The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-11 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRE AT WARRINGTON.

S

(FROX A COAAPSYONDLIer.)
I write this to inform you of a dreadful fire that oc-
curred here this evening (Thursday, Dec. 9). Mersey
Mills, situate on the banks of the river Mersey, about half
a mile from Warrington, were discovered on fire at about
six o'clock, and at eight o'clock the whole of the building
was destroyed, with the exception of the warehouse, which
is saved. The mills are the property of Mr. Dunbell,
who resides at Honley-house, adjoining the premixes. The
gentleman who rents the mills is a Mr. Middlehurst, of
Liverpool. 'there was a'greet quantity of flour, wheat.
meal, &r. in the mills, the greater pert of which is con.
•timed. The mills are the largest in the kingdom, twenty-
two pairs of stones being worked in them. I saw the
manner, and inquired of him respecting the origin of the
fire, but of this he had no idea. The mills are now burning.

REFORM IN THE CHURCH.

Reform has, at length, reached the threshhold, not to
stop there, I trust, but to enter into every iastitution, and
expel all that is useless and vicious. lam a Minister of
the church of Engin:ill, a conscientious believer of her
doctrines, au ardent admirer of her scriptural and almost
ftultless liturgy ; yet reform is wanted even in it,--cur-
tailment of the public services, rather, perhaps, than
alteration ; though some expressions in them might be
Lords,plaee whatasi e E haveitlene our
beset B iswhoitpits
tet o
mta
omitted, or changed, with advantage. Bnt.it chiefly
in the e,tablshment of our church that reform le necessary.
firstln the
themselves,' detrimental to the interests of our church and
faith ? If the constant residence of an incumbent upon
his living be considered as indispensable, much ,more if
that of a Bishop in his diocese : the whole time of a
parish priest ought to be devoted- to the discharge of
pi
lo
tioinnst'itioe
of
his duties, the ovel.sight of all parish priests, and 81
parishes, may well occupy every moment of a lbshop's
life not spent in necessary relaxation, is domestic engage-
ments,
and the duties of hospitality. Again, as to the
income of the Bishops, surely no one will say that most of
themare not votly too large, dangerously Ito to them
selves, invidiously so to the laity, injuriously so to their
humbler brethren in the Ministry. A Bishop, like every
other man, should be paid according to the value andotent
of his labours ; in other words, according to the size and
business of his diocese ; none, perhaps, should have more
than 5,0001. a-year, none less than 2,000/. But how
thro w-
can any arrangement of this kind he effected? Bcommon
ing the revenues of the different sees into
fund, and then paying the Bishops out of it,
by the
rule above mentioned,—the surplus to go towards building
glebe-houses and augmenting the incomes of small living..
The revenues, too, arising from all prebendal stalls should be
added to the general fund, and a pew moderately-paid an
efficient Ministers be appointed to perform the services of
a cathedral. No doubt there are many obstacles, besides
" the love of money" in those who fill these offices, to the
adoption of this, or any plan for a more equal distributimt
of the revenues of the church. The AdYilOtagee Of
however, ate obvious and important, vit., 115°14 alwar
at his post, 4. wholly given" to the duties of Ids most.r.ei-
aponsible and arduous station—unties:Jed by *nil"
honours--unoccupied by the engagements of a CoortTi;:.
distracted by the intrigues of Statestnen--oniontlenee Y
polities and party. We should have resident Clergymen
where there we now no glebe-haws' a, and many en Ulu"
play and faithful Minister, now poverty-1466"f_ ::
re-
warded in a proportion somewhat more equal to o
labours and his deseits.—Correspondent of the Times.

The conversations . in the Lords lost night •
will be f'ound interesting in the beginning, and entertain-
in; at the close. in the Commons various tool`'' were
discussed of various importance. The transparent ra";
dour and manly directness of the new CIIABCRLLOR 01
the ExcuIIQUEO were manifest on more dianone ocessioo I
and Sir ROBERT PEEL, by his fair and necessarilyow"
merits, showed that an ex-Minister is.not 2
factious opponent. The topics themselves, as ti ei 10114
no result, need not be discussed any fin thee than tbel
were on the spot; but the process which the Cisanctv
Loa of the EXCIIEQUIR announced as likely to
he
adopted and pursued by himself and his colleagues iii the
renewal of the Bank Charter deserves attention,
and will
also command appsobation. Parliament is to
dew
freely upon it, without being bound hy tbe lo-
fetteis of if
previous engagement or undetstandingnt entered into
tween Ministers and the DirectorsTiea.
LANDLORD'S BIGHT or sr
GEORGX DUNLOP AND Co. V. VTR EARL. AtID Colitivris
or Datuoustx.:—We are happy to have it in our power
to allay the alarm which might otherwdecisionhave
wbhich the
een es-
cited throughout Scotland, Ly the
Loan CDANCIII.I.OA found himself constrained to crone to
in this case. Upon the application ol Mr. /Ww)
Dulmor, Provost of liaddington, where the transaction
occurred, upon the subject of this ease, his L0:141414'
st ones undertaken to bring in a Bill to amend the I.ov i;
eiis respect, and we have reason to believe that this NI
will lie introduced by his Lordship even as early 0 All)"'
day next.
An address has been published to the labour-
'vty
ors on the subject of destroying machinery) hi
: cSu°1:01„o
for the diffusion of useful knowledge, whidi *l.' The
many home-truths in a plain and energetic soaneer. ,n
fully of such destruction is ably pointed out by the far g,
unanswerable argument:--" Your clothes, your stocoouigisly
your shirts, are all made by machine's, far more curl
calico whieh
contrived than the thrashing machine. The lj selv
makes your chins is woven by a intichioe, s'" , 'led
by a girl ; but in consequence of the little labour ill u
~
to manage it, the shirt which formerly coat seven shilling'
now costa only eighteen pence. on, yea
Extract of a letter from Paris :--" eY a
late here a good story about the Princess Lisysa_art,
Prince TALLIYRAND. ' Well, Prince, how
is y,0,0L0.
volution going on ?' said she to the gr.at man. itl,
lotion ! Restoration, you wean, Madan : you knowil!..l
just what the Emperor ALEXANDER pitons.'wi 'Ol 'll.;ir
we have happily accomplished his inte The., to
diplomatist bit her lips, and rem:lined silent, prothlTek„
Iherself to choose a better ground another time of It'', ,
in Prince TALLEYRAND, The Duchesa ne Dill?. toe
, turns to London in a few day.. 1 ean hardly 0143 ty,
story about a treaty having been concluded litweeo ,
two countries." nd pro'
1 vincial Papers which snivel! yesterday, contaiti.,_e,°o.
hare t
We regret to state that the letters a
pop of
several new firm Amongst them vie notice me t.)40, doe
... of several ricks belonging ta Mr. P taCtlrs 1 :otoble
bulls near WineLcomb. The wind being hi ' Mips. 01'
gaerter, much of the property was preserves'. .ib „tia
fire, labourer
bu ex,rted themselves to ..st'i„eitil TOO
others looked on with inslinele'aobridge:
..re,been.o fires at three or four
Pileelgoisral etexki '7
ewu.ita, b t they were not extensive. -e,,„ niseo .0
b have aho been burnt at button
Lincolnshire; and st.Dumbleton in Glonreetecon;o de„
out-buildings belonging to a ;fr. NOP /Ali° Ye bre°
boteoYed. In all these casts large rewaeug b„Seuist has'
fared for the discovery of the offenders 1)14 ._...1)" 0 heed'
set hoen obtained. The tranquillity'of gent .... 0
of 0
disturbed during the week, with the exceptitul.
~,a ulturel
firing of a Purse-stack, near Boughton. The isr-ed the
a_ibd emblages Lave all ceased, chiefly in orourequeeet, 'sled ID
tfhrieners having discontinued the machinea, etol yr,.
demands of the labourers in int: • g tbilie sysg
Win
A- APhfl'
(ADVERTISEMENT.)—TDE U --Y /ibis
xiwraseriox.—We understand the Court Journal?) iv
Day, No. 95, will contain, beside, touch escluovaolicy
1." illation of Various kinds, an article on the fusel[: Pea .
of the GREY Administration, and a soene t'ell-pro•
Prime Minister of the Lust age and a great °°r.tgii,,),oo
prietor.. The authenticity of the important in r 101
communicated exclusively in the, Court Journal oii le
week does not appear to have been • din the 4 I' cs
questione
be 0"
matic cir • r lee, but the surprise is allgrest as to t-
whence it was derived. a to
noel on .e._-, stone
it ET R ENC ti M ENT. —lt has been noti6e
t Sheer'
the officers, clerks, and others in the Dock-yards lt, ~Issa ..
"IC receiving salaries, that the same would be Own
the following scale :—All salaries above 2001. Pee ear
the
be reduced 20/. per cent., and all Of 2001. and on
be reduced ibl. per cent.—.Xent Herald.
EXTENSIVE BVIIGLARY.--TllO Or
prellllseLc,
Mr. Soitaiswxt.t., of 90, Holborn-hill, tailor and rlo-Irpil
were last night or early this morning broken lilt° iylss
plundered of cloth to the value of nearly ltl°" ,o'birh
thieves gained an entrance by raising the cellar-1141h„ car'
it appears had never been properly secured hY t''
liar
pewter who w. employed to alter it a short tinle 00
when the new pavement was being laid down. , fact,ll' id
means the thieves became acquainted with thie al,
availed themselves of it. Having got into the ate
it
they easily burst the slight fastenings which ell „Oh
from the ehop, where they packed up a quantitY ", „ijori
which it is supposed they carried away in a..."'''„,Lch
coach. They passed out through the ehop dr,.;1011
tthey left it-jar, probably fearing lest the noiee her,.; toS
it too might awoke the family. A iibetai ow.—
offered for their apprehension.
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South Seat Stock
fild Annuities
Jew Dittu
:x. Bills, El,OOO 21. 20 21 pm
Ditto l4d. 20 21 pm
Ditto ....NV' 2d. 20 21 pio
ljd. 20 21 pm
Ditto dntall
Ditto . '.... lid. 20 21 pm.
Bank far Account
India for Account
Cons. for Jan 20

melts 'or maxi sown DAY AT‘ONE O'CLOCK.
4 .DXS
I • "2'2 South Sea Stock
IVI ( ekt. nee. in 17 2% old Annuities Iv—
Cent. Cons
NW, (tin - :x. Bills, Z 1,10121 20 21 pm
Att Red
gor 114 ;li.i. I fait.
tier (Wit. IBtll
talk I. Ann. ..... 174 340 Ditto oniall
Ditto 30. ears ....
--• Ditto .. . . . lid. 20 21 pm.
Ism 2it years -
!ISA Stock .......... .. ,
..:_ttilit• Bonds ............ ll 12 pm. ICons. for Jan 2,1 er2MiTi
PSICEB or FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT WIZ O'CLOCK.
Austrian Rends
i Nathan Bonds 5B Peruvian Bonds
Illuonos Ayres Bonds — !Portuguese Bonds — 'Wien Bands
Colombian Bonds
Ditto, 1&24
emish
Spanish, :WI 164 16
Greek bonds
Ditto i 825
ellatlmala ---. It 3 l2
French Itentes, sp. c. —1
.
*mean Bonds Exchange —f.
Ditto .. 2 per cent, —l —c.
140-
i
.... -- Exchange —l, —c
eaten OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONS O'CLOCK.
Paid For Share,
' 1144111111Intp Mln iss. at 5/. pm.) X2O.
Bine National . Co..
15 9.5
eNumbian Mining Co (iss at Si.pm ) £42 7,,s
k.,,
stock or IRISH erects, DUBLIN, DSC. 7.
a. 1.,
„,-.,..k ...............y... 223 St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.)
0,,.."2, Der cent.
1 'CP ' (Is''", 3% Per cent. 01% National Ditto... .........
'i . cut oo ........ . ..... 91% Patrintic Ditto —
t „Per Cent ....... Hibernian Bank
00, ..„ _, .. , ............... . .
4 ..,en. 34,, percent... 86% I Proymeial Ditto —
4 Al Lanai &acme ..... .... Royal Irish Mine —
rand Canal Stock 44% Imperial Mine —
1 A
I, •;7Per Cent ...... Mining Co. of Ireland
"' Ohm' Doh. 4n c . 011 Commercial Buildings •—
des
.-• • . •, 'a
—.--
COUXSP: or EXCHANGE YESTERDAY.
KAlls,,stertl..n. ............ C.F 12 I* Leghorn 47 :!..i
V`lui at sight 11 18 Genoa 25 75
"inerdara 2 U 12 21 Venice 46
iliutwerp 0 0 Malta 4B'4
Urea smburg ............. . .M B 13 13 Naples
P 1 l3 13* Palermo per 118
,!IQt perm 118
. 3 days' sight 25 35 Lisbon
z,t.:1;,.,.i.; ............... 2U.25 65 Oporto 45
05 70 Rio Janeiro
'llllll ..... ~_ Bahia 25
prottrik fort o"n. . 5111 ... ......... ;3151 ,
IBuenos Ayres
~ ershurgh, ruble,Dublin, 21 days' sight
~enna, cat:five 6. 2 M. 10 0 Cork 1
~,f,,!e ...... do. ..... ........10 9 • Sums+, PER AZ.
I(47std ............... . ......... MI.( X. a. d.
........................... 3644 Portugal Gold, coin... 0 It 0
3614 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9
11ircelon 36 New Doubloons 3O 0
,4rille 4 3614 New Dollars
'44.alt• 1,,..... ar
1 -------......._.
arrived, MAILS.
Due. Arrived. Due.
0 America
0 Brazil
0 Buenos Ayres 1 0 Jamaica 0
0 Carthagena. 0 0 Leeward Islands
1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0
0„; Flanders ........ ....„ II 0 Malta 0
u France 0 0 Sweden
u Guern.eyttJer,ey.. 0 I 1 Waterford 0
•,....._
iticii WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To-stottuow.
Yelling.,, 0 minutes alter 0. 1 Evening... 2 minutes after 0.
, , . ,
SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
FOUNDED' A. D. 181 b.
5,. St. Andrew's-.quere, Edinburgh.
57, Miller-street, Glasgow.
The number of Proposals which are usually made due-
" thelast quarter of the year, with the view of entitling
!e applicants to the benefit of the payment of that year's
"fermium, in reference to the approaching period of inves-
itstion, renders it necessary to repeat the NOTICE, that
ll Preposids of Assurance intended to be submitted to
lie Directors, 'at the Weekly Court held every,Alonday,
44" be lodged with the Manager, (or with the Agents in
~,420w and elsewhere, in sufficient time to admit of their
kung' received at the Read Office) on or before the Satur-
'9 preceding, otherwise they cannot be taken into cool-
ration till a eubeequent Court.
This Society was founded on the on model of the
' 'astable Society of London. It may justly he considered
liationul Institution, being the oldest, and having long
el the sole Parent Office in Scotland for the purpose of
L , Assurance, and still remaining the only Scottish Insti-
Illenn which affords an opportunity to the public of secur-
li4llibe llnportseet adventages arising from the principle of
:Illintl contributionship. The value of this principle,
!b excludes any interest distinct from that of the par.!
in insuring, anti by which, therefore, the Whole surplus
;,,,n'll of the Society are secured to the Members, will
7111 y appear, on reference to the following abstract twit)
..„,...'e lilt or emerged Policies, 'dated in 1819, viz.:---
--__
I Nu, baiinr Date. Additions Amount
1411 red. Assur. • of by way of actually
`5...... an!se. Decease. Bonus. , paid.
t................
kg 1819. d
19),. "••••. Jan. Nov. 11, IfS'S. It/7 16 0 667 16(r
• 1000.,••••• June' Aug. 4, 114-47. 35 14 9 155 14 9
kin'," ..... • Dec. April its, 18y7. 297 16 0 1297 16 0
NC..., Dec, April 30, 1990. ''1..5 11 0 In) II 0
lh,, . .... Dee. Jan. 90, 1830. 331 10 0 1354 10 0
-N,;„2:::..., I)ec. June 11, 1890. Mt 10 0 MU 10 0
It 1.14 piety to estimate from these instance.' the amount
11,11 die and private benefit which results from the pro-
''''p„ thug effectually inade for families and relatives
ii° 'night otherwise have been left destitute, while they
li:demonstrate much snore clearly and satisfactorily than
1 Other passible mode of illustration, the great value of
Principle on which the Society is founded. By the
. don of this principle, taken in connection with the
' "election of lives, and an economical management of
floeiety's business, it is evident that the advantages
411. Assurance are secured to their utmost possible
,
itelto__t' Se rapid accordingly has been the growth of
'''"citty, that within the bait twelve years the annual
ten* has increased from £2,300 to upwards of Forty• five
„4"enel Pounds per Annum; and the accumulated Fund
,R 3,000 to nearly Two Hundred and Twenty Thou-
-4 Pounds Sterling ;—and both are in a state of steady
The
increase.
lc find periodical investigation of the Society's affairs
Place at 8I at December, 1894, when large additions,
'1„,,w1 Of Bono, were declared to the Assurances en•
...e thereto. 'Tie next periodical investigation takes
rii:at Slat December, 1831, when all those then stand-
.!,4 soured for the whole period of life will, under oertain
q'tlfttione, be entitled to participate in the Surplus Fund
it, it en to be ascertained, in proportion to the amount of
tineepeetive Assurances, and the duration of their
",,,g in the Society.
14 Ordinary Court of Director' meet weekly for the
tl4* of receiving and deciding on applications for As.
40, which are now granted to the extent of £5,000,
.14,4.P.ruve'l 'ißie or joint lives.
nits
.of Rates of Premium and every necessary infor-
Inn will be
Ise " reedily communican don application at the
'lelY'a Office' JOHN M.KEAN, Manager.
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LONDON,
AT
-Rimy EVENING, DECEMBER 11, IS
The

House of Lords was edified last, night with a
cirnert of Lord BROUGHAM'S exquisite irony,
whieb he so often electrified the House of
~,,54141°115. His Lordship, in reply to some silly
urka by Earl STANHOPE, dealt out the same
':111te of justice to the Noble Earl that some
)Pots ago, on a memorable occasion, he dealt
Lilo Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE. The Peers were
11)1Y gratified bi the exhibition.
he • -
statement of Lord ALTIIORP last night, with
fr:leet to the Bank Charter, will be received. with
' 14t setistectiun by the commercial and agricultural
erests of the country, who will see in it an assurance
Majesty's Government have set their faces
,411" monopoly in banking as well as in other
itit'e'lla• We are convinced that the mono.
,Y of the Bank of England has been highly
p'hjgd,leild to the best interests of the country.
1,/ !let have chartered companies, comprising an
:Litnited number of partners, as well as in Scotland,
tql're the system has worked so admirably for the hi"
/rlred years If responsibility be the cutlY
Untee iti property, surely the more extended
responsibility, the greater the'security. Why
the
Immber of partners in England to six, when
eollend the banking concerns include from six to
Ite
ell hundred.?

late Meeting ofthe operatives at INkinfield,
4e'subject of 4 reduction of wares, of which.
laYe a bullied report on Tuesday, is no unim-
taht sign of the times,
whether at respects 44
:r4) which amounted to upwards of twenty
or the determined but peaceable spirit

that influenced the assembly. In the course of the
Meeting, after much animated discussion, a variety
of resolutions were proposed, all originating in tht
4ame source, and pointing to the same conclusion,
namely, that the operatives were firmly bent on op-
posing, to the utmost of their, ability, but in a legal
and Constitutional manner, any further attempt a
reduction of wages. This determination on the part
of the workmen towardi their masters, is precisely
parallel to that of the, labourers towards the farmers.
All parties are equally dissatisfied; all equally bent
on seeing themselves righted. The operatives and the
labourers complain that their wages are so reduced
that they are literally in a state of starvation ; tin
masters and the farmers reply that they are nearly
in as bad a condition, and that in justice to them-
selves and their families, they are unable to pay a high
late for labour. Thus then, we have not less than foul
distinct patties—each influential in its way—the
operatives and the labourers, the manufacturers and
the farmers, arrayed against each other on minor
points, but on the one great principle of seeing
themselves redressed, bound together by the
strictest possible community of interest. Such
being the case, it is evident that there must
be either a Reform in Patliament, and conse-
quently a prompt reduction of taxation, or—we shud-
der while we trace the word—a revolution. The peo-
ple have now learned the secret of their own
dower, and having done so,lnothing,we are convinced,
would have prevented them, from making a
practical use of the lesson before now, but the
accession of the present Ministry to poWer. This
it is, and this alone, which now keeps the people
tranquil. They feel, and with justice, that Earl
GREY'S Administration are their friends, and though
dissatisfied--impoverished---almost destitute, they
are prepared to wait with confidence the result et
the measures now canvassing on their behalf.

It was very currently reported in Lincoln's Inn
this morning that Lord LYNDHURST is to be ap.
pointed Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exche-
quer, in the room of Sir WAL ALEXANDER, who is
to have a Peerage, and sit in the House of Lords lo
hear Scotch Appeals.

THE FUNDS.---(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

By the arrival of the London line-of-packet-ship Han-
nibal, Captain Hebert), from New York, Papers have
been received at the North and South American Coffee-
house to the •2d of November ; also Quebec Papers to the
26th October, and Montreal to the 28th October, as well
as Papers front Port-au-Prince to the 30th September.
The Now York Papers do not contain any news. From
Quebec it is stated, that the weather, after having become
unprecedently fine for the season, became rather cold, and
there was frost sufficient to produce ice of considerable
thickness. No snow had as yet been seen. The fall ship.
ping are beginning to arrive.
The Montreal Papers are barren of news.
The Papers from Port-au-Prince state that on the 20th
September the opening of the Chambers took place. The
President took his seat and spoke of the tranquillity which
the Republic now enjoys, and he regretted that I.e could
not as yet announce the conclusion of the treaty of friend-
ship and commerce between Hayti and France.