The Sun. — London, England, 1840-01-18 00:00:00

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Fart en ; Lovewell, Mr. G. Vanden ' Loft' ; Sir John Mo.iville, Mr. Coopor ; Stet-dug, Mr. F. Mat thew.; Mrs. Heidelberg. Mrs. C. Jones ; Mis.iSterliLg, Mrs. Nisbrtt ; Farny, Mrs. kVi,lier Lacy ; Betty, Mrs. Orger. To conclude with the New Grand Comic CI - ...iatmas Panto ? mime, entiiled HARLEQUIN AND THE 11E:BRIE DEVIL OF ED MONTON ; OR, THE GREAT BED OF WARE. WWI mirely New Scenery. Machinery, Dres-aa, and Dc- (-orations. Ilar.equin, Mr. C. .T. Smith; Clown, Mr. T. Rid Away ; 1 Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Merrie Devil, Mr. Gibson ; and Co umbine, Miss Fairbrother. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, •3s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, 15. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to com-uence at Seven o'Clock. 'I ickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, wh re Season Tickets F uav be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr Andrews. bookseller, Iti7, New Bond-street. 'ROYAL SURREY TIII..:ATRE. the Grand Coale Pantomime, universal:y allowed to be the best in London. is attracting the most brilliant overflows' e'er witnessed, and will he repeated every evening. The Three Neg Pieces have also been pre-eminently successfal. Tins EVENING, JAN. Is, Will be repeated, an entirely new Legerlai3. Drama, called THE LAPIDARY OF LEYDEN. After which, ;:domt7tlietta, from the French, entitled FAMILY JA MENDED. Bonhornme, Mr. Smith; Chapiner. Mr. Saville; Madame Ponhomme, Mr,. Daly ; Theresia, Miss Martin. fin conclude with the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, called fIIE QUEEN BEE, OR HARLEQUIN AND GOODY TWO SHOES. The splendid Scenery by Mr. Brunning—The magnificent Diorama by Mr. P. Phillips. 'Columbine, Miss Sharpe ; Harlequin, Clown, Pantaloon, and Sprite, by the Bolero Family. '.Messrs. Sams of St. James's-street ; Andrews, Ebers, and Mitchell, Bond-street ; and Seguin of Regent-street, Book seller,, are appointed to let Private and Public Boxes during the run of the Pantomime. - TO CORRESPJNDENTS, Those Correspondents who wish to see their communi cations inserted, must send us, in confidence, their names and addresses. Without that we have no guarantee of the accuracy of the communication. We cannot find room for the letter of a " Middle Class Char tist," and besides, he must see from the notice that precedes ttlsis, that we are inclined to reject anonymous communications. , .7"* . " ' l = - 3 . 1 . " - • Eihe sulai. LONDON: SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1840. NE -< ?"4 - ( %. ~••••-e-----..-••-;-c \.\,::„04 '-: - .3\.;,.T 171;:; ,, L... • ; 4 / :cS7II-7 - ... r - ' 4l , ' The House of Lords only assembled yesterday. to cory up the Address to her MAJESTY, in answer to the Speech. They fixed, however, the commencement of appeals for Monday. In the House of Commons, after the transaction of some private business, Mr. T. DITNCOMBE presented a petition from JOHN THOROGOOD, and gave notice that ) lie would call the attention of the House to its prayer, I to provide for the Church without doing violence to innividuals, on the 30th instant. Sir R. INGets presented petitions for an increase of Church accommodation ; and is hereafter to call atten tion to the means of providing full instruction for all the ieo ple, according to the Established Church. Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to a question, stated that he meant to bring in a Bill to place the importation fl rur ire° Ireland and England on the same footing. Notices were also given of a motion of thanks to the Indian army, for Tuesday ; for a Bill to amend the Tithe Commutation-law ;to ask Lord PALMERSTON the precise date of Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN'S note, re ferred to the night before ; and to bring in a Bill, at an early period, to revise the registration of electors. The usual Sessional orders were agreed to after a division, which, by mistake, was taken on an order on which all parties were agreed. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in answer to Captain PECHELL, stated that the Government meant to bring in a Bill to t stahlish County Courts. Its answer to Sir ROBERT PEEL, who seems like many other persons so annoyed by not getting his letters •as early as he used to do, that he loses sight of all the .ravitataee s conferred on the community by the Penny Postage, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that the delay with the stamped covers was caused by an anxiety to prevent all chance of forgery, that he hoped the stamped covers would be ready in about six weeks, and he had some intention of trying stamped covers in London in the course of a week or so In answer to Mr. GOULBURN, the Right Hon. Gentles tleman &lured to the House to make any order it pleased about sending Parliamentary Bills by the post. Mr. STOCKDALE was called to the bar, and t i tres- Coned, chiefly to get at his motives for bringing an ac tion against the Printer of the House of Commons, and it was elicited, both by his examination and by a letter of his, which was read, that he brought his action to try the power of the House. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved that Mr. STOCK DALE has committed a breach of privilege, stating that he meant to follow that up by a resolution of punishment. Mr. LAW, the Recorder, said Mr. STOCKDALE had only used the right of every British subject to bring an action, and he moved that Mr. STOCKDALE be dis chaeged from his attendance on the House. Sir ROBERT INGLIS seconded the motion. He warned the Howe that Mr. STOCKDALE WOU!d move for his writ of habeas, and he wished to know how the H-we would further proceed, Lord ELIOT would vete to commit Mr. STOCKDALE for the letter which had been read ; but if the House were going to pueislr him for appealing to a Court of LAW, Le would vote for the amendment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said Mr. STOCKDALE ,vas not to be punished for his letter, but for having wrought an action against a servant of the House. He violated two resolutions of the House. Sir R. PEEL would not vote to punish Mr. STOCK DALE for his letter. He wished the resolution to specify far what reason Mr. STOCKDALE was to be ;irtnerritted. Lard JOHN Russia". said that, as a contest with •ae Courts was likely, they must be careful not to —ake admissions, whicl3 induced him not to state in the lotion the reasoes for committing Mr. STOCKDALE. Mr. T. DCNCOUBE, in a short speech, and Mr. 4.101 e l ixir( ) in a long one, opposed the m o ti on . A t. 15111 Jaer Klebate ensued, which, as might have been expected, spread into angry personalities, which justify , all the apprehensions which may be entertained from discussing such vague and undefined questions. The reader will, however, be amused by the angry conten tions, though they may derogate from the dignity of the House. Finally, the motion that Mr. BTofanaLe had committed a breach of privilege was affirmed by 249 to 100. Lord JOHN RUSS= then moved that he be com mitted to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms . Sir E. KNATCHBULL moved, as an amendment, that the House having suffered jgdgment to go by default, was not in a condition to take further proceedings. After another protracted debate, Lord JOHN 11133- sELL'a motion was carried by 239 to 105. Another division took place on adjourning till Mon day, or proceedin. , this day, and it was decided that the Under Sheriffs should be ordered to attend this day. The Report on the Address was agreed to, and at One o'Clock the House adjourned. The Meeting of Parliament has disappointed us. We did not expect from her MAJESTY'S Speech more than we have received. It was the business of Ministers, as they, in fact, avowed, so to draw it up as to excite the least possible objection, and they succeeded. They said as little as needs be. Balanced as parties are, when a false step might make a dozen moderate men desert them, and dis solve the Government, they cannot adopt a bold line of policy, or recommend grand and comprehen sive measures. We are not, therefore, at all disap pointed that the Ministers, either in their own speeches, or in the Royal Speech, made no allusion to the Corn-laws. It is quite consistent with their position and the responsibility which weighs on them, that they should confine their attention to promoting the union of the Canadas, to regulating steam navigation, to providing a suitable income for Prince ALBERT, to promoting some petty re forms in the Church, to taking additional measures to suppress the African slave trade, and to renew ing their often defeated plan for reforming the Irish Corporations. We find no fault with Ministers. But we are both surprised and disappointed to find one House engaged in a discussion about affirming the Protestantism of Prince ALBERT, and the other turning with all the eagerness of strong passion to the vindication of their own privileges. We think with Lord BROUGHAM and Lord WINCHILSEA, that the country, owing to the peculiar feelings which are now nourished amongst the different classes, and the diametrically adverse opinions they entertain, is in an extraordinary, not to say dangerous, condi tion ; and it is unworthy of one House to consider the religion of the QUEEN'S Consort an important matter, and of the other to waste the best part of two nights already about Mr. STOCKDALE. Last night the House was again employed on this subject, wreaking, as it appears to us, its ven geance on a man who certainly defeated the House of Commons, but who has acted ac cording to that high authority, the law, which the House of Commons requires all men to obey, as their highest duty. Mr. STOCKDALE has acted according to law, so say the authorized interpreters of the law, to question whose interpretation is justly considered impertinent, and for this the House of Commons, we think vindictively, seeks to punish him. It would be much better to allow the indi vidual case to be forgotten, and provide against all such cases in future by statute which the Judges would then be compelled to obey. To prosecute this trifling matter now—trifling, at least, in the eyes of all but the House of Com mons—gathering round it all the heats of party strife, and all those strong and angry feelings which the course of events has kindled through out the land, seems to us most ill-timed and pre posterous. To discuss the privileges of the House in newspapers is a harmless trespass on the public ; but to make an individual a victim to them who has had recourse to the law, is a mischievous proceeding. We are disappointed that no independent Member of the House of Commons, unencumbered with official responsibility, has before this risen to tell the House that it is wasting the public time, and trifling with the public feeling. If the House stood well with all the people,—if its authority were not scorned by many—if great masses did not say, We will not petition the House of Commons, because we have no confidence in it, and we will prevent other persons from petitioning, it, because it is useless addressing such a cor rupt, ill-constituted assembly—if all the affairs of the country were going on smoothly—if there were no Chartist outbreaks, no religious dissensions, no insidious attacks on property, no hunger nor dread of hunger in the country—if commerce were flourishing and the revenue increasing, we should not much blame the Commons for disporting themselves with a little love of vengeance, or with a little in dulgence of authority. But when the State is shaking almost to its foundation, when the Legisla ture is contemned and the people are suffering, to busy themselves about their privileges, except by passing a law to settl e w hat they are, is paltering with the existing evils. We hope, however, that such a course will not be continued, and that some Members of the Commons will be found, before many days pass away, to follow Lord BROUGNAM'S lead, an:. ask the House to lay aside selfishness, and consider, not its own privileges, but the condi tion of the empire. The Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, have adopted—the former by a ma jority of thirteen votes to six, the latter by a majority of twenty-nine to twenty•one—the resolutions of the Go vernment for Legislative Union of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. The importance of this intelligence cannot be overrated. We cannot better express our own sentiments respecting it, than by adopt ing the words of our liberal Contemporary, the Alan:- iny Advertiser : When his Excellency the present Governor was ap pointed to control the destinies of the Canadas, nothing could exceed the virulence of the Tory press in their ex pressions of disapprobation of the appointment. " Stop the Pique," said the Times—" Rebellion in Canada," said the Post—" Both provinces lost to the British empire," said the Standard; and what is the result ? Why, that no thing in the Lower Province could exceed the reception with which he was met, and that in the Upper he has carried a measure beneficial to the Canadas, which had been pre viously deemed hopeless by Lord Durham for years to come. Such a triumph, such a victory, has rarely, if ever, been achieved by any public officer ; it is a triumph in every respect. It is a triumph over Tory opposition of the basest and the most unmanly description—it is a triumph over the family compact which has hitherto been the bane of the Canadas—it is a triumph over prejudices supposed to be unconquerable—it is a triumph against the desire of the United States to annex the Canadas to their already overgrown Union—and, finally, we believe it to be a triumph, not only of a financial, but of a moral principle, over interested objects and selfish conclusions. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 9th instant have reached us. They contain, however, no news of any interest, except that the Five per Cents. closed at 28i for cash, and at 29 for 60 days—a great improve ment, considering the state of the country. We have likewise received letters from Saragossa of the 10th, which state that ESPARTERO was then making vest preparations for attacking Segura, which he was about to head in person. He was to be accompanied by General AYERBE, who proceeded on the 10th to Alcoriza from head-quarters, to take the command of the 3d division. CABRERA was still indisposed, but his life was considered out of all danger. - On Thursday the French Chamber of Deputies adopted the Address in answer to the Speech from the Throne. When the debate on the several paragraphs was hi ought to a close, and the whole Address put to the vote, it was c arried by a majority of 169—only 43 votes being given against it. The Address having been adopted, M. PASSY, the Minister of Fi nance , l a id the Budget for the e nsuin g year upon the table. The last year presented a surplus of 12,000,000 of francs over and above the whole ex penditure. He next brought forward the draught of a Bill for reducing the interest on the Five per Cents. to four and a halt per cent. As the KING is known to be personally opposed to this measure, it is not expected to pass during the present Session of the Chambers. Various rumours reached Paris respecting the murder of the French officers by the Persians at Erzeroum, and hopes were entertained that th e fi rst account wou ld prove to have been incorrect. It is stated in one letter that HUSSEIN KHAN attempted to violat e th e person of the wife of his French physician, and this infamous out rage was the real cause of the subsequent atrocities committed by his attendants. BOURSE.—PAkts, THURSDAY, JAN. 18. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price p r i ce French 5 per Cents in 95 ... 112 '5... 111 95 ... 1:2 25 4 per Cents lO4 40 . te4 40 ... 104 40 ... 10t 4 , 1 3 per Cents BO 9J .. 31 5 ... 80 90 ... 81 5 Bank of France 3045 ...2045 ...3045 ...3045 Latfitte Ba ik I,ooof. Sh lO4O ...1040 ...H4O ...I' 40 5,000 f. Sb 5170 ...5185 ...5170 _5035 Belgian Bank 875 ... 875 ... 865 ... 8; ti 5 per Cents 102% ... 162% ... 102% ... 102% 3 per Cents 7l ... 71 ... 71 ... 71 Spanish Active 2 6% ... 26% ... '26 ... 26 Passive tiy, ... 6%, ... 6% ... ti3v, New ihferrel Portuguese 3 per Cents ii2A ... 1 V ,5 ...... .2% . N e a 0 o I i t a n 1( ... 102 k ... 102 ... 192% Roman ItAILW. SHARES. St. (;ermain '4OO 500 ... 497 50 ... 497 50 %'ersailles, K. B 143 5 ' 2 *** L.B. 5O ... 34 . i‘2. 0 ... 5C ... 3411 t's Orleans .. n .. SS O Nlulhausen to Thann.. Strasburg to Bale 3 ,2,1 50 " ' 3.23 75 ... 1.7 50 ... 3132 Til F' SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18,1P40. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. SIR. —Might I request ; thrtitligh the medium of your influen tial and widely;:ell'eulated columns, to make one or two obser vations in reply to a person signed " B." in the Times? Let me assure him that I feel extremely grateful to him for having exerted himself to relieve me from all the honour or disgrace which would attach to the melancholy mortal who would be doomed to father hls lUcub:ations. It is hardly necessary for me to state ) that I never in my life accused Mr. O'Connell of petactiion, because I had no grounds to do so; but, upon the contrary, I most potently believe him to be f,uiltless of any such practice. Mr. Peter Purcell had no connection with the Muni - tor during the period that I conducted it, neither do I know that he has at present, or ever had, any connection with it as a proprietor; therefore, if all the other intelligence furnished I. y this anonymous writer be as truthful as this piece of informa tion, his veracity will almost equal his enviable ability. I may , be permitted, perh a p s , t o acqua i n t m y respectable " double that I never ha ve b een , nor d o m y c i rcum stances require that I should be, the " hi re d scr ib e " o f an y m an ; and I cannot help expressing my surprise that the amiable gentleman whom he addresses his epistle to, has thus suffered him to designate an individual, who at one time in the Irish metropolis not disre putably exorcised his own profession. And now that this second Junius has taken his hopeful bant lingo from my door, where they never were very welcome, he would, perhaps, like the deity of old, condescend to withdraw the halo of obscurity which enshrouds him, and let us know who he is, that we may pay him due honours. Since Mr. O'Connell's speech, speculation is rife here about. him. Ru mour degrades him into ‘l a briefless and pennyless bog." Let him, thereiore, pluck up courage, and pitting his name to his epistles, charge home manfully against Mr. O'Con nell, else the world will set him down for what he now appears to be, a cowardly and licentious scribe. I have the honour to be, your very humble servant, Dublin, Jan. 16,11340. J. BIRCH. [From what we have learned, and from what we know of Mr. Birch, ho is one of the last persons in the world to be guilty of slandering his native country, and the great cham pion of her liberties, in the way inadvertently imputed to him by Mr. O'Connell. Mr. Birch is an honest, consistent Re former, and no one with pretensions to such a character could write the letters signe I " 8.," which have appeared in the Times.—ED. Sun.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. (THIS DAY.) 110 USE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER. took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. Mr. PLUM THE presented a petition from certain inhabi tants of Feversham, praying for leave to bring in a Bill for the Improvement of the Oyster Fisheries. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition praying for leave to bring in a Bill for the amendment of an Act passed for building ac hapel at Wolverhampton. PRIVILEGE—STOCKDALE AGAINST HANSARD. On the order of the day being read for the further consider ation of Messrs. Handsard's petition, Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that the Sergeant-at-Arms should inquire whether W. Hemp were in attendance, and on the Sergeant reporting that he was, W. Hemp was ot dered to be called in. On his appearing at the bar, the Speaker said, What is your name ? W. Hemp. In what capacity do you act ?—As bailiff to the Sheriffs of the county of Milltilesex By the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Did you make a levy on the goods of Messrs. Hansard?-1 did. When did you enter on their premises ?—I made execution on the 25th. Under what authority did you make that levy ?—By warrant directed from the Sheriffs of Middlesex. Is that warrant under the seal of the Sheriffs of Middlesex ? —lt is the usual warrant granted by the Sheriff. Under the official seal ot the Sheriffs of Middlesex ?—Yes. By whom was the warrant delivered to you?—By Mr. James Burchell. When was that warrant delivered to you ?—On the 23d of November last. When did you make the levy ?—On the 25th. Where ?—At the printing premises, Titchbourne-court, Holborn. Did you take certain goods of the Messrs. Hansard under that warrant ?—I When was any notice served on you ?—A day or two after wards. _ _ _ '—l bare not. Have you got that notice?. Or a copy of it ?--No. What did you do with that notice?—l think I took it to the Sheriffs' office. Were you informed of any resolutions of the House of Com mors?—l was. Of what nature were they—did they not explain the privi leges of the. House of Commons on the case?—They did. Did you communicate that notice to the Sheriffs ?—I did— not personally but to Messrs. France and Burchell. After that did you proceed to make a sale of those goods?— Not till the writ of " venditioni expones" was issued. On the 3d of December did you receive a warrant from the Sheriffs 2—l did. Have you that warrant ?—I have (producing it). Is it under the seal of the Sheriffs ?—lt is. Under that warrant did you advertise the goods for sale?—l caused them to be so. THE M.ARKIITS.-(THIS DAY) COVENT GARDEN. Good supplies and a fair trade, and prices rather lower than last week :—White Potatoes, 60s to 655; Devon' 705; Red York 7Us • o 7is, and Scotch 70s per ton ; French Beans 4s per sieve ; Cabbages 9d to is per dozen; Cucumbers 65 per sieve ; Apples 3s 6d to lOs per bushel ; Lemons 5s to 9s per 100; Oranges 4s to les per 100; Turnips 21 per bunch; Brocoli 9d to 2s per bundle ; Carrots 4s 6d to bs per dozen bunches ; Onions Is 4d to 2s per sieve ; Celery 9d to 2s per bundle ; Plants 3s to 35 6d per doz. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL: The supplies to-day were much better than the demand. Prices of meat 2d per stono lower, and much unso'd. Beef 2s tid to 3s 8d ; Mutton 2s 6d to 35 6d ; Veal 3s 4d to 43 6d ; Pork 3s to 4s 8d per stone of Bibs. Game and Poultry were in good supply, and prices were rather lower. TEA MARKET. The holders a4c id. to Id. per lb. advance, but buyers are not very brisk in giving it. It is confidently expected that Tea will lie Bd. to 9d. per lb. higher. LLO YD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. V.—Wind N. N. E.—Sailed the outward bound. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 17. —Wind variable.—Arrived the Tweed, Samson, from Calcutta ; Parker, Preison, De merara, sailed on the 11th ult. ; Victory, Blakely, Maran ham ; Grace, Kennedy, Berbice ; Henry, Pierce, New Orleans ; Ontario, Jamieson, ditto ; Governor Firmer, Sa vannah ; Coromando, Pierce, ditto; Frederick, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Columbine, Newfoundland ; Champion, Cochrane, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed, the Julius Cmsar, Mitchel. Aden ; Token, Chabmers. New Oricans; Woodstock, Simpson, ditto; Columbine, Sutherland, Mo bile ; Marquis of Bute, M•Lellan, ditto. Potersatourn, JAN. 17—Wind, N. N. E.—Sailed the President, Chadwick, for New York. • DOVER, JAN. 14 —Off Port, .he Hull, Cropter, from Boston ; Alphonso de Aliouquerque, Michaelis, Havana. COWES, JAN. 17.—Sailed the Stai.dspies, Feikes, for New Orleans. _ PLYMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Ar►ived the Susan, from Mira. michi. FALMOUTH, JAN. 16—Wind :W. S.W., strong breezes —Arrived the Voli, Bowden, from P. tt-aU-Prince. LYNN, JAN. 17.—Arrivcd the Arco, Abbot; from Quebec. HuLL, JAN. 17— Wind, W. S. W.—Sailed . the ligrrison Cheltra, il4' Gregor, Szvannah. LIVERFOOL, JAN. 17.—The Eagle, Dennison, from Liverpool to Newcastle, was wrecked in Dundrum 12th inst—crew saved. The Magnificent arrived at this port from St. John's, New Brunsw'ek, passed on the 2d inst., in lat. 41, lon. 39. a barque, water-logged and abandoned, with her sails flying in fragments. The fol lowing day passed two vessels, apparently timber laden, breaking up. PLYMOUTH, JAN. I7.—The Ariadne, Buckman, arrived here yesterday, from Gottenburg, leaky, and with loss of sails, &c., and must discharge part of her cargo. MONEYANDCOMMERCIALNEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON:MAKKET, FRIDAY.-There was a very great depression in the Market ;• -the Sales are 3500 baleF, at rather lower prices. Arrivals this morning—French Mail ; ship letters from Maranliam and Demerara ; Calcutta, 3 Sept., Mauritius, 24 Oct (Old dates.) We have no arrivals this morning worth noticing, with the exception of the French Mail, and the usual Express from Paris. •-•••• The debates in the House of Commons last night re specting the affair of Stockdale and Hansard are perused with some interest in the City. . A great dullness prevails at present both in respect to speculating in the Funds and Commercial affairs, which in general is the case on Saturday. The Foreign Exchange yesterday was much the same as last Post-day. More money in the Market than bills. United States Bank shares are rather more in demand ; there were buyers yesterday at 171. 13s. with the divi dend on them ; at present may be quOted at 171. 15s. to 181. In the storm which took place in the Black Sea, it is stated in accounts from Odessa, that in that port twelve English ships were lost, but fortunately the crews were saved. In consequence of the death of the Princess Elizabeth, the Court of France will go into mourning 11 days, from the 16th January to the 26th of same month inclusive. and said that for the Were they sold?—They were. ~ , Before the sale had you received another notice ?—I had. sake of regularity he would wish to know how that paper had To the same effect ? Yes. got into the bands of the Clerk. He understood the witness What did you do with that fresh notice ?—I took it to the distinctly to state that he had received no notice but that of the Sheriff's Office, and found they had received a similar notice. 14th of November, and now a notice dated the 4th had For what sum did you sell the goods ?—For 693/. been read. What did you do with that money ?—I pain 6401., or there- The Sheriffs were then ordered to withdraw. abouts—l have not the exact account—into the Sheriffs's Office. Sir R. INGLIS repeated his observations, and appealed to What was the sum to be levied fur?-61;31 , odd. the short-hand writers' notes as to the answer of the Sher iff. How do you make out the 6401. ?—The rest was for the ex- Sir G. GREY said surely the matter might be set at rest gooses of the writs of fieri facias and venditioni expones, and ky:mitting a question to the Sheriff.—(Hear. ) of the sale. • Mr. F. FRENCH said he could easily understand how the Have you anything to add by way explanation?—ln the exe- mistake had originated. The Sheriff had handed in the notice cution of the writ I was bound to execute all the proceedings of the 14th November in the first instance, instead of that of directed to me. If I have done anything wrong, lam sorry the 4th November. tor it, and I only beg pardon of the House. The Sheriffs were then reealled. By Mr GODSON—In what place did you get the Sheriff's The A eTORNEY-GENERAL inquired if any other no order ? In the Sheriff's office. tices had been served upon them, and the answer was in the To whom were the goods sold ?—To Mr. Wiseldon, 16, affirmative. Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury; I believe he is a timber Mr. Wheelton then handed in copies of all the notices merchant. which had been served upon him , and they were read at • By Sir R. H. INGLIS—Have you given the bond?—Yes. The SPEAKER then directed the witness to withdraw. lenThgthe by ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Have you been served the clerk at the fable. with similar notices? Mr. Sheriff Evans—l have. Sir ROBERT HARRY INGLIS begged pardon for Did you, after receiving such notices, give any orders for intruding on th e H o u s e, but he wished to observe staying the execution of the writ ?—I did not. that the N o ble L or d had said yesterday , that the House should decide on each case separately. Ile, therefore, Why did you not do so ?—We generally lea ve a ll th ose matters to our Under Sheriffs, and we und ers t oo d f rom t h em was anxious to ask the Attorney- General what he should do with the witness who had just left the bar? He begged that that we were bound to consult and obey th e or d ers o f th e Court of Queen's Bench. that question might be first of all decided. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought that the evidence of the What did you do with the noti ces ? to the Under Sheriffs. last witness made it necessary that the House should refer the question for a short time. He had received an order for the Do you know if the goods of the M essrs . H ansar d were u lt, mutely sold under the autho r ity o f thi s wr it?—W e h ave u n • execution of this warrant. He stated from other persons, and derstood so. he stated in the course a his examination, that if he had Do you know what has become of th e money obtained from offended the House he humbly begged their pardon. He inva thought it very likely that it might appear, in the course of such sale ?—Personally we do not. The Under Sheriffs other examinations, that it would become necessary to have that riably manage those matters for us, and we have not had the person again at the bar. He did not think it would be advis- money placed in our possession individvally. able to make any motion now in the case of the witness who Have Messrs France or Burchell authority to receive such had just been examined. metrics on your account?—Certainly. Then Burchell and France have received the proceeds of the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed that the two sale ?—I believe they have recdived the money as our Under Sheriffs be now called to the bar. Sheriffs. Sir E. SUGDEN understood that the Noble Lord wished The Under Sheriffs still continue in possession of it ?—Yes. to accept the apology which had been made. The House It has not beeu paid either to Stockdale or into the Court of ought, in his opinion, to decide on this case before it went on Queen's Bench ?—lt has not been paid to Stockdale ; but lam any other. Sir J. CAMPBELL thought that this case differed from that not certain whether it has been given up to the Court of Queen's Bench or not. of Stockdale. In the case of Stockdale it was the party himself Are you not aware that it still remains in the hands of which appeared, and we had all the ireormation that could be Burchell and France ?—I should say that it is still in their hands. required—use had the party accused confessing what was laid to his charge. There was no necessity to call any other witness Do you know, pet soeally, any more on the subject than he does? Mr. Sheriff Wheelton—No ; Ido not. to establish the fact. Until the Ho use knew on what au- thority the witness had acted, • they would be totally at a Mr. O'CONNELL—When you determined to obey the orders of the Court of Queen's Bench, you determined to do so, loss to know how they were to pro ceed ; and it would be im- possible, at present, to say, that the House would commit the , l ' o i r ) oduesre ll ; o r Sheriff.fwtehis gaveH o House — we conformvgear v e g wa a i nvt with whether they clashed with the orders of this House or not? ( an C y ri o e r s de e r f s al,i ‘ w o O i u t h t:t t l o i h e l e l witness, He, therefore, thought it necessary to proceed with the examination of the Sheriff;, and to know what order they had given. the directions of the Court of Queens Bench. Although they Sir E. SUGDEN.—The witness has told the House that he might clash such directions. was guilty of the offence he was charged with ; he has there- In answer to questions from Lord HOWICK, fore as much in a state to be punished as the other party. He Mr. Sheriff EVANS said, I suppose if wo gave orders to the (sir F.. sugien) merely wished that the proceedings should Under Sheriffsfor any particular purpose they would do so. be regular. Th Sir R. 11. INGLIS understood that the witness stated the 'e money may be considered to be in the custody of the Sheriffs while it is in their hands ?—Yes. authority en which he acted. That authority, however, had not been stated regularly to the House. Still he thought it Mr. Sergeant JACKSON—HaIe you not delivered to the Under-Sheriff full authority to act for you in all cases?—Yes, would not be necessary to call further evidence on the point, and he concurred with his Right Hon. and Learned Friend, By Sir R. PEEL—Suppose this had been an ordinary ae tioti in which Mr. Stockdale had recovered damages in the that the .House should adopt the course of deciding on every usual manner, nu steps would have been taken by you to delay case, on its merits. It was not necessary to call the parties by the payment of the money ?—No. whom the order had been issued. If there was, however, any doubt on its legal validity, he would be of a different opinion. Did . you take any steps to cause a detention of the damages in this instance ?—We gave 111 r. France, the Under-Sheriff, Sir C. GREY said that it appeared to him that there was general orders if possible to detain the money until the . House no similarity between the two cases. Stockdale ought cer- met—( Hear, hear. )—if it were possible to do so consistently tainly to have been committed, but he was confident the same with our duty to the Court of Queen's Bench. would not be said of the other party. The last witness stated Supposing Mr. Stockdale should still fail to receive t:e da that, if he did wrong, he was sorry for it, and he (Sir C. Grey) wages, have you received any other notice to prevent payment of believed th a t if the privileges of the House did not re- the money?—We have received another from the Insolvent quire it they would be inclined to commit him.—( Hear, hear.) Debtors' Court to pay the damages in question into that Court. He, the witness, came forward, and begged pardon if he had Against what persons do you suppose he would proceed to re been guilty of an offence towards that House. He (Sir Chas. cover the money he has obtained as damages ?—Against the Grey) therefore did not wish to anticipate what ought to be done towards him. He should like to have further time for con- Sheriffs' The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—In the common course sidering the course that ought to be followed with regard to the witness who had been lately before them. He considered of things he would either enter an action against the Sheriffs for the recovery of the money they had received, or he would it would be highly dangerous to establish a bad precedent in that House. If the Sheriffs had paid over the money , they apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for an attachment might be discharged. He would be anxious for further time against them. for cousideration as to what should be done with the last wit- By Mr. CRESSWELL—When you received notice not to ness. The Hon. Member for Oxford, and another Hon. Mem- execute the writ of inquiry in this case, did you make any ap ber, seemed, however, to think differently on the matter. plication to the Court of Queen's Bench on the subject ?—We Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, said he could not imagine what did, in order to p rocure a delay in the proceedings. further facts did they require from the witness who had just In the case laid before the:Court of Queen's - Bench, did you left the bar of the House, than what they had already got. m ake a statement of all the matters in reference to the no- They hail the fact that he (the witness) had seized the goods tices you had received. Every step was taken by the Un of the Messrs. Hansard ; they had the fact that those goods der-Sheriff ; what they were 11 cannot exactly say, but I un were sold ; they had the fact that the witness was apprized of derstoed that every means that were proper to be taken were the resolutions of this House ; they had also the fact of the pursue-l. money that was received by the sale of the goods ; they had Do I understand then, that you mist give directions to your the warrant under which he acted, and he had begged pardon Under-Sheriff to bring all these ters under the cogni of the House if he had committed any offence against it. He zance os the Court ?—Certainly. And to bring all the steps of this proceeding before the (the witness) said he was sincerely sorry for it. He (Sergeant Jackson) therefore begged to know if that House doubted the Court of Queen's Bench ?--Certainly. truth of any of those facts ? If they did doubt the truth of Mr. Sergeant JACKSON —When you were sworn into any of those facts, he admitted they ought to pursue this loves- office, were you not sworn to execute all the writs of the Court tigation further. If it be necessary to establish other facts , the of Queen's Bench?—Yes. House might act as it thought proper, but he ( Serg. Jackson )res- Ths AT TORNE Y -GENER AL—That was writs issued pectfully suggested that the House ought not to detain that man according to law. Has it ever happened during your Shriev upon the bare possibility of his evidence being again required.-- alty, that after a writ has been placed in your hands, an in (Hear, hear.) Let the case of every individual concerned in junction has been issued from the Cour tof Chanc er y orderin g y this business be discussed upon its own merits. He strongly you not to serve the writ? I believe n ot; b ut lam not pre objected to any Hon. Gentleman of that House imputing me- pared to state. tives to the Members who sat at his ( Sergeant Jackson's) side of If an injunction from the Court of Chancery should be served on yon, commanding you not to serve a writ, should the House. No Hon. Gentleman should imagine that he saw you n otwithstanding serve such writ? very clearly what motive was actuating Members of this The question being objected to, the Sheriffs were ordered side of the House. He (Sergeant Jackson) begged to in to withdraw. form such Hon. Gentleman that his side was actuated in their The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—The question he intended motives by the principles of justiee.—( Hear, hear.) They to put was, if a writ in the name of the Queen had been de had no ether interest than that of supporting the substantial in terests of that House, and the maintenance of just rights, pri- livered to them, commanding them to levy, and that afterwards an injunction from the Court of Chancery was served upon vileges, and prerogatives.—(Hear, hear.) And they were in fluenced by the only motive of resisting a most formidable them, ordering them to suspend that writ — which would they invasion against those rights and privileges.—(Hear, hear.) obey ? On invasion attempted on the part of one estate to triumph over Sir E. SUGDEN thought the question a most improper one , another, and to place itself in opposition to its privileges, and therefore he had interfered. It was a question of law , of which in fact, an attempt made to ride over them. He (Sergeant the Sheriffs could not be expected to know anything , and which Jackson) regretted that he had been obliged with extreme re- they were quite competent to discuss themselves. Any one luctanee to separate himself from those gentlemen for whom that knew anything of law, knew perfectly that an injunction he should ever entertain the highest respect, but he felt him- from Chancery stopped all proceedings upon a writ; but that self compelled to adopt that course which he believed in his also was by law. conscience to be the proper one, although other Hon. Gentle- The A'I'TORNE (-GENERAL never would have put the men might insinuate motives contrary to the truth. question, but for that put by the Learned Member for Bandon, Sir C. GREY said, that he would be the last person in that which was intended to ereate an impression on the minds of House who would attempt to insinuate motives against any Hen. Members that all writs in the name of the Queen must Members of that Heuse, and he therefore begged to explain by law be executed. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON—Had not flout any question of away any such impression. Lord J. RUSSELL—I do not think the facts of the case, law to the Sheriff's; he merely asked as to a matter of fee. were asked Lord J. ItU.iSELL—The lion. and Learned Member for as regards this person, are ascertained; but if I Bandon certainly introduced th e words " according to law" we re these facts sufficient to come to the resolution of whether into Isis question. If the Hon. Member denied that the short this person was guilty of a breach of privilege, I should cer h• I • • ke t - •11 ' uld readhls not C 3. What was done by the C o u r t of taibily come to this c onc l us i on , and I should say the y are. If Queen ' s U '" ' Bench was done by law, so also was what was done by I were asked, arc further facts necessary to ascertain the degree the Court of Chancery done according to law. So also in his of criminality he had been guilty of, and the manner in wh i c h mind, what was done by Parliament was done according to this House ought t o d ea l oith him, I must say 1 do Parliamentary law, which he held to be as much the law of the not think that sufficient there are a su cient number o f. realm as any other law. — ( Chee rs. ) facts before the H ouse t o c ome to s uch a conclusion. The question was then abandoned, and the Sheriffs recalled. 1 do not think it desirable to come to the one resolution with- By Mr. GODSON — I believ e no one ste p was taken b y y ou out the other. As to the fact of this party representing him in this case until you were compelled by the Queen's stench ? self as having acted under orders, and his wishing to avoid —No committing any e rror towar d s this House, he ex p ressed h i s sort By Mr. KELLY—On entering office did you take all the row if he had done so, and delivered in this paper, which I oaths •dby 1 7 Ct ' l require l a w ?— Certainly. . er am y. will read to the H read the House. [Here Lord John Russell .And since then have you left to your Under-Sheriffs the whole writ, and on coming to the following words—" And by virtue management of • writs?—Certainly. of the Queen's writ" there was loud and continued cheering. Its answer to Lord J. RUSSELL, the Sherifis admitted that After he had concluded the reading of the writ, Lord John the order sell • their authority. Russell to was given by authority. Russell continued]—lt is rather important for them to learn ... By Mr. BLEWI'I T—You stated that you were anxious to who the privileged persons were which this writ is prohibited defer the cee ro cl• p ings until Parliament met ; was that in order from being levied on. It stated that they were not to levy it on thatshould r • its • • you instructions and abide by its orders ? priviliged persons. The question then is whether the servants -_Certainly not; we were determined to abide by the orders of this House have •not —(Hear, hear. ) any privilege or Mr. CRESSWELL thought the Noble Lord had removed Mr. JERVIS—You delayed in order to give the House an all the difficulty in which the House was placed before. The ____ s t •t of invests oppor u T ni y i) _gating the question? .Ye . . only question then was, whose case were they discussing? He , Mr. T. UNCOMBE—What do you intend doing as re understood the Noble Lord to say they were discussing Hemp s garde future proceedings? case, with a view of di v idi ng upon his com mitment. Lord HOWICK objected to the Sheriffs pledging them- Lord JOHN RUSSELL.—No, no. to aparticular course Mr. CRESSWELL. —Then whose case are we dis- selves Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, after the Sheriffs had withdrawn, cussing 2—( Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—What is proposed is that we said, were there not questions put to Mr. Stockdale vaich should call in the Sheriffs, and I stand reasons why we tended to criminate himself—(}tear, hear, from the Opposi. we proceeded to adjudicate in tion)—was not Mr. Hemp aseed whether he had anything ro should call in the Sheriffs before say in expianation—was he not asked whether he ktiew that h- Hemp's case.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CRESSWELL.—That was exactly his meaning. was guilty of a breach of privilege ? and did not Mr. Hemp •ay Then he would take the liberty o. asking for what purpose was that he had nothing to offer, but that if he were wrong he was Hemp called ? Was he called as a witness against the sorry for it. When the public came to read the examinations Sheriffs? —(" Oh, oh.") He would take the liberty of yesterday and those to-day, would they not think that courage of asking the Gentleman who cried " Oh," on of the House had oosed out—(Cheers from the Opposition)— whose case did he consider he was going to and that they were now shrinking from the Courts of Justice? adjudicate. Was it Hemp's case, or the Sheriff's? He was (Hear, hear.) They might have a vicious man far their bound to know the name of the party on whose case he was client—that had nothing to do with the question—it mattered about to Adjudicate. —( H ear , ) He ( Mr. Cresswell) had im- not whether Mr. Stockdale were high or low—whether ported certain professional prejudices into that House, and he he was affluent or poor=Whether they had the pauperised Mr. would not like to give a judgment before he knew whose case I Stockdale or any body else for their client—it was all the same. he was going to decide.— ( w as . ) lie had understood that They were bound to administer equally that justice which Hemp was to be brought there as a party, and not as a witness. every Englishman was entitled to demand.—(Cheers.) He Was Hemp examined as a party who might by his evidence (Mr. Dellcombe) therefore said, that if he were not allowed prove that he had bee n guilty of a contempt , or was he called to put that question - it would be apparen t that the House was to prove that some body else had? They could not have two i afraid d HOWICKof comin in contact with the Com ect to ts of Law. cases an at the sam e ti me .—( Hear') Lor said he not obj the question be- Sir R. PEEL confessed that he could not see the slightes cause it tended to criminate the Sheriffs, but he thought the '—We handed them over difficulty in the ease.—f Cheers.) There were to questions. i Sheriffs could not pledge themselves to prospective proceed f First of all the questiert relating to Mr. Stoelfdale, which was logs.—( Hear, hear, hear. ) He ( Lord Howick) took the completely separated from the other. Me: Steckdale was re- liberty of saying that there was no ground for the sponsible for an act which they were to presume lie had been observation of the Hon. Member for Finsbury that a different the sole adviser of. He had instituted the action, end the coarse was pursued with regard to Mr. Stockdale, who had a House considered the execution of the action to be a breach of i frill opportunity of making any observations he chose to offer its privileges. They could net meet with any other person re- iin explanation—(Cries of " no, no," from the Opposition)— sponsible flr the institution of theaetion, and tfierefore,consider- . but it would have been exceedingly indecorous to have al- ing itwas a breach of privilege,and anadmitted inft!tftlon al breach lowed him to base made a long speech in argument on the of privilege, they determined to submit him to punisheietit.,ee privileges of that House.—( Liter, hear.) ( hear, hear.) The present case raised another question Igr. Duncombe then consented fo efithdraw his question. which would re quire mature deliberation, namely, in what On the Ri , Jtion of Lord J. RUSSELL, Mr. France, the way could they most effectually proceed for the i'n'dication of Under-Sheriff, We then called in, and examined by the At their privileges ?—( Hear.) Would the most effectual mode tel torney-General. (and he wished n o t to be understood as giving any opinion yV9 are Under-Sheriff of the county of Middlesex ?—Yes. upon th a t a t p resen t) to prevent, if they could, the payment of And Baca been for some time ?—Por sixteen years. the d amages over?—( Hear, hear. He could not give an Then yo u have eentiderable ex p erience in the business of opinion o n th a t un til he had examined the different parties in- the office ?—Yes.—( Laughter. terested. They p were not then in Hem's case singly. He did When was the first notice served upon you ?—On the 4th of not consider that Hemp's name had a criminal foreboding, November. and that th e use o f any thing like hemp was immediately Did you communicate them to the Sheriffs.` Yes. to follow th e examination of Hemp.—(Great laughter.) Did they give you any objections as to the service of process ? But th e quest i on was , should they discharge Hemp then, or —We had to do everything according to the course we have keep him for two or three hours till they wale enabled to see taken. whethe r th ey would require his evidence against himself. It You are aware of the goeu's of the Messrs. Hansard hay was not t o b e i n ferred that he must necessarily be Finished ;bu ing been taken on a writ of " fieri facies," and afterwards being the qu es ti on was , whether, in this transaction, where there sold on the " venditioni ex p ones?"—l am. The Under-Sheriffs were Var i ous agents employed, Sheriffs and subordinate officers, act by the Messrs. Burchell , who have transacted the business and so o n should th e y decide on one of the cases till they had far many years, and by whom all the official part of the duty is heard the whole?—( Hear, hear.) He thought it would be administered; and they indemnify us as we do the Sheriffs. more just not to deal with Hemp's case, which he did not con- Where is the money, the proceeds of the sale ?—ln the hands cider in the slightest degree as a criminal case, until the whole of the Messrs. Burchell, on behalf of the Sheriffs, holding it of the evidence haul been heard.—( Hear, hear.) under the orders of the Sheriffs. Mr. Sheriff Evans and Mr. Sheriff Wheelton were then While you have been Under-Sheriff have you known jejune e the bar and examined as follows :_ tions from Chancery to stay writs for ex ecution ?—I have. call The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—You are the Sheriffs of Have writs been thereupon stayed?—Yes. It would be a the county of Middlesex? Mr. Sheriff Evans—We are. contempt of the Court of Chancery not to stay them.—( Hear, Who is your Under-Sheriff?—Thomas France. hear, and Order, order.) Does any other person act as Under-Sheriff?—Jackson is Would a writ, under those circumstances, be granted by the my colleague's Under-Sheriff. Court of Queen's Bench to compel the Sheriffs to proceed ? Does Mr. Burchell act as Under-Sheriff ?—I believe hedoes. I have never known such a rule granted. In fact, the injunc- Wnen did you first appear in these proceedings against tion being served upon the plaintiff as well as on the Sheriffs, it Messrs. Hansard ?—I have not the notice with me, but I think would be a contempt on his part to apply for such a rule. it was in November. Did you make an application to the Court to stay the writ Was there a notice served on you personally, Mr. Evans?— of inquiry?—l did. The full Court referred it to Mr. Jus- There was. tice Littledale, who after hearing an able argument of two Was there a notice served onou, Mr. Wheelton ?—Mr. days , refused the appl i c ation. y Sberifl Wheelton—There was. And the writ of inquiry proceeding, the damages were as - Mr. Sheriff Evans—l handed my notice to the Under-Sheriff. sesscd ?—Yes. Mr. Sheriff Wheelton—And I believe I pursued the same Was any application made to the Judges at Chambers for course. delay ?—Several. Indeed I proceeded on the impression that The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Have you got a copy ?___ the orders and resolutions of this House on the case were in Yes ; it is dated the 14th of November. the nature of an injunction. And I may be allowed to add ['fhe copy, at the desire of the Attorney-General, was then that it was the desire both of the Sheriffs and the Under handed in.] Sheriffs to get rid of the matter to a certain time, in order The motion of the 14th November was then read by the that the House might come to a resolution upon it. And it Clerk at the table. now thus stands, that the rule Nisi for paying over the money The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Was there any subse- will, expiring to-day, be made absolute, no cause shown. quent notice served upon you? Mr. Evans—There was. (To be continued in a SECOND EDITION.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Please to hand it in. The notice, which was dated the 4th November, was then handed in and read. Sir R. INGLIS interrupted the Clerk. . _ COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court at two o'clock yesterday after, noon at Buckingham Palace for the reception of the Ad dress from the House of Peers. 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The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited the Princess Augusta yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. Earl Fitzwilliam and Mr. Cavendish had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing-street. A Deputation on British Guiana business, consisting- of Mr. M'Garel, Mr Gladstone (Liverpool), Mr. Rainey (Glasgow), and Mr. Colville, transacted business yester day at the Colonial office. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, in amning_ street. Earl Fitzseilham and Mr. Murray had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home Office. Sir John Guest, flirt. M. P., and Lady Charlotte Guest, have arrived at Farance's Hotel, 13clgrave Street. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. R. Pigot, Esq., M. P., and Mrs. Pigot, at Long's Hotel, from Bridgnorth ; the Right Hon. R. L. Shell, M. P., Mrs. Shell, and the Misses Power, at ditto, from Ireland; Walter de Winton, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. W. de Winton, at ditto; Edward B. Farnham, Esq., M. P., at ditto ; Berk ley Hughes, Esq., M. P., at do. ; T. Hawkes, Esq., M. P., at do; the Hon. Mr. St. John, at do.: Col. Heth, at do., from Virginia, United States; Messrs. G. B. Barclay, Elliot, Ogilvy, Brookes, and T. Villiers Tuthill, Esqrs., at ditto ; the Earl of Denbigh ; Lord Seaton, at Hawkins's Hotel, Dover-street; Earl de Grey; the Duchess of Marlbo rough ; the Hon. John G C. F. Strangways ; the Hon. William and Lady Louisa Duncombe ; • Lady Ramsden ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Burrell, at Crawley's Hotel, from Essex ; Lord and Lady Aylmer, from a visit ing tour; J. W. Childers. Esq., M P, from Canterbury, at Cartwright's Hotel , Re g ent -street; Mr. William Smith, and Mr. T. F. Baily, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Hall place, Kent. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off price of yesterday, 911 *for the Account ; for Money, 90191, with little doing at present; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 prem. ; India Bonds 1 3 prem. ; Bank Stock 178 179; India Stock, 249 250. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade lower, 251 ; Portuguese also a shade lower, 344 35 ; Three per Cents., 231 241 ; Colombian, 26i 271; Mexican, 301; Spanish Passive 61 f ; Deferred, 111 121 ; Dutch Two. and-a- Half per Cents., 521 ; Five per Cents., 1001 101. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT UNE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .............. ......... India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 91i,% Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 903, 1 1 ,1 South Sea Stock -- 3;., per Cent — ; Old Annuities 139% I )itto Red. 991 4 % New Ditto New 3% pet Cent 99% 0 3 per Cent. Annuities. 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toevpire ! Ditto 500... ..12 1() pm. Jan; 5, 1360 l4 1-16 Ditto Small l2 10 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 ' Ditto Commercial — .4.n. 5, 1360 ; Ditto Advertised ..... Jan. 5, IMO I Bank Stock tor Account ... .. _ India Stock for Account .. —_ j A a p ia r . i 1 5, ,, 1 1 8 884 70 1 Consos for Acc0unt........ 9i 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FU NDS THIS DAI AT ONE 0 CLOCIS.• Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilia n Bonds Ditto Account ........ 75 Ditto Accoun• 3 4 % 14% 3uenos !tyres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent ........ Ditto Vet:aunt ......... - .:hilian S3ond 1 — Prussian Bonds Data tcscr. nt — Russian Bands, 1821 113% Co ktrnt. ian P. , c7ids — Ditto Account Dicta kez.o6 nt — Ditto Metallic Columbian 3:: ds,lS24 ...•265, 7 1 . i Spanish Bonds 25% 1:r.:2 tzza lit 'NW% 7% Ditto Account. 25%%%'% Danish Bonds Ditto .....L'i nt — Deferred 1 2 14 1.2 Greek 80nd5..... ........... .. French, 5 per cent. —f. — c . Ditto Bonds, 18'25 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — —2 A% c Exchange.cent. . ... ....-- .. f.- i ii e. Ditto Account —.... , Dutch, Ditto Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Acc0unt........ ...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid.. Per Share. United Mexican (Issued at V. pm.) Ditto New Scrip London and NVeitminster Bank 20 Assam Company 5 WC Wit. Of' EXCHANGE, VLF . ..EMMY, Amsterd,m, . c.t. J./ 5 1 tilbraft, O tto, at sight Itotterd,on "U l2 54i I ticito.. .... ........“. 25 85 Antwetp.., Hamburg . M.P.. 13 :2,lVenice ..... ....... ..... ........... 4 1 Altona ..... ........... .... 13 13 I N.plea .. Path„ 3 days' tight '2s 45 ralcrroo —..............per 01. 1',.. Ditto. ..... ........... 3 ills -.1.; '7O Ltsoen .„.... .. ...... ...,..,..„,„„„ 51.. Marseille . , 1,3 ,- nfr.luatist Frankfort on Maine, l'ot M. 151 4at , id.,...-...........•............. fi6 '.'eterfitmigh, ruble... 3 Us. 37 atictio, Apes... ....... ................ Berlin Vienna, etlective f1...3 M lr. 6 Pf.ilatit..rsefa ~.....„ . „ „. it , rricstc ditto ........ ...... 'ft £* I'M(' '...' :it 13C1.1.1Lt ~ per 02 Ahdrld '3614 Portu!aAir.l-1, z9tit......z0 aii C.tdiz•••• ......•.. ......... ..-- 3f 11 4 i ar ... .grt Go,: ,•• 1,41 A. .. ya i 15 , 1b0a .... ..... .......... 364 New thils l uous .......... 11 P 0 K.freeiona qt Nzne jp, I:ms ~...... ~... If 4 I( 1 4 Seville 36 SO.TY 33Ts ...-......- 0 ,04 lIALF-PAST ONE. 6 4% 231 45 i 5% During the whole of the morning both the British and Fo reign markets have been in a most inactive state, and not the least spirit for speculating prevailed. Money is yew easy in the House, and may be obtained on Consols at from 2 to 3 per cent., and on Foreign securities from 4to 6 per cent., according to their quality. The bankers dis counted this morning at the rate of from 5 t• 5 1 / 2 per cent. Two American packet-ships of the let inst. are expected on Monday or Tuesday next. Consols are rather better than in the morning, and may be quoted 91i for Account; for honey 90 91*; Exchequer Bills lower, 12 10 prem. ; India Bonds, par ; India Stock, 249 ; Bank Stock, nothing doing. In the Foreign market, Spanishortu Active rathde lower, 35a ; er lower, 25/ ; Deferred, 12 ; Passive,ti ; Pguese a sha Three per Cents. 233 ' • Colombian improved to 27 1 ; Me xican, nothing done; Dutch T wo -and-a-Half per Cents., 52*; Five per Cents., 1001. Some business has been doing in the above market since the earlier part of the morning. THE WARWICKSHIRE HUNT BALL.—On Monday last, the Noblemen and gentlemen connected with the above hunt gave their annual bail at Stratford-on-Avon. The attendance was particularly splendid, and included some of the first families in the county. The Earl of Belfast, Lord and Lady Leigh, Hon. Miss Leigh, Earl and Countess of Ayles ford, Lord Brooke Lady Willoughby de Broke, Lady Isabella Erskine, Hon. Somers Cocks, Hon. Miss Cock on. Mrs. Newton Lane, Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., M.P., and Lady Mordaunt, Lady Arabella Macleod, Sir E. Shirley, 1‘.1.1 3 ., and , Lady, Sir J. B. an d L a d y Cave, Sir C harles Dou g las, Bart., B . . MA', Sir Franci s an d Lady Holyoak e Goodriche, Mr. and Lady Charlott e P a l mer, C a ptain Shirl e y , Colonel Colville, Mr. and upwards of 250 fas hionables were present. Sir George Murray has retuned to Belgrave square from Ardwick, near Manchester. DEPARTURES.. E. Bythesea, Esq., and Mrs. Bythesea, from Long's Hotel, for Bath ; R. Pocklington, DN., from ditto, for Dublin ; George Brown, Esq., Bth Hussars, from ditto, for Chertsey : G. Wheeler, Esq., from ditto for Liver pool ; W. Tufnell, Esq., from ditto, for Essex ; F. Smith, Esq., from ditto, for Northampton; Captain Teasdale, 3d Dragoon Guards, from ditto, for York ; T. Y. Hull, Esq., from ditto, for Sallad - House, Newcastle ; the Hon. Cap tain William Frederick Byng, 29th Regiment, from ditto, for Woolwich; Sir Edward Borough, Bart., for Dublin; Sir Thomas and Lady Tancred, for Brighton ; the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Watson, for the Continent; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peter, for the Continent ; Sir Charles and Lady Sullivan, for Thames Ditton ; Lady Grey and family, for Berks ; Mrs. and Lady Anna Maria Tollemache, for Dorsetshire ; and Sir W. Alexander, for Richmond. It was remarked by many that her Majesty did not read the Speech in the audible manner which she is wont to do, most probably owing to the announcement of her own marriage in the first paragraph, which was delivered in a subdued tone of voice. His Excellency Mr. Arthur Aston, the British Minister at the Court of Madrid, has not left for the Spanish capital, as stated by the French prints. His Excellency is still at his hotel in town. Among the Peeresses who were present in the House of Lords on Thursday, when her Majesty opened the Session, were the Duchess of Somerset, the Duchess of Gor don, Lady Glenlyon, Lady Lurgan, and Lady Carlisle. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield returned to Chesterfield House from Bretby on Wednesday evening. On Thursday the Earl and Countess entertained the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort anda select party at dinner. Eail and Countess Craven and the Dowager . Lady and Lady Louisa Craven have gone to Combe Abbey, the family seat in Warwickshire, from Gorhambury, where the Earl and Countess, and a numerous circle, have been visiting the Earl and Countess of Verulam. • A fashionable party will meet at the Abbey in the course of the next week. Lord Alfred Hervey has left London far Kemp town. The Earl of Jersey intends to leave town to morrow for Middleton Park, where the Countess is still residing. The Duke of Rutland leaves town early in the ensuing week for Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, where a dis tinguished party will shortly assemble. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Duke of Rutland, Earl Bathur , t, Earl and Countess of Charleville, Viscount and Viscountess Norreys, Lord and Lady Ernest Bruce, Mr. Irby, Mr. Borthby, &c., were among the guests of the Earl and Countess of Jersey, in the early part of the week, at Middleton Park. _ _ . - BEL VOIR CASTLE —Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with Prince George and Princess Augusta, were to have arrived here next week from town to stay .evaral days on a visit to the Duke of Rut land. The royal visit is, however, understood to be postponed in consequence of the demise of the Landc;ravine of Hesse Homburg. Srn J Bart., M. P., and Lady. Charlotte Gue,t, have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-st. MEXICO.—FA LMOUTH, JA N. 15.—The Pigeon packet, Lieutenant James, with the Mexican mails, has arrived to-day—her dates of sailing being, from Vera Cruz 28th No vember, Tampico 10th, and Havannah 19th December—with a freight of 200,000 dollars. principally on merchants' accounts. She has brought no news of moment. There had been some revolutionary movements in the north of the republic, in the vicinity of Matamoros and the frontier of Texas, and the Go vernment had been obligee to send reinforcements of troops t• those points. The state of the weather for the past few days has been very unfavour le for outward-bound s hipping, and have consequently mr y vessels in port waiting a change o f wind for proceeding the southward. Amtiog them are the r ship= Boyne and Sophia, o f an d from London , the former the Cape and the Ma ur iti us with troops and passengers,and the latter for Madras a n d Bengal with passengers.—Post. EN 1. 4 E P ENTA M ING TION 0 HAM. F BIR- (FROM A CORAESPOkMENT. BIR kM, Friday Evening. The writ for the election of a repres.nitative for this bo rough, to fill the vacancy occasioned by thse retirement of Mr. Attwood, arrived in Birmingham to day'. It is addressed to the " high and Low Bailiffs," as Returning' Officers, the dis -I.uted validity of the Charter of IncorporatioLs being supposed to be the reason why it was not addressed to the' Mayor, the le lagity of whose return in the present state of ou"Corporation might be a matter of dispute. The reformed ini`erest of the town still continues divided, no active movement ha , .•ing been , yet made by the Tory party. Should no Conserya,'ive be brought ions aid, Mr. aluntz cannot in good faith proceeii to a poll, as he has declared in his address that his only object in coining forward is to keep out a Tory candidate. The el. ction, however, will in all probability take place before the c10, , e of the ensuing week, and solve some curious riddles in Wt.ig as well as Tory tactics. Mr. sturge's friends have been actively engaged in canvassing the borough, and, so far as they have proceeded, they have no reason to complain of their success—indeed, the suffrages of the Whig and Radical electors, so far as they have been ascertained, ap pear to be pretty equally balanced, although each party claims a preponderance of votes, but the feeling amongst the large body of non-electors, a most influential class in Birmingham. is nnerally expressed in favour of Mr. Sturge. That Mr. Muntz has been brought forward in the present contest against his better feelings, no one acquainted with him can doubt for a moment, and those who know him feel equally certain that his influence in the House of Commons will be limited to his per sonal vote whorl his engagements permit his attendance there. He has ceased too,. for some years past, to be a resident in Bir mingham, and cannot feel that interest in the trade and manu factures of the town that he would do if living amongst us. That he should come forward on the present occasion is a matter of surprise and regret to many ; but the cause may be fairly traced to the influence exercised over him by many of the leading Whigs, whose hostility . Mr. Sturge has incarre I by his open and manly denunciation of the establishment of a Government police-force in Birming ham, being convinced that such a measure is a violation of the principles of the Reform Act, and part of a system of centralization sought to be established throughout the country. Events will, I fear, prove the soundness of Mr. Sturge's views upon this measure, but in the mean time it has been made a handle for exciting against him the opposition of the Whigs and Whig Radicals, with whom Mr. Mentz has identified himself in the present contest. Should this Gentle man withdraw from the field, as he is negatively pledged to do, in the event of no Tory candidate offering, Mr. Sturge will prove a really valuable and useful Member in the Hons.. All who know Mr. Sturge, and who have watched the part he has taken in public life, must feel convinced that no paltry feelings of personal ambition influence him in coming forward on this occasion, the leading object of his life being the good of his country, and the amelioration of the condition of his fellow-countrymen and fellow-creatures of every clime and country. It having been stated in the Bir mingham Journal that Mr. Sturge formed part of a deputa tion to the Magistrates, to induce them to shut up the beer shops at an earlier hour, this large class of voters, the retail brewers, had passed a resolution at their Committee, that Mr. Sturge was inimical to their interests; but it having been since ascertained that the statement was totally unfounded, they met this evening, and passed a counter-resolution, which is to be published ; and it may now be fairly anticipated that this class of electors will generally support his return. The Committee of Mr. Muntz had calculated upon deriving considerable advantage from the prejudice excited in the minds of this section of the Radical voters ; and finding their support thus suddenly knocked from under them, feel inclined to recon sider their position before advancing any further. Some of Mr. Muntz's Committee have, I am well informed, been solici tous of making overtures to the Committee of Mr. Sturge, but the very cavalier manner in which the proposals of Mr. Sturge's Committee, as noticed in a former communication, were treated, makes them fearful that " measure for measure" may be administered. The nomination approaches ; and should no Tory be brought forward, Mr. Sturge, as a matter of course, will be returned, as, on his own showing, Mr. Muntz will not be required. If Mr. Sturge do not exhibit more con sideration for the cause he has so deeply at heart, and which he has so long and zealously advocated, than Mr. Muntz, and con sent to make sacrifices which none but a great man can make, and a Tory come forward, he will inevitably be returned. THE SHEEFIELD CHARTISTS. SHEFFIELD. THURSDAY EVENING. The state of the town is perfectly peaceable. It is said that the conspiracy was not confined to Stieffield, but extended to most of the towns in the neighbourhood. Sheffield, however, was to give the signal of revolt to the other p ) aces, to which delegates from Sheffield had been previously sent. This is thought to be proved by the fact that o n Saturday (the day on which the plans were to be carried into execution) the coaches, as they passed through Barnsley, Bradford, and Dewsbuz:y, from Sheffield, were surrounded by the unemployed operatives , who were eagerly inquiring if the people of Sheffield were zip in arms. There had been no communication in these towns with Sheffield previously, and the plot was only discovered and the conspirators apprehended on the Saturday, by the fortunate statement made by the Rotherham delegate. The inhabitants of Nottingham were thrown into the utmost state of consternation and alarm in consequence of reports being prevalent that the Chartists were about to rise there, and numbers of people were waiting about the coach-office for the arrival of the London coach (the Brilliant) from Sheffield. Its arrival did not tend to allay the excitement, for, when the coach left Sheffield on the Saturday night, the Chartists were mustering in the streets with spears, pikes, and other weapons. The guard of the coach, not having made himself sufficiently well acquainted with the fact, it ap pears, drew upon his imagination to satisfy the curiosity of the eager people of Nottingham, and staied that in Sheffield a conflict had taken place between the military and the people, that the town was burning, a number of p ersons -had been shot, and that the Chartists intended to march upon Nottingham. This intelligence alarmed the authorities of the town to such a degree, that the guard was taken before the Magistrates, and underwent an examination. It was subse quently ascertained that the accounts were grossly exaggerated. No doubt, however, a simultaneous rising was intended, as the Magistrates have obtained that information from parties who are likely to be admitted Queen's evidence. The outrages were to commence in the dead of night, when the inhabitants of the various towns had retired to rest. Delegates to organize the movement had been despatched from Sheffield, but it is stated tnat in many of the places there was a jealousy and mistrust among the Chartists, each being fearful of making a move from fear of being betrayed by spies. A troop of Yeomanry are stationed at Wentworth, the -eat of Earl Fitzwilliam, for the purpose of protect ing that splendid mansion in the event of its being attacked. The very private manner in which the Chartists have conducted their proceedings causes an alarm for the fu ture, notwithstanding the assurances of the authorities that there is nothing now to fear. The excited state of ate ma nufacturing districts has had a very serious effect upon gene ral trade. Two other men concerned in the plot have been appre hended since I wrote to you:this morning, and the police ate itt sanguine anticipation of apprehending several more. It is said that the movement can be traced to the people composing the late and the present National Convention. Holberrv, committed for high treason, who, on his appre hension and examination, boasted of his intended outrages to obtain the charter, is a cadaverous-looking man, with long black hair. He is between 25 and 30 years of age. He was origioally a sort of porter and clerk to a wine and spirit mer chant, and has since served four years in the army. Most of die situations he has filled have been lost by him through his violent conduct as a politician. It will be recollected that when he was apprehended he wi,lied Mr. Rayner, the superintendent of police, and his as sistant, to follow him up stairs, where he would show them the arms and ammunition he possessed. Fortunately the constable went up stairs first, for on arriving at the landing a blunderbuss was found heavily loaded with slugs. MANCHESTER-FRIDAY EVENING. TORY CONVERTS.—SIE GEORGE MURRAY AND A FIXED Low CORN DUTY.—There was a Conservative dinner of the Hulme Ward electors on Wednesday evening last, held in one of the large rooms iu a warehouse belonging to Lord Francis Egerton. Sir George Murray was the hero of the night, who took occasion to remark, that in his opinion the graduated scale of corn duties had not answered the expectations of the framers of the Bill ; and that he should advocate, if returned to Parliament, a low fixed duty. A CURIOSITY.—The following is the copy of a cheque given by a gentleman in support of the Anti-Corn-law League : " Manchester,lsth January, 1640. • " Yorkshire District Bank, Doncaster. '" Pay to J. B. Smith, Esq., of Manchester, the sum ef one hundred pounds, to be applied for the purpose of allowing • the working men of Great Britain to receive whole bread, in stead of half bread, which they now receive, by means of the accursed Bread Tax, or Devil's Laws, passed by a mean, selfish, beggarly, shabby-gentility, which would starve a world to support a lousy gentility in splendid meanness. " WM. CHAD WICK, of Arksey, near Doncaster." COLONEL WESlYsS.—Colonel Wemyss, the Commander of the Forces of this district, having been an eye-witness to the proceedings of the operatives at the dinner in the Anti-Corn law Pavilion on Tuesday evening last, and which was crammed to excess, has written to the Home Secretary, stating that no meeting could possibly have been conducted with greater pro priety and decorum, and that their conduct merited the highest encomium. THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.—It is probable that t he Pavi lion in which the great Anti-Corn-law dinner took place !n„ Manchester on Monday last, will remain in state quo until after the Queen's marriage, to celebrate which it is in contem plation to have another grand dinner, in the same place of cou rse- Tux MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL DISTILICTS BAC °. There was a meeting of the Proprietors of this banletm" day, the 16th inst. From a statement read to the meeting, it appeared that the Establishment since the last meeting hot made in profit 46,0001., and that toe bad debts amounted to 27,0001., leaving only the small sties of 19,0001. of net profit. The meeting resolved, in consequence of the small sum thus netted, that no dividend should be declared. SUBSCRIPTION AFTER THE DINNER.—The subscription at the Corn-law dinner on Monday was about 3001., and the money received on the Saturday previous, for admission to view the Pavilion, amounted to 541. ; thus 2,160 persons must have visited the place, exclusive of many free admissions- It is intended that there shall be three sermons preached in the Corn-law Pavilion on S un d ay next, and that t h e pr i ce O f admission shall be sixpence. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mrs. Glover took her benefit on Thursday night at this theatre, and brought out het pupil, Miss Howard, as Constance, in The Love Chase of Sheridan Knowles. The debutante in all respects vindicate ( ' her tuition. In her debut she displayed talent, and acquitte d herself of a character already well sustained by Mrs. Lacy so d , Mrs. Nesbitt. I n ot h er re spects the performances were Lull o f novelty and entertainment. Gilbert and Miss Bailin danced the Tarentella with eclat. Ti.e Last Legs :ollowed ; an d then came Midas, Mrs. Anderson (late Miss Bartolozzi) play' ing Apollo. This lady got pleasantly through her part, and vas encored in " Pray Goody." She also introduced the sang °' `'Listen, dear Fanny," which she s ng prettily, but with soot! indications of a cold. Williams played Midas admirably, an d Compton made a clever Pan. From first to last the whole pert. nuance went well. and we ought to mention that when , after The Love Chase, Miss Howard was called for, and led 013 by Mrs. t,lover, she was received with loud plaudits of co' coy ragement. The Annual Ball of the Cumberland Benevolen t Institution was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-stree t, on Tuesday evening last. The assembly was most numerous and s plendid—between 500 and 600 persons were present' One hundred pounds will be realized by the net proceeds of the evening. 'f he funds are expended in allowing 1/. per *lona' to aged and infirm natives of Cumberland, resident in London . There has been. during the last year, 24 permanent penaione rs, and the Committee have determined to elect four additional at the ensuing anniversary. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COUNTESS or COVENT ILY. —The decease of the Dowager Countess o f I Ci t ; ventry took place at her residence at Sti - eatham, on the 15th instant, in her 81st year. Her L a d ys hi p i s d ee ply lamented by her family and friends. ES G LA f) ITV