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than that Right lion. Gentleman who are not half so de-
serving." There are drawbacks on this praise, it is
true; but still the writer evidently admits those merits
which few of any party are inclined at present to i
deny. The merits of Mr. PEEL are also allowed; and,
though the dark side seems to predominate in the ac-
count of Mr. ROBINSON, the writer seems very much
inclined to yield to the " temptation of calling him
an honest Minister." We are well aware of the imposui-
Laity of conciliating all parties on any question ; but where
every party seems willing to admit that Ministers are the
next best to themselves, we are but acting on a recognised
principle in setting them down as the nearest of any to
perfection. TLe more discussion has enabled people to see
their way clearly in all the great questions of policy, the
more have all pazties been led gradually to approximate to
that middle course which Ministers have adopted with a
sagacity, and pursued with an integrity, that will give them
a place and a name among the proudest recorded in the
pages of our history. Again and again it has been pre-
dicted that they would be foiled in their attempts at im-
provement; and every successive prediction has shown
more clearly the uncontrollable force of reason when guided
by integrity and talent. In those momentoua questions
which were agitated last Session, the opposition which un-
thinking calculators had anticipated entirely disappeared
before the general conviction entertained of the sagacity
and uprightness of those at the head of affairs; and we do
not imagine that the apprehensions entertained by some
concerning the result of the discusidons in the new l'arlia-
ment will turn out to be better founded than those of
which the futility was so clearly demonstrated in the last.
Ministers have evidently the good wishes of the majority
in their favour ; and the will of the many will soon open
the eyes of the few. We were made to assert in a
late article, by a mistake of the printer, that the
majority of the landowners are opposed to the revi-
sion of the Corn Laws. We do not Lelieve that
they are—it would be a libel upon them to suppose that
they are. Without impugning the motives of our op-
ponents, we are perfectly sure that no landholder sup-
ports the Corn Laws as a whole, unless it be from inat-
tention to some important particulars in the inquiry—.
whether that inattention arise from prejudice or from care-
lessness. It would be an insult to the majority of the
' landwners to say that they are either prejudiced or care-
less, but we do say that those who oppose revision in into
must be either the one or the other. This is the reason
which prevents us from supposing that Ministers will meet
with any strong opposition in that quarter. On the other
subjects, in which opposition is anticipated, we have some
reason to think that the parties who were formerly moat
active have been led to modify their resistance to a very
cmsiderable extent. In any case Ministers are right; and,
even if unsuccessful (an event not very likely), all good
men are bound to admit their merits, and to support their
principles.

CITY, .:VI
EDNESDAT EVENING.

The British Funds, during the day, showed adisposition
to advance, transactions having taken place as high as
79i s ; but at the close of the market Consols did not bear
a higher quotation titan their opening price of 79k. There
was, however, an evident feeling of confidence among the
leading parties that they would not go lower, for considerable
sales wtre made of Money Stock at 79 and 791, without
producing any effect in the way of depreciation. The ge-
neral opinion appears to be that there is not the slightest
reason to infer a fall in consequence of opening the ports ;
and, judging from the increased demand for colonial produce
in the Low Countries, and the consequent advance of
prices,it is reasonable to suppose that the advantages resulting
from the measure will be of a reciprocal nature, and that,
as a measure of commercial policy, as well as of national
necessity, it will not prove that overwhelming disaster to
the English farmer as was insisted upon by those who
combated their interests when the question was brought
forward at the conclusion of the Session of Parliament.
Exchequer Bills anti India Bonds are stationary in price,
and very marketable commodities—the former at 18, 19,
and the latter at 27 to 29.

In the Foreign Market there is something like a new
feature to-day. Chilian Bonds bare been subjected to a
reaction of three per tent. in consequence of an apprehen-
sion that the dividends due in October will not be paid.
If this surmise should prove correct, it will have the effect
of throwing still further odium upon this species of se-
curity. At one o'clock they were 38, from which they
descended rapidly to 35, and closed any where between that
quotation and 37. Mexican Papers have been received to
the 2d July, but they are wholly silent on the subject of
money matters. The Bonds of this Government, however,
were not much operated upon by this taciturnity; if any
thing, they were disposed to recede, having been done as
low as 505 ; but at four o'clock they had regained 51,
being only j per cent. lower than yesterday. Colombian,
Greek, and Spanish, are scarcely mentioned, and therefore
no alteration is to be noticed in them. Shares Misplay a
similar disposition of inactivity.
In noticing the Colonial Market yesterday, there
was an error, which it is necessary to correct. The
advance of Sugar should have been stated at one and two
shillings per cwt. instead of hogshead. There have not been
any considerable sales to-day, and therefore the prices re-
main unaltered.
The Corn Market is quite at n stand-still ; and it is sup-
posed a week at least will elapse before prices can settle to
that state of certainty which will induce buyers. It can-
not be expected that any sales of bonded Oats will take
place until some i.iea of the extent of supply from the
North is arrived at, and also of the prices at which.they
may be put into the market.

GREEK CAUSE.—We understand that the discussions in I
the late meeting of the Greek Bondholders have produced
at least one good effect—they have roused the activity of
the persons employed in the construction of the steam-ves-
sels, and we have no doubt of the speedy accomplishment
of this part of the designs formed by the friends of
Greece. IVe understand also that there is every reason
for believing that the American frigates, about which Lalle-
mand was deputed, will very soon be rendered disposable
in a manner which will contribute very much to the
strength of the Greek cause.
MON titan REV ENGE.—Nothing can be more extraordi-
nary than the affair of M. Noyer, who was prosecuted in
the Appeal Tribunal of Correctional Police, at Blois, on
the 30th of August, for an insult, by means of a feu de joie
against a Minister of the Catholic faith. M. Noyer had
fallen into disgrace with the Mayor and Cure, on account
of a house which he bad given to the hospital, and from
which they wished to drive him out bya conger though he
consented to pay the rent of it. The Cure having been
called to another living, a fee de joie was lighted on the
day of his departure. The police of Vendome condemned
Noyer for the offence of lighting it, to 15 days' imprison-
ment, and a fine of 500 francs. The Appeal Court of
Blois decreed that the fact of lighting the jets de joie, in
order to insult the Cur.. was proved in the evidence; hat
though it were proved that M. Foyer caused it to be
lighted, his gifts for religious purposes showed that he
could not have done it with any irreligious intention, and
that it could only have been in consequence of personal en-
mity, on account of the course pursued by the Cure, in
the administration of the hospital. The Court, therefore,
rescinded the judgment of the Court of Vendome, and ae.
quitted M. Noyer.—livads Paper.