The Sun. — London, England, 1832-05-31 00:00:00

( EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (From the Times Pr;vate Correspondent.) PARIS, TUESDAY, FOUR O ' CLOCK P.M. It its now generally believed that at the interview which is about to take place at Compiegne, between the Kings o' the French and of the Belgians, the preliminaries of a political as well as a matrimonial alliance are to be dis cusaed and settled. This belief appears to he entirely founded on the late proceedings of the Chamber at Brus eels, and the tone of M. de Meulenare's note to the Con ference of London. The departure of Marshal Gera rd too, at this moment, convinces many that politics have more to do with the object of this meeting than family en itters, which might have been settled in the way which is usual among crowned heads. The movements of these two Sovereigns, whatever be their object, seem to he looked upon with a good deal of indifference here, and I doubt whether a war undertaken for the mere defence of the new King's throne in Belgium would have the least chance of becoming popular in France. The Opposition papers sound the tocsin of alarm in conse quence of the movemen's of the Chouans in La Vent'6e, and are full of predictions about a civil war. It is true that under the auspices of the Royalist cause, the bands of bri gands who for some time have been infesting the high roads in that part of the country, have lately increased in numbers ; but the real nature of their object is made sufficiently evi dent by their stopping all diligences, other vehicles, and travellers, on the highways, and plundering them for their own benefit, and not that of Henry V. The Op position Papers find it convenient to exaggerate or mis represent their proceedings, because they afford a fit pre text for accusing the government of incapacity to put them down, or connivance. The genuine Carlists might have made themselves by this time more conspicuous in La Vendee than they have done, if the Duke of Wel lington had remained in office ; but his Grace's failure has discouraged and dispersed them, and we shall probably not hear much of their doings for some time. Those who remain armed, and have assumed that name, know nothing of what is passing out of France, and very little of what occurs beyond their communes ; they had risen for plunder, and their numbers might increase had ener getic measures not been taken to put them down. Ge neral Solignac is exerting himself with great activity, as sisted by the whole National Guard of Nantes, who seemed determined to hunt the brigands to death. A great num ber of arrests were made on the 25th and 26th. It was reported yesterday that a troop of 500 Chouans, headed by General Clouet, had appeared before the town of Mans, the garrison and National Guards of which instantly went nut and attacked them : that the rebels were entirely de feated, a great number of them killed or taken, and the remainder were pursued, and likely to fall into the hands of the victors. No confirmation of this statement has been yet received, and its correctness is extremely doubtful. You will perceive, by the reports given by most of the morning papers of what took place yesterday at the Hotel de Ville, that the company of bidders for the municipal loan, represented by Mr. Rothschild, have been accepted as the lenders. The interest proposed by them was 4f. Sic., being 2 centimes less than the next bidders. The preference thus obtained by the Rothschild company ap pears to hare occasioned very great disappointment among the other bidders, and some expressions of anger were heard among the crowds of spectators. Nevertheless, a Ministerial paper bids France to be extremely grateful to the foreign Hebraic capitalist for the vast pecuniary obli gations she owes him and his faini!y in affording them so many opportunities of adding to their wealth at her expense. Another meeting of opposition Deputies took place yes terday at M. Laffitte's, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Committee appointed at the first meeting to prepare one. A very long discussion took place, in consequence of an objection made by one of the Deputies present, to the wording of a passage descriptive of the actual form of Government. General Lafayette spoke at great length on the subject, and in the course of his speech repeated what is already so notorious, that when, after the fall of the old dynasty in 1830, it became necessary to establish a new Government, he declared to the Duke of Orleans, that though be was himself a republican at heart, he conceived that a monarchy with republican in stitutions was the form of Government most suitable to France. The veteran General added, that the Duke of Orleans told him he was ready to accept the sovereignty eo based, or upon any conditions that the welfare of the country might suggest. He left it to be inferred that the principles of the monarchy have since undergone consi derable alteration. 'We may expect another war between the Government and the Opposition papers about this new meeting. The former denounced the first one as a most revolutionary proceeding, and spoke of the Government's power to lay hands on those who were parties to it. By too much zeal, they betrayed both fear and ignorance. They were asked by their antagonists to point out a law which declared il legal the assemblage of forty or fifty persons in a private house, and referred to their own approving language of all that has lately taken place in England. It must be con fessed, tbat however violent the liberal papers are on the side of liberty and equality, those which are more particu larly considered as the organs of Ministers frequently sur pass them in boldness of assertion. They really injure the popularity of the Government, and shake its stability, by a continual and vehement vindication of attributes which it should have ceased to claim after the revolution of 1830. We are still without any positive information regarding the Duchess de Berri. It appears that when the Duke of Modena heard of the failure of her attempt, and the capture of the Carlo-Alberto, he caused all the French who happened to be in his petty dom'nions, and who were not known as Carlists, to be thrown into prison. This man, who is the declared enemy of the present Government of France, which he has not yet deigned to acknowledge, ought to be treated in a different way than by mere diplomatic remonstrance. lie has done all he could to assist the Duchess de Berri in her insensate undertaking. That was little enough, to be sure; but his conduct is too insulting to he passed over with little notice, The terms on which the municipal loan was taken yes terday, appeared so favourable to the public credit of the country, that many of the spectators there proceeded to the Bourse, immediately after learning them, and com menced operations in the expectation of a rise. Owing both to the new loan and the speculations in the other public securities which it has induced, a rise has taken place in Three and Five per Cents., which has continued to-day. The Vendean proceedings, you see, have made no impression at the Bourse. Z. Fittsmcm FuNns PARIS MAY 29.-Five per C e nt s ., 97f 40 c. 50c. 45c. 50 c . 45c. 50c. 60c. 65c. 75c. 97f. 80c. 70c. 75c. 85e. 75c. ; Four per Cents. 82f. ; Th ree per Cents., 70f. 70c. 60c. 65c. 60 c. 65c. 70c. 75c. 80L 85c. 70f. 8 )c. 85c. 80c! 85c ; National L oan , 97f. 70c. 98f. - Bank Stock, 1,692 f. 50c. 1,695 f.; Route de Na ples, B'2f. 60c. 65c. 60e. '7sc. 90c. 83f. 82f. 90c. ; Roman Five per Cents. 83 1 % 1,4 ' l 7 , • Royal Spanish Loan, 79 % ► ; Rente Per_ petuelle d'E spagne, y. 59 58 Ta ; Belgian Loan, 77% ; Ha ytian Loan, 210 f. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 75c.; three months, paper, 25f. 60c. ; money, 25f. 55c.- Caters Authentique. The Auxiliare Breton states, that upon the news of the defeat of the WELLINGTON party reaching Rennes, the tricoloured flag was hoisted in several places in that town, and the Lieut.-General's hotel was illumi nated. A letter from St. Malo also mentions, that on the arrival of the Cracker English cutter on the 18th, which announced the continuance of Lord GREY'S Ministry, a great number of the inhabitants, accompanied by the band — of the National Guards, proceeded to the port, shouting " Vive l'Angleterre! Vive la France ! Vive la Liberte !" thus saluting the vessel. On the following day the officers of the Cracker were invited to a dinner given by several of the principal inhabitants and officers in garrison. In the evening a serenade was given to the British officers by the band of the National Guards of St. Servan. THE TOWER HAMLETS.—Last evening a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets district, took place at the George Tavern, in the Commercial-road, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of forming a District Committee, and insuring the return of two independent and well-qualified members to represent them in Parlia ment : A. GoLE, Esq. in the chair. The chairman, in a very sensible address, explained the object of the meet ing, and the benefits which the inhabitants generally would derive from having two independent and thoroughly qualified members to represent them in Parliament. They did not waßt Bond -street dandies, Sr. James's lordlings, nor creeping courtiers, for the purpose. No; they wanted men of known talent, integrity, and independence, and, above all, men of the world and of business.— (Cheers.) It was also, he thought, essential that their member s should be quite conversant with the shipping in terest, from the vast property which was appropriated to this particular branch of commerce in the district ; and that they should be such persons as the inhabitants could frequently have access to, that they might consult them on the different questions of interest affecting their persons or property. The b est way o f insuring the return of such men, was, by f orm i ng themselves into a district com mittee ; and, above all thi ngs, not to give Promises of their votes to any individual candidate, until they had au oopportunity candidates of canvassing the p r i nc i ples and pretensions f all the who offered themselves for their suf frages. Messrs. Offor, Newton, Norman, Clift, M'Cann, and other inhabitants, addressed the meeting, and a com mittee being formed, and other routine business disposed of, the meeting at a late hour dissolved. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red q.., - 34 3 ner Cent Cons. ' . l.sii i.; 3 , 4 per Cent. 92 Ditto Red 917,,' 2 1 ,(., 2 ew :3;4 per Cent. 9:3'i 'Ai I A 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 .... 4 per Cent. 189.6 Rank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5,186 n 16 9-16 % Oct. In, 3859 — Jan 5, 1860 167„ Jan. 5, 1680 — Aprils, FAO — Jan. 5. 187C1...... — \less , 5 per Cent. :ndia Stock :)itto Bonds par 1 pm . South Sea Stock flid Annuities New Ditto 8. 33 I per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ek. Bills, X1,006...11 10 12 on Ditto ..500 ll 12 pm . Ditto Small .lO 13 on Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised ... 10 11 pm Bank for Account India for Account PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 914 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account 76 Brazilian Bonds 4ll 854,:; Ditto Account 494 9 Buenos Ayres 80nd5........ Ditto Account Chilian Bonds 16% Ditto Account Columbian Bonds. ll Ditto Account Cons. for July lEI R 5 '7:i 7;3. THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK, Peruvian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds 6 74 1 42 Ditto Account Greek Bonds. 95 Ditto Bonds, 1825 ...... 31 30 Ditto Account 3O Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 2.67 i Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account Tti Neapolitan Ditto Account 1314 Portuguese Bonds • „ , Ditto Account. 53%!,!, Regency Scrip ONPro Ditto Account 0 3SPII , Prussian Bonds 99 Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1822 — Russian Bonds, 1822...99 874 !) Ditto Account — New Loan 945, Spanish Bonds, 1821 14!(, Ditto Account l3 Ditto Bonds, 1823 l4' Ditto Account 12% 13 i' i French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. , Exchange —f —c. :1 per cent...— —f —c. Exchange f r Dutch Scrip 44; !t,, Ditto Account — French Scrip PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at Si. pm.) XlOO 8 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 167% Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 44% British Iron Mining Comp an y £5O 744 General Mining Association Real del Monte Mining C 0...., — 25 United Mex. gin. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 5 4.!,, 5 Ditto New Set ip . 5N Alliance Fire Insurance Comp .. 10 8% Australian Co. Canada Company 5O This day was published, price 2s. 6d. riIAITS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, No. 111., for JUNE. Contents-1. Our Three Days -2. Cultivation of the Fancy-3. What will the Army do ?-4. Miss Edge worth's Works-5. The Botheration of the " Personnel" 6. To a certai❑ Ex-Minister-7. The Bank Charter— s. Goethe-9. To a Tame Deer-10. Irish Education -11. Power and Prospects of Russia-12. My Native Isle -13. Jean Jacques Rousseau-14. The Fourth Estate-- IS. The Contrast-16. Notes on the Crisis-17. Monthly Register. Printed for William Tait, Edinburgh; Simpkin and Marshall, London ; and John Cumming, Dublin. b r 1.. 1 3 ,0 1 •.ar k ' e Vitt, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1832. Two public events took place yesterday of considerable importance, which those who have the ordinary faculty of reflection cannot do otherwise than look on as very striking signs of the times. We allude to the PITT Club dinner and the disfranchisement of the rotten boroughs. At the very hour the Duke of WELLINGTON was thundering forth the praises of Mr. PITT at Merchant Tailors' Hall, the House of Lords was busily engaged in giving the last finishing touches to the Reform Bill. And yet it was through the instrumentality of those very boroughs, which their Lordships last night doomed to destruction, that Mr. PITT confirmed and perpetuated his power ! We wonder the Club did not choose a more fitting season for the celebration of its orgies, for really there is something ineffably grotesque in the idea of a squad of bigots commemorating the glories of their patron saint on the very day, nay almost at the very hour, when the system by which that great political saint acquired his spurious celebrity, has been pronounced by the highest Court of Legislature in the king dom to be unworthy of being longer continued ! The Duke must have had wondrous powers of face to have been enabled to preserve his gravity while presiding at such an assembly on suc h an _ _ _ occasion. But it is evident he is insensible to a joke, or his sides must have split while sounding the praises of a statesman, whose glaring political errors it is the main object of the Reform Bill to expose, and, if possible, to retrieve. Mr. PITT, whatever he may have been in private, is, as a statesman, no pattern of purity, no model for imitation. He commenced his political career as a stanch Reformer, he closed it as an apostate from Reform, as the unscrupulous advocate of every sort of jobbing, extravagance, and corrup tion. He saved his country after a fashion, it is true, but it was only to plung e it headlong into a far blacker abyss than he rescued it from, as in the old days of the Inquisition, a heretic was saved from the gallows only to be burned alive at the auto-da : fe. To the interested few, such as boroughmongers, placemen, pensioners, high Tory aristocrats, and church pluralists, who constitute a class by themselves, and whose every interest is separate and apart from that of the people;—to such men the triumph of Mr. PITT'S principles was indeed a matter of salvation, a blessing for which they could not be sufficiently grateful ; but to the nation at large, it was a curse, a deep, deadly curse, from the effects of which we are only just now beginning to revive. But the whole secret of the mischief incurred by nr. PITT's system may be summed up in one word —ambition. In the very worst and most extended sense of the term, Mr. PITT was an ambitious man ; to this he sacrificed every other considera tion ; to this he surrendered in mature age all the generous, high-minded feelings of his youth. He was a Reformer, so long as the advocacy of such a principle (lid not interfere with his own personal aggrandizement ; but the very instant it stood between him and his ambition, he flung it to the winds without hesitation and without remorse. Such was the man whose birthday was cele brated yesterday by the Duke of WELLINGTON and his squad. Verily the worshippers were worthy of their saint. But how singular the selection of Chairman ! A Noble Duke, first an Anti-Reformer, then a bit-by-bit Reformer, then a-would-be wholesale Reformer, presides at the commemoration festival of a statesman who set out on his political career precisely at the point where his Grace terminates it ! In youth, Mr. PITT was a Reformer, in youth the Duke of WELLINGTON was an Anti-Reformer. In mature age Mr. PITT was an Anti-Reformer, in mature age the Duke of WELLINGTON was, or wished to be, a Re 1 former. Yet strange as is this discrepancy, theta is one point which both Statesmen have common ; both deserted their pledges, both did their best to betray the cause which the \ had sworn so often and so strenuously to defend. This, we suppose, is the great secret of the Duke's reverence for Mr. PITT. The Club, we take for granted, met yester day for the last time. It must have been a melancholy meeting, notwithstanding the capital dinner that was provided, and we do not wonder therefore at his Grace's early retirement, who left the party just i❑ time to hear the news of the total disfranchisement of those main instru ments of Mr. PITT's triumph, the rotten boroughs. Within doors his Grace was the object of aris tocratic acclamation ; without, of popular exe cration, thus proving that the Pittites and the people have few, or no, sympathies in common, and that a lion with the one, is not unfrequentiv an ass with the other. In the House of Lords last night, schedules A and B were disposed of; the preamble and title of the Bill were also agreed to, and the Report ordered to be received on Friday next, to which day their Lordships adjourned. No business of any particular importance was trans acted in the House of Commons. Lord MIL TON'S motion on the Corn Laws was postponed to Wednesday the 6th of June. Brussels and Rio Janeiro papers have been received ; but a press of matter prevents us in serting them. Their contents are of no great importance. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE 0' CLOCK. A mail from the Brazils has arrived, which sailed from Rio Janeiro the Ist April ; also a mail from Buenos Ayres, which sailed on the 9th March. Extract of a letter from Buenos Ayres, received at the North and South American Coffee-house, datedBth March, by the above packet : " I have really very little news to communicate. Peace continues in all portions of the republic, which, at any rate, is good news; and, as I have often written to you, such had been the sufferings inflicted upon this country by the late civil war and the long drought, that we now re quire common prudence in the Government in a manner to insure the continuance of domestic tranquillity. In regard to the drought, we have had nearly a week inces sant rain, and it still continues, which is looked upon as the greatest blessing which could befall this country. In my last I mentioned to you the financial operations, in order to sell 4,000,000 of dollars by way of subscription, the list was filled, and the Government thus relieved from its difficulties, and enabled to pay off all pressing ar rears. It is a good measure of finance, and has given strength to the Government. " The Minister of Finance (Jose Garcia) having thus effected his object, has resigned effice, and been replaced by another. There are also more changes in the Ministry. Governor Razes, having recovered from his illness, has resumed the command of this province. Exchange on England, 71 per dollar, doubloons 109 paper each. Trade remains exceedingly dull." (From the Buenos Ayres Papers, March 3.) This week has been barren of news. Several vessels have arrived from Europe and other parts. The Govern ment having declined to recognise Mr. Hacum as Consul of the United States, a note was forwarded to him from the Captain of the Post-office, requesting him to remit the registers of the American vessels in his rossession.— This note was returned unopened, not being addressed to Mr. Hacum in capacity of Consul. A proclamation has been issued by the Delegate Go vernment of Buenos Ayres to the people, with the official details relative to the late occurrences in the Faulkland Islands, the substance is nearly the same as we previously give. - The private letters from Rio Janeiro, by the mail this morning, state that all was tranquil there; but we have re ports of some disturbances having taken place at Pernam buco. The Exchange at Rio Janeiro has got up to 32 ; their Stock has lowered to 48 49. The esta fet from Paris, this day, brings the French Rentes higher, 70f. 85c. The passing of the Reform Bill in the Committee in the House of Lords, last night, without any opposition of consequence, causes our Funds to continue firm. Consols, which left off yesterday at 85i for the account, opened at the same price this morning, with little doing at present. We continue anxious for information with regard to Don Pedro's expedition to Portugal, which is daily ex pected._ • In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. The following extract of a letter from Pernambuco, of the 25th of April, was posted this morning at the North and South American Cuffee-house " We are sorry to inform you again of a dreadful din turbance which took place here on the 15th inst. Some time ago it appears a conspiracy was on foot to recall the Es-Emperor, and reestablish the former state of things, it being evident that since Don Pedro's abdication the country has been in a constant convulsion by the different factions, and principally by the anarchists of the Liberal party. The revolution was to break out on the 18th inst., but being discovered before, some arrests were beginning, when a battalion of militia, chiefly composed of Portuguese, took up arms and possessed themselves of a fortress and part of the town, waiting to make repre sentations to Government, which were not received ; but the battalion being attacked by a numerous force chiefly coloured people, a heavy fire was kept up from Sunday noon till Monday morning, when the battalion dispersed, being completely routed by the armed mob, who, after entering the town, committed shocking outrages against the poor Portuguese, butchering a great number in cold blood. The terror still prevails. All the shops are shut up, and a considerable time will be re quired to restore some confidence. We are afraid a great many Portuguese will be obliged to leave this country. No foreigners have been insulted. Business, of course, is at a sta❑d. Extract of a letter from Captain Sommerville, of the Suffolk, arrived at Liverpool :—" We were at St. Mi. chael's for water; there were 4,000 troops and 400 English volunteers ready to embark on the 26th of May to attack Portugal, headed by Don Pedro. The expedition is to be under the sole directions of Villa Flor and another General." A St. Michael's paper of the 4th inst. was brought by Captain Sommerville. Bombay Papers hare been received to the middle of Jan. ; they do not contain any news. It appears by the accounts brought to Liverpool from St. Michael's, that the expedition of Don Pedro would not sail for their destination so soon as was expected, as the embarkation of some of the troops was only to take place on the 20th of May. Therefore it may be some time yet before we can learn of the attempt on Portugal. Consols have improved to 858 86 for the account, and for money 8.52 with a good market. In the Foreign Market the only business doing is in Dutch Stock, which is a shade better. 7 lIREE O' CL 0 CK. Consols for account 86. _ _ _ FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Consols .... Danish Dittofor Account 85i s Greek, 1825 3O Brazilian Bonds 48 Mexican, 1825 33 Buenos Ayres... 24 Peruvian . ..• Mimi Ditt o .... 16. Russian .... Columbian 1824 12 Spanish CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNRY. Remaining at last Report, 214 T New Cases, 52—Deaths, 17— Recovered, 6 2 —Remaining, 187. Total Cases since the coin moneement, 10,551—Deaths, 3,958. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN Secretary. SUMMER ASSIZES. The following are the arrangements made for the en suing Summer Assizes:-- HOME CIRCUIT.—Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Jus tice GAZELLE. WELCH. —Lord LYNDHURST, North Wales; Mr. Justice AL DERsoN, South Wales. MIDLAND.—Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Baron VAUGHAN. NORTHERN.— Air. Justice J. PARKE and Mr. Baron BOLLAND. WESTERN. —Mr. Justice TAUNTON and Mr. Justice PATrEsoN. OXFORD. —Mr. Justice BOSANQUET and Mr. Baron YOVIW. COURT of KING'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY CRIMINAL INF 0 Rif A TION-LIBEL S. THE RING V. GRANT, BELL, AND AGER. The further hearing of this cause, which was a crimin , ' ' information against the defendants for a series of libels upo, Mr. Alderman Winchester and Mr. Briggs, a solicitor, in a paper called the True Sun, and also in a pamphlet circulat e , throughout the country, was resumed and concluded thi day, a detailed account of which will be given in on, Paper to-morrow. At present we have not time to giv the details ;we give, however, to-day the judgment of th , Court, which was delivered as follows, by The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, who said,—We are 0 4 opinion that we must make this rule absolute. The substance of these libels is to charge Mr. Alder man Winchester, who, I suppose, was one of th, petitioning creditors—to a certainty was one of the assignees under the commission--and Mr. Briggs, who Wd , the solicitor to that commission, with having sued out and conducted that commission, for the fraudulent purpose of cheating Mr. Grant, or at least cheating I is creditors. From the affidavits on the one side and on the other, there does not appear to us to be any reasonable foul]. dation for such an imputation on either of these gentlemen. If they doubted, and they honestly might have doubted, from the facts disclosed to us by the affidavits, the real abi lities of the persons who made the offers to carry their offers into effect, they did right nut to carry them into effect. If the offers were made, as some of them undoubtedly were, with a view, and on the supposition, that the persons making those offers were to have the conduct of the newspaper, and that Mr. Young, who, by the terms of the partnership deed was to have the conduct of the paper, was to be ousted out of it, an offer made with that view was such as they could not accept, because they could not carry it into effect. Yet there are terms of the grossest imputation cast upon both of these gentlemen—the term swindling, and so on, being applied to both. "As to Mr. Briggs we decline saying any thing more at present. We understand that a motion will be made in a few days, at the instance of some of the creditors, to have him struck off the rolls." Now we cannot see what the reason could have been why any such applicatio❑ should be made, or that there was any foundation for it. Now with regard to Mr. Alderman Winchester, it is stated, "An application for Mr. Winchester's removal from the assigneeship is also about to be made. 'When the result of that application shall be known, it will remain for the Honourable Court of Aldermen to pronounce an opinion on the conduct of this aspirant to the Mayoralty. We, trust, however, that they will, without waiting for further evidence than was supplied at the meeting on Saturday, vindicate the cha racter of civic dignitaries, and show their respect for public decency, by expelling Mr. Winchester from their body."— . - Now really, if publications of this kind are to be put forth to the world, and if the persons who are the objects of them are not to be vindicated in this Court, there is at once an end to all attempts to protect the character either of public or private men. Wi t h that view, and having said so much, we think it is the duty of this Court to de clare that the rule shall be MADE ABSOLUTE. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) PLUCKWELL V. SIR T. WILSON, BART. Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS stated the case to the Jury, from which it appeared that the plaintiff is the master of the parish poor-house at Tottenham, and the defendant, Sir Thomas Wilson, Bart., is a gentleman residing at Charlton, in Kent. On the 14th of March last, the plaintiff, accompanied by his daughter, had been to Deptford upon some business connected with the parish, and was returning home along the Kent-road in a horse and-chaise, behind Matson's Greenwich coach, when the stage pulled up to take up a passenger, consequently the plaintiff pulled his horse round the off-side of the coach, in order to pass it, at this moment Sir T. Wilson's carriage passed towards Charlton, and the postillion, to avoid some gravel on the left side of the road, drove against Mr. Pluckwell's chaise, which was over turned, and Mr. and Miss Pluck well were thrown out, and so much injured that they were confined to their homes several weeks under the care of two medical gentlemen, and the chaise was broken to pieces. The amount of the injury sustained, doctor's bill, &c., amounted to about 35/., which sum was now sought to he recovered. The Learned Sergeant said, that the moment after the accident happened, the ladies who w.-re in Sir T. Wilson's carriage stopped the postillion, and sent back their card, which was highly proper ; hut, subsequently, upon application being roads to Sir T. Wilson, he refused to make any com pensation, declaring that the occurrence was owing to Mr. Po ukwell's neglig ire. He (Mr. Sergeant Andrews) would, however, show to the contrary, and it would be for the Jury to decide the question between the parties. Miss Piuckwell, the daughter of the plaintiff, was exa mined, but she merely proved being thrown out of the gig. Charles Matson, jun. (the proprietor of the Greenwich coach, behind which Mr. Pluckwell was driving), stated, that when near the Saxe Coburg public-house, in the Kent-road, the coach pulled up, and the plaintiff drew out close to the coach, in order to pass; the gig bad just passed his leaders, when Sir T. Wilson's car tiage was coming down at the rate of about nine miles an hour, and bore upon the gig, the off-wheel of the car riage caught the step of the gig and threw it over. Mr. Pluckwell and his daughter were thrown out, and were much hurt. There was plenty of room for the postilroa to pass ; but he, to avoid some gravel on the side of the road, drove in upon the chaise and caused the accident. Cross examined.—Witness was driving at the rate of six miles an hour. Benjamin East, the driver of the Greenwich coach gave milar testimony. Mr. Colake, a coachmaker, living in the Kent-road, repaired the plaintiff's gig. His bill came to 4/. 10s. After the accident happened, he (witness) drove him and his daughter home in a gig of his own. The plaintiff and his daughter were very much hurt. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant ScRIYEN__The plain tiff was perfectly sober. Mr. Evans, a medical gentleman, attended the plaintiff for a fortnight. He was very much contused, and bad a violent strain of the hack. He also attended his daughter, whr. was also very much bruised. This closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant ScRivEN addressed the Jury for the de fendant, and was calling his witnesses when our reporter left the Court. In the case of Thompson v. France, which was not concluded yesterday when we went to press, the plaintiff was nonsuited. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) PEMBERTON V. GROOM. On a former day Mr. Whately obtained a rule nisi, calling on the defendant to show cause why an award made by an umpire should not be set aside, on the ground that he had made Hs award without hearing the evidence in the cause. Two gentlemen, not professional, were appointed as ar bitrators, with leave to name an umpire. A meeting was appointed to take place, but the umpire did not attend. The evidence in the case was gone into ; the plaintiff's attorney acting as Counsel, and that of the defendant took a note of the evidence. The arbitrators, in place of considering the else themselves, at once agreed to leave it to the umpire, to whom the notes of the evidence were sent, and be gave an award in favour of the defendant. The plaintiff now came before the Court to have the award referred back, the articles of agreement entered into between the parties having been all ret aside, and the umpire not having heard the evidence, being unable to come to a correct conclusion. The Court, after hearing Mr. JARVIS, jun. against the rule, and Mr. WHATELY in favour of it, made the rule absolute. TIIB MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the W ee k ended May 18, 18314 made up from the Iteturru of the I nspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England «'h n F id Wales, per Imperial Quarter. " e at............ His 9.1.1 Oats --... 21s. 7d. f 8ean5.............. 355. 51. 8ar1ey......w. 33s ld.l Rye 345. lid,/ Pease-- 345. 11d. , +IPERIAL A GGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Barge Wheat--**. 6ls. 9(1.1 Oats ~—. 21s. 4d./ 8ean5........ 345. lid. Y. , —...... 345. ld.l Rye 345. ld. I Pea5e............ 345. 4d. Wheat DUTIES ON ON FOREIGN s CO '5 3d.R CORY. lfzs. 3d. Barley • 255. 8d ..,..,._, log, Rid.' Ry e 18s. 3d.j Pease—....... 18s. 3d. i C . a r s e .t:e:y CUMBERLANDa O A w tt I . a K o t d ' l r w s. , a — d ( 0( 1 , t Ali p T e a r yE Lsoia,.d JAMES'S.)oI 30 1 2 ' r l s e t s o . )£ 3 0 Kew Meadow H ay 0 0 0 0 thieful Old Ditto 3 5 4 0 Glover Hay Fine Upland Meadow and It ye.grass Hay 4 5 5 0 Oat Straw ..... .4 15 6 3 .C 1 14 to XI If I Wheat Straw 2 0 2 '2 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 30.—W;t;:l — S. W., moderate._ Passed by the Duke of Northumberland, Pope, from Ben al—saile:l 28th Jan., from the Cape of Good Hope 5r dt., and from St Helena 221 ; Malcolm, Lies, froi. RPngal—sailed 2.lth Jan.; Planet, B irclay, from Jamaica Nlary, Cox, from Honduras; and Nikere, from Surinam FALMOUTH, MAY 29 —Wind N., fresh breezes.— Passed by the Sophia, Thornhill, from Benta.al—saih , 7th Jan., from Ma•lras Ist Feb , and from St. Helen lth ult. Spoken, on the 20th ult., the Abercrombie Robinson, in lat. 50 S., long. 23 W. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 30.—Arrived the Lord Wellingtm transport, front the West Indits; and his Majesty's shit Talavera, from Plymouth. FALMOUTH, MAY 29.—Arrived the Eclipse picket from Buenos Ayres—sailed 9th M irch, from Monte Vide 12th, and from Rio Janeiro Ist ulr. ; and Nightingd packet, from Brazil—sailed from Rio Janeiro 231 Mauch from Bahia 11th ult., and from Pernambuco 25th Passed by the Hooghley, Reeves, from China ; 1. 0 Barnes, from Bahia; and Mercer, Merier, from L Guayra. COWES, MAY 29.—Arrived the Countess Lonsdal from Havannah. Arrived off Dartmouth the Victory, Boden, from Born bay—sailed 2Stli Jan. Arrived off the Start the Duke of York, Lock, fron , China. Arrived off Torbay the Elizabeth, Brown, from Trieste and Que.n. Cook, from Lisbon. Extract from the Agents to Lloyd's at Rio, dated 31s March : " Hih Majesty's ship Lightning arrived here on the 146 inst., with treasure to the value of about 60,000 dollar, from the wreck of the Thetis. His Majesty's ship Alge rine was left at Cape Frio, successfully prosecuting the work. " The Maidstone frigate, after receiving on hoard tht property from the Lightning, sailed on the 29th inst. fm England, and, we believe, would touch at Cape Frio, ii which case she is likely to be the bearer of upwards 0 1 100,000 dollars' value of the wrecked property. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Mr. YOUNG having announced his intention of taking his leave of the public last night, the house was crowded on the occasion, and aim actor applauded to the echo. Mr. YOUNG was born in 1777, and received a classical educa tion ; but having had a hankering for the stage from hi childhood, he appeared as Norval, under an assumed name, at the Liverpool Theatre, 1795. He was married in 1805 to Miss GRIMANI, who died about twelve months afterwards, after giving birth to a son. In 1807 Mr. YOUNG made his debut before a London audience at the Haymarket Theatre, in the character of Hamlet. In 1809 he appeared at Covent-Garden with JOHN KEMBLE, since which period he has performed occasionally at both the Winter Theatres the principal characters in tragedy, with great and deserved success, and has been more no ticed by persons of distinction than any other actor in modern times. As he first appeared before a metropolitan audience in the character of Hamlet, he took his leave in the same last night. At the conclusion of the play he came forward, and in a most feeling manner bade his ever kind and liberal patrons—Farewell! Immediately after wards Mr. MACREADY, BRAHAII, HARLEY, &C., pre sented Mr. YOUNG with a handsome piece of plate, as a token of friendship and respect from the principal per. formers belonging to Drury-lane Theatre. His friends, MACREADY and MATHEWS, with a feeling that does them credit, performed the Ghost and Polonius on the occa sion. Miss KELLY, too, played her original part of Betty Finihin, in the farce of Gretna Green, with her accus tomed tact and ability. MATHEWS sang a comic song ad mir,ibly. PARRY, junior, sang MooßE's beautiful ballad, " Oft in the stilly night," accompanying himself on the harp, which was loudly encored. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING. YORK, TUESDAY NIGHT.---A Very heavy rain came oo last night, which continued without intermission till this morning ; it cleared up about twelve o ' clock, and wa• succeeded by a fine afternoon. The company has much increased since our last report. St. Leger Betting this morning :- 8 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's Fang 9 to 1 agst Lord Kelburne's Georgiana c. (taken) 14 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Ludlow The races this afternoon were decided as follows :- Two-Year-Old Stakes of 30 sov. each, 10 forfeit for col and fillies. T. Y. C. Sir E. Dodsworth's c. by Jerry d Scarborough's Sister to I'arrare Mr. Walker's ch. f. Energy 3 The following also started :—Lord Sligo's Brace, Mr. Pavis's b. c. by Lottery, Mr. Houldsworth's Despot, Mr. Riddell's Ticket, Lord Cleveland's br. c. by Muley, Lord Kelburne's b. c. by Jerry, Mr. Watts's ch. f. by Black lock, Duke of Leeds's br. 1. by Lottery. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Peirse's ; 4 to 1 agst Energy ; 4 to I agst Lord Cleveland's ; 6 to 1 agst Despot ; and 6 to agst any two.—The fleet made sail at the first attempt, the whole coming together, with all their canvass spread, to the distance, where the three placed, with Muta, Despot, and Mary, came in front and made a bold struggle, which speedily died away on the part of the three last named; the contest between the other two was continued to the end with very great spirit, Sir E. Dodsworth's winning by a head only. George Nelson (or Lord Scarborough's) made his push two or three strides too late, or he would have won, for he was first immediately after passing the post ; Energy was beaten three-quarters of a length from the winner, and Despot was fourth. Garbutt rode Sir E. Dodsworth's. The Claret Stakes of 200 Nov. each, h. ft. ; for four-yr old colts and fillies. Two miles. Mr. F. Richardson's b. f. Lady Elizabeth Mr. Walker's b. Roubilliac 6t04 on the mare. Roubilliac led to the Stand, where Lady Elizabeth came up, and won cleverly by half a length. Rode by Conelly. The Spring Sr. Leger Stakes of 25 sots. each ; for three- yr-old colts and fillies. Lord Sli, • W Mile and three quarters. Ago's b. c. estport I Lord Cleveland's b. c Brother to Chorister 0 Mr. Edmundson's ch. c. Richmond 3 Even on Richmond ; 5 to 2 agst Westport ; and 3 to I aget the other. Westport made the running the whole of the distance, the others lying with him to the Stand, where he left them, and won easily by two lengths and a half; jockeyed by Conelly. Sweeptakes of 20 sovs, each, for fillies. Mile and a half. Mr. Powlett's by Whisker Mr. S. Fox's by Whisker 2 Mr. Watt's Nicotris The following not placed :—Mr. Houldsworth's Per- aian ; Mr. Metcalfe's Myrtle ; Lord Scarborough's by 131-u -tandorf ; and Mr. Garforth'd by Figaro.-6 to 4 apt Mr. Fox's; 3 to 1 agst Lord Scarborough's; 4 to 1 agst tl winner; and 4to 1 apt Mr. Garforth's. Myrtle and Lord Scarborough's made the running at a fair pace until round the corner, when it was taken up by Mr. Fox's filly; the lot got well together at the distance, from which point the race was well contested, Mr. Powlettt's winning by a length with some cleverness ; ridden by Scott. A Gold Cup, value 100 gs, added to a handicap of 25 sons each, 15 ft., and only 5, &c. Two miles. Mr. Richardson's Lady Elizabeth, 4 yrs 1 Ld Kelburne's Retriever, 6 yrs 2 Col. Cradock's Ossian, 4 yrs 3 Mr. Gascoigne . s Diana, 4 yrs Ld Scarbor - ough's Clarence, 4 yrs 5 6 to 4 on Retriever, and 5 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth. Retriever made strong running, and preserved the lead to the distance, where Lady Elizabeth challenged, and after sharp struggle won easy by a length, the old one giving iii before he got home ; the winner ridden by Conelly. ST. ALBAN'S RACES (YESTERDAY.) The Hertfordshire Stakes of 10 soya, each, with 20 sovs. added from the fund. The winner to be sold for 300 sous., if, &c. Mr. W. Day's b. h. Hindoo Mr. Monro's b. h. Crispin Mr. M. Ongley's b. m. Pandora Lord Ongley's ch. g. Suffolk Punch 4 Mr. Reev--'c b. FL ofr. Reeves's b. m. lora The Ladies' Plate of 50 sovs. was won in two heats by Mr. Martyn's b. f. Misletoe, beating Miss Eldon, Chan cery Suit, and Grasshopper. The Nontan's Larid Stakes was won in two heats by Mr. Roberts's Walter, 4 yrs., beating Peter Pindar, Re action, and two others. Sir THOMAS WINNINGTON paired off on the second reading of the Irish Reform Bill. The name of Sir JOHN OWEN, Bart., was left out by mistake in the division on the second reading of the Irish Reform Bill, he having voted in the majorit ) on that occasion. Paired off in the division on the second read ing of the Irish Reform Bill—Mr. R. GRANT, for thr Bill, Sir F. TRENCH, against. There is at present living at Ferryhill, in the county of Durham, a woman of the name of CATHERINI . MORALEC, of the astonishing age of 112 i years. Sb was born at Leyburn, Yorkshire, on the 22d of November, 1719. Her sight and hearing are a little impaired, hir• her memory is remarkably retentive.......Newcastie Courant. DEATH OF SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. We lament to state, that the Right Hon. Sir James tfackintosh died yesterday morning, in the 67th year of hi 3 age, in Langham•place. (From a CoaalisroNuxwr•) Sir James Mackintosh, who had heel unwell for some time, died at his house, in Langhan-place, on the 30th of Alay, at a quarter before six o'clock A.m. Tire attack of which he died may be said to have ori oa•ed in an accident. About the beginning of March, Sir I ours, while at dinner, attempted to swallow a portion of :he breast of a boiled chicken ; but the morsel remained in his throat, and gave rise to several distressing symptoms in deglutition and respiration. At the end of two days the obstruction was removed by an emetic, aril it was found to consist of the flesh of the chicken, with a porth,n of thin bane, upwards of an inch in length, embethled in its centre, and projecting at one side in a sharp point. The effects of the accident completely unsettled his general health. He afterwards laboured under increasing debil ty, and occasional attacks of severe pains in his head, shoulders, and limbs. A fey days beiore death the pains suddenly t•eased. Fehri!e symptoms set in, and the head became affected. Although this change was met, and in a great measure subdued, by the treatment prescribed by the me dical gentlemen in attendance, the consequent debility was too great for his constitution to resist, already oppressed by the weight of 66 years. Sir James Mackintosh anticipated the near approach of his dissolution with the greatest firmness, and with the most perfect resignation to the Divine will. He retained, nearly to the last, the command of the powerful mental fa cul,ies which distinguished him through An arduous life, a large proportion of which was spent in deep study, and in supporting the best interests of mankind. THE PITT CLUB. Yesterday evening the Triennial Festival of the birth., day of William Pitt was cele. rated at Merchant Toilets ° Hall, the Duke of Wellington in the Chair, supported by the Duke of Buccleucli, Lord Londonderry, the Duke of Gordon, Lord Harewood, the Earl of Wirichilse 1, the Duke of Rutland, Lord Eldon, Marquess of Salisbury, Earl Wicklow, Lord Glengall, the E irl of Aberdeen, Lord Skelmersdale, and a great many others. About four hundred sat down to dinner. A great crowd had collected in the neighbourhood of the Hall, and on the arrival of the guests assailed them with loud hisses, &c. After the removal of the cloth the Duke of WELLINc- TON rose to propose " The Health of the King," and the toast was received with the most enthusiastic cheering. " God save the King" was then sung by the profes sional men engaged for the occasion. The lines " ne defend our laws," and " Confound their politics," were received with loud and long continued cheering, the .vhole company joining in the chorus, with the waving of handkerchiefs, &c. The next toast was " The Queen," and it was received with, if possible, more vehement acclamations. The Duke of WELLINGTON next proposed " The health of the Princess Victoria and the rest of the Royal Family." —(Great cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then rose and said, it was usual for those filling the situation he that day held, to call atten' :ion to the topics of the day, and to the acts sef the humor , ttl person whose birthday. they were called upon to cele brate. He would avoid, however, as much as possible, couching on the topics of the day. However much those who heard him might differ from him, he considered it hie duty to call the attention of the comp.:ny to sAne acts of that great man's life, and to his conduct, and to leave those present to draw their own conclusions of that con duct.—(Cheers.) Mr. Pitt was called upon to conduct the supreme power of this great country, at an age "then others were usually more in the course of education, os' taking pleasure. He accepted office at a time of the greatest difficulty and emergency. All Europe and Asia were hostile to this country, as well as America ; and ft could net be denied that greater party violence prevailed than at any time since.—(Cbeers.) His firmness, how ever, and the confidence of his Sovereign—(cheers) enabled him in a short time to restore confidence and union in the councils of the nation—(Cheers)—and pros rrity and happiness to the country.—(Loud cheering.) By the revival of our resources that great man was enabled to meet the difficulties placed in his way, which were, the first French revolution, the stoppage of the Bank, the mutiny in the Navy, the Irish rebellion, and the establish ment of Revolutionary Governments.—(Cheers.) nom all these difficulties Mr. Pitt brought out this country with honour. At this time it was impossible to maintain peace. This was agreed to among the most violent par tisans of the day.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. Pitt found resources to cope with these difficulties—(Cheers)—and brought the contest to a satisfactory conclusion—(Cheers) —a conclusion honourable to this, country. All present, recollected the happiness of those days ; the oaly alloy was that that great man had not lived to see the conclusion of nis labours.—(Cheers.) He then gave—" The Memory of William Pitt." The toast was drunk in silence, Toe next toast was—" Tne Army and Navy."— (Cheers.) The❑ followed—" The House of Brunswick, and may they never forget the principles that placed theta on the throne.—(Great cheering.) The next toast was—" Protestant Ascendency. (Great cheering.) The Duke of WELLINGTON then rose to propose the toast—" May the principles of Mr. Pitt always animate the Councils of this great Nation."—(Great cheering.) It was usual on this occasion to say a few words respecting the principles of Mr. Pitt. They may, however, be ga thered from his actions. He was an ardent lover of the King and of the laws of the country, and of the liberty of the people.—(Cheers.) He was devoted in the cause of the country. In peace he cultiv tted trade with the Fo reign Powers; he protected agriculture; and though, in all his comprehensive pl ,ns he was not successful, he exercised the powers of his great mind in promoting the interests of his country. The principles of that great man would pre vail, and God send that that period may come soon. The toast was drunk with great cheering. Song, " The Pilot that weathered the Storm." " The health of the Master and Wardens of the Merchant and Tailors' Company" was then drunk ; and the MASTER, in returning thanks, said, that he and the coenpiny were proud of such guests, and were happy the most straight forward man of the age was in the chair.._ (Loud cheers ) The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said, it was usual at these meetings to have some Members of the Government present, but they were net then so fortunate.—(Laughter.) They had present, however, some of those who had served with Mr. Pitt, and he proposed their health.--(Cheers.) Marquess CAMDEN returned thanks ; and proposed " The health of the Duke of Wellington," which was most enthusiastically received. The Duke of WELLINGTON briefly returned thanks. On " The Health of the Earl of Eldon" being drunk, his Lordship returned thanks, and said, he had felt it his duty to attend these meetings, in order to forward the principles of that great man, to which he was pledged.-- (Cheers.) He considered, notwithstanding what had been said of the country, that the people were happy ; and he should, for one, never consent to any change that would endanger the present order of things.—(Cheers.) Several other toasts were drunk, when the Duke of Wellington and other persons of note lift the Hall. They were assailed with hisses, &c. from a crowd of persons Who had collected in the vicinity. WATCHMEN IN SCHEDULE A.--(From a Correspondent.)—At a Common Council, to be holden to morrow, the expediency of finally dispersing this band is to be considered. It seems to be a mere question of pa tronage in reality. The Court of Aldermen, it is said, are to offer 5,0001. per annum out of the corporation funds for the right of appointing about 300 policemen, which will make a total of 400 men to do the day and night duty. The appointment now rests in the hands of the Common Councilmen of each Ward, on the recom mendation of the inhabitants. To catch the favour of the citizens at large, the Aldermen promise an amazing reduc tion of expense, which they will effect by making 230 men do what is now done by above 500 watchmen, and by re placing 140 patrols and inspectors by 30 police sergeants. BERKSHIRE ELECTION.—Mr. HALLETT iS stated to have been very successful in his canvass in this county, and no doubt a p pears t o b e enterta i ne d o f Ins success provided the subscription does not fail him, and his opponent thus overpower him by superior length of purse. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT has been canvassing for Nlr. HALLETT in the neighbourhood of Wokinghain with great success. to an old On Monday last, a labouring man, named cruelty G ° s R r ' to w as hi f s u d te il a y u c g o h mmit r, a te gcled to about Dover 01, years, charged I r n ge keeping with 4 her in a stat e b or dering on starvation, upon a very s h ort l ai bedstead upwards of nine weeks , till she Waif discovered on Saturday last in a most emaciated state of ill ness, and taken under the protection of th e par i sh off i ce's. A allowance of bread and water , chained by th e l eg number of women took the unnatur,d parent forcibly to the sea, and after giving him several duckii,gs, Allow,' itim to escape. Ile was afterwards ulcer' into custody, and handed over to the gaolcr......h.faidatone Gazette, SPLENDID DRAWING ROOM. THE COURT JOURNAL o f SATUR DAY will contain Eight Additional Pages (Gr ttis), filled with all particulars (many of them Exclusive) re lating to the last Splendid Drawing-Room. N.B.—The same additional quantity of matter will be given (without extra charge) on the occasion of every succeeding Drawing-Room. —Country Orders should be given immediately.