The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-27 00:00:00

STRATFORD ON AVON, THURSDAY

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Yesterday the . Grand Conservative Dinner to E. J.
Shirley, Esq., M.P., came off in the Town Hall at Strat-
ford on Avon, B. Granville, Esq., in the chair. With all
their exertions in giving tickets to any one that would ac-
cept of them, the number collected together to do honour
to Mr. Shirley fell far short of their expectations: They
boasted that not less than 300 of the constituency of
South Warwickshire would assemble together on this oc-
casion ; guess, then, what was their surprise and disappoint-
ment when only half that number made their appearance.
I need scarcely add that the company was composed of
parsons, Tory landjords, and a few dust-licking &liners;
who dare not do otherwis.e than follow where their masters
beckon. After dinner there was an abundance of speechi-
fying and a "variety. of toasts given, among which, the
Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese of Worcester afforded
the Rev. Boudier of Warwick an opportunity of deliver-
ing himself of a speech remarkable for its stupidity and in-
consistency. He laboured most outrageously to substan-
tiate the propriety of the clergy mixing with, and interesting
themselves in secular matters ; and he could not see why a
spice of politics should not be thrown into and mingled with
the abundance of piety, for which that illustrious body are
so infinitely pre-eminent. He went raving mad with ecstasy
at the thought that the Bishops were still allowed to take
their seats in the Lords, and concluded by hurling an ava-
lanche -of abuse upon the devoted head of Mr. O'Connell.
After the health of Mr. Shirley had been drunk that
gentleman rose, and proceeded to rummage his pockets for
extracts from old Tory newspapers, and having succeeded
in pulling from the very inmost recesses of his waislcoat
pocket some scraps of paper very much in the shape of
unpaid election accounts, and which tended very mate-
rially to impede the stream of eloquence which was burst-
ing from his lips, he sat down, leaving his auditors as much
in the dark about what he has done in Parliament, and
what he is likely to do, as they were before he got up to
speak.

There were several speakers present, who came there, as
it appeared, for the express purpose of lauding to the skies
the principles of Conservatism, and of hurling to the very
bottom of hell his Majesty's Ministers, their friends and
supporters. But, with all their spirit-stirring Conservative
fire, and their shouting, they could not keep life in the
party, and before 9 o'clock in the. evening
.‘ The lights were out,
And the banquet hall deserted."
There never was a more miserable affair than this dinner,
considering the fact, that it was got up for the express pur-
pose of showing a mighty re-action in favour of Toryism.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, Jax. 16.—Wind E., strong breezes.—Arrived the
Ant, Pounds, from Limerick. Sailed the Arubus, Pounds,
for Limerick. All the outward-bound have sailed.

STANGATE CREEK, JAN, 28.—Arrived the Calypso, Ma-
son, from °Jess& ; Caledonia, Bowden, from Ibrail ; and
Hercules, Peter, from Licata.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 26.—Arrived the Neptune, Leed, from
St. Sebastian ; Ontario, --, from London, for New York ;
Jeronia, Godfrey, from Torquay, for London, having got on
shore in a thick fog, at five a.m. yesterday, on Atherfield
Rocks, where she struck heavily, and knocked off her rudder,
but with the assistance of the officer and crew on the station,
she was got off, and brought into harbour—she makes little
water. Passed by the Bengal, Wilson, from Calcutta, for
London. Sailed the Major, Booth, for Cardiff ; and Iris,
Oak, for Sunderland.

POOLE, JAN. 26..—Arrived the Susan, Brooks, from New-
foundland.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 25.—Arrived the Caledonia, Midgley,
Bonny ; St. Patrick, Evil!, from Newfoundland; and For-
titude, --, from Scilly.
CLYDE, JAN. 25.—Arrived the David, Edgington, from
Demerara.

NEWIIf JAN. 25.—Arrived the China, Nixon, from . St.
John's, New Brunswick.

The Milo, Hodson, from Liverpool to Savannah, foundered
in lat. 50—crew Saved.

The British schooner Vixen, Childs, hai been taken off the
coast of Circassia by a Russian brig of war, and has sailed for
Sebastopol. A Russian crew was put on board the Vixen
when ordered to Sebastopol.

The following has been posted at Lloyd's this morning :-
4g Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Con-
stantinople, &led 29th December :
" Advice has been received from Caffa of the schooner
Vixen, Childs, having been taken off the coast.of Circassia
by a Russian brig of war, which latter had arrived at Caffa
with an agent of the charterers of the schooner, a passenger,
and five of the crew. A Russian crew was put on board the
Vixen, and she was ordered to be taken to Sebastopol.

THE MARKETS—(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.
The arrival of all kinds of Grain this week are moderate,
and of Flour there is a fair return. The Wheat trade has
been very heavy since Monday, and that day's prices are hardly
maintained. Barley is extremely dull in sale at last quotations.
In Beans and Pease there is no variation. The trade for good
Oats is firm, other qualities are neglected. There has been
little doing in the Flour trade this week.
ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley.
English
Irish -
FAreiasi ..... 90

Oats.
2,310 qrs 2,830 sacks
1:1470
220