The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-06 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

We have no arrivals this morning of consequence—not
a single ship letter has come to hand. The chief topic of
conversation in the City is the debate last night on the
emancipation of the Hebrews. The passing and first read-
ing of the Bill, which they did not expect so soon, has
given them great hopes that the British Legislature will
ameliorate their situation, by doing unto them what they
would be done unto themselves.

As we predicted yesterday, the Quarter's Revenue is
rather unfavourable; but at present it has not had any
effect on the Funds. Consols opened at the same price
they left off, 92i I, both for Money and time; and for
next Account 92i 93, with nothing doing as yet.
The Foreign Market is void of interest--prices nominal.
ENGLISH. FONDS. _ _

Bank Stock, 215-i 216 i
India Stock,
3 per Cent. Cons. 921 ;I
Do. for Account, 92a
Ditto Reduced, 91i 2

3i per Cent. 991 ex. div.
New 4 per Cent., 101 i 2
4 per Ct. 1826, 104-11 ex.d.
India Bonds, 82 83
Exchequer Bills. 78 79

TWO O'CLOCK.

The Consul Market has been in a stagnant state during
the whole of the morning, and not a feature worth obser-
vation. Consols are 92i for the Account and for
Money, and 92i 93 for next Accoant.
We have no political news of any description.
In the Foreign Market little or nothing is doing.
Greek Bonds are not so good as yesterday, Russian and
Danish have somewhat improved.

7 HREE 0' CL 0 C.K.

Consols 9111 i.

OCULAR.
Prince LEOPOLD C, the Duchess of 1(2w? on
Sunday evening, at h e in the King's Palace, at
Kensington. Ili. Royal .leas, attended by Sir HE NAT
SETON, left town about eight o'clock yesterday morning,
for Dover, on his route to Paris.
The Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of GLoticits-
Tait took an airing together yesterday, and paid a visit to
the Princess SOPHIA, at her apartments in the King's Pa-
lace, at Kensington. The Royal party partook of a de-
jeune.
A numerous deputation of the distinct; from Ireland
and Scotland attended yesterday at the Treasury. The
deputation were received by the Duke of WELLINGTON,
the CIIA NC E LLOR. of the EXCHEQUER, and the Deputy
Chairman of the Commissioners of Excise. The confer-
ence with the Ministers lasted a considerable time. Mr.
MA URIC E FITZGERALD attended the meeting.
A deputation from the city, headed by Mr Alderman
WOOD, had an interview with Mr. HEILRIES yesterday at
the office of the Board of Trade.

Despatches were sent off yesterday evening by a messen-
ger for Mr. DawnNs, our resident in Greece; and also
for Sir. F. ADAM, the Lord High Co►xmissioner of the
lonian Islands, from the Foreign and Colonial-office.
The Lords cf his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council held a meeting yesterday morning in the Council
Chamber. Those present were Lord WYNSORD, the
Judge of the Admiralty Court, and the Right Hon. HuGit
ELLIOTT. Mr. BULLER attended as Clerk to the Council.

The appeal of " Sayers v. Whitfield," from St. Vin-
cent's, was argued by Mr. HORNE and Mr. GARROW for
the appellants, and by Mr. Ross fur the respondents.
Lord WYNFORD, on the part of their Lordships, post-
poned giving judgment.
The Duke of WELLINGTON gave a grand dinner on Sun-
day evening, at Apsley-house, to the Earl of CHESTER-
FIELD, the Earl Of BALC:AnRAS, Viscount STOPFORD, Lord
LILFORD, Lord ROLLE, Lord CLIFFORD, Lord STonToDr,
Sir W. CLINTON, Mr. R. PALMER, Mr. R. PHILLIPS,
Mr. C. FANE, Mr. CALCRAFT, ➢lr. RICE TREVOR, &c.
Accounts were received on Sunday and yesterday, by
Mr. Secretary PEEL, and the other relatives of Sir ROBERT
PEEL, of the dangerous illness of Sir ROBERT, at his seat,
Drayton Park, Staffordshre. After the receipt of the ac-
count of Sir ROBERT'S health yesterday morning, Mr.
PEEL, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. DAWSON, left town
fur the seat of his father in Staffordshire.

His MAJESTY'S alms were yesterday distributed to eight
hundred poor and aged men and women, at the Almonry
office, by Mr. HANBY, Secretary to the Lord High Almoner.
Mrs. Pr= and family left town on Saturday, forßrighton.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

NOUSE OP LORDS-(LAST NIGHT).

The Earl of DERBY presented a petition from the
congregation of a Chapel at Preston, against the Burning
of Widows in India.
Lord GODERICH presented a petition from Hor-
shington, in the county of Lancaster, complaining of dis-
tress—thanking Ministers for what they had done in the
way of reduction of taxes, and praying that Ministers
would increase the price of labour by lowering the price of
the great necessary of life. His Lordship also presented a
petition from a place in Staffordshire, against the Truck
System. His Lordship also presented a petition from a
Mr. Williams, a Magistrate of Lee, in Kent, complaining
of the consumption of ardent spirits, and praying for its
discouragement; and stating that the abolition of the beer
duty would have no effect in that way. In this his Lord-
ship did not agree with the worthy Magistrate, but be
bad no objection to present the petition.
His LORDSHIP gave notice, that on the 27th of April
he would move for papers relative to the Funded and Un-
funded Debt.

Lord TEYNITA.NI postponed his motion for the con•
•ideration of the Poor Laws till the 4.th of May.

CHINA TRADE.
The Duke of CORDON presented a petition from Glas-
gow, praying for the opening of the trade to China.
The Earl of CARLISLE presented four petitions to the
same effect, from the clothing districts of Yorkshire.
Lord KING presented a petition to the same effect,
from Taunton, Somersetshire. This was; signed by a
great number of most respectable persons, and they thought
that it was high time for them and others who wished the
opening the trade to bestir themselves, as they began to
suspect that there was a leaning on the part of Ministers
towards the renewal of the Charter. It was like Cie case
of an expiration of a beneficial lease, where the stewards
suffered themselves to be cajoled by the lessees.
Lord MELVILLE presented a petition to the same effect,
from Leith, the Port of Edinburgh, to the same effect.
Earl HARROWBY presented a petition to the same
effect from the Staffordshire Potters.

The Arebbiabop of YORK preeented a petition from

the town and vicinity of York, praying for the abolition of
the punishment of death in cases of forgery and crimes
against property only.
All these petitions were laid on the table, and those re-
lating to the China Trade were referred to the Committee
on the subject.
Mr. Prescott, from the East India House, presented an
account of the sums paid for freight and demurrage by
the East India Company.
The Berwick of Tweed Light House Duties' Bill and
some private Bills were brought up by Mr. HoLmr.s and
others.

The Bills on the table were forwarded in their respective
stages.

The Earl of ROSEBERRY, pursuant to notice, moved
for a return of the state of the receipt and disburiement of
the Court of Session Fee Fund since 1821.—Ordered.

Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(LAST NIGHT).
VICE TREASURER OF IRELAND.
Mr. PLANTA moved for a New Writ for a Member to
serve in Parliament for the Giunty of Kerry, in the place
of Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald, who has accepted the office of
Vice Treasurer of Ireland.
Mr. HUME said he was very sorry to hear of the ap-
pointment. The office was one of those which he had
expected would have been abolished. He thought that
any opportunity which occurred to abolish it would have
been eagerly embraced, as it might have been done away
with ever since the Union. It was to him most extraor-
dinary that Government should have filled up the vacancy
I when there was a resolution on the table of the Howse
that every part of the expenditure which could be saved
ought to be saved. There might have been some delicacy
towards removing the Hon. Member who held the office;
but when he was removed by another appointment he did
expect the office would have been done away. He had
heard the report of the appointment, but he could net be-
lieve it. People could not expect that one Member of
Parliament should be sent to the Colonies from a useless
office, and that another should supply his place at home.
He was sorry to hear the motion, but he could not, of
course, oppose it.
The Speaker was ordered to issue a new writ accord-
ingly for the county of Kerry.
Mr. PLANTA next moved for a new writ to return a
Burgess to sit in Parliament for Corte Castle, in the room
of George Bankes, Esq., who had accepted the office of
one :of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury.—
Ordered.
A new writ was also ordered to be issued for East Looe,
in the room of
office in his Majesty's Household.
LORD ELLENBOROUGH'S DIVORCE.
Mr. HUME said he did not see the Hon. Member in
his place who bad charge of Lord Ellenborongh's Divorce
Bill, or he should ask hint to re-commit the Bill, in order
to amend the evidence. At present the evidence was in
such a defective state, that he was sure Hon. Members
would think the Bill ought not to pass. When the Hon.
Member who had charge of the Bill was present he would
again mention the subject.
DISTRESS—IRELAND.
Mr. MOORE presented a petition from the operatives
of Dublin, complaining of distress, and soliciting inquiry
by the Committee appointed to inquire into the propriety
of introducing poor laws into Ireland. The distress in
Ireland, particularly in Dublin, was very great. The ma-
nufacturers there had generally suffered from the same vi-
cissitudes as the manufacturers of England ; but what was
only depression to the English manufacturer, was destitu-
tion to the Irish manufacturer.
The petition was ordered to be referred to the Commit-
tee as prayed.
The Host. MEMBER presented a second petition front
certain provision merchants of Dublin, praying for protec-
tion for the provision trade.
EA ST INDIA MONOPOLY.
Mr. C. W. WYNN presented a petition from the inha-
bitants of the Cloth manufacturing districts of Woodhouse,
in Yorkshire, praying for a free trade to India and China,
and for liberty to settle in India. Referred to the Com-
mittee sitting to inquire into the East India Company's
Charter.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND
Mr. C. FERGUSSON in rising to present a petition
frome a stone-mason of Paisley, of the name of Kintry,
complaining of the administration of justice in Scotland,
expressed his regret that the Lord Advocate was not pre-
sent, as be would find the petition contained some repre-
sentations of very great importance, and well worthy of
his attention. The petitioner complained of the great ex-
pence he had been put to by being' obliged to sue a man
for debt in a Sheriff's Court, which was for such a sum
that he could not go into an inferior court. The eti-
tioner complained of the extraordinary length oT the
written pleadings, and of the great delay which had
been caused. It was above a year since the cause was
begun, and it was not yet terminated. The proceedings
extended to 87 folio pages. Me had been obliged to
employ a procurator, because he lived at a dis-
tance. All these expenses took place under the im-
proved system of pleading which had been introduced. If
he recovered his debt, he should be a considerable sum out
of pockk. The Hon. Member recommended adding a
Jury to the Sheriffs Court, expsessingsan opinion, that
when the summing up of the Sheriff was in accordance
with the verdict of the Jury, the decision might be final.
Suck an institution would be of great importance to
Scotland, where twenty-two thousand causes were tried
yearly in the Sheriffs' Court. He hoped the Lord Advo-
cate would attend to the prayer of the petition. Being on
his legs, the Hon. Member said he hoped he might be al-
lowed to say a word that concerned himself personally. It
related to a misapprehension which had gone abroad as
to what he had said on the first night of the debates
as to the distress of the country. He had been re-
presented as saying that in Scotland there was no dis-
stress, while he had never said anything of the kind,
but directly the contrary. He stated that deep and
great distress prevailed in Scotland. His constituents
believed that he had stated the reverse, and one of
them had written to him to request lie would inform
himself on the subject. Had he stated that there was
no distress, he should have stated what was incon-
sistent with his own knowledge and his own feelings.
He had stated on a former occasion that the labourers of
Scotland were not so distressed as those of England, but he
had at the same time said that the farmers and owners of
property and land were in very great distress. He was
sorry to say, that since that time he believed that the
labourers had also begun to suffer, and at present there was
some danger that they would be thrown out of employ-
ment. The Hon. Member concluded by apologising to
the House for having troubled them with a matter which
was of a personal nature.
Mr. HUME supported the prayer of the petition, and
recommended enlarging the sum to 301., for which a
claim might be brought in the local Courts that were now
limited to sums of a hundred pounds Scots.—The petition
was read and laid on the table.
FORGERY.
Mr. HART DAVIS presented a petition front the in-
habitants of Bristol, praying for the abolition of the pu-
nishment of death for forgery. In many points mentioned
in the petition be concurred, but he was doubtful if' pro-
perty would be fully secure if the punishment of death
were to be altogether abolished. lie had heard with great
satisfaction the statement made the other evening by the
Right Hon. the Secretary of State, and he was well con-
tent to leave the matter in his hands.
SOAP—THE BALTIC TIMBER.
Mr. HUME, in behalf of Mr. Sykes, postponed the two
motions of which notice had been given by that gentle-
man, for Committees to inquire into the taxes on soap and
candles, and into the Baltic timber trade, to June Ist.
TAXES ON BURGHS.
The HoN. Mrairtrat -then moved for an account of all
cesses paid by the Rozalßurghs of Scotland, with an ac-
count of the sums paid into'the Exchequer, from 1925 to
1829. When these accounts were laid before the House
he should, probably, find it his duty to move that the
Burghs might be allowed to buy up all these cesses, as the
sum levied on them greatly exceeded the amount paid into
the Exchequer, so that the cess was levied at a very great
expence.—Ordered.
FOREIGN EMBASSIES.
On the motion of Mr. HUME, a return was ordered of
the whole amount of salary and allowances paid to the
Ministers of his Majesty at the Courts of Stutgard, Flo-
rence, Paris, and the Hague ; together with an account
of the items of the expenditure of the sum of 1,2871. for
extraordinary journeys made by Lord Burghers!), our Am-
bassador at Florence; of 6711. charged by Edward Dis-
browe, for extraordinaries at Stutgard; and for an ac-
count of the expenditure of a sum of 2,116/., as extraor-
dinary, by Lord Stuart, our Ambassador at Paris. The
Hon. Member said, at the same time, that he wished for
the returns as necessary information before they went to a
consideration of the civil contingencies.
Sir J. GRAHAM, at the same time, observed that he
had, with the same object, moved for a return of the
total expence of his Majesty's Consuls at the various ports
of the United States of America. No such return had
yet been produced; and as it was extremely important
that the House should possess it before they came to a de-
termination on the civil contingencies, he hoped it would

be prepared and laid on the table imateaiately after tha
holidays.

Mr: LENNARD observed that the Government of the
Netherlands had reduced the rank of its Ambassador at
this Court. He wished to know if it was intended, on
the part of this country, to reduce the rank of their
Minister ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
some reduction was, he -believed, in the contemplation of
the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department
(Lord Aberdeen), but he really was not able to say to what
extent it would be carried.
CIVIL CONTINGENCIES.
On the motion of Mr. HUME, a return was ordered of
the items of an expenditure of 1,1691. for the robes of
Knights of various orders ; for 1,2781. for the colours of
the Foot Guards : and 2,798/. for the public offices in
Whitehall and Westminster. The Hon. Member said
that these were contained in a line of the civil contingen-
cies, and he wished them eiplained.
PENSIONS AND -COMPENSATIONS.

Mr. HUME then moved for a return of all allowances
made during the past year fur losses of office to public
servants, and for an account of the salary of these officers.
—Ordered.

EAST INDIA CHARTER.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Arbroath against
the renewal of the East India Company's Charter.
The same IloN. lIIEmBEI . presented a petition from
Kiddermins,er, complaining of the tax on the importation
of barley, of the East India Company's Monopoly, and of
the Corn Laws.

BOUNTIES ON THE FISHERIES.
Colonel WILSON, in presenting a petition from a
parish in the North Riding of York, on the subject of
the bounties on fisheries, was sorry to see Ministers
leave their places and walk away, when the wants of the
people were alluded to by their representatives. He lokil
taken great pains to make himself acquainted with the-;
subject of the bounty on fisheries ; and if Ministerawere
determined not to listen to him, he was determined night
after night to press the questiOn on their attention ; and >•
if they did not attend to it, they should have his opposi-
tion with all the force he could gather.—(A laugh.)
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented another petition from a
part of Yorkshire on the same subject, and intimated a
wish to know what were the intentions of his Majesty's L
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Government with respect to the bounties.
Mr. HERMES said, it was due to the numerous and '
industrious class connected with the fisheries to state, that
the subject of continuing the bounties on some part of the
fi;hery, and fora limited period, was now under the con-
sideration of his Majesty's Government; but it was also -4
necessary to state, that those bounties would not on any
account be continued in any case beyond that limited period.
Mr. WILLOUGHBY presented a petition from the
publicans of Newark, complaining of the removal of the 'alit,
tax on beer.

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Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition from a parish' 'l.
in Salop, complaining of the continual inroads of Scotch
and Irish vagrants.
Sir J. GRAHAM wished to ask a Noble Lord what ..
was his intention respecting the subject to which he had
called the attention of the House some time ago, namely,
the great influx of Scotch and Irish paupers.
Lord STANLEY, shortly after the recess, would sub-
mit to the house a proposition with respect to the best mods
of passing Scotch and Irish paupers to their own countries.
The petition was laid on the table.
Mr. LENNARD had been requested by his Hon. Friend
the Member for Essex to present a petition from the Ma..
eistrates, Clergy, Gentry, and other inhabitants of Brain-
tree and Docking, in Essex, praying for the mitigation of
the punishment of forgery. The numerous petitions pre-
sented to that House on the subject showed the general
feeling which existed in the country respecting it ; and there
could be no doubt that that number would have been much
greater had not the public been aware th't the Right Hon.
Secretary of State for the Home Depa nt participated
in their feelings with respect to the exped cy of mitigating
the punishment of forgery. Ile (Mr. Lennard) felt great
satisfaction at what the Right Hon. Gent. had already
stated it to be his intention to do, as far it went; but he
was sure that the public wished for a more extensive mea-
sure, and were anxious that the punishment of death for
forgery should be abolished altogether.
Sir J. MACINTOSH should with the greatest plea-
sure resign his undertaking into* hands of the Right
Hon. the Secretary of State, sand would, therefore, wait ,i#:
until the further progress of the Right Hon. Baronet's '4';
Bill, to ascertain how far the objects which they had in, !.*'
view were the same. >
The petition was then brought up, read, and ordered to
he printed.
OPENING INTO AT. -..TAbIES',S- PARK. L;--
Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from a number .*-.
of inhabitants of the City and Liberty of Westminster, .-.
praying that an opening might be made from Waterloo- t
place into St. James's Park; The petition was extremely
well worded, and respectably signed ; and assigned very l'
good reasons for granting the boon which the petitioners '
requested. The petitioners allowed that they did not be- 1 ,
lieve that any specific promise was given that such an
open'ng would be made; but they stated that the general K,?
understanding existed that it would be so ; and they de- '4,'
dared that they would not think of pressing the claim if ' ,
they conceived that to grant it would tend to encroach on '

the Royal privacy, or would admit the public into any
part of the Park from which they had hitherto been ex-
cluded. After describing the various inconveniences of
the pre,ent arrangements, the petitioners expressed their
cpinion that the opening for which they wished might
be made to combine a useful object with the completion of
the noble architectural design. The petition, the Hon.
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Gentleman observed, was signed by almost all the tenants
of the Crown in the neighbourhood of the place in ques-
tion, and by many other persons. He would take that
opportunity of giving notice, that after the holidays he
would move an Address to the Crown on the subject.
The petition was then brought up, read, and ordered to
be printed.
Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from a very re-
spectable individual, Mr. Allan Newman, praying for a
mitigation of the severity of the criminal law, and for the
abolition of the punishment of death, except in cases of
murder.

On the motion of Mr. HOBHOUSE, various returns
were ordered to be laid before the House of all the Ex-
chequer Writs issued by the Solicitor of Stamps under the
Medicine Duty Stamp Act, of all proceedings had there--
upon, of the appropriation of all fines, &c.
Mr. CAREW presented a petition from the farmers and
other inhabitants of the county of Wexford, pra}ing for
the abolition of tithes.

Petitions against the East India Monopoly were pre-
rented by Mr. Monday, from the merchants, manufacturers,
and other inhabitants of Derby ; and from Stainsley, in the
county of Derby ; by Lord Lowther, from two places in
Yorkshire; by Mr. A. Campbell, from Dundee, cad from
Glasgow ; and by Mr. Blair, from Kilmarnock.—Referred
to the Committee on the East•lndia Company's Charter.
Mr. MUNDAY presented a petition from the owners of
lead mines in the county of Derby, complaining of' distress,
and praying for a duty on foreign lead.
Lord LOWTHER gave notice, that on the 29th of April
he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to ascertain the
boundaries of the Forest of Dean.
Mr. STANLEY presented a petition from Clement
Joseph Philip Pen, Baron de Bode, complaining of the losses
which he had suffered in consequence of the conduct of the
Commissioners for settling the claims of British subjects
on the French Government, and praying for relief. There
was no doubt that the Baron de Bode had property in
France which was confiscated, and there was no doubt that
he was a natural born British subject. Those were facts
admitted on all hietds. It was true it had been asserted that
the property in question was donfiscated, not from him, but
from his father; but,`beshl'es that that was denied by the
Baron, it was clear that even if it had been so, the Baron had
' lost his indisputable and undisputed reversionary right in the
property. The ground on which the CominissiOners made
their award was, that althoughthe Baron was undoubtedly a
British subject, and although his property in France had
undoubtedly been confiscated, yet, his property had not
been confiscated as a British subject, and therefore that
he had no claim to indemnity. This, it true, would have
been a good answer to the claim, or to any other claim of
a similar nature, if it had been made by the first, or mixed
Commission. But the British Commission had., con-
tracted to satisfy the claims of all whose claims were re- .
gistered. Now Baron de Bode's claim was registered
The 13ritish Commissioners had taken sixty per cent. on
the claims from France on the understanding that they
would satisfy the claims of all whose claims were regis-
tered.: They refused, however, to satisfy the Baron de
i 3e o,et v
nth gcle
aini;and by the contract which they had made
with French Government, they precluded him from
e
e relief from France. Between the two Govern-
ments, therefore, the Baron was completely sacrificed.—
Since he (Mr. Stoney) had mentioned the subject before
in the House, he had seen the accounts of the Commis-
sioners. There were three distinct lists. After describ-
ing the first two lists, the Hon. Gentleman proceeded to -
say that the Baron de Bode's name was in the third list,
r
which was entitled, " Names omitted to be sent in to the
French Commissioners." In the same list as that in
which the Baron's name appeared, were the names of
other claimants; the very next to him being the Marquis
Wellesley, who had been satisfied and paid. He must :I
confess that he felt some surprise at several of the claims