The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-30 00:00:00

TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1837

Roebuck, the defeated of Bath, confessedly the most'
talented of the party, with equal truth and honesty
avows ; while the Spectator, confessedly the most ta-
lented of the Radical journals, makes no secret of its
conviction that the country must for the future be go-
verned, if not by a Conservative Administration, at all
events upon Conservative principles. These unwel-
come admissions the Globe and Morning Chronicle,
as they may well do, take most seriously to heart. The
awkward fact operates upon them in much the same
way as an announcement to the partners of a London
banking-house from their cashier that payment must be
stopped, and that the sweets of Lombard-street are no
longer equal to those of a China orange. The Whigs,
however, are determined to die hard ; and there can be
little doubt but that every effort of intrigue and misre-
presentation is going on to conceal the real truth from
their young mistress, and to induce her to believe that
Whiggery has still a strong hold upon the bulk of the
intelligent classes in the country. But facts are stub-
born things ; and the quick and acute mind, imputed
to the Queen by all who have had opportunities of
witnessing it, forbid the supposition that any art what-
ever will be able to blind her eyes against the fact that
the Ministers she found in office were not the choice
of her predecessor, but were forced upon him by a
Popish, unconstitutional faction ; that they are not
the choice of the people ; and that they are, by the
result of the late elections, rendered still more power-
less than they have hitherto been. It is rumoured,
in quarters likely to be acquainted with the fact, that
when Lord Melbourne objected to her Majesty ap-
pearing upon a charger at a review, the Queen de-
clined acceding to the counsel of her Minister, unless
it were confirmed by the opinion of the Duke of
Wellington ; that the Duke was consulted, and that
his judgment coinciding with that of Lord Melbourne,
the proposed review was given up. We mention
the anecdote, merely as showing that the Queen is
not quite so exclusively in the hands of her present
advisers as they would have us imagine ; and that
the Duke of Wellington's advice having been re-
sorted to on one subject, may be called for on another.
That the Whigs are drawing a line of circumvallation
round the Palace, so as to make its interior accessible
to none but their own creatures, both male and female,
is apparent enough. But the quick-sighted intelli-
gence to which we have already alluded, will defeat
every effort of this kind to keep the truth from the
Royal ear, were not the press a medium which no art
or power can circumvent or silence. In the meantime,
Ministers profess to exult in the case and comfort of
their situation ; while their hangers-on scarcely disguise
their joy at the event which has thus given to their
masters a short respite. The country at large, howe-
ver, look to more serious objects. They see their in-
terests, both at home and abroad, suffering daily more
and more in the incompetent hands to which they are
unfortunately confided ; and we see even the Radicals
becoming converts to the fact, that even in their eyes a
Conservative Government has become preferable to the
all- promising, but nothing-doing, servile dependants of
O'Connell.—Morning Herald.
Lord Palmerston is a droll--that's certain. But
we may possibly be suspected of partiality, and not
without reason, when people look considerately at the
numerous notices we have devoted to his Lordship and
his proceedings. In order, therefore, to avoid even the
chance of such a charge, we subjoin the Noble Lord's
latest effusion :
TO THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS
OF THE BOROUGH OF TIVERTON.
Gentletnen—Permit me again to request that you will
accept my best thenks for the great honour you have done
me in electing me to be one of your representatives in Par-
liament ; and be assured that I shall strive to show myself
worthy of your confidence, by a zealous performance of my
public duties, and by an anxious regard for the local inte-
rests of the intelligent and active community which I have
the good fortune to represent.

The result of thQ ganeral election has been to give to the
Reformers a decided and sure majority in the House of
Commons, fully sufficient to secure the ascendancy of thole
principles of Government which you profess, and aceordin.,
to which you desire to see the affairs of the country ad-
ministered.

It will undoubtedly be necessary for the Reformers to
remain united ; for by union among themselves, by perseve-
rance againAt difficulties, and by patience under temporary
delays, the Reformers of the three United Kingdoms will
ensure the steady progress •f legislative improvement.
Ireland is the part of the empire where the greatest
abuses prevail, and where the remedies are most urgently
required for existing evils ; and the people of Ireland have
unequivocally demonstrated, by their present choice of re-
presentatives, what their opinion is of the relative merits of
the two opposite sy:tems of government. upon which oppo_
sing candidates have recently taken their stand.
Gentlemen, I hope shortly to have the pleasure of paying,
my respects to you upon an occasion of public amuse-
ment, at which political differences will be laid aside, and
at which party struggles will be forgotten ; and, in the
meantime, I have the honour to be,
Your devoted and faithful servant,
Stanhope-street, Aug. 15. PALMERSTON.

Now, we put it to any person who may, can, or shall
read this—whether he be member of a mechanics' in-
stitute, reader of a penny magazine, or small scholar
at a Lancastcrian school—if we are not justified in at-
tributing drollery to Lord Palmerston ? Why, the
very address of his letter is in itself a burlesque of the
most caustic sort. The " independent" electors of
Tiverton I These electors themselves would laugh at
the thing. If they had been independent would they
have allowed themselves to be made over, like the
r,e s on an American estate, from the seller to the
buyer? And then to quiz them for doing that to which
" their poverty and not their will consented"—how
very droll ! It could only have been thought of by the
man who began 'by opposing ball-cartridges wilt blank
paper, and finished by knocking his ally's fortress about
his ears, as part and parcel of what he facetiously
called an " amicable intervention." But there is more
drollery than this. Lord Palmerston is not satisfied
with joking his unfortunate constituents with his best
thanks for what they could not help doing ; he actually
" requests that they will accept his thanks." All this,
however, is the drollery, merely, of the individual
elderly gentleman, Henry John Temple, the Lord
Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B.—her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, afterwards
takes what may be called his official turn at the fun.
His Lordship actually endeavours to cram the poor
people of Tiverton that " the result of the general elec-
tion has been to give to the Reformers a decided and
sure majority in the House of Commons. Nothing
was ever so droll as this. To expect his unfortunate
constituents to believe what all the world knows to be false
would be the height of fun, but for an inference still
more funny—that, whatever be their gullibility, they are '
at least fairly represented in the House of Commons.
Everybody has read that " there is in the lowest
depth a lower still ;" but every body is not aware of
the deeper intensity of Lord Palmerston's drollery be-
yond all that has yet been said or sung. The Noble
Lord believes—or acts as if he believed—that the serfs
of Spain and the pobres of Portugal are fully compe-
tent to judge of their political position, and of the
measures necessary to be taken thereanent ; but
the people of England, facetiously enough, are re-
presented as requiring assistance in similar circum-
stances. And, of all people on the face of the earth,
to whom does .the gentle reader suppose the English
are to apply for counsel ? Why, to the Irish ! for no
reason that appears on the face of the proceedings but
that " Ireland is the part of the empire where the
greatest abuses prevail The Noble Lord concludes
by showing what we had fancied had been sufficiently
shown before—his versatility. He passes at once
" from grave to gay," and, after a solemn holding forth
on the state of the nation, expresses his hopes to the
dupes of Tiverton that he will "shortly have the plea-
sure of paying his respects to them upon an occasion of
public—amusement 1 Really this old " boy will be
the death of us."—Morning Post.

PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS,

Between the ceiling and roof of an ancient house,
under repair at Holyhead, the workmen employed found a
few days ago a skeleton, in a secret place made for its re-
ception, supposed to be the remains of a girl of from ten
to fourteen years old. It was deposited on a bed of sand,
and near it was a pitcher containing sand. The titre it has
lain there, as well as the reason of its concealment, is a
perfect mystery.

ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUG. '29.
Number Diridend

Price

of per CANALS. per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share.
1,766 7 psi cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 971. 18s. sh. 135
1.182 41, Ashby.de-le.Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65
1,260 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 51
1,005 5/. Brecknock and Ahergavenny 150 sh. 100
8,000 1-16 sh. 9!. 6s. liirmingham, 1.16 th share 81/. & 711. 218
4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...1251 sh. 100 pd 26
600 . Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/. sh. all pd 64
400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater ... 100/. sh. 102
500 481. Coventry lOOl. sh. 700
4,515 Croydon Average 31/. 2s. 10d. sh. 3
2,060; 41. Os. Dudley IOU/. sh. 84
680 71. Derby 1001. sh. 133
20,000
3,575; 3/, Ellesmere and Chester.-- Average 133/. sh. SO
231 40!. Erewash 1001. stn. '7OO
1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 4001.16... th. 610
11,900 121. Grand Junction ion& sh. 200
2,8491 11, Grand Union 1001. sh. 25
1.500 Grand Surrey
11,600/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOO/. '7O
3,096 Grand Western
600 131. 12s. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 138. 4d. 230
749 10t. Grantham 1504 sh. 202
6,238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 361
100 .3...... Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10
25,328 11. ss. Kennett nd Avon, Average 39/.186.10d. sh. 211
2,197; 241. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. MO
5451 13!. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 225
1,897 41. 104. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 43/.los. 85
2,400 10/. Monmouthshire loot .sh. 200
150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 200
500 25/. Mersey and Irwell 100/. sh. 570
3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 54
247 17/. Neat h 100/. sh. 325
1,786 30/. Oxford . 1001. sh. 528
2,400 5/. Peak Forest A vei..ge about 78/. sh. 104
1,418 12s. Regent's (er London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. It!
5,689 61. per cent. nochdale Average 8.5/. sh. 110
500 8/. Shropshire I'lsl. sh. 138
800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 148
3,8°01. 4i percent. Ditto I ock Fund Stock l2!. 10r. sh. 111
700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710
500 94 Shrewsbury 1251. eh. '243
300 91. Stourbridge
3,017 V. 4.5. Stratford.on.Avon ...Average 791. 95. td. sh. 50
533 12/. Swansea 1110/. sh. 220
3,762 U. 15s. Severn anti Wye and Railway ...Ay 35!. sh. 261
2,6001 sn. 321. 10s. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 100!. sh. 560
8,149 Thames ...m1 Sledway... Aver. 191.55. sd. sh. 2
1,0005h.1 ,ct
1,000/sh.j - Warwick a.id Birmingham
9:41 11.. Warwick anti Napton lOO/. sh. 180
6,000 4/.01. Worcest. .1* and Birmingham...A v. 78/. Bs. sh. 51
5,000 254 Wilts ana Berk,. .. Average 671. 10s. &I. sh. 22
800 31. Wyrley and Essington 125!. sh 75
1;..6
.... . Wisbeach lO5l. sh. 45
905 17. Wey mei Arun llOl. sh. 2:1
DOCKS.
2,600 & 3 n
...,,,if;s4sh 3,. C. Commercial lON. sh. 55
• . _ _ _ -. . .. - .

19,067 i/. ti per ct. East India Stock 1101
3,239,:.11011. 56s.p.ct. London Stock 53

Ditto Bonds
1,440,000/. 4il. p. ct. West India
2:209 21. 196. Bristol
68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3
1,33-2,752 4 percent. St. Kathatme Stock 90
500,0x144 per oent. Ditto Bonds
200,006 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 99
Shoreham Hai hour
2.500 ........ Deptford Pier 2Ol. sh. 3/.
&RIDGES.
1,6^•0 1. s. Hammersm,ti 5Ol. sh. 22i
7,231 Southwark, Old Av. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 2
1,700 11. 154. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent. 5O/. sh. 14
5,000 Waterloo lOOl. sh. 4

5,000 18s. Bd, Ditto, Old Annuities of 91. 6O!. pd 181
5,000 las. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40!. pd 151
60,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Botid. llB
5,5118 14s Vauxhall Avt.raire 701. 10s. 3d. sh. 17

AS,tiRANt7h: COMPArsIES.

2,002 3110 e Albion - 5004 sh. 501 pd 81
50,000 {3 per eicsnl Alliance, British & Foreign 100/. sh. 10j1. pd 121
t.
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 5j
21,000 f 1 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 131
1,200 Ish. 5/. Birmingham 1 ire 2501. sh. 55/. pd 105
20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 41
12,000 61. per cent, British Commercial 50/, Isla. 5/. pd 61
5,000 N. percent. Clerical, Melt .nl, &c. Life,
ICU/. sh. 12/10s pd 4
4,000 2/ lOs County 1001. sh. 10/.lxl 42
20,000 ss. Eagle
5 per cent. 10004 eh. 250!. pd 375
202 { onomic Lite:
ania 30, ~.1 Ec
2,271 225. percent. European Li.: 2O!. sh. all pd 22
20,01)0 2s. Ditto, New ... 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd It
1,000,0021. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 1431
'.,.i1,000 U. Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 33
10,000 6s. rd. Hope 501. sh. Si. pd 5i
2,403 5/. 73. 6d. Imperial lire 5001. sh. 50/. pd l'2l
7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 101. pd 10
13,458 41. per cent. Indemnity Marine.... I'll/. sh. 81. pd 16f
2,020 31 101 Kekt Fire 501. sh. all pd 82
:3/. Ditto Life. 79
10,1'00 168. Law Life
5,000 10s. London, lair: 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 151
3,1)00 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. Pd. 10s. pd 151
30,000 :-1. per cent. Palladium Lit: 501. sh. 21. pd 218 s Oil
50,001 Protestor Foe 001. sh. 2/. pd 1% 6d
2,500 11. Provioent Die lOO/. sh. 1°!. pd 20
100,000 59. Rock Life 201. sh. 1/. pd R;
489,2:29/ 5!. percent. Royal Exch..mze Sto k... 225
6,0110 5 p,•t' cent. University Lite lOO/. sit. 5/. pd 51
50,000 4 per cent. United Kinqlom Life 2/. pd
JOINT StUCK BANNS

25,00* S per cent. AgricidCJinin7oll;elanCl 251. sh. 10/. pd 14
5,000 Australa,ia 4O/. sh. 401. pd 511;
10,000 10 per cent. Ban \ of Bniningliam 514. sh. 101. pd 13
10,000 IP per cent. Birmingham Bank .. 5O/. Eh. Si. pd 14
3:1,000 5 per cent. Lon.lon and Westminster —lOO/ sh. 201. pd 201
:1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster..... lOO/. sh. 201. pd :>0
25,, tOO Liverpool 1001 eh. 101. pd 171
50,000 71 per eent. Manchester and Liverpool} 100/. sh. 151 pd 20
Discount
21,000 7 per rent. Manchester. 100/. sh. 25/ pd 27
20,000 Provincial Bank of 1 reland...loo/. sh. 251. pit :394
20, 11 National Bank of Ireland ...5 1. sh 171/. pd 1-ti
10,000 5 per cent. National Praviticial Eng. ...100/. sh. 551. pd 53
19,o(y) Gloucestershire 50/. eh. 10/. pd 20
11,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. eh 51. pd 9

The following fact shows how highly building pro-
perty is appreciated in the town of Monmouth :—At a sale
of land belonging to the Corporation of Monmouth, which
took place last week, one quarter of an acre, situated on
the site of the intended new market, was sold for 1,500/.,
being at the rate of 6,0004 per acre,

GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,501 1/ Le fid Bath 2Ol. sh. P'l. pd 24
5,000 British 4Ol. sh. M. pd 21
5,n,y, r 5/.pereent.l Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 221
'"" /and Bs. ss.
928 5! 10s Birmingham 5Ol. oh. 94
1,2 '0 2/ Os Bristol
1,500 3' 10* Brighton 2Ol. sh. 11
750 31 11's Ditto, New
2,171 44 per cent. Brighton General 20/. oh. all pit 17
4,07X1 4/. Continental Consolidated 100/. 62;1. pd 83
1,000 101. City 01 Loudon lOO/. sh. all pd 181
I,l'oo CI. Ditto, New
4,000 41. 1118. Equitable ..
10/00 2} per cent. Imperial • 501. sh. 44
1300 5.. per cent. I,le ,1 Thatiet 251. sh. 201. pd 20
2,350 61. per cont. ndependent W. till all pd 49
9,000 31. per cent. Pinviia 50/. sh. 39/. pd 22
1,0e,9 4/. per cent. Hateliff 100/. sh. 80/. pd 55
1.,011) South l'ictropo:itan 11. sh. 19/. pd 17
8,200 5/. per cent. United aeneral 504 sh. 461. pd 25
210 5/. per cent. Ware:7(A- .. 501. sh. 50
4.:0 10/. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 421
12,07'0 3/. Westminster Chartered
6,00:1 120. Ditto New 5ll. sh, 10/. pd 9
8(0 Ya,•tboutli 201. sh. 181. pd 9
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