The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-25 00:00:00

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock. ...... ..... „„ ...... „, 'lndia 5t0ek............„ .............
a per Cent. Red. — !Ditto Bonds ........ .......... 29 26 pm.
3 per Cent. Cons ilsN South Sea Stock ......... ........
34 per Cent...............
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New 314 per Cent..........:. ..... 98% 4! 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751. ---
New sper Cent.... ....—......... Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 27 30 '2B pm.
Bsnk LongAnnuitiesto expire IDitto ..... —.......500. 27 30 28 pm.
Jan '5, 1.00 — Ditto Small 27 30 28 pm.
Oct 10, 1859 - Ditto Commercial — pm.
Jan 5, IE-60 — , Ditto Advertised —— pm
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PRICES OF }ORETON FUNDS
Austrian Bonds
Be!gian 80nd5............ ...
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Biaziiisn Bonds ...... 86%

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Peruvian Bonds
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Porturrueseßonds..........

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Buenos Arrest Bonds

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Ditto New Bonds 471 i; ;
Ditto Account .... 47%
Ditto, 3 per Cent. 3og
Prussian Bonds.— ..........
Russian Bonds, RAN
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Ditto Metallic .........».».» —
Spanish Bonds

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Chiilian Bonds

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Columbian Bonds ....«.«.«•«••

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Columbian Rondo, :824

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ll.nish Bonds ...

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Ditto Bonds, 1R14...21%-%%% Ti
Ditto Account 21%%%
French, 5 per cent —t. —C.
4 per cent —C. —c.
3 per cent. —f. —c.
Exchange —f. —r.
Dutch, 256 percent. 5.23q 3!
Ditto Account 523;,
Ditto, 5 per cant. 102M4
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Greek 80nd5.......... ....,•,......."••
1 vitt() Bonds, 1825 .•,.........•

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PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Paid. Per Share
Great Western Railway Company... ............ 4O 46
lirtatiton Railway Company
London and Birmingham Railway Company 75 1 5 25(
I,,ntion and Greenwich Railway Companr 2.) 21%
Manchester South Union Railway Company-- 5 3%
Colonial Bank
11.pridon and Westminster Ralik 2O

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0 ttrazil ..... ....... 0 0 Gur.,../taersay 0 0 Malta
0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... 0 0 Mexico 1
0 t'arthagena..... 0 0 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0
1 Dublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden . 0
0 Fenders ...... ... 0 0 Leeward Islands U I Waterford 0

HIGH WATER AT LONI)ON BRIDGE JO-MORROW.
Morning...m..3o minutes after 4. I Evening...... 49 minutes after 4

MR. PALMER'S REPLY TO MR. LOYD.

Just published, price One Shilling,
REPLY TO THE REFLECTIONS, &c.,
of Mr. SAMUEL JONES LOYD, on the Pamphlet,
entitled " Causes and Consequences of the Pressure upon the Money
Matket," &c. &c.
By J. HORSLEY PALMER.
London : Pelham Richardson, 23, Cornhill.

The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock.

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1837.

Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, as we see by a paragraph in
the Coventry Observer, has announced his intention
of starting as a candidate for Warwick, the representa-
tion of which borough happens to be just now vacant,
by the call of its late Member (Lord CANNING) to
the House of Pars. The Learned Sergeant states,
that he " is for Church and King ; for the maintenance
of our glorious Constitution ; that he is not for pulling
do,vn Churches and erecting Union workhouses ; that
he is not for pulling down castles, or poor men's cottages,
but that he would have the Church as it is, the work-
house as it is, the castle as it is, and the poor man's cot-
tag,t, as it is." This is all very specious small-talk, but
rightly interpreted, means just this, that Mr. Sergeant

ADAMS is a red-hot Tory, of the SIBTIIORP stamp, and
will oppose the present Government at every opportunity.
and by every mean.; in his power. As for Reform, he
will have nothing to do with such an absurd, innovating
principle ; not he : he is for the good old times of
Tory absolutism and High-Church bigotry ; or, as
he more plausibly and vaguely phrases it, " for the
maintenance of our glorious Constitution, and for the
Church as it is." Now these principles, though they
may be admirably suited to the meridian of the
House of Lords, and more especially, the Bench
of Bishops, will not, we are sure, take with
the Warwick electors. They have far too much
good sense to be duped by the specious sophistry
of the Learned Candidate, and will treat him ac-
cording to his political deserts—that is to say,
send him unceremoniously to the right about.
Warwck has had quite enough of Toryism already,
and has become wise by experience. Accord-
ingly, we find that the Reformers of that borough,
who comprise almost all the intelligence of the neigh-
bourheod, have come forward to a man in support of
Mr. COLLINS, who is well known as a consistent and
staunch Liberal, of considerable political experience,
and who has the strongest claims on the support of every
Reformer throughout the country, by the fearlessness,
sagacity, and promptitude, with which he has on
all occasions exposed and denounced the insidious
machinations of the Tories. We trust—indeed we
are convinced—that the Warwick Liberals will make
every effort to ensure the return of this gentleman.
But they must not only be resolute ; they must be
prompt also, for the opposite party are already in the
field, mustering all their forces, and manoeuvring with
their usual tact and subtlety. The electors may rely
on it that they cannot possibly get a more efficient re-
presentative than Mr. COLLINS. Let them, then,
put their shoulder to the wheel, and his success is
wertain.

Our readers will perhaps recollect, that the Bishop,
of BATH and WELLS lately attempted to throw dis-
credit upon the petition from Bath, in favour of the
abolition of Church-rates, by claiming all the respect-
ability extant in that city, for those who had signed a
counter-petition. On that occasion, when the Right
Rev. Father in God was rather hard pressed by Lord
HOLLAND, Lord \VYNFORD, with that chivalrous
spirit by which he is distinguished, came to the rescue;
but, instead of serving his friend, merely got himself
into a similar scrape with respect to Chelmsford and
-Farnborough.
What the people of Farnborough hare done to cor-
roborate or disavow Lord WYNFORD'S statement, we
know not ; but the inhabitants of Chelmsford have a
petition in course of signature, which will wipe )ff the
stain attempted to be thrown upon them by the
_Learned Lord. The people of Bath will I-. obably
adopt a similar measure—indeed they are called upon
to do so. Their first petition, at which their Right
Reverend Diocesan turned up his nose with such in-
effable contempt, was signed by about 7,000 persons ;
let their next be signed by twice that number, and let
it speak boldly their sentiments respecting the conduct
of the Bishops in their late unchristian outbreak against
a great measure of peace and justice, not omitting a
calm rebuke of that particular hierarch who offered
them so gratuitous an insult.
Here it may not be out of place to note the direful
gh ifts to which these throned, mitred, and palaced
suc,,2essors of the fishermen of Galilee are driven, for
arguwents against the abolition of as iniquitous an im-
post as _ever existed. A little while ago, one of those
holy fathe:s argued against the value of petitions
'signed by the payers of Lites, on the ground that,
as they would be Telieved from Z tax wty.:e the prayer
of their petition grant;.?d, they in us.' be supposed to be
influenced more by interested considerat:ons, than by the
justice of the case. Hardly are these wxds uttered,
when up starts his brother of BATH and WEL.I.I, and
declares that the greater number of signatures in favour
of, than against, the abolition of Church-rates, is a
matter of no consequence—not worth a moment's con-
sideration, because many of those who signed for abo-
lition never paid any rates at all Thus, according
Cc, lawn-sleeve logic, the petitions are eqUally desti-
tt, to of value, whether they are signed by payers or
not t.-payers. By whom, may we ask, would our spi-
rittn 1.1 masters have them signed ?

p, trhaps there cannot be a better proof of the pro-

gress of civilization, and the humanizing effects of
good government, than the state of crime and pu-
nishments in this country at the present time com-
pared with what it was even ten years ago ; and proud
as the country has reason to be of the vast im-
provements produced in our civil institutions within
that time, she may boast still more of the changes
in the Criminal Law, and the effects of these changes,
than of any of the great Reforms which the energies
of the people and a Reforming Government have car-
ried into effect. The contrast between the severity of
the law twenty years ago and its comparative mildness
now must fill every feeling mind with gratitude, and
embalm in the hearts of every true Christian the names
of RONIILLY, MACKINTOSH, and other great men,
who laboured, and laboured so long in vain, to render
our Criminal Code fit for a civilized community.
These two men led the way, arid pointed out its bar-
barity and absurdity. Sir ROBERT PEEL carried
' some of their plans partially into effect, but no material
alteration took place till a Government was established,
who judged it more easy, as well as more humane, and
more consistent with Christianity, to make men moral
and peaceable citizens by treating them like rational
beings, than by treating them worse even than the brute
creation. Though the law was not changed till 1832,
the principles on which the Government acted, and
which led to the change, had begun to operate for
some years previous to that period ; and on looking at
the return, it will be found that since 1819 there has
been a rapid decrease in the number of capital punish-
ments throughout England and Wales. It is frightful
to contemplate the useless sacrifice of human life about
that period. From 1812 to 1818, the average num-
ber executed each year was 90, and some years it con-
siderably exceeded 100 ; for the next seven years it
fell to 82, and from 1825 to 1832 it had decreased to
59 ; for the three following years it was 46 ; in 1832
and 1833 the number executed each year was 34 ;
and in 1834 the whole number of capital punishments
in England and Wales, exclusive of the metropolis, did
not exceed 17—or two less than the average number
executed in London and Middlesex from 1820 to
1827—namely, 19. But not the least gratifying re-
sult is that the number of crimes on which the capital
punishment has been remitted, so far from increasing,
must have greatly decreased. These crimes were
horse-stealing, sheep-stealing, larceny, forgery, coining,
and house-breaking, and if we exclude house-breaking
—the commitments for which offence has greatly de-
creased, owing, we believe, to the adoption of a dif-
ferent definition of the crime--the total commitments
for three years previous to the abolition of the capital
punishment, was 1,904, and for the three following
years, 2,009, making an increase of only 105. This may
be considered a positive proof that the number of these
crimes has greatly decreased ; for it is admitted on all hands
that many prosecute now for such offences, who would
have declined to prosecute while the
„punishment was
capital. In no part of the country, however, has
there been such a marked change as in the metropolis.
From 1820 to 1830, the average number of executions
was about sixteen ; and since that period it has scarcely
exceeded one a year, for a population of a million and
a half. Such a change, we believe, is unexampled in
the history of any country ; and whether we attribute it
to the spread of education—to the humanity of the law
—to good police—or to good government, it cannot b 2
denied that it is the brightest ornament of the age, and
that the Administration under which it has happened
have more reason to be proud of it than of the greatest
victories.

Letters from Bayonne of the 19th inst. announce
the gratifying intelligence that Brigadier-General IRI-
BARREN has succeeded General SAARSFIELD in the
command of the latter officer's division. This ap-
pointment took place on the 17th, after which SAARS-
FIELD retired to Pampeluna on the old plea of ill-
- health. It is reported that IRIBARREN, who is a
Navarrese by birth, and holds the rank of a Marshal
in the Spanish army, is an officer of great courage,
prompt in action, and greatly respected and confided
in by his troops. We trust such may be the case ;
but it is but just to inform our readers, that we have
not been inattentive observers of his military career
for the last three years, and that during that time we
could discover no proofs of extraordinary capacity.
It will be remembered that when GOMEZ first crossed
the Ebro, Brigadier General IRIBARREN was sta-
tioned on the banks of that river to prevent the
passage of the rebels—a service of which we need
not specify the performance. When the rebel
Chief returned, after traversing the country to within
range of the British gulls at Gibraltar, IRIBARREN
was ordered to intercept him, which he entirely failed
in doing. The only service he performed on that oc-
casion was to disperse some four hundred of the
mounted bands belonging to CABRERA'S division.
We willingly allow that we never heard any one
whisper a suspicion either of his loyalty or his per-
sonal courage, and it is possible that he was prevented
from doing more than he has done, in consequence of
the jealousy of the various Commanders-in-Chief.
His first act on accepting his new command augurs
favourably for his future progress. His appointment
took place on the 17th, when he instantly gave orders
for the advance of the troops on Tolosa on the follow-
ing morning, in order to co-operate with General
EVANS. If ESPARTERO follow the example of
SAARSFIELD, and retire on the sick list, all may yet
be well.

We copy from a Morning Contemporary the follow-
ing Return of the Casualties of the British Auxiliary
Legion in the affair of Hernani. We cannot vouch
for its fidelity :

Ist Lancers-4 sergeants and 1 rank and file wounded.
Ist Infantry-6 officers wounded, 9 men killed, 116 wound-
ed, and 12 missing.
4th Ditto-13 officers wounded; 22 men killed, 169 wound-
ed, and 41 missing.
6th Ditto-1 officer wounded ; 2 men killed, 34 wounded.
7th Ditto—s officers wounded ; 6 men killed, 49 wounded,
and 13 missing.
Bth Ditto-1 officer killed and 8 wounded; 4 men killed,
55 wounded, and 4 missing.
9th Ditto-1 officer killed and 1 wounded ;11 men killed,
38 wounded, and 2 missing.
10th Ditto-5 officers wounded ; 5 men killed, 76 wounded,
and 5 missing.
Rifles—l officer killed and 6 wounded ; I man killed and
39 wounded.

Officers killed. 3 ; wounded, 50.—Men killed, 56 ; wound-
ed, 566 ; missing, 65. Total-740.

The French Papers of Thursday dwell at consi-
derable length on the report of the Finance Com-
mittee, read in the Chamber of Deputies on the pre-
ceding day, and on Marshal CLAusEL's pamphlet,
which, as we observed yesterday, has disappointed
every body. The Marshal's defence of himself would
be, indeed, excellent, if it were delivered viva voce from
a public rostrum in the hearing of the whole French
nation. The Marshal employs rhetoric where he
should have had recourse to arithmetic. His defence
is too general, while his charges against the Govern-
tnent are too vague to be of much use even to himself.
Why not publish the dispatches upon which he founds
his charges ? Why not pounce upon the very authors
of his disgrace, and personally hold them up to the
scorn of his countrymen ? There is no vagueness in
!he charges preferred against him by the Finance
Committee. He is accused of exacting from the inha-
bitants of Tlemecen enormous contributions—with
threatening them, in case of non-payment, with
the bastinado—with employing natives to collect
the revenues, contrary to the express orders of
the Government—with encouraging insubordination in
the army, more especially among the officers—with
first attacking Bona without obtaining the consent of
upon the expedi-
Ministers thereunto—with reselvir.