The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TITESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1837.*

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Bank Stud:.
3 per c'eut. Bed, . ~,
3 par Cent. Cons .. ....... .4914 :I;, 54 Ni, ; Sill! ti Sea Stock —
3 per Cent__ . , lIS%-iOl4l A onnitios
Ditto Red ; iipm.6 • New Ditto —
New 354 per Cet t . "Wi ; 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 —
New sper Cent..
Bank Long AtiEuitlesto expire Ditto 500 Di '2 pin.
Jan 5, I 4'o --' Ditto Small
Oct 14), 1,%.";.9 .......... ' Ditto Commercial 4 '27 pm.
Jan 5, 60 . — Ditto Advertised - —pm
Jan. 5' .SS" -
April 5, 11.0'
J ail . 5, In.— — 'Consols fur Acconnt etl 31 %.%
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'itICES OF 101tEiGN.FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
..tistrian lion Is „... Peruvian Bonds .
Itigiati Hoods.. ... ........ .. 102 N !:, Ditto Account
Ditto Accoui t...
1 radian P.onds
Unto Account - i Ditto New Bonds 47N kl
liienns Ayre Bonds —• Ditto Account 4/Vi 8
Ditto Aecoont . — I Ilitto, ti per cent. 303(,
hillian 80nti5............. ..... Prii,sian Itonds —
Ditto Accot:nt ........ ..... .. . Russian Bonds, •1B'2'l
.'oluintdan Bor.ds
[AU° Aceoui.L
'olinnbi.in Bonds, 1824 --' Spanish Bonds ........
Ditto Account
aoiliti 80nd5.... .......... ..... —1 Ditto Bonds, 114.31 204%14
Ditto Account Ditto Account 244%104
Greek Bonds.. ... ....... —........ —i French. S per cent.-- .....109.. C.
Ditto Bonds, 18!5
—I 4 per cent.
Ditto Acco,nt ......... ....... —I 1 per cent.
Mexican Bomls, S per cent.... —! Exchange 23f. 40c.
Ditto Account .... ..... ...... Dutch, 2W, per cent. 53% 4
Ditto, t per cent ........... —• Ditto Account —
Ditto Account .... ....... .... • Ditto, 5 per cent. —
Neapolitan .......— ........... Ditto Account —

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share
Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company f2.:, 2,44
0 ~ t Weston Railway Company 3O RI
London and Green rich ilailway Company 2O 21:1!404
London and Southampton Railway Company 3l/ 19
London Grand Junction Railway
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company
M mchester South Union Railway Company b 5% 14

MAILS.
Arrived. Due. Arrived. Doe A rrive.t. Due
0 imerica.......... 0 I France 0 0 Lisbon ...... ..... 0
0 Brasil
0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg 1 0 Mexico 0
0 CarthaFena .... 0 0 Holland
I Dublin... ..... 0 0 Jamaica ...
0 Flander,

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
minutes after 4 Evening...... 32 minutes after 4

MR. CAMPBELL'S NEW WORK.
Nearly ready, in '2 vols. Bvo., with Twelve Plates of Scenery,
Costume, Ece.,
LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH
By THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq.,
Author of " The Pleasures of Hope."
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

The publication of Tuft SUN NEWSPAPTIR commenced this day
at 10 minutes past Three o'Clork.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1837.

In the House of Lords yesterday Lord BaouatiAm pre-
sented a great many petitions from various parts of the
country, praying for the abolition of Church-rates. One
of these petitions, that from Leeds, had been agreed upon
at a very numerous meeting, and was signed by nearly
14,000 persons. The Leeds Petitioners desired that the
whole of the Church-rates might be abolished, without
being transferred to any public fund. Lord SUFFIELD also
presented a petition on the same subject.
In the House of Commons petitions for the total ex-
tinction of Church-rates were presented respectively by Mr.
BAINES, from Leeds, by Mr. STEWARD, from Lancaster, by
Mr. TooKE, from Truro, and by Mr. PEASE, from Dar-
lington.
Dr. BOWRING moved for returns connected with the
Post-office department, did intimated his intention to pro-
pose that the rates of postage in Great Britain should be
reduced.

Mr. BRADSHAW moved for a return of certain proclama-
tions issued by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr.
HUME suggested the propriety of postponing the motion.
After a few words from Mr. GRATTAN, in vindication of
Lord MULGRAVE'S Government of Ireland, the returns
were ordered.

Some conversation ensued on the subject of our commer-
cial relations with Portugal.
In answer to a question put by Mr. C. BULLER, relative
to the seizure of the Vixen by the Russian Government,
Lord PALMERSTON said, that the matter had been sub-
mitted to the KING'S ADVOCATE for his opinion, and that
the Government now waited for that opinion.
On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the House went
into a Committee on the Registration of Births and Mar-
riages Bill. Mr. BAINES said that the Dissenters objected
to that part of the Bill which related to notices before the
Guardians of the Poor, as derogatory and insulting.
Mr. BERNAL presented a petition (which after a lengthened
conversation, was laid upon the table) from Messrs. HAN-
sAnn, the Parliamentary printers, complaining that an action
for libel had been commenced against them, for matter con-
tained in a Commons' Report on the State of Prisons.
STOCKDALE had brought the action, laying his damages at
20,000/. !
On the motion of the ATTOTNEY-GENERAL, the Muni-
cipal Corporations Bill was read a second time.
The Committee agreed to on Friday last, on the motion
of Mr. HORSMAN, to inquire into the practice of creating
fictitious votes in Scotland, was last night nominated, and a
Committee was appointed, on the motion of Mr. SHAW, to
inquire into a similar practice, said to prevail in Ireland.
After some interesting conversation on the subject of Im-•
prisonment for Debt, leave was given to the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL to introduce a Bill " to extend the remedy of
creditors against the property of debtors, and to abolish
imprisonment for debt, except in cases of fraud."
The remainder of the evening was occupied with the
motion made by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
for the revival of the Committee on Joint Stock Banks,
and the extension of its inquiries to Ireland. As we have
made the debate on this question the subject of a separate
article, we need here only state that the motion of the
Right Hon. Gentleman was carried by a majority of 121
to 42.

On looking over the corrected speech of Sir ROBERT
Pi:EL, at the Glasgow• dinner, published by Murray, we
find it differs in no material point from that transmitted to
us, in about twenty-eight hours after the delivery ; and we
advert to it now, merely because it comes in some sort
under authority, and 'may in future be referred to, as con-
taining the deliberate and recorded opinions of the Right
Hon. Baronet, on several important topics. He is suffi-
ciently explicit as to the course he" intends to pursue with
regard to Reform in the House of Lords, and any curtail-
ment of the revenues of the Protestant Church in Ireland.
" I mean," said he, " to support the. national establish-
ments which connect Protestantism with the State in the
three countries ;- and,'moreaiar; I aVoii.ta-y9ti that I mean
to support, in its full integrity; the authority of the House
of Lords. Ido not conceal from you, that the House of
Lords has done something to provoke hostility. They re-
fused to place confidence in that combination of public
men, which had only one bond of connection—spolia-
tion of the Irish Church." This was well suited for
the occasion, and probably was implicitly believed
by a portion of the audience ; but, unfortunately, it is
liable to one great objection—it is contrary to fact.
Their object is not to plunder or destroy the Irish Church,
but to increase its stability ; and what he was pleased to
call " spoliation," does not, as he well knows, form the only
bond of union. There are other bonds of union ; there is
Ln intention and a determination to carry out the principles
of that Bill, to which he frankly admitted he had conform-
ed, and to one of whose principles he took care not to make
the most distant allusion. We rejoice at the omission. It

augurs well for the success of the great question which will
be debated in the House of Commons this evening, •
we confidently look forward to the time when he will
dare that he has conformed to the Irish Corporation
form Bill, and laboured to defeat his own prophesies and
anticipation of evil. The cautious policy Which he
adopted last Session, the vast combination of Protestants
and Catholics which has sprung up in consequence of the
denunciation of Lord LYNDHURST, and his silence at
Glasgow on the point, lead to such a conclusion. A few
hours probably will decide.

The Times of this morning is quite delighted at the idea
of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S going into the " whole case of
Ireland" to-night in the House of Commons. " Heaven
send it !" exclaims our Contemporary, in a terse burst of exulta-
tion, to which we as exultingly reply " Amen !" But is the
Times sincere in this show of gratification ? Not a bit of
it; his spirits are evidently forced, like the loud laughter
with which the House of Peers lately greeted Lord CLON-
CURRY'S allusion to the Catholic Association. Our Con-
temporary sees that an exposure is likely to be made of all

the sophistries with which, for months past, he has been
deluding the public mind as respects Ireland, and is resolved,

therefore, to brazen it out—to assume a sort of devil-may-
care nonchalance—in a word, to put the best face on the
matter. There is an intrepid effrontery about the Times's
leading article of to-day, which is only to be accounted
for on the score of sheer desperation. He broadly states
as facts things which he must know to be flat false-
hoods. For instance, he says—" The habitual distur-
bers of the peace of Ireland have reiterated incessantly
the cuckoo note, that the country has been more tranquil
under Lord MU 1.0 RAVE than at any former era. There
never was a grosser or more hardened falsehood. Save only
in times of open insurrection, there, never was a more
frightful series of crimes committed by those classes upon
whom certain descriptions of crime have been inculcated
almost as a religious duty, than within the last tmenty
months. The crimes we speak of are generally those at-
tended with some species of outrage—crimes of violence,
of vengeance, of blood, and of such, me assert deliberately,
upon the information which we have received, that in na-
ture, and in number, they rather exceed than fall short of
the average state of Irish offence for other periods of equal
duration."

One story is good until another is told. Now what is
the story that the official, responsible authorities of Ireland
tell in reply to this charge of the Times? Do they cor-
roborate our Contemporary's statement ? Far otherwise.
They give it a distinct, unqualified denial. In a clever
pamphlet, published, within the last few days, by RIDGWAY,
we find the following extracts
_ _

" It is desirable to exhibit the results of the new system
upon which Irish affairs have been conducted for the last eighteen
months, by the best evidence the case admits of, and we there-

fore commence by laying before the reader the following ex-
tracts from the charges delivered by the Judges of Assize last
summer to the Grand Juries of some of the most Catholic, and
once the most turbulent, of the Irish counties.
" The first case is that of Kilkenny—the county where, in
the Secretaryship of Lord Stanley, agrarian outrage was so
prevalent that it formed the pretext for the introduction of the
Coercion Bill. Its condition, under the dispensation of Lord
Mulgrave, we learn from the mouth of Baron Penefather
He addressed the Grand Jury briefly, and said there was
no offence in the calendar requiring particular observation
from him.'

" Chief Justice Doherty used similar language to the Grand
Jury of the city He had nothing more to say than to con-
gratulate them upon the state of the calendar, which con-
tained only four, he might rather say three and a-half, cases
for trial.'

" Baron Penefather again in Wexford—' He was happy to
inform them that little was to be done in the criminal de-
partment of their duties. It was really surprising to see a
county of such extent so free from crime.'
" Judge Johnson at the Assizes of Kildare said—' The
light state of your calendar scarcely requires an observation
from me.'

" At Maryborough Assizes (Queen's County), the same
Judge observed—' He had cast his eye over the calendar, and
had to congratulate the county on its exceeding lightness.'
" Judge Burton at Sligo—' He congratulated the Grand
Jury on the tranquil state of the county, as shown by the
lightness of the calendar. In amount, the offences were not
more than might reasonably be expected in a county of such
extent ; and, with respect to quality, he was glad to find
there was not a single case of murder.'

" Baron Foster in Clare—' I am happy to congratulate you
upon the great diminution of crime which has taken place in
this county, compared with former periods.'
" The same Judge to the Grand Jury of the city of Lime-
rick—' I am happy to inform you the calendar is exceedingly
light. The crimes for trial are only ;of such a nature as may
be found in every, even the best regulated stages of society,
and particularly amid the population of a densely inhabited
city.'
" Judge Perrin congratulated the Grand Jury of the county
of Limerick—' On the reduced state of the calendar, which
was evidence of the peaceable state of their county.'
" Baron Sir W. Smith to the Grand Jury of the county of
Carlow—.' As for the part of the calendar with which you will
have to deal, it cannot be called numerous, and I hope will
not prove heavy. On the contrary, I congratulate you on the
prospect of its being light ;—for the lightness of a calendar is
in general a proper subject of congratulation.'
" At Louth Assizes, the Chief Baron—' It gave him great
satisfaction to observe that the calendar was so very small,
when compared with former years, the number of indictments
being but 23; and, with the exception of two of these, the
crimes were not of that lawless character which tended to the
disturbance of the peace of the county.'
" At the Down Assizes, Chief Justice Bushe—' Congratu-
lated the Grand Jury on the extreme lightness of the calendar,
which presented a subject of lively congratulation to all lovers
of peace and good order." '
Now, here, it will be observed, our Contemporary is at

direct issue with the majority of the Irish Judges—and
these Judges, not men of one party, but Tories as well as
Liberals. Will the Times dispute the dictum of Baron
FOSTER, as staunch a Conservative as lie himself is ? Will

he deny the truth of his assertion respecting the tranquillity
of Clare, which, in Lord HADDINGTON'S time, WaS one of
the most disturbed districts in Ireland ? If he do, our
Contemporary will stand gloriously alone in his opinion, for
not even the most Ultra-Conservative will venture to back
him here.

The Times proceeds to argue that the Liberal cause in

Ireland is losing ground, because Lords DOWNSHIRE,
DONOUGHMORE, and FITZGERALD have thought fit to de-

sert it. Nov, this only proves that the above Peers are
not quite so sapient as might have been desired ; not that
the cause they once supported is retrograding. When our
Contemporary can prove to us that the great hulk of the
community is withdrawing their support from Ministers,
then we will grant there is something in his arguments ; but
assuredly not till then.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved last night
for the appointment of a select Committee to enquire into
the operation of Joint Stock Banks. The motion gave rise
to a smart debate, which our commercial readers will peruse
with considerable interest. Mr. HUME moved an amend-
ment, the object of which was to embrace in the
proposed enquiry the state of Banking generally, in-
cluding the conduct of the Bank of England, and
the condition of the currency during the last three
years. The speech with which the Hon. Member for Mid-
dlesex introduced his amendment abounded, as usual, with
stubborn facts, and no less stubborn figures ; but we cannot
help saying bore rather too hard both upon the financial
measures of the Government, and the management of
the Bank of England. When the assistance given
by the Bank of England to the Northern and Central Bank
is brought forward as matter of charge against the former
Establishment, we cannot help thinking that Mr. HOME is
labouring under some mistaken notion. We have always
understood that commercial men gave the Bank great
credit for its conduct, both in this case and in that of the
private Bank which stopped payment in London. We
have little doubt indeed that but for such prompt interpo-
sition, the country would have been subjected to a visitation
of the panic which occurred in 189.5-6, and which proddced
such disastrous consequences.
The point upon which the debate mainly turned was,
which of the two mode& of enquiry should be adopted—
the narrow, or the more enlarged one—for all, with
theexception of the Hon. Member for Derbyshire, were
for some enquiry. In this discussion it was attempted to
be shown on the one hand that the sole blame of the re-
action which lately took place, and we fear still continues in
our monetary affairs, lay with the Bank of England ; while on
the other it was urged that the joint-stock banks were entitled
to come in for their full share. It may, we think, be safely
affirmed that some indiscretion is imputable to both. The issues
of the Bank of England seem at one time to have been
carried to a greater extent than prudence should have dic-
tated—while at the same time the Joint Stock Banks were
adding to the circulation, both by the issue of notes
and by the particular system of discount which
they adopted. The natural, indeed the inevitable con-
sequence of this increase was the rise of prices, and the
censequence of this rise was an adverse state of the foreign
exchanges, which compelled the Bank, as an act of
self-preservation, to contract its issues, ,and limit its
aw#lllootions. Hence the embarrassments in which
krei;mmercial community were suddenly involved. En-
.-Areruents, which had been contracted in the expectation
the facilities which had been formerly granted would be
continued, could not be made good. There was not the
usual assistance to be had from the Joint Stock Banks, because
they could not receive it at the fountain head to which all must
ultimately resort. Or if any of them did afford liberal ac-
commodation to their customers, they were involved in dif-
ficulties, which, for the time at least, put an end to their
public utility.
Now it is to this evil that it is attempted to put an end
by the proposed investigation. There can be no doubt
that it is impossible to legislate on the Report made by the
Committee of last Session. To adopt the crude recom-
mendations of that Report, would be to increase the evil ten-
fold. We are therefore glad that the important sub-
ject is to be more thoroughly examined, and also that the
enquiry is to be so limited as to hold out a reasonable pros-
pect of bringing it to a close before the end of the Session.

The Paris Papers of Sunda;7;;;leen received. The
Liberal Journals accuse Ministers of grossly imposing upon

the country by the proposed grant of appanage to the Duke
of NEmoußs. They calculate that the net produce of the
Royal domains allotted for his Highness' support, produce,
at the very lowest, from sixty to seventy thousand Founds
sterling a year, instead of twenty, as alleged by the Minis-
ters in the Chamber of Deputies. The KING'S unpopula-
rity increases. Should the project of law for separating
the functions of the civil and military tribunals now before
the Chamber, be ultimately adopted, it will produce uni-
versal discontent and distrust in the army. M. DUPIN is
strongly opposed to it, but the KING and PERSIL are deter-
mined to carry it at all risks.
Marshal CLAUSEL arrived in Paris on Sunday. The
Minerve states that the Duke of NEmoußs presented the
gallant veteran with his portrait, set in diamonds. The
members of the Orleans family must consider themselves
uncommonly handsome to deal so extensively as they do in
their own portraits. It isnot with them a display of Royal
munificence ; for Madame de GENUS, in her Memoirs, tells
us that the grandfather of the present illustrious scion of
that distinguished stock devoted the greater part of the
few hours he managed to steal from intoxication or vice in
getting likenesses of himself taken to meet the demands of
his mistresses and boon companions. Louts PHILIPPE
too is remarkable for his appreciation of the value of his
portraits. He is incessantly multiplying them, with a view
no doubt to familiarize the world with the idea of " The
KING." But it is time to throw aside such ridiculous fol-
lies. A youth dependent upon the nation for an appanage
may easily make a better use of his time than wasting it in
transferring his features to canvas and ivory, and in dis-
playing a precocious extravagance at the expense of his
country. As for Marshal CLAUSEL, the KING, much as
he pretends to be his most dear friend, is not displeased to
hear his qualifications for an African Viceroy depreciated
in his presence. The truth appears to be that the Marshal
will be sacrificed to the jealousy of his Royal master.
PERSIL has directions not to spare him ; and upon
this question the Minister of Justice is permitted to
oppose the will of the Royal Family. Immediately
after his arrival in Paris, CLAUSEL waited on the Duke of
ORLEANS, Count MOLE, and General BERNARD, the War
Minister. In the evening he purposed waiting upon the
KING.

The news from the North of Spain is not important.
Letters from San Sebastian of the 26th ult., mention the
arrival of a part of General Itialuao's division at the head-
quarters of the British Legion. The belligerents on both
sides are preparing for war as early as the weather will
permit them to take the field.
The following short article from the Minerve of Sunday
comprises all that is interesting in the papers :

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