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London, England, 1838-08-31 00:00:00

the salt of the earth, and they are appropriately placed
in an assembly which has a strong tendency to corrup-
tion. What good their antiseptic qualities have
effected, let the Corn-laws, the continuance of impress-
ment, undenounced save by an honest Press, the insults
and injuries heaped on Ireland, &c., by the assembly
of which they are the Members, tell. The Bishop of
LONDON, in his coronation sermon, called the Priests
CHRIST'S Ambassadors, and the message they have
borne to the Peers is apparently this—" Insult
the Irish, degrade and oppress them, stir up sedition
and rebellion by committing wrong,starve the people by
Corn-laws which will swell our tithes, and whenever
your Lordships are disposed to decree war and deso-
lation, drag away from their homes, from their wives
and families, and from their honest callings, the
seamen whom you are bound to protect, to carry your
purposes into effect." Such, judging by the conduct of
the Peers, must be the message which CHRIST'S Am-
bassadors, the Bishops, have borne to that assembly,
and such is the Christianity of those who call them-
selves the salt of the earth.

Perhaps our readers may say that it is hard to make
the Bishops responsible for the conduct of the Peers ;
but in the cases we have quoted they are strictly re-
sponsible, for the great majority of them promoted the
measures we have alluded to, and certainly they never
denounced either the iniquity of stealing the sailors or
the iniquity of starving the people. But whether they
did or not, as long as they choose to make part of that
assembly they must bear the burden of its faults. It
is they who disgrace Christianity by their acts as
Legislators, not we, who merely describe what they
have done. •
The Herald asserts to-day that—

The tithe-commutation scheme is, in short, another whole.
sale act of robbery perpetrated by the Whig economists on the
landowners of England !

If this be so, it is singular that the landowners of
England should have been most zealous in pro-
moting it, and even clamorous for a commutation. It
is still more singular that they who have a command-
ing influence in both Houses did not stop the
scheme of robbery before it became a law. Our
readers will find in our columns the curious ratio-
cination by which the Herald arrives at this
remarkable conclusion, and which we leave entirely to
their own reflections. We will, however, take the
opportunity of saying a few additional words on tithes
in connection with Corn-laws.
Our Contemporary observes :

Tithe-free land under the present system, commands
something like what the economists style a monopoly price.
But when all the land of England and Wales shall be rendered
tithe-free, the fair presumption is that tithe-free land will sink
in market value.

Whether tithe-free land shall sink or not in va-
lue, and whether it shall or shall not command a
monopoly price, depends on whether the Corn-laws
he continued or not. The Chronicle of to-day
says, very correctly, that but for our Corn-
laws, any one corn-growing and exporting country
would be dependent on us, because we could get a sup-
ply from other countries, and such of them as were ex-
cluded from our markets, would suffer greatly. In
fact the supply of corn would then exceed the imme-
diate demand, and it would fall to the lowest price
which paid the expense of cultivation. As a great
portion of the land of the empire is tithe free, and as
the land of the Continent is tithe free, the payment
of tithes would, in case the Corn-laws were repealed,
fall wholly on the landowners whose estates continued
subject to them, and they would not be able to repay
themselves any part of the tithes by the price charged
to the consumer. Something of that kind now takes
place in bountiful years, when the supply somewhat
exceeds the demand. The offer is then on the side of
the corn growers, and prices fall to that sum which re-
munerates those who grow corn at the least expense.
Those who grow corn at an expense beyond that, in-
cluding, of course, all those whose produce is shared
by the tithe-owners, do not get a remunerating price,
and t hey complain in fruitful years, of low prices, of losses,
and distress. Such a state of the markets would be the
permanent rule, had we no Corn-laws, and tithe free land
would sink greatly in market value. That is one of
the circumstances which makes the landowners of Eng-
land so extremely anxious to keep up the monopoly
price of corn, that they may so keep up the monopoly
price of land, and so throw the burden of the Church
Establishment off their own shoulders, on those of the
community at large.
By establishing the Corn-laws the landlords have
shown themselves ready to set honesty at de-
fiance, and to laugh at it as a virtue only proper
for poor persons. By their conduct as to the Parochial
Assessment Act they have demonstrated that they
have no more regard for the property of the Church,
when they can get hold of it, than for that of the
people. The Irish Tithe Law, by which they took
25 per cent. of the Irish Church property, teaches the
same lesson. The presumption, therefore, is that
were the Corn-laws repealed, they would refuse to bear
the burden of tithes, and the Church Establishment and
the Corn-laws would go together into oblivion. On this
ground the Bishops probably and the rest of the
Clergy are, like the landlords, great patrons of
the starvation laws, and partly on this ground
we are zealously opposed to them. We should like
to see the landlords brought into direct collision with
the priesthood for the preservation of their property,
and see the latter devoting the landowners to perdition,
while the former, by one legislative contrivance or ano-
ther, now taking away twenty per cent., and then taking
away forty per cent. of the tithes, condemned the priest-
hood to poverty, and to the alms of their congre-
gations. To that we believe it will come, because the
starvation laws can scarcely be maintained ; and in the
mean time it is proper to remind all the Dissenters
from the Church of England, including all the Pres-
byterians of Scotland and the Catholics of Ireland,
the price of all whose bread is enhanced by the Corn-
laws, in order that the landowners of England may
not exclusively have to support the Church, that they
all contribute to keep up the Church of England.
The Presbyterians of Scotland, as long as the Corn-
laws exist, pay part of the tithes of the English clergy
in every loaf and every bannock they eat. The fol-
lowers of JOHN Ktiox, whether they like it,
and
whether they know it or not, are tithe payers and sup-
porters of that Episcopacy their fathers died to resist.

Mr. O'CONNELL is not a man to slumber in any
enterprise which he undertakes for the good of his
country. He is cautious and circumspect in forming,
his plans, but these once settled, he proceeds to exe-
cute them with promptitude and vigour. The course
of " agitation" which he chalked out the other day at
the great meeting at the Corn Exchange, Dublin,
has already commenced. A splendid entertainment
was given to the Champion of Ireland's
rights by the citizens of Cork, on Monday last,
on which occasion he delivered one of those animated
and eloquent harangues which appeal so powerfully to
the hearts of Irishmen. Ireland's wrongs, her right
to redress, and the means by which that redress is to
be sought, were the leading topics of an address
which, in another part of our paper, we lay be-
fore our readers. One circumstance we cannot avoid
noticing, because we think it of great importance to
all who regard the integrity of the United Empire as
essential to the national prosperity—and particularly to
the faction who are driving Ireland to desperation by
their obstructive policy—that the feeling of the Irish
people on the subject of the Union should be known,

It is, that every allusion which Mr. O'CoNNELL
made in the course of his speech to the Repeal of the
Union, and to a domestic Legislature, was received
with the most rapturous acclamations. That the desire
for separation is gaining ground in Ireland cannot admit
of a doubt ; as little question can there be that it will
soon become universal, unless that country be ad-
mitted to an equal—a perfectly equal—participation,
with the people of England and Scotland, in the rights
and privileges of the British Constitution. Who is
there that dares deny that Ireland is entitled to as
much as this ? Who is there with hardihood
enough to say, that she ought to be satisfied with
less ?

We have received this morning the whole of
the Paris Journals of Tuesday and Wednesday—
the arrival of Tuesday's papers having been delayed
for twenty-four hours in consequence of the roughness
of the weather on Wednesday. On Tuesday the King
and Queen, the Duke of OnLEANS, the Queen of
the BELGIANS, and the other Members of the Royal
Family, went in state to the Cathedral to celebrate, by
aTe Deum, the birth of the Count of PARIS. At
twelve o'clock the garrison was under arms, and the
streets leading from the Court-yard of the Tuileries
to the Cathedral were lined with troops. The popu-
lace assembled in crowds, and received the King with
joyful acclamations. When his Majesty reached the
door of the Cathedral he was met by the Archbishop,
who addressed the King as follows : _

" Sire,—Clothed with the rich ornaments which she owes
to your munificence, the Church of Paris rejoices with Ca-
tholic France, which is almost saying France entire, at the
solemn homage this day rendered to her faith. She accepts
with gratitude, at the foot of the altars of Mary, the pledge
of hope and security which your presence on this day of
thanksgiving brings to the ancient and holy religion of your
fathers, which has always formed the glory and happiness of
our nation. Sire, our wishes shall not remain concealed at
the bottom of our hearts ; we will not cease to ask of God,
through the intercession of his august Mother, that he will
deign to shorten the time—that he will hasten the moment of
his mercies, when all Frenchmen being united in the bonds of
the same faith, and in those of the charity it teethes, there
shall be no longer amongst us, according to the 'ford of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and through the grace of his eared heart,
but one only flock and one only pastor."
The King replied:—
' It is always with eagerness that I come to this Church to
render homage to the MOST HIGH. lam happy to lave con-
tributed to repair the disasters which my heart has deeply
deplored. In offering my thanks to Goo for the espe4al pro-
tection with which he has covered my person on so miny oc-
casions, I have doubly to thank him on this, when I curse to
offer thanks for the perpetuation of my line, and for ill the
benefits which his band has shed upon France, my family, and
myself. I beg of him their continuation, and it is to thi end
I come to unite my prayers to yours, and to implore the floss-
ing of the MOST HIGH upon France and upon us."

When the solemn service was concluded the Rcyal
procession returned to the Palace in the same order in
which it had left it. In the interim the crowds along
the line had increased, and to the manifest delight of
the Queen and Princesses, the enthusiasm with
which the King was received seemed to have increased
in a still greater proportion.
The following bulletins of the health of the
Duchess of ORLEANS and her illustrious offspring
are copied from the official columns of the Moniteu? :
" Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans care-
rienced yesterday evening the first symptoms of the milk
fever. Th,., night has been calm. The fever continues this
this morning, and proceeds regularly. The condition of the
Prince is very satisfactory.
(Signed) " PASQUIER, Jun.
MO RE A U,
CHOMEL.
" Tuilleries, August 27, 10, A.M." _ . _

"The Princess Royal has passed rather an agitated night.
The milk fever continues. The young Prince is in the most
satisfactory condition.
( Signed as before.)
" Tuilleries, Aug. 28, 9, A. M."
The latest accounts from Madrid in the French
Journals are of the 21st inst. They announce the
disastrous intelligence that General ORAA. has been
compelled to raise the siege of Morella. The follow-
ing document contains ORAA'S own account of this
affair :

CAPTAIN-GENERALSHIP OP ARRAOON, E. M. CicNTRAL
SECTION.

The Most Excellent Captain-General of this kingdom, and
Comtlander-in- Chief of the Central Army, writes on the
1 Sth, from his head-quarters in front of Morella, the following
to the Military Commandant, who has just received it :
" The two assaults attempted by me upon the breach of
Morella have not yielded the expected effect, the enemy hav-
ing evinced a determined resolution of defending the place
to the last. The means hitherto employed being insufficient,
those which we had Icing exhausted, utterly destitute of pro-
visions in our encampments, and being obliged to assemble
larger resources for our operations, I have been compelled to
raise the siege, and withdraw my train of artillery to Monrayo,
where I can adopt mere energetic means for resuming the
siege operations on another occasion, and in the meantime make
active preparations against the enemy."
His Excellency orders the above to be communicated to the
public. The Lieut.-Col. MARIANO BORBON.
Saragossa, Aug. 23, 1838.

The news from Switzerland is given in a separate
article. Annexed are the only other paragraphs of
any interest in these papers :
The bull for the creation of the Bishopric of Algiers has
arrived at Paris. Abbe Dupuel was immediately summoned
from Bordeaux. He arrived at Paris on Sunday morning.
His nomination to the Bishopric of Algiers was signed the
day before, which was St. Louis' day. —Constitutionnel.
A letter from Brest, dated the 26th, states that the Prince
de Joinville took possession of his new charge, the corvette
Creole, on the preceding day. Admiral Baudin was expected
on the 27th, when he would probably hoist his broad pennant
in the Nereide frigate, and sail with the Creole for Mexico.
ANTWERT, At:o. 29.—We expect to see here the English
steamer the Rainbow, Captain Attwood. This newly-built
vessel is entirely of iron, and belongs to the English Com-
pany, and is to be employed, instead of the City of Ham.
burg, between London and our port. We hear a great deal of
the rapidity of this packet, which it is affirmed will perform
the voyage in 16 hours.
A young Englishman, 23 years of age, who was on board
the City of Hamburg when it run aground, was seized with
such terror that when he landed here he was raving mad.
He was conveyed first to the hotel of the Pot D'Etain, where
every attention was paid him. As he had been placed in an
apartment, the windows of which were towards the street, the
physicians, fearing that he might throw himself on to the pave-
ment, ordered him to be removed to the further end of the
court yard, to the darkest and best secured apartment. There
this unfortunate young man has been attended ever since
yesterday by two men, who every minute apply ice to his
head, ecc. Yesterday it was found necessary to apply the
strait-waistcoat. —Journal du Commerce d'Anvers. _

. _
BRUSSELS, Auo. 29.—The offices of the iron railroad at
Brussels and Malines, were beseiged the greater part of the
day before yesterday ; about 29,000 tickets were taken at the
two stations.

It was on the 3d of this month, in the village of Belts-
Lionan, on the European coast of the Bosphorus, that the
treaty of perpetual friendship, commerce, and navigation, be-
tween the King of the Belgians and the Sultan, was signed
by Baron O'Sullivan de Grass, his Majesty's Plenipotentiary,
and Reschid Pacha and Nouri Effendi, Plenipotentiaries of
the Sublime Porte.
FRENCH FUNDS.-PAets, Answer 28.
five per Cents., 111 f. 25c. 20c. 35c. 30c.
Four per Cents., 103 f. SOc.
Three per Cents., SOf. 75c. 70c.
Rente de Naples, 99f. 50c.
Roman Five per Cents., 10134 102.
Spanish Actives, 21%.
Belgian Five per Cents., 104.
Belgian Bank, 1,440 f. 1,445 f.
Hsytian Loan, 350 f.
ILICNANOIL ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 37%c.; money, 2:.f. 35e.
Three months, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 25f. 20c.
LATEST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 111 f. 30c.
Three per Cents., 80f. 80c.
Romans, 102.
Belgian Loan, 104.
qier,nC43t.appneetr; Cent 7:3%
Belgian Bank, 1,445 f.
Spanish Actives, 21%.
Havtian Loan, 350.
Actual llc4t, `lye
BELGIAN J UNDS-BetlcseenEtL.B
..
.....
101 Loan of Thirty %
Loan of City,
1832,4 per Cent 97%
Society of Commerce, 4y4 per Cent
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l4O

- -
National Society .
—Brussels Papers, Aug. 29.

Advices from Constantinople of the 27th ult., and
from Smyrna of the sth inst., have reached us this
morning. The former announce the arrival in the
Turkish capital of a courier from Persia, with dis-
patches, which state that the SCHAH had raised the
siege of Herat, and, at the head of his troops, was
marching in the direction of Tabreez. According to
the same authority, the Persian Monarch was less influ-
enced by a desire to appease the anger of Great
Britain, than to quell an insurrection which threatened
to icnrive him of his throne. lhe Turkish fleet, con-
,i3;ing of five sail of the line, eight frigates, three

brigs, two cutters, and a steamer, was at Smyrna on
the sth. The SULTAN has dismissed RESCHID
PACHA, Minister for Foreign Affairs, from all his
appointments. The disgraced Minister was no friend
to Russia, and fell a victim to the intrigues of the Re-
presentative of the AUTOCRAT.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, Atm. 30.—Wind N. W. fine.—Arrived and pro-
ceeded for the river, the Braganza, Mackie, from Oporto.
Came down from the river and proceeded, the Sea Bird,
Crutchfield, for Smyrna.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 30. —Wind N. N. 'W., to W. N. W.,
fine.—The Acastus, Hultman, from Udderwalla for Jersey,
which put into this port on the 24th inst., leaky, has been
lightened and placed on the shipway ; part of the sheathing
has been stripped off, and her fastenings are found very de-
fective. The Harriet, Bertram, from London to Constanti-
nople, has come into the harbour to be laid on the mud, to stop
a leak abaft.

PLYMOUTH, Ave. 30.—Wind N. N.W., fine.—Arrived the
Union, Webster, from London for Launceston, making a little
eater. Sailed her Majesty's ship Herald, for the East Indies.
FALMOUTN, Auo. 29.—Wind N., strong breezes.—Ar_
dyed off the Alert, Polden, from St. Croix. Sailed the Ca-
therine, for Malta ; and Trefusis, for Messina.
NEWPORT, AUG. 30.—Arrived the Essay, Christie, from
Archangel.
SWANSEA, Ave. 30.—Arrived the Aurora, from Valparaiso.
CLYDE, AUG. 28.—Arrived the Rosalind, Kerr, from
Marseilles.

BRIDLINGTON, AUG. 30.—Arrived the Cendress, Rolda,
from Rostock.

BEACHY HEAD, Am. 30.—Arrived the Hanser, Caper, from
Havannah.

SCILLY, Atm. 28 —The Hive, Hayling, was driven on the
rocks 22d inst., during a gale, but got off the following day
with very little damage.
ALDERNEY, Atm. 29.—The D'Auvergne, from Jersey,
bound to London, has been on shore, but got off without any
material injury, and proceeded.
LIVERPOOL, Auo. 30.—The Mexico, Crosby, returned to
New Orleans 28th ult. from the coast of Mexico, after being
detained by the French fleet off Tuspan, sent to Sacrifizos,
and released.

LIVERPOOL, Auo. 30. —Wind N. W. moderate.—Arrived
the Independence, Wye, from New York ; Mary, M'Kenzie,
from Licata; Navigator, Keteboter, from Dantzic. The
Frank Jones sailed from Morant Bay, Jamaica, 31st May, for
this port, and has not since been heard of.
DOVER, AUG. 30.—Arrived the Henry Bowser, from Ko-
nigsberg. Off port, the 'Vesper, Hunt, from Matanzas;
Montano, Grey, from Madeira.
COWES, Auo. 30.—Arrived the Preciosa, Mollin, from
Havannah.

SOUTHAMPTON, Auo. 30.—Arrived the Sisters, James, from
Konigsberg.
HELFORD.—Arrived the William, Cook, from Pictou.

BRISTOL, AUG. 30.—Arrived the Great Western steamer,
from New York, left 16th inst ; Friendship ; Success, Cave ;
Caledonia, Richardson; Climax, Jackson; and Aspasia,
White, from Archangel.
REDCAR, Atm. 29.—The Isabella, Seaton, from Straitbs to
Hartlepool, was driven on shore on the rocks off this place
during a gale this morning, but it is expected will be got off;
crew saved. The Salem, from Shields to London, which was
driven on the rocks off this place the 25th instant, is gone to
pieces.

The Gratitude, from Trinidad, is supposed to be arrived off
Eastbourn.

The Martha, Rogers, from London to Leeds, is wrecked
near Mundesley ; crew (except one) saved.
The Androw White, Cockerill, of Sunderland, capsized in
the Cul de Sac the 9th instant, and lies nearly bottom up.
The Thomas Moulden, Pepper, from Rhodes, was wrecked
near Cape Brullos the 26th ult.
The Cabana, Capes. from Swansea to Havannah, was lost
on the Great Bahama Banks the 2d ult.
The Ajax, from Philadelphia to Liverpool, has been carried
into Halifax, after being abandoned by the crew.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK'.

We have received this morning American news, from our
Correspondent at New York, per the Great Western, which
will be found in another part of our paper.

THE FUNDS.

Consols have rather improved for Money this morning—
closing yesterday at 93i 94, opened at 94 to ; for the
Account, 94i 4. Exchequer Bills, 72 74; India Bonds, 264-
265 ; Bank Stock, 207 i 208.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 20/ ; Portuguese,
351 4 ; Brazilian, 83i 84 ; Colombian, 254 4 ; Dutch Two-
and-a- Half per Cents., 53i 54i ; Five per Cents, 1021 I.

PRICES OF STOCKS 'l7l-11S-OAY AT ONE O'CLOCii.
Bank Stock .... .......... 208,4 714 , ladia Stock
3 per Cent. ;'.eo. 44 i Uitto Honds
3 per Csnt. C, ns 93% Ws South Sea Stock ...
........ Old Annnities ..-....

Dttco ite.l ............. 10214 Vs
New 314 per Cent
New syet Ce

New Ditto
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1731 -
Exch. Bills, ..... 74 72

But L :rig, A nnultiesto ev7ire

Ditto . .
JO' ' 74 n Kr
__ -

Jam 5, 1860 15 11-1634
Oct. 10 ,P 59 l5 9-16
Jan. 5, 18G' IS 7-16 5-16
J,l. S, 1880 ..•
April
„La . 5, 187''....„.
P.UCES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds

D.tto Small ..... 74 75 pm
Ditto Commercial
Ditto Advertised pit
Bank Stock for Account
Inaln Stock for Account —
CortOlg for Acconnt .9414 4
THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC .
Peruvian Bonds

tic,;•,:an Bonds —
Dato Account •
Brazilian ii,;nl.,; ...
Ditto Account ~..., ..... Bl 31
Ft,ienni Ayres I,lontis —
Dlttl Account . —
C!illiar. Loads .....................
Dilto Account ...,..... ..... ..
C Annthiar: Bonds —
Ditto Account
C ilurabiall Bonds, 182' 05% 5
Ditto Account ...." .........
Oulivh Bonds .....
Ditto Acc,.)unt ... ....... , —
Ortcli Bonds-- ..... .... .....
Ditto Bonds, 1825 —
Ditto Account
Iluxican Bonds, 5 per cent —
Ditto Account
Ditto, 6 per cent.
Ditto Account
Nat7olitzn —l
PRICES OF SHARES Till

Ditto Account ...... ,
Portuguese 73%
Ditto NYw Bonds 3511 5
Ditto Account —.35%14 % 5 4%
Ditto, 3 per cm' 24i% 3
Ditto Account 23%
Prussian 80nd5...... ............
Russian Bonds, 1822
Ditto Account
Ditto Metallic
Spanish Bonds
Ditto Account
Ditto Bonds, 1834 "014 20 19Z
Ditto Account 1054 20
French, 5 per cent.......... —t.
---- 4 per cent. f. —c
3 per cent.. —f. --t
Exchr.nge f.
Dutch, 154 per cent 537 4
Ditto Account
Ditto, 5 per cent. 102%14
Ditto Account
:S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK

Paid. Per Share
Great Western Railway Company ..... ....... ...... 65 73% 4%
Brighton Railway company ll 8 7t%
London and Blackwall Railway
M nchestar and Birmingham Railway lO gli 10
General Steam Navigation Company
HALF-PAST ONE.
The report that the siege of Morella has been raised, and
the Queen's army obliged to retreat, has caused the Spanish
Funds to recede.

Consols are not quite so good as in the morning, and have
receded from 94k 4 for the Account to 94; Money, 931. Ex-
chequer Bills, 74 72 prem. ; InAla Bonds, 74 72 prem. ; Bank
Stock, 207! ; in India Stock nothing doing.
This is settling day in the Foreign Market, and according
to appearance will go off well. Spanish Active has been
done at 19i, at present 20, with Coupons ; Portuguese, 35i 36;
Three per Cents., 231; Mexican, 23i ; Brazilian, 83.1 ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half, 53i 54; Five per Cents., 1021.
In the Share Market very little doing, and the prices much
the same as yesterday.

THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock 207% India Stock
3 per cent. Red 94% Ditto Bonds 72
3 per Cent. Cc,is 94 Ditto Old Annuities —
3( per Cent Ditto Sew Annuities
3% per Cent. Red 1021,41 Ex. Bills, 1,0001 2%cl 72 pm
New :3% per Cent 101% Ditto 50 1 72 pre
Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 75 pm
Jan. 1861
Oct. 1850
Jan. 1860
FOREIGN FUNDS

Austrian, 5 per cent - - TOW-
Belgian, 5 per cent
Brazilian Bonds 83%
Buenos Ayr. s, 6 per cent. —
Chilian, 6 per cent —
Colombiam, 6 per cent —
Ditto, 1824 25%
Danish, 3 per cent
Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per cent --
Mexican, 5 per cent 2334
Ditto, 6 por cent., 1825 --
Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent...— —

Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent 73%
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent
Russian Bonds, 5 per cent
Ditto, Metallic —
Spanish, 5 per cent 2O
IDitto, Consolidated
French, 5 per cent.: Blf. 25c.
Exchange
French, 3 per cent —f. —(
Dutch, 2% per cent.
Ditto, 5 per cent. IO2U

(CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.-(THIS DAY).
Great Western Railway 743
London and Brighton Railway -ii
London and Blackwall Railway
London and Birmingham Railway
London and Southampton Railway
Manchester and Birmingham Railway lO
South Eastern and Dover 2'N

ADVOCATES AND CLIENTS.—An advocate, by
the sacred duty which he owes his client, knows, in the dis-
charge of that office, but one person in the world—that client
and none other. To save that client by all expedient means—
to protect that client at all hazards and costs to all others, and
among others to himself—is the highest and most unquestioned
of his duties ; and he must not regard the
alarm, the suffer-
ing, the torment, the destruction, which he may bring upon
any other. Nay, separating even the duties of a patriot from
those of an advocate, and casting them, if need be, to the wind,
he must go on, reckless of the consequences, if his fate should
unhappily be to involve his country in confusion for his client's
protection.—Lord Brougham.
A boy, not more than 13 years of age, was yester-
day committed for trial from Marylebone-office, for attempting
to defraud a grocer in Devonshire-street, Cavendish. square,
of sundry articles, by means of a written order, purporting to
come from a family in the neighbourhood. The boy preva-
ricated very much as to how he became possessed of the order
in question.
A short time ago, whilst some persons were cutting
down a field of hay on the Grain-foot Farm, near Ashopton
a partridge nest was discovered, containing five young birds,'
with the mother sitting on them and the male bird about a
yard off, all of which were starved to death. We have
scarcely heard of a more striking case of affection in the
feathered tribe than this. The mother, it appears, bad pined
to death, fearing to leave her young for a moment to the mercy
of the late severe summer.—She.ffield Iris.

On Tuesday the first stone of an additional wing
to the alms-houses, King Henry's-walk, Ball's-pond, Isling-
ton, belonging to the Tilers' and Bricklayers' Company, built
by the private subscriptions of the Court and Livery and friends
for the benefit of its decayed members or their widows, was
laid by John Vale,Esq.

Trn- new and splonWd reading-rooms which have
been lately erected in the north wing of the British Museum,
will be opened to readers after the 7th of next month.