The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-15 00:00:00

NEWSPAPER STAMPS.

Extract from " Returns of the number of Stamps issued
monthly to each of the London Newspapers, from 1 Jan.,
1837, to 1 April, 1537.

Titles of Newspapers.

January.

February.

March.

'courier
English Chronicle
Evening Chronicle
Evening Mail
Globe and Traveller
Shipping Gazette
Standard
Sun
St. James's Chronicle
Tru..........................
e Sun .............

44,500
12,000
20,000
20,000
90,000
18,000
105,500
76,000
63,000
42,500

36,000
12,000
20,000
40,000
66,000
18,000
90,000
54,000
66,000
45,000

32.000
12,000
20,000
25,000
56,000
23,000
78,000
48,000
73,500
31,000

24e publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day
at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock.

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LONDON,
-MONDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1837.

horne months ago a public meeting was held in
Alarylebone, and a Committee was appointed to in-
quire into the state of the poor in that extensive
Parish. The Committee entered into the most minute
inquiry as to the state of the inhabitants in one of the
lowest districts, atta have made a return, embracing the
amount of population, the number of persons inhabit-
ing each house, and the condition of the inmates gene-
rally, as regards their habits, state of health, cleanli-
ness, language, behaviour, and the education of the
children. Such au undertaking deserves the highest
praise, because it is only by such inquiries that a pro-
per remedy can be found for the distress, poverty, and
debased habits which abound among a vast number of
the poorer class in the metropolis. But our chief
object in noticing the subject at present is to
point out the result of the comparison between the
State of the English poor, and the poor of that
long oppressed and calumniated nation whom we have
for ages debarred from those rights which have contri-
buted so much to raise the character of the British
People. According to the LYNDHURST school, the
Irish Catholics are an inferior race of beings and to-
tally unfit to manage their own affairs—they delight
Only in agitation, in domestic quarrels, or in murdering'
Protestants, and are almost destitute of the habits and
qualities of civilized beings. Now, are such imputations
borne out by the result of this minute investigation,
conducted as it has been by impartial men connected
with both countries ? It will astonish the prejudiced
English to learn that the advantage is all on the
side of the Irish, whether as regards cleanliness,
religious instruction, the management of their little
domestic concerns, their language and behaviour,
and their charity to one another in distress. It appears
from an abridgement of the Report (which we quote
from the Atheneeum), "that the rooms of the Irish are,
on an average, cleaner and in better order than those
of the same class of English, and that this arises
partly from one or other of the occupants being at
lhome during the day, while the heads of the English
eave home too early, and return too fatigued, to at-
nd to cleaning the rooms. The habits of the Irish,
"140, give them great advantages with respect to rent,
and several families receive from lodgers more than
the rents they pay to the landlord. Of children above
eight years of age, in a population of about 440
eshildren, 64 go to school, and of those between
and 16 years of age, 114 do not, and nearly
80 per cent. can repeat the Lord's Prayer. This
Proportion (the Report adds), it is to be feared,
Will be found much smaller among the English Pro-
testants. A large proportion of the inhabitants bear
a good character in the neighbourhood many have
been found in a distressed state ; but less wretchedness
exists among the Irish than the English poor, from the
greater readiness of the former to assist one another,
and the small quantity and cheap quality of the food
which they consume. The result of an impartial com-
parison between the habits of the two countries is, that
the Irish, on an average, are more comfortable and
healthy, have better bedding, are more cleanly and
more decerous in behaviour and language than the cor-
responding class of English." It is gratifying to find
itnpartial and inquiring Englishmen bear testimony to
such facts, because it is a proof that our mischievous
}‘rational prejudices are beginning to wear off, and it
lords out the hope that the time is not distant, when
In Place of treating our Catholic fellow-subjects as
aliens and outcasts, we shall see the necessity of ad-
mitting that they are equal to us in all those qualities
that constitute greatness and goodness, and the justice
of imparting to them those blessings of self-government
ilhich Englishmen value so highly.

1 "e public organs of Toryism are labouring bard,
ut .---
th"ut very successfully, to extricate the Peers from
e embarrassment into which their short-sighted fac-
zousu_
uss has betrayed them with respect to the Irish
Nrporation Bill. Lord LANSDOWNE'S reply to Lord
114111NcLIFFE, on Friday night, when the latter
°ble•Lord expressed his surprise at the retaliatory
Policy of the Commons, is now discovered to` have been
101 -
ogetical," and thi:i discovery seems to be made
,Ivatt. a certain degree of complacency, if not of gratu-
ith ton.
Now, we defy any impartial person to read
&e observations of the Noble Marquis on the occa-
n of
to, without being satisfied that nothing
k:tould be
farther from his thotAits than to apologise
for i
.:the postFonement of the second reading of the
13 1.- All that the Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated

amounted to this, that if the Commons had postponed
the second reading, they had a much better reason for
doing so than the Lords had for their postpone-
ment, inasmuch as the second reading, involving
as it does the principle of a measure, ought not
to be brought on before ample time for delibera-
tion has been allowed ; whereas the Lords, after
assenting to the principle, postponed the consideration
of the details for six weeks, for no conceivable purpose
but that of defeating the measure by delay. The
Marquis of LANSDOWNE very properly remarked that
the course adopted by the Commons could not
have been intended to prevent an examination of
the Tithe Bill by their Lordships, as they would
have an opportunity of examining it when printed by
the Commons. We have here the plain fact stated,
and it is quite unanswerable. The course pursued by
the Commons is in strict accordance with established
usage and common sense—that followed by the
Louis is in opposition to both—and it is to be
particularly remarked that the Commons, Without
subjecting their proceedings to the charge of any
departure from constitutional form, have completely
stultified the unconstitutional proceedings of the Lords.
If the Lords had merely wished to be put in posses-
sion of the provisions of the Tithe Bill, their
object was easily attained. " There is the Bill," says
Lord LANSDOWNE, " read, ponder, and inwardly
digest its contents." To this there is no reply—for it
is none to say that the Bill may be altered. It will net
be altered for the worse whatever it may be for the
better—taking these terms in their Lordly acceptation.

Madrid Papers received to the 7th inst., announce
the triumph of MENDIZABAL over the Finance by a
majority of one hundred and two votes against sixty-
•ne. This is tantamount to a vote of public confidence
in the Finance Minister, and has upset the dishonest
schemes of the Opposition.

Brussels and German papers of the latest dates have
been received. On the recovery of the ARCHDUKE
PALATINE, a family congress of the chief branches
of the Imperial House of Austria will be held at
Vienna. The will of the late Emperor will be then
formally taken into consideration. The Emperor
FERDINA ND has presented to the city of Vienna his
magnificent private library, together with the choice
collection of the late Emperor FRANCIS. This, in-
deed is a royal boon, worthy of the ENIPEROR and
his people.
The Emperor of RUSSIA is about to make a tour of
his dominions. A German Paper says it will be the
most extensive ever undertaken by a Sovereign ; as his
MAJESTY proposes not to leave a hamlet from the
most Northern part of Siberia to the Caucasus unex-
plored. Germ'❑ Journalists ought to know better
than give credit to the bombast of the .St. Petersburgh
Gazette.

The advices from Belgium are unimportant. The
same may be said of the accounts from Stockholm and
the North of Europe generally.
BELGIAN } UNDS—Baussai.s, MAY 13
Actual Debt, 21,,i per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, I per Cent. 100;'3
Loan of Thirty Millions 9l
Loan of City, 1532. 4 per Cent 9014
Society of Colmaerce, 41:, per Cent 13114
Bank of Belgiton, 5 per Cent 1/1391,
—Brussels Papers, May 14.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Visissa, Mal 6.
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bask Shares l3l
7-411gemeine Zeitung, May 11.
ri A 111BDRIII :Or RceSnEt.isi HALLE, MAY 12.
M Austrian etol'iques, Bills. Money.
10334 1034
Ditto ditto 4 per cent, —
Ditt _ ditto 3 per cent.
Ditto Bank Shares 135'1 1:i55
Anglo-Russian Loan lOll4 10414
Paper Inscription, 6 per cent —
Russian 5 per cents, Metal.
Russian I ascription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series
Ditto, Certificates
Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 46
Ditto, 3 per cent. 214 9.71,',
Dutch 112 tier Cents.
Ditto 5 per Cents —
Polish Bonds, 3 per cents.
New Tickets 154 15334
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 7034 7014
Norwegian Loan of 1R.34, 4 per cents.
Spanish' in piastres, 3 per Cents —
Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent
greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by France 93 5238
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMIIVIIO, MAY 13.-13 9% ; two months. 13 8.
CHRISTIANIA. MAll3.—Three months, 5 2.
—Hamburg Papers, May 12.

The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have
been all received. The Moniteur of Saturday con-
tains the following official intelligence : _ _

The following telegraphic despatch has been received by
Government :

" PERPIGNAN, MAY 9, P. m. —On the 4th some detachments
of the Royal Marine Artillery landed at Barcelona, and served
some pieces against La Rambla. On the 6th fresh disturb •
ances were regarded as imminent—the impunity of the anar-
chists could not but elncourage them. This morning (the 9th)
Figuieras was in a very unsettled state."

Letters from Barcelona of the Gth represent the con-
dition of the city as then tranquil. The insurgents to
the number of 300 men, had been resolutely attacked
on the night of the 4th by General PARRENO, assisted
by some companies of Royal British Marines, who took
charge of the fort. In the first discharge of musketry
the insurgents had seven of their number killed on the
spot, and fourteen mortally wounded ; and after hold-
ing out the greater part of the night in some fortified
houses, they were obliged to surrender at discretion,
being deserted by their leaders in the heat of the com-
bat. Great praise is bestowed upon the British
Consul for hi§ intrepid conduct on this occasion. To
his zeal was owing the preservation of much valuable
property belonging to English merchants.
The same official organ contains the following Mi-
nisterial Report and Royal Decree, relative to the re-
opening of the church St. Germain L'Auxerrois, de-
stroyed by the mob of Paris in February, 1831, during
the celebration of a solemn high mass for the repose of
the soul of the Duke de BERRI
" Sir—Your magnanimous heart has wished to obliterate
the last vestiges of our civil discord. From the height of
that Throne, erected seven years ago for the maintenance
of our institutions and the defence of the laws, your
Majesty, by a grand act of clemency, has just given to all
Frenchmen the signal of oblivion ; but the closed doors of
St. Germain l'Auxerrois still recal one of those recollec-
tions which your Majesty has resolved to efface. A dis-
trict of Paris must not remain any longer deprived of its
parochial Church.

" I have the honour to propose to your Majesty to de-
cide that the Church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois shall be
immediately restored to Divine service.
" I have the honour to be, &c.
" BARTHE.

" Approved at Paris, May 12, 1837.
" LOUIS PHILIPPE."
There is no other domestic or foreign intelligence in
these journals of any moment. The Courrier Francais
states that a supplementary act of amnesty will usher
in the nuptials of the Duke of ORLEANS, and that
so much is wanted to complete what the KING has so
well begun. Other papers doubt this, arid hint that
the KING is not unlikely to take advantage of the mo-
mentary popularity obtained by the amnesty to introduce
to France her future QUEEN, after a fashion little
dreamt of by the heroes of the " three glorious days."
On Sunday the Duke DE BROGLIE was to proceed
to the frontier to meet the Princess HELENA, accom-
panied by her Highness' stepmother, whose itinerary is
published in the Paris papers of Saturday.
The following extract from a French P.cper is re-
markably illustrative of the rapid advances made by
the Royal Family since 1830 toward‘ the usages of
aristocratical Courts. It is an outward and visible
sign of the inward convictions of the SOVEREIGN;
and its publication is an experiment upon public opi-
nion. If it pass without remark, a second step, more
decided still, will be taken, and so on, till Frenchmen
will have cause to wonder for what did they expel the
elder Bcurbons :
" The object of the late visit of the King and Queen to
Fontainhleau was to choose apartments for the Duke of
Orleans and his future Duchess. The next care of their
Majesties was the lodgings of the Aides-de-camp and Or

KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.)

The COURT was occupied the whole of the morning in
disposing of cases—all of which were destitute of general
interest.

EXCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY.

No case of importance came on for hearing in this Cunt
up to the time of going to pres 2.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

George Young, 14, and Edward Skinner, 13, were in-
dicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling--
house of Joseph Usher on the Bth of May, in the parish of
St. Luke's, Chelsea Market, and stealing therefrom a pair
of women's boots, value 6s.

Alfred Usher, aged nine years, the son of the prosecutor,
stated that about three o'clock on the evening of the day in
question, he was passing from the parlour into the shop,
when he saw both the prisoners outside the window, which
was then open, but which was shut about half an hour
before. He observed the prisoners in possession of a boot
and endeavouring to get out another. He knew the pri-
soners about twelve months, and having come to the door
to see what they were about they both ran away taking the
boots with them. He immediately ran and told his mother,
and did not see the prisoners again until he identified them
in the custody of Bradley, a policeman. The wife of the
prosecutor corroborated the testimony of the last witness.
The Jury found both the prisoners Guilty.
The RECORDER sentenced them to hard labour in the
Penitentiary for twelvemonths, and at the expiration of that
time to be transported for seven years.
John Board, 29, was indicted for stealing a cab and
horse, a nose-bag, a set of harness, and a cushion, the pro-
perty of John Bateman. On the 30th April, about 12
o'clock at night, a cab-driver named Rushbrook, had charge
of the prosecutor's horse and cab on the stand in White-
chapel ; and having gone into a public-house for ten
minutes to get refreshment, on his return he found his cab
and horse had been driven away by a man, as he was in-
formed, who was acting as " buck" upon the stand. He
afterwards found the cab in Lambeth-street, and the horse
was taken to the Green-yard. The prisoner was met in
Plicenix-street, Spitalfields, by a policeman of the H divi-
sion, with the harness, &c. upo❑ his head, and perceiving
that he was the worae for drink he questioned him, and not
being satisfied with the account he gave of his load he con-
veyed him to the station-house.

Guilty of stealing the harness only.
The REcoßoLa sentenced the prisoner to'be transported
for seven years.

NEW COURT.
The COU!ZT was occupied all day in disposing of several
Mint prosecutions.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.
In the past week the arrivals of all descriptions of grain
were tolerably good, and of Flour considerable. The trade
throughout the week manifested more firmness than on Mon-
day, and Wheat vas rather dearer. This morning the fresh
supplies of all descriptions of Corn are short. The quality of
the Wheat samples continues middling, and the selected par-
cels have obtained Is. to 2s. per quarter advance on the terms
of this day se'nnight ; other sorts have not sold freely. Barley
remains firm in price, with a slow sale. Beans remain at the
terms of last Monday. Pease are unvaried. In the Oat trade
transactions have been to a fair extent, and prices may be
quoted ls. per quarter higher than this day se'nnight. The
trade for Flour remains slack, but, the Millers have not de-
cidedly consented to call the top nominal price 50s. ; the
Flour-factors, however, have no reserve about it.
PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP.
Wheat, Red (old) ...... —.SAN. 60. Beans, Small (new) 37,40,.
—White (01d)....... 56, els. --- (old)
--Red 1836) -1 is. 43. Tick (new) 3k 335.
---- Fine 46,. 52s told)
-- Sulierti..e... ..... r):14. :i5,. Harroiv (new) 34t ?tit
N'Ch to (lii26) .......:4s. 50t. -- (old) 43,.44s
Fine ......... ......52s 16s. Brant: 11.1.35 t.
-- Superfine ...... —534. 6.'s. Oats, Feed
--Foieigti free ...... ...-1 —s. New 'lt ',55
lye 043. 345. Poland s —'
Marley
Grinding 2tis 2St Potatoe ,7s. .29,5.
--- Malting .30s. 32.
M.,lt 4l3s. 54, Scotch 2Bs. 30 i.
Fine New •os. .5.3 s Irish 17s.
Pease, Grey, New 32s 31s. Flour 'lown (per sack) ..... .. 4tis. ;Lis.
Maple New :,45. 363. --••• Seconds 44., 43 s.
-- White 'At. 575. North Country 40s 42..
---- Boilers li-is. :kis Bran
ARRIVALS GP' - 'N -

_ GRAIN L. LONDON DURING LAS I' WEEK
Nv litrAt I Batley. Oats.
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Irish
Fi•ireimn 2•;0

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