Arrived the Luine, Sanbef g, from New York. DARTMOUTH, JULY 14.—Arrived the Reliance, Blake, Ga lipoli. Off port, the Mary Ann, Tucker, from New York. LIVERPOOL, JULY 13.—Arrived the Hebe, Thompson, from Gibraltar. CLYDE, JULY 12.—Arrived the Favourite, Allan, and Che rokee, Miller, from Quebec ; Arcadian, Arnold, from Charles ton ; Oxford, Purden, and Marquis of Queensbury, —, from Miramichi. PLYMOUTH, JULY 12.—Wind W. N. W.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Minden, from the coast of Spain. Off port, the Bruce, Hiller, from Sierra Leone. No sailings. FALMOUTH, JULY 12.—Wind N. W. to W. N. \V.—Arrived the Clio, Arrachi, from Cadiz. No sailings. YARMOUTH, JULY 13.—The Clara, Romney, of Sunder land, (coal-laden), was towed into the roads by the Revenue cutter, with loss of mainmast, &c. _ _ _ SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 13.—The Heart of Oak, from New castle, put into this harbour yesterday, leaky, and must dis charge. The Odin, Lund, from New York to Antwerp, was aban doned on the 18th ult., l a t. 40, long.' 61, being water-logged. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received Quebec Papers to the 16th June, from which we make the subjoined extracts : " Despatches from the Colonial-office for his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief and the Royal Commissioners, were received at the Chateau on Monday last. They came from England in the Halifax packet Plover. " UPPER CANAD9.—KINGSTON, JUNE 7.—The wages of mechanics have increased lately in Kingston. The advance was called for by the rise in the price of provisions. Brick layers and masons receive 7s. 6d. per day ' • carpenters and joiners ss. 6d. to 6s. ; and l a b ourers 3 s . 9d. A fortnight ago we had copious rains for more than a week ;- since then the weather has been dry and hot. " MONTREAL-Intelligence has been received that may be relied upon, that no measure respecting any alteration in the timber duties would, be introduced in the House of Commons this season. This news will be heard with satisfaction by all classes in the colony. " EMIGRATION:LbrI Saturday the number of emigrants arrived at Quebec amounted to 9,431, being an increase of 5,476 over last year. There had been at the last dates about 1,000 at Groose Island coming up." Our arrivals this morning are the French and Ostend mails; with ship-letters from China, Demerara, Quebec, and Bar badoes. THE FUNDS. This being settling day in Consols, the brokers and jobbers are chiefly occupied in settling their accounts, which arc not of a heavy nature, as the fluctuation during the account has not been of any magnitude, and there is no doubt that it will fro off well. , _ . Consols for Account 92-4- 93 ; for Money, 91 ; Exche quer Bills, 12 14; India Bonds, par., 2 prem; India Stock, 2591 2601-. the Li Foreign Market Spanish Active, which closed yes terday very heavy at 401 1, and now be quoted at the same price ; Passive, 124 Deferred, 18i Portuguese, 804 811 ; Three per Cents., 50 514 ; Colombian, 304 4 ; Mexi can, 341-. lIALEPAST ONE. We have a very great dearth of information in the city ; not a single report in circulation at present ; consequently, the Funds are in a dull state, with scarce a bargain doing. The settling of the Account is going off well. Letters were received from Tampico yesterday, of the 18th of May, but they do not bring any news of consequence. Consols may be quoted at 4- for Account, Ex-dividend; for Money, 91+ S. Exchequer Bills, 11 13 10; India Bonds, 1 prem. 1 dis. ; Bank Stock, 2.14-; India Stock, 2591 2601 ; Spanish Active, .10!+ ; Passive, 121 1; Portuguese, 811; Three per Cents., 511 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 56i- Consols for the Account, 91,1 THREE 0' CL 0 Ck: INTENDED MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We understand that the marriage of his Grace the Duke of So merset with Miss Shaw Stewart, sister of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, is likely to be solemnized towards the close of the present month. Costly trozisseux of great magnificence are in a forward state of completion by that modiste Madame Devy, of Grosvenor-street. The Noble Duke has, we be lieve, completed his 60th year; the fair intended bride is un der 30 years of age., Lord and Lady Roseberry, Mr. Ellice and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop, Hon. Mrs. Maule, Mr. and Mrs. Harrington and family, Mr. Dundas, Hon. B. Primrose, Colonel Sumner, Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. M'Donald Seton, Captain Turner, the Misses A itcheson, Mr. Stewart, &c. &c., and about 140 passengers, embarked at Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, last night, for Edinburgh, in the London and Edinburgh and General Steam Navigation Company's much admired splendid and powerful steam-vessel the Monarch. IRISH CiruncH.—lt is impossible to pass over the division on the Appropriation Clause, without noticing the wretched impolicy of such an important decision taking place without publication of the names by authority, merely because it took place in Committee of the House. Even the Tory newspapers cry out against the practice. RESEARCHES ON ENGLISH — WITH CONSIDERATIONS ON THE S AND REVOLUTIONS.—Such app briand's new work, the ann ITERATURE, LT CF THE TIMES, MEN, s to be the title of Chateau . ncement of which has excited considerable interest. cording to the author's account, The book is comp of miscellanies, which have all tones, because they relat to all things : they pass from literary criticism, lofty or familiar, to historical observations, narra tions, portraits, and recollections, general or personal." Thus no one will be taken by surprise. The reader will know from the first what he has to expect : he will be aware that English Literature forms but the ground of the author's medley—the canvas for his embroidery. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India House tor the election of a Director, in the room of George Raikes, Esq., who had disqualified. At six o'clock the glasses were closed, and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the election to have fallen on Francis Warden, Esq. Theatricals appear to be at a very low ebb in the French capital. On the 3d instant, out of twelve theatres open (and four closed), the highest receipts were at Le Gaite, which amounted to 396 francs, about 161. ; and the lowest at the Pantheon were only 83 francs, or about 31. 6s. Bd. In consequence of the intense heat of the weather, Lord Brougham has postponed his intended visit to the coast ; and was still at Harrington, in Lincolnshire, on Monday last, where his health continues to improve. We regret to learn that letters have been received from Frankfort, which give no hopes of the recovery of Lady Ingilby.—Lincoln Gazette. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Yesterday af ternoon her Majesty, attended by the Countess Howe and Lady Denbigh, Prince Ernest of Philippstbal, Earl Denbigh, &c., visited these delightful gardens, to inspect the newly ar rived giraffes and other animals. Her Majesty expressed her high gratification with the gardens and animals in general, and in particular with the giraffes, especially the one named " La Belle Giraffe," which was at her request measured by Mr. War wick. After remarking on their healthy appearance, and the commodiousness of the place erected for their accommodation, to which they were removed only the day previous, the Royal party departed, expressing th emse l ves highlcdelighted by their visit. The Dlike of his returilitg Paris, .has given an , order to M. Duban, who is a most able architect, and at the same time master of the art of design, to make a com plete series of coloured drawings of all the remarkable public buildings in Paris, to be bound in a sumptuous binding, the style and ornaments of which are left to M. Duban, without limit as to expense. It is intended as a present to the Prince Royal of Prussia, who, in conversation with the Duke of Or leans, when at Berlin, spoke of the various monuments which had been so long in construction at Paris, and highly praised the enlightened care with which the King bad superintended their being finished, AMSTERDAM, JULY 6.—The first herrings arrived here yesterday evening. The first boat brought 38i barrels, which, after taking away those declared for presents, were sold at 700 florins per barrel. FIRE.—A fire broke out about nine o'clock on Tuesday night, which was for some time visible from the banks of the Thames, in the extensive range of workshops belonging to Messrs. Cobham and Wright, Camden-place, Peckham, which from the contents of the stock in the buildings and the short supply of water at hand for the use required on the oc casion, were very soon reduced to a heap of ruins. Informa tion was received in town within half an hour of the com mencement at the various fire stations in the metropolis, and seven engines of the London Fire Establishment, with the West of England, and upwards of forty of the brigade men, attended, to render the necessary assistance ; but unfortu nately they arrived at too late a period to carry their intentions into effect. Not the slightest portion of the stock destroyed is insured, and to the sad catalogue is to be added the loss of all the workmen's tools, which to that body will be a Serious calamity. The number of passengers by the railroad between Brussels and Antwerp, in June, was upwards of 98,000, and the receipts more than 105,000 fr. Yesterday morning a number of notices to the fol lowing effect, by command of the Duke of Sussex, being ranger of Hyde-park, were affixed on the banks of the Ser pentine river :—" Whereas certain disorderly persons having exposed themselves, by running naked about the park, and bathing at improper hou►s, the police are requested to pre vent it, and the keepers to take them into custody._Sussex, Ranger," TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Lieutenant-General Thornton has for some years, in conse quence of declining health, withdrawn himself from politics and public life; but however disinclined to come forward again, he thinks it his duty to protect the memory of that great man, the Right Hon. William Windham, with whom he had the honour of being acquainted, from the calumny brought against him many years ago by th e present Bi s h op of Salisbury, who, on being informed by hiul of his Lordship's mistake, very handsomely retracted his error, but which the Bishop of Exeter is stated in the Newspapers to have repeated as a fact, in the debate in the House of Lords on Friday, the Ist of July, which will, doubtless, be readily acknowledged as an error, on reading the following extract from the debate in the House of Commons on Monday, the sth of January, 1795. " The Right Hon. William Windham complained of the groundless charges raised against him, and particularly of one originating in falsehood, and afterwards circulated with a wicked industry. , The expression was the well known hack neyed one—` Perish Commerce.'" Mr. Hardinge said, in justice to the Right Hon. Gentle man, he was anxious to declare, that the words alluded to, of Perish Commerce, Live the Constitution,' were made use of by him, and not by Mr. Windham." Grosvenor-gate, July 2, 1836. MUSICAL. GRAND CONCERT AT STAFFORD HOUSE. Last night the splendid mansion of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland was thrown open to the fashionable world. Twelve hundred cards of invitation were issued, and upwards of one thousand of the Nobility and Gentry were present. The evening's entertainment was a vocal concert of a very superior description. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cum berland and Prince Ernest of Philippsthal were amongst the distinguished guests. The company began to arrive before ten o'clock, and the carriages continued setting down until after midnight. The whole suite of splendid saloons were thrown open, brilliantly illuminated, and the domestics appeared in rich State liveries. The company enjoyed a promenade of the magnificent apart ments previously to the concert. The grand picture gallery was the object of general admiration. His Grace has re cently added to his unique collection of the ancient master 9 several valuable paintings by Murillo and Velasquez, for. merly belonging to Marshal Soult, the chefs d'oeuvre uf those distinguished painters. The concert took place in the grand music -room, illuminated by splendid chrystal Chan deliers. The selection of vocal pieces was from the most admired works of Rossini, Bellini, Pacini, and Balfe. The wastes who assisted were Madame Grisi, Mademoiselle Assandri, and Madame Criscini; Signors Rubini, Tamburini, Ivanhoff, and Lablache. Signor Costa presided at one of Zeitter's grand pianofortes. The concert commenced with a trio, " Oh, di, opal sei to vittima" (" Norma"), by Grisi, Assan dri, and Rubini; the favourite duet from " Guilluame " Dove vai," by Ivanhoff and Lablache followed. Madame Criscini made her debut, and joined Tamburini in the duet, " Bella imago," from " Semiramide." Madame Grisi sang sang the aria from " Norma," " Casta diva ;" and the first: part of the concert closed with the finale to " William Tell," with an obligato accompaniment on the horn by Signor Puzzi. In the second part Madame Criscini sang an aria from Balfe's " Ildegonda;" then followed a duet by Ivanhoff and Tamhurini from Rossini's " Li Marinari ;" and, after several other beau tiful pieces, the concert terminated with the finale, " Dal tuo stellata," from Rossini's " Mose." The company broke up between one and two o'clock this morning. The police regu lations were ably conducted by Ledbitter, Gardiner, and Goddard. The Queen will give a grand vocal concert to-morrow (Friday) evening, at St. James's Palace. It will be her Majesty's last concert for the season, and at which Madame Grisi, Madlle. Assandri, Rubini, Ivanhoff, Tamburini, La blache, &c., will assist ; the whole under the direction_ of Signor Costa. Mademoiselle Judith Grisi has refused to fulfil her engage. ment at the Opera at Bergame, because she objected, to sing in "%Tornio with the tenor, David. Madame Albertazzi, the fair vocalist (formerly Miss Emma Howden) who is singing with so much eclat at the present time in Italy, is stated to have been the object of a fracas be- ' tween the Prince of Carrignan and an Italian Nobleman of equally high rank. The Prince, however, was ordered to join his regiment forthwith, an d t h ere the affair terminated. MANCHESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL.-The whole of the en gagements for this Festival have been completed. The prin cipal vocal performers are—Mrs. H. R. Bishop, Mrs. W.. Knyvett, Miss Clara Novello, Mrs. Alfred Shaw, Mr., Braham, Mr. Benett, Mr. Machin, Mr. H. Phillips, Mr. Tr:l-- rail, Madame Carradori Allan, Mademoiselle Assandri, Sir nor Ivanhoff, and Signor Lablache, Among the leading instru mental performers we find the following names :—Sir r ...4eorge Smart, Mr. F. Cramer, Mr. Lindley, Mr. Willman, Mr. Ni cholson, Mr. Harper, &c. M. Wilson is to be the organist, and Sir George Smart is to preside at the pian.dorte. The band will be numerous 'and complete in every department; and the chorus, under the superintendence of Mr. • George Holden, of Liverpool, and Mr. Wilkinson, will be selected from the choral societies of Manchester, Liverpool, and the adjacent towns. SELKIRKSHIRE.-Among the voters lately . tered for the county of Selkirk, is Williamson, the nuki Buccleugh's celebrated huntsman. The Noble Duke's exec-- tions in registering his dependents has been noticed with satis faction by the Liberal party in the county, who very truly con sider it a symptom of the weakness which the Tories can no longer conceal. A most important change has lately taken place in the value of certain descriptions of dock property, and more particularly that which up to the expiration of the charter belonged to the East India Company. After it was aban doned by them it fell into other hands, who reduced the charges, and effected a variety of other useful reforms, the consequence of which has been that the stock, which paid a very small dividend, and could with difficulty command. any sale in the market, has risen from a price of about 50e to 115, and has become one of the best esteemed invest ments of the kind. The last dividend declared was 3 per cent. on the half-year. The West India Dock Company at their semi-annual meeting yesterday declared a dividend on the half-year of 21 per cent. In general, owing to the prosperous state of trade, property of this description is in better estimation than it has been for sometime past.— Morning Paper. SCARCITY OF SILVER.—A great and unusual scarcity of silver exists all over the City—a circumstance which has not occurred for a very long time. The bankers, an sending to the Bank of England for a supply, which it has always been their regular practice to do, are informed that they cannot receive any without an order from the Lords of the Treasury, and are further given to understand, that as: the Bank are not supplied with silver from the Mint, they are unable to furnish the same accommodation to the public.. This is, of course, no satisfaction to the bankers. The fault: lies between the Bank and the Treasury, who probably seek to throw the blame on each other ; but the bankers are com pelled to do without silver, or with such a casual and uncertain supply as they may obtain from other quarters. The silv er coinage has often been a• source of disagreement between the Bank and the Government; but the cause of difference has uniformly been the excess of it, by which the Bank have heretofore sustained great inconvenience and loss, and 'nave occasionally refused to take it from the public. The C:ASC of a scarcity is altogether a new one. Silver, as bullion, has mush fallen off in the quantity of importation within these two years, and the market of th e U n i te d S tates, w h ere it has been. much wanted, has carried off a large portion of it. Such an: inconvenience as this, however, ought not long to be suffered' to exist in a great commercial' country. It would seem to be, more especially the province of the Bank to provide for the emergency, though they may have to complain of the Trea sury for throwing certain impediments in their way. A t an y irate, it ought to be ascertained at once where the fault lies— for, till then, all attempts at a remedy must be in vain. The more immediate cause of the present scarcity, as regards the silver coinage, is understood to be the demand all over the country for the payment of agricultural labourers, and the different railroads and other public works carrying on at this time.--Morning Paper. • (ADVERTISEMENT. POWERFUL MUSICAL BOXES, in wood cases, 12 inches long, by 5 inches wide, each playing Four Airs,. with the musiciinisheirin a z retrauperior matinee, are offered foil Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same description, with Six: Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. Cox SAVORY'S, Working; Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London.. N. B. The small musical boxes, 3 inches long, continue selVinr in tin cases, price 19s. each, or in composition shell cases, at 25 5 . each. BIRTHS. On the 11 th inst., at East S u tt on - p l ace , Kent, th e l a d y of Sir E. Filmer, Bart., a. daughter. On the 12th inst., at Peckham, Mrs. Sidney S. Dipnall, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Dover, Mrs. B. Bennett, of a son. On the 7th inst., at Les Tourilles, Tours, France, the lady of W. Willatts, Rsq., of a son. On the 11th inst. in Clifford-street, the Right H on . L a d y J anet . Wairond, of a daughter. • MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at Walcot Church, Bath, by the Rev. J a r ms Barry, Richard Jenkins, Esq., of his Majesty's 41st or Wel , A h Rem giment, son of the late Richard Jenkins, Esq., of Beachlel, Lodge, to Julia, daughter of the late Thomas Caitle, Esq., of Clifton. On the 29th ult., at Paris, at the British Ambassador's, Richard Ouseley, Esq., son of Sir Wm . Ou se l ey , and nephew to the Right lion. Sir Gore Ouseley , Bart., to Francis Sarah Place' only sur viving daughter of the late Wm. W. J ones , E sq., of Currey, Car marthenshire. On the 12th inst., at St. Mary Abchurch, M. Henry Ledyard, of Wood-street, to Mary, youngest daughter of J. Downes, of Lawrence Pountney-lane. On the 12th inst., at Egham, Surrey, Mr. N. Clode, of Mark--• lane, to Jane, youngest daughter of Wm. Clode, Esq., of Balehausi House. On the 12th inst., at St. George the Martyr, Southwark; Edward Josiah Josiah Monnery, son of W. Alonnery, Esq., ot tret‘ St. Saviour, and T r i n i ty-terrace, Newington, to Martha. g dachter of John Au s ti n , E sq., of BermondseY, and Portland-plaee,s Novi Kent-road. DIED. On the 19th April, at the Cape of Good Hope, aged 78, :William Wilberforce Bird, Esq., late Comptroller of Cust.nns. On the 9th inst., at Boulogne-sur-M , 4r , Martin French, Esq., of Calais, formerly of the 18th Hussars. London: Printed and Published . 03? MUBDO YOUNG, of. Wo 112, Strand, at The Sun Offze, Ne. 1 . 12, Strand, in the coot of Middlesex. ./7 P 1