The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-17 00:00:00

THE SUN EXPRESS.

From the Supplement of the Hampshire Telegraph of

Monday.)
The Printer being aware of the desire of persons of all
politics to know if the Leader of the Opposition Party in
the House of Commons, should let fall, at the Glis,,aow
Dinner, on Friday last, any outline of the course intended
to be pursued by him and his friends on the opening of Par-
liament, hastens to lay before his readers a copy of this
Speech, now about fifty-five hours old, and spoken upwards
of 470 miles distant ; added to which, his words and the
whole report had to be fairly written, and has twice been
put into type ; to enable this to be done, great exertions
have been made, but the entire credit is due to Murdo
Young, Esq., Proprietor of The Sun, London Evening
Paper, the whole of the following being re-printed from the
Second Edition of that print of the date of Saturday last.

THE PEERAGE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Str,—What argument is there for the perpetuity of
new Peerage creations, commensurate with that advantage
which would result to all emulous of national honours, by
restriction of hereditary title to three generations ? Magna
Charta is in the teeth of such a modification. If the well-
being and the continual glory of our country, the improve-
ment of the Court of Final Appeal, and the enlargement
of the hope to receive just, because merited, desert among
Peers of the realm, is not attainable, unless that roll of
privilege have one clause modified—lct an Act rescind the
hindrance.—l am, Sir, )ours,
Jan. 17, 1837. FIDELITAS.

INSTITUTE OF BRITISH

ARCHITECTS.

This Society held an ordinary general meeting on Mon-
day evening last, P. T. Robinson, Esq., V. P., in the chair.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Kingsborough, W. R.
Hamilton, Esq., and J. P. Greenhough, Esq., were elected
honorary members, and a variety of presents from the
Society of Civil Engineers, the Society of Literature, and
other bodies, were received.

G. L. TAYLOR, Fellow, then explained the nature of the
roofs lately constructed over some of the Admiralty docks
and building ships, which cover an immense area (some 111
acre), and arc simple in their arrangement.
After which, G. GODWIN, jun., Associate, read a highly
interesting paper on the means recently employed at Paris
in erecting the obelisk of Luxor, which he prefaced with
some remarks on the form, object, and decoration of obelisks
in general, displaying great ingenuity and research.
M. Lebas, the talented engineer, under whose direction,
the obelisk was erected in the Place de la Concorde, Parisf
has been created, it appeared, Chevalier of the Legion o.
Honour, and Director of the Musee de Marine in the Louvre
Adjourned to January 30th.

MONEY MARKET.

The city has been in an uneasy state during the whole of
Monday morning, on account of some embarrassments in
which one of the leading banking houses, that of Sir James
Esdaile and Co., was supposed to be involved, and which
did lead, in fact, to a temporary suspension of payment.
Later in the day, however, assistance was obtained, and
payments went on as usual. The causes assigned for the
temporary difficulty were the severe indisposition of one of
the partners, upon whom it depended to conclude certain
arrangements with the Bank of England for support in a large
advance, for which they were able to produce ample security,
though not of a nature easily convertible, without such assis-
tance, into motley. It is said, in fact, that all the points of the
negociation had been fully settled, but that the Bank unexpec-
tedly, and at the last moment, drew back from it, and refused
to make the required advances. It is affirmed by the friends
of the firm, who came forward zealously to support them as
soon as it was known that the arrangement with the Bank
was not to be carried into effect, that their assets are ample,
and more than sufficient to meet all their engagements.
This house was largely connected with country banks, and
during the panic of 1825 it was very severely run upon,
but it then met every demand, without leaving any doubt
about its stability. One account of this affair is, that
'on Saturday application was first made to the Bank of
England for assistance, and it was then understood that it
would be afforded, upon which understanding the bank-
ing business of Esdaile's house proceeded as usual, and
went on until about one o'clock. At that
,time an inti-
mation was, it is declared, most unexpectedly received that
the Bank of England declined to afford all the assistance
on which the house had calculated, and the consequence
was, that soon afterwards the clerks had directions to pay no
more checks, nor to answer any more bills. That continued
for a short time, and soon afterwards this stoppage became
generally known and caused much alarm, and runs upon
other houses that even happened to be in the neigh—
bourhood. Lombard-street was literally thronged with
Farriages, and with parties pressing towards Esdaile's
in particular. In about an hour, however, Esdaile's
house resumed their payments, and met every demand
made upon them ; and besides this resumption, at four
o'clock they caused an authorized notification to be made,
that " Messrs. Esdaile and Co. had not finally suspended
their payments," and that " the suspension was temporary,
but effectual assistance had since been received from their
friends, which enabled them to meet every demand." They
accordingly proceeded with business till the usual hour for
closing banking-houses, and left off with the repetition of the
annunciation that business would be resumed to-day.—Times

WEST SOMERSET.—The Dorset County Chro-
nicle has again, but with more distinctness, asserted that a
negociation is now going on for transferring the represen-
tation of West Somerset from Mr. Tynte to Sir T. B
Lethbridge. We have once before stated that this asser-
tion is wholly false and without foundation. Mr. Tynte
has never contemplated retiring from the representation,
so long as his constituents are willing to confide their inte-
rests to his case, and Sir T. B. Lethbridge would not
accept the post if it were offered to him. The story is
altogether a fabrication to serve the purposes of party.—
Somerset County Gazette.
KENDAL.—Besides Mr. Grcgson, of whom the
Kendal Afercztry asserts nineteen-twentieths of the inhabi-
tants of the borough know nothing, Mr. Standish is spoken
of. He stood a contest for Wigan at the last election, but
was unsuccessful. He is a gentleman of ample fortune, and
we believe a Radical in politics.
PONTEFRACT.—Mr. Gully recently contradicted
the report that he had recommended Sir Culling Smith or
Colonel Raffles to succeed him in the representation of
Pontefract. He disclaimed all wish and intention to inter-
fere with the electors in the choice of his successor.

PRESTON.—We have learned from the best au-
thority, that a gentleman of rank and talent, and a sup-
porter of the present Ministers; will be brought forward by
the Whigs as a candidate for Preston, at the next general
election.—Preston Observer.
There is an on chit that Lord A— L—, being
much fascinated by the charms of Miss B—, one of the
belles of Alina.ck's, proposals are to be made as soon as the
families have settled the arrangements.
MIDDLESEX REFORM DINNER.—The arrange-
ments for the grand Middlesex Reform Dinner are to be on
a most extensive scale, as fixed at the meeting of the Com-
mittee last week. It appears that a platform over the pit
of Drury•lane Theatre, communicating with the stage, will,
both together, afford ample accommodation to 900 indivi-
duals to dine in comfort, without being crowded. There is/
to be a cross table capable of accommodating 120 persons,
at which Lord Russell (the Chairman), the Duke of Nor-
folk, the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Tavistock,
&c., will sit, besides the Members for the City of London,
the Members for the metropolitan boroughs, and the
Stewards. The Stewards will be allowed three tickets each,
and, to prevent any charge of partiality, those who are fur-
nished with tickets, are to draw lots for places at the tables
on the platform and on the stage, except the cross table, at
which plates will be laid for 800 persons. According to
the plan proposed and adopted, the interior of the theatre
will have a very interesting appearance, as the boxes will,
no doubt, be filled with elegant company, and the stage
decorations will be distinguished by taste and suitable de-
vices. The sum to be paid for the use of the theatre, the
fitting it up, &c., for the occasion, will be 5001.
TILE EDGEWA RE-ROAD MURDER.—The mystery
in which this horrible and extraordinary affair is involved
appears rather to thicken than diminish. On Sunday, at
an early hour, preparations were made by order of the
Regent's Canal Company for emptying those portions of
the canal within about 300 yards on either side of the
Edgeware-road ; but, owing to some unforeseen obstruc-
tion in the pipes, the water had not sufficiently run off
before dark to allow the men, who were in attendance
with drags, &c., to commence dragging for the legs, which
it was considered probable bad been thrown into that part
of the canal. Yesterday morning, however, they com-
menced operations immediately after day-break, and conti-
nued dragging until about one o'clock, but neither the legs
nor any thing at all likely to afford any clue to the disco-
very of the murderers or the identification of the body was
discovered. Inspector .Feltharn, and Pegler, the police-
man, were in attendance and superintended the proceedings,
which were watched with the most intense curiosity by
hundreds of persons who lined
.the banks, among whom
we noticed several of the parish officers and members of the
vestry. During Sunday and yesterday no application s
were made to see the head and trunk, which are still un"
interred, nor have the police received any information
likely to lead to any clue. The supposition, therefore,
gains ground that the ill-fated woman must have been 3
stranger in London, and probably she had only just arrived
, from Ireland.