The Sun. — London, England, 1832-11-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The speech of the King of the French, at the opening of the Chambers on Monday last, ap pears to us the most moderate, reasonable, and unrretending address that has been delivered from the throne of France for the last 17 years. Those who look to it for the disclosure of state secrets will, of course, be disappointed ; and those who anticipated from it some display of exultation at the alliance with England for compelling the exe cution of the Belgic treaty, or at the capture of the Duchess of Berry, will find that they have made an equal miscalculation. All the topics which might be supposed to enter into such a document have been introduced, but in a manner which sur prises us more with its simplicity than with any thing else. The Ministry announce to the Chambers, by the mouth of the King, that the Republicans at Paris were the authors of the in surrection of June the sth and 6th, as the Car lists in the west were the authors of the rebellion in La Vendee. This, therefore, is to be the Ministerial profession of faith during the ses sion respecting the recent internal disturbances of the kingdom. The ordinance for declaring the siege of Paris, and that for establishing military commissions in the western provinces, will therefore be defended on the same prin. ciples and by the same men. The King mentions, with acknowledged accuracy, that the fidelity of the troops of the line, the courage of the National Guards and his own encouraging presence triumphed over the Paris revolt. - But if so, the opposition will demand, where was the necessity after the overthrow of the disturbers, to dept.: from the common laws of the realm, and why resort to a state of siege when peace was restored In La Vendee the war, though less dangerous, was more protracted,—the means of repression were less decisive,—and as the flame threatened to extend, a better excuse might be found for adopting extraordinary means for extinguishing its source, or arresting its violence. But in that quarter of France, likewise, military law ceased with the decision of the Court of Cassation, in the case of the Parisian revolters. His Ma jesty, in announcing the apprehension of the Duchess of Berry employs that reserve which was demanded equally by his family ties and 133 his political duties. The declaration that " a recent event, decisive for the public peace, will destroy the last delusions of the party," gives suf ficient indication that the Chambers are to be consulted on the subject in terms of the Royal ordinance. To have said more would have ap peared to anticipate the business of the Session, and would have afforded an extensive field for discussions on the address. That a legislative measure is comtemplated, applicable not only to the case of her Royal Highness but to that of other branches of the exiled family, in similar circumstances, is broadly insinuated, and there can be no doubt that it will be speedily intro duced. Had the act of last Session for dispos ing of the fate of the Bourbons, in case of their re: urn to France, been properly drawn up, the present embarrassment, with respect to the Duchess of Berry, might have been avoided. But the most gratifying part of the speech, as regards us, and all foreign nations, is that which gives us additional assurances of the preserva tion of the general peace. Without any of the gasconade to which we have been so long ac customed from the French throne, his Majesty Louis Philip tells us that he has received pledges of amity from all foreign nations, but that the unexecuted Belgic treaty inspired so much dis quietude that he resolved upon effecting its exe ir.iition along with Great Britain. " Our flags," he adds, " wave together at the mouth of the Scheldt, and our army, whose discipline and good spirit equal its bravery, has arrived at this moment under the walls of Antwerp." Here there is no flattery of the French passion for wilitary glory—no vain boast of French prowess, and no excitement to French ambition. The army of France, like the squadrons of France and England, is to be employed in an office almost judicial, or in executing a treaty to which all the Powers of Europe have given their express concurrence. The pro mise of internal institutions to complete the civil and political edifice founded by the Charter of August, 1830, must satisfy all but the mouve ment party, who are already declared enemies of the Charter, and of the hereditary monarchy with ~.ii- t i;2ll it is united. France has for two years ,igmar,ded a law on Ministerial responsibility ; another, on departmental and municipal admi nistration ; and a third, on public instruction. , The present Cabinet engage to introduce a li pera,l legislation on these subjects, and there can be no doubt that something will be done to satisfy th. 2 national impatience. Upon the whole, the speech of the King of the French, as regards foreign nations, appears a very satisfactory docu ment, while it presents no obvious grounds for discontent to domestic parties. We have not yet received authentic accounts of the manner in which it was received either by the Chambers or by the public ; and we are not disposed to attach much importance to the attempted assas sination of his Majesty by some wretched indi vidual, whether the criminal was under the im pulse of political fanaticism or mere insanity. •*,.T,aven has been pleased to render the attempt Times. The spee ! :.‘li of the King of the French to the Chambers is a pompous and a weak production, worthy of a pen guided by the inspiration of a Council of Doctrinnaires. It begins with an allusion to domestic conflicts which have given a melancholy importance to the interval between the two Sessions. It speaks also of domestic triumphs, which shed no glory on the victors, and which it would be well for the character of the Government of Louis Philip if they were buried for ever in oblivion. The King says, " The attempts at republicanism, as well as coun ter-revolution, have been vanquished—the days the sth and 6th of June have made manifest • the perversity and impotence of the promoters of anarchy," Surely his Majesty must presume that the French people have already lost all re collection of what transpired on the trials of the insurgents, when he alludes to the sanguinary scenes of the sth and 6th of June, and their consequences, with exultati on , or i n d ee d when he alludes to them at all. Not only did the Government fail to fix a charge of premeditated concert on the alleged conspirators, as our read. ers must well remember, but the evidence showed that the conspiracy was on the oth er side ; a conspiracy of which the police were the contrivers, and the people the victims. The funeral of General Lamarque, was taken ad vantage of, to strike what is called a coup detat, to terrify the great mass of the people of France with the dreadful appari tion of a combined movement between Repub licans and Carlists to effect a counter-revolution. We cannot suppose Louis Philip to be in the least cognizant of this plot before it was ac tually carried into effect. The feelings of a man of the least particle of morality and honour would shrink from the idea of any thing of the sort. But, imposed upon, as he must have been in the first instance, he must be exceedingly de ficient in capacity for Government not to have understood, from the light which the trials of the prisoners threw upon this originally myste rious affair, that it was a conflict in which the Royal arms, however successful, could reap no laurels which a Constitutional King ought to entwine with the splendid recollection of hi reign. We suspect impartial history will pay little honour to trophies gathered in such a field of warfare, and so deeply stained with civil Wood. The carnage of the three days of July was the result of a struggle between avowed despotism and freedom, excited by intolerable oppression to a last desperate effort. The . . principles of that contest were well understood —the lines of that contest accurately defined. The people triumphed, but their moderation in victory was as distinguished as their devoted courage in the strife. Could a people who gave such a noble example to Europ', when they fought against tyranny, become anarchists when a Citizen-King sat upon the throne ? No— Louis Philip himself admits that they could not, for he says, " Constitutional Monarchy has recog nised its true friends and itsreal defenders in the ge nerous population of Paris,in that intrepid National Guard, in that brave and faithful army, who have so courageously repulsed the late criminal ex cesses." Where then was the excuse for putting Paris in a " state of siege," and suspending the ordinary operation of the laws after the dis _ _ turbances had been completely crushed, and the population of Paris had thus evinced their un shaken fidelity to a Constitutional throne ? To the " state of siege" the speech of the Citizen- King makes no allusion. Perhaps the Chambers could not be reminded of that violent assumption )f absolute power, similar to the crime for which Polignac and his companions now suffer, with out also being reminded of the upright and noble decision of the Court of Cassation, which re placed Paris within the pale of Constitutional law, and gave her "generous population" the protection of the Charter. The King takes cre dit to himself for the suppression of the Carlist insurrection in the west ; but when we recollect with what a universal feeling of the people Charles X. was driven from the throne, we can only consider the rise and progress of an insur rection to restore him, within less than two years after his deposition, as one, among other proofs, of the non-fulfilment of the pledges which the Citizen-King had given the people, whereby, in proportion as his popularity and the confidence of the nation declined, the guilty hopes of the parti sans of the exiled dynasty were emboldened. 'I he arrest of the Duchess of Berry is adverted to in the following brief and cautious manner :—" A recent, and for the public peace, a decisive event, will destroy the illusions of that party." A dark intimation is given of " measures which are ne cessary for the guarantee, at the same time, of he security of the State and the liberty of all." This may be in reference to the intended legis lative measure to dispose of the captured heroine of the Bourbons, whose capture, from all that we have seen, we believe only to have been made to give more dramatic effect to the opening of the Session. After stating that confidence and commerce have revived, that the harvest is abundant, and the cholera has gone, his Majesty proceeds to say, " I have every reason to reckon on the pacific disposition of Foreign Powers, on the assurances which I every day receive from them." He does not say that the march of the Prussian army to the frontiers of Belgium, in consequence of the expressed dissent of Prussia and the two other absolute Powers, from the warlike measures of England and France, is one of the assurances of peace on which he builds ; indeed, he does not allude to it at all. 'When we remember that the French Ministers some time ago announced in the Chamber a general disarmament of the European Sovereigns, and, more recently, the same Government officially pro claimed the death of Ferdinand of Spain, we can not, without further proof, give implicit evidence to what the French Government says when a parti cular object is to be gained, of the assurances or intentions of Foreign Powers. There is another topic on which his Majesty relies for the preser vation of the peace. This is nothing less than the warlike convention between France and Eng- land, in virtue of which the French army is now before the citadel of Antwerp, and the combined fleet probably at the mouth of the Scheldt; yet, in touching upon this subject, which, of course, he does with exultation, he cannot avoid falling, into an expression that betrays a feeling of un certainty as to the result. The words which he uses are, " A question was likely to have kept Europe in a state of inquietude.' The other points of the speech are of little comparative im portance, such as the marriage of his daughter to Leopold, the treaty concluded with America, and the elevation of Prince Otho to the throne of Greece. In adverting to the internal condition of the country, no hope is held out of any pre- sent diminution of the burdens of the Siate. Nor does there, as far as we can collect, appear any prospect that the King of the French will employ himself during the future, any more than he has during the past, in giving those improvements to the institutions of France which would consolidate his throne in the happiness and confidence of his people. We feel bound to express our horror at the crime of regicide with which Paris, and, indeed, France, was near being stained. Hardly had the King proceeded a hundred yards from the chateau of the Tuileries in procession, to open the Session of the Cham bers, when a pistol was discharged at him, for tunately without effect. The assassin was in stantly taken into custody ; but there are suspi cious that this assassination affair is a trick.— Morning Herald. Under the head of " Electioneering Matters" it will be seen that Westminster cuts rather a con spicuous figure to-day. What with addresses, and meetings, and speeches, and pledges, and counter-pledges, it appears that all the political elements are in motion preparatory to a great struggle. The parties are Sir J. C. Hobhouse and Colonel Evans. The opposing influences are those of Downing-street and Charing-cross. We are not so far in the secrets of either ca binet as to be able to announce their probable resources, or to calculate the chances of victory upon either side ; but the note of preparation is sufficiently alarming to put all the combatants on their mettle. We are far from thinking with Sir F. Burdett, though we admire the ardent feel ing with which he advocates the cause of his friend—we are far from thinking with him that t he whole question between Sir J. C. Hobhouse and the electors of Westminster, or that portion of the electors who are opposed to his return, is resolvable into the simple alternative of grad tude or ingratitude. There is something in his connection with the Government, and something in his altered tone upon the prominent topics or the day, to pass over certain defects of manner or of temper, which are supposed to have inter fered not a little with the feelings of his consti tuents towards him,—there is something, and we think enough, in all this to account for the attempt which is now made, even if we had not the evi dence of a rupture between him and his consti tuents, which is conveyed in their determination to exact pledges, and his determination to resist them,—there is, as we said before, enough in all this to account for the attempt, without obliging us to impute it to the sheer influence of ingrati tude. The people of Westminster may be right or wrong in the course they are pursuing ; but let it not be too hastily concluded that they are guilty of ingratitude. If Sir John Hobhouse served the people faithfully during 14 years, who was it that. returned Sir John Hobhouse during those fourteen years free of expense ? What ever services Sir John may have rendered, they will not go altogether unrequited, if he and his present constituents were to part to-morrow morning. Upon the subject of pledges, which forms the ostensible ground of difference between them at present, we have spoken our sentiments plainly before now, and they assimilate more nearly to the opinions of Sir John than to those of his opponents. This doctrine of pledges, be it observed, is an emanation from the political unions, which both Sir John Hobhouse and Sir Francis Burdett contributed mainly to establish, little thinking, probably, that the time was so near when those very unions would bring their machinery to bear upon the exclusion of one of their foster-fathers. Now, however, the process is at work. How the former friends of the political unions relish it may be seen by their letters and remonstrances. How they will come out of it eventually time alone can determine. There is something rather aristocratic, if it was not for the good feeling which mingles with and pal liates it, in the astonishment expressed by Sir F. Burdett at the appearance of Colonel Evans in opposition to the Treasury Member. The Co lonel is treated as an intruder. It reminds us how jealous the old watchmen used to be of any one infringing upon their beat. But it is con sistent with the liberal principles which the two Members fur Westminster have always avowed to assert a sort of property in the representation of Westminster, and to stare at an opponent as if he had two heads on him, merely because he thought of showing his face as a candidate, at the request of time people themselves ? We are satisfied that Colonel Evans, or any other man called on in the same way, is fully justified in coming forward, and that the spirit in which his declaration has been met will rather serve than injure his prospects with the body of the elec tors. We doubt, however, whether his opinions respecting pledges, though strongly calculated to recommend him to a certain party, will advance his views with the majority, when the issue comes to be fairly tried—and upon that will, in a great measure, depend the success or failure of his ex periment. In the mean while the very novelty of a contest for Westminster has something ex citing in its sound, and, no doubt, will produce a corresponding sensation amongst other large constituencies.—Morning Herald. We have again and again alluded to th e dif ficulties with which the Ministerial and Reform Candidates have to contend, from the Ministry, with a weakness anti pusillanimity without ex ample, leaving almost the whole power of Go vernment in the hands of their adversaries. The most bitter complaints continually reach us on this subject. The Lieutenancy and Magistracy are almost exclusively Tory. The Magistracy, so far from improving under the Whigs, are becoming worse and worse every day. In Ber wickshire, for instance, there will be a hard con test between Mr. Marjoribanks and Captain Maitland. The Lord-Lieutenant of that County (the Earl of Home), is a State pauper, and consequently a rank Tory. In the Gazette of last week appeared about half a score appointments to the Magistracv, and they were one and all To ries. One gentleman, a candidate for the Di rectorship of the East India Company (Mr. Swinton, of Swinton), is understood to have been long undecided whether he should sup port the Whig candidate (Mr. Marjoribanks) or Captain Maitland ; but of course Earl Home's favour has decided him. The Tory candidate for Manchester, Mr. Hope, has been made by a Tory Lord-Lieutenant Colonel of the Fife Mi• litia. It is certainly very generous in Ministers thus to supply their opponents with funds for defraying their expenses. They must have a high idea of the virtue and disinterestedness of their own supporters, as they in this unequivocal manner allow the public to see that the best way to obtain money and honours is to support the Tories.—Morning Chronicle. THE APPROACHING SESSIONS.--The Westminster Sessions commence on Thursday, the Middle sex on Tuesday, the Admiralty the same day, the London to-morrow week, the Old Bailey on Thursday week, the Tower Hamlets the same day, and the Surrey Dec. 3. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.---The sloop Peggy, of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, 70 tons burden, JOSEPH Sams, Master, left Waterford early on the morning of Saturday se'nnight, with a cargo of barley, wheat, and oatmeal, for Liverpool. About mid-day, it blowing a heavy gale, the Captain stood in for Holyhead, which place he was unable to gain ; he hovered near the Skerries during the greater part of that night, and on the following morning found himself far out at sea. The gale rather increasing than abating, he made for Milford, but was driven back about noon. The vessel' now becanie very leaky, and had three feet water in her hold, notwithstand ing the pump had been kept constantly at work upwards of 20 hours. About this time a pretty interesting young woman, a passenger, was delivered of a still-born child. Her husband, who was on board, could render her but little assistance, as he was obliged to assist the crew upon deck, every possible exertion being necessary in order to keep the vessel up. In this distressing situation the poor creature lay until Monday evening (26 hours) with out tasting a morsel or a drop of any thing, and expecting, as every sea broke over and darkened the cabin skylight, that bo h she and her husband were inevitably going to the bottom. About dusk on Monday evening, after having all day vainly endeavoured to gain the Studwell's-road, the captain and all the crew, in a state of complete exhaustion, and in the full conviction that if the vessel shipped one foot more water she must go down, made for Bardsey Island. They were standing directly in for New Quay, and if she had entered there, she must have instantly gone pieces ; when a nephew of the lighthouse-keeper, a boy about twelve years of age, going to the mountain for milk, ascended a rock, and waved his glittering can, in the di rection of Cabin-creek. The captain understood the sig nal, and altered his course. The youthful pilot, if be may be so called, ran from crag to crag till he stood on the rock at the entrance of the creek, still waving his can and c ap, signals that were correctly interpreted, and eagerly followed, by the captain, who in a few minutes found himself in the mouth of a safe shelter. The boy then ran to inform the islanders , who came and assi s t e d t h e vesse l The young woman was land e d on the rocks, where she extreme fatigue. Sh e was, however, soon rescuedin'u T sul h' l from m her perilous situation, and conducted to the lighthouse, where the wife of the lighthouse keeper kindly administered to her the comfort she stood so much in need thi of. The c tptain and crew , all their bedding b e i n g wet, were provided with beds , &c. , at the lighthouse. They for rd threeno t tasted s a a n d d r drop ofo n a i l g i . Drippi ng wet an d yhtsng, exc ept a l i ttle whiskey, ex hausted, they were clajects that loudly called for the com passion and kindness which they experienced at the light house. The young woman was well enough to be up on Tuesday. The cargo is considerably damaged, but the vessel, though much strained, is irafe,— Cambrian, COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 20. ROBSON V. SANCTUARY, ESQ. This was an action against the Sheriff for a false return; and at the trial a verdict was taken for the plaintiff for 1701., subject to the opinion of the Court on a special case. The case stated that the plaintiff had execution against a person of the name of Weller, and the writ was given to the defendant, who issued his warrant to the officer, who took the goods about eleven o'clock in the forenuon of the 13th of August, 1830, and remained in possession for twelve days, at the expiration► of which time suf ficient was sold to raise the 1701. On the 13th of October, 1830, a commission of bankruptcy was is sued against Weller, whose assignees claimed the money, and it was paid to them by the Sheriff's on an indemnity, and a return was made of nulla bona. The main question was, whether the goods had been levied under the execution two months before the issuing of the commission. Sir James Scarlett had contended that it could not be properly said that the goods were levied until they were sold, and the money raised ; and taking this to be correct, it was clear that the commission► had issued in less than two months from the period of the execution. Mr. Hutchinson, on the other hand, in support of the verdict, contended that the time of the execution was to be reckoned frem the pe riod of the first seizure; in which case it was clear that the execution must prevail against the commis sion, since it was put in at 11 o'clock on the 13th of August, and the commission did not issue till be tween 12 and 1 o'clock on the 13th of October. Mr. CLARKSON was heard for the defendant. Judgment for the plaintiff. HOWARD V. BARTOLOZZI. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, to recover a debt of 110/. The de- fence was, that the defendant, Miss Bartolozzi, had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, after this debt became due, and that this debt, which ought to have been inserted in the schedule, had been wilfully omitted by the plaintiff, in order that he might sue on it afterwards. The Judge left it to the Jury to say—first, whether there was any debt; and, secondly, whether it was wilfully omitted by the plaintiff in the list of debts from which the schedule was made out. The Jury said that there was a debt, and that it was wilfully omitted, and found at first for the defendant, but afterwards, un der the direction of the Judge, found for the plain tiff with a view to ulterior proceedings, and the Judge (Lord Tenterden) gave leave to move. A rule Nisi to set aside the verdict was accordingly applied for and granted. - Mr. CAMPBELL and Mr. FoLLETT showed cause against the rule. Mr. KELLY, in support of the rule, contended that the finding of the Jury decidedly was, that the debt had been wilfully omitted by the plaintiff in a list of debts prepared at his office, and shown by him to the defendant in the rules of the prison. Rule absolute accordingly for a new trial. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 20. RAMADGE V. \VAKLEY. Mr. Wakley, in this case, applied in person, for the purpose of having the taxation of the bill of costs reviewed. A farthing was the amount of the da mages granted by the Jury on the trial, and the present application rested upon this ground :—There was a witness named Sophia Reynolds, who had been, at the instance of the plaintiff, examined be fore the Prothonotary in the progress of the cause, but not called up on the trial, and the taxing officer allowed for her attendances, and for the attendances of the Prothonotary at her examinations. This, the defendant contended, was objectionable, and entitled him to call for a review of the bill. The CHIEF JUSTICE inquired if the sum was considerable ? Mr. Wakley said that he stood upon the question of right, and that it was not impor tant on an occasion of that sort whether the amount were large or small—one shilling was as much as one hundred pounds in the eyes of those who looked to the principle as the main consideration. The CHIEF JUSTICE—The Court will certainly not interfere if the amount be only a shilling—how much is the sum ? Mr. Wakley replied, that the whole expenses were upwards of 201. The CHIEF JUSTICE inquired if the defendant would say that the sum he purposed disputing was of a sufficient amount to call for the interference of the Court ? Mr. Wakley replied that it was, and proceeded to read his own affidavit, which set forth the circumstances already stated; and further, that the Learned Judge by whom the cause was tried had refused to certify. When the reading of the affidavit was concluded, the Court granted a rule to show cause. RAMADGE V. RYAN. The defendant in this case appeared in person, and applied for a rule to show cause why the ver dict should not be set aside, on the ground that it was then in his power, by the affidavits of the most respectable persons, to show that every one of the witnesses examined against him had per jured themselves. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, that the only remedy he had was to indict the witnesses for perjury. The defendant said, that to prefer a bill of indict ment would he but poor consolation for him.— Application refused. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 20. HAYMAN LEVIN V. ELLIS. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 2341. being the value of a quantity of lace bought by the plaintiff of the defendant. The cause was tried an Monday, before Mr. Baron Vaughan, at Guildhall, when a verdict was found for the de fendant. Mr. Sergeant MEREIVETHER now moved for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted.—Rule granted. LOMAX V. JADES. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN read the notes of the trial, from which it appeared that this was an action brought upon a bill of exchange for 1,0001., drawn on and accepted by Lord Foley, at ten months after date. The defence was, that the defendant had parted with the bill to get it discounted, and that, through the party whom he had thus intrusted with it, the plaintiff had become possessed of it, and notice was given to the plaintiff to prove the con• sideration he had given for the bill. For that pur pose a man named Sutton was called, who said he had received the bill from one Gompertz for 9411. and a horse, and had afterwards parted with it to the plaintiff in part payment of an old debt, which amounted to nearly 3,0001. The witness admitted that Lord Foley and the defendant told him they had been swindled out of the bill, and it also ap peared that the plaintiff had not received the bill till after it hadbcomedue.The verdict was given for the p.aintiff, subject to a motio n t o set i t as id e, an d a rule had since been obtained for that purpose. Mr. SHEA now showed cause against that rule, and contended that the verdict ought not to be dis turbed. Even if Sutton's evidence was rejected, there was a sufficient case proved on behalf of the plaintiff. Mr. Baron VAUGHAN—Certainly not, for Sutton was the only witness who proved a notice of the dis honour. Mr. SIIEE—That was the only part of his evi dence that could not be dispensed with, for, as the defendant (lid not establish any points from which fraud could be inferred, the plaintiff was not called upon to prove a consideration, yet he volunteered to prove it. Whether Sutton was a credible witness of not was a question for the consideration of the Jury. Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS was proceeding in his re ply, when — Mr. Baron BAYLEY said that the Court _thought that there should be a new trial. He did not wish to say any thing calculated to prejudice the case, but it was a material feature in it that Sutton was the person who gave the bid to the plaintiff, and as there was no other person to prove a notice of the dishonour, Sutton could not himself recover the amount of the bill if it was in his hands. Rule made absolute. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Nov. 20. MAJOR VILLEROY RUSSEL'S BANKRUPTCY. A meeting of the creditors of Major Villeroy Russel, late of Brighton, where he had extensive and valuable household and landed property, was held yesterday at the New Bankruptcy Court, Ba singhall-street, for the choice of assignees, and fur ther proof of debts. The fiat, it appears, was struck against the bankrupt on the 31st of October, and the present has been the third meeting under the Com mission. The property, much of which is situated in Portland-place, and on the Marine Parade, Brighton, is charged with a mortgage of 21,0001., advanced by the Norwich Union Assurance Com pany; and also with an item of 1,8001. to Messrs. Norris and Son, and of 2,7001. to Mr. Denew, the auctioneer. The average value of the houses was considered by the bankrupt to be 1,2001. each, and one of them has been sold by Mr. Denew as high as 1,.5001. Some proofs having been made, and as signees appointed, the meeting separated. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 20. George Rogers, an Essex farmer, was opposed by Mr. 'WoomtoFFE, on behalf of Mr. Phineas Davis, a Sheriff's-officer, from whom he had taken a farm. It appeared, when he was negotiating with Mr. Davis for the farm, that he represented himself as a man of considerable property ; and, ultimately, that Davis was obliged to sue him in the Palace Court for his rent. He obtained a verdict, but got nothing (save costs out of pocket) by it. It further ap peared that the insolvent, some years prior to his having taken the farm, had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, which he also concealed from the opposing creditor, who, being " a sure man," had he known the circumstance, would have had nothing to do with him. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS remarked strongly on the conduct of the insolvent, in concealing from his opposing creditor the real state of his circumstances, and sentenced him in consequence to an imprison ment of six calendar months. ADVANTAGES OF A LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. The directors of this undertaking will make another ap plication to Parliament for an Act authorizing it to be carried into effect. The intended line of road is to go in the di rection of Pinner, near Harrow, Watford, Leighton Buz zard, Stoney Stratford, to Bilsworth ; then off towards Daventry, through Rugby, Coventry, and to Birmingham. The distance is 110 miles, and it is calculated it may be performed in five hours and a half. There are to be nine tunnels. The estimate of the whole cost is 2,500,0001., and the annual amount of revenue at 730,6921. The evidence before the Committee of the House of Lords, which last session threw out the measure, certainly showed that the public would derive great benefit from the esta blishment of the railway. Numerous merchants who were examined, deposed to the inconvenience under which trade laboured from the absence of an expeditious and certain mode of communication between London and Birmingham. Mr. Helmsley, a director of the Union Kent Glass Company, said that the swiftest con veyance of goods at present was by fly-boats, which are four days on the road : 1,050 tons were received in London from the Company's factories at Birmingham every year. This came to the sum of 200,0001., and the ave rage breakage of the glass was 21 per cent. The Com pany, therefore, sustained a dead loss of 5,0001. per an num. On a railway the breakage would not amount to a half per cent.—Mr. F. Barnes, an ironmonger in Fen church-street, said,coaches frequently refused to bring up his parcels from Birmingham, and the proprietors said t him, " Mr. Bawes, you would not like to travel in a coach with 800 or 9001bs. on the top of it and in the boot."—Mr. Barry, a ship.broker, stated that the transit of go ids was frequently stopped in winter by the freezing of canals.—Mr. Mason, a merchant at Birmingham, once engaged to ship a quantity of goods to London, and he had an action brought against him for the freight of the good., which were detained by a stoppage in the canal, and he was not only called on to pay the freight, but the goods were thrown upon his hands. A short time since, there were three instances in which he might have executed orders for 1,500/. if he could have executed them in time for shipment in London. From the evidence of several farmers, it appeared that the cost of sending up cattle to London from a place 40 miles distant, is '7s. a head, and for sheep Is., and the distance so frequently injured the poor beasts, that they are left in the towns on the road to be sold for whatever they will fetch. Graziers would give 10s. a head to despatch their cattle to London more speedily. A sheep driven SO miles, loses ECUs., value 4.. 6,1. Mr. Marshall, Secretary to the Provincial Bank of Ireland, deposed that a railroad to Birmingham would be of service to the Dublin Post ; many hours' time would be saved, and this would be of great importance, when Ireland wanted bullion from London, in consequence of any sudden demand for gold, which frequently occurred from political circumstances. Lieut.-General Sir T. W. Gordon stated, that the railroad would afford considerable facilities for transporting military stores, which would be very beneficial to the public service. It would also, in cases of emergency, afford an opportunity for the more rapid conveyance of troops. The expenses of the traffic between London and Birmingham for one year, including passen gers and goods, amounts, by the pre+ent mode of convey ance to 1,326,143/. The expenses by railway are calcu• hated at '793,407/. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) _ . The prospects of war would have an enlivening effect on all descriptions of Colonial produce, and on commerce ge nerally, making England the warehouse of the world, as in former wais, but there is an opinion that hostilities will be of short duration, when the reaction would be fearful; yet, with all these considerations, we think we can perceive an inclination to speculate on the rise of prices of West and East India produce, and a general revival of the com merce of the country. SUGAR.—The demand for Muscovades during the last week was languid ; the estimated sales did not exceed 2,600 hhds. and trcs. ; the prices were, however, fully supported. The purchases this day are 800 hhds. and trcs. The Market is firm. The stock of West India Sugar is now 36,812 hhds. and trcs., which is 10 996 less than last year. The stock of Mauritius is 67,588 bags being 22,968 less than last year. The delivery of West India Sugar is 2,653 hhds. and trcs., being 168 less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 4,651 bags, being 3,745 less than the corresponding week of 1831. In the Refined Market there were more inquiries last week, particularly for export; common packing lumps on board 265. 6d. and 275., crashed on board 30s. This afternoon there is little alteration in the Refined Market. EAST INDIA SUGARS...—III East .India Sugars there is no alteration. MAURITIUS SUGARS.—The quantity of Mauritius Su gar brought forward has been too extensive for the de mand ; the consequence has been a small decline in the prices; brown 495. 6d. a 515., the yellow sold more freely, and commanded the previous prices. This day's public sale, 1,094 bags Mauritius Sugar went off freely at full prices. WEST INDIA MOLASSES. —The quotations are 265. a 28s. ; Sr. Lucia sold to-day at 275. 6d. FOREIGN SUGARS.—There are no inquiries for Foreign Sugar by private contract. At public sale on Friday 121 boxes Havannah Sugar were brought forward, the sound white was taken in 335. a 345., the damaged, which the sale principally consisted of, sold Is. a ls. 6d. higher than the last sale. Average price of Sugar 1/. Bs. 6,1. per cwt. COFFEE.—We stated on Tuesday last that there was the appearance of an improving demand for Coffee, which increased during the week, and at the public sale of Friday prices ls. higher were obtained ; 487 bags good ord. Ha. vannah 535. 6d., coloury 559. ; the offers made by private contract and refused were 525. 6d. for good ord. St. Do mingo ; good ord. Ceylon 519. The British Plantation Coffee at public sale sold heavily ; the good qualities sup ported prices ; the ord. and unclean, being pressed upon the market in large parcels, sold rather lower. This day's public sate 1,028 bags Foreign Coffee; a part of the Ha vannah sold, fine tine ord. at 59a., ord. 508., about I s. higher; the Brazil was taken in, but higher offers seemed to be made than what could have been obtained last week, good ord. 518. The market looks firm. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS. —The holders of Rum are very sanguine of obtaining higher prices, on account of the probability of war, but the sales at present are not extensive. They consist of proofs I s. 10.1. and Is. and five under is. 9J., common quality Jamaica SO Aiio 32 over 21. Bd. and 20. 9d,, 23 to 25 over at 2a. 6 In Brandy or Geneva there is little alteration. TALLOW.—The prices of Tallow continue very unsettliJ on account of the political affairs of the Continent ; price front 425. 6d. last week rose to 435. 9d. and 449. this afternoon the quotation has been 445. 3d. a 445. 6( 1 . on the spot, and for distant delivery 445. 9.1. a 45.. CAsIPHOR•—By public sale this day 100 tubs of Cart phor, all withdrawn at 71., and only Si. 2s. offered. FRUIT.—The fall we stated in the prices of Fruit 13 1 week occasioned most extensive sales, but upon a who) cargo of Valentia Raisins being again ►aken off at 42i , and the Market being pretty well cleared, the holder would not sell under 444., which immediately checks 4 the request. The new Turkey pulled Figs go off freely 5l 50.. for inferior, and 52.. for the good ; some very fir sold at 60s. New Muscatel Raisins, ord. to fine, 90.. 1 126.. ; Lexias 32.. a 35.. Jordan Almonds 71. 3s. 71. 11.. New Patras Currants in caroteels 71s. a 72►' New Imperial French Plums in quarter chests 90s. a 101 t• Corron.—The Cotton Market has been very dull ; tbt sales are quite inconsiderable. Otts.—Fish Oils, though but little doing, prices adi supported. Seed Oils are in good demand. The busine° done in Linseed Oil has been great, and few sellers now without an advance on quotations : tht rise in Linseii may be considered fully 2s. since last week; fine parceli on the spot and to arrive have been sold at 503. TURPENTINE.—Rough and spirits as last week. TEA. —Bohm are rather easier in the Market; for Cingous there continues to be a steady demand. VO, give an announcement from the East India Company 0 an alteration to take place. in March of their upsettisl prices :—Bohea, Is. 4d. per lb. ; Congou, ls. Id. ; dittel Is. 1 Id. ; Campo', 2s. 4d. ; Souchong and Pekoe 2s. 51d. ; Twankay, 2s. ; Hyson Kind, 2s. Old. ; Hysoo Ss. ; ditto, 39. 4d. RICE.—In Rice there is little alteration by privs contract. This day's public sale 1,040 bags Rice ; g white Bengal sold at 1.55. 6d., which is 6d. to Is. higher SPICES.—There are more inquiries after Spices, b the sales are still on a limited scale. Cocoa.—The specuLtions in Cocoa have been on t most extensive scale; the prices of British Plantati Cocoa are 2s. a 4s. higher ; Brazil has risen from 255. 325. SALTPETRE. —SaItpetre is held with great firmne and many of the holders decline to sell. There is Rough in the Market under 375. Tosacco.—There is more business doing in Tubse for home consumption at full prices. INDIGO.-There is little alteration in Indigo; the fe l purchases reported the late India House sale prices to small discount. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING IHE WECt 1 Wheat. Beans. s. to s. 8. to s. 8 . tO 22 15 32 34 18 36 41 17 25 37 jr, 24 30 14 22 25 7.1 25 33 12 18 40 '- 30 39 10 21 36 28 35 14 18 32 33 ,4 30 36 21 23 33 24 34 16 24 28 4' Barley. 1 Oats. Per Quarter. Boston . Gainsborough —........ Grantham Grimsby Horncastle.- Lincoln ..........,—...,. Spilsby. Stamford. York.—... S. to S. —. 49 53 67 42 58 44 52 46 60 48 54 47 59 48 64 NORWICH, Nov. 17. Wheat (per qr.) .... 40s 565. 60s. Beans (per qr.) a)s. 35° .* Barley 20s. 325. 355. Pease, Orey 30s. Oats 20s. 225. 245. Flour, fine (per sack) gos._±.!,* CANTERBUIII, Nov. 17 Wheat, white---- 50s. to 575. to 455. to 533. Old. —s. to Barley, Malting 30s. to 363. Gnnding.. 265. w 2E l ' 4 Oats Beans - 343, to 365. 275. to 2: Pease ••••••••••••••••,...."...1. 375• to 395. -- 345. to MANCHESTER, Nov. 17. a. Sit Wheat, per 70Ib. Bs. 9d. to 9s. Od. Red Ss. 0.1. to .... 1 Barley, per 601 b 5 6 6 0 Oats 3 0 n •• 0 Beans, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 5 v Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels 43 0 4,8 a „ s o Flour, per Sack of 2.801 b - EXETER PAATI Beef (score)..-.Bs. Od. N. 6d. Hutton 51 0 6 Veal and Lamb....... 0 6 0 7 Pork 0 4 0 6 Geese (each) 0 5 6 Ducks ic0urdeN........4 0 5 0 Fowls 0 4 0 .KETS.—Nov. 16. Wheat (bushel) —as. Ocl. is. 63 Barley 4 6 4 k Oats 9 3 2 ; Beans 5 6 6 Butter 0 1 b Eggs (12) 0 1 Potatoes (peck) C 0 IRISH MAI DUBLIN MARKET NO' RKETS. I'E.—FRIDAY • Nov. 16. From To Averl" 1,376 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 21 0 32 0 26 fl 51 Beze l6 stone 12 9 0 10 209 16 stone 13 0 15 0 13 -, 2,730 Oats 12 stone 8 0 11 0 9 16,039 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 6 0 22 0 1,199 Oatmeal 8 stone 7 0 14 0 yl O Sold to Bakers only. 9,344 Cwt. Flour 14 6 22 0 I 17 8 Average price of Wheat and Flour 45b. Od. per sack. , Firsts, .r ,,.,., , from 19s. Od. to 225• a Sales of Do. 10,431 Thirds, Ws "- Receipts of Flour, 10,785 Seconds, from 14s. 6d. to 19a. from ss. Od. to :a- PRICE OF BREAD. .-B)6d. I Half Qua Quartern Loaf _ B)4d. I Half Quartern..........-....- 4 Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, per evit• per barrel per barrel per barrel 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. let. 21 , , -- --- ---- d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as. d. s. d. as.d. s. 41. as. d. s. d•a g i s 0 Cork 200 26 610 0 1501 78 9015017 6 50 15 0 Limerick 120 0 26 812 0 13 412 0 13 616 0 19 0 0 0 15 0 Waterford . 2l 0 24 011 0 14 0 7 0 8017 0 18 010 0 , 6 0 Clonmel —23 4 27 010 0 14 610 0 14 617 0 19 0 13 0 ' 0 0 Carlow...—. 24 0250 12 0 130 1 7 6 6206 21 00 , E 01 Beef, Mutton, Pork, Butter. th , per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. 3d. 40. --'''' - 1 1 . I d. a d. d. a d, s. d. a s. .1. s. d. s. d. s. d , s• d' . 0 Cork -- 5 6 5 632 0 33 083079 0 69 060 gi, .0 Limerick— 3 431 434 0 35 OM 079073 0 6' „ v„ Waterford 3 6 3 535 0 37 0 1 85 082 76 066 ' o ' .., n " Cloninel 4 451 61 32 0 33 0184 0781 0 ‘,... ", Carlow.-- 4. 51 0 0 0 0 0085 0 84 74 0 6.'!_:>_os,. 4t' _._....., r d. s. d. s. d. s • ‘lf 0 79 0 69 060 " I ° 790730 67 0 0 82 76 066 ° .., ° 0 ci 78 I 0 -- ~... 84 74 06 4 "„. ,' __..- 0. KILKENNY.—Butter 82s to 84s. per cwt. ; Wheat 9 2 s..11isr' per barrel; Flour 20s. to 345. per bag; Oats 7s. to B s. o. o ', 4 0 ' rel ; Barley 12s. to 13s. ; Beef 4d. to sd. per lb. ; MU t `itsc° ° to sd. ; Potatoes 2d. per stone; Coals ls. 2d. per cwt.; Pigs 325. to 335. per cwt. , SCOTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON CORN MARKET.—Nov. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. First tiOs Od 32s Od 22s Od 26s Od Second 4Bs Od 27s Od IN Od 25s Od Third There were 357 qrs. of Wheat in market, 305 whereof 52 Unsold.-0 Grey. 21. Bs. sd. g [ c/ja . 03, al 94° 03 ,1 'were Average 5-12ths. DALKIETH CORN MARKET.—Nov. 15. „ to w. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. g4sO LI First...— 50s Od 32s 2d 22.4 Sd 34s OdQd Second 5OB Od Od 20s Od 29s Od 29, Oa . Third 4os Od 9:2s Od 14s Sd 264 Od MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET• (From the London Gazette.) 0 , TO-MORROW, Nov. 22. al• II W. Caffall, sen., butcher, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire 18 t q J. Pearce, licensed victualler, Museum-street, Bloomsbury ' G. Beeby, haberdasher, London-wall J. Saunders, schoolmaster, Corbet's Tay, Essex ...........• 1 DIVIDENDS. at 11 . t i C. Bothain and Co., milliners, New Bond-street .............. I, T. S. Barnes, warehouseman, Cheapside .........................•'• II J. While, artificial florist, Maddox-street, Hanover-square,' EXTRAORDINARY SIZED PEA 01 9 largest pear we have ever seen was brought to cur - yesterday. It was grown in the garden of Mo s t a M'CuLLocx, Esq., of Hammersmith, u p on a t r ee ° ,O three feet high. The pear w e i g h e d one poun d fi ve 0 0 to and a half, and was. in all respects, a beautiful ape`' of fruit.—Morning Herald. if-c DIED. at'" On the 16th inst. at Bishopsthorpe, Lady Anne 11: 0° of the Archbishop of York. On the 18th inst., of apoplexy, Abraham Allen late accountant of the London Assurance. On the 16th inst. Mr. David Thomson,_ of Highivqr,, til ' - ' On the 18th inst. in the 79th year of his age, M f r. •' ing, of Barrett-grove, Stok e N ew i ngton . son ;or On the 17th inst. Arthur Joseph, aged three years, tague Gosset, Esq. of George-street, Mansion-hous e A p foi o o , On the 18th of May last, at sea, whither he- tr io ? 1 / I ,o l '' from Madras, fur the recovery . of his health, ,— tive Henry Monck, of the 35th Regiment of Madras Na, try, aged 41 years. 0)7 -- PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BYbl U II I) 0 Y 0 U •, A SUN OFFICR, 112, STRAND, LONDON. BIS. On the 17th inst. at the Ray ß , T M H aidenhead, Lady Ph'oo6 of a daughter. On the 18th inst.-at Walton-on. Tham e s, the lady of the Be` Lea r co rti', Charles C. Barton, of a son. On the 19th inst. at Southgate, the lady of George Lea le ; Esq., of a daughter. oar On the 18th inst. at Thurston, Suffolk, the la d y o f %- ira a Tyrell Oakes, Esq., of a daughter. ..,,sd, On the 20th inst, at Pulborough-place, Harleyford-. -- o lit hall, the wife of Mr. Henr Quin, o a son. tvight il On the 19th inst. at Rochey t Rochester, he f lady of Arthur • f id Esq., of a son. i" On the 19th inst. at Chorley-wood, Herts, the lady o f gr . S• Morris, Esq., of a son. ....,,eti of a On the 18th inst. in P ow i s-place, Great Orrnond-s"k4.l Scrimgeour, the wife of Robert Shedden Scrimgeour, -- CO'e daughter. On the 13th inst. at Dingwall, the lady of Hugh W es ape) o .1". re - OnEsq., of a daught er. n aa wo On the 20th inst. M rs. John Clifford, Pimlico, v of a s.t in ch On the 20th in s t. t h e lady of John Radford, of 1 ...., ,.- --- hill, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 20th in s t . a t S t. M aryle b one Church, J o hn 1 11 ?,', g ds all, of Powis-plac e , Q ueen-square, to Sophia, fourth survivltowe' ter of the lat e R ev. R o b ert Thomson, LLD., of L o ng" Cambridgeshire. fa. On the the 20th i ns t. a t St . F a ith' s , Mr. F. H. Ridley, ° Churchyard, to Eliza, daughter of the late IL G. Jone°'