The Sun. — London, England, 1832-06-05 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TheYthiidt - leading of the , •Entglis)l:lßefotm Bill has, at last, passed through the fiery ordeal of the House of Lords. The majority was 84, the numbers being 106 for the Bill, and 22 mal-contents. And such a minority ! We must record the names of these infatuated Peers follows: LIST OF THE MINORITY ON THE THIRD READING OF THE REFORM BILL ; EARLS, Mansfield Powlett POWig DUKES. 13ARONS. Newcastle . Bexley Gordon - Carrington EARL!. Elionborough Westmorland t VISVOUNT. 7%tonson Dartmouth Gage Delamere Guildford - - BA RO!'M. • Cartere 4 . Roden Rolle , Strathallan) WiPonghby de Broke Malmesbury Doneraile rantley. Thus nearly the whole , eody of Opposition Peers swamped themselves, the Mi te of the Lords only stieleime, fast to their stupid preju dices. Even the Bishops were scared, and did not attend the burial of the boroughmongers. Bishop Phillpotts retired early in disgust ; and no Spiritu a l P eers divided. The Right Rev. Prelates have a remarkable scent, and discern, afar off, the indications of a falling house, The sole object of the Anti-Reform orators appears to have been to get rid of their black Bill, and to blacken the Government by the repetition of eeery stale misrepresentation of motives . and con sequences in which they heretofeeelndulged.Never did political infatuation display such suicidal acts ; and among the most contemptible objects of the public scorn, the Waverers occupy a prominent station.We shall hereaftercretemmn watt a secret his tory of their cabals, in which the real characters of Lord Harrowby and Lord Wharneliffe, with the " Judge," will be duly exposed. That, neat young man, a son of very green nobility, and a Represen tative of a rotten borough, Mr. Wortley, on the announcement of " Message from the Lords,' announcing the passing of the Bill, denied that the Alessage was " from the Lords," and gave himself many youthful airs in an attempt to prove that the Lords had been overpowered. The Duke of Cumberland retired early in the con test ; the Duke of Wellington must be reported missing. Thus end all the despicable cabals of Court ; the labours of the wives and Foreign Ambassadors—of those hopeful party days, weeks since—in the words of Dryden— " When each, by curs'd cabals of women, strove To draw the indulgent King to partial loce." The Amendments will probably be passed in the House of Commons to-roorrow,after some sharp shooting by Col. Sibthorpe.—Morn. Chronicle. We could scarcely believe, until we had as certained the fact from inquiry, the statement in the Times of yesterday, that Sir Robert Peel, the great Political Joseph, had added to his other claims upon the national confidence the dastardly discretion of refusing to attend the two important Committees, now sitting in the H ouse of Commons, up o n th e B an k an d the Currency, and upon the abolition of Colonial Slavery. 1,1 hat ! " Peel's-bill Peel "—the statesman upon whose wisdom and counsel our monetary and financial systems, since the Peace, have mainly been founded—the philosopher who voted with Lord Bexley that a one-pound note, then de preciated about thirty per cent., and a shilling were equal to a guinea—and subsequently re presented to the nation that the restoration of the ancient standard would only be an inflic tion, to be measured by the difference between 4/. ls. and 3/. I7s. 10d. upon the public as a national debtor, and upon all private debtors in the community—to shrink from an examination into the fruits of his own system—to endeavour to escape the responsibility which he is so will ing to throw upon other men, of attempting to devise remedies for his own blunders, and to re enact the part which he has lately been playing in the farce with the Duke of Wellington, hoping to be considered " pure and undefiled " before the world at the expense of those upon whom, knowing the embarrassment of their position he wishes to impose the enviable duties of being his scape goats. Oh, Joseph—Joseph ! this is too bad ; but you shall not escape. The pretence of be ing interested in the inquiry, as a holder of Bank Stock, is too contemptible, and quite worthy of your whole conduct. Are there no other Mem bers of the Committee, like yourself, proprietors of Stock—and have they ever dreamt of urging this as an excuse for their non-performance of a great public duty, of equal delicacy . and import ance ? Do you really think that, be the result of this inquiry what it may, the complicated and difficult point to which our artificial system has arrived will be ascribed by an intelligent public to any measures which this Administration has ei ther adopted or neglected since they succeeded to the precious legacy you bequeathed them ? They would have been equally to blame ifa crisis, hitherto averted by good fortune or blind confi dence, had been brought on by three or four days' further suspense during the iosane attempt of the Duke of Wellington, which you so much encou raged and applauded, but from the responsibility of which you had noscruple in shrinking with as much horror as you instinctively feel at being impli cated in the proceedings of this Committee.— The Ministers have hitherto acted with supreme folly and blindness in not exposing fairly to the country the bed cf roses to which they suc ceeded in every branch of our affairs, in every department of the Administration. But above all, the state of the Bank—of the Savings- Banks—of the circulation—the dreadful effects on trade, agriculture, and manufactures—the ruin on all classes engaged in I hem, which had been the necessary result of the Peel system — of an alternate expansion and contraction of our paper money, since that experienced quack doctor did us the favour of undertaking the di rection of these transactions. He knows full well the desperate condition to which -his altera tive remedies have reduced the patient; and is quite willing to abandon to others the credit and responsibility of attempting a cure. He recol lects his propositions of 1819—his reduction of the debt to the Bank from nineteen millions to nine—the consequent contraction of the cir culation, and the miseries of 1822—the subse quent re-borrowing of money to pay cff debt, and for dead weights—the re-issue of 1/. notes - 7 .. the doubling of the paper money, and the neces sary doubling of all pricts in 1824 and 1825 the panic which succeeded—the withdrawal of notes—and he is now perfectly aware of the distress and wretchedness which have been gra dually and silently overwhelming all debtors and persons engaged in productive industry, from 1825—the period possibly of the greatest de preciation of currency, and marked by the most aggravated prices of commodities—to the at tempts which have been since made to place the Batik in some position of security and ability to meet its. engagements. When The information now before the Committee is communicated to the public, it will be seen in - what state the late Ministry, after all its efforts to improve the con dition of the Bank, left that 'establishment on the hands of the present Governmera.:We_ knew little of the case beyond the struggles which we constantly witnessed on the part of the Directors shortly after the formation of this Administra. non, to maintain the exchanges by a contraction • their circulation ; and we should infer, from .he improved symptoms which we have since 4iserved, that their concerns are now in a con lition of greater ease and security. But no one ean dcubt, who looks attentively at the accounts o which the public hav , 9 access—who knows l the amolint fOr which the depositors in the ;Savings-Banks have a claim—who considers ;that the stock of gold at the ILA must supply dl drafts upon the (Alibi. issues of paper in I England, Scotland, and 'lreland—and who re collects the simultaneous demands which were made during the two first days of the Interreg num—that a state of things exists which re ;quires the united wisdom, caution, and ex perience of the Committee. Is this a time for ISir Robert to desert his duty ? If our adverse fates had decteed that he should still be our ruler, would his personal interests, which are now pleaded as an excuse for his absenting himself, ; have prevented his advising in the Cabinet an arrangement for the renewal of the Charter ? His absence from the Committee on the abolition of slavery tan only be accounted for on equally jesuitical grounds. We have no desire to enter into an examination of the • measures pursued by the present GoVernment on this subject—we know they have been in strict accordance ...;41 the policy of the preceding colonW administration—that they are founded Oh the principlesof Mr. Canning's resolutions, to which Mr. Peel was a party—and that they have been directed with touch r. ea!, and with the best in tentions to promote the great objects in which the public take so deep an interest—the amelioration of the condition of the slave, with a view to the ulti mate extinction of slavery. The subject is one of ,! great complexity, rendered still more difficult by Pi the violent feelings and passions of the parties in terested in it. The controversies entered into with the Colonial Legislatures by the Fate Go vernment, in their endeavours to enforce their Orders in Council, produced a state of feeling in the islands which has involved the present Cabinet in uninterrupted disputes with them ; • and the case has not been made better by en deavours to carry into effect regulations which their predecessors had threatened to enforce, with what sincerity or honesty we pretend not to de * termine. Still this embarrassing question was left upon their hands in an equally unsatisfactory . and perplexed state with that of the Bank ; and when Mr. Buxton applies for a Committee to attempt a settlement, Sir R. Peel thinks it equally worthy of his character to refuse, his assistance even to his friends, the West Indians—for whose; misfortunes he expresses so much sympathy and distress. In this line of conduct we understand his colleagues, Sir George Murray and Mr., Gonlburn, join—the latter possibly on the same ; ground on which Sir IL Peel has excused himself. from • attending the Bank Committee. The sneaking contruct of the Political Surface in this'absenteeism is a compound of two despicable ingredients of character—tide-waiting, for party changes ; and rank cowardice. The first motive will, we predict, be signally disappointed. Sir Robert Peel will never main be intrusted with th e administ ra ti on o f our 'future public affairs, till he has expiated his political offences of the last fifteen years. He must not flatter himself that the past transactions of his fatal civil and finan cial policy will escape the probe of the first Re formed Parliament. We shall on an early op portunity take a retrospective review of his poli tical life.—Morning Chronicle. Thank God ; the Reform Bill has at length passed. It was read a third time last night in the House of Lords, and now 6nly awaits the assent of his Most Gracious Majesty to become the law of the land. The debate which pre ceded the consummation of this stage of the measure was, like all the previous debates on the same subject, a tissue of violence and folly on one side, contrasted with temperance and reason on the other. It did not last long enough, however, to become so tedious as when the orators of corruption were inspired with hope. The whole was concluded by nine o'cleck, Lord Roden having, with more zeal than discretion, driven his own party to expose their weakness by forcing Ministers to a division. The divi sion was 106 to 52, making a majority of 84 in favour of the Reform Bill. When the divi sion was declared no expression of applause or triumph broke forth either from the supporters of Ministers or from the strangers in the gallery, or below -the bar. In fact, the bit- terness of feeling, which had characterized the proceedings of their Lordships on this question from the first, operated upon the good taste of the majority as a check to any galling manifestation of triumph in the hour of victory. The only appearance of exultation was the advance of a few Lords to shake hands with the Minister on the conclusion of his ardu ous labours. But, though all was decorum and moderation within their Lordships' House, the persons assembled in the passages and in the neighbourhood did not feel themselves bound to observe the same rule of etiquette, and they gave free scope to their enthusiasm by cheers anti other' demonstrations of joy. The cheers were so loud as to create a strong sensation amongst the Members of the House of Com mons, who were quietly proceeding with the Scotch Reform Bill at the time. No sooner did they hear the cheers than they understood their import. There was a general rush to wards the doors, both by Members and strangers; and in a short while the House 'was comparatively empty. Still the news continued to travel to afferent parts of the'town, and fre quent shouts, mixed with occasional discharges of fire-arms, announced, 'in different quarters, the glad tidings of accomplished freedom to an anxious popttlation. The Bill has one stage more to go through in the House of Commons, but it is merely a. stage of form, before it can receive the Royal Assent. That stage is the consent of the Commons to the few amendments which _their .Lordships have made in the Bill. A question has been raised, in reference to this part of the proceeding, as. to whether his Ma jesty will pronounce the Royal assent in person, or whether . it. will be given by commission, as.in ordinary cases. But this, according to the con fession of all parties, is not an ordinary case. In tl►e :estimation of his Majesty, who originally sanctioned and subsequently saved the measure, it is. one of great magnitude and of• great public good ; and therefore, if we had no other reason than that which the estimate of probabilities affords, we should conclude that every solemnity would attend the final sanction of an Act which will redound more to the glory of the present reign than the most splendid victories which the proud annals of this country can associate with the existence of any former Government. But, in addition to the probabilities and the reason of the thing, we believe it to be the fact that orders have been already issued, and that preparations are actually in progress, to make ready for his Majesty's appearance in person to pronounce with his own lips his sanction to the overthrow of corruption. We have alluded iready to the short debate which preceded the -hird reading. It would seem as if i qie defeated iarty were anxious •to distinguish themselves in ihsurdity When they could no longer distinguish themselves by doing mi,e;chief. Lord Winchil :ea, started at the top of his speed ; but, like ,nest animals sAho do, so, his Lordship broke down, and left . the question worse than he found it. Lords HarroWby and Wharncliffe, though somewhat more subdued, were not a whit more successful in arguMent. Their lamentations ,vere truly ludicrous. The general joy of the nation is the best commentary that can be made upon their sorrows, which . lament the untimely fate of rotten boroughs and corrupt influence. But we would refer our readers to the masterly reply of Earl Grey, if, in addition to the popu lar laugh, they wish for the commentary of an able dissection of puerilities, which, whether delivered in a tone of fury, or with an affecta tion of sagacity and point, are the offspring of something worse than mere mental incapacity, unless they flow from that source alone.— Morning Herald. The cause of truth and justice has triumphed ; and nothing but a form is now interposed be tween the people of these realms and the full pos session of their rights and liberties. The Bill which secures them, we trust for many ages, has actually passed both Houses of Parliament, and waits but the ceremonial of the Royal assent to become the law of England. To-morrow, it is said, is the day ; appointed for that grand and af fecting ceremony. If there be one feeling more likely than another to engraft itself upon, and mingle with, the universal exultation of the hour, it will be envy of that beneficent Sovereign who has encouraged the labours of a virtuous Mini ster, and crowned the desires of a loyal and en lightened people by his cordial assistance and support. Never yet was Monarch set on such a pinnacle of earthly greatness as William IV. ; of ? William the Reformer," for by that name only will our present Sovereign be dis tinguished to after-times. But if his Majesty be an object of applause and envy on this vast oc casion, What sentiments must they excite, who now at such a moment of complete, and joyous, and bloodless Victory, gained by a confederate King and people over their just oppressors, would dare to reopen and envenom a wound but recently closed, and to light up again those flic kerings of national distrust or jealousy towards the Monarch, which the occurrences of two or three weeks back had provoked, and which all honest men had hoped to see finally extin guished during the Reform reign of King Wil ham. Yes—the reptiles begin again to show signs of animation—they writhe and hi ss , w h en they can sting no longer. We have already said, —and we have spoken but the truth—that there exists a certain Court faction, whose presiding terror for some time past has been lest the King should retain his popularity. This faction feels King William's popularity with his subjects as if a barbed arrow had pierced their own flesh, and caused therein a .deep and festering ulcer. They have sworn to make his Majesty so act, that he can hope no longer to enjoy the respect of Englishmen. They have resolved that the King's disesteem with his subjects shall begin whilst Lord Grey is his Minister ; and they trust to the effect of systematic misrepresentation towards persuading his Majesty that if he be comes unpopular during Lord. Grey's tenure of the Government, his unpopularity must be owing to Lord Grey. Such a conviction they take for granted will facilitate the projected overthrow of the Reform Cabinet, and bring back the Tories, whose tools they are, into office. Now ,that the Duke of Wellington's clumsy manoeuvre has failed, and that the Bill has been carried,--not by his Grace, but by its original Tramers,-I , Vhat is to be done ? They move heaven and earth to dissuade the King from giving the Royal assent to the Bill in .person. Why ? Because, according to the Court etiquette, it is understood that the King's assent in person implies his hearty approbation of the measure assented to, and that the,Royal assent by commission is to be taken for a proof of the King's personal repugnance to the measure, and of the official fiat being given with an hostile animus on the part of the Sovereign. This, then, is the point of view in which those who choose to call them selves the " Queen's party" would present King William to his affectionate subjects. They would exhibit him as in his heart an enemy to Reform ! Is this madness ?or malignity ?or treason ? or what is it ? The difficulties are overcome ; all hope of obstructing the Bill has vanished,—all hope of deriving advantage from the rejection of the Bill is at an end. Then, we ask again, what can those wicked counsellors, who would .show teeth without the power of biting,—what, in the Dame of iniquity or dis loyalty, can they intend, but to make the King odious to his people, by a demonstration of enmity against a measure, in favour of which his people are unanimous, when that measure has already passed, and when all further opposition to it must be fruitless ? The want of principle displayed by the Court sycophants on this occa sion is, in our opinion, the most glaring that ever disgraced the ignoble race of courtiers. The King must have_ seen through it.-long ere now. The want of worldly sense and sagacity which it exposes we may touch upon at an early opportunity.— Times. The public will read with some disgust the leave-taking with which the famous Reform Bill. was last night dismissed from the House of Lords by its inveterate enemies, and certainly will not like it one whit the worse on that account. One Noble Lord appears to have said that " the in dependence of the House of Lords was gone." That can only be the fliult of the House of Lords itself, for the House has been in no degree altered by any external measure S—its members are the same as heretofore. Another Noble Lord is indigtruit that Ministers do not condescend to offer a reply to the observations of the first speaker, whilst he says that he had absented himself from the House " from a sense of in tense disgust." Might not Ministers have that same sense for the speebh which they had just heard, which the Noble Lord had for proceed ings from which he was absent ? If so, their not deeming it worthy a reply was natural. The general ans wer , h owever , o f L or d G rey to a ll the charges brought against him, and his defence of his own conduct in the whole measure, was complete and satisfactory—inspirit and language Worthy of the great cause, and of the noble minded speaker. The Bill, after being pissed in the Lords, was taken to the Commons, where its amendments will be ratified to•day. It will be observed that the son of Lord Wharn cliffe, with true filial devotion, t oo k an oppor of s h o wing that he d oes not wish to be wiser than his father. C o l one l Sib t h orpe t t i u ) o n t ig y h t also gave a parting salute to the Bill, w i t h more energy than grace. We confess ourselves, however, too much gratified for any strict or in vidious criticism.— Titnes. It is with feelings the most painful that we , efer our readers to the report of the proceed figs in the House of Lords last, night. The evolutionary Bill, which dooms to destruction Ole ancient and universally-envied: ConstitUtion l)i . Britain, was read a third time, after a division n which twenty-two Peers only were numbered n opposition. Let it, however, never be for gotten that this measure has been carried in the frery teeth of a decided majority of the Upper House ; that it becomes law not only without ihe sanction of the second Estate of the Realm, but in utter contempt of its authority. We say let these damning facts be remembered for ever as the distinguishing characteristics of the mea sure that has just passed, and which will thus go down to posterity bearing on its front the ►rand of tyranny and illegality.—Morning Post. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND came to town esterday, from their ressidence at Kcw. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA !walked and drove for some time in Hyde Park yesterday. I The French Ambassador, awl the Belgian Minister on a !special mission, transacted business with Viscount PAL 31ERSTON yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Marquess of LANsuowxy, Viscount ALTHORP, 'Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, visited Earl GREY yesterday, at the Treasury. The Earl of Mu LGILAVE had an interview with Viscount GODERICIT yesterday, at the Colonial-uffice, and took leave of the Noble Viscount, on Lis departure for Jamaica, to enter on his official duties as Governor. A deputation of Sugar Refiners, headed by Mr. EwAK'r and Mr. Joust Noon, had a conference yesterday with Viscount ALTHOKP, at the Treasury. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. An ACCOUNT of the several AMOUNTS paid in the Year 1331, under separate Heads, for HALF-PAY and RETIRED SUPERANNUATED ALLOW ANCES; distinguishing the Amounts and Departments. MILITARY AND NAVAL DEPARTMENS. ARMY. s. d. Army Pay of General Officers Retired Full Pay, Half-Pay and Military Allowances 798,491 3 4 Militia Adjutants and Sergeant Majors 79,745 6 6 Local Militia Adjutants . Out-Pensioners of Chelsea and Kilmain ham Hospitals 1,354,762 19 1 In-Pensioner■ of ditto ditto Widows' Pensions Compassionate List Royal Bounties Pensions for Wounds 113,269 14 3 Foreign Half-Pay Foreign Pensions, including Allowances to Widows and Children of deceased Foreign Officers Sup , rannuation Allowances Commissariat 55,336 2 4 Royal Military Asylum 2,924,604 17 4 NA vy —HALF-PAY. To Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders Lieutenants, Pursers, Masters and'. Surgeons, also to Royal Marine Officers 903,712 11 3 Superannuations, Pensions and Allow ances to Officers, &c. in the Military Line of the Service 108,602 10 9 To Commissioners, Secretaries, Clerks, ttn. formerly employed in the Civil Departments of the Navy Victualling Department Bounty to Chaplains Allowance to Widows and Orphans on the Compassionate List Widows' Charity ' 137,384 18 4 Pensions to Widows of Physicians, Sur geons, Assistant Surgeons, Purers and Riyxl Aldrine 33,533 19 4 Greenwich Hospital, Out-Pensioners... 249,200 0 0 1,626,704 14 5 ORDNANCE—MILITARY. Superannuated and Half-Pay Officers 53,422 0 0 Retired as General Officers 11,199 0 0 Allowances for good Services 5,249 O 0 Pensions in remuneration for Inv..ntions and Improvements in •the Artillery Service Superannuated and disabled Men Pensions to wounded Officers 7,0415 0 0 Pensions to Widows and Children 23,304 0 0 Retired Officers of the late Irish Artil lery and Engineers, and Pensions to Widows 8,366 0 0 ORDNANCE-CivlL. Superannuated and Half-Pay to Civil Officers, Artificers and Labourers ; Retired Pay and Pensions to Civil Officers, in consequence of reduction and ill health Pensions to Widows Superannuated and Half-Hay . to Irish Civil Officers, Artificers, and La bourers, and Pensions to Widows 3,711 0 0 Barrack Department I 33,498 0 0 4,673 0 0 CIVIL DEPARTMENTS. Treasury Privy Council Office for Trade, Secretary of State, Home Department 355,944 0 0 4,817 12 6 1,090 0 0 2,069 0 0 Ditto Foreign ditto 4,239 10 0 Ditto • Colonial ditto Alien Office State Paper Office Customs, United Kingdom 203,577 9 Oi Excise, ditto Stamps, ditto - 1'1,994 1 3 Taxes, ditto Post Office ditto 20,002 15 6 Mint Office, ditto Audit Office, including late West India Commissioners Office Colonial Audit Office National Debt Office Lottery Office Hackney Coach Office Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer Pells Office Chamberlains of the Exchequer Tellers Office Exchequer Bill Office Stationery Office Woods, Forests, and Land Revenue Office Barone of Exchequer, Scotland ..... Sheriffs and Stewards Depute, Scotland Persons formerly employed on Military Roads, Scotland Inspectors and Stamp Masters of Linen, • Scotland Chief Secretary*s Office, 1re1and........ Vice Treasurer's Office, ditto • Privy Council Office, ditto Military Account Office, ditto Audit Office, ditto Board of Works, ditto Hibernian Society for Soldiers' Children, ditto Retired Consuls abroad Master Shipwright, Kingston,. Upper 10,727 5 0 600 0 0 976 10 1 5,660 10 0 116 13 4 2;175 7 8 3,320 0 0 2,130 0 0 400 0 0 245 0 0 894 0 0 1,653 0 0 700 0 0 159 0 489 '0 0 101 11 B 1,348 I : 5 .st: 0 0 16 0, 9 4,168 5 2 -1 745 0 0 590 10 71 Canada Police Magistrates and C6nstables Police Constables in Ireland 50 15 8 5,202 4 7i- 150 0 0 3,581 19 7 2,718 9 8 __- Total Civil Dep►rtments 469,029 11 0 Total Military, Naval and Civil Depart- meats 5 376,253 2 9 T.' SPRING RICE. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, M a y 7, 1832. REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—It is rumoured that the gentb-man whose former affluence and recent failure have lately bee❑ so much the subjects of remark, is now living at the Hague on the comparatively small pit ranee of 4001. per annum. THE ALIIANfI3RA, BY GEOFFREY CRAYON. _" The legends, or tales, have all this writer's humour and perfectness of representation, but we are, after all, most charmed with that part which it is now almost ridi c ulous; since the dap' of Mr. SHANDY, to term the Seri= imental Journey.' The landscapes of Spain, so glowingly ; t oted—the peculiar character of Spaniards—the bumorou, levelopement of their distinctive traits, togethei with the irtist-like drawings of the Alhambra itself,; these are the things which would cause us to lay up this book among our favourites, bind it in morocco, and reserve it for summer readiup in happy hours."—Spectator. , ,I i: • BAIL COURT, JUNE 2. GBIFI~T i 5 AND CO. V. TAILLETON. Sir JAMES SCAELETT stated that this was an action brought by the plaintiffs, wine merchants, Pall-mall, .tainst John Collingwood Tarleton, of Collingwood House, Durham, as acceptor of a bill for 200/. The transaction, as append by the plaintiff's evidence, originated as follows :—The plaintiffs' clerk was one morning called on by Mr. John Gulley, of Hare Park, Newmarket, who had very extensive dealings with them for wine, who presented him with a bill at twelve months for 395/ accepted by Mr. Tarleton, observing that it had only six days to run, being due on the 19th September, 1830. Ile told the clerk to take his bill for wine out of it, which he did, and gave Mr. Gulley a check for the ba lance, allowing him also their cheek discount for prompt payment The hill was dishonoured, and subsequently two other bills, of which this was one, taken instead. On his cross-examination, the witness Griffiths, a relative of one of the firm, said he knew nothing of Mr. Gulley, hut that he was a gentleman keeping a large establishment, formerly at Cumberland-place, lately in the Ade ;he had also a house at Newmarket. He had a private ac count for wine; had seen no paper before pass in pay ment. He subsequently said he had dined at Mr. Gulley's. Mr. CAMPBELL-Did you afterwards receive an invita tion to shake your elbow ?—(Loud laughing.) Mr. Griffiths, with apparent surprise —No, Sir, nothing of the kind. Mr. CAMPBELL, for the defendant, said this was a case in which a character of considerable eminence was prin cipally concerned, though the action was ostensibly brought by his wine-merchant. For persons who had achieved eminence by fair means he had always entertained a pro portionate share of that respect entertained fur them by the public generally. The person he alluded to as behind the curtain in this drama was no other than John Galley, the noted pugilist, and once the Champion of England, whose battle with Gregson at the time was scarcely less famous and celebrated than the battle of Waterloo itself. When he recollected to whom he was opposed, he candidly confessed he was apprehensive he should " be floored" by this celebrated hero, as had been the .case with most of his former antagonists—but, be that as it might, he was re solved to make " a stand-up fight" of it, and have a round with him, in spite of the " long odds" against him.— (Grett Laughter.) He, however, suspected he had a point of law in his favour, which would prevent even a Gulley " coming to time." Now this poin', to drop all metaphor, was, that the original bill for 395/. had b, en given for a gambling debt, being part of 12,0001. lost by the defendant to Gulley on the Doncaster St. Leger race, in September, 1829, which bill had been dishonoure l ; two other bills, this for 2001., and another fur the balance were given to the holders, Messrs. Griffith. On the first of these bills the plaintiffs thought they might, as in dorsees, bring their action without being estoppel in con sequence of its coming out that the bill had been given for a gaming debt. The law had, however, drawn a dis tinction between bills given for an usurious consideration in the hands of indorsees, to whom no knowledge of the fact of usury could be traced, when they received or dis counted such bills, and bills given for a gaming debt, and very wisely—for otherwise, such persons as Mr. Gulley would have no difficulty at a!1 in getting in the full amount of such gaming bills by simply going to their tradesmen, and desiring them to take their amounts out of those bills, and give him a check for the balance. He should close his case . hy stating, without prejudice to the cause, that Mr. Tarleton was even now only desirous of a settlement of accounts long standing between him and Mr. Gulley ; and that he would agree to a reference of all matters in dispute to a gentleman named even by Sir James Searlett, provided lie did not insist on the advantage which a verdict would give him over the defend int. Mr. Tarleton was ready to show before the arbitrator that there was a balance due to him by Mr. Gulley. Sir JAMES SCARLETT only smiled. Mr. Justice PATTESON—If Mr. Gulley will pay the plaintiffs the amount of the bills, they, I dare say, will have no objection to these parties making such a reference. Mr. CRESSWELL then called " John Gulley ;" a short pause ensued. Mr. CAMPBELL asked if there was a stop-watch in Court ? a time. keeper in this instance was essential.— (Considerable laughter.) The COURT observed it _was never known that the witness showed any disinclination to come up to the scratch before.—(A laugh.) The crier was ordered to call the witness outside the Court in Westminster Hall. No answer was returned, and he was subsequently called in vain on his subpoena. Sir JAMES SCARLETT, addressing the Jury, said, " You see, Gentlemen, my Learned Friend's fears were ground less, for he:has actually frightened the Champion away.".__ (Laughter.) The Jury - found a verdict for the plaintiffs-2141. for principal and interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday, a miserable-looking Italian boy was brought before Mr. lIALts, charged with begging in the streets. Godfredi kocenti, the master of the boy, was a'so ap prehended, and charged with having sent him out to beg, and Mr. HALLS directed that the boy should be admitted to give evidence to that effect. JoSeph Parigali (who gave evidence in the case of the murdered Italian boy) was sworn to interpret truly. From questions put to the boy, it appeared his name was An toni Platoni ; that he was only eleven years of age, and a native of Parma. He had been but three days in this country, having been brought over by his master, the de fendant, who had seve❑ boys besides himself. His master sent him into the streets to beg, and he was obliged to bring home all he could get. On Saturday, he brought ho me 7d., and the shilling in copper found upon him was also obtained by begging. . - - The defendant said he was not aware of his having com mited any offence, and said be would return to France it the magistrate would let him go. Mr. HALLS, in committing the defendant for one month and hard labour to the House of Correction, observed, that the system pursued by the masters of these poor friendless Italian boys was most iniquitous, and most he put a stop to. The magistrate ordered the boy to be placed in St. Giles's workhouse. Paragali said that he knew nine Italians who had no fewer than 160 of these poor boys under their control. They sent them into the streets to beg, while they remained at home themselves feasting and playing cards. He knew many of them who had amassed large bums of money in this way, and in some instances, if the poor boys were out of luck, they would remain in the streets all night, know ing that if they should return without money, they would be severely beaten. CORONER'S INQUEST. An inquisition was taken yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, at the Westminster General Dispensary, Gerrard street, Soho, before Mr. Higgs, on the body of William Keefe, aged IS, the boy who was discovered in Mr. Der motes dissecting-room in the above institution, on Friday last, under suspicious circumstances, as detailed in our Bow-street report of yesterday. Mr. Andrew Maim, quarter-master, attached to the Ganymede hulk, lying off Woolwich, deposed that he bad carefully inspected the body of the deceased, and felt no hesitation in stating, that he was a convict received on board thle vessel to'which he belonged about five years ago. On the 14th of May he was attacked with symptoms of cholera; and was immediately removed on board the Nar cissus hospital-ship, where he expired fbur days after wards. The body, as is usual in such cases, was deposi ted in a shell, and interred in the burial ground appropri ated for convicts, in Plum-street,' Woolwich. The ground was quite unprotected, and consequently quite at the mercy of the resurrection-men, who there plied their unhallowed calling with impunity. Mr. Dermott repeated the statement he made at Bow street. A juror inquired if any inquest had been previously Iteld f " r o . n 7 t h h o e m bo as d , y ? the police superintendent, said he had as certained that none had been held. The foreman of the jury here suggested the immediate removal of the body to a place of interment. He thought, from the putrid state which it was in, the worst conse quences were to be apprehended if kept above ground any longer. The C goner said he had no power to give such an or der,, but he had,no doubt the parochial authorities would do what was right in the case. After a long consultation, the case was left in the hands of the parish officers, with an understanding that the re mains w o uld be iditnediately carried away and interred. A verdict of natural death was returned. —.--- A FISH CAUGHT BY A Fox.— At Drop more, Bu c ks (the seat of Lord G RENVILLE ) , on Thursday norning last, the men emp lo y ed in the g ar dens observed he swans on the lake in an a g itated s tate , and several tucks having been lately stolen, they repair e d t o t h e l a k e, vhen they observed a fox approach the water, snatch IT a fish, and run off with it; the party gave chase, and Rey .iard dropped his prey, which proved to be a pike weigh ing 31- lbs.-- Windsor .express. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest mice of Bread in the Metropolis is 10d. for the Pb. Loaf. There are others who sell from %d. to lyyd. totios , .hat price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—June ;ew English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. 525. fine —s. 82s. )ld Ditto Ditto.-- —s. —s. fine —s. —5• 525. 6•7;s fine —s. Wt. --s. —s. fine —s. —s. _ s2s. 825. fine —s. P2s. —s. —s. fine —s. —5. 12s. fine 50, 525. —s. —s. fine —s —s. —s. 375. fine --s. 425. Carraway —s. —s. 60s. fine 15s. Foreign Ditto --s. --s. —s, fine r:oriander —s. —s. fine 255. 30s. ISt. Foin ----(per Quarter).- .. —s. —s. tine—s. 725. Rye Grass —s. —s. new 20s. 435. Pacey Ditto Linseed, for feeding Ditto, for crushing— - 365. 40d. —s. fine —s. Canary Seed, New klew Foreign Dit+. )1d Ditto --- Sew White Clover, , Id Ditto Dim ew Trefoil Grass 'ltte) Old White Mustard Seed—(per Bushel)-- —s. 7s. Bs. fine ..—s. Brown Ditto --, —s. 10s. 17s. finc. , .....5. Turnip Seeds, Rounds —s. —s. Bs. tine 12s. Green and Red Ditto — , —s. —s. Bs. tine I•2s. :fares, Old • ~, ......- • --s - s. ss. 6d. fine 6i. Ditto NM ......... - . ,a. ....S. fine , - , -ii.....5. iiia•eSeed, English, tine (per List) 231. !al. Foreien .211/. .2-4. Kent Pocket: Suesex Ditto Berri Ditto. I. mliarn PRICES O 1 tlol'B.—June 4. • 51 10s. 61, 10s. to St. 51. si. 51. 18s. to 61. 51. 10s. 6!. 6s. to 71. to. Fine 9/. O. 12/. Os. to 01 Os. Seconds 0/. Os. 71. Os to 9/ Os. 41. 15s. 51. lOs to 01. 194. 41. 10s. 51. Os. to 5/. 14s. 0/, Os. 01. Os. to 0/. es. Kent Bags— ntissux 1)0 to Essex PRICE OF OIL. Ripe Oil, brown Os. Refined 0 Linseed Oil -..... 10 IG/ 5- -5 Linseed Oi Rape Cake, Cake at the Mill, per thousand per ton Wil !TECH A PEL HAY NIA IMF:F.—June: Flay —.-50 s. Od. to 101 s. Od. (lover— 80s Od. to 130 s. Od. Od. to 38s. Od. PRICE OF POTATOES.—June 4. - , 41. Os. to 4!. 10s. per ton. eds Oxnobles and Shaw 2/. 3s. to 2/. 10s. ditto. Scotc I PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. Butts, English 15 21 Ditto, 15 181 Dressing 12 14 i 7 18 Ditto, light Clop Hides, light 12 131 to 451 b I:3j 144 Ditto _ . i 4 15i LEATHER.. Per lb. d, to d. English Horse Hides.., 12 14 Spmish Ditto 14 ,16 Per dozen. Calf Skins.. 36 to 40tb. 15 20, Ditto 50 to 701 b. 19 al Ditto 70 to 801 b. 17 19 . Small Seals, Greenland 181 1 , 911: Large ditto •12 1:1 RAW HIDES. rer Stone. s. d. to s. d. Per Stone. a, d. to e. d. 14est Heifers & Stcers2 4 2' 8 Ordinary 116 110 Middlingg—......-2 0 2 2 Market 6 0 each. SHEEP SKINS. Short Wool 3 , . Otl. to 4s. fxl. I Long 4s. Cd. to as. fd. Shearlings— Os. 00. to Os. Sd. PRICE OF TA LLOV Town Tallow 455. Od. Yellow Russia 4ls. White 44c (id. Soap Ditto 42s. Od. Melted 355 • Od. Ditto Rough 235. Od. ', SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow 60s. Od. Mottled 688. Od. White—,. Od. Graves 15,. Od. Good Graves —..—. ss. Od. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Bth. Prica of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Me1ter5).—.......25. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows Candles, per doz. 7s. Od. to Ss. Od. Moulds, per dozen-9s. tid. COAL MAR] Per Too. Adair's 17s. 6d. Bensham Main -- 17 0 liolywell l7 6 Pontop Windsor l6 0 St. Lawrence Main 18 0 South Holywell —..— 16 0 anlield fownley l7 3 Wy lam ------.... 17 . 9 Walls End Bell & Co.— 19 0 Ditto Bewicke and Co. 9.0 0 Ditto Blake l7 0 Walls End Brown's , 17 6 Ditto Burraton --..—. 17 6 Wall , End Callerton 16 0 Walls End Carr and Co. 17 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0... 16 6 Walls End Gosforth `2O 0 Ditto Killingworth --. 18 0 Ships arrived since Ei.ET,—June 4. Per Ton. Walls End Heaton...... 19s. rd. Ditto Northumberland 18 0 Walls End Riddell's— 19 0 Walls End Waldridge... 15 9 Walls End Hetton 21 9 Walls End Lam14t0n..... 21 11 Walls End Stewart's .. 21 0 Walls End Adelaide— 18 6' Walls End Cleveland.. 17 0 Walls End G0rd0n...... 19 .0 Walls End 20 0 Walls End 17 0 Graigola 20 0. LlangennechPemberton 2') 0 New Flockton, Milne, and Co. Silkstone Field and Co. 17 0 Adair's Trader 17 6 last market-day, 53. NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET.—June 2. Our farmers' supply of Wheat continuing liberal, added to the continued dull accounts from Mark-lane, our market was flat to day at a decline of Is. per quarter on all but the finest descrip tions, with little demand for any thing in granary. The Oat trade was more lively, without alteration in prices. Fresh Rye much inquired tor. Beans, Pease, and Flour as our last. Fine Malt in steady demand. New. Old. Wheat, Northumberland (os. 71s. —s. —s.' Norfolk and Suffolk fOs. 68s Berwick and Scotch 58s. 68, —3. —s. Foreign 495. 57s —s. —s. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk .345. 400....... —5. —6. Foreign 2s. 365. —s. —a. Barley, Making, Norfolk and Suffolk...3ss. Ms ...... ...,s. Grinding and Feeding 28s. 325....... --s. —s. Malt, Nerfolk and Suffolk .58s. 62s Beans, Small , 1 , 2 s 348 --4, —s Tick 30s. 315....... ..—s. --s, Pease, White 343. 36s ..... .. —s. —s. -- Gray s. —s B. —a. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe 22s 25& ..... . —s. —3. --- Feed 193 228......, __s. _ s. Foreign Hour, Fine (per '.. , (1...) —s. —s 4Bs. 50s. ININC 1 NTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. V.ttantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last 'Thurday 2,708 0 Quantity of fine 161 18 Average Produce..--...... 7% 0 Amount of Sale, 13,7681.195. Od.—Average Standard, 1101. lls.ocl MRS. BRUNTON—WhiIe the writings of this lady abound with interest and entertainment of the most exciting kind, they prefer the strongest claims to at tention on account of their moral tendency. It was this powerful recommendation that rendered Mrs. BRUNTON' s works so popular on their first appearance; and it gives us much pleasure to find that her productions will soon be in the hands of the community at large, by their intro duction into the Standard Novels. " Self• Control " and "Discipline" form respectively the 15th and 16th volumes, just published. To a young lady just entering upon the world we know not a more valuable and elegant present. _ _ Preparations are making in Leeds, and other places for celebratinc , the passing of the R e f or m Bill in a manner becoming the b occasion. The Reformers will meet round the festive board in vast numbers to mingle their congratulations, and to secure the future success . of Reform measures ; for the Bill itself would he a dead letter; unless followed up by those other Reforms which ought to be consequent upon it. To this end it is indispensably ne cessary to return to Parliament the tried and determined friends of Reform, and to reject those who have either attempted to withhold from the electors of the newly enfranchised boroughs their rights, or who are known to be generally hostile to those improvements in Government which are necessary to make it what all Governments aught to be,—an instrument for securing the liberties,' the prosperity, and the happiness of the people. We pay no regard to names, any further than as they are associated with principles, nor even to principles any further than a , they produce effects beneficial to society in general. Jo all places in the country, particularly in the seats of neW constituencies, we have no doubt that these celebrations . of the great triumph just achieved will he held ; and in all those places we trust an especial object will be to se cure the return of the friends of Reform to Parliament men who will do their duty with a steady eye to the wel fare of the electors by whom they are returned, and the wel fare of the nation whose interests they represent. Amongst he public rejoicings we 'trust some durable monument to the il,rormemory Bill o' those throughpp a u r b l l i i a c in m e tn, andivh o have tosuof he bo rough proprietors as have voluntarily sacrificed victual interest and influence on the altar of their country, will not be forgotten. Whether this will be best effected .41 a national object or in counties, we cannot take two° as at present to determine ; but we hope that the re j (rimers of the county of York will set on foot a subscrir tion, so general that the hnuablest reformer in the 1 04 ,nay contribute to it, and that he may be bound by hi g , contributions to the und ev i at i ng support of those men and those measures that can alone give efficiency to an or irolching triumph. We should be gird to see a penny subscription commenced throughout Yorkshire, with s imitation that no individual should be allowed to contri" rule more' than a pound, and an understanding that the rind so created should be applied to the erection of a puliliC .nonutnent in the county, either of utility or of ornamen t ' sacred to the cause of Reform, and which may serve as sts imperishable record of the renovation of the constitution —Leeds Mercury. • BIRTHS. On the :1,1 inst. at Walton's Hall, Essex, the lady of Anthoa NWright, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst, the lady of J. It. I'idding, Esq., of the HO' East Inaia Company's Naval Service, of a daughter. MARRIED. 11 1 On the 4th. inst. at St. Stephen's, .Coleman -street, C. to White, Esq., of the Hon. East. India Company's Service, Ann, only daughter of Mrs. Lawson, Coleman-street. DIED. . On the 21st ult. at Sleap House, Wem, Salop, aged 44, 3 1 11,1. ieorge Andrews Rigby, of the Hon E as t I n di a C om p an y'S ice, Bombay Establishment. . . On the '2d inst. at Waterperry House, Oxon, Joseph Henifi9 Esq., aged 65. tni the 30th ult. in Coleman-st ree t, I.i eu t . Ri c h ar d C o le, n n f On the 3d inst. 'aged 72, Rear-Admiral Samuel Suttonp: e )itchingham Lodge, Deputy -Lieutenant and Magistrate for Li' •ounties of Norfolk and Suffolk. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED By MURDO YOUNG, Ar 1.°5 SUN OFFICE, 11:2, STRAND, LONDON.. . . ... -~ -:> Os. Os. Os.