The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 9, 1837.

sentatien of its sentiments in the House of Commons.
In his address to the people of East Cumberland the
renegade Baronet pompously, .and with a braggart air,
announced that he would afford the electors a full op-
portunity of pronouncing by their votes their opinion
of his conduct. Ile has done so—but with what re-
sult ? The poll had not been open many h 011 N, when
he was in a minority of upwardi of seven hundred.
Evtly heart that values hone::tv, consistency, and truth
—:very heart that abhor, cant, hypocrisy, and treachery,
must throb with exultation at witnessing the brand of
ind'gnant condemnation fixed indelibly on the brow of
traitor to Reform.—Morning Advertiser.
Tin! Radicals smelt powder when they set all their
organs at work to abuse Sir Francis Burdett on his
starting for Wiltshire. They foresaw that his high
character and his great abilities would be justly appre-
ei,at d 14 the honest people of Wiltshire, and that his
return was as certain as it was desirable to the friends
of true reform. The 7- csult has at once verified their
apprehensions and defeated their machinations to pre-
vent his success. He was brought in, as he ought to
he, at the head of the poll, and so far a-head of the
Whig-Radical candidate as to have beaten him lite-
rally out of sight. The numbers at the close were as
follows:

Burdett
Long
Methuen
Making a majority for Sir Francis Burdett over Mr.
Methuen of 455. And this in defiance of the tirades
put forth in the Ministerial papers, charging him with
apostacy, and with every political crime, and almost
every personal disqualification which their imagina-
tions, fruitful in falsehood, could suggest. Here is
another page in the authentic history of re-action.
The fact may be denied, but here it is in black and
white--not Mr. Hume's black and white--but
the black and white of plain, distinct, unchange-
able arithmetic. 'We shall, doubtless, hear a good
deal of vituperation from the quarter to which we
have alluded vented a,ainst the electors for pre-
ferring the Honourable Baronet's notions of Con-
stitutional Reform to the Ministerial notions of Revo-
lutionary Reform. They will be taunted as renegades,
aye, and as bribed mercenaries, for having chosen
rather to improve their institutions than to subvert
them in favour of new ones, which they have never
tried, and which come to them recommended by the
most questionable of all authority—the authority of
men whose love of place has extinguished in them
every other appetite, who can see nothing in the re-
volutions of time but the beautiful succession of
quarter day to quarter day, and who wish to see
nothing established but the regularity and perpe-
tuity of their quarterly payments. But though the
radical press may pour out its abuse, the electors of
Wiltshire will find a sufficient counterpoise to that evil
in the approbation of their own minds, and in the pride
which belongs to men who have made a good choice
in defiance of bad advisers. We regret to find that
Sir James Graham's position on the poll of his own
county is anything but what it ought to be. He is
another of those true reformers, who, taking the Con-
stitution for his guide refuses to abandon that guide
while dashed about in the angry surge and among the
dangerous breakers of change. If his former constitu-
ents reject him for this cause, they may enjoy a frantic
triumph for the moment, but they will have done their
best to bring disgrace upon themselves, and ruin upon
their country. Let us hope, howiver, that they
will awake, while it is yet time, to a due sense of
what they owe to the Constitution under which they
have enjoyed a greater share of freedom than ever was
possessed by any other nation under heaven.—Morn-
big Herald.

A rather laughable occurrence took place the other
day in Nottingham shambles, which, among the parties con-
cerned, has caused no little merriment. A gentleman of true
Conservative principles fancying a calf's head for dinner, ac-
costed his butcher with ' Good morning, Sir—have you a
calf's head this morning?' To which the butcher, who is
rather famous for his jokes, wittily replied, Yes, Sir, I have
two—which do you prefer, a Whig or a Tory ?" Oh, a
Tory, a Tory, to be sure,' added the gentleman, laying his
hand upon one that had a fine plum appearance, owing to its
being pretty freely inflated, This is a Tory, I presume
Yes, Sir, it is,' replied the butcher. You will send this,
the fine head, the Tory.' and away went the gentleman, no
doubt anticipating a delightful treat in the contents of a Tory
head. The head was accordingly sent, cooked, and brought to
table, when, to his utter astonishment, he discovered the
brains were wanting; an inquiry was of course instituted,
when the cook declared that in her washing and preparing the
head she never saw any. Dinner over, the gentleman called
upon the butcher for an explanation, when he positively as-
serted he had sent the one that was ordered—but as for the
brains, added he, there never are any in a Tory head.—Not.
tin9hant Review.

VOTES OF THE WESLEYANS.—It is satisfactory
to mark the position which the Wesleyan Methodists have
taken in the recent borough elections, notwithstanding the in-
fluence actively exercised over them by several of the
preachers. Io Salford the baits of Tory ingenuity had no
charms, and three-fourths of the members of that religious
body recorded their votes in favour of Mr. Brotherton. The
independence thus displayed by the Wesleyan Methodist
people is a gratify ing illustration of the progress of Reform
principles among that slowly-moving body, despite the homi-
lies of such of their ambitious, but short-sighted preachers as
would restrain their flocks from the expression of political opi-
nion except fur Toryism. If the ministers of this denomina-
tion were as wise as they are crafty, they would allow their
people to indulge their own political feelings, and seek rather
to enlighten their minds than fetter their consciences. The
spirit with which the people of Salford, Sheffield, and Leeds
have emancipated themselves, shows how superior truth is to
andsollistry, ad that the clumsy trimming is rightly understood
and repudiated, which enforces regard for the Church with one
breath, and practical opposition to it with the other. Before
the dogmas of the Methodist preachers can be credited, they
must themselves retire from their own pulpits, submit to enrol
themselves as members of the Established Church, close their
own chapels, and recommend their flocks to sit at the feet of
Dr. Philpotts and Mr. Gathercole. Extolling the establish-
ment as the noblest religious institution of the land, and at
the same time using strenuous efforts to proselyte from the
Church, are extremes too wide to be reconciled in the minds
of men of common sense, even by ingenuity much more refined
than any yet displayed by the subtlest of Methodist preachers.
--.lluuchester Times.

The two chcfs-ciceuvre Michael Angelo, " The
Conversion of St. Paul," and " The Martyrdom of St. Peter,"
suspended in the chapel of St. Paul, in the Vatican, and which
for more than half a century have been looked upon as lost to
to the arts, are about to be renovated by two artists of distinc-
tion, by order of the Papal Government. It has been ascer-
tained that these pictures are no otherwise injured than by the
offset of the smoke from the tapers and incense.
FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Sunday
morning the Topaz, a new steam-vessel, belonging to the
Diamond Company, while going down the river to Gravesend
with passengers, run down a boat containing a waterman
named William Darla, and two passengers, and we ate sorry
to add, that Davis met with a watery grave. It appears tha't
Captain Hubbard, the master of the Swallow, lying in the
river, and a friend, had hired Davis to convey them across the
river from the Surrey Canal stairs, and on shooting outside
the lower tier near the dock entrance, they saw the Topaz
coming down the river with great rapidity. Captain Hubbard
immediately advised the waterman to lay on his oars and drop
astern, but the waterman said there was no danger, and began
to pull across in front of the steamer, which was bearing
towards them. Captain Hubbard got up in the boat
for the purpose of preventing the waterman from going
ahead, and before he could do so the steamer struck
the boat and cut her in two. The unfortunate water-
man soon disappeared under a tier of vessels, and perished.
Captain Hubbard and his companion kept afloat until water-
men put off to their aid and saved them, which was effected
with great difficulty. Tho Topaz stopped, and rendered
every assistance after the boat was struck. The passengers on
board the steamer were all of opinion that no blame could be
attached to Mr. Fox, the master of the steamer, the boat
}having shot out from the tier so very suddenly that it was im-
possible to stop the vessel or alter the helm until she went
after the boat ; indeed the calamity appears to have been the
result of pure accident, and that no blame can he attached to
any party except to the steam-boat companies, which compel
the crews of their vessels to navigate them so rapidly as they
all do in a crowded pool.

ABERDEENSHIRE.—The Tory Lairds have out-
done themselves on this occasion; they have shown clear;y
what length they are inclined to go to; and they have suc-
ceeded in proving that they consider the votes of their te-
nantry as part and parcel of their property. From every
polling place the accounts are the same, displaying a brazen-
faced defiance of public opinion, which we thought few men
could be capable of. At our leisure, we shall expose some of
their proceedings, and try whether they have really the hardi-
hood to stand forth in their true colours. It was not merely
with their own serfs that they interfered. One, at least, of
them, with unblushing effrontery, wont about among the te-
nantry of a Liberal proprietor, spreading the most false and
calumnious reports. For this little gentleman we have a rod
in pickle. On the other hand, the Liberal proprietors, in the
most handsome manner, signified to their farmers that they
might vote as they pleased, telling them only to support the
candidate whom they conscientiously believed to have least
self-interest and his country's weal most at heart. \%e have
seen several letters to this effect, from some of the leading
Liberal proprietors in the county, Though the county has
been lost, the Liberals have the consolation of reflecting that
their must influential supporters resorted to none of that inti-
midation and cajolery practised E 0 eitensively 13/ the Orange
faction.—Aberdeen Herald,

PRICES OF CANALS,DOCK STOCKS,

ASSURANCE COMPAN!ES,&c. &c. &c.

LONDON, 'I U..:S'DAY, AUG. 8.
NunfJer

Price

of per CAN A. I S. per
"Mares. Annum. Paid. Shire.
1,706 7 pes cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 07/. h,o.•.sh. 135
1.042 4/. Asnny.sle_le.Z,och „........ A verage 113/. sil. 65
Basinqstoke .. Will. .1;. al
I,O'S 51. aft.cisiltftk ~nd .81 cr!:•:1,- c0ny.,,.. LW . sh. We
8,00) I-16sli fit. 6s. Birmingham, I-10th :.I.are ... : .... 57., .er 71/. 2)8
4,0011 Ditto :owl Liverps,:,l Jo-act...l:J:l. lb. 10, pd 26
60 , Bridg,v,ster and Tamst,n ....1001. o 1•. sill pi 1)4
10.1 4/. Chcisocr and 11!ac!.water. 1:'o/ ob. 11.2
500 481. Coventry 'OO/. sh. 7( 0
4,5 t 5 r'roydon • A verakie :311.25. 10d. sh. 3
2,00: 41. Os. Dudley
1100 71. Der by 10(2. sh. II 3
20,000 .......- Dambe and 31.,yrie '•4l. do. 4d. '2041. pd
3,5751 34. Ells, mere and Chester Average I,N. oh. 30
211 40i. Erewash .. OW. en. '7OO
1,297 :NI. Forth and Clyde A % enure 4411:.1t.5. ed. 6,0
1 I ~,no 121. Grand Junc•ir,a lOl2. oh. 199
2,i54:11 11. Grand Union ROL sh. 25
1 54,
20,600.•. I/. per rent. Dir o (optional) Loan lna 70
3,r:9,1 Grand Western
1.0 131.125. tad. Glam-rgassAire, Average cost 1721. 130. ld. 230
749 105. Gratith.en l5Ol. sh. 202
6,234 2/. Os Huddersfield average 57/. Os. 6d. sh. 361
Its) Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10
25,323 I/. 2s. Kennet snd Avon, A verage 39/. iSs. Iod. sh. 211
2,8971 tl4l. Leee'.s and Liverpool Ithl/. sh. 5t 0
545: 13!. Leicester llO/. sh. 2'25
1,897 4/. Ills. Leicester and Northampbn...Aver t. 31. ;Os. 85
2,400 IV/. Morimuuthshire .. looLsh. 200
1:0 10/. Melton slowbray 1(()/. sh. 200
500 251. Alorsey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 570
3,000 11. 10s. NlacclCStield 120/. sh all pd. 54
217 171. Neath tOO/. sIL 325
1,786 34. Oxford lOl2. sh. 524
2,400 5/. Peak Forest - ....... ...Avei.sfre about 78/, sh, 1)14
1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. I6s. 60, oh, 10
5,1i1t) 61. per cent. eocndale Average SU. sh. 1,0
500 8/. Shropshire I'ssl. sh. 138
800 IV. Ills. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 143
3,600/. 41 percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. 511. 111
700 40/, Staillad and Worcester lO2. sh. 711)
500 9/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243
300 W. - Stourbridge
2,647 2/. ,s. Stratford_on-Av is ...Average 79/, 9s. Isd. sh. 50
633 12/. Swansea (00/ sh. 22-20
3,7,12 It 15s. Severn 2111:1 Wye an,: Railway ...A c 35/. Lb. 261
2,60 isn. 82/. Ida. Trout and Mersey, 1 share 100/. oh. 560
8,140 Thames 11.1 Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. sil. sh. 2
I' 000 sh. .-
151 Warwick aid Birmingham . lON, $ll- 2d^1,00015h.
910 11, Warwick and Napton „„„ 1004 sh. 180
6,000 4/.os. Worcest 'r ann Birmingham...A v. 78/.Bs. sh 81
5,000 22.5. Wilts an s Herbs .. Average ((71. 10s. Bd. sh. 22
800 31. Wyrley and Essington 125/. iih 75
IN
...... Wisbeach lO5l. 01, 45
905 1/. Wey awl Arms .1161. sh. 211
DOCKS.
2,600 dr 33p. c. Commercial 100/. sh. 55
1,003 j sh
194,0671/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 110
3,23.3,3101/. 51.4.p.ct. London
Ditto Bonds
1,350,0001. 11/. p. et. West India Stock 95
2.20.) 2/. 19s. Bristol
64,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto No:cs, various amounts ll9
1,352,752 if per cent, St. Kathat Me Stock 90
504,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOO
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds or 10 years 99
Shoreham 1-Labour
2.500 ........ Deptford Piet `-'Ol. sh. 3/.
B RI DOES.
1,600 Ifs. Hammersm.ti. 5O/. sh. 221
7,231. Southwark, Old Av. 1131.15. &I. sh. 2
1,700 IL Iss, Ditto, New, of 71 per cent. 5O/. sh. 14
5,000 • Waterloo
5,000 18s. Bd, Ditto, Old Annuities of 2./.
5,000 16a. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 15;
80,0001. 81. per cent. Vitt() Bonus llB
5,912 14s y_au.x1aa11.„..,..,..,,,,,,„„.Avarage_701. 10s. 3d. sh l7

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AS,U RA Nek.: COMPANIES.
2,000 3110 s Alltleit. 5001. sh. 501 pd $0
50,000 [5/1.,r, (gsr..t'l Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 1011. pd 111
50,000 S per cent. Ditto, Marine lOU sh. 5/. pd 51
24,000 11. per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 131
1,200},h. i/. Birmingham t ire 2501. 5h.55/. pd 11,5
20,000 4/ percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. pd 41
12,000 61. percent. British Comusacial 504 ch. 5/. Ixl 61
5,000 61. per cent. Clerical, Medi _al,&c. Life, ICOI sh. 12/10s pd 4
4,000 21 10s County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42
20,000 ss. Eagle .. ... 5Ol. sh. I/. pd 5;
~,,„ 5 per cent./ Economic Litt lOOOl. sh. 250/. pd 373
2,271 225. percent. European Lito 00/. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New .. . 2Ol. sh. 21. pd 11
1,000,000!. 71. per ct. Globe
20,000 sr. Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 33
40,000 6s. ed. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 51
2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 501. pd 19.1
7,500 91. Imperial 121 e.. 100/. sin 10/. pd 10
13,459 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 1101. sh. 8/. pd 16;
2,020 81 10s Kest Fire 50/. &h. all pd 82
31. Ditto Life 79
10,1100 168. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 26
5.000 19s. London, Fira 251. sh. 121. 10s. IA 151
3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 151
30,0111 51. per cent. Palladium Lit., 5O/. sh. 2/. pd 2/ 8, 0.1
50,000 Protector Fite ',O/. sh. 21. pd 18s ed
4,500 11. Provident Liie WO/. sh. 104 pd 23
100,000 ss. Rock Life 001. sh. 2/. pd 64
089,2201 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stork... 225
6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sli. 5/. pd si
50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2/. pd
JOINT SIOCK BANKS
25,000 8 per cent. A gri c. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14
5,000 A ust rala ia
10,0011 10 percent. Bank of Ili: mingliam 541. sh. 101. pd In
10,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank . . 5O/. sh. Si. pd 14
30,000 5 percent. London anti Westminster...lool sh. 20/. pd 191
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster...... lOO/. sh. 20/. pd 3,,
25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/.1.d 171
50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Liverpool] 100/. sh. 15/ pd 20
Discount jj
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester....,; 1001. sh. 231 pd 27
20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 39
20,' CO National Bank of Ireland 5,/. sh. 171/. pd 14;
10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 35/. pti 32
19,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 101. pd 20
6,000 lOper cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 11 Ss 601 Bath 904 sh. Pl. pd 24
5,000 British JO/. sh. 161. pd 21
moo 15Ziew.et..1 Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pd 221
928 51 106 Birmingham 5O/. sh. 91
4,230 'llos Bristol 2O . sh. 36
1,500 3' 10s Brighton 2Ol. sh. 11
750 31 les Ditto, New
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 201. eh. all pd 17
4,000 4/. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. 11211. pd 85
1,000 10/. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 180
1,000 61. Di ',to, New
4,0(10 41. les. F.Apittahle
031,1 00 21 per cent. Imperial 'O/. sh. 441
800 Si. per cent. Lle 4 Thaiiet 95/. sh. 201. pd 20
2,350 6/. per cant. ' ndependent '3O/. sh. all pd 49
9,000 31. per cent. Phamix 50/. sh. 391. pd 22
1,000 44 per cent. Ratelitf 100/. sh. 80/. pd 55
4,000 South Metropolitan
8,200 51. per cent. United Ileneral 5Ol. sh. 46/. pd 25
210 51. per cent. Warwick...... 501. sh. 50
400 10/. per cent Wakefield 25/. sir. 424
12,0,0 31. Westmit,ster Chartered
6,000 12s. Ditto New 5l 1. sh. 101. pd 9
KO Yarmouth 201. sh. 181, pd 9
WAT ER wan Ks.

1,000 9s. Birmingham 251 sh. 251. pd 241
1,134 01. East Loudon lOO/. sh. 1404
5,500 21 10a (Sr sod Junction ....Average 41/ I3s. 46. sh. 51
2,000 21. Kent lOOl. sh. 43
372 101. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 3::6
1,500 2/ lOs New diver Loudon Bridge Water Annuities 58
6, tB6 11 15s Manchestei and Salford ,lOOl. sh, 53j
1,000 4 per cent. Satoh London lOO/. sh. 83
8,294 34!. West Middlesex ....Average 13!. I2s. 06. sh. . 90
1,360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop ..... -100/. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
1,000 Birmingham and Derby
9,501) Birmingham and Gloucester le/ pd II
7,501) Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 01
15,!1,0 Bristol and Exeter 101/. sh. 10 pd (lj
660 Calcutta and Saugur
7,.5:5) „ . Cheltenham and G. Western... 02. sh. 'A/ 5
3,001 Clarence lOOl. sh. 100! pd 40
12,000
8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. 5h...04 pd 04
60,100 Eastern Counties 25/ Ph. W. pi 04
Grand Junction 1001 sh. tssl. p 1 165
Great North of England 7l. p,l 51
25,0.13 Great Western inn/ sh. 45/. I'd 52
2,000 Hartlepool ino/. sh. 1001 pd 100
9,000 Hull and -lelby 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 01
10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14
.
2,10 J 3/ per cent. Leeds and Selby
1,500 it ss,
a,103 IA per
eSitTstailittillr:eenssgt et nr
1.1...1.01.1.1i5.h5.111.,:07. -illll.. pd
267 i i
10 per cent.
10,1'00 London and Bright() b
15.000 Ditto ditto (Gibbs', -20/ sh. I/ pd 0
16,000 Ditto ditto (Itertnie)...so/. sh. 34 pJ CI
1,0:0 Ditto ditto (Coma y)...100/. eh. 3/. pd 04
12,4,00 London and Blackwell SOL sh 3/ pd
20,000 3 per cent. 11,..onntillooini andat,i (113rireneliiinugl,cilairn.
...100001.
..?„.
90;'04
1:13041.
'25 000
'
o,l'oo London and Southampton -.50/. sh. 401. pd :WI ...... ...
7,000
12,n00 London Grand Junction 5 1. sh. 51. pal '2
1,1,000 M • nobest, and Bi minglnim se/. sh. 5/. pd 4/
North Midland 1001. sh. 151. pct 152
Northe'll and Eastern lOO/. sh. 61. pd 01
2,600 Preston and Wyre
28,1i00 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover
1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington
501.
555501:11..*.
26:1111:1..:011372091/18111:11:1;,:d)ddidu.1 240(103
9,000 Thu res Haven
with
1,400
0,003 IY‘orersktmatilid'stNetrm?iltil" Midlandreei)
MINES.
8,008 Albion C6pper 5l. sh. 341. pd 12
4,000 IL Si. Alten 'Si. sh. 121. 10s d 1-1
111,000 ...
Ditto Subscription ........................ ')`l ' 4
2,000 11. 801.,n0s 150/. sh all pd e 5
10,000 11. lOs Brazilian hop. iss. 5/. pin 35/. sh. 'Jul pd 2 i
0,0 0 Macaulas 6, Cocacs United...2s/. sh 231/. pd 8
11,1410 Ditto St. John Del Rey '2O/. sh. 91. pd 21
10,000 toliv.a Copper Company 201. sh. 20/, pd 5
10,000 ...
20,0111 British Iron 5O/. sh. 50/ pd 261
6,000 ... ...... British Copper 5/. sh. 41/. IA I
Casa Branca... ((I!. I.el 64
Caminliga
10,000 11 Copiapo 2O/. sh 12a/ pd 14
8,500 Col,lmbiati. iss. 51. pm...-. 55/. sb. 55/. pct E 1
2,850 31. English l2l Ills. pd 22
20,000 General M' ' g Association...2u/. sh. 151. pd 9
5,155 Mexican Company 10t2. sh 55,V, pd 01
3,000 Polherou Consols lO/. 'sh 8/, pit 7
11,500 !Coal del Monte, Unregistered
Ditto Loan Notes 1(0/. pd 112'
30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2pm ....'lOl. sh. all pd 1;
Dit• t. Scrip
13
Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd If,
West Cork 511/. sh. 50/. pd 38
LITERARY INSIITUTIONS,
1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gs. sh. 20/
1,5110 Lond 41 University 1101. sh, all lid 234
700 Russell 05gs. Y's. 9
King' College lOOl. pd 28
MISCELLANEOUS
10,000 153. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh 2(1/ pd 31
6,0110 41. per cent. British American Land Company 2:4/. prl 121
10,000 6/ per cent. Canada Company 10.11. sh. 24! pd 33..
20.1,000 51 per cent. Upper Canada Loan 9tl
City Bonds, 4 per cent ... 10!
15,000 I/. Os. General Steam Navigation ...15/ sh. 131. pd 23
101, per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock
2,000 11. London Coin. Sale Rooms kv, 751. sh, 19
8,000 Caoutchouc Company .25/ sh,. 21/. pd II
New Brunswick Land Compa:.y 411. pd 11
2,754 fil. per cent. Reversianary I nterestSoc...llT/1..
,h i st.. 1771:1.
ill 1,4951
2,633 bl. per Cent. Ditto New
501. sh. all pd 71
4,000 ... ..... 'litanies Tiimiel
1(101. sh. 171. Isi 11/
10,000 6s. Van the at...Ws Land

LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
JULY 6. 1537.
BANKS.
1,5f0,004. 61 p. et. Ilan% of Scotland S 3/. 6s. Sd. sh. all pd 19. T.
2,000,0)(1. fif p. et. Royal of Scotland 100/. sh. all pd 157 e.
5I)0.0 1(71. bp. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. •.11 pd 2arl.
3)00,1,00e1. 6!. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001 pd 1751,
5, spyjne. ~ . ei, N., !Iona!
2,00 ,00 61 P. ct. Gl.tsgow Unioll pd 7/.
4,000,001. 4P. ct. We,tern ot Scotland 2OOl. sh 3IV. pd
INSURANCE COMPANIES Sc!.-.
"50.0005 h 131 p. ct. Scolt4sh Union
1. sh. Ifll. p‘. ,1
90/. Ili. 1/, pd • 253
-,509 6k p. ct. Hercules 1004 sh. 10/. NI ISt ,-
14-110--;
pie,ooo sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland.... sh, all pd .0..
50,000 6P. ct. North British "Pu 811
5,000 fl p. et. Edinburgh 1.if0....., lOO
1,000 sp. ct. Caledonia] Fire 2004 sh. 10i IA 1• 1 •
Ibol. sh. jot.. 'lxi if A,
100,000 3! p. et, West of Scotland ... , .... ,
_ .. M ISC ELLANEI/U.;* ............
101. Pd .ht's
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4,810 Ulu
.
and (as Canal 50! ch. all pd 221.
Alloexecl ............... sh. all pd 651.
5,400 5 per cent. EOinb..Joirit Stack Water.... 25/. sh, all pd 351.
Carron Iron Company ~,,,,r0!. sh. all pd 451.
2,0005 h 15 per cent. S!iotts Iron Founoery ......... 50/. sh 38/, pd 451"
iO,OOO 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass ....20/. sh. 161. pd 8/.
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas ............ 251. sh. all pd 621.
750 71 per cent. Leith Coal Gas . . ...
4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gds .................... .25/. sh. all
............ 444
1,200 Edinburgh PnO.,
34000 5 per vent. Euultahle cgiiivany .25/.4. Pd •vti

THE DISTRESSED WEAVERS OF
PAISLEY.

On Monday a meeting, of gentlemen from Scotland, and
several others residing- iu London, hut ii -.:.-crested in the
commerce and welfare of that country, was held at the
King's Head, Poultry, for the purpose of instituting a sub-
scription for the relief of a large body of men and their fa•
unites engaged in the weaving of fancy goods in Paisley,
and wl.o are stated to have been for the lust four month*
suffering from want.

Alderman Pram was called to the chair. Ile expreexed
his sincere regret at ha% ing heard such melancholy accounts
front Paisley, and hoped that the more prosperous country-
men of the distressed weavers of that town, and the bene-
volent public generally, would come, forward to relieve tin rn.
A deputation had come up from Paisley to lay before tl.e
meeting the particulars of the distress.
The lU'. Dr. 131aNs, one rf the deputation, stated that
Paisley had front time to time been severely visited by dis-
tress, as in the years 1812, 1819, 1826, and for the last
four months of the present year. The distress was eoufined
to the operatives engaged m the manufacture of fancy
goods, who were almost entirely out of employment. The
number of fancy weavers out of work and desirous of em-
ployment, together with their children and wives, who had
been engaged in departments of the business, was 14,000 ;
but, including the infants, the aged, and the total number
dependant upon the operatives, the aggregate of those now
suffering, more or less, could not he less than 23,000 fellow-
creatures. Nearly half of this body had, by their own ex-
ertions, added to the savings of former years, been hitherto
'able ..to work their way, but fully 11,000 persons had been
receiving relief-front the local committal in pro‘isions and
reduced wages at about 1204 a day. The money sub-
scribed for the relief of the weavers was 8,1461., of which
5,0001. had been contributed by the inhabitants of Pakley
and the vicinity. But all the money had been expanded,
and the treasurer was 800/. in debt. Paisley was :he more
likely to be distressed by a depression of trade, for it had
neither groat landed proprietors nor capitalists. All the
inhabitants were in some dogma connected with the mr.nu-
factures, and very few of them posSessed independent for-
tunes. They had subscribed liberally at first, but when
called upon a second time not more than 9001. could be
collected. The Rev. Gentleman then bore testimony to
the exemplary patience, fortitude, industry, and conduct of
the Paisley weavers. During twenty-six years he had
never known their conduct more orderly than in the present
period of z.fflietion. When he was in London three months
before, he thought that by this time their distresses would
have passed away ; but his hopes had been disappointed,
and all local resources being now exhausted, they were
obliged to call upon the well-known benevolence of the
London merchants connected with the trade of Pais-
ley, and upon. all other sympathising people. Having
had so much to endure through the summer, and having
entered the autumn in a state of unmitigated distress,
'his prospects on behalf of his poor fellow-townsmen, as ho
turned towards the approaching winter, were filled with
horror and alarm.
The Rev. Mr. BAIRD (another of the deputation) said
that the retail trade and the general business of Paisley
was much depressed in consequence of such a number of
consumers being so long unemployed. There was this dif
ference between persons engaged in the manufacture of or-
dinary goods and those at work upon fancy goods—the for-
mer, being always articles of necessity, were sure of a sale
sonic time or other, and, if they did not remunerate, would
at least save the holder from heavy loss ; the latter de-
pended upon the fluctuations of taste, and if an order was
allowed to survive the fashion in the hands of the manufac-
turer, its value was lost, and ruin might, consequently, be
diffused amongst many industrious families.,, Such was, in
a great degrece, the state of the fancy weavers, upon whose
behalf an appeal was now made to the public. The Rev.
Gentleman then adverted to the dreadful consequences that
must ensue if relief were to be withdrawn from the body
of eleven or twelve thousand persons who now depended
upon charity ; but, if helped over the present crisis, he
hoped all would be soon well again, for Paisley had fair
prospects before it.

- Mr. HENDEItSON, another deputy, stated that about 700
wersons were employed in breaking stones, and many others
ere engaged in works of public utility. There were 1,987
`men out of employment, upon whom 6,051 persons depend-
ed. There were 4,000 persons on the soup list. About
7,000 were able to maintain themselves.
Dr. BURNS said that from 2,000 to 3,000 children had
been divided into schools, who would be taught by operatives
in a most masterly style during the period of depression.
Mr. WALKINSHAW moved the first resolution, which
merely repeated the above facts, and deplored their ex-
istence.

Mr. CARLISLE moved the next resolution, which stated
the necessity of opening a subscription in London, as Pais-
ley was totally unable to meet the demands of so large a
community of distress.
Mr. JOHNSON, of the firm of Johnson and Bulmer, called
upon the London merchants, who had reaped so much profit.
from the Paisley manufacturers, now to open their purses..
—(Hear, hear.) He alluded to the distress produced by
the mourning for his late Majesty in the manufacturing dis-
tricts. It was a serious misfortune that whenever a member
of the Royal Family was taken ill a stop was instantly put
to the fancy trade.

Mr. DALLAS was of opinion that the distress would exist
six months longer. He was sorry that he could not perceive
the good prospects that other gentlemen had alluded to.
Mr. HENDERSON begged to remind the public that the
ingenuity of the Paisley fancy weavers had enabled the fe-
males of the middle classes of society to decorate themsell es
twice a year with articles which formerly owing to their
exorbitant prices, they could not purchase more than twice
in their lives. Railway speed could not exceed such a pro-
gress as that.—(Laughter, and " Hear, hear.")
A Committee was then formed to promote the subscrip-
tion. It consisted of the Chairman, who subscribed 90/. ;
Mr. Hastie, M.P. for Paisley, and several other gentlemeu.
Mr. Hastie, brother to the lion. Member, subscribed 261. ;
and Mr. Walkinshaw 201. Several other gentlemen sub-
scribed liberally.