The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 3.
The SPEAKER entered the House at a few minutes be-
fore Four o'clock, but at Four there being only 36 Mem-
bers present, the House adjourned till tomorrow.

NAZ4R3 OF THE TA

Anson e, Ho u,
Be
'V
Brady,atinek
Geor
W.
R_rotherton, J.
,'Lltler, Hon P
CC'olhi:PeiTaßn:HA:.
pe and, W.
Crawford,A, W.
ibiac
, Sir C.
1..) °in, L.
uukirs Sir R.

RTY-SIX MEMBERS PRESENT TO MAKE A
;E ON MONDAY, 3D APRIL.
Ewart, W. Patten, Wilson
Hardy, J. Peellell, Captain
Howick Lord Pelham, John C.
Hutt, William Richards, J.
Knight, H. G. Smith, Vernon
Labo where, H. Stanley, E. J.
Lennox, Lord G. Thompson, Colonel
Lushington, Dr. Thorneley, Thomas
Mauls, Hon. Fox Tooke, William
O'Connell, J. Wak ley, Thomas
ord, W. Wilke, J.
O'Ferrall, More Wood, C.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester
drove out together yesterday, in a carriage and four.
CaThe Commissioners for the reduction of the national debt
d their quarterly meeting yesterday, at the office of the
ancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor, arid the De-
PutY-Governor of the Bank of England were present.
Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday from Pans-
hanger, Herts.
Messieurs Crane and Wilmot, from New Brunswick, had
an interview with Lore, Glenelg, yesterday, at the Colonial-
office.

Lord and La.ly John Russell arrived in Wilton-crescent,
yesterday, &rim Woburn Abbey.
The Grr,cian and Bavarian Ministers transacted business
yeaterdeq, at the Foreign-office.
V.seount Palmerston came to town yesterday, from his
4e? .t at Broadlands, Hants.
Viscount Howick has returned to town from Worthing.
Despatches for the governors of Malta and Gibraltar
were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office.
The Right Hon. H. Labouchere has arrived in town from
Hylands.
The Hon. Fox Maule has arrived in town from Scotland.
Reschid Bey, the Turkish Ambassador, gave last evening
the first of a series of grand entertainments in honour of the
birth-day of the Grand Seignior to his Majesty's Cabinet
Ministers. The front of his Excellency's residence, in the
Regent's Park was illuminated with a splendid crescent
and star in variegated lamps, and a military band were in at-
tendance in the Hall, who performed favourite marches and
overtures during the evening.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALTs_YESTERDAY.

THE DERBY.
riThe betting yesterday effected a decline in each of the three
Jbeipal favourites, and was in other respects of considerable
@rtance. There was a marked disposition to bet against
tn
',Greed and Brother to Bay Middleton, and very little to back
etil; but Benedict, although backed at longer odds, did not
appear to have lost ground in the estimation of his friends.
The decline of Jereed may be attributed to the extraordinary
Ildrance of another colt from the same stable, Sambo, who
opened at 30 to 1, and was backed freely at various prices till
; reached 16 to I,:the highest offer against him at the close.
forlllee 0 from Boyce's stable, Rat-trap and Slight, were also in
'Noted.
--et , the former rising to less than half the odds formerly
Mango was backed for 1001. at 11 to 1, and Maho-
f,„an at 13 to 1 for the same amount, the two bets being
te,gother. Plenty of offers against the Marquis of
Exeter's horses, but no backers.
/ to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot—taken
/i to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Jereed—offered
litto 1 agst Captain Gardner's Benedict-10 to 1 taken
to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Bro. to Bay Middleton--offered
• 11 to l agst Mr. Greville's Mango—taken
• 15 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Mahometan—taken
An to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Sambo-100 to 6 taken
18 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hybiscus—offered
25 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Caravan—taken
25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Troilus—offered
25 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Dardanelles—offered
9••3 to 1 agst Mr. S. Stanley's Rattrap—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's NVintonian—taken
to 43 to / (vat Mr. Sadler's Defender—offered
1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mfickle Fell—offered
40 to 1 agst Dukt of Rutland's Slight colt—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards's Bequest colt--taken
b to 1 agst Mango and Mahometan—taken
,00 to 320 on Jereed agst Benedict—taken
'5OO to 100 agst Slight and Rat-trap—taken

TIIE OAKS.
5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Yam-la—offered
8 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Egeria—taken
TIIE PORTLAND HANDICAP.
The Locomotive party appear to have obtained the call of the
tbrdlime division, but each is in great favour : Elis is again in his
Place, but no inquiries are now made after Hock.
6 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Locomotive—take 7 to 1
7 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime—taken
8 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Elis—take 9 to 1
10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Venison—offered
10 to 1 igst Lord Suffield's Airy—offered

ST LEGER BETTING CATTERICK.
9 to 1 agst Lord Westminster'sAT Cardinal Puff—taken
9 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Henriade
4 to 1 agst Herniade and Cardinal Puff—takon
15 to 1 apt Colonel Anson's Jereed
20 to 1 Igst Slashing Harry—taken
25 to 1 agst Abraham Newland—taken
Offers to back eleven agst the field.

).• .I:he Duke of Rutland's splendid castle at Belvoir
now the scene of great festivity.
The Duke and Duchess ct Bedford are entertaining
numerous circle at Woburn Abbey.
IYThe Earl of Warwick's birthday was celebrated on
ednesday last at Warwick Castle ; as also the Noble Earl's
eldest son, Lord Brooke, on the previous day.
day
• The Earl Oxford arrived at Cheltenham on Fri-
of
last.
The Earl of Kinnoull entertained a party at dinner
Yesterday at Hampden House, Green-street, Park lane.
in file Countess of Essex. had a card party last even-
Hill-street.
Lord Dinorben and family have arrived at Bute
Po, South Audley-street, from their seat at St. Asaph.
Lord Adam Loftus arrived on Saturday last at Lea-
4'i°4;ton spa.
tr„L'ord Cranstoun has taken the beautiful villa lately
eted at Earl's Court, called the Brighton villa.
f 4°n Dinisdale has returned to Mivart's Hotel,
r-4,!.11iS seat, Camfield Place, in Hertfordshire.
•'3lr Charles Dalbiac, Bart., is going to Ireland next
°o an inspecting tour of the state of the garrisons, &c.
ta.lr Robert Smirke is about to build a villa for the
oss Rothschild at Ealing.
apvrtir LYne Ste )hens left town yesterday, with other
ho gientlernen.l to pass a week at. Melton Mowbray.
'gr. Carrick Moore gave a dinner yesterday at his
cu.4° in Saville-row.
4t i;tr• Charles and Lady Catherine Cavendish arrived
Seto
House on Saturday, from a tour.
of i'-e'r• Charles Towneley and Lady arrived at the Earl
Tiftws, in Arlington-street, on Saturday last.
4reateti.e, late Mrs. Fitzherbert has bequeathed the
portion of her property equally between her two
Airs. Dawson Darner and Mrs. Jerningham—Lady
le rvey Bathurst and the others having comparatively small
Cael„.
Tit
u, c Honourable Colonel Westenra, M.P., has left
treet for his scat in the King's county.
Thepartyonourable General Phipps entertained a select
at dinner
Lady yesterday.
deepest Y Bu
is still exceedingly ill, and in the
Week, aftlietiobn since the death of her eldest daughter last
Altnh
t and 13, balls will commence on the 19th instant,
Sir on the 12th, as has been reported.
Paristeo obteuts and Lady Trotter have left London. for
present at the nuptials of their daughter with the
3,,,?rate de la Rochefacauld, son of the Due de Doudcville.
reeilstirle.Liberals of Longford county have, late
,rorie ation session,
put on the names of 31 Reformers ;
at the
the
Cori, s. 11'Y eight. This, with their majority in the late e ec-
owill give them both Members the next opportunity.
rniseioti Monday, the 27th ultimo, the officers, non-com-
Rae,
_n_erl Officers, and privates of the West Essex Yeomanry,
tient:Hl
jelegant ball to their Ladies at Waltham Abbey, Mr.
Bin for ess°l3 very handsomely having lent his house at Farm
Up,ast, the occasion. The lofty and spacious hall was fitted
am rated
Principal dancing-room, and was very appropriately
with military accoutrements, swords, pistols, carbines,
site the
colours, gre, irc. At the end of the hall, directly oppo-
belt,
we entrance, the Regimental Standard, with its splendid
Pareeess Sus Pended, under which there was a brilliant trans-
tight " None but the brave deserve the fair," and on the
4riti
(nd left two other transparencies, " Pro Rege et Lege,"
spirit u I-1;o :Aris et Focis." Dancing was kept up with much
paratedll six o'clock in the morning, when the company se-
A Ighly pleased with the entertainment.
arand ball, given by the Gentlemen of the Choral
,t1"-NT:_te Society, took place at the Hanover-square Rooms
ghioi;4blnesday evening, which was both numerously and fa-
llttiv
played 7 attended. Guinness's excellent
quadrille band gave
ersal satisfaction. The most popular
music of the day was
on this occasion ,• and amongst the most admired, were
, !le Cornet Quadrilles" and " Cornopean or Guitar of
tt.Psln Stop Waltz," with the " Rory O'More Quadrilles ;"
so -16 Int
rnueerselected from the airs to which Mr. Lover has given
thereto, celebrity by the excellence of his lyric adaptations
hopenn In the " Cornet Quadrilles" the beauty of the cor-
Llvvras displayed to great advantage.
inth,en2tllPool..—Owing to the great prevalence of
Cert4in and
the unusual character of the weather during a
the Will be portion of the past year, the bill of mortality for 1837
bil,lrked for with considerable anxiety. Compared with
,` f last year it exhibits a material general increase,
of I Jpi the increase upon the burials sensibly preponderates.
burials,l639 themnaulmber of birthq was males 4;305, females 4,251 ;
1837 th 2,469, females'. 2,271 ; of marriages 2,806.
of buri4is, e number of births is, males 4,499, females 4,260;
The males 2,771, females 2,495 • of marriages 2,963.
Thisrser_e_acs.eusi.s, in births 203, in burials 526, in marriages 157.
" Iv; in both instances, of the vicinity, in which,

for the present year, there have been 798 birrns, 2,507 burials,
and 209 marriages. Of the burials in the town there have
died, under two years 1,938, between two and five 622, five
and ten 249, ten and twenty 237, twenty and thirty 447, thirty
and forty 471, forty and fifty 383, fifty and sixty 305, sixty and
seventy 303, seventy and eighty 195, eighty and ninety 97,
ninety and a hundred 17, a hundred and upwards 2. The
population of Liverpool and its environs was, in 1831, 206,981 ;
by the register of the parish of Walton it appears that in 1661
the births amounted to 21, the burials to 6, and the marriages
toe.

MANUFACTURES IN THE PYRENEES.—I men-
tioned that the inhabitants of the valley of Carol employed
themselves during the winter in making stockings. This
manufacture has existed for many generations in the valley,
and has greatly conduced to the comfort and welfare of its
inhabitants. There are upwards of thirty thousand dozens
of pairs exported annually, and the demand for them is con-
stantly on the increase. They are sent to Bourdeaux, Toulouse,
and all parts of France. The wool made use of is Spanish,
and the stockings vary in price from ten to forty sous a pair,
and are all knitted. My companion brought up all those
which were intended for the Bordeaux market, and was upon
his way thefe to obtain orders. I asked him if, supposing
the valley could produce double the amount of pairs which it
did, he thought they could find sale for them, and he told me
that ten times the number produced could be disposed of to
advantage ; that all the peasantry throughout the interior
were glad to obtain them ; and that at the fair of Bordeaux
alone he could sell to the amount of the present supply.
Why, then, did they not establish the manufacturing of the
stockings by machinery ? " Because we are not permitted to
build a manufactory. Government will not allow the inha.
bitants within a certain distance of the frontier to erect ma-
chinery for commercial purposes ; and although the southern
districts have complained of this great hardship over and over
again to the Chamber of Deputies, by means of their repre-
sentatives, whom they have latterly elected solely upon condi-
tion that they should exert their influence to obtain them the
removal of this grievance, they have never yet been able to
succeed in their endeavour ; and we are obliged to go on in
our old way, when, by having justice bestowed upon us, our
district would become the most flourishing in France." This
is but a solitary instance of the internal misgovernment of
France, particularly as regards her commercial laws, many of
which are of the greatest detriment to her interests, and must
ever prevent her becoming a great commercial nation.—Sum-
mer in the Pyrenees.
ATHENS, FEB. 16.—The evening before last King
Otho and Queen Amelia arrived in his Majesty's frigate Port-
land. Count Armansperg and our Minister immediately waited
on him. Shortly after, it was announced that his Majesty
had accepted Count Armansperg's resignation, and had already
appointed M. de Rudhart, President of the Council, Minister
of the King's Household, and reserved his co-operation in his
Cabinet : thus we gain nothing by suppressing the Chancel-
lorship. Yesterday, at noon, they came up to town. At the
junction of the road from the Piraeus a triumphal arch was
erected. At the sight of M. de Rudhart there was a uni-
versal shout of " Long live the Constitutional Otho," &c.
As his appearance in this country is looked upon as a momen-
tary triumph of Russia, which she has been long exerting her-
self for, the manner in which the King accepted Count Ar-
mansperg's resignation, and appointed a new Minister from
the ship, reminded the Greeks of the manner the Captain
Pasha issued his decrees for suspending one Codiabachi, and
named another, and they are determined to oppose anything
Russo-Turk : even those few enemies Armansperg had join
in the cry against Rudhart. Another thing that greatly an-
noys the Greeks is, that the King has returned with a parcel
of Bavarian subalterns, who are named field-officers, over the
heads of those who have distinguished themselves during the
war of the revolution. The Greeks say naturally we have
officers enough ; if not, among the Philhelleness there aro
men of much more merit than most of the Bavarians we have
Been yet; 1 Tomote them, but bring not foreigners that are of
no use to us.

THE AMERICAN PACKET-SHIP WELLINGTON.
—Through the kindness of Captain D. Chadwick, her com-
mander, we were on Thursday favoured with a sight of this
vessel, which is in every way worthy of her name. The
Wellington performed her maiden voyage from New York
in the short space of 19 days, which was at least a week
sooner than any other ship leaving for England at the same
period ; but, from the beautiful symmetry of her form, no one
could have doubted her capabilities as a sailer. The frigate-
like modelling of her bows appears to us to be especially
worthy the attention of the connoisseur in naval architecture.
As regards the interior, the fittings and arrangements for the
accommodation of passengers are as elegant and complete as
can be possibly imagined. The American ships are celebra-
ted for their magnificence, but the Wellington surpasses all we
have ever seen. The cabins are lofty and so sumptuously de-
corated that her passengers might fancy themselves in the
apartments of a nobleman. The furniture is of the costliest
kind; the joinery rich and tasteful, the workman having called
to his aid materials of the most superior description. Satin,
rose, and zebra wood, and the fine black American walnut, are
made to contribute their varied beauties. Captain Chadwick
informs us that, conceiving his new ship to be in all respects
the finest that was ever built, his owners at New York were
desirous that he should receive a name of a corresponding order.
That of "the first Captain of the age" was accordingly thought
of and adopted, and a well-executed bust of the illustrious
warrior graces the bow of the vessel. The Wellington will
leave the St. Katharine Docks in a few days, for New York,
full of goods and passengers. We wish her success.
RAIL ROADS.—A very simple improvement in rail-
road carriages has at length opened the prospect of avoiding
the expenses of tunnelling and embanking in the lines upon
which they are intended to run. A gentleman named Wood
has just obtained a patent for carriages upon cog wheels, which
will enable them to ascend or descend acclivities without the
assistance of stationary engines, and with almost the same fa-
cility as they now move upon a level. We have been favoured
with a view of the model of the plan, and it appears to be as
efficient as it is obviously ingenious. If it be found effective
in operation the advantages must be incalculable.
On Thursday an extensive mercantile house in the
cotton trade, in Glasgow, stopped payment. Their engage-
ments are said to be very heavy, though the losses to indivi-
duals in Glasgow will not, we understand, exceed 15,0001. or
16,000/., and they fall upon people perfectly able to sustain
them. Another failure has also taken place, but to a much
less amount.—Glasgow Argus.
For some time past the fraudulent importation of
cattle and of English and Dutch manufactures, has conside-
rably inereased : but the Custom-house officers have been very
fortunate in their seizures, though many of them are kept
from their duties by the prevailing disorder. From the Ist to
the 25th instant, they seized 24 head of cattle, and 33 bales
of printed calicoes, furs, and velvet, of the value of 10,500
francs.

GATESHEAD.—On Monday last, a public meet-
ing of the electors of this borough was held for deciding upon
the merits of the three respective candidates for the future re-
presentation, namely, Cuthbert Rippon, Esq., the present
Member, J. W. Williamson, Esq., and R. S. Surtees, Esq.
The second-mentiondd gentleman did not appear, and the
question, therefore, rested entirely between Mr. Rippon and
Mr. Surtees. The Hon. Member, Mr. Rippon, addressed
the meeting at great length, and with much animation, giving
a detail, in the first instance of his own past proceedings in
Parliament, as representavive of the borough, and then stating
the grounds on which he sought the future suffrages (4f the
electors. Mr. Surtees next addressed the meeting. He
had understood that there was a chance for a candidate of con-
servative principles to succeed in gaining a majority in Gates-
head, and it was from a desire that such Conservative candi-
date should be a person connected with the borough, and not a
person residing is a distant part of the country, that he had
been induced to offer himself to the notice of the electors. Mr.
Doubleday then moved a resolution to the effect, "that the
conduct of Mr. Rippon, the present Member, had been such
as to secure for him the continued support of the eleetors of
the borough ; but that the conduct of Mr. Williamson in com-
ing forward as a candidate, was impolitic in the highest de-
gree." Mr. W. H. Brockett then addressed the meeting at
great length in supporting a vote of thanks to Mr. Rippon
" for his conduct in Parliament, and for his having attended
the present meeting, and that he be assured of the undimi-
nished confidence of the electors." This also was carried una-
nimously.

FIRES 1x LoNDON.—Of 564 fires which occurred
in and around London during the last year, the following arc
the causes, as far as the same could be ascertained by diligent
inquiries made by the firemen, immediately after the occur-
rences: accidents of various kinds, scarcely avoidable, 11 ;
apparel taking fire on the person 2 ; bed-curtains set on fire
by accident, 71 ; accidents with candles, 51 ; cases of palpable
carelessness, 18; charcoal fires, portable, 2 ; children playing
with fire, 6; fires kindled on hearths, 5 ; defective or foul
flues and chimnies, 72 ; fumigation, 9 ; sundry gas accidents,
for the most part occurring from gas-fitters during progress of
repairs, 3B; gunpowder, 1 ; heating of hay, lime, &c., 7 ;
sparks from lamps, 2 ; linen incautiously hung before fires,
31; ovens overheated, 6 ; loose shavings ignited, 13 ; sparks
from fire, 7; defective setting of stoves, &c., 28 ; application
of fire heat to various purposes of trades and manufactures,
34 ; tobacco smoking, 1; unknown, 96 ; wilful, 8; window-
curtains catching fire, 35. The number of fires where one or
more buildings were totally destroyed was 33; where one or
more were seriously damaged, 134 ; where slightly damaged,
397. The total number of buildings damaged by fire during
the year is estimated at 794. The state as to insurances of
the houses in which the 564 distinct fires originated are ascer-
tained to be as under—

Insurances of building and contents ...... ..• 169
On the building only

On the contents only lO4
Neither insured

Total

564

That deserving class of men, in whom necessarily
great confidence must be placed, the twopenny-post letter-
carriers, have prepared a petition to the House of Commons
on the subject of their inadequate remuneration. We cannot
find room for the petition, but its prayer is worthy of attention.
A just reason for complaint by those in whom much confidence
must be placed ought not to be allowed to remain if it can be
removed.

This day there are 2,800 hand-loom weavers idle in
Glasgow and its immediate neighbourhood. The Weavers'
Association have given out about fifty of what are called relief
webs ; but these are so miserably paid that a workman can
scarcely earn on them a bare subsistence. The power-loom
factories are also reducing their weekly production—some by
shutting up whole flats, and others by putting their workmen
upon half time. The cotton spinners are following the same
plan. This statt- of things, coupled with two extensive failures
that have occurred during the week, has caused great gloom
to pervade the mercantile circles.—Glasgow Chronicle.