The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-05 00:00:00

sibly her servants, but as her directors and counsellors
would be deplorably misplaced. The " rebel" address,
we venture to prophesy, will come to no prosperous or
honourable ending. If comment were wanting upon
the folly, as well as the effrontery, of O'Connell, abun-
dant matter for both are furnished by the proceedings
of this conspirator, simultaneous with his machinations
for getting up the gasconade to her Royal Highness.
Instantly after a priest with the appropriate name of
" Dr. Cantwell" had repeated the profane flummery
of Peter Den's patron, by designating the "
illus-
trious individual" (Daniel to wit) " as a man raised
up by Providence to free his country from the worse
than Egyptian bondage which oppressed it for ages,"
up gets the said " illustrious" to inform the meeting
(it was a Meath (limier) how it was that he proposed
to free his country ; and the modus operandi was no
other than the old quackery of " repeal." "I am a
Repealer," quoth this prime mover of a congratulation
to the heiress presumptive ; " I am an advocate for
wresting her dominions from her, at the same moment
that I insult her with my adulation." He is " ho-
nestly trying a grand experiment," is he ? So, we
guess, will a grand experiment be tried one day upon
the experimentalist himself in his own person—an ex-
periment in the presence of many witnesses, and to .the
cordial satisfaction of many " honest" hearts. In a
few days it will be seen once more what sort of metal
this Kensington Messiah is made of.—Times.
The public must now be pretty well convinced (if
any such conviction could possibly be wanting) of the
low, vulgar, radical, riotous crew of which a large por-
tion of the Marylebone vestry is composed. Indeed,
we would defy the most bitter and uncompromising
among the opponents of Radicalism, to furnish a more
complete show-up of the personal virtues which belong
to it, and of the blessings which, were it in the ascen-
dant, it would inevitably entail upon the community
cursed with its existence, than the display which the
worthies themselves made of the question on Saturday.
Yet this is the domestic parliament of the largest and
wealthiest of the metropolitan parishes, the inhabitants
of which, by their supine indifference, have allowed
themselves to be thus grossly misrepresented. What
the inattention, however, of those who ought to have
prevented it has failed to effect, this precious band of
ruffians seem to be effectually accomplishing for them-
selves ; and as the law under which they are assembled
provides a periodical cleansing of this Augean stable,
it is to be hoped that the inhabitants will, no longer
than they can possibly avoid, allow this burning shame
to exist among them. By Sir John Hobhonse's Vestry
Act, one-third of the whole body retire every year. The
month Of May is the period at which this tedium quid
makes its exit ; and it will indeed be to the eternal dis-
grace of this and other parishes, if these specimens of
vulgar insolent jobbers are any longer allowed to oc-
cupy a station which they have thus disgraced and de-
graded.—Morning Herald.
Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, in his valedictory address
to the electors of Ross and Cromarty, complains of
frequent unfair attempts made by his opponents to
persuade the electors that the principles on which he
has acted endanger the best interests of this empire ;
" but," he adds, "to such groundless charges your
suffrages are my best reply." We had thought that
Mr. Mackenzie would have found ample consolation
and compensation also, for all hostile attempts, fair and
unfair, if any of the latter description were ever made,
in the " important situation abroad" to which " the
principles upon which he has acted" have recommended
him. But this opinion, it seems, is erroneous, for a Mi-
nisterial journal endeavoured last night to administer a
little further consolation to the afflicted gentleman, by
reminding him that " his principles are the principles
of Ministers," and informing him that, "as the suf-
frages of the men of Ross were his best reply, so
the suffrages of the whole empire are the best
defence of the Ministers." We shall only offer a
single remark upon each of these topics of con-
solation. It was, perhaps, scarcely necessary to re-
mind a gentleman just " appointed to an important
situation abroad" that his principles are the prin-
ciples of Ministers ; and as to the suffrages of
the men of Ross, and the suffrages of the whole em-
pire, the allusion upon this particular occasion is sin-
gularly mal apropos, because the vacancy created by
the absence of Mr. Stewart MaCkenzie in the repre-
sentation of the counties of Ross and Cromarty will
certainly be supplied by the return of a candidate
whose principles are, not the principles of Ministers ;
and this our Ministerial contemporary must know, un-
less its correspondents in the north are very negligent
or very faithless.—Morning Post.

REDUCTION of the NATIONAL DEBT.

(From last night's Gazette.)
The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury having
certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-

tional Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10th Geo. IV., c. 27,
sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure
thereof, for the year ended sth day of January, 1837, amounted
to the sum of 2,120,0921. Os. 7cl.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of 532,5231. Os. Id.
(being one-fourth part of the said surplus of 2,130,0921. Os.
7d.) will be applied under the provisions of the said Act, be-
tween the 7th day of April, 1837, and the sth day of July,
1837, to the following purposes, viz. :
To be applied to the purchase of Sto3t... £32.523 0 1
Ditto to the purchase of Exchequer Bills 450,000 0 0
Ditto to the payment of Slave Compensa-
tion, pursuant to the provisions of the
Act 6 and 7 William IV., c. 82. ... 50,000 0 0

Add interest receivable on account of Do-
nations and Bequests, to be applied to
the purchase of Stock

532,523 0 1

314 8 7

X.,,,33,837 8 8
S. HIG HA M, Compt o' ler- General.
National Debt-office, April 3, 1837.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 4.

The LORD CHANCELLOR sat this morning for the first
ime after the holidays.

MARR V. LITTLEWOOD.

Sir W. HORNE appeared in support of an application
for a receiver of the property of a deceased person, the
husband of the defendant, pending certain proceedings
which she had taken in the Ecclesiastical Court, to pre-
vent the plaintiff's administration of the property under a
will. The plaintiff was the executor, and also a creditor,
of the estate. There was a sum of 500/. in the hands of
a banker, which he was willing to pay, and there ivere two
small sums due in bonds and bills of exchange. The de-
fendant had given the debtors of the estate notice to with-
hold payment, and that, as the plaintiff could not under
such circumstances proceed against them, his object was to
have the estate secured from loss by a payment into Court
through the means of a receiver. The Vice-Chancellor
had refused the application, and this was an appeal from his
Honour's decision.

Mr. JACOB opposed the appointment of a receiver.
The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion that a rccAver
must be appointed.
His Lordship rose at one o'clock.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-APRIL 4.
SOLLY AND SOLLY'S BANKRUPTCY.

The bankrupts in this case were merchants, in an exten-
sive way of business, whose failure created much regret in
the commercial world a short time since. The first meet-

in; under the fiat was held to-day, for the proof of debts
and the choice of assignees. The Court-room was very
much crowded by merchants and others in the City who
have claims upon the joint and separate estates. Some
lengthened examinations were gone into relative to certain
claims, the decision upon which was not given to-day in
consequence of there being an insufficiency of procf at the
present meeting. One of them related to a claim for be-
tween 6,0001. and 7,0001. made by a stock-broker. As the
examinations are incomplete it is not necessary to refer to
the details more minutely at the present period. The total
amount of proofs to-d2y were 37,000/.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT....--GLOUCESTER, APRIL 3

The business of these Assizes began on Friday, but both
Courts have been chiefly occupied in trying unimportant
cases. There are twenty-five causes entered for trial, and
the calendar contains the names of 68 prisoners, who, fur
the most part, are charged with offences of an ordinary de-
scription. There are one or two lamentable exceptions.
The trial of Bartlet, for the murder of his mother-in-law, is
fixed for Wednesday next.